June 12, 2025 • 28 mins
Chronicles the exploits of a charismatic con artist, offering a glimpse into his schemes and the moral ambiguities of his adventures. The narratives blend wit with suspense.
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Speaker 1 (00:25):
Presenting Orson Wells as the third Man. The Lives of
Harry Limes The Fabulous Stories give you a mortal character
originally created in the story The Third Man with different
music by Anton Garat.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Or a man in a palm beach suit sling a camera.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
Over his shoulder, give him a cigar, had an American accent,
and anywhere on the continent of Europe he's marked down
at once by this I bought as a sheep ready
for the slaughter.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
But there are exceptions, and I was never a guide
that both well.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
Not much anyways, in a long and not uneventful career,
I flattered myself. There are many tricks of the confidence
trade that I haven't got to know. At least that's
where I thought until a certain adventure is only recently
in Paris, which for obvious reasons I called vive la Chance.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
And now Horse and Wells as Harry lm the third
Man in today's story vive chant.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
It happened, as I have said, in Paris.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
In the casual so where I got to know a
couple of the local boys named Paul and Pierre, and
one evening they came up to an hotel and making
a composition.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
The whole scheme is prettily guy Absolu. What you call
it a pull over? You mean a pushover? An't sure? Man?
Say that is what I say a pull over? Okay? Skip?
This is this a n and gentlemen, you see rich
American Japan school with Henry hell Weather school sound promis
and what about Henry or Waterstone? And he is a
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very rich, gentle about thing. He does not know us,
but we know him not three. I studied him closely.
We know his abits, his movements, everything about him. Is
that not so? Pa?
Speaker 4 (03:16):
Yes, so be the tech here and a very.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Simple flanning to tell you.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
But when the teller fails to succeed only it is
no good for just ourselves.
Speaker 5 (03:26):
It needs list a friends.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
You now listen carefully and we will explain to you
the old things well as prom explain their scheme to me.
I can't say it was exactly simple, but it was
certainly novel. And what's my thing is just about fool proof.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
My first chance was get on friendly terms with this
and what read next morning I moved to his hotel inside.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
Of twenty four hours. You have thought we were lifelong bodies.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
He was a middle aged Californian, typically wealthy American tourist
store by himself, feeling just a little lonely in of
extreme city. Now that a lonely American must have seemed
to unlike manner from heaven.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
It was evening. We were drinking together the sidewalk cafe.
The stage was set for step number two.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
Of our clan.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
Hey, hey, Henry, look so or not that girl walking
towards there's something wrong with you.
Speaker 4 (04:27):
I'm sure she looks all right to me. It's kind of.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
Cute in fact, but I saw a sway and ran
positive like, hey, but she goes again.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
I can't help hereself say it eat me mean on
my Uh, come on, Tod was at my lot and
that's by h was at my lot and a right, Well,
you're not alright at all. You just passed out a
minute to go, come off here, sit down here with
my friend and me. Pull up another chair, hank. Sure,
poor kids starving, I've had a decently over the days.
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I'll bet uh bousad firm. Mademoiselle, you can't kid uh
when did you eat last? Smarty? What did you have there? Bread?
And what else? Some more bread and water? That's what
did I say, not another? Not at off crime. You're
gonna snap out it. We've all been broken one time
or another. Take her other arm, Henry, come on, let's go.
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We're too well to find the biggest meal in Paris.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
Of course, it was my first meeting with Lizit she
was all Paul and Fierre said and more, and she
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went steadily through the many.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
It was an education to watch the color return to
her face and to see her whole character. Take her
on life, and there's vacy. Afterwards.
Speaker 3 (05:47):
We found a quiet corner and a bod little help
from me. Lazette gave us a lighte history all according
to Plant.
Speaker 4 (05:53):
You're sure have had a tough time now.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
Monday function was smart and.
Speaker 4 (05:59):
Well infat even now.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
I have hope said soon, that's even before this week
is out. I will be a wealthy woman. You'll be
a wealthy woman.
Speaker 4 (06:08):
I'll are you figuring out Mary and some guy with
lots of dough do and money?
Speaker 2 (06:13):
Oh no, no, she's nothing. My daddy's a great defriend
you say, wouldn't you felt them anymore? I have already
talked to me. I must have brought you with.
Speaker 3 (06:20):
My persons were very interested on Henry w did you
see eighty years ago?
Speaker 2 (06:25):
My family was very rich, but he lived in a
big house. Joney Bryan. He would start kidney the war, Yeah,
so what's your particular? One was at the frank Proprussian
water and.
Speaker 3 (06:35):
I my great grandfather was a paby place would be
or how are you calling about the persons?
Speaker 2 (06:42):
So many in the woods.
Speaker 4 (06:43):
He buried a great rock school going at.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
Louis and he the lit mack where it was, and
he'd be mapping before brought him the the joey case.
And you go to his son, my grandfather let her say,
it wasn't that dam I see? Then kidney passman's and ys,
you're a great grandfather's killed. My grandfather knew the money
must be hidden somewhere, but he could never find one
of the map. Well that was his turtle, you see.
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He did not know about the map because he did
not have the letter of his father. Had original considered
the island. Yes, for years there was the two place
on his dressing tables, and then it was the secret
and he did not know what happened. By my grandfather,
he had all met and died. There was so this
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left and my uncle was what was by one he
had resell family treasures, and at last he had to
part with the gewelgy with the map still. And then
one day my father pressed by accidental wouldn't penny in
the world and he opened it and there was the
letter from my great grandfather telling about the titure and
the map. But it was too late. It was no
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more for the hast his life. My father tried to
trace it, but without success.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
At last he died.
Speaker 2 (07:59):
It's so high, he was so good and so fra.
Speaker 6 (08:03):
I'm sure it was, And this jewel case has never
turned up since your old boy to be, Monsieur gus.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
I saw it to day. Whereabout money?
Speaker 3 (08:13):
You need to say this duel cases for sale and
the free market? Well then why did you pat? Of
course you haven't got any money.
Speaker 2 (08:20):
You're quite sure it's the same case. Oh, I would
not anywhere. It isn't great obl the initials of my
great prince and the same case.
Speaker 7 (08:31):
Did you have the price?
Speaker 3 (08:32):
Do you know?
Speaker 7 (08:33):
This is a serious for the man in the shop.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
But it is the same case. If it should not
be very deal.
Speaker 4 (08:39):
In the ruler sets me where I live, there's an
old man.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
Who lends money into noorrow morning.
Speaker 7 (08:43):
I shall think of him for a thousands and then
I shall buy the case, and this faction will be.
Speaker 2 (08:48):
But I suppose, I suppose he won't lend it. I
suppose the case is more than what you think it
will do. I shall find the money, some fans there,
You found it right now? Yes, five thousand francs. Hang on, Oh,
I couldn't do that.
Speaker 3 (09:01):
Pel and George, saying he find me there anytimes, asked
for Harry lying next morning, Henry l and I spent
a wildly exciting morning at Napoleon's too, and then I
got back to.
Speaker 2 (09:20):
The hotel around about lunchtime. I was Lazette waiting for her.
She was looking pale and miserable, and she's been very
obviously Norman I went to the case. I don't tell
me what you see there, but he is the man?
Speaker 1 (09:34):
Who was he there?
Speaker 2 (09:35):
Since it is the case of mad antiquity? And when
I offered him five thousand francs he left? How much
does he want for its two million? Two million francs?
What is this case? Solid gold? And started with dying piece?
Say what you do is a favorite, But were you
dying with us this season? Oh? No, you have been
found too good of it.
Speaker 3 (09:55):
We watched you too, don't we, Henry wire Sure, yes,
so it was great pleasure if you because I who knows.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
We can't promise anything, of course can't. We have it,
but it's just the chance that we may be able
to find some way out of this little difficulty to
heal it.
Speaker 3 (10:20):
After Lizette has gone. I put the proposition to Henry.
Between us, we buy a duel case a Milian phrase each,
and then when the fortune.
Speaker 2 (10:29):
Is recovered with good fifty fifty with Zette. I can't say, Henry,
I'll just the idea first of what you describe exactly
as wild enthusiasm. But then I hadn't expected he would.
Speaker 4 (10:39):
I don't know, Harry.
Speaker 2 (10:41):
I can't say. It sounds very much like a guild
edge propositions and arm But surely, oh man, I plazette
story is correct.
Speaker 4 (10:46):
Got the point?
Speaker 2 (10:47):
Is it correct? I don't see any reason to doubt it, Harry.
Speaker 4 (10:49):
You're a good guy, Harry, and I like you a lot.
But if you'll forgive me saying it, you're just a
little naive.
Speaker 2 (10:55):
When all their horses in the right, I find some
way to prove she's okay. To prove it. What will
you come into it? Then?
Speaker 4 (11:01):
How do you figure I'm doing that?
Speaker 2 (11:03):
Well, he's that part to me. Just answer me one thing.
Here's the deal, is sure, Harry, it's the deal.
Speaker 3 (11:14):
So far, our scheme was working one hundred percent, as
Henry l was reacting exactly according to plan.
Speaker 2 (11:20):
After a luti, I left the hotel round about mid afternoon,
I returned with.
Speaker 3 (11:23):
Paul until he wore steel rimmed glasses and the blue
suits that were shining with age, and the shirt cuts
were afraid at the edges.
Speaker 2 (11:30):
In fact, he looked precisely what he was supposed to
look for money the government clerk. I introduced him to Henry.
I think I want you to meet Monsieur Bellio.
Speaker 4 (11:40):
Glad to know you.
Speaker 2 (11:41):
We'll use you. Monsieur Burio is a clerk in the
just buck that again the internal records, and.
Speaker 4 (11:49):
Yes, yes, that's it.
Speaker 3 (11:50):
I've I've had a to Ballio making a few inquiries,
or that he's good enough to offer to come around
the hotel with certain documents and information he's.
Speaker 2 (11:57):
Able to obtain for me. Uh maybe a Monsieur belly
you will tell my friends what you told me. You
try concerned the Famus told me attaptains of standing mon correct, correct, correct,
Now Paul has done a frank job. Make it looks good.
I slippedhim a five thousand frank bill, and.
Speaker 3 (12:15):
Off he went, bursting with gratitude. After John I turned
to him, Yeah, well.
Speaker 2 (12:21):
You ask for fruit, now you've got it.
Speaker 1 (12:22):
You can't argue.
Speaker 2 (12:23):
Against all that evidence. Scan you don't misunderstand me, Harry.
I didn't doufinitely say. I just wanted to be certainly
you're satis right, She's okay? So did we go ahead
in it?
Speaker 4 (12:32):
Sure? The deal is a deal. We'll fish up the
details with liz this evening.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
The first thing tomorrow, we'll go and buy that jewel case.
Check check.
Speaker 1 (12:54):
In a moment, Orton Wells returns as Harry Lyme the
third Man, and now Roson Wells as Harry Lyme the
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third Man continues in today's story see Vichant.
Speaker 3 (14:07):
That same evening we put the proposition to Isabel, Henryelle
and I were to find the money to buy the
jewel case.
Speaker 2 (14:12):
When the map had been found in a great grandfather's
treasure recovered, we would have split the proceeds half to
us and have to her.
Speaker 3 (14:18):
Lizette was overcome with emotion and the tears of gratitude,
she wept worth in you, and even if anything else
about her word and my admiration for Lisette as an actress,
saw it about a hundred percent, especially.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
When she came to what was in fact the crux
about a pre arranged plan. Your generosity judges me dups
and as will only do great free. But I am
afraid I cannot e why not for deep's sake. It
is not safe. It is asking nonsense. I have not
peraps made it divisions a year just to afraid the
gamble thisase eighty years is a long time or no,
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And in that time the jewel cases probably had many owns.
Speaker 4 (14:55):
Sure, like Vizette said, it's a gamble, but what the heck?
Speaker 2 (14:58):
You know?
Speaker 4 (14:59):
They all saying back, but stay Harry.
Speaker 2 (15:01):
If you don't speculate, your won't accumulate, then you think
we want to take a chance any Why certainly?
Speaker 3 (15:17):
And so next morning the flea line as arrange, rest
stay in the cab following a direction, we have no
difficulty in finding Monsieur Leflage's stall.
Speaker 2 (15:26):
If the Flage looked oddly like my old friend Pierre,
who was sending the else in another one. I was
even those of the quick wings of Pierre j in
case we're standing on the show a lot of other
j I me. I tended out to notice it the
person and.
Speaker 3 (15:39):
Asked a while he picked it up in an elaborately
carridule sort of win.
Speaker 4 (15:44):
What do you think of this old jewel case, Harry, I'm.
Speaker 2 (15:47):
Quite attractive and it's work. I guess I've got a.
Speaker 4 (15:49):
Sort of idea.
Speaker 2 (15:50):
Millie might like it for addressing.
Speaker 4 (15:52):
To you, Mare, I'll give you five thousand francs for it, monsieur, please,
jos you makes the joke, yes, okay, six thousand. I'm
not a guy to hangle.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
I have spent my lifetime among ants events you look
at up. I'm an expert and authority. Many famous collectors
have wished to buy that jewel case.
Speaker 1 (16:09):
They have offered much money, and why I am just older,
because they cannot pay the price.
Speaker 2 (16:14):
I am obliged to all everybody. They cannot take three
million price.
Speaker 6 (16:19):
Three million francs for a better jump like just you
must take crazy. I'll give you a million, two and
a half millions, one and a half, two and a quarter,
one and three quarters.
Speaker 2 (16:29):
You are a hard man, monsieur.
Speaker 4 (16:31):
Okay, so now make it easier and I'll be doing pantry.
Speaker 6 (16:36):
But if I want a thing I wanted, and I'm
prepared to pay your money million francs, it is, the
only trouble is that I don't have that much cash
on me right now, or I have half of it here.
If you make her the rest, that's mighty kind of you, Harry.
Speaker 4 (16:48):
Let me see now you know here we are.
Speaker 3 (16:51):
It was there all right, a million francs and christ
you know, a four waist flit between.
Speaker 2 (16:57):
Four pl is at hand, and that was still waiting
place in the can. She grabbed the case eagerly. You
will know one of these rose birds on the side
explained that the rest try. It's try the other one there. Look.
Look the paper must be a map.
Speaker 4 (17:18):
Open, open it up and read it.
Speaker 2 (17:19):
That I got excited myself. It is its Look fox,
pe say, it's all in the French, across in French.
Speaker 1 (17:33):
Let's riding the course it is And you.
Speaker 2 (17:38):
Tell us stem seazing northeast my great grandfather. I suppose
sure that.
Speaker 4 (17:48):
Yeah, go on with that.
Speaker 2 (17:51):
Chest snapper.
Speaker 4 (17:52):
You hope it's still there.
Speaker 2 (17:54):
Tails None of the three go on that you do
exact of the eighty's good not for me? Come on,
let's go. Well, I dare say you can guess the rest?
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Does that?
Speaker 3 (18:15):
Let us the old family mansion. We followed the direction.
We located the chestnut tree, and we done out to
ten minutes. So we struck something solid.
Speaker 2 (18:23):
There's a large metal chest.
Speaker 3 (18:24):
We got the surface with the trembling fingers. Henry Hill
smashed the rusted lock, and we swung back the list.
Speaker 2 (18:34):
Well, I'll be dog gone it all right, Well not quite.
What do you make of this? Does that? To me?
It looks like a bis budgeon of thesef that soldiers. Well, now, strip,
that's exactly what it is. There is only the crest
it double leave. You realize what that means? I mean
it's a Prussian soldier must have beaten us to it
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some eighty years ago.
Speaker 4 (18:56):
And I can't believe that the evidence.
Speaker 3 (19:09):
I might say Henry took it well, no silly nonsense,
no recriminations, and above all, not the slightest suspicion as
far as I could see.
Speaker 2 (19:17):
Anyway, that he'd been jipped.
Speaker 3 (19:18):
After dinner that evening, he suggested we might console ourselves
for the loss of our bill with.
Speaker 2 (19:23):
A Champagne supper arrows. I pleaded a headache and I
go off alone. After he was gone, I walked.
Speaker 3 (19:31):
Around the Piers hotel knocked on the door. There was
no answer. I knocked again, a little louder.
Speaker 2 (19:42):
I don't know answer. A horrible, incredible suspicion crossed my mind. No,
couldn't be, he just couldn't. I went downstairs the reception
for me, and I asked for Pierre.
Speaker 4 (19:58):
Are you getting monsieur?
Speaker 2 (19:59):
He's no longer we uns left.
Speaker 5 (20:01):
We miss you, He's always gone, do you I wish
I did, Monsieur, you disload us for two weeks ning?
Speaker 2 (20:07):
Is that all? You're lucky?
Speaker 6 (20:09):
He?
Speaker 2 (20:09):
It was me a quarter of a Dan Franks.
Speaker 3 (20:11):
The suspicion had become a virtual certainty now, and I
hurried back to my own hotel.
Speaker 2 (20:16):
Once the luck was with me. Sounds about to undrestle,
and then your figure coming out. I slid out of
side to his task. Then I follow him a few minutes.
I found myself, Yes, you've guessed it. In the really
left feet one hundred yards or so off the bull
baposts and my quarry turned into the door, where I
was right behind him as a small private hotel. I
followed a lot of three points to stern. He stopped
outside the door, he knocked it opened, he went in.
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I checked to make sure I had my gun, and
I turned the knob and flung the door open. They
were all there, Henry l, Paul.
Speaker 3 (20:46):
Pierre, and Rosette, looking very's not been pleased with themselves.
Henry allellling back in an easy chair, puffing his cigar.
Speaker 4 (20:52):
And holding forth to the others. Of course that good
thing would tickle to me.
Speaker 2 (20:57):
Think he was putting it across a guy who was
supposed to be as shrewd as Harry.
Speaker 1 (21:04):
Say that.
Speaker 2 (21:08):
Keep your hands up in the open. Two. But this,
a little thing in my hand might go. How dare you?
How dare you try to pull a corn the old
trick like this on me? On, Henry, line the kid yourself.
Speaker 4 (21:20):
For a minute, I was really farting for it, did Harry.
Speaker 2 (21:23):
We honestly think I much shamed of you to talk
to you. You seem such a sensible intelligence. Sort of
course we see you.
Speaker 4 (21:29):
And understand it.
Speaker 2 (21:30):
We went den very dead. No, No, it was what
you call practical.
Speaker 1 (21:36):
Man, Harry.
Speaker 2 (21:37):
You had to bust in like this and spoil a hope. Yeah,
it's too bad. No sense of humor. That's my trouble. However,
as I am here, you may as well let me
have it back now. Oh sure, Harry, sure hand it
over for there you are with thanks, I'll have the
rest if you don't mind. As it was another million,
I seemed to recall, but that was my money was
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Henry is the upper the words you mean? I mean
I wanted and now Harry, who cannot do something?
Speaker 4 (22:07):
I am doing it?
Speaker 2 (22:07):
One million pranks please, okay, thank you? I thank you?
And from you? Is that I know you five thousand twins?
You so kind? You learned before us A thou wouldn't
we go there?
Speaker 7 (22:20):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (22:20):
No, not at all? From you? Is that one kiss?
Speaker 6 (22:24):
Uh?
Speaker 2 (22:25):
Huh? You are still gather kiss? Mm? If only instead
of these use vision maracines, I have.
Speaker 4 (22:30):
Used my plas ah.
Speaker 2 (22:32):
There's no telling to what happens we would that? Tell?
Uh you pleasure me? You plather lay that. Oh I'm
not a t I know a little man when I
mean two? Yes, so right, I day my two? Sure?
Thank you? Is that some day? Who knows you? You
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ain't that? Now? A why a wyeman's any messy me
for I unco speaking so wrong. Now it was a
good exit, uh, proud myself, a very good exit. Only
one thing mad. As I closed the door, a man
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stepped out of the shadows. And a cop is a
cop in any language. There was no mistaken this one.
Speaker 3 (23:21):
For one while second I was tempting to find one
of as John Randford discretion of a better.
Speaker 2 (23:26):
Part of valor. And when he spoke, I was glad
you are quite all right to musill l sure you
have recovered your money?
Speaker 4 (23:35):
Well, please, monsieur, you can be frank.
Speaker 2 (23:37):
I know everything, but certainly I have had our.
Speaker 4 (23:40):
Friends in there under observation for many days now.
Speaker 5 (23:43):
When I realized they were imposing upon you the old
story of the jewel case, I thought at first I
would intervene and war you. Then I said to myself,
but that he said, yglos, A smart man like Muscieur
Live would never let himself be caught by such an
obvious thren.
Speaker 2 (23:59):
So I decided to haud watched them.
Speaker 4 (24:00):
Did she comedy played.
Speaker 2 (24:02):
Itself out of it?
Speaker 4 (24:03):
So I was like, you see, and.
Speaker 5 (24:05):
There is an old saying from the English he lasts
best all last last.
Speaker 2 (24:09):
Yes, you must have found it very amusing.
Speaker 3 (24:12):
Oh, surely you your money? Oh yes, yes, sorry, I
persuaded him to return it.
Speaker 2 (24:18):
And then, as always.
Speaker 3 (24:21):
Well, I smiled to myself as I thought of Henry,
or what is from a million francs reposing in my pocket?
Speaker 2 (24:28):
Or was well, very very well indeed? And it wasn't
til I got back to my hotel room that I
realized the truth. How was? I don't know that when
Liz had kissed me she also picked my pocket.
Speaker 7 (24:49):
Harryl returns in just the moment, Mmm.
Speaker 1 (25:43):
Hell no, Howry.
Speaker 3 (25:45):
I I always say honesty the best policy, but I
always say don't necessarily mean. I take gambling for instance,
as W. C. Fields, you have to put it your
patcheat an honest man, which probably accounts for the trouble.
Speaker 2 (26:02):
I have with chiefs.
Speaker 3 (26:04):
Still it doesn't stop me from gambling or dishonesty. For
when in Rome, do the Romans so they'll do you.
When when in France, as the French always say.
Speaker 7 (26:15):
The.
Speaker 1 (27:01):
Dns set.
Speaker 2 (27:17):
Sist jet.
Speaker 1 (27:40):
Thin on bist.
Speaker 2 (27:49):
Schools by the tron d side to side, expect itself
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themselves and tis the f exam and act at sid
wis
Presenting Orson Wells as the third Man. The Lives of
Harry Limes The Fabulous Stories give you a mortal character
originally created in the story The Third Man with different
music by Anton Garat.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Or a man in a palm beach suit sling a camera.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
Over his shoulder, give him a cigar, had an American accent,
and anywhere on the continent of Europe he's marked down
at once by this I bought as a sheep ready
for the slaughter.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
But there are exceptions, and I was never a guide
that both well.
Speaker 3 (01:06):
Not much anyways, in a long and not uneventful career,
I flattered myself. There are many tricks of the confidence
trade that I haven't got to know. At least that's
where I thought until a certain adventure is only recently
in Paris, which for obvious reasons I called vive la Chance.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
And now Horse and Wells as Harry lm the third
Man in today's story vive chant.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
It happened, as I have said, in Paris.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
In the casual so where I got to know a
couple of the local boys named Paul and Pierre, and
one evening they came up to an hotel and making
a composition.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
The whole scheme is prettily guy Absolu. What you call
it a pull over? You mean a pushover? An't sure? Man?
Say that is what I say a pull over? Okay? Skip?
This is this a n and gentlemen, you see rich
American Japan school with Henry hell Weather school sound promis
and what about Henry or Waterstone? And he is a
(03:06):
very rich, gentle about thing. He does not know us,
but we know him not three. I studied him closely.
We know his abits, his movements, everything about him. Is
that not so? Pa?
Speaker 4 (03:16):
Yes, so be the tech here and a very.
Speaker 2 (03:19):
Simple flanning to tell you.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
But when the teller fails to succeed only it is
no good for just ourselves.
Speaker 5 (03:26):
It needs list a friends.
Speaker 2 (03:30):
You now listen carefully and we will explain to you
the old things well as prom explain their scheme to me.
I can't say it was exactly simple, but it was
certainly novel. And what's my thing is just about fool proof.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
My first chance was get on friendly terms with this
and what read next morning I moved to his hotel inside.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
Of twenty four hours. You have thought we were lifelong bodies.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
He was a middle aged Californian, typically wealthy American tourist
store by himself, feeling just a little lonely in of
extreme city. Now that a lonely American must have seemed
to unlike manner from heaven.
Speaker 2 (04:13):
It was evening. We were drinking together the sidewalk cafe.
The stage was set for step number two.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
Of our clan.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
Hey, hey, Henry, look so or not that girl walking
towards there's something wrong with you.
Speaker 4 (04:27):
I'm sure she looks all right to me. It's kind of.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
Cute in fact, but I saw a sway and ran
positive like, hey, but she goes again.
Speaker 2 (04:34):
I can't help hereself say it eat me mean on
my Uh, come on, Tod was at my lot and
that's by h was at my lot and a right, Well,
you're not alright at all. You just passed out a
minute to go, come off here, sit down here with
my friend and me. Pull up another chair, hank. Sure,
poor kids starving, I've had a decently over the days.
(04:54):
I'll bet uh bousad firm. Mademoiselle, you can't kid uh
when did you eat last? Smarty? What did you have there? Bread?
And what else? Some more bread and water? That's what
did I say, not another? Not at off crime. You're
gonna snap out it. We've all been broken one time
or another. Take her other arm, Henry, come on, let's go.
(05:16):
We're too well to find the biggest meal in Paris.
Speaker 3 (05:19):
Of course, it was my first meeting with Lizit she
was all Paul and Fierre said and more, and she
(05:40):
went steadily through the many.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
It was an education to watch the color return to
her face and to see her whole character. Take her
on life, and there's vacy. Afterwards.
Speaker 3 (05:47):
We found a quiet corner and a bod little help
from me. Lazette gave us a lighte history all according
to Plant.
Speaker 4 (05:53):
You're sure have had a tough time now.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
Monday function was smart and.
Speaker 4 (05:59):
Well infat even now.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
I have hope said soon, that's even before this week
is out. I will be a wealthy woman. You'll be
a wealthy woman.
Speaker 4 (06:08):
I'll are you figuring out Mary and some guy with
lots of dough do and money?
Speaker 2 (06:13):
Oh no, no, she's nothing. My daddy's a great defriend
you say, wouldn't you felt them anymore? I have already
talked to me. I must have brought you with.
Speaker 3 (06:20):
My persons were very interested on Henry w did you
see eighty years ago?
Speaker 2 (06:25):
My family was very rich, but he lived in a
big house. Joney Bryan. He would start kidney the war, Yeah,
so what's your particular? One was at the frank Proprussian
water and.
Speaker 3 (06:35):
I my great grandfather was a paby place would be
or how are you calling about the persons?
Speaker 2 (06:42):
So many in the woods.
Speaker 4 (06:43):
He buried a great rock school going at.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
Louis and he the lit mack where it was, and
he'd be mapping before brought him the the joey case.
And you go to his son, my grandfather let her say,
it wasn't that dam I see? Then kidney passman's and ys,
you're a great grandfather's killed. My grandfather knew the money
must be hidden somewhere, but he could never find one
of the map. Well that was his turtle, you see.
(07:07):
He did not know about the map because he did
not have the letter of his father. Had original considered
the island. Yes, for years there was the two place
on his dressing tables, and then it was the secret
and he did not know what happened. By my grandfather,
he had all met and died. There was so this
(07:27):
left and my uncle was what was by one he
had resell family treasures, and at last he had to
part with the gewelgy with the map still. And then
one day my father pressed by accidental wouldn't penny in
the world and he opened it and there was the
letter from my great grandfather telling about the titure and
the map. But it was too late. It was no
(07:50):
more for the hast his life. My father tried to
trace it, but without success.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
At last he died.
Speaker 2 (07:59):
It's so high, he was so good and so fra.
Speaker 6 (08:03):
I'm sure it was, And this jewel case has never
turned up since your old boy to be, Monsieur gus.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
I saw it to day. Whereabout money?
Speaker 3 (08:13):
You need to say this duel cases for sale and
the free market? Well then why did you pat? Of
course you haven't got any money.
Speaker 2 (08:20):
You're quite sure it's the same case. Oh, I would
not anywhere. It isn't great obl the initials of my
great prince and the same case.
Speaker 7 (08:31):
Did you have the price?
Speaker 3 (08:32):
Do you know?
Speaker 7 (08:33):
This is a serious for the man in the shop.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
But it is the same case. If it should not
be very deal.
Speaker 4 (08:39):
In the ruler sets me where I live, there's an
old man.
Speaker 2 (08:42):
Who lends money into noorrow morning.
Speaker 7 (08:43):
I shall think of him for a thousands and then
I shall buy the case, and this faction will be.
Speaker 2 (08:48):
But I suppose, I suppose he won't lend it. I
suppose the case is more than what you think it
will do. I shall find the money, some fans there,
You found it right now? Yes, five thousand francs. Hang on, Oh,
I couldn't do that.
Speaker 3 (09:01):
Pel and George, saying he find me there anytimes, asked
for Harry lying next morning, Henry l and I spent
a wildly exciting morning at Napoleon's too, and then I
got back to.
Speaker 2 (09:20):
The hotel around about lunchtime. I was Lazette waiting for her.
She was looking pale and miserable, and she's been very
obviously Norman I went to the case. I don't tell
me what you see there, but he is the man?
Speaker 1 (09:34):
Who was he there?
Speaker 2 (09:35):
Since it is the case of mad antiquity? And when
I offered him five thousand francs he left? How much
does he want for its two million? Two million francs?
What is this case? Solid gold? And started with dying piece?
Say what you do is a favorite, But were you
dying with us this season? Oh? No, you have been
found too good of it.
Speaker 3 (09:55):
We watched you too, don't we, Henry wire Sure, yes,
so it was great pleasure if you because I who knows.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
We can't promise anything, of course can't. We have it,
but it's just the chance that we may be able
to find some way out of this little difficulty to
heal it.
Speaker 3 (10:20):
After Lizette has gone. I put the proposition to Henry.
Between us, we buy a duel case a Milian phrase each,
and then when the fortune.
Speaker 2 (10:29):
Is recovered with good fifty fifty with Zette. I can't say, Henry,
I'll just the idea first of what you describe exactly
as wild enthusiasm. But then I hadn't expected he would.
Speaker 4 (10:39):
I don't know, Harry.
Speaker 2 (10:41):
I can't say. It sounds very much like a guild
edge propositions and arm But surely, oh man, I plazette
story is correct.
Speaker 4 (10:46):
Got the point?
Speaker 2 (10:47):
Is it correct? I don't see any reason to doubt it, Harry.
Speaker 4 (10:49):
You're a good guy, Harry, and I like you a lot.
But if you'll forgive me saying it, you're just a
little naive.
Speaker 2 (10:55):
When all their horses in the right, I find some
way to prove she's okay. To prove it. What will
you come into it? Then?
Speaker 4 (11:01):
How do you figure I'm doing that?
Speaker 2 (11:03):
Well, he's that part to me. Just answer me one thing.
Here's the deal, is sure, Harry, it's the deal.
Speaker 3 (11:14):
So far, our scheme was working one hundred percent, as
Henry l was reacting exactly according to plan.
Speaker 2 (11:20):
After a luti, I left the hotel round about mid afternoon,
I returned with.
Speaker 3 (11:23):
Paul until he wore steel rimmed glasses and the blue
suits that were shining with age, and the shirt cuts
were afraid at the edges.
Speaker 2 (11:30):
In fact, he looked precisely what he was supposed to
look for money the government clerk. I introduced him to Henry.
I think I want you to meet Monsieur Bellio.
Speaker 4 (11:40):
Glad to know you.
Speaker 2 (11:41):
We'll use you. Monsieur Burio is a clerk in the
just buck that again the internal records, and.
Speaker 4 (11:49):
Yes, yes, that's it.
Speaker 3 (11:50):
I've I've had a to Ballio making a few inquiries,
or that he's good enough to offer to come around
the hotel with certain documents and information he's.
Speaker 2 (11:57):
Able to obtain for me. Uh maybe a Monsieur belly
you will tell my friends what you told me. You
try concerned the Famus told me attaptains of standing mon correct, correct, correct,
Now Paul has done a frank job. Make it looks good.
I slippedhim a five thousand frank bill, and.
Speaker 3 (12:15):
Off he went, bursting with gratitude. After John I turned
to him, Yeah, well.
Speaker 2 (12:21):
You ask for fruit, now you've got it.
Speaker 1 (12:22):
You can't argue.
Speaker 2 (12:23):
Against all that evidence. Scan you don't misunderstand me, Harry.
I didn't doufinitely say. I just wanted to be certainly
you're satis right, She's okay? So did we go ahead
in it?
Speaker 4 (12:32):
Sure? The deal is a deal. We'll fish up the
details with liz this evening.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
The first thing tomorrow, we'll go and buy that jewel case.
Check check.
Speaker 1 (12:54):
In a moment, Orton Wells returns as Harry Lyme the
third Man, and now Roson Wells as Harry Lyme the
(13:52):
third Man continues in today's story see Vichant.
Speaker 3 (14:07):
That same evening we put the proposition to Isabel, Henryelle
and I were to find the money to buy the
jewel case.
Speaker 2 (14:12):
When the map had been found in a great grandfather's
treasure recovered, we would have split the proceeds half to
us and have to her.
Speaker 3 (14:18):
Lizette was overcome with emotion and the tears of gratitude,
she wept worth in you, and even if anything else
about her word and my admiration for Lisette as an actress,
saw it about a hundred percent, especially.
Speaker 2 (14:30):
When she came to what was in fact the crux
about a pre arranged plan. Your generosity judges me dups
and as will only do great free. But I am
afraid I cannot e why not for deep's sake. It
is not safe. It is asking nonsense. I have not
peraps made it divisions a year just to afraid the
gamble thisase eighty years is a long time or no,
(14:52):
And in that time the jewel cases probably had many owns.
Speaker 4 (14:55):
Sure, like Vizette said, it's a gamble, but what the heck?
Speaker 2 (14:58):
You know?
Speaker 4 (14:59):
They all saying back, but stay Harry.
Speaker 2 (15:01):
If you don't speculate, your won't accumulate, then you think
we want to take a chance any Why certainly?
Speaker 3 (15:17):
And so next morning the flea line as arrange, rest
stay in the cab following a direction, we have no
difficulty in finding Monsieur Leflage's stall.
Speaker 2 (15:26):
If the Flage looked oddly like my old friend Pierre,
who was sending the else in another one. I was
even those of the quick wings of Pierre j in
case we're standing on the show a lot of other
j I me. I tended out to notice it the
person and.
Speaker 3 (15:39):
Asked a while he picked it up in an elaborately
carridule sort of win.
Speaker 4 (15:44):
What do you think of this old jewel case, Harry, I'm.
Speaker 2 (15:47):
Quite attractive and it's work. I guess I've got a.
Speaker 4 (15:49):
Sort of idea.
Speaker 2 (15:50):
Millie might like it for addressing.
Speaker 4 (15:52):
To you, Mare, I'll give you five thousand francs for it, monsieur, please,
jos you makes the joke, yes, okay, six thousand. I'm
not a guy to hangle.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
I have spent my lifetime among ants events you look
at up. I'm an expert and authority. Many famous collectors
have wished to buy that jewel case.
Speaker 1 (16:09):
They have offered much money, and why I am just older,
because they cannot pay the price.
Speaker 2 (16:14):
I am obliged to all everybody. They cannot take three
million price.
Speaker 6 (16:19):
Three million francs for a better jump like just you
must take crazy. I'll give you a million, two and
a half millions, one and a half, two and a quarter,
one and three quarters.
Speaker 2 (16:29):
You are a hard man, monsieur.
Speaker 4 (16:31):
Okay, so now make it easier and I'll be doing pantry.
Speaker 6 (16:36):
But if I want a thing I wanted, and I'm
prepared to pay your money million francs, it is, the
only trouble is that I don't have that much cash
on me right now, or I have half of it here.
If you make her the rest, that's mighty kind of you, Harry.
Speaker 4 (16:48):
Let me see now you know here we are.
Speaker 3 (16:51):
It was there all right, a million francs and christ
you know, a four waist flit between.
Speaker 2 (16:57):
Four pl is at hand, and that was still waiting
place in the can. She grabbed the case eagerly. You
will know one of these rose birds on the side
explained that the rest try. It's try the other one there. Look.
Look the paper must be a map.
Speaker 4 (17:18):
Open, open it up and read it.
Speaker 2 (17:19):
That I got excited myself. It is its Look fox,
pe say, it's all in the French, across in French.
Speaker 1 (17:33):
Let's riding the course it is And you.
Speaker 2 (17:38):
Tell us stem seazing northeast my great grandfather. I suppose
sure that.
Speaker 4 (17:48):
Yeah, go on with that.
Speaker 2 (17:51):
Chest snapper.
Speaker 4 (17:52):
You hope it's still there.
Speaker 2 (17:54):
Tails None of the three go on that you do
exact of the eighty's good not for me? Come on,
let's go. Well, I dare say you can guess the rest?
(18:15):
Does that?
Speaker 3 (18:15):
Let us the old family mansion. We followed the direction.
We located the chestnut tree, and we done out to
ten minutes. So we struck something solid.
Speaker 2 (18:23):
There's a large metal chest.
Speaker 3 (18:24):
We got the surface with the trembling fingers. Henry Hill
smashed the rusted lock, and we swung back the list.
Speaker 2 (18:34):
Well, I'll be dog gone it all right, Well not quite.
What do you make of this? Does that? To me?
It looks like a bis budgeon of thesef that soldiers. Well, now, strip,
that's exactly what it is. There is only the crest
it double leave. You realize what that means? I mean
it's a Prussian soldier must have beaten us to it
(18:55):
some eighty years ago.
Speaker 4 (18:56):
And I can't believe that the evidence.
Speaker 3 (19:09):
I might say Henry took it well, no silly nonsense,
no recriminations, and above all, not the slightest suspicion as
far as I could see.
Speaker 2 (19:17):
Anyway, that he'd been jipped.
Speaker 3 (19:18):
After dinner that evening, he suggested we might console ourselves
for the loss of our bill with.
Speaker 2 (19:23):
A Champagne supper arrows. I pleaded a headache and I
go off alone. After he was gone, I walked.
Speaker 3 (19:31):
Around the Piers hotel knocked on the door. There was
no answer. I knocked again, a little louder.
Speaker 2 (19:42):
I don't know answer. A horrible, incredible suspicion crossed my mind. No,
couldn't be, he just couldn't. I went downstairs the reception
for me, and I asked for Pierre.
Speaker 4 (19:58):
Are you getting monsieur?
Speaker 2 (19:59):
He's no longer we uns left.
Speaker 5 (20:01):
We miss you, He's always gone, do you I wish
I did, Monsieur, you disload us for two weeks ning?
Speaker 2 (20:07):
Is that all? You're lucky?
Speaker 6 (20:09):
He?
Speaker 2 (20:09):
It was me a quarter of a Dan Franks.
Speaker 3 (20:11):
The suspicion had become a virtual certainty now, and I
hurried back to my own hotel.
Speaker 2 (20:16):
Once the luck was with me. Sounds about to undrestle,
and then your figure coming out. I slid out of
side to his task. Then I follow him a few minutes.
I found myself, Yes, you've guessed it. In the really
left feet one hundred yards or so off the bull
baposts and my quarry turned into the door, where I
was right behind him as a small private hotel. I
followed a lot of three points to stern. He stopped
outside the door, he knocked it opened, he went in.
(20:38):
I checked to make sure I had my gun, and
I turned the knob and flung the door open. They
were all there, Henry l, Paul.
Speaker 3 (20:46):
Pierre, and Rosette, looking very's not been pleased with themselves.
Henry allellling back in an easy chair, puffing his cigar.
Speaker 4 (20:52):
And holding forth to the others. Of course that good
thing would tickle to me.
Speaker 2 (20:57):
Think he was putting it across a guy who was
supposed to be as shrewd as Harry.
Speaker 1 (21:04):
Say that.
Speaker 2 (21:08):
Keep your hands up in the open. Two. But this,
a little thing in my hand might go. How dare you?
How dare you try to pull a corn the old
trick like this on me? On, Henry, line the kid yourself.
Speaker 4 (21:20):
For a minute, I was really farting for it, did Harry.
Speaker 2 (21:23):
We honestly think I much shamed of you to talk
to you. You seem such a sensible intelligence. Sort of
course we see you.
Speaker 4 (21:29):
And understand it.
Speaker 2 (21:30):
We went den very dead. No, No, it was what
you call practical.
Speaker 1 (21:36):
Man, Harry.
Speaker 2 (21:37):
You had to bust in like this and spoil a hope. Yeah,
it's too bad. No sense of humor. That's my trouble. However,
as I am here, you may as well let me
have it back now. Oh sure, Harry, sure hand it
over for there you are with thanks, I'll have the
rest if you don't mind. As it was another million,
I seemed to recall, but that was my money was
(21:58):
Henry is the upper the words you mean? I mean
I wanted and now Harry, who cannot do something?
Speaker 4 (22:07):
I am doing it?
Speaker 2 (22:07):
One million pranks please, okay, thank you? I thank you?
And from you? Is that I know you five thousand twins?
You so kind? You learned before us A thou wouldn't
we go there?
Speaker 7 (22:20):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (22:20):
No, not at all? From you? Is that one kiss?
Speaker 6 (22:24):
Uh?
Speaker 2 (22:25):
Huh? You are still gather kiss? Mm? If only instead
of these use vision maracines, I have.
Speaker 4 (22:30):
Used my plas ah.
Speaker 2 (22:32):
There's no telling to what happens we would that? Tell?
Uh you pleasure me? You plather lay that. Oh I'm
not a t I know a little man when I
mean two? Yes, so right, I day my two? Sure?
Thank you? Is that some day? Who knows you? You
(22:52):
ain't that? Now? A why a wyeman's any messy me
for I unco speaking so wrong. Now it was a
good exit, uh, proud myself, a very good exit. Only
one thing mad. As I closed the door, a man
(23:13):
stepped out of the shadows. And a cop is a
cop in any language. There was no mistaken this one.
Speaker 3 (23:21):
For one while second I was tempting to find one
of as John Randford discretion of a better.
Speaker 2 (23:26):
Part of valor. And when he spoke, I was glad
you are quite all right to musill l sure you
have recovered your money?
Speaker 4 (23:35):
Well, please, monsieur, you can be frank.
Speaker 2 (23:37):
I know everything, but certainly I have had our.
Speaker 4 (23:40):
Friends in there under observation for many days now.
Speaker 5 (23:43):
When I realized they were imposing upon you the old
story of the jewel case, I thought at first I
would intervene and war you. Then I said to myself,
but that he said, yglos, A smart man like Muscieur
Live would never let himself be caught by such an
obvious thren.
Speaker 2 (23:59):
So I decided to haud watched them.
Speaker 4 (24:00):
Did she comedy played.
Speaker 2 (24:02):
Itself out of it?
Speaker 4 (24:03):
So I was like, you see, and.
Speaker 5 (24:05):
There is an old saying from the English he lasts
best all last last.
Speaker 2 (24:09):
Yes, you must have found it very amusing.
Speaker 3 (24:12):
Oh, surely you your money? Oh yes, yes, sorry, I
persuaded him to return it.
Speaker 2 (24:18):
And then, as always.
Speaker 3 (24:21):
Well, I smiled to myself as I thought of Henry,
or what is from a million francs reposing in my pocket?
Speaker 2 (24:28):
Or was well, very very well indeed? And it wasn't
til I got back to my hotel room that I
realized the truth. How was? I don't know that when
Liz had kissed me she also picked my pocket.
Speaker 7 (24:49):
Harryl returns in just the moment, Mmm.
Speaker 1 (25:43):
Hell no, Howry.
Speaker 3 (25:45):
I I always say honesty the best policy, but I
always say don't necessarily mean. I take gambling for instance,
as W. C. Fields, you have to put it your
patcheat an honest man, which probably accounts for the trouble.
Speaker 2 (26:02):
I have with chiefs.
Speaker 3 (26:04):
Still it doesn't stop me from gambling or dishonesty. For
when in Rome, do the Romans so they'll do you.
When when in France, as the French always say.
Speaker 7 (26:15):
The.
Speaker 1 (27:01):
Dns set.
Speaker 2 (27:17):
Sist jet.
Speaker 1 (27:40):
Thin on bist.
Speaker 2 (27:49):
Schools by the tron d side to side, expect itself
(28:09):
themselves and tis the f exam and act at sid
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