August 14, 2025 • 28 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This episode from the Life of Sherlock Holmes will be
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and through the worldwide facilities of the Armed Forces Radio Service.
Petrie Wine brings you Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce the
new adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The Petrie family that took
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time to bring you good wine. Invite you to listen
to Doctor Watson tell us another exciting adventure he shared
with his old friend that Master Detective Sherlock Holmes. Well,
right about now you're probably taking a little breather in
your last minute rush to get everything ready for the
big day tomorrow. Children have to be put to bed
to wait for Santa Claus, and is the tree waiting
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to be decorated? And four a million and one things
which must be done before morning. I sure hope you
got all your Christmas shopping done. It's pretty hectic rushing
off at the last minute to take care of Uncle
Charlie or Aunt Bertha, cousin Sam. But if you must
get something, just remember that you can always dash over
to your wine merchant and get a bottle or two
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of Petrie Wine. Oh Betty, you had a whole case
of Petry wine. Petrie wine is a swell gift, and
I just thought a little latinate suggestion might be of
some help. And now I'm sure, good friend doctor Watson's
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waiting for us, So let's go and join.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
It in it.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
Oh there you are, say doctor.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
I can see you're gonna have yourself quite a Christmas
big tree in the corner with colored lights on it.
Where'd you get those table covered with presents? You must
be mighty popular.
Speaker 4 (01:52):
For me, my boy.
Speaker 3 (01:53):
You see, I'm heaving a Christmas body tomorrow for my
housekeeper's little nieces.
Speaker 4 (01:57):
Oh, I'm going to dress up a clause for him.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
Well, I'm sure you look very convincing in the park.
By the way, doctor, I brought you a little present.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
Here it is.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
I hope you'll like it. But I got one for
you too years or you mustn't open it until tomorrow.
Speaker 4 (02:16):
Here, I'm a boy.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
Thanks a lot, doctor, And now has about tonight's story.
Last week you told us you had chosen an adventure
with a lot of Christmasy apples.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
Yes, my story begins on another Christmas Eve, many many
years ago, the exact in eighteen hundred and eighty six,
time the adventure occurred, I must confess I didn't quite.
Speaker 4 (02:36):
Understand what was going on myself.
Speaker 3 (02:38):
In fact, I never did quite make head of tails
of it until till Holmes took pity on me later
and explain the whole thing. But I shan't try to
confuse you, mister Bartel. I'll tell you the story exactly
that happened, write you aire.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Doctor.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
Let's go very well. On that Christmas Eve in eighty six,
I was standing in our Baker Street rooms, dressed in
the costume Santa Clause Holmes is long, thin fingers pressed together,
lay back in an arm chair and daze let me
while our housekeeper, missus Hudson stood by the door.
Speaker 5 (03:12):
And you make a grand Santa Clause.
Speaker 4 (03:23):
Uncomfortable. How does it look?
Speaker 3 (03:27):
Oh?
Speaker 5 (03:28):
You look just like the old man on the Christmas cards.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
Doctor, it really becomes you, Jerry twinkle of the eyes,
the ready complexion and the appropriate girths A shame we
can't obtain some snow and a sleigh and reindeer for you. However,
I'm sureing Missus Hudson's nieces will be very much impressed.
Speaker 5 (03:46):
The will that, sir, And it's very kind of you
doctor to offer to come over to that house with
me father in the hospital and my sister at his bedside.
It would have been a very miserable Christmas without enjoy myself.
Speaker 4 (03:58):
But I think I'll take this pud of for we
get there. That's it? Are you ready to leave, missus Hudson?
Speaker 5 (04:05):
I am, sir. Will I get a cab?
Speaker 4 (04:07):
How far do we have to go?
Speaker 5 (04:09):
Oh, Lexington Gardens number twenty eight. It's just off the
Edgeway Road far.
Speaker 4 (04:14):
But bearing in mind my costume, I sters we'd better
take a cab.
Speaker 5 (04:18):
Hi, sir, I'll get one.
Speaker 4 (04:20):
Holmes.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
What are you going to do with yourself? I hate
leaving you alone on Christmas Eve?
Speaker 2 (04:25):
Oh no worry, old Chap. I shall spend a profitable
evening writing on my new monograph what just went about?
An analysis of teeth marks on pipe stems and with
particular regard to indicated character.
Speaker 4 (04:35):
Which is very how exciting well I must be going.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
Don't forget your sack of presents over on. When you
come to distribute them, you will find the diet at
the liberty of adding a few trinkets on my own behalf.
Speaker 3 (04:47):
That's very thoughtful of your excuse me, mister Holmes.
Speaker 5 (04:51):
But there's a gentleman to see you, says he's an
old friend of yours. Here's his cab sat.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
Oh, thank you, it's all wady. Come splendid ask him
to come up with bus, miss Hudson, and I hope
you Our party is a great success. Missus Hudson.
Speaker 5 (05:06):
Thank you, sir. Are you sure you don't want me
to stay now that you have a visitor?
Speaker 2 (05:10):
Oh no, no, no, no, indeed no, Missus Hudson. I can
show the gentleman out myself. You go off in a
good time, Thank you, sir.
Speaker 4 (05:16):
I wonder what lord would you want? Pepsize should stay?
Speaker 2 (05:19):
Please, my dear fellow, certainly not, you know you far
more important work do where he can probably wants his
revenge at chess or something equally innocuous. Off with you,
all right, my dear felone, and enjoy yourself.
Speaker 4 (05:31):
Just to say I wish you were coming with me.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
I'll I'll see you later there, come on up when
he come.
Speaker 6 (05:38):
Hello, evening Watson. Do you make a very convincing sand
because are you leaving?
Speaker 4 (05:45):
Good night? Then?
Speaker 2 (05:48):
How are you home all alone on Christmas eve? Eh? Yes? Well,
I'm glad you came over to see me. What's it
be an evening of chess? Or have you won earth
some recent treasure of meat or pottery that we can
discuss neither homes. I'll come to you in your professional capacity.
I need help, Come now, will it come? Don't tell
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me that after all these years of quiet friendship, you're
going to become a client. And I'm afraid their homes.
Speaker 6 (06:14):
Though, I doubt if my problem will problem will interest
you very much. It's hardly up to your rather colorful standards.
Speaker 2 (06:20):
Careful us a girl. Thanks now, my dear Willigham. What
your trouble?
Speaker 3 (06:29):
Well?
Speaker 6 (06:29):
When I decided this year to have a little Christmas
party at my townhouse.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
I'm quite comfortably office. You know only to call me
that I have several relatives and friends who are not
as well off. I'm having a party for them tonight,
homes and I hope you'd attend it disguised as Santa Claus,
My dear fellow. I've adopted many of these guys as
my time that Father Christmas has never been one of them.
Why do you want me to attend your party and disguise?
In any case? You ashamed if your friendship were a
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private detective, or do you consider my features more acceptable
when buried beneath the depths of a we'd be Oh,
my dear homes to take me seriously. I'm not joking.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
I assure your.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
Caution not a caution. Aren't you you want me to
attend your party in disguise? Why I'm giving you some.
Speaker 6 (07:09):
Very valuable presents A diamond and onyx cuff links in
platinum and ruby earrings.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
And and such like. And I've wrapped each of the
presents in banknotes.
Speaker 6 (07:18):
Me.
Speaker 2 (07:19):
Well, aren't these presents now in a sack in charge
of my butler?
Speaker 6 (07:23):
I am was going to dress up a Santa Clause
and give him out myself until I got the warning letter.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
That's why I have come to you. Warning letter. Eh, yes,
I received it by this evening's post. Listen to this,
my dear lord WHITTICKMB. Your generosity with Christmas presents borders
on ostentation. We do not approve either. We receive five
thousand pounds in sovereigns at Post Restaurant Box three seventy
nine by six o'clock on Christmas Eve or I'm afraid
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a Christmas party will be conspicuous by its absence of
presents here thanks m plain paper one from a penny notebook.
The writing is obviously disguised quite George, Yes, Whittikeam, I
accept the case. I'll come with you to your party
at once, and furthermore, I shall follow your suggestion regarding
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the disguise dressed as Santa Claus, and I shall be
less likely to attract suspicion and delighted homes. But what
made you decide so suddenly? This writing, my dear fellow,
this writing, Oh, it's in a false hand. I'd know
that characteristic m in my dear whittigm I've seen it
too often at the beginning of the signature Mariatti Mariotti Whoucci, Oh,
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one of the cleverest and most unscrupulous criminals in England. Whdtigam.
There's no time to be last. It slipped me see
now six thirty half an hour on the deadline given
you in this letter, Wimascuria house once.
Speaker 5 (09:03):
This is as far as the cab can take us,
Doctor keb.
Speaker 4 (09:06):
It there's five qay Christmas.
Speaker 5 (09:09):
Pleasureody Christmas to you said you wanted to get into
the house through the back way so that you could
surprise the.
Speaker 4 (09:15):
Children come down the kitchen chimney.
Speaker 5 (09:19):
Oh, you can get to the back of the house.
But going up the alley here, I'll go in the
front door, spend which is the house number twenty eight.
It's the third one down the alley. Doctor, I'll have
the back window opening no time, and you can slip
in without any of the beard and see.
Speaker 3 (09:33):
Very well, gloomy little street. That where's the music coming from?
Speaker 5 (09:41):
Oh it's from that temple across the street, doctor, The
Disciples of the Octagonal Square they call themselves.
Speaker 4 (09:48):
What on earth I suppose that means.
Speaker 5 (09:49):
Oh, some new fangled colt heathens most likely.
Speaker 3 (09:54):
Oh hello, I'm not the onlyess to close abroad tonight.
Look at that far across the street over there.
Speaker 5 (09:59):
Oh, today's just like yourself adopted and carry in a
sack too. He's running up the steps to the temple.
Speaker 3 (10:05):
It's god he he slipped on the eyes.
Speaker 5 (10:09):
How he was here him adopted trip for yourself.
Speaker 4 (10:15):
Give me your hand, Thank you, sir, felly of me,
wasn't it close to help me? Tell you know?
Speaker 3 (10:23):
You come racious?
Speaker 5 (10:28):
Doctor, I told you to be careful.
Speaker 2 (10:30):
Now you fall.
Speaker 3 (10:31):
Into it's just confounded red coat of on it it
tripped me up?
Speaker 5 (10:34):
Did you have yourself?
Speaker 2 (10:35):
So?
Speaker 4 (10:37):
I think? How about you?
Speaker 6 (10:39):
It?
Speaker 2 (10:39):
Well, I'm all right, thanks felly of me to run,
wasn't it.
Speaker 4 (10:44):
Here's your sex?
Speaker 2 (10:45):
Thank you, good night.
Speaker 4 (10:47):
And marry Christmas. Who knows who.
Speaker 3 (10:52):
Temple must be? The tagonal square?
Speaker 5 (10:55):
You're sure you know how to doctor?
Speaker 4 (10:57):
No course, give me my sex? Thank you.
Speaker 3 (11:01):
Your sister's house is the third one down the alleyway, Sir.
Speaker 5 (11:04):
I'll harry you up in the back window.
Speaker 3 (11:06):
So I'll be waiting for you, missus Hudson. Rather fun
for the shame homes, isn't with us?
Speaker 2 (11:14):
Well?
Speaker 3 (11:14):
Probably happier having a good game of chess with Lord willikem.
Speaker 2 (11:35):
This is my house, Homes number thirty nine at an
I'm conson square eh and dear Old Watson is just
around the corner in Lexington Gardens and hasn't any idea
that I've left Baker Spears here you are, Caddy, Thank
you sir. Have merry Christmas, sir, Uh huh, there's no
man Carol singers. Yes, we'll probably have our fill of
them before this evening's over.
Speaker 6 (12:06):
Good evening, Milde.
Speaker 3 (12:10):
Have have the guests arrived?
Speaker 6 (12:12):
Ha read most of them are they're in the library.
You brought another Santa Claus with you.
Speaker 2 (12:17):
I see, Milord, another Santa Claus. What do you mean?
Speaker 6 (12:20):
The gentleman arrived three quarters of an hour ago, sir,
dressed to Santa Claus. I took him to your study
in the Lord and showed him the sack present unfounded.
Speaker 2 (12:27):
He's got here be for us? Where's this study in
this way?
Speaker 6 (12:30):
I hope I didn't do gong, Milord, who told me
that a gentleman dressed to Santa Claus would be coming here?
Dear me, the gentleman appears to have gone.
Speaker 2 (12:40):
Yes, and the sack containing the presence with him.
Speaker 6 (12:42):
But he can't have left the house, MILORDA. I've been
watching the front door.
Speaker 2 (12:45):
Yes, and while you were doing that, he slipped down
through the window. Here. The catch is, I'm done. I'm
grave describe this man. I can't tell you much about
his appearance. I'm afraid, sir. He was dressed to Santa Claus,
just like yourself. But I didn't notice one thing about him, sir, Oh,
what was that? He lists just quite pronounced? Of course,
Lou the Lisper on Earth is Lu the Lisper, one
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of Mariati's most trusted accomplisses. Fortunately, though I've had news
of him later through my underworld grapevine. You you know
where he lives. He's reputed him have some connections with
a new cut that calls themselves the Disciples of the
Octagonal Square. The headquarters are just around the corner from here.
Let's go there, of course. And yes, sir, get a
message to Scotland Yard as fast as you can. Ask
for inspectless child until him join me at the Temple
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of the Octagonal Square in Lexman Gardens as soon as possible.
Speaker 5 (13:44):
For the children are awfully excited.
Speaker 3 (13:45):
Doctor. I told them you just came township the bed
on and then I'll.
Speaker 4 (13:49):
Go into them.
Speaker 5 (13:52):
Will I announce you do your no children, clients, Santa
Claus is coming to see it, and he's brought your
own pleasance. Hello, Hello, Lanny Jasey.
Speaker 6 (14:09):
Did you bring me a pregnant.
Speaker 3 (14:11):
Say I look at second minute they.
Speaker 5 (14:15):
Call me Bertie.
Speaker 2 (14:16):
Did you come down at chilly Yes, that you had
a time doing it.
Speaker 5 (14:21):
You're so fast. Santa Claus won't.
Speaker 2 (14:24):
Give you your present?
Speaker 4 (14:25):
And what's your name?
Speaker 3 (14:26):
Little man?
Speaker 7 (14:27):
My?
Speaker 5 (14:27):
Though I've got a cold, you have, will children.
Speaker 3 (14:33):
Gather around men I'll see what present I got for you?
The first present is I'll be right, it says for
her grace, the doctor Duchess of.
Speaker 5 (14:47):
Bul Do you suppose mister Holmes has been playing a
practical joke? And you don't.
Speaker 3 (14:51):
Do you suppose that I can't see the but he
did say that he'd added a few trinkets of his own.
I want my present, then, supposing you take the sells it?
Thank you? And this one is mark for the reverence
off for Carter. What Holmes is up to?
Speaker 4 (15:08):
Here your baty saying? And this is for you, Donad,
because you've been a good little boy.
Speaker 5 (15:14):
It's a very big is it. I wanted the dog,
the dog.
Speaker 4 (15:18):
Because before bring you a dog next year?
Speaker 3 (15:20):
Larnad doctor watching?
Speaker 5 (15:22):
Yes, look at the rapping in these presents or the
twenty five notes cut?
Speaker 4 (15:29):
Oh look what I can let me see? Why tough things?
And unless I very much was.
Speaker 5 (15:37):
Taken heart having let me.
Speaker 4 (15:40):
See, gracious, I swear that these are tasment roobes.
Speaker 3 (15:45):
What in thunder's going on?
Speaker 5 (15:46):
I'm wand maing f give me that?
Speaker 3 (15:49):
Mind you well? Here here you are here wat who
do you suppose us? After you? I do know missus hutsonps.
My toys are still at the bottom of the sack.
I can't understand it. I was homes of here instead
of using in front of our far in Baker Street.
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Where are you homes.
Speaker 2 (16:15):
Here with the bed? This is the only room in
the temple that gives any signs I been living. My
bird has been here. But I'm afraid bone inspect less
strip will get Here's track a match, Wally wim right,
here's a candle on the table, just as I feared.
Look on the bed, a red coat and a beard. Yes,
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Lul the lispers discardage is disgust and gone, and with him.
I'm afraid you are valuable. Wait a minute, here's a
sack lying on the floor. Oh no, this isn't mine.
Look what's in it? A toy dog, large box of chocolates.
Little girls do worry thunder, but this is watson sack.
But how on earth could Lu the Lisper have got
hold of it? Somewhere? Somehow he Watson must have made
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an accidental change, and Lul the Lisper has no doubt
trying to track Wat's and downe At this very moment,
you just worth fast Wickham, my friend's wife and those
are Missus Hudson and our relatives won't be worth I
Thinker's damn.
Speaker 1 (17:14):
Doctor, you can't break your story there.
Speaker 3 (17:17):
But before I go on, I thought we'd never lost
Port just to the freshness up.
Speaker 1 (17:22):
Oh well, that's that's something different. Of course, instead of
talking about Port as I something still. It'll be my
drink some change.
Speaker 3 (17:34):
Christmas the same to you.
Speaker 2 (17:36):
And now what happened next?
Speaker 3 (17:37):
Doctor?
Speaker 1 (17:38):
We left you at the children's Christmas party and Sherlock
Holmes and Lord Weddick around the corner at the Temple
of the Octagonal Square.
Speaker 3 (17:44):
Yes, though at the time, of course, I had no
idea what was going on there. I was cheerfully handing
out gifts worth will not at King's at least to
baron its ransoms outside the Temple of the Octagonal Square
homes Lord Wickham were talking to inspect.
Speaker 7 (18:05):
Yes, it seems to me, Lord Whittigam, you'd have been
wiser to get in touch with Scotland Yard when you
first got the warning note if we could have nabbed
him when he came to your house and pinch the
sack of presence.
Speaker 2 (18:15):
Starb is no time for post botins. We've got to
reach Lou the Lisp before he finds Dr Watson. I
suppose he can do that at homes. It wouldn't be difficult.
Lu the Lisper is nearly as clever as his master,
professor Bodaty. The chances now that you were followed when
you came to bigg the Street tonight Wittigham, and pequally
likely that Watson and missus Hudson were followed as they
left it. Mariati Is seldom leaves anything to pants. Well
where did doctor Watson go and get Lexington Gardens? It's
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just on the corner from here. Work in this goo
there it once might not quarry away? No, no, no, no, strive.
We must use a little subtle game, now, lu the
Lisper wishes to recover that sack of presence from Watson.
How would he invade the party with the least possible
trouble by dressing up a center close again? Oh no,
I think he's over played that role for one evening. Well,
then I would he try to get in Miss Jones?
Speaker 3 (18:57):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (18:57):
Come now, as drive, A group of people can enter
any house on Christmas Eve about invitation without creating suspicion, Carol,
I shouldn't be all surprised. If at this moment Ruther
Lispur and some of his gang are singing carols outside
twenty eight Lexington Gardens, then what are we going to do?
Former rival cardl Society? How many of them men to
bring with you?
Speaker 7 (19:14):
Three sergeant and two constable wearing great coats? Yes, misses
the boy they.
Speaker 2 (19:20):
Can hide their helmets and pretend to be singers. Come on,
let's go over there, and while we're walking we'll rehearse
our carols. He must appear reasonably convincing. Sander leastart sanerat.
Speaker 5 (19:47):
You back, said class. No, no, you mustn't begun to
close to childson hop on becoming signing for.
Speaker 4 (20:00):
Of course they can ask them to come in. Missus Hudson, come.
Speaker 5 (20:04):
And let me get you back to Oh no, no,
take it, see your reindeer, saying.
Speaker 4 (20:10):
To see my reindeer stop on the roof, I time
not to see him. No, no, no, you must do that.
They're asleep. Food. Here are the carol singers. If you
get children, that's it.
Speaker 3 (20:21):
Good evening, gentlemen, Good evening, and marry Chrisma. Would you
like to sing some carols for the children after that?
I'm sure you'd like to drop of the some of
the women, but thank you, sir, we chair like that.
Speaker 4 (20:34):
Let you before somewhere my month.
Speaker 2 (20:36):
Oh there, I'm sure you haven't.
Speaker 4 (20:38):
Come on man, let's sing.
Speaker 2 (20:40):
Good King went for it.
Speaker 3 (20:41):
God l.
Speaker 2 (20:59):
Well, here we are outside the ursemist room. Now listen,
uh huh Lugla Lisper and these men are already there.
Are we going to eat at home moment? Amen, you
will have your truncheons handy, Yes, miss Drones, we're ready, splendid.
Now remember when we're inside and I yelled Christmas at
the top of my voice. You bring out your truncheons
and get Luga Lisper and his gang out of there
as quickly as possible. Don't arrest them until you get
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them outside again. Astrida, I don't want to fight, mature.
Speaker 3 (21:24):
Write your arms, Drones, we're ready.
Speaker 2 (21:25):
Just give us the word and we'll go in and keep.
Speaker 4 (21:43):
Oh that was a very nice thing. And now how
about some of the womb.
Speaker 2 (21:47):
You'll that won't be necessary, doctor Watson, say to the door, Sammy,
Now all of you stay right where you are.
Speaker 4 (21:52):
Who you what if it you're up to?
Speaker 2 (21:54):
Please don't be difficult, doctor. All I want is the
jewel out of my fact that you saw from me tonight?
Do you try and stop me? I sha't have to
hurt you.
Speaker 5 (22:02):
Why do you talk so funny? You got a cold
like me?
Speaker 2 (22:05):
Shut up now?
Speaker 4 (22:07):
Doctor? Where are the jewels?
Speaker 2 (22:11):
O Christ?
Speaker 3 (22:12):
There are some more carol fingers outside a lot time
you got a way?
Speaker 2 (22:16):
No better let them come in. If we don't, they
might get suspicious. Person, that's what you're up to.
Speaker 3 (22:21):
I don't know tricks.
Speaker 5 (22:21):
Doctor.
Speaker 2 (22:22):
If you try and give an alarm, myself has.
Speaker 3 (22:24):
To get rough with you or anyone about that. But
just remember that there are children present.
Speaker 4 (22:30):
You're here for you.
Speaker 3 (22:31):
Right you say we all join.
Speaker 4 (22:33):
An old Carol for the nippers?
Speaker 3 (22:36):
All right?
Speaker 4 (22:37):
What what do you want to think of? The old
angels sing?
Speaker 3 (22:40):
All right?
Speaker 4 (22:42):
All right? Come on man, let's sing a.
Speaker 3 (22:52):
Merry Christmas.
Speaker 5 (23:00):
What's happening?
Speaker 4 (23:04):
We're all going away?
Speaker 2 (23:07):
Oh, I'll explain it to you later on chat leribe.
I take them to Scotland Yard and prefer charges. I'll
be over in a little wound give evidence.
Speaker 3 (23:18):
Right.
Speaker 7 (23:20):
Too bad we didn't catch Professor Moriarty too well.
Speaker 2 (23:23):
At least we have some of his cohorts. Sound see
you later. Listen, I'll showing you what was going on here?
Is Moriarty mixed up in this business? Yes, Watson, Now
I'll tell you all about it as soon as I've
straightened this thing out. Wickham.
Speaker 3 (23:33):
Yes, home.
Speaker 2 (23:34):
The twenty pound notes that you used as wrapping for
your gifts seemed to been scapital of the house. Do
you want me to recover them too?
Speaker 3 (23:41):
Now?
Speaker 1 (23:42):
From what you've told me of the children, I think
their parents produce the money much more profitable than my relatives.
Speaker 2 (23:47):
In any case, I can replace it a very generous
Christmas gift. Well, children, did you enjoy the little game
we staged for you?
Speaker 1 (23:55):
It was enough?
Speaker 5 (23:56):
But yes, I really died laughing when they stared hid it.
Speaker 2 (24:01):
I'm glad you enjoyed the children, and now I want
you to show me the presence you received. Oh, they
were a part of the game too. A nice little
girl like you just wants me hearings, Elsie. Here's a
beautiful doll for you. And what did you get, my
little man?
Speaker 3 (24:20):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (24:21):
Tough flinks, good gracious? Who wants puff links?
Speaker 4 (24:23):
And you can have a clockwork train?
Speaker 2 (24:25):
Do you want to exchange? Pray?
Speaker 5 (24:27):
Lord of a Duck wanted the door?
Speaker 4 (24:30):
There's one for you. A nice, nice.
Speaker 2 (24:36):
Julie has a nice big box of chocolates too.
Speaker 3 (24:38):
You can all shove one night as much.
Speaker 5 (24:42):
Mon, since Granny got her fingers stuck in.
Speaker 3 (24:44):
A puggle, I still don't understand what's going on home.
I must say this says all your marks.
Speaker 2 (24:52):
A happy Christmas, missus Hudsons. The turkey coming up a
little brady in a few minutes, splendid. And while we're waiting,
perhaps the children will oblige Chris, we haven't heard Joe,
Bob and.
Speaker 4 (25:05):
I know what you mean. Christmas Carol. That really sounds convincing.
Speaker 1 (25:09):
How about it, children, I'll right come on, el, come on,
lionel god well, doctor, that was really a twelfth swell
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story on a Christmas Eve like this? Do you have
a wish you were back in Baker Street celebrating Christmas?
Speaker 3 (25:58):
There times? Yes, But said mister Bartell, I'm very happy
right here in my little home. They're on the tables
of pure little Christmas tree. There's a fine fire in
my fireplace, my two dogs, Monty and Willia.
Speaker 4 (26:11):
A sleeping peace at my feet.
Speaker 3 (26:13):
And best of it all, I've got the love of
every child in the neighborhood. Yes, I got a great
deal this Christmas Eve that's to be thankful for. And
what were the troubles of the world on their way
to being settled? It looks as if this is the
brightest Christmas that I've ever had.
Speaker 1 (26:29):
Well, that's how I feel about it, too, Doctor.
Speaker 3 (26:32):
I hope that all our friends listening in are just
as happy as Christmas Eve as we are. And speaking
not only for myself, but I know for all of
us and for the Petrick family too, we wish every
one of you a happy Christmas from the bottom of
our hearts. God rest you merry gentlemen.
Speaker 1 (26:50):
Well, doctor, it's the next Monday's New Year's Eve?
Speaker 3 (26:53):
What story do you plan to tell us?
Speaker 4 (26:54):
One that I think.
Speaker 3 (26:55):
Extremely appropriate, mister Bartell. It takes place in the Scottish
castle near Edinburgh on a New Year's Eve in nineteen
hundred and concerns a parent, lovers and elderly Barnett and
a strange iron box that proved to be more than.
Speaker 4 (27:11):
Worth its weight in gold.
Speaker 2 (27:18):
Tonight.
Speaker 1 (27:18):
Sherlock Holmes Adventure was written by Dennis Green and Anthony
Boucher and was suggested by an incident and the Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle story The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle.
Music is by Dean Fossman. Mister Rathbourne appears through the
courtesy of Metro Goldwyn Mayor and mister Bruce through the
courtesy of Universal Pictures, where they are now starring in
the Sherlock Holmes series. The Petri Wine Company of San Francisco,
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California invites you to tune in again next week, same time,
same station. Sherlock Holmes comes to you from our Hollywood studios.
This is Harry Bartel saying good night for the Petrie
family for a solid hour of exciting mystery. Mammas, listen
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every Monday on most of these same stations at eight
o'clock to Michael Shane, followed immediately by Sherlock Holmes.
Speaker 2 (28:16):
This is the mutual broadcasting system.
This episode from the Life of Sherlock Holmes will be
transmitted to our men and women overseas by short wave
and through the worldwide facilities of the Armed Forces Radio Service.
Petrie Wine brings you Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce the
new adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The Petrie family that took
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time to bring you good wine. Invite you to listen
to Doctor Watson tell us another exciting adventure he shared
with his old friend that Master Detective Sherlock Holmes. Well,
right about now you're probably taking a little breather in
your last minute rush to get everything ready for the
big day tomorrow. Children have to be put to bed
to wait for Santa Claus, and is the tree waiting
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to be decorated? And four a million and one things
which must be done before morning. I sure hope you
got all your Christmas shopping done. It's pretty hectic rushing
off at the last minute to take care of Uncle
Charlie or Aunt Bertha, cousin Sam. But if you must
get something, just remember that you can always dash over
to your wine merchant and get a bottle or two
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of Petrie Wine. Oh Betty, you had a whole case
of Petry wine. Petrie wine is a swell gift, and
I just thought a little latinate suggestion might be of
some help. And now I'm sure, good friend doctor Watson's
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waiting for us, So let's go and join.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
It in it.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
Oh there you are, say doctor.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
I can see you're gonna have yourself quite a Christmas
big tree in the corner with colored lights on it.
Where'd you get those table covered with presents? You must
be mighty popular.
Speaker 4 (01:52):
For me, my boy.
Speaker 3 (01:53):
You see, I'm heaving a Christmas body tomorrow for my
housekeeper's little nieces.
Speaker 4 (01:57):
Oh, I'm going to dress up a clause for him.
Speaker 1 (02:01):
Well, I'm sure you look very convincing in the park.
By the way, doctor, I brought you a little present.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
Here it is.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
I hope you'll like it. But I got one for
you too years or you mustn't open it until tomorrow.
Speaker 4 (02:16):
Here, I'm a boy.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
Thanks a lot, doctor, And now has about tonight's story.
Last week you told us you had chosen an adventure
with a lot of Christmasy apples.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
Yes, my story begins on another Christmas Eve, many many
years ago, the exact in eighteen hundred and eighty six,
time the adventure occurred, I must confess I didn't quite.
Speaker 4 (02:36):
Understand what was going on myself.
Speaker 3 (02:38):
In fact, I never did quite make head of tails
of it until till Holmes took pity on me later
and explain the whole thing. But I shan't try to
confuse you, mister Bartel. I'll tell you the story exactly
that happened, write you aire.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Doctor.
Speaker 3 (02:52):
Let's go very well. On that Christmas Eve in eighty six,
I was standing in our Baker Street rooms, dressed in
the costume Santa Clause Holmes is long, thin fingers pressed together,
lay back in an arm chair and daze let me
while our housekeeper, missus Hudson stood by the door.
Speaker 5 (03:12):
And you make a grand Santa Clause.
Speaker 4 (03:23):
Uncomfortable. How does it look?
Speaker 3 (03:27):
Oh?
Speaker 5 (03:28):
You look just like the old man on the Christmas cards.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
Doctor, it really becomes you, Jerry twinkle of the eyes,
the ready complexion and the appropriate girths A shame we
can't obtain some snow and a sleigh and reindeer for you. However,
I'm sureing Missus Hudson's nieces will be very much impressed.
Speaker 5 (03:46):
The will that, sir, And it's very kind of you
doctor to offer to come over to that house with
me father in the hospital and my sister at his bedside.
It would have been a very miserable Christmas without enjoy myself.
Speaker 4 (03:58):
But I think I'll take this pud of for we
get there. That's it? Are you ready to leave, missus Hudson?
Speaker 5 (04:05):
I am, sir. Will I get a cab?
Speaker 4 (04:07):
How far do we have to go?
Speaker 5 (04:09):
Oh, Lexington Gardens number twenty eight. It's just off the
Edgeway Road far.
Speaker 4 (04:14):
But bearing in mind my costume, I sters we'd better
take a cab.
Speaker 5 (04:18):
Hi, sir, I'll get one.
Speaker 4 (04:20):
Holmes.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
What are you going to do with yourself? I hate
leaving you alone on Christmas Eve?
Speaker 2 (04:25):
Oh no worry, old Chap. I shall spend a profitable
evening writing on my new monograph what just went about?
An analysis of teeth marks on pipe stems and with
particular regard to indicated character.
Speaker 4 (04:35):
Which is very how exciting well I must be going.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
Don't forget your sack of presents over on. When you
come to distribute them, you will find the diet at
the liberty of adding a few trinkets on my own behalf.
Speaker 3 (04:47):
That's very thoughtful of your excuse me, mister Holmes.
Speaker 5 (04:51):
But there's a gentleman to see you, says he's an
old friend of yours. Here's his cab sat.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
Oh, thank you, it's all wady. Come splendid ask him
to come up with bus, miss Hudson, and I hope
you Our party is a great success. Missus Hudson.
Speaker 5 (05:06):
Thank you, sir. Are you sure you don't want me
to stay now that you have a visitor?
Speaker 2 (05:10):
Oh no, no, no, no, indeed no, Missus Hudson. I can
show the gentleman out myself. You go off in a
good time, Thank you, sir.
Speaker 4 (05:16):
I wonder what lord would you want? Pepsize should stay?
Speaker 2 (05:19):
Please, my dear fellow, certainly not, you know you far
more important work do where he can probably wants his
revenge at chess or something equally innocuous. Off with you,
all right, my dear felone, and enjoy yourself.
Speaker 4 (05:31):
Just to say I wish you were coming with me.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
I'll I'll see you later there, come on up when
he come.
Speaker 6 (05:38):
Hello, evening Watson. Do you make a very convincing sand
because are you leaving?
Speaker 4 (05:45):
Good night? Then?
Speaker 2 (05:48):
How are you home all alone on Christmas eve? Eh? Yes? Well,
I'm glad you came over to see me. What's it
be an evening of chess? Or have you won earth
some recent treasure of meat or pottery that we can
discuss neither homes. I'll come to you in your professional capacity.
I need help, Come now, will it come? Don't tell
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me that after all these years of quiet friendship, you're
going to become a client. And I'm afraid their homes.
Speaker 6 (06:14):
Though, I doubt if my problem will problem will interest
you very much. It's hardly up to your rather colorful standards.
Speaker 2 (06:20):
Careful us a girl. Thanks now, my dear Willigham. What
your trouble?
Speaker 3 (06:29):
Well?
Speaker 6 (06:29):
When I decided this year to have a little Christmas
party at my townhouse.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
I'm quite comfortably office. You know only to call me
that I have several relatives and friends who are not
as well off. I'm having a party for them tonight,
homes and I hope you'd attend it disguised as Santa Claus,
My dear fellow. I've adopted many of these guys as
my time that Father Christmas has never been one of them.
Why do you want me to attend your party and disguise?
In any case? You ashamed if your friendship were a
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private detective, or do you consider my features more acceptable
when buried beneath the depths of a we'd be Oh,
my dear homes to take me seriously. I'm not joking.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
I assure your.
Speaker 2 (07:03):
Caution not a caution. Aren't you you want me to
attend your party in disguise? Why I'm giving you some.
Speaker 6 (07:09):
Very valuable presents A diamond and onyx cuff links in
platinum and ruby earrings.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
And and such like. And I've wrapped each of the
presents in banknotes.
Speaker 6 (07:18):
Me.
Speaker 2 (07:19):
Well, aren't these presents now in a sack in charge
of my butler?
Speaker 6 (07:23):
I am was going to dress up a Santa Clause
and give him out myself until I got the warning letter.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
That's why I have come to you. Warning letter. Eh, yes,
I received it by this evening's post. Listen to this,
my dear lord WHITTICKMB. Your generosity with Christmas presents borders
on ostentation. We do not approve either. We receive five
thousand pounds in sovereigns at Post Restaurant Box three seventy
nine by six o'clock on Christmas Eve or I'm afraid
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a Christmas party will be conspicuous by its absence of
presents here thanks m plain paper one from a penny notebook.
The writing is obviously disguised quite George, Yes, Whittikeam, I
accept the case. I'll come with you to your party
at once, and furthermore, I shall follow your suggestion regarding
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the disguise dressed as Santa Claus, and I shall be
less likely to attract suspicion and delighted homes. But what
made you decide so suddenly? This writing, my dear fellow,
this writing, Oh, it's in a false hand. I'd know
that characteristic m in my dear whittigm I've seen it
too often at the beginning of the signature Mariatti Mariotti Whoucci, Oh,
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one of the cleverest and most unscrupulous criminals in England. Whdtigam.
There's no time to be last. It slipped me see
now six thirty half an hour on the deadline given
you in this letter, Wimascuria house once.
Speaker 5 (09:03):
This is as far as the cab can take us,
Doctor keb.
Speaker 4 (09:06):
It there's five qay Christmas.
Speaker 5 (09:09):
Pleasureody Christmas to you said you wanted to get into
the house through the back way so that you could
surprise the.
Speaker 4 (09:15):
Children come down the kitchen chimney.
Speaker 5 (09:19):
Oh, you can get to the back of the house.
But going up the alley here, I'll go in the
front door, spend which is the house number twenty eight.
It's the third one down the alley. Doctor, I'll have
the back window opening no time, and you can slip
in without any of the beard and see.
Speaker 3 (09:33):
Very well, gloomy little street. That where's the music coming from?
Speaker 5 (09:41):
Oh it's from that temple across the street, doctor, The
Disciples of the Octagonal Square they call themselves.
Speaker 4 (09:48):
What on earth I suppose that means.
Speaker 5 (09:49):
Oh, some new fangled colt heathens most likely.
Speaker 3 (09:54):
Oh hello, I'm not the onlyess to close abroad tonight.
Look at that far across the street over there.
Speaker 5 (09:59):
Oh, today's just like yourself adopted and carry in a
sack too. He's running up the steps to the temple.
Speaker 3 (10:05):
It's god he he slipped on the eyes.
Speaker 5 (10:09):
How he was here him adopted trip for yourself.
Speaker 4 (10:15):
Give me your hand, Thank you, sir, felly of me,
wasn't it close to help me? Tell you know?
Speaker 3 (10:23):
You come racious?
Speaker 5 (10:28):
Doctor, I told you to be careful.
Speaker 2 (10:30):
Now you fall.
Speaker 3 (10:31):
Into it's just confounded red coat of on it it
tripped me up?
Speaker 5 (10:34):
Did you have yourself?
Speaker 2 (10:35):
So?
Speaker 4 (10:37):
I think? How about you?
Speaker 6 (10:39):
It?
Speaker 2 (10:39):
Well, I'm all right, thanks felly of me to run,
wasn't it.
Speaker 4 (10:44):
Here's your sex?
Speaker 2 (10:45):
Thank you, good night.
Speaker 4 (10:47):
And marry Christmas. Who knows who.
Speaker 3 (10:52):
Temple must be? The tagonal square?
Speaker 5 (10:55):
You're sure you know how to doctor?
Speaker 4 (10:57):
No course, give me my sex? Thank you.
Speaker 3 (11:01):
Your sister's house is the third one down the alleyway, Sir.
Speaker 5 (11:04):
I'll harry you up in the back window.
Speaker 3 (11:06):
So I'll be waiting for you, missus Hudson. Rather fun
for the shame homes, isn't with us?
Speaker 2 (11:14):
Well?
Speaker 3 (11:14):
Probably happier having a good game of chess with Lord willikem.
Speaker 2 (11:35):
This is my house, Homes number thirty nine at an
I'm conson square eh and dear Old Watson is just
around the corner in Lexington Gardens and hasn't any idea
that I've left Baker Spears here you are, Caddy, Thank
you sir. Have merry Christmas, sir, Uh huh, there's no
man Carol singers. Yes, we'll probably have our fill of
them before this evening's over.
Speaker 6 (12:06):
Good evening, Milde.
Speaker 3 (12:10):
Have have the guests arrived?
Speaker 6 (12:12):
Ha read most of them are they're in the library.
You brought another Santa Claus with you.
Speaker 2 (12:17):
I see, Milord, another Santa Claus. What do you mean?
Speaker 6 (12:20):
The gentleman arrived three quarters of an hour ago, sir,
dressed to Santa Claus. I took him to your study
in the Lord and showed him the sack present unfounded.
Speaker 2 (12:27):
He's got here be for us? Where's this study in
this way?
Speaker 6 (12:30):
I hope I didn't do gong, Milord, who told me
that a gentleman dressed to Santa Claus would be coming here?
Dear me, the gentleman appears to have gone.
Speaker 2 (12:40):
Yes, and the sack containing the presence with him.
Speaker 6 (12:42):
But he can't have left the house, MILORDA. I've been
watching the front door.
Speaker 2 (12:45):
Yes, and while you were doing that, he slipped down
through the window. Here. The catch is, I'm done. I'm
grave describe this man. I can't tell you much about
his appearance. I'm afraid, sir. He was dressed to Santa Claus,
just like yourself. But I didn't notice one thing about him, sir, Oh,
what was that? He lists just quite pronounced? Of course,
Lou the Lisper on Earth is Lu the Lisper, one
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of Mariati's most trusted accomplisses. Fortunately, though I've had news
of him later through my underworld grapevine. You you know
where he lives. He's reputed him have some connections with
a new cut that calls themselves the Disciples of the
Octagonal Square. The headquarters are just around the corner from here.
Let's go there, of course. And yes, sir, get a
message to Scotland Yard as fast as you can. Ask
for inspectless child until him join me at the Temple
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of the Octagonal Square in Lexman Gardens as soon as possible.
Speaker 5 (13:44):
For the children are awfully excited.
Speaker 3 (13:45):
Doctor. I told them you just came township the bed
on and then I'll.
Speaker 4 (13:49):
Go into them.
Speaker 5 (13:52):
Will I announce you do your no children, clients, Santa
Claus is coming to see it, and he's brought your
own pleasance. Hello, Hello, Lanny Jasey.
Speaker 6 (14:09):
Did you bring me a pregnant.
Speaker 3 (14:11):
Say I look at second minute they.
Speaker 5 (14:15):
Call me Bertie.
Speaker 2 (14:16):
Did you come down at chilly Yes, that you had
a time doing it.
Speaker 5 (14:21):
You're so fast. Santa Claus won't.
Speaker 2 (14:24):
Give you your present?
Speaker 4 (14:25):
And what's your name?
Speaker 3 (14:26):
Little man?
Speaker 7 (14:27):
My?
Speaker 5 (14:27):
Though I've got a cold, you have, will children.
Speaker 3 (14:33):
Gather around men I'll see what present I got for you?
The first present is I'll be right, it says for
her grace, the doctor Duchess of.
Speaker 5 (14:47):
Bul Do you suppose mister Holmes has been playing a
practical joke? And you don't.
Speaker 3 (14:51):
Do you suppose that I can't see the but he
did say that he'd added a few trinkets of his own.
I want my present, then, supposing you take the sells it?
Thank you? And this one is mark for the reverence
off for Carter. What Holmes is up to?
Speaker 4 (15:08):
Here your baty saying? And this is for you, Donad,
because you've been a good little boy.
Speaker 5 (15:14):
It's a very big is it. I wanted the dog,
the dog.
Speaker 4 (15:18):
Because before bring you a dog next year?
Speaker 3 (15:20):
Larnad doctor watching?
Speaker 5 (15:22):
Yes, look at the rapping in these presents or the
twenty five notes cut?
Speaker 4 (15:29):
Oh look what I can let me see? Why tough things?
And unless I very much was.
Speaker 5 (15:37):
Taken heart having let me.
Speaker 4 (15:40):
See, gracious, I swear that these are tasment roobes.
Speaker 3 (15:45):
What in thunder's going on?
Speaker 5 (15:46):
I'm wand maing f give me that?
Speaker 3 (15:49):
Mind you well? Here here you are here wat who
do you suppose us? After you? I do know missus hutsonps.
My toys are still at the bottom of the sack.
I can't understand it. I was homes of here instead
of using in front of our far in Baker Street.
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Where are you homes.
Speaker 2 (16:15):
Here with the bed? This is the only room in
the temple that gives any signs I been living. My
bird has been here. But I'm afraid bone inspect less
strip will get Here's track a match, Wally wim right,
here's a candle on the table, just as I feared.
Look on the bed, a red coat and a beard. Yes,
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Lul the lispers discardage is disgust and gone, and with him.
I'm afraid you are valuable. Wait a minute, here's a
sack lying on the floor. Oh no, this isn't mine.
Look what's in it? A toy dog, large box of chocolates.
Little girls do worry thunder, but this is watson sack.
But how on earth could Lu the Lisper have got
hold of it? Somewhere? Somehow he Watson must have made
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an accidental change, and Lul the Lisper has no doubt
trying to track Wat's and downe At this very moment,
you just worth fast Wickham, my friend's wife and those
are Missus Hudson and our relatives won't be worth I
Thinker's damn.
Speaker 1 (17:14):
Doctor, you can't break your story there.
Speaker 3 (17:17):
But before I go on, I thought we'd never lost
Port just to the freshness up.
Speaker 1 (17:22):
Oh well, that's that's something different. Of course, instead of
talking about Port as I something still. It'll be my
drink some change.
Speaker 3 (17:34):
Christmas the same to you.
Speaker 2 (17:36):
And now what happened next?
Speaker 3 (17:37):
Doctor?
Speaker 1 (17:38):
We left you at the children's Christmas party and Sherlock
Holmes and Lord Weddick around the corner at the Temple
of the Octagonal Square.
Speaker 3 (17:44):
Yes, though at the time, of course, I had no
idea what was going on there. I was cheerfully handing
out gifts worth will not at King's at least to
baron its ransoms outside the Temple of the Octagonal Square
homes Lord Wickham were talking to inspect.
Speaker 7 (18:05):
Yes, it seems to me, Lord Whittigam, you'd have been
wiser to get in touch with Scotland Yard when you
first got the warning note if we could have nabbed
him when he came to your house and pinch the
sack of presence.
Speaker 2 (18:15):
Starb is no time for post botins. We've got to
reach Lou the Lisp before he finds Dr Watson. I
suppose he can do that at homes. It wouldn't be difficult.
Lu the Lisper is nearly as clever as his master,
professor Bodaty. The chances now that you were followed when
you came to bigg the Street tonight Wittigham, and pequally
likely that Watson and missus Hudson were followed as they
left it. Mariati Is seldom leaves anything to pants. Well
where did doctor Watson go and get Lexington Gardens? It's
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just on the corner from here. Work in this goo
there it once might not quarry away? No, no, no, no, strive.
We must use a little subtle game, now, lu the
Lisper wishes to recover that sack of presence from Watson.
How would he invade the party with the least possible
trouble by dressing up a center close again? Oh no,
I think he's over played that role for one evening. Well,
then I would he try to get in Miss Jones?
Speaker 3 (18:57):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (18:57):
Come now, as drive, A group of people can enter
any house on Christmas Eve about invitation without creating suspicion, Carol,
I shouldn't be all surprised. If at this moment Ruther
Lispur and some of his gang are singing carols outside
twenty eight Lexington Gardens, then what are we going to do?
Former rival cardl Society? How many of them men to
bring with you?
Speaker 7 (19:14):
Three sergeant and two constable wearing great coats? Yes, misses
the boy they.
Speaker 2 (19:20):
Can hide their helmets and pretend to be singers. Come on,
let's go over there, and while we're walking we'll rehearse
our carols. He must appear reasonably convincing. Sander leastart sanerat.
Speaker 5 (19:47):
You back, said class. No, no, you mustn't begun to
close to childson hop on becoming signing for.
Speaker 4 (20:00):
Of course they can ask them to come in. Missus Hudson, come.
Speaker 5 (20:04):
And let me get you back to Oh no, no,
take it, see your reindeer, saying.
Speaker 4 (20:10):
To see my reindeer stop on the roof, I time
not to see him. No, no, no, you must do that.
They're asleep. Food. Here are the carol singers. If you
get children, that's it.
Speaker 3 (20:21):
Good evening, gentlemen, Good evening, and marry Chrisma. Would you
like to sing some carols for the children after that?
I'm sure you'd like to drop of the some of
the women, but thank you, sir, we chair like that.
Speaker 4 (20:34):
Let you before somewhere my month.
Speaker 2 (20:36):
Oh there, I'm sure you haven't.
Speaker 4 (20:38):
Come on man, let's sing.
Speaker 2 (20:40):
Good King went for it.
Speaker 3 (20:41):
God l.
Speaker 2 (20:59):
Well, here we are outside the ursemist room. Now listen,
uh huh Lugla Lisper and these men are already there.
Are we going to eat at home moment? Amen, you
will have your truncheons handy, Yes, miss Drones, we're ready, splendid.
Now remember when we're inside and I yelled Christmas at
the top of my voice. You bring out your truncheons
and get Luga Lisper and his gang out of there
as quickly as possible. Don't arrest them until you get
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them outside again. Astrida, I don't want to fight, mature.
Speaker 3 (21:24):
Write your arms, Drones, we're ready.
Speaker 2 (21:25):
Just give us the word and we'll go in and keep.
Speaker 4 (21:43):
Oh that was a very nice thing. And now how
about some of the womb.
Speaker 2 (21:47):
You'll that won't be necessary, doctor Watson, say to the door, Sammy,
Now all of you stay right where you are.
Speaker 4 (21:52):
Who you what if it you're up to?
Speaker 2 (21:54):
Please don't be difficult, doctor. All I want is the
jewel out of my fact that you saw from me tonight?
Do you try and stop me? I sha't have to
hurt you.
Speaker 5 (22:02):
Why do you talk so funny? You got a cold
like me?
Speaker 2 (22:05):
Shut up now?
Speaker 4 (22:07):
Doctor? Where are the jewels?
Speaker 2 (22:11):
O Christ?
Speaker 3 (22:12):
There are some more carol fingers outside a lot time
you got a way?
Speaker 2 (22:16):
No better let them come in. If we don't, they
might get suspicious. Person, that's what you're up to.
Speaker 3 (22:21):
I don't know tricks.
Speaker 5 (22:21):
Doctor.
Speaker 2 (22:22):
If you try and give an alarm, myself has.
Speaker 3 (22:24):
To get rough with you or anyone about that. But
just remember that there are children present.
Speaker 4 (22:30):
You're here for you.
Speaker 3 (22:31):
Right you say we all join.
Speaker 4 (22:33):
An old Carol for the nippers?
Speaker 3 (22:36):
All right?
Speaker 4 (22:37):
What what do you want to think of? The old
angels sing?
Speaker 3 (22:40):
All right?
Speaker 4 (22:42):
All right? Come on man, let's sing a.
Speaker 3 (22:52):
Merry Christmas.
Speaker 5 (23:00):
What's happening?
Speaker 4 (23:04):
We're all going away?
Speaker 2 (23:07):
Oh, I'll explain it to you later on chat leribe.
I take them to Scotland Yard and prefer charges. I'll
be over in a little wound give evidence.
Speaker 3 (23:18):
Right.
Speaker 7 (23:20):
Too bad we didn't catch Professor Moriarty too well.
Speaker 2 (23:23):
At least we have some of his cohorts. Sound see
you later. Listen, I'll showing you what was going on here?
Is Moriarty mixed up in this business? Yes, Watson, Now
I'll tell you all about it as soon as I've
straightened this thing out. Wickham.
Speaker 3 (23:33):
Yes, home.
Speaker 2 (23:34):
The twenty pound notes that you used as wrapping for
your gifts seemed to been scapital of the house. Do
you want me to recover them too?
Speaker 3 (23:41):
Now?
Speaker 1 (23:42):
From what you've told me of the children, I think
their parents produce the money much more profitable than my relatives.
Speaker 2 (23:47):
In any case, I can replace it a very generous
Christmas gift. Well, children, did you enjoy the little game
we staged for you?
Speaker 1 (23:55):
It was enough?
Speaker 5 (23:56):
But yes, I really died laughing when they stared hid it.
Speaker 2 (24:01):
I'm glad you enjoyed the children, and now I want
you to show me the presence you received. Oh, they
were a part of the game too. A nice little
girl like you just wants me hearings, Elsie. Here's a
beautiful doll for you. And what did you get, my
little man?
Speaker 3 (24:20):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (24:21):
Tough flinks, good gracious? Who wants puff links?
Speaker 4 (24:23):
And you can have a clockwork train?
Speaker 2 (24:25):
Do you want to exchange? Pray?
Speaker 5 (24:27):
Lord of a Duck wanted the door?
Speaker 4 (24:30):
There's one for you. A nice, nice.
Speaker 2 (24:36):
Julie has a nice big box of chocolates too.
Speaker 3 (24:38):
You can all shove one night as much.
Speaker 5 (24:42):
Mon, since Granny got her fingers stuck in.
Speaker 3 (24:44):
A puggle, I still don't understand what's going on home.
I must say this says all your marks.
Speaker 2 (24:52):
A happy Christmas, missus Hudsons. The turkey coming up a
little brady in a few minutes, splendid. And while we're waiting,
perhaps the children will oblige Chris, we haven't heard Joe,
Bob and.
Speaker 4 (25:05):
I know what you mean. Christmas Carol. That really sounds convincing.
Speaker 1 (25:09):
How about it, children, I'll right come on, el, come on,
lionel god well, doctor, that was really a twelfth swell
(25:53):
story on a Christmas Eve like this? Do you have
a wish you were back in Baker Street celebrating Christmas?
Speaker 3 (25:58):
There times? Yes, But said mister Bartell, I'm very happy
right here in my little home. They're on the tables
of pure little Christmas tree. There's a fine fire in
my fireplace, my two dogs, Monty and Willia.
Speaker 4 (26:11):
A sleeping peace at my feet.
Speaker 3 (26:13):
And best of it all, I've got the love of
every child in the neighborhood. Yes, I got a great
deal this Christmas Eve that's to be thankful for. And
what were the troubles of the world on their way
to being settled? It looks as if this is the
brightest Christmas that I've ever had.
Speaker 1 (26:29):
Well, that's how I feel about it, too, Doctor.
Speaker 3 (26:32):
I hope that all our friends listening in are just
as happy as Christmas Eve as we are. And speaking
not only for myself, but I know for all of
us and for the Petrick family too, we wish every
one of you a happy Christmas from the bottom of
our hearts. God rest you merry gentlemen.
Speaker 1 (26:50):
Well, doctor, it's the next Monday's New Year's Eve?
Speaker 3 (26:53):
What story do you plan to tell us?
Speaker 4 (26:54):
One that I think.
Speaker 3 (26:55):
Extremely appropriate, mister Bartell. It takes place in the Scottish
castle near Edinburgh on a New Year's Eve in nineteen
hundred and concerns a parent, lovers and elderly Barnett and
a strange iron box that proved to be more than.
Speaker 4 (27:11):
Worth its weight in gold.
Speaker 2 (27:18):
Tonight.
Speaker 1 (27:18):
Sherlock Holmes Adventure was written by Dennis Green and Anthony
Boucher and was suggested by an incident and the Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle story The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle.
Music is by Dean Fossman. Mister Rathbourne appears through the
courtesy of Metro Goldwyn Mayor and mister Bruce through the
courtesy of Universal Pictures, where they are now starring in
the Sherlock Holmes series. The Petri Wine Company of San Francisco,
(27:49):
California invites you to tune in again next week, same time,
same station. Sherlock Holmes comes to you from our Hollywood studios.
This is Harry Bartel saying good night for the Petrie
family for a solid hour of exciting mystery. Mammas, listen
(28:09):
every Monday on most of these same stations at eight
o'clock to Michael Shane, followed immediately by Sherlock Holmes.
Speaker 2 (28:16):
This is the mutual broadcasting system.
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