August 30, 2025 • 36 mins
Original Release Date: June 19, 2023
Today's Mystery:Sam is summoned to a ghost town by an elderly man, who believes Sam is a California Marshal, to help him fight an outlaw.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 8, 1950
Originated from HollywoodStarred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie, Wally Maher as Buck, Alan Reed
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Today's Mystery:Sam is summoned to a ghost town by an elderly man, who believes Sam is a California Marshal, to help him fight an outlaw.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 8, 1950
Originated from HollywoodStarred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie, Wally Maher as Buck, Alan Reed
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episode of Sam's Spade. The originalairdate December eighth, nineteen fifty and the
title as the Dry Goltch Caper.The National Broadcasting Company presents the adventures of
Sam Spade, Detective Detective Agency MeanSweetheart bunks along Fades, the only cop
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hook in the West. With somuch daylight between him and Saddle, the
California Limited can pass under without everblackening speed rough and I'm coughing. I'm
ready, Gal, I'll outshoot,out ride and not caught any man in
boots or bare footed either. Asa matter of fact, us your weapons.
What's the room you with? Youbeen where the air is warm and
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the women are warmer if and theincomes swift and sudden? Oh, I
took Horror Screeley's advice, Sweethearts,I went west Wolf. We're done and
we already keep your range time,Gal, I calculate the bull leg my
way through the door garbed in mytwelve gallon half, my buckskin shirt,
my worn leave eyes, and mytwin six guns weird extra large hammers to
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dictate my report on the dry ghostCaper or they went that away For NBC,
William Spear, Radio's outstanding producer directorof History and crime drama, bring
you the greatest private detective of themall in the event here the Sam Fade,
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Effie, I'm here, Prairie Flower. Are you the new school mar
WHOA? What's happened to you?You're so so real for real? Not
only that so beat, Effie,so absolutely not unless you haven't even it's
a local cushion facory, shall wesee? I'd like to get it over
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with. You mean give you aheadache just the same. It's not my
head, and I was referring toyour ready little partner. They pill it
in to Lieutenant RCA Holiday robbery detail, San Francisco Police Department, City Firm
Samuel Speed license number one three seven, five nine six subject a wild West
Caper or hop Along Cassidy can haveit dere holidays. I should say,
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at this very instant, I shouldbe cramming from my entrance exams to the
mission home for Settle Store a privatedetective. But knowing how this report will
pidy up your files, I shallproceed in a standing position. It was
like yesterday afternoon when for me thebells pole. That was when I first
heard the purty voice of the girlof the Golden West, Missus Spade.
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You I can't say, the detectiveseven days a week, twenty four hours
a day, who was Missus Stade. I'm calling about my grandfather. He
you don't even know who I am. I cannot tell a lie I don't
have. My name's Penny Bruce,and I hope I can tell you the
story before grandfather comes to phone thestory. Yes, hopefill he comes play
along with a missus Spade please,and then you're not stand Spade the detective
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or Marshall Spade of the California Rangers. Marshall, wait a minute, I
must look the party in a blueserge. Suit yourself to something I know
you will like, I would private, detectively terribly pleasing. Well, ill
fade, that's right back through talking. Yeah, and he says you're the
straightest shooting since Billy's a kid.He Wreck, huh oh sure, sure
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t wreck Buck t Wreck claims youand the horse fly along like you with
one here buck At one time oranother, I've taken a fire on every
nag in the game, clutters included, Damn you're my man, Marshall,
get fear fast. The shootings ravela start any minutes. Wait, we
have a bad connection on this phone. I thought you said the shootings rival
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aside. I ain't got no timeto waste on useless flavorousy. Just get
uppears. I think the whole pictureyou want to see it. Get up?
Whare where are you? Why indry doats? Where else would I
be? Well? Or where hisdry goes takes the main tail north out
of towns and you spot the oakcircle. Then bear right, I'll go
down down and even change him outto the circle all far would you say?
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This circle is from San France?Oh bout a half days hard rider
reckon half of days? Look buck, I I don't think i'd better.
I'm out of condition. You knowI haven't been riding later. Oh sure
that ain't with my Furdie granddaughtery churnThurdie. Eh half a day's high ride
about twenty miles. Huh, Idon't remember any time wrong there. Don't
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worry about the time, marshall,that's here. You're kicking your shaddle and
get your open. You're sure there'sa timing be I ain't up time to
argue yeography with you. Now.Listen them fifty on a gold pieces slinking
together, and I got a wholesummer full of them. Are you coming
up here? But tell them totake to the high hills, Sam said,
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rides again. I made two stopsbefore I hailed a cab and pulled
the startled driver to proceed north.I'm the main trail out of town at
a corner news fan where I riffledthrough a Western story in magazine to declining
what the saddle and sade brush setteris wearing this season, and at the
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Hitching Post costume shop, where Ihad done what I thought was a rather
colorful facts simile of the sade.We drove out one or one at a
smooth fifty five or almost half anhour before I spotted a circular clump of
trees, complete with horse. Aswe were to a halt, the driver
looked back at me and shook hishead. I'm taking down your description,
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Busters, just in case. Asblack ten gallon hat, piple, silk
shaped armond, gangs, door withchests. Boy, I've seen everything.
Now you obviously aren't an Esquire man. Now this wardrobe was personally endorsed by
mister t Is. Yeah, yeah, you sure you want to get out
here, Busters, at this veryspot Buster, But there ain't nothing here
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but nothing wrong, my good man. For you, there is this for
me yonder seed and the dusty trailon your right. Pleasant journey back to
the fort and keep an eye appealfor the Indians. A scruitcake. I've
been hauling the fruitcake. He droveoff, and I staggered on the sides
of my ankles or the horse Amount that fucking left this ornerary critic took
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one look at my custume and theyswung up into the saddle. He shuddered,
then closed his eyes and bowing,hey, wait for me, horse,
Hey art. It was approximately sevenmiles later, and I was beginning
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to feel better because I was paralyzedfrom my waist down. That we flashed
past a sign that read dry GoldCity Limits, Beware of flying lead.
And then came dry Gold's copper ramshacklebuilding, minded, solitary, dusty street,
roof, sagging walls, leaning crazilyin lood. There wasn't a human
being in sight. Dry Ghost wasa ghost cob We cuffed past the Golden
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Spur Cafe, Whitey's Constorial Color,the Lone, a scambling casino, and
Girton Saddle and harness shop, alldessert. Before my horse powed to a
halt in front of a Red Dogsaloon. I just mounted and hobbled in
in front. The Red Dog wasa spider's paradise. Cobweb covered everything and
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Jesse James wanted closely packed on awall, an eighteen thirty five calendar bearing
a picture of Fan Houston, evena bottle of Red Eye standing on the
bar I was washing the trail usout of my throat when a familiar object
on a shelf behind the bar Icaught my attention. I shoved a bottle
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hastily away from me and rapidly blinkedmy eye. But what I had seen
was still there, a brand newoak tap television set. And huh.
And then somebody shoved another familiar objectright into my rib For your shake,
I hope your marsha spare the same, and also for my sake, I
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hope you don't have a nervous triggerfinger. Mighty careless Marshall, drinking with
your back to the door. Letme look you over, turn around,
I said, Now, all right, buck well, hyant tarnish? And
are your big down like nuts?Well, Ralph, these aren't my best
colors. But oh, how aboutthe shooting you spoke of? What's the
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trouble? Buck Oh, it's hada low down snake Blackie Tulliver, Marshall,
Blackiet Tolliver. Oh you must haveheard of black East. Yeah,
this is in here, Blackeat Tulliver. It's go for the robbery of the
Cattleman's National Bank, Oklahoma City,June twenty fifth, eighteen nineties four rough
ornery kuseki use, But we crossedprayers first when he pulled that job.
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Me being a sheriff at ninety fourus up communicase him down, but he
wrangled himself for pardon, slip,police snake. And then where four years
later I hit Tombstone, all primedto settle down, even had little Sinney
all pricked out. But it neverhappened. What did ah that creeping,
crawling Blackie Tolliver sweet talked here inthe leaving town with him. Your girl
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ran off with Blackie to get hitsin Dawson City. Then he standard her
there sick and broke. I burntthe let her get the tour when I
heard, but I was student.Well, I'm sorry, but but that's
a long time ago, and Ibowed. I'd get that side wonder.
I fished him all over the West. But if you couldn't test him,
then then three days ago I seenhim again here in drag GOLs Now no
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on TV. W Yeah, someprogram was tenne casting about a new bank
opening and sister store, and theretheir biggie's life was Blackie right on the
TV. You could recognize him ontelevision. Amaze, and you know what
he was doing there, marshal forBlackie Tolliver, who was held up more
banks than I've got fingers and toes. Was regarding that bank, You mean
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he pulled a switch. I'm trailingwith the law now. Quick as the
TV was finished, I at hima letter. I challenged him to a
shootout here in dry Gold where noone could interfere. And as soon as
he's a shows up, I'm gonnacut him now. Or what makes you
think he'll show where two of hisgang were skulking around yesterday looking the layout
for him means two of his gang. How do you figure that we're the
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simple? I sent him that leatherwith many shows up the first two months
to set foot in dry goats inten years. Your shirt now up.
If Blackie's got a gang, Imight need some help. That's where you
come in. If things get toorough, you're going to step in and
swim the tide. Me why Ihaven't swung a tide in years? Penny
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any a girl now entered the RedDog. A girl and I do not
use the term loosely. Golden hairframed a face that belong nowhere but on
a ranch. Romantous cother and herplaid shirts and jeans. In case the
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sort of figure that lonely cow folksdreamers, a sort of figure is aboutter
of fact, that lonely private detectivedream off doo. Now, this is
my grandguard at Penny Marshoots. Heisn't who shad Man't you Ida Monser?
I've heard a lot about you.Oh, I've heard I showed the Marshall.
Wear her bed down, honey,and keep your eyes up the spade.
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The environments are library strike in anyminute where you along now, okay,
but you'll be here where I wouldn'tbe nowhere else for the next half
hours not for Stege Brush Sandy comingon Lade Brush Sandy. Yes, sure,
the best thing that ever happened toTV. The greatest jockey decided the
fake course river now fucking ch findhim move the take from the other.
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Oh day, what a man,Chris Dad Rabbit cooking next berks, Oh
Disneyland die Man musical murder that's forthe kid, and decide last have no
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clue to the one about the blueArms gunman Late this afternoon. Course to
go open the of the pack,stay bank and to stay through the tistape
full of characters, Dixie land bankrobbers. We're in Charnasian stage brush Sandy,
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and yes, that record is finning. Now that's real, now very
much less quickly, I take astage brush Sandy. Program doesn't do anything
for you. Let's say the fairfresh share more. I'm glad to save
me to stay for a minute.I was afraid you were leaving Dry Goes.
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Where were you outside the window youwere trying to reach. I mean
you heard all the things but said, huh, we turn in here.
This is the Overland Hotel. You'renot worried about your grandfather, mister stage
There's nothing wrong with it. It'sthe lights every since I can remember,
I'll hear you. Not the fairamount, exactly charming. Charming. Grandfather's
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a very old man who's trying desperatelyto live in the past. That's why
he bought dry Up. You meanhe bought the whole time black Stock and
Bell. It was well a dreamhe'd had for years come true, a
chance to live out his life andthe sort of surroundings he love. And
the Blackie Tliver, the demon bankrobber who came back on television. Every
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day I've heard about Blackie Tolliver sinceI was so high this showdown is Blackie,
as all grandfather talked about. Whenit doesn't happen, there'll be no
living with him unless we can beconvinced. Blackie was just too scared the
facing, and I'm the convincing Mimiwho could convince him, easier than Marshall's
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fade of the California Rangers talking toremand the man, Oh, I see,
well, look, I can't takea play it same, just for
the night tomorrow. You can leaveand forget the whole thing. You really
untain, won't you stay? Herface was only inches from mine and getting
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closer every second. When the silenceof drive boats was shattered by south and
the sound of counting feet, Icrossed the room and put it out into
the twilight. A man was runningfrom the Red Saloon the hotel no more
fast enough. All four of theshots that lanced out from the Red Dog
caught him directly under my window.He staggered drunkenly, and then fell face
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up in the streets. If Ilooked down at him, two books were
inescapable. A his was the samefaced bucket showed me on the poster so
there was a Blackie Toliver and bWhatever game Penny's grandfather was playing right now
was apparently when he was playing forkeeps. You are listening to the weekly
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adventure of radio's most famous detective,damned fade. Have you met our new
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a baby. It is the biggestbaby you ever heard. And he's not
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Meet the Big Show, an hourand a half of comedy, music and
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Evening over most of these NBC stationsalso means theater Guild on the air.
Now back to the Dry Goat Caperor they went that a way to night's
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adventure with Sam's Bay. Blackie Tolliverwas still alive but unconscious when Penny and
I reached him moments later. Hisforced breathing was the only sound to be
heard along dry gulch of Single Street, wherever Buck had gone after the shooting.
Whatever he was doing, he wasas quiet as a mouse. I
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examined Blackie as best I could inthe dusty light. I was wearing a
part State, thank God, uniform, and it was soaked with red.
He needed medical attention fast, heguys, can you'll call it murders on,
Let's not talk about that now.What else could they call it?
Like? He didn't have a prayer. He isn't even carrying a gun.
What are we gonna do right now? We're gonna get black into a hospital.
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That means we'll need horses and somehelp. There's no one, well,
there's butch. You saddle horses.I'll find him if we take him
to a hospital. Still, night, guy, and have a rigaine.
If we didn't, no one hadever know that. Don front, Penny,
I'll saddle horses. Dumpty, don'thit me for what it was.
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I carried Blackie to the hotel porchand did what I could to make him
comfortable, and I started looking forBuck. Buck TV set was still on
when I reached the Red Dog,but it was playing to a dark,
empty house. I turned away tocontinue my search, and then I stopped.
The music. Tearing at my eardrums was pured Dixieland musical murdery Buck
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calling. I checked my watch sixtwenty three, only twenty three minutes since
Penny and I left the saloon.That meant Sagebrush Sandy still had seven minutes
to go. I could see Bucktaking a powder after dropping Blackie, but
I couldn't see him forsaking its belovedSandy, but Dixieland before he did it.
I was wondering who heads whitch channelswhen I saw what I'd missed before,
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a sliver of light shining under adoor at the back of the room.
I chat footed my way across theRed Dog and had almost reached the
door when, for the second timesince my arrival in drag Goach, I
felt a gun barrel pressed against myspy Don stops, no guess came moving
right until the door. I'm sorry, sir, I can hardly hear you
with that music. All right,so we can turn it off? I
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mean, thank you, thank you. No, I'm move well, you
went this, but I can onlystay a moment. Talky what happened?
Thought the population of this town wasbut the warm so that I I got
better the whole time. I buton our way back and run into this
g Apparently the census takers overlooking him, Yeah, then approves you can believe
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no, man, we are givenpositive assurance to places deserted, yet traffic
suddenly becomes unbarrel. But perhaps Iwas being over friendly, gentleman. We
Westerners get carried away now and thennow, if you'll excuse me, that's
yes, friend, you have justarrived. Really, boys, it's far
past my usual bedtime, so you'resleeping tomorrow. Sit down, leave us
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checked. There were several things inthat candlelate back room I could have chatted
about. I could have pulled outToreno, short, swarthy and one of
the best known bank boys in thebusiness. But I'd recognize him as soon
as his friend hearded me through thedoor, or perhaps mentioned the currency stacked
high on the paper before um,each packet held together by a paper binder
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with the words Park State Bank ofSan Francisco stamped very neatly on it.
Now, suppose you tell us aboutwhat you snooping around Paul, Gentlemen,
this is all a grievous misunderstanding.I merely happened by to remind you of
the annual rodeo to be held atDevil's Elbow. This this coming Saturday,
an innocent friendly gesture, tell ussmall a most colorful event. The rodeo,
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brunco busting, covered wagon races,wild steer, roping end anyone can
enter. Now, Perhaps you wouldn'ting me why I haven't rope the wild
steer and almost the pultnit Your friendin heaven alone knows how long has spence?
Then syr up the stair a bustedup monket. Well, it was
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just a thought. I hold itplease. I'm most unhappy that we misjudge
your friend. Oh it's nothing.Every call can't be a happy one.
He already makes me feel worse.I feel we owe you something for at
least thinking of us, don't you, cocky ass day I couldn't think of
it. I'll just run along.No, our minds have made up.
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Give it, old Cockat. Itold for him if the worst left us,
not because I knew what they intendedto give me. But I only
got in one punch. Figure ofCockay knew what he was going to say
before he said it, and Igave him a slight advantage and it was
all he needed. When I cameout of it, I was lying in
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total darkness and I wasn't alone.Dad blasted Varmers. You wouldn't like it,
Lucian, get my hand, O, varmis near me. Loose just
a minute, Buck, I'll giveyour hand. Yeah, how they get
you? Bucks? Now? Iwas watching the TV and I heard the
card and Blackie in them too.They were stroking around yesterd. They drove
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up and they walked right into theRed Dog as if they were him,
and to stay who was carrying thesuitcase? Black he was and the others
was walking along behind him with theirguns drawed protecting him. So I couldn't
get to him. So I seekedaround to the front of the Red Dog,
hoping I could surprise him. Butit was me. They got surprised
though. Well what happened? Buck? Where they was in the back room
and Blackie was hollering about a doublecrossing the fair crept andn't got there kind
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of talk, And then the doorbusted open and he come a tearing out
across the room without a little critterright behind him. Ab L's arena.
He's the one who got Blackie.He got Blackie. You mean that war
critter has been missing around my ray. Remember we heard on TV about the
Park State Bank being knocked over theother boys who did it? Well,
I'll be your and Blackie was thehostage that announce you for I was talking
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about. He was the bank guard, Nate tooking. No, No,
Blackie was in a two the insideman. He had to be. You
think Blackie opened them doors for himwithout any persuasion there, I'll get you
odd on it, Buck, andI didn't just happen to pick dry gulch.
Is there hideout either? Blackie musthave suggested it after you wrote and
told him you were up here allalong. You didn't know it, but
you were handing him a perfect hideout. Yes, but why would one of
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his own game drop blackie arena andthe other one apparently figured a lot of
money for three he would be evenmore for two. Yeah, hey,
I listened to that. Now theenvironment just fixing to pull up. Come
on, let's you'll hear him.I'm right with your bucks. Hold up
your fust racking dudes, Hey,dead rabbits with too late Marshall. There
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they got tearing down the back ofthe good. Is there any way we
can cut across country and hit himoff? Oh no, not a foot
weekends, and by the time wesat up some phonies there be blames me
to even mention this buck. ButI sent money to do just that some
time ago. You did. Yeah, wha are we waiting for? We
galloped up draws, down canyons,through screens, over cliffs, and a
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close desert, and the only placeon me that felt good was my head,
where Corky had sacked me, andfinally bart riding ahead of them,
he pulled his pony to a haltand waited for me to catch up.
Somehow I slid south off my horse'sneck and was back in the saddle again
when I drew abreast of them.Where we ain't gonna have to trap them?
Do death flower marshoom? Huh Yeah. Cripple Creek, Gun, Cripple
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Creek, the drysh creek in thewest. It crosses the road up ahead
to piece and right now them crittersare sitting hub deep in sand. Come
on, let's start riding, circleriding, circle, bounding round the car.
Should we pick him on? Oh? No, Buck, We're gonna
have a list my way, andit WoT be on horseback. Here.
What fancy frandy, you got none? It's very simple. We leave the
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horses right here. You get usclose to him and j can along the
road. Now circle around behind him. Now don't show yourself and to let
go after him. You got itwell, all right, but I still
think drinking better. I left himthere and dot from bush the boulders of
tree, working my way to aposition behind al Coreno and Cookie. I
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had just reached the rock formation thatoverlooked the road right over their car and
clipped my thirty eight out of itshiding place and eat the purple silk shirt
when I realized that Buck wasn't goingto do things anyway but his own.
Hi, you city fight, makeyour fa Bucks stood in my headlights.
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Glaire crouched slow, slightly behind Corenoand his henchman. His hands were an
indistinct birds. Coreno spun around,digging for his left arm. Fish.
He was fast, but it's almostimpossible I draw a man who uses a
breakaway shoulder holster. I was onmy feet running towards the car when Buck
staggered backward a look of surprise onhis face, and then crumpled to the
ground. I fired as I ran, and Corky startled. Face was still
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falling forward when al Tolino caught thelast of my bullets and followed him down.
I reached Buck and lifted him intoa sitting position. His eyes were
bewildered as he looked up at me. He got him, Marsha, Easy,
Buck, Now let's have a look. Oh yeah, yeah, how
Buck, you were lucky that's grazedthe rib he got me Musha. Yeah,
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I guess I'd better hang up myshooting arns and just concentrate on Kendon
Penny. You know, Buck,I've been wondering how you wound up with
a granddaughter anyway, it's the fillingBlackie ran off with and so Musco.
Yeah, how could you marry upwith somebody else? Shucks Marshall. Penny's
grandma, which twice the woman thatfirst one was best in the way.
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Well then, how come you heldup grudge against Blackie all those years and
wanted to shoot it out with him? Oh? I didn't really begret it
all. A man's got to havea little excitement in his life, don't
he here is and the report whata sense it is that? If it
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is that, but the gost hypeit up? Anyhow are you sure you
aren't making up the whole thing forthe doubting promises. I have a matched
set of saddle scars to prove thetruth of each and every Stacey, Why
did you wait for? Three times? Mean Good Times? On NBC.
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There's no cover charge at Duffy's Savern. Just keep your dial Tune to NBC
later as Archie and his delightful friendscook up another Mad and Mary session at
that remarkable restaurant, duffy Savern.The Sunday The Big Show comes your way
again on NBC the best in comedy, music and drama, with Unpredictable to
Lula as MC, Jimmy Durranty,Clifton Webb and many more. No questions,
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well one, if you don't mindask ask Blackie died, I should
indeed not. You'll be up andin fine fettle. By the pianist trial
rolls around. We've been damping acrossthe desert. He forgot on the part
him. What's the chair of him? The doctor? Who? The doctor?
Yeah? What's the doctor? Andthe good? Oh? Besimes for
getting Blackie. I also forgot therewas a phone in dry Goos. That's
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how Penny contacted me in the firstplace. I remember, what did you
call the doctor, Penny? Yourun got a black didn't you say?
Oh? She was all right ina beautiful, gorgeous sort of way.
Oh. We never did get tosit down and talk things over. As
in fact, I never got tosit down. I still haven't who it's
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saying. It's like mother says,we all have muscles that we're not accustomed
to use, and then let meuse them the day they do. Indeed,
as soon as you have to doto make both ends, ash shut
up, I mean, good night, good nice seethe. The Adventures of
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Sam Spade are produced, edited,and directed by William Spear. Sam Fade
was played by Stephen Dunn, LoreeneTuttle as Effie. Wally Mayer was buck
ripped for the night's adventure by DonPerry. Musical scarring by lud Gleskin,
conducted by Robert Armbrewster. Join usagain next week, same time for another
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adventure with Sam Sade. Here theMagnificent Montague. Then visit Duffy Tavern on
NBC. Welcome back, Great job, by Wally mariz Buck. We've heard
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him a week ago as Lieutenant Rileyand let George do it. But really
he was one of those indispensable performerswho did so many great character roles,
and certainly he's played all sorts ofcharacters on Sam Spade over the years,
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and I love the twist about himnot having held a grudge all these years,
but just wanting to have some excitement. Also, I'm glad they were
able to call the doctor as someonethere remembered that this was not actually the
Old West. It was also interestingto hear Alan Reid play two very different
roles. He played the cab driverand he also played Treno, And that
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ability of so many actors to doublethe one thing that makes audio drama bit
more economic than on screen affairs.Now we turned to listener comments and feedback
now and we turned to Twitter.Ritchie, it's regarding the terrified Turkey keeper
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man. This was rough. Thisis the only great Detectives episode that I
can remember giving up on and deletingfor my paylists before it ended. Well,
sorry about that, Ritchie. Ihope you enjoy some of the further
episodes. I know that was onlythe second episode for Steve Donn as Sam
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Spade, and I think as Tomgoes on, he's kind of growing into
the role and they're finding the rightscripts for him. I thought this was
a really good one, and thereare some other solid ones ahead. Of
course. I did enjoy the TerrifiedTurkey Keeper, although I can see,
yeah, there were some rough spotsthere. Meanwhile, over on YouTube,
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Jody of the Farmer's Daughter Keeper,the last Howard Duff episode, love this
episode. Well. Thank you somuch, Jody. I appreciate your comments
over on YouTube. Now it's timeto thank our Patreon supporter of the day.
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here tomorrow for the start of anotherYours truly, Johnny Dollar Cereal. Where
are you, Tom Bates? That'sright, My name is Dollar. I
just talked to you on the phone, and I told you I had nothing
to say. Mind if I siton now Look here you look, mister
Bates. I've been in the businessof insurance investigation for quite a while,
and I probably know the legal rulesand responsibilities of your office about as well
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as you do. Get out dollarfor two cents. That's exactly what I'd
do, And if I did,you'd find yourself in a real tight spot.
What are you talking about? Thecompany would have a battery of high
powered legal legals in town by eighto'clock tomorrow morning, and they'd have a
subpoena restraining order, an order toshow cause so quick to make your eyes
bug out. And that's where itwould start to get embarrassing, mister Bates,
when you're trying to explain to thecourt why you were withholding evidence and
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refusing to cooperate what do you meanrefusing to cooperate? I haven't refused a
thing. It sounded that way tome. I don't care how it sounded.
I look, I know what you'reup to. Peterson told me why
you're here. Oh, you're outto muddy this thing up. You're trying
to pin something on miss Parker soyou can get out of pay any insurance
claim and subpoena or no subpoena,you'll get no help from my office on
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a crooked d like that. Anyreason for you to think something could be
pinned on our mister Bates? Ofcourse, there's no reason. You saw
the transcript of the coroner's inquiry,didn't you? I did well. Did
you find one single hint of suspicionanywhere in it? No? No,
how much of anything else? Forthat matter, are you always as gentle
with your witnesses as you were withmiss Parker? The girl was half out
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of her mind with grief on thevirgial breakdown. We got the facts.
What more do you want? Maybewe should have thrown her in jail,
beat up with a rubber hole,stoved her till she thought of something to
confess? Is that the way you'dhave done or relaxed. Mister Bates,
you're out in the courtroom known byHeaven. I'm not going to be not
on this case because there's no reason. How long have you been in love
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with the Parker girl you have?I hope you'll be with us then in
the meantimes, you send your commentsto Box thirteen at Great Detectives dot and
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episode of Sam's Spade. The originalairdate December eighth, nineteen fifty and the
title as the Dry Goltch Caper.The National Broadcasting Company presents the adventures of
Sam Spade, Detective Detective Agency MeanSweetheart bunks along Fades, the only cop
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hook in the West. With somuch daylight between him and Saddle, the
California Limited can pass under without everblackening speed rough and I'm coughing. I'm
ready, Gal, I'll outshoot,out ride and not caught any man in
boots or bare footed either. Asa matter of fact, us your weapons.
What's the room you with? Youbeen where the air is warm and
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the women are warmer if and theincomes swift and sudden? Oh, I
took Horror Screeley's advice, Sweethearts,I went west Wolf. We're done and
we already keep your range time,Gal, I calculate the bull leg my
way through the door garbed in mytwelve gallon half, my buckskin shirt,
my worn leave eyes, and mytwin six guns weird extra large hammers to
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dictate my report on the dry ghostCaper or they went that away For NBC,
William Spear, Radio's outstanding producer directorof History and crime drama, bring
you the greatest private detective of themall in the event here the Sam Fade,
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Effie, I'm here, Prairie Flower. Are you the new school mar
WHOA? What's happened to you?You're so so real for real? Not
only that so beat, Effie,so absolutely not unless you haven't even it's
a local cushion facory, shall wesee? I'd like to get it over
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with. You mean give you aheadache just the same. It's not my
head, and I was referring toyour ready little partner. They pill it
in to Lieutenant RCA Holiday robbery detail, San Francisco Police Department, City Firm
Samuel Speed license number one three seven, five nine six subject a wild West
Caper or hop Along Cassidy can haveit dere holidays. I should say,
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at this very instant, I shouldbe cramming from my entrance exams to the
mission home for Settle Store a privatedetective. But knowing how this report will
pidy up your files, I shallproceed in a standing position. It was
like yesterday afternoon when for me thebells pole. That was when I first
heard the purty voice of the girlof the Golden West, Missus Spade.
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You I can't say, the detectiveseven days a week, twenty four hours
a day, who was Missus Stade. I'm calling about my grandfather. He
you don't even know who I am. I cannot tell a lie I don't
have. My name's Penny Bruce,and I hope I can tell you the
story before grandfather comes to phone thestory. Yes, hopefill he comes play
along with a missus Spade please,and then you're not stand Spade the detective
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or Marshall Spade of the California Rangers. Marshall, wait a minute, I
must look the party in a blueserge. Suit yourself to something I know
you will like, I would private, detectively terribly pleasing. Well, ill
fade, that's right back through talking. Yeah, and he says you're the
straightest shooting since Billy's a kid.He Wreck, huh oh sure, sure
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t wreck Buck t Wreck claims youand the horse fly along like you with
one here buck At one time oranother, I've taken a fire on every
nag in the game, clutters included, Damn you're my man, Marshall,
get fear fast. The shootings ravela start any minutes. Wait, we
have a bad connection on this phone. I thought you said the shootings rival
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aside. I ain't got no timeto waste on useless flavorousy. Just get
uppears. I think the whole pictureyou want to see it. Get up?
Whare where are you? Why indry doats? Where else would I
be? Well? Or where hisdry goes takes the main tail north out
of towns and you spot the oakcircle. Then bear right, I'll go
down down and even change him outto the circle all far would you say?
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This circle is from San France?Oh bout a half days hard rider
reckon half of days? Look buck, I I don't think i'd better.
I'm out of condition. You knowI haven't been riding later. Oh sure
that ain't with my Furdie granddaughtery churnThurdie. Eh half a day's high ride
about twenty miles. Huh, Idon't remember any time wrong there. Don't
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worry about the time, marshall,that's here. You're kicking your shaddle and
get your open. You're sure there'sa timing be I ain't up time to
argue yeography with you. Now.Listen them fifty on a gold pieces slinking
together, and I got a wholesummer full of them. Are you coming
up here? But tell them totake to the high hills, Sam said,
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rides again. I made two stopsbefore I hailed a cab and pulled
the startled driver to proceed north.I'm the main trail out of town at
a corner news fan where I riffledthrough a Western story in magazine to declining
what the saddle and sade brush setteris wearing this season, and at the
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Hitching Post costume shop, where Ihad done what I thought was a rather
colorful facts simile of the sade.We drove out one or one at a
smooth fifty five or almost half anhour before I spotted a circular clump of
trees, complete with horse. Aswe were to a halt, the driver
looked back at me and shook hishead. I'm taking down your description,
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Busters, just in case. Asblack ten gallon hat, piple, silk
shaped armond, gangs, door withchests. Boy, I've seen everything.
Now you obviously aren't an Esquire man. Now this wardrobe was personally endorsed by
mister t Is. Yeah, yeah, you sure you want to get out
here, Busters, at this veryspot Buster, But there ain't nothing here
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but nothing wrong, my good man. For you, there is this for
me yonder seed and the dusty trailon your right. Pleasant journey back to
the fort and keep an eye appealfor the Indians. A scruitcake. I've
been hauling the fruitcake. He droveoff, and I staggered on the sides
of my ankles or the horse Amount that fucking left this ornerary critic took
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one look at my custume and theyswung up into the saddle. He shuddered,
then closed his eyes and bowing,hey, wait for me, horse,
Hey art. It was approximately sevenmiles later, and I was beginning
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to feel better because I was paralyzedfrom my waist down. That we flashed
past a sign that read dry GoldCity Limits, Beware of flying lead.
And then came dry Gold's copper ramshacklebuilding, minded, solitary, dusty street,
roof, sagging walls, leaning crazilyin lood. There wasn't a human
being in sight. Dry Ghost wasa ghost cob We cuffed past the Golden
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Spur Cafe, Whitey's Constorial Color,the Lone, a scambling casino, and
Girton Saddle and harness shop, alldessert. Before my horse powed to a
halt in front of a Red Dogsaloon. I just mounted and hobbled in
in front. The Red Dog wasa spider's paradise. Cobweb covered everything and
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Jesse James wanted closely packed on awall, an eighteen thirty five calendar bearing
a picture of Fan Houston, evena bottle of Red Eye standing on the
bar I was washing the trail usout of my throat when a familiar object
on a shelf behind the bar Icaught my attention. I shoved a bottle
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hastily away from me and rapidly blinkedmy eye. But what I had seen
was still there, a brand newoak tap television set. And huh.
And then somebody shoved another familiar objectright into my rib For your shake,
I hope your marsha spare the same, and also for my sake, I
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hope you don't have a nervous triggerfinger. Mighty careless Marshall, drinking with
your back to the door. Letme look you over, turn around,
I said, Now, all right, buck well, hyant tarnish? And
are your big down like nuts?Well, Ralph, these aren't my best
colors. But oh, how aboutthe shooting you spoke of? What's the
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trouble? Buck Oh, it's hada low down snake Blackie Tulliver, Marshall,
Blackiet Tolliver. Oh you must haveheard of black East. Yeah,
this is in here, Blackeat Tulliver. It's go for the robbery of the
Cattleman's National Bank, Oklahoma City,June twenty fifth, eighteen nineties four rough
ornery kuseki use, But we crossedprayers first when he pulled that job.
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Me being a sheriff at ninety fourus up communicase him down, but he
wrangled himself for pardon, slip,police snake. And then where four years
later I hit Tombstone, all primedto settle down, even had little Sinney
all pricked out. But it neverhappened. What did ah that creeping,
crawling Blackie Tolliver sweet talked here inthe leaving town with him. Your girl
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ran off with Blackie to get hitsin Dawson City. Then he standard her
there sick and broke. I burntthe let her get the tour when I
heard, but I was student.Well, I'm sorry, but but that's
a long time ago, and Ibowed. I'd get that side wonder.
I fished him all over the West. But if you couldn't test him,
then then three days ago I seenhim again here in drag GOLs Now no
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on TV. W Yeah, someprogram was tenne casting about a new bank
opening and sister store, and theretheir biggie's life was Blackie right on the
TV. You could recognize him ontelevision. Amaze, and you know what
he was doing there, marshal forBlackie Tolliver, who was held up more
banks than I've got fingers and toes. Was regarding that bank, You mean
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he pulled a switch. I'm trailingwith the law now. Quick as the
TV was finished, I at hima letter. I challenged him to a
shootout here in dry Gold where noone could interfere. And as soon as
he's a shows up, I'm gonnacut him now. Or what makes you
think he'll show where two of hisgang were skulking around yesterday looking the layout
for him means two of his gang. How do you figure that we're the
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simple? I sent him that leatherwith many shows up the first two months
to set foot in dry goats inten years. Your shirt now up.
If Blackie's got a gang, Imight need some help. That's where you
come in. If things get toorough, you're going to step in and
swim the tide. Me why Ihaven't swung a tide in years? Penny
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any a girl now entered the RedDog. A girl and I do not
use the term loosely. Golden hairframed a face that belong nowhere but on
a ranch. Romantous cother and herplaid shirts and jeans. In case the
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sort of figure that lonely cow folksdreamers, a sort of figure is aboutter
of fact, that lonely private detectivedream off doo. Now, this is
my grandguard at Penny Marshoots. Heisn't who shad Man't you Ida Monser?
I've heard a lot about you.Oh, I've heard I showed the Marshall.
Wear her bed down, honey,and keep your eyes up the spade.
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The environments are library strike in anyminute where you along now, okay,
but you'll be here where I wouldn'tbe nowhere else for the next half
hours not for Stege Brush Sandy comingon Lade Brush Sandy. Yes, sure,
the best thing that ever happened toTV. The greatest jockey decided the
fake course river now fucking ch findhim move the take from the other.
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Oh day, what a man,Chris Dad Rabbit cooking next berks, Oh
Disneyland die Man musical murder that's forthe kid, and decide last have no
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clue to the one about the blueArms gunman Late this afternoon. Course to
go open the of the pack,stay bank and to stay through the tistape
full of characters, Dixie land bankrobbers. We're in Charnasian stage brush Sandy,
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and yes, that record is finning. Now that's real, now very
much less quickly, I take astage brush Sandy. Program doesn't do anything
for you. Let's say the fairfresh share more. I'm glad to save
me to stay for a minute.I was afraid you were leaving Dry Goes.
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Where were you outside the window youwere trying to reach. I mean
you heard all the things but said, huh, we turn in here.
This is the Overland Hotel. You'renot worried about your grandfather, mister stage
There's nothing wrong with it. It'sthe lights every since I can remember,
I'll hear you. Not the fairamount, exactly charming. Charming. Grandfather's
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a very old man who's trying desperatelyto live in the past. That's why
he bought dry Up. You meanhe bought the whole time black Stock and
Bell. It was well a dreamhe'd had for years come true, a
chance to live out his life andthe sort of surroundings he love. And
the Blackie Tliver, the demon bankrobber who came back on television. Every
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day I've heard about Blackie Tolliver sinceI was so high this showdown is Blackie,
as all grandfather talked about. Whenit doesn't happen, there'll be no
living with him unless we can beconvinced. Blackie was just too scared the
facing, and I'm the convincing Mimiwho could convince him, easier than Marshall's
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fade of the California Rangers talking toremand the man, Oh, I see,
well, look, I can't takea play it same, just for
the night tomorrow. You can leaveand forget the whole thing. You really
untain, won't you stay? Herface was only inches from mine and getting
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closer every second. When the silenceof drive boats was shattered by south and
the sound of counting feet, Icrossed the room and put it out into
the twilight. A man was runningfrom the Red Saloon the hotel no more
fast enough. All four of theshots that lanced out from the Red Dog
caught him directly under my window.He staggered drunkenly, and then fell face
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up in the streets. If Ilooked down at him, two books were
inescapable. A his was the samefaced bucket showed me on the poster so
there was a Blackie Toliver and bWhatever game Penny's grandfather was playing right now
was apparently when he was playing forkeeps. You are listening to the weekly
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adventure of radio's most famous detective,damned fade. Have you met our new
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(17:15):
a baby. It is the biggestbaby you ever heard. And he's not
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Now back to the Dry Goat Caperor they went that a way to night's
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adventure with Sam's Bay. Blackie Tolliverwas still alive but unconscious when Penny and
I reached him moments later. Hisforced breathing was the only sound to be
heard along dry gulch of Single Street, wherever Buck had gone after the shooting.
Whatever he was doing, he wasas quiet as a mouse. I
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examined Blackie as best I could inthe dusty light. I was wearing a
part State, thank God, uniform, and it was soaked with red.
He needed medical attention fast, heguys, can you'll call it murders on,
Let's not talk about that now.What else could they call it?
Like? He didn't have a prayer. He isn't even carrying a gun.
What are we gonna do right now? We're gonna get black into a hospital.
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That means we'll need horses and somehelp. There's no one, well,
there's butch. You saddle horses.I'll find him if we take him
to a hospital. Still, night, guy, and have a rigaine.
If we didn't, no one hadever know that. Don front, Penny,
I'll saddle horses. Dumpty, don'thit me for what it was.
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I carried Blackie to the hotel porchand did what I could to make him
comfortable, and I started looking forBuck. Buck TV set was still on
when I reached the Red Dog,but it was playing to a dark,
empty house. I turned away tocontinue my search, and then I stopped.
The music. Tearing at my eardrums was pured Dixieland musical murdery Buck
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calling. I checked my watch sixtwenty three, only twenty three minutes since
Penny and I left the saloon.That meant Sagebrush Sandy still had seven minutes
to go. I could see Bucktaking a powder after dropping Blackie, but
I couldn't see him forsaking its belovedSandy, but Dixieland before he did it.
I was wondering who heads whitch channelswhen I saw what I'd missed before,
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a sliver of light shining under adoor at the back of the room.
I chat footed my way across theRed Dog and had almost reached the
door when, for the second timesince my arrival in drag Goach, I
felt a gun barrel pressed against myspy Don stops, no guess came moving
right until the door. I'm sorry, sir, I can hardly hear you
with that music. All right,so we can turn it off? I
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mean, thank you, thank you. No, I'm move well, you
went this, but I can onlystay a moment. Talky what happened?
Thought the population of this town wasbut the warm so that I I got
better the whole time. I buton our way back and run into this
g Apparently the census takers overlooking him, Yeah, then approves you can believe
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no, man, we are givenpositive assurance to places deserted, yet traffic
suddenly becomes unbarrel. But perhaps Iwas being over friendly, gentleman. We
Westerners get carried away now and thennow, if you'll excuse me, that's
yes, friend, you have justarrived. Really, boys, it's far
past my usual bedtime, so you'resleeping tomorrow. Sit down, leave us
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checked. There were several things inthat candlelate back room I could have chatted
about. I could have pulled outToreno, short, swarthy and one of
the best known bank boys in thebusiness. But I'd recognize him as soon
as his friend hearded me through thedoor, or perhaps mentioned the currency stacked
high on the paper before um,each packet held together by a paper binder
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with the words Park State Bank ofSan Francisco stamped very neatly on it.
Now, suppose you tell us aboutwhat you snooping around Paul, Gentlemen,
this is all a grievous misunderstanding.I merely happened by to remind you of
the annual rodeo to be held atDevil's Elbow. This this coming Saturday,
an innocent friendly gesture, tell ussmall a most colorful event. The rodeo,
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brunco busting, covered wagon races,wild steer, roping end anyone can
enter. Now, Perhaps you wouldn'ting me why I haven't rope the wild
steer and almost the pultnit Your friendin heaven alone knows how long has spence?
Then syr up the stair a bustedup monket. Well, it was
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just a thought. I hold itplease. I'm most unhappy that we misjudge
your friend. Oh it's nothing.Every call can't be a happy one.
He already makes me feel worse.I feel we owe you something for at
least thinking of us, don't you, cocky ass day I couldn't think of
it. I'll just run along.No, our minds have made up.
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Give it, old Cockat. Itold for him if the worst left us,
not because I knew what they intendedto give me. But I only
got in one punch. Figure ofCockay knew what he was going to say
before he said it, and Igave him a slight advantage and it was
all he needed. When I cameout of it, I was lying in
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total darkness and I wasn't alone.Dad blasted Varmers. You wouldn't like it,
Lucian, get my hand, O, varmis near me. Loose just
a minute, Buck, I'll giveyour hand. Yeah, how they get
you? Bucks? Now? Iwas watching the TV and I heard the
card and Blackie in them too.They were stroking around yesterd. They drove
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up and they walked right into theRed Dog as if they were him,
and to stay who was carrying thesuitcase? Black he was and the others
was walking along behind him with theirguns drawed protecting him. So I couldn't
get to him. So I seekedaround to the front of the Red Dog,
hoping I could surprise him. Butit was me. They got surprised
though. Well what happened? Buck? Where they was in the back room
and Blackie was hollering about a doublecrossing the fair crept andn't got there kind
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of talk, And then the doorbusted open and he come a tearing out
across the room without a little critterright behind him. Ab L's arena.
He's the one who got Blackie.He got Blackie. You mean that war
critter has been missing around my ray. Remember we heard on TV about the
Park State Bank being knocked over theother boys who did it? Well,
I'll be your and Blackie was thehostage that announce you for I was talking
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about. He was the bank guard, Nate tooking. No, No,
Blackie was in a two the insideman. He had to be. You
think Blackie opened them doors for himwithout any persuasion there, I'll get you
odd on it, Buck, andI didn't just happen to pick dry gulch.
Is there hideout either? Blackie musthave suggested it after you wrote and
told him you were up here allalong. You didn't know it, but
you were handing him a perfect hideout. Yes, but why would one of
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his own game drop blackie arena andthe other one apparently figured a lot of
money for three he would be evenmore for two. Yeah, hey,
I listened to that. Now theenvironment just fixing to pull up. Come
on, let's you'll hear him.I'm right with your bucks. Hold up
your fust racking dudes, Hey,dead rabbits with too late Marshall. There
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they got tearing down the back ofthe good. Is there any way we
can cut across country and hit himoff? Oh no, not a foot
weekends, and by the time wesat up some phonies there be blames me
to even mention this buck. ButI sent money to do just that some
time ago. You did. Yeah, wha are we waiting for? We
galloped up draws, down canyons,through screens, over cliffs, and a
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close desert, and the only placeon me that felt good was my head,
where Corky had sacked me, andfinally bart riding ahead of them,
he pulled his pony to a haltand waited for me to catch up.
Somehow I slid south off my horse'sneck and was back in the saddle again
when I drew abreast of them.Where we ain't gonna have to trap them?
Do death flower marshoom? Huh Yeah. Cripple Creek, Gun, Cripple
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Creek, the drysh creek in thewest. It crosses the road up ahead
to piece and right now them crittersare sitting hub deep in sand. Come
on, let's start riding, circleriding, circle, bounding round the car.
Should we pick him on? Oh? No, Buck, We're gonna
have a list my way, andit WoT be on horseback. Here.
What fancy frandy, you got none? It's very simple. We leave the
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horses right here. You get usclose to him and j can along the
road. Now circle around behind him. Now don't show yourself and to let
go after him. You got itwell, all right, but I still
think drinking better. I left himthere and dot from bush the boulders of
tree, working my way to aposition behind al Coreno and Cookie. I
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had just reached the rock formation thatoverlooked the road right over their car and
clipped my thirty eight out of itshiding place and eat the purple silk shirt
when I realized that Buck wasn't goingto do things anyway but his own.
Hi, you city fight, makeyour fa Bucks stood in my headlights.
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Glaire crouched slow, slightly behind Corenoand his henchman. His hands were an
indistinct birds. Coreno spun around,digging for his left arm. Fish.
He was fast, but it's almostimpossible I draw a man who uses a
breakaway shoulder holster. I was onmy feet running towards the car when Buck
staggered backward a look of surprise onhis face, and then crumpled to the
ground. I fired as I ran, and Corky startled. Face was still
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falling forward when al Tolino caught thelast of my bullets and followed him down.
I reached Buck and lifted him intoa sitting position. His eyes were
bewildered as he looked up at me. He got him, Marsha, Easy,
Buck, Now let's have a look. Oh yeah, yeah, how
Buck, you were lucky that's grazedthe rib he got me Musha. Yeah,
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I guess I'd better hang up myshooting arns and just concentrate on Kendon
Penny. You know, Buck,I've been wondering how you wound up with
a granddaughter anyway, it's the fillingBlackie ran off with and so Musco.
Yeah, how could you marry upwith somebody else? Shucks Marshall. Penny's
grandma, which twice the woman thatfirst one was best in the way.
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Well then, how come you heldup grudge against Blackie all those years and
wanted to shoot it out with him? Oh? I didn't really begret it
all. A man's got to havea little excitement in his life, don't
he here is and the report whata sense it is that? If it
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is that, but the gost hypeit up? Anyhow are you sure you
aren't making up the whole thing forthe doubting promises. I have a matched
set of saddle scars to prove thetruth of each and every Stacey, Why
did you wait for? Three times? Mean Good Times? On NBC.
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There's no cover charge at Duffy's Savern. Just keep your dial Tune to NBC
later as Archie and his delightful friendscook up another Mad and Mary session at
that remarkable restaurant, duffy Savern.The Sunday The Big Show comes your way
again on NBC the best in comedy, music and drama, with Unpredictable to
Lula as MC, Jimmy Durranty,Clifton Webb and many more. No questions,
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well one, if you don't mindask ask Blackie died, I should
indeed not. You'll be up andin fine fettle. By the pianist trial
rolls around. We've been damping acrossthe desert. He forgot on the part
him. What's the chair of him? The doctor? Who? The doctor?
Yeah? What's the doctor? Andthe good? Oh? Besimes for
getting Blackie. I also forgot therewas a phone in dry Goos. That's
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how Penny contacted me in the firstplace. I remember, what did you
call the doctor, Penny? Yourun got a black didn't you say?
Oh? She was all right ina beautiful, gorgeous sort of way.
Oh. We never did get tosit down and talk things over. As
in fact, I never got tosit down. I still haven't who it's
(29:48):
saying. It's like mother says,we all have muscles that we're not accustomed
to use, and then let meuse them the day they do. Indeed,
as soon as you have to doto make both ends, ash shut
up, I mean, good night, good nice seethe. The Adventures of
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Sam Spade are produced, edited,and directed by William Spear. Sam Fade
was played by Stephen Dunn, LoreeneTuttle as Effie. Wally Mayer was buck
ripped for the night's adventure by DonPerry. Musical scarring by lud Gleskin,
conducted by Robert Armbrewster. Join usagain next week, same time for another
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adventure with Sam Sade. Here theMagnificent Montague. Then visit Duffy Tavern on
NBC. Welcome back, Great job, by Wally mariz Buck. We've heard
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him a week ago as Lieutenant Rileyand let George do it. But really
he was one of those indispensable performerswho did so many great character roles,
and certainly he's played all sorts ofcharacters on Sam Spade over the years,
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and I love the twist about himnot having held a grudge all these years,
but just wanting to have some excitement. Also, I'm glad they were
able to call the doctor as someonethere remembered that this was not actually the
Old West. It was also interestingto hear Alan Reid play two very different
roles. He played the cab driverand he also played Treno, And that
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ability of so many actors to doublethe one thing that makes audio drama bit
more economic than on screen affairs.Now we turned to listener comments and feedback
now and we turned to Twitter.Ritchie, it's regarding the terrified Turkey keeper
(32:17):
man. This was rough. Thisis the only great Detectives episode that I
can remember giving up on and deletingfor my paylists before it ended. Well,
sorry about that, Ritchie. Ihope you enjoy some of the further
episodes. I know that was onlythe second episode for Steve Donn as Sam
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Spade, and I think as Tomgoes on, he's kind of growing into
the role and they're finding the rightscripts for him. I thought this was
a really good one, and thereare some other solid ones ahead. Of
course. I did enjoy the TerrifiedTurkey Keeper, although I can see,
yeah, there were some rough spotsthere. Meanwhile, over on YouTube,
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Jody of the Farmer's Daughter Keeper,the last Howard Duff episode, love this
episode. Well. Thank you somuch, Jody. I appreciate your comments
over on YouTube. Now it's timeto thank our Patreon supporter of the day.
I want to go ahead and thankSarah. Sarah has been one of
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our Patreon supporters since July of twentytwenty, currently supporting the program at the
Shawn must level of four dollars ormore per month. Thanks so much for
your support, Sarah, and thatwill do it for today. If you
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subscribe to the channel, mark thenotification bellot, and maybe like Jody to
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YouTube algorithm and allow even more peopleto enjoy great old time radio. We'll
be back next Monday with another episodeof Sam Spide, but join us back
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here tomorrow for the start of anotherYours truly, Johnny Dollar Cereal. Where
are you, Tom Bates? That'sright, My name is Dollar. I
just talked to you on the phone, and I told you I had nothing
to say. Mind if I siton now Look here you look, mister
Bates. I've been in the businessof insurance investigation for quite a while,
and I probably know the legal rulesand responsibilities of your office about as well
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as you do. Get out dollarfor two cents. That's exactly what I'd
do, And if I did,you'd find yourself in a real tight spot.
What are you talking about? Thecompany would have a battery of high
powered legal legals in town by eighto'clock tomorrow morning, and they'd have a
subpoena restraining order, an order toshow cause so quick to make your eyes
bug out. And that's where itwould start to get embarrassing, mister Bates,
when you're trying to explain to thecourt why you were withholding evidence and
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refusing to cooperate what do you meanrefusing to cooperate? I haven't refused a
thing. It sounded that way tome. I don't care how it sounded.
I look, I know what you'reup to. Peterson told me why
you're here. Oh, you're outto muddy this thing up. You're trying
to pin something on miss Parker soyou can get out of pay any insurance
claim and subpoena or no subpoena,you'll get no help from my office on
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a crooked d like that. Anyreason for you to think something could be
pinned on our mister Bates? Ofcourse, there's no reason. You saw
the transcript of the coroner's inquiry,didn't you? I did well. Did
you find one single hint of suspicionanywhere in it? No? No,
how much of anything else? Forthat matter, are you always as gentle
with your witnesses as you were withmiss Parker? The girl was half out
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of her mind with grief on thevirgial breakdown. We got the facts.
What more do you want? Maybewe should have thrown her in jail,
beat up with a rubber hole,stoved her till she thought of something to
confess? Is that the way you'dhave done or relaxed. Mister Bates,
you're out in the courtroom known byHeaven. I'm not going to be not
on this case because there's no reason. How long have you been in love
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with the Parker girl you have?I hope you'll be with us then in
the meantimes, you send your commentsto Box thirteen at Great Detectives dot and
it, follow us on Twitter atRadio Detectives, and check us out on
Instagram, Instagram dot com slash GreatDetectives From Boise, Idaho. This is
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your host, Adam Graham's son andOff
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