October 4, 2025 • 37 mins
Original Release Date: July 31, 2023
Today's Mystery :A mysterious woman comes to Sam Spade's apartment dressed as a harem girl, tries to poison Spade, and accidentally kills herself.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 19, 1951
Originated from HollywoodStarred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie
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Today's Mystery :A mysterious woman comes to Sam Spade's apartment dressed as a harem girl, tries to poison Spade, and accidentally kills herself.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 19, 1951
Originated from HollywoodStarred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie
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Great Detectives dot nt. Now,we will have a special announcement after today's
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podcast that will be of interest andencourage you to listen for that. But
now let's get into this week's episodeof Sam Spade. The original aired eight
January nineteenth, nineteen fifty one,and the title is The Cloak and Dagger
Caper. The National Broadcasting Company presentsthe adventures of Sam Spade, Detective Fat
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Detective agenting Miss Sporene. What didyou think about then? It's not a
high You don't know what a hotguess? That is cherub really say you
think I'll tie and a black velvetgun with a veil? What chance would
I have? Damn, you've givenme new high deservedly so wonder girl.
And in fem fatale you have hitupon what might they call the keynote of
the saga, which even now Iam itching to tell you more, a
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tale f a well calculated to keepyou in. Oh no, we better
put that another way. But whileI'm all a subtitle for this oriental tapestry,
bind yourself a copy of something byEric Ambler, or eat Philips Oppenheim
and bone up on the ground rulesof international in frigue who in the National
Yes, the next thirty nine stepsyou here will be me walking up to
the door, my black Hamburg andvelvet color, with my pockets bulging with
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plans for submarines, supersonic airplanes andsecret fortifications, and my tongue a wag
with a report which will echo aroundthe embassies of the world as the Cloak
and Dagger Caper for NBC, WilliamSpear, Radio's outstanding producer director of mystery
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and crime drama brings you the greatestprivate detective of them all in the Adventures
of Sam Spade. Who else MI thought you were kidding back Hamburg and
delve a colt over Yeah, yeah, yeah. But underneath the overcoat,
Sam, with the same old suitand the same old shreds. Who did
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it this time? Thereby hangs thetale hanging out the batch of your trousers.
Sam, Wow, you should say, well, I gotta keep the
coat on. Jawara Hall won't mind, Jawara Helbara, it's his coat.
We'll go into that right now.You're ready, Yes to Jawara hel Bara.
J h w A r h Al b h A r A huh.
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Well from Samuel says, I wantto send five nine six the Coak
and Dagger Caper, Dear Jawara Ow. I'd been on Friday night until four
am watching wedding presents, So whenSaturday turned up rainy, I did the
mad impulsive thing and decided to stayhome. I plugged the phone, build
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a fire in its tall drink,invited Freddy, the neighbor's cat, in
for a short milk, put myfeet up and my head down, and
reached from magazine a picture of peaceto r ol. Freddy lay on the
coffee table, purred and busied himselfspinning the hand rubbed lazy Susan, my
unpredictable aunt Adelaide gave me for Christmas. The magazine turned out to be Time,
with a picture of an austere Asiaticgentleman on the cover. Two pages,
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and I had a kind of headacheyou can only get from reading the
news these days, so I turnedit in on a slick pulse with a
breathless yarn about an international gum shoeand a satin lined cloak who kept running
into women with bosoms full of papers. She gaged up at him, her
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eyes smoldering, heavy lidded you,she faltered, you are sheared and ballad
mister g too. He nodded.Her knife made a glistening arc, stopping
as his hand met her wrists,gripping it like a lies you you liar,
shessed. With the other hand,he ripped away her veils, smothered
her lips and hot tears kisses felther go limp in his arms. Now,
Zelda, my girl, he whispered, Let's have the plans for that
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plutonium powered rocket ship. Ah theladies, Yes, well, what can
I do for you? L lady? You do not mind that I come
in. So how did you comein? So the door is open,
I see sitting in chair an attractiveman. So so you are perhaps working
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on a remake of the Thief ofBaghdad her television black Tube of gone?
Do you mean this is what Ihave on? Also, this what you
haven't on? You'll keep out ofthis, Freddie, I saw her first.
So you just happened to be wanderingpast my door and popped in it.
And it miss you may call meShalimar. No, I do not
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just poppy. I come by design. Well, just what kind of designs
do you have in mind? Mistersaid? You are private eyed? Shalimar,
I am private eyes. You gottroubles much? How much I am
beloved of Akhmed? Well that's nicefor Akhmed. Ahmed Who McClatchy, Akhmed
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McClatchy. How do you explain last? He has two Kamerican names. Oh,
you are a friend of Akhmed too? Never heard of it? Oh,
perhaps, mister stay, Perhaps youforget Ahmed McClatchy. No, no,
never forget a face. What's thematter with Ahmed? Hash dope?
Much? He has the wild dream, the night horse to what you call
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hallows? The nation. You havetold others of Akhmed's visit to you.
I have told no one of Akhman'svisits to me for the simple reason that
held, huh, do not firefound one falsehood another, Akhmad has to
pay the visit. This I know. Now, if you would be so
kindly, I will join your engineers. I'll wait a minute. Why don't
we you do not want to talkwith Shaalima? Well, I just think
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we ought to clear up this missAnd now what a and I've been the
sultan and she Shaherazade. The bookwould have gone on for twenty more volumes.
It was all theirs availablow, theeyes, the jackets and long satin
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fans, plus a superabundance of whatSutan's look for when they are employing a
harem. I fumbled around, puttingI don't know what into a couple of
Martini's, found more milk for Freddy'ssaucer, and thence at all three between
us on Aunt Adelaide's lazy Susan.I like, mister Spade. Fine,
now we talk. Drink your milk, Freddy, Now we talk. You
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have matched oh oh oh, I'llget it for you. Now you're almost
stepping on it. So clumsy theleast six the chain. Yeah, I
see it here we are, thankyou now, July. Now, mister
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spade, before we talk of Akman, let us drink to him. Huh,
right to Akman to walk? Ohwhat's the matter of Freddy? Oh
god, yeah, look milks onthe wrong side. He did it again?
Did what well? He likes tospend the lazy Susan? Susan,
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what did he do? I'll takeit easy, honey, the thing spin
See, you got my drink,I got yours and Freddie got left up?
Oh no, please a deep fanta? What's that? What's the matter
with you? Huh? Salem,I shall them our baby come out of
it now we do? Where's aglass? Cyana? So that took care
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of Shalimar. The purse had nothingexcept the usual feminine claptrap, hairpins,
makeup and cigarettes, no keys,no identification, nothing except for a locket
around her neck, which was somethingthat don't run into every day. A
strange handwrought disc shaped thing with whatlooked like the face of a clock on
it, twelve Arabic symbols where thehours should be in a pair of hands
pointing to four in some jawaril.It was the sort of thing Sheridan Ballard,
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a man called g two yawns overwhich struck humdrum me as a little
bit out of the ordinary. Itstruck Lieutenant Dundee of homicide the same.
Look at me, Sam, lookinto my eyes, Dundee, I didn't
know you came. Well, yeah, I am not an idiot, Sam.
Well, I've been in this businessfor twenty five years. I've looked
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at a lot of stiffs in mylifetime. But this is the first hoochie
coochie girl in my book. Whoeverwalked in out of the rain and tried
to poison a total stranger, Well, said Dundee. Here here, so
oh oh, use your head,Sam. Where have you seen her before?
I told you I don't know her, Dundee? And why don't you
try to Katie ask her? Ah, there's whole thing's impossible. Harum costume
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poison shell um fantastic. I know, I'm sorry. All right, get
out here. The print man,the Emmy and the photographers will be here
in a minute. You'll only getin the way where I go anywhere.
Find out who this dame is.Who's gonna pay my fee? Well?
I scram bidding farewell to the gentlelieutenants. I took off into the rain
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bound. I knew not where.I bought a paper and settled down in
a one armed coffee joint, drankthree cups of coffee and came up with
three leads. First, the balletmaster at the opera house, Shahzadia,
I'm not doing till three weeks.Yeah, the costumes are all fixed up
still, and I am missing noballer enough now, Dan Bolden awful three
ssses and she wiggles and waggles,she shimmies and shakes. You never never
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saw anything like this, folks.Shawa hiray, hurray, hurray, direct
from a Turkish harem, little Fatima. That girl. When the double joined
us, drank and Jack, you'resure she's in there? Jak, Wait
a minute, Jack, Yeah she'sin there. Man. Thanks man.
All right, folks, stepping alittle closet, All right, but I
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can't help your breath. This here, tuck us back is one hundred percent
stage homeward bound. I was walkingdown Grand Avenue when I passed a little
shop near Pine Street. Go letteringon one corner of the window spelled out
hatch your Durian Ja Pappas importer churios. How do you do, sir?
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Hatch you Durian Jay Pappas? Youget the pleasure? What's the j for?
Never mind you though you can pronounceit. I accept your apology,
and I want to take a lookat this. Oh lack it? Yes?
Luck? If this is? Wheredo you get this? Lack it?
So I found it? I thoughtyou might recognize it. Yeah,
I think I do. You know. Strange is that they've come here and
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yet not so strangely that if youwant to look at it, well,
which is it serious? You know? I'm perhaps done a feller in town
who might have dealt in this kindof stuff. Here you fight? Then?
You? I you you soul?This probably serious? Who too?
I'm trying to remember a girl?A girl? Oh? Or what is
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it? A feller? A youngfeller or old feller? Well, at
least is only one more category?An old woman? Oh? You know
her? That? No? Idon't know her. No, you know,
I wish I could remember to whomI saw this too. She's been
such a long time, you know. Of course I can look it up
and call your sport god. Here'shere's my card, oh, Sam sport.
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Well, if you want to lookat him, you said, it's
a genuine Oh sure, sure,Secret Society medallion sixteenth century. It's from
the Indian state of Kazmir. Kazmirs kid, Kazmi. What's the matter
with you? Don't you understand English? Kazmir A typical spade blunder all I
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can think I was a girl ona cigarette package by confining my operations to
Turkey. But this opened new doors. The first, the most obvious,
and ultimately the correct choice, wasa flossy nightclub known to the town's well
heeled party folk as the Veil ofKashmir. It was dark when I got
there, but the front doors hadn'topen yet. Ran at the side an
alley led up to the trade entrance, next to which stood a huge,
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wedge shaped character with a swarthy complexion, marred by a scar down one cheek,
and to make him even more openheimish, he was wrapped in a black
ten sized opera cloak. I noddedpolitely, he spat, and I went
inside. The Veil of Kashmir isa sumptuous bistrow even on ordinary nights,
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and this Knife was obviously to bemore than ordinary. The table across the
end of the floor was banquet side. The place was hung with Kazmiri flags,
and the picture of an old manwho looked familiar was hung from the
middle of one wall. The maitred was talking to an important looking gent
near the long table, and Iwalked over to them, pausing only to
note one of the dancing girls practicingin a corner in her shallowmar type store
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nottlike. I was close to homeand the curry. You understand I'm not
too hot, Yes, excellency,it shall be as you wish. The
florist will be here promptly with theflower. I trust you will be prepared
to take care of Excuse me,general, my name is Spain rushput c.
Sir, that your priceless of state. We haven't done n good?
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What is it, mist sipate?Are you in charge here? I am
the headweight of Sorry, this gentlemanis the Kashmiri pro consult Oh forgive me,
your excellency, hip, Yeah,sorry, not at all. Do
you have a dancing girl here namedShalima Shellima? No? Boy, probably
is another name about Akhmen. McClatchyright, where is he? A former
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employee as of this afternoon is AhmedMcClatchy. Who who is my chef today?
Of all times, she don't notshow up? You know where he
lives. I can look it up, but please sort the pro consult and
I'm in the bank with an arrangementsthe Prime Minister himself. Just one more
thing, a proconsul. Have youever seen one of these before? M
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what is it? A secret societymedallion? I tell you who who cares
you? This as a Durian papasaround the little story of Doran Grand Avenue.
Now anything about it? Secret societyis right? The Circle of twelve
you see here the hands point tofour. Yes, the fourth member.
This means the hands straight up isthe leader. You seem to know what
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you are talking about, headwater cashMiri. Culture is a hobby of mine,
excellency. This is an ancient howdo you say, subversive organization?
They think from the time of theMogal conquest of the sixteenth century. Very
interesting, but of little significance.Now the Circle of twelve has been dead
for three centuries. If you wouldexcuse me, excellency, I'll get from
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mister Speed Ahmad's address and then Iwill hold it. He just made it
to the table, swept the sugarbowl off it, and followed it to
the deck. When I saw thedagger in his back, I grabbed my
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gun and set sail for the alley, looking for the cloak that went with
it. But he was gone,so was Achman. I bent down over
him, took a closer look andsaw why he spilled the sugar with his
finger. He traced a design init, around design the circle of twelve.
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All the ingredients of a first classinternational goulash were here. The cloak,
the dagger, the men with ascar on his face, the lady with
a veil over hers, and twocorpses. Final, Dundee had completed activities
with Corps but one at my apartment. So I alsoed him down to the
Veil of Kashmir and put him towork on number two. Then I hustled
back to my office. The bigquestion had yet to be answered. Another.
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Oh, I've been trying to callyou for all about Akman McClatchey right,
And the girl was a veil him. I got her name, probably
not, but it doesn't matter toher. Now. What about Akman?
Well, he was crying out ofhis whip. He said somebody was going
to kill him, and I toldhim he founded just the right place because
you was strong and brave and wonderful. And then he cried, good,
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good, but wait, wait,wait, hold it. If you see
what happened. When all the cryingwas over, I send him up to
see you. Sam. I couldn'ttold you somebody was going to kill him.
That's all yet, Sail, that'swhy he was crying. Oh no,
say no, that's not why Akhmandwas crying. Why he didn't care
for himself. He's a selfless,generous time angel child. Who was Akhma
crying over? Man? In thepaper? What paper he's in? All
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the paper, Sam, the Chronicleand the Examiner McCall and even on the
cover of Time this week you seea banquet. That's whose picture it was,
the Drawbara, the Prime Minister ofKashmir. Look at this small sin
underneath sand on him the hopes ofAsia that will hurt Akhmad Sam, not
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for himself. He said, they'regoing to kill s Jawara Hale. Two
paragraphs later in my tacit turn Secretary, let's slip the information that Shalamar had
arrived at the office five minutes afterAkhmad left and departed from my home and
heart loaded for bear. The hullaballooover you, Jawarall, was due to
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the fact that you were at thismoment arriving on the steamer PACIFICA on roots
of Washington, with, as thearticle put it, the destiny of the
Middle East in your briefcase. Tenminutes later, I was fighting my way
through the mob at Pier forty two. Not just a mob, mind you,
but an assortment of bands, aHindu delegation, the full membership of
the Sanskrit Society at the University ofCalifornia with a huge fan are reading Jawara,
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How We're with You, and anover ripe soprano on a pedestal singing
pale hands I Love. I struggledthrough this to the curb just in time
to see you pull away in yourspecial limousine, then climbed over some more
backs to a phone book. Engage, muy contort it. Look that's your
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Sam Spade, mister singh oh oh. As the Prime Minister arrived there yet
you any minute right when you bettercall out the guard. They're going to
try to assassinate him tonight, mygood man, Do you realize, my
good man, I know whereof Ispeak. Ah, yes, you're getting
the idea, all right. It'sthe old circle of twelve with a brand
new paint. Jot not get onit. My next move may sound to
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you like a combination of negligence,indolence, and on wigwarra. Hell,
but I must remind you that Iwas not employed on this caper, was
receiving no stipend for risking my everloving neck, and had added up the
figures in the problem of primary interestto me, namely the lady who tried
to kill me on page two.I therefore entrusted responsibility for your health and
that of the Middle East of theProconsul made my way home, put on
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my slippers, and set the lazySusan on the floor, this time for
Freddy to play with. Let meseeing that where was that? Oh yeah,
yeah, no, Zelda, mygirl, He whispered, Let's have
the plans for that plutonium poet rocketship. Somehow this all seems logic.
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Never, she breathed, rather death, mister g two, than to betray
my country. Quiet Freddy, Ohno, no, no, not that
buddy. Now Miss Spade, Ohhello, proconsult May I do do?
I have taken every precaution the Primeministrude. He's on his way to the
banquet. Now good. There's onething MS episode secrecy, the mere knowledge
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of that such an organization is this, this circle of twelve yes exists,
would give added strength to a disloyalopposition in our country that may express itself
in a manner disasters to our purposesin sending Jawadahal to Washington. You understand
my leg's taking me a while.I learned the ground rules in the International
League. Then I get the generalidea. Are you you have spoken of
this school? Noah? No,oh, excuse me, hello, this
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is Hapa. Sorry. Oh yes. It took me a great deal of
long time to check my record,mister Spade, but I finally found it.
Oh what's that the gentleman who boughtthe set of twelve Casmering medallions like
the one you saw me myself.Oh yes, yes, yeah. His
name is Rasputsing. I think isthe Casmery procansl he is. Oh,
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Oh well, gosh, thanks star. They this is Hagdurianzpapa, Sir.
I I found it is just notDorothy. After all you've done, tralis.
The least she could do is thankyou, and you can tell her
that from me now bye, honey, Hellunky though, say hello, shit,
really, let's say now where we'reaway. You have also given me
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your assurance you would maintain sticky secrecyin this unfortunate match. Oh yes,
yes, now I must go.They're expecting me at the banquet there.
Thank you again, so not atall. Your service to our country and
the world will find expression, Ihope on some later day. Good night,
good nights ready, please not nowdown the phone? Well broken dagger
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in the flesh going modern name ofthat gun? Actually down the phone?
What if I told you I'd alreadymade the call, I'd say you were
a lion. The line is tappedoutside you figure the angles have to my
business. I have to when's itcoming off the Prime Minister or any minute
for you? Right now? He'sgot you food too. Huh right there?
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Oh rash. But you're a fallguy, you know, doing the
heavy stuff. If it kicks back, you get it in the other ten
lads, I think you could talkme out of it. Why, that's
the last thing in my mind.I'd never everything happened at once as near
as I can recall it begame whenCochan dagger back onto Freddy's tail, Freddy
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yell spun like a top and cand d off balance. Put his other
foot on Aunt adelaide. Lazy Susanhardly a place for a big off balanced
man to place. Is only aremaining foot about that. I kicked him
my stomach glanded the gun, whichs get it into a corner, and
we went over and over for awhile. C and D tore it my
suit with his claws and teeth.I beat his head with an ashtray,
and Freddie sat quieting in the cornerand washed himself at length, hiring at
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the ashtray. I beat his headon the radiator, and dear Cochan Dagger
gave it up with a long,unhappy sigh affair. Get out of my
way, head waiter, or I'llwalk right over that white shirt front.
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Please, I haven't even served anythingelse. These drinks are just coming on.
I wait, wait, and nownow, my countrymen, before we
introduce our guests of honor, SirJawara Halbara, i'll below and trive minutes.
I suggest we rise and toast ourcountry cash me, May she go
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ahead? Pro consul, don't letme interrupt. Please not here the standard
remarkus, what is the meaning ofthis? Aren't you gonna ask me?
I'm supposed to be dead that what'sthrowing yester spit? Please opus is about
to be drunks my drink proconsul.Gentlemen, gentlemen, there was a time
a costume in our country for thehost to exchange glasses with the guests or
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gna. We'll meet me true,so gosh me and the morrow of this
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story, if there is one,is when danger threatens, don't hire a
bodyguard, buy a cat and alazy susan period and of report. Why
do people do these things? Oh? We all have different loyalties, have
different ideas about duty. My duty, for instance, is to pick up
an out of my head and asoup full of holes once a week,
while your duty, grand stammer Ican take a dance. Chimes mean good
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times. On NBC this Sunday,Theater Guild on the Air presents a light,
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What are you reading How can Ido this? Something wrong? Wrong?
The papers, the Teutony empowered rocketship? What else a dumper if I
ever read one? If the plansturned out so the veil lady had entered
a breakfast cereal contest. Oh that'slife, little one. We struggle,
we strive, we think we havesuccess in our grasp and it turns out
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dross. Oh how you like it? What my new rock? And that
concludes the dialogue for tonight, exceptfor one thing, of course, I'm
ready. Who wants to be theman called X? He is a different
one every week. I am theman called Spade, Constance, faithful,
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simper Fidelis, that's me. Goodnight, mister Fidelis, good night,
sweetheart. The Adventures of Sam Spadeare produced, edited, and directed by
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William Spear. Sam Spade was playedby Stephen Dunn. Loreen Tittle Is Effie.
Script for the Night's Adventure by HaroldSwanton, Musical scoring by lud Guskin,
conducted by Robert Armbruster. Join usagain next week, same time for
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another adventurer with Sam's babe, theMagnificent Montague. Next then it's Duffy's Tavern
on NBC. Welcome back. Idon't think Sam has had a cat in
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previous episodes, but I do likeit for him. I think it's a
good development. Now I actually hada sense of what Sam was talking about,
even though the term lazy Susan isnot used I don't think as much
in modern discussion. But it's essentiallya purned table tray. Put it on
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a table or somewhere and you canjust turn the lazy Susan around without having
to move everything else or move aroundan object to get to it. Those
things just have so many different uses. And of course, if you've got
a cat and the lazy Susan's nottoo bad for the cat, it's a
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cat toy. One thing that doesimpress me on listening to other NBC programs
is how people made commercials about theman called X and inserted references into their
programs about the man called X withouthaving any clue how the series actually worked.
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I mean, we've talked before aboutthe whole man without a Name,
you know, Ken Thurston, theman without a name, and then we
get this one which says that KenThurston has a different girl every week.
I mean Ken Thurston has a differentspeech every week. He rarely gets the
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girl. I mean, particularly onceyou get past the first CBS season.
But you can get these ideas intothe culture about what a series is like,
what it's about, and how itworks that have no relation to what
it is actually like to watch orlisten to or experience a particular series.
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And it's interesting to hear this onthe network that's actually releasing the Man called
Acts, and it's just fascinating thatyou can have a cultural image of a
production that has no relation to whatit's actually like. All right, well,
now it's time for that promise announcement, and that is that we will
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truly, Johnny Dollar, where soso glad you can make it? Johnny?
Are you sure you want to betrying to talk for it? Look?
Why don't we forget about to talk? Well, Ken, Johnny,
try to Kidney tell me I've gothere. A couple of days, Lyne,
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I saw the chart. Internal internalbleeding birds, birt take it easy?
What do you look? The docsaid, you have to take it
easy? Why can't you gal Jantell me all I need to know on
the case. She can't accept this. It's getting rum done. Yeah,
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she said she thought it wasn't anaccident. She thinks I know. Yeah,
phone calls, letning, phone callsthreatening about what bird? Because because
of holding up on this claim,somehow somebody found out. I called her
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for it as investigation. Naked Deniethat he y'all know the Johnny ruder.
Yeah, denis knowing anything about thecause. But they weren't getting Johnny.
That's why I'm here. They probablyknow I was asking about it. Johnny.
Johnny better go back drop if theydo know, if they know you're
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podcast that will be of interest andencourage you to listen for that. But
now let's get into this week's episodeof Sam Spade. The original aired eight
January nineteenth, nineteen fifty one,and the title is The Cloak and Dagger
Caper. The National Broadcasting Company presentsthe adventures of Sam Spade, Detective Fat
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Detective agenting Miss Sporene. What didyou think about then? It's not a
high You don't know what a hotguess? That is cherub really say you
think I'll tie and a black velvetgun with a veil? What chance would
I have? Damn, you've givenme new high deservedly so wonder girl.
And in fem fatale you have hitupon what might they call the keynote of
the saga, which even now Iam itching to tell you more, a
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tale f a well calculated to keepyou in. Oh no, we better
put that another way. But whileI'm all a subtitle for this oriental tapestry,
bind yourself a copy of something byEric Ambler, or eat Philips Oppenheim
and bone up on the ground rulesof international in frigue who in the National
Yes, the next thirty nine stepsyou here will be me walking up to
the door, my black Hamburg andvelvet color, with my pockets bulging with
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plans for submarines, supersonic airplanes andsecret fortifications, and my tongue a wag
with a report which will echo aroundthe embassies of the world as the Cloak
and Dagger Caper for NBC, WilliamSpear, Radio's outstanding producer director of mystery
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and crime drama brings you the greatestprivate detective of them all in the Adventures
of Sam Spade. Who else MI thought you were kidding back Hamburg and
delve a colt over Yeah, yeah, yeah. But underneath the overcoat,
Sam, with the same old suitand the same old shreds. Who did
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it this time? Thereby hangs thetale hanging out the batch of your trousers.
Sam, Wow, you should say, well, I gotta keep the
coat on. Jawara Hall won't mind, Jawara Helbara, it's his coat.
We'll go into that right now.You're ready, Yes to Jawara hel Bara.
J h w A r h Al b h A r A huh.
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Well from Samuel says, I wantto send five nine six the Coak
and Dagger Caper, Dear Jawara Ow. I'd been on Friday night until four
am watching wedding presents, So whenSaturday turned up rainy, I did the
mad impulsive thing and decided to stayhome. I plugged the phone, build
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a fire in its tall drink,invited Freddy, the neighbor's cat, in
for a short milk, put myfeet up and my head down, and
reached from magazine a picture of peaceto r ol. Freddy lay on the
coffee table, purred and busied himselfspinning the hand rubbed lazy Susan, my
unpredictable aunt Adelaide gave me for Christmas. The magazine turned out to be Time,
with a picture of an austere Asiaticgentleman on the cover. Two pages,
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and I had a kind of headacheyou can only get from reading the
news these days, so I turnedit in on a slick pulse with a
breathless yarn about an international gum shoeand a satin lined cloak who kept running
into women with bosoms full of papers. She gaged up at him, her
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eyes smoldering, heavy lidded you,she faltered, you are sheared and ballad
mister g too. He nodded.Her knife made a glistening arc, stopping
as his hand met her wrists,gripping it like a lies you you liar,
shessed. With the other hand,he ripped away her veils, smothered
her lips and hot tears kisses felther go limp in his arms. Now,
Zelda, my girl, he whispered, Let's have the plans for that
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plutonium powered rocket ship. Ah theladies, Yes, well, what can
I do for you? L lady? You do not mind that I come
in. So how did you comein? So the door is open,
I see sitting in chair an attractiveman. So so you are perhaps working
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on a remake of the Thief ofBaghdad her television black Tube of gone?
Do you mean this is what Ihave on? Also, this what you
haven't on? You'll keep out ofthis, Freddie, I saw her first.
So you just happened to be wanderingpast my door and popped in it.
And it miss you may call meShalimar. No, I do not
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just poppy. I come by design. Well, just what kind of designs
do you have in mind? Mistersaid? You are private eyed? Shalimar,
I am private eyes. You gottroubles much? How much I am
beloved of Akhmed? Well that's nicefor Akhmed. Ahmed Who McClatchy, Akhmed
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McClatchy. How do you explain last? He has two Kamerican names. Oh,
you are a friend of Akhmed too? Never heard of it? Oh,
perhaps, mister stay, Perhaps youforget Ahmed McClatchy. No, no,
never forget a face. What's thematter with Ahmed? Hash dope?
Much? He has the wild dream, the night horse to what you call
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hallows? The nation. You havetold others of Akhmed's visit to you.
I have told no one of Akhman'svisits to me for the simple reason that
held, huh, do not firefound one falsehood another, Akhmad has to
pay the visit. This I know. Now, if you would be so
kindly, I will join your engineers. I'll wait a minute. Why don't
we you do not want to talkwith Shaalima? Well, I just think
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we ought to clear up this missAnd now what a and I've been the
sultan and she Shaherazade. The bookwould have gone on for twenty more volumes.
It was all theirs availablow, theeyes, the jackets and long satin
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fans, plus a superabundance of whatSutan's look for when they are employing a
harem. I fumbled around, puttingI don't know what into a couple of
Martini's, found more milk for Freddy'ssaucer, and thence at all three between
us on Aunt Adelaide's lazy Susan.I like, mister Spade. Fine,
now we talk. Drink your milk, Freddy, Now we talk. You
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have matched oh oh oh, I'llget it for you. Now you're almost
stepping on it. So clumsy theleast six the chain. Yeah, I
see it here we are, thankyou now, July. Now, mister
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spade, before we talk of Akman, let us drink to him. Huh,
right to Akman to walk? Ohwhat's the matter of Freddy? Oh
god, yeah, look milks onthe wrong side. He did it again?
Did what well? He likes tospend the lazy Susan? Susan,
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what did he do? I'll takeit easy, honey, the thing spin
See, you got my drink,I got yours and Freddie got left up?
Oh no, please a deep fanta? What's that? What's the matter
with you? Huh? Salem,I shall them our baby come out of
it now we do? Where's aglass? Cyana? So that took care
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of Shalimar. The purse had nothingexcept the usual feminine claptrap, hairpins,
makeup and cigarettes, no keys,no identification, nothing except for a locket
around her neck, which was somethingthat don't run into every day. A
strange handwrought disc shaped thing with whatlooked like the face of a clock on
it, twelve Arabic symbols where thehours should be in a pair of hands
pointing to four in some jawaril.It was the sort of thing Sheridan Ballard,
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a man called g two yawns overwhich struck humdrum me as a little
bit out of the ordinary. Itstruck Lieutenant Dundee of homicide the same.
Look at me, Sam, lookinto my eyes, Dundee, I didn't
know you came. Well, yeah, I am not an idiot, Sam.
Well, I've been in this businessfor twenty five years. I've looked
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at a lot of stiffs in mylifetime. But this is the first hoochie
coochie girl in my book. Whoeverwalked in out of the rain and tried
to poison a total stranger, Well, said Dundee. Here here, so
oh oh, use your head,Sam. Where have you seen her before?
I told you I don't know her, Dundee? And why don't you
try to Katie ask her? Ah, there's whole thing's impossible. Harum costume
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poison shell um fantastic. I know, I'm sorry. All right, get
out here. The print man,the Emmy and the photographers will be here
in a minute. You'll only getin the way where I go anywhere.
Find out who this dame is.Who's gonna pay my fee? Well?
I scram bidding farewell to the gentlelieutenants. I took off into the rain
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bound. I knew not where.I bought a paper and settled down in
a one armed coffee joint, drankthree cups of coffee and came up with
three leads. First, the balletmaster at the opera house, Shahzadia,
I'm not doing till three weeks.Yeah, the costumes are all fixed up
still, and I am missing noballer enough now, Dan Bolden awful three
ssses and she wiggles and waggles,she shimmies and shakes. You never never
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saw anything like this, folks.Shawa hiray, hurray, hurray, direct
from a Turkish harem, little Fatima. That girl. When the double joined
us, drank and Jack, you'resure she's in there? Jak, Wait
a minute, Jack, Yeah she'sin there. Man. Thanks man.
All right, folks, stepping alittle closet, All right, but I
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can't help your breath. This here, tuck us back is one hundred percent
stage homeward bound. I was walkingdown Grand Avenue when I passed a little
shop near Pine Street. Go letteringon one corner of the window spelled out
hatch your Durian Ja Pappas importer churios. How do you do, sir?
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Hatch you Durian Jay Pappas? Youget the pleasure? What's the j for?
Never mind you though you can pronounceit. I accept your apology,
and I want to take a lookat this. Oh lack it? Yes?
Luck? If this is? Wheredo you get this? Lack it?
So I found it? I thoughtyou might recognize it. Yeah,
I think I do. You know. Strange is that they've come here and
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yet not so strangely that if youwant to look at it, well,
which is it serious? You know? I'm perhaps done a feller in town
who might have dealt in this kindof stuff. Here you fight? Then?
You? I you you soul?This probably serious? Who too?
I'm trying to remember a girl?A girl? Oh? Or what is
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it? A feller? A youngfeller or old feller? Well, at
least is only one more category?An old woman? Oh? You know
her? That? No? Idon't know her. No, you know,
I wish I could remember to whomI saw this too. She's been
such a long time, you know. Of course I can look it up
and call your sport god. Here'shere's my card, oh, Sam sport.
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Well, if you want to lookat him, you said, it's
a genuine Oh sure, sure,Secret Society medallion sixteenth century. It's from
the Indian state of Kazmir. Kazmirs kid, Kazmi. What's the matter
with you? Don't you understand English? Kazmir A typical spade blunder all I
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can think I was a girl ona cigarette package by confining my operations to
Turkey. But this opened new doors. The first, the most obvious,
and ultimately the correct choice, wasa flossy nightclub known to the town's well
heeled party folk as the Veil ofKashmir. It was dark when I got
there, but the front doors hadn'topen yet. Ran at the side an
alley led up to the trade entrance, next to which stood a huge,
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wedge shaped character with a swarthy complexion, marred by a scar down one cheek,
and to make him even more openheimish, he was wrapped in a black
ten sized opera cloak. I noddedpolitely, he spat, and I went
inside. The Veil of Kashmir isa sumptuous bistrow even on ordinary nights,
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and this Knife was obviously to bemore than ordinary. The table across the
end of the floor was banquet side. The place was hung with Kazmiri flags,
and the picture of an old manwho looked familiar was hung from the
middle of one wall. The maitred was talking to an important looking gent
near the long table, and Iwalked over to them, pausing only to
note one of the dancing girls practicingin a corner in her shallowmar type store
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nottlike. I was close to homeand the curry. You understand I'm not
too hot, Yes, excellency,it shall be as you wish. The
florist will be here promptly with theflower. I trust you will be prepared
to take care of Excuse me,general, my name is Spain rushput c.
Sir, that your priceless of state. We haven't done n good?
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What is it, mist sipate?Are you in charge here? I am
the headweight of Sorry, this gentlemanis the Kashmiri pro consult Oh forgive me,
your excellency, hip, Yeah,sorry, not at all. Do
you have a dancing girl here namedShalima Shellima? No? Boy, probably
is another name about Akhmen. McClatchyright, where is he? A former
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employee as of this afternoon is AhmedMcClatchy. Who who is my chef today?
Of all times, she don't notshow up? You know where he
lives. I can look it up, but please sort the pro consult and
I'm in the bank with an arrangementsthe Prime Minister himself. Just one more
thing, a proconsul. Have youever seen one of these before? M
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what is it? A secret societymedallion? I tell you who who cares
you? This as a Durian papasaround the little story of Doran Grand Avenue.
Now anything about it? Secret societyis right? The Circle of twelve
you see here the hands point tofour. Yes, the fourth member.
This means the hands straight up isthe leader. You seem to know what
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you are talking about, headwater cashMiri. Culture is a hobby of mine,
excellency. This is an ancient howdo you say, subversive organization?
They think from the time of theMogal conquest of the sixteenth century. Very
interesting, but of little significance.Now the Circle of twelve has been dead
for three centuries. If you wouldexcuse me, excellency, I'll get from
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mister Speed Ahmad's address and then Iwill hold it. He just made it
to the table, swept the sugarbowl off it, and followed it to
the deck. When I saw thedagger in his back, I grabbed my
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gun and set sail for the alley, looking for the cloak that went with
it. But he was gone,so was Achman. I bent down over
him, took a closer look andsaw why he spilled the sugar with his
finger. He traced a design init, around design the circle of twelve.
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You are listening to the weekly adventureof radio's most famous detective Sam Spade.
There's a bright newcomer to your NBCSunday lineup. Start this Sunday.
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It's Mister and Missus Blandings. Nowyou can follow the further delightful adventures of
the beleaguered Blandings in their famous dreamhouse. Every Sunday. Starring as Mister
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and Missus Blandings has followed over mostof these NBC stations by the Big Show,
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the Cloak and Dagger caper Tonight's adventurewith Sam Spade, Well, Jaarl.
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All the ingredients of a first classinternational goulash were here. The cloak,
the dagger, the men with ascar on his face, the lady with
a veil over hers, and twocorpses. Final, Dundee had completed activities
with Corps but one at my apartment. So I alsoed him down to the
Veil of Kashmir and put him towork on number two. Then I hustled
back to my office. The bigquestion had yet to be answered. Another.
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Oh, I've been trying to callyou for all about Akman McClatchey right,
And the girl was a veil him. I got her name, probably
not, but it doesn't matter toher. Now. What about Akman?
Well, he was crying out ofhis whip. He said somebody was going
to kill him, and I toldhim he founded just the right place because
you was strong and brave and wonderful. And then he cried, good,
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good, but wait, wait,wait, hold it. If you see
what happened. When all the cryingwas over, I send him up to
see you. Sam. I couldn'ttold you somebody was going to kill him.
That's all yet, Sail, that'swhy he was crying. Oh no,
say no, that's not why Akhmandwas crying. Why he didn't care
for himself. He's a selfless,generous time angel child. Who was Akhma
crying over? Man? In thepaper? What paper he's in? All
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the paper, Sam, the Chronicleand the Examiner McCall and even on the
cover of Time this week you seea banquet. That's whose picture it was,
the Drawbara, the Prime Minister ofKashmir. Look at this small sin
underneath sand on him the hopes ofAsia that will hurt Akhmad Sam, not
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for himself. He said, they'regoing to kill s Jawara Hale. Two
paragraphs later in my tacit turn Secretary, let's slip the information that Shalamar had
arrived at the office five minutes afterAkhmad left and departed from my home and
heart loaded for bear. The hullaballooover you, Jawarall, was due to
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the fact that you were at thismoment arriving on the steamer PACIFICA on roots
of Washington, with, as thearticle put it, the destiny of the
Middle East in your briefcase. Tenminutes later, I was fighting my way
through the mob at Pier forty two. Not just a mob, mind you,
but an assortment of bands, aHindu delegation, the full membership of
the Sanskrit Society at the University ofCalifornia with a huge fan are reading Jawara,
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How We're with You, and anover ripe soprano on a pedestal singing
pale hands I Love. I struggledthrough this to the curb just in time
to see you pull away in yourspecial limousine, then climbed over some more
backs to a phone book. Engage, muy contort it. Look that's your
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Sam Spade, mister singh oh oh. As the Prime Minister arrived there yet
you any minute right when you bettercall out the guard. They're going to
try to assassinate him tonight, mygood man, Do you realize, my
good man, I know whereof Ispeak. Ah, yes, you're getting
the idea, all right. It'sthe old circle of twelve with a brand
new paint. Jot not get onit. My next move may sound to
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you like a combination of negligence,indolence, and on wigwarra. Hell,
but I must remind you that Iwas not employed on this caper, was
receiving no stipend for risking my everloving neck, and had added up the
figures in the problem of primary interestto me, namely the lady who tried
to kill me on page two.I therefore entrusted responsibility for your health and
that of the Middle East of theProconsul made my way home, put on
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my slippers, and set the lazySusan on the floor, this time for
Freddy to play with. Let meseeing that where was that? Oh yeah,
yeah, no, Zelda, mygirl, He whispered, Let's have
the plans for that plutonium poet rocketship. Somehow this all seems logic.
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Never, she breathed, rather death, mister g two, than to betray
my country. Quiet Freddy, Ohno, no, no, not that
buddy. Now Miss Spade, Ohhello, proconsult May I do do?
I have taken every precaution the Primeministrude. He's on his way to the
banquet. Now good. There's onething MS episode secrecy, the mere knowledge
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of that such an organization is this, this circle of twelve yes exists,
would give added strength to a disloyalopposition in our country that may express itself
in a manner disasters to our purposesin sending Jawadahal to Washington. You understand
my leg's taking me a while.I learned the ground rules in the International
League. Then I get the generalidea. Are you you have spoken of
this school? Noah? No,oh, excuse me, hello, this
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is Hapa. Sorry. Oh yes. It took me a great deal of
long time to check my record,mister Spade, but I finally found it.
Oh what's that the gentleman who boughtthe set of twelve Casmering medallions like
the one you saw me myself.Oh yes, yes, yeah. His
name is Rasputsing. I think isthe Casmery procansl he is. Oh,
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Oh well, gosh, thanks star. They this is Hagdurianzpapa, Sir.
I I found it is just notDorothy. After all you've done, tralis.
The least she could do is thankyou, and you can tell her
that from me now bye, honey, Hellunky though, say hello, shit,
really, let's say now where we'reaway. You have also given me
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your assurance you would maintain sticky secrecyin this unfortunate match. Oh yes,
yes, now I must go.They're expecting me at the banquet there.
Thank you again, so not atall. Your service to our country and
the world will find expression, Ihope on some later day. Good night,
good nights ready, please not nowdown the phone? Well broken dagger
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in the flesh going modern name ofthat gun? Actually down the phone?
What if I told you I'd alreadymade the call, I'd say you were
a lion. The line is tappedoutside you figure the angles have to my
business. I have to when's itcoming off the Prime Minister or any minute
for you? Right now? He'sgot you food too. Huh right there?
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Oh rash. But you're a fallguy, you know, doing the
heavy stuff. If it kicks back, you get it in the other ten
lads, I think you could talkme out of it. Why, that's
the last thing in my mind.I'd never everything happened at once as near
as I can recall it begame whenCochan dagger back onto Freddy's tail, Freddy
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yell spun like a top and cand d off balance. Put his other
foot on Aunt adelaide. Lazy Susanhardly a place for a big off balanced
man to place. Is only aremaining foot about that. I kicked him
my stomach glanded the gun, whichs get it into a corner, and
we went over and over for awhile. C and D tore it my
suit with his claws and teeth.I beat his head with an ashtray,
and Freddie sat quieting in the cornerand washed himself at length, hiring at
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the ashtray. I beat his headon the radiator, and dear Cochan Dagger
gave it up with a long,unhappy sigh affair. Get out of my
way, head waiter, or I'llwalk right over that white shirt front.
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Please, I haven't even served anythingelse. These drinks are just coming on.
I wait, wait, and nownow, my countrymen, before we
introduce our guests of honor, SirJawara Halbara, i'll below and trive minutes.
I suggest we rise and toast ourcountry cash me, May she go
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ahead? Pro consul, don't letme interrupt. Please not here the standard
remarkus, what is the meaning ofthis? Aren't you gonna ask me?
I'm supposed to be dead that what'sthrowing yester spit? Please opus is about
to be drunks my drink proconsul.Gentlemen, gentlemen, there was a time
a costume in our country for thehost to exchange glasses with the guests or
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gna. We'll meet me true,so gosh me and the morrow of this
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story, if there is one,is when danger threatens, don't hire a
bodyguard, buy a cat and alazy susan period and of report. Why
do people do these things? Oh? We all have different loyalties, have
different ideas about duty. My duty, for instance, is to pick up
an out of my head and asoup full of holes once a week,
while your duty, grand stammer Ican take a dance. Chimes mean good
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times. On NBC this Sunday,Theater Guild on the Air presents a light,
laughable, lovable comedy. It's TheFortune Hunter and it stars Gene Crane
and John Lund. You're invited Sundayto another outstanding one hour production by Theater
Guild on the Air and a reminderthere's a bright newcomer to your big Sunday
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What are you reading How can Ido this? Something wrong? Wrong?
The papers, the Teutony empowered rocketship? What else a dumper if I
ever read one? If the plansturned out so the veil lady had entered
a breakfast cereal contest. Oh that'slife, little one. We struggle,
we strive, we think we havesuccess in our grasp and it turns out
(28:56):
dross. Oh how you like it? What my new rock? And that
concludes the dialogue for tonight, exceptfor one thing, of course, I'm
ready. Who wants to be theman called X? He is a different
one every week. I am theman called Spade, Constance, faithful,
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simper Fidelis, that's me. Goodnight, mister Fidelis, good night,
sweetheart. The Adventures of Sam Spadeare produced, edited, and directed by
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William Spear. Sam Spade was playedby Stephen Dunn. Loreen Tittle Is Effie.
Script for the Night's Adventure by HaroldSwanton, Musical scoring by lud Guskin,
conducted by Robert Armbruster. Join usagain next week, same time for
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another adventurer with Sam's babe, theMagnificent Montague. Next then it's Duffy's Tavern
on NBC. Welcome back. Idon't think Sam has had a cat in
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previous episodes, but I do likeit for him. I think it's a
good development. Now I actually hada sense of what Sam was talking about,
even though the term lazy Susan isnot used I don't think as much
in modern discussion. But it's essentiallya purned table tray. Put it on
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a table or somewhere and you canjust turn the lazy Susan around without having
to move everything else or move aroundan object to get to it. Those
things just have so many different uses. And of course, if you've got
a cat and the lazy Susan's nottoo bad for the cat, it's a
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cat toy. One thing that doesimpress me on listening to other NBC programs
is how people made commercials about theman called X and inserted references into their
programs about the man called X withouthaving any clue how the series actually worked.
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I mean, we've talked before aboutthe whole man without a Name,
you know, Ken Thurston, theman without a name, and then we
get this one which says that KenThurston has a different girl every week.
I mean Ken Thurston has a differentspeech every week. He rarely gets the
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girl. I mean, particularly onceyou get past the first CBS season.
But you can get these ideas intothe culture about what a series is like,
what it's about, and how itworks that have no relation to what
it is actually like to watch orlisten to or experience a particular series.
(32:39):
And it's interesting to hear this onthe network that's actually releasing the Man called
Acts, and it's just fascinating thatyou can have a cultural image of a
production that has no relation to whatit's actually like. All right, well,
now it's time for that promise announcement, and that is that we will
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be starting a new podcast in additionto the great Detectives of Old Time Radio.
It's called The Old Time Radio Snackwagon, and it's going to feature some
shorter old time radio programs as wellas clips from longer series. We've got
some really fun stuff to share,and I hope that you'll join us.
(33:28):
We will be releasing the first episodeon August the seventh. We'll have a
sneak peek of that first episode onSunday, August the sixth, and of
course we will play the trailer atthe end of this episode, and you
can again go and subscribe over atsnackwagon dot net or wherever you get your
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podcast from. We've got the trailerup. Now. Now it's time to
thank our Patreon supporter of the day, and I want to go ahead and
thank Mariness. Mariness has been oneof our Patreon supporters since February, currently
supporting the program at the Detective Sergeantlevel of seven dollars and fourteen cents or
more per month. Thank you somuch for your support, Mariness, and
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that will do it for today.If you are enjoying this podcast, please
follow us using your favorite podcast softwareand be sure to rate and review the
podcast wherever you download it from.We'll be back next Monday with another episode
of Sam Spade, and then aweek from Saturday, we'll be bringing you
some previously uncirculated episodes of Indictment.But join us back here tomorrow for yours
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truly, Johnny Dollar, where soso glad you can make it? Johnny?
Are you sure you want to betrying to talk for it? Look?
Why don't we forget about to talk? Well, Ken, Johnny,
try to Kidney tell me I've gothere. A couple of days, Lyne,
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I saw the chart. Internal internalbleeding birds, birt take it easy?
What do you look? The docsaid, you have to take it
easy? Why can't you gal Jantell me all I need to know on
the case. She can't accept this. It's getting rum done. Yeah,
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she said she thought it wasn't anaccident. She thinks I know. Yeah,
phone calls, letning, phone callsthreatening about what bird? Because because
of holding up on this claim,somehow somebody found out. I called her
(35:43):
for it as investigation. Naked Deniethat he y'all know the Johnny ruder.
Yeah, denis knowing anything about thecause. But they weren't getting Johnny.
That's why I'm here. They probablyknow I was asking about it. Johnny.
Johnny better go back drop if theydo know, if they know you're
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hitting Johnny n I hope you'll bewith us then. In the meantime,
do send your comments to Box thirteenat Great Detectives dot net, follow us
on Twitter at Radio Detectives, andcheck us out on Instagram, Instagram,
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dot com, slash Great Detectives.And from Boise, Idaho, this is
your host, Adam Graham, signingoff and sharing a trailer for our new
podcast project, Step Into a WorldThat was at the Old Time Radio snack
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Wagon, where your ticket to thegolden age of radio, serving up weekly
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