September 19, 2025 • 29 mins
The Whistler was a suspenseful mystery anthology that ran from 1942-1955. A character known only as the Whistler was the host and narrator of the tales, which focused on crime and fate and had a suspenseful and eerie tone, always ending with a twist. The Whistler was later adapted to television.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
And now stay tuned for the program that has rated
tops in popularity for a longer period of time than
any other West Coast program in radio history, The Signal
Oil Program, the Whistler Signal, the famous go Farther Gasoline.
(00:27):
Invite you to sit back and enjoy another strange story
by the Whistler.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
I am the Whistler, and I know many things. For
I walk by night. I know many strange tales hidden
in the hearts of men and women who have stepped
in the shadows. Yes, I know the nameless terrors of
which they dare not speak.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
And now for the Signal Oil Company, the Whistler's strange
story his own reward.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
It's a brilliant party, another social triumph for Peggy and Armor,
the salon orchestra. Prominent men, glittering women, diplomats, officers in uniform,
top level government officials share the gay, convivial atmosphere. Arnold,
a leading figure in government circles, A distinguished host, stands
with his wife Peggy as they talk with a guest,
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and Arnold gives no outward sign of the inner tension
that twists within him.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
Yes, it is a delightful party.
Speaker 4 (01:53):
Oh you're nice. To say so, mister Thompson, You're quite
a catcher. Note every capital hostess hopes to snare the
chief government investigative of you.
Speaker 5 (02:00):
See, mister Thompson, you boosted my wife's stuck as a
hostess at least one hundred percent.
Speaker 3 (02:06):
Believe me, Inold, it's my pleasure.
Speaker 6 (02:08):
Oh excuse me, will you?
Speaker 4 (02:09):
I think I see it later?
Speaker 5 (02:10):
Rive Of course, Peggy. She's an amazing woman, mister Thompson.
Parties are her life's blood, and she should be thriving.
And I'll soon be insolvent.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
How are things going with you since your recent exoneration.
Speaker 5 (02:23):
I'd prefer not to discuss the investigation.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
It's ober and done with then. Fortunately you were exonerated.
But what I ask you was how have things been
going since then?
Speaker 5 (02:31):
Since then, mister Thompson, my position has been status quo.
I have remained in the same job, while two subordinates
have been promoted to positions which would have meant a
great deal to me.
Speaker 3 (02:40):
Well, perhaps there are reasons for their appointments, Arnold, reasons
you know.
Speaker 5 (02:43):
Nothing about nonsense. If I had it to do over again.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
You do exactly as you're doing.
Speaker 5 (02:48):
Oh I wouldn't. Why should I sacrifice in times like these, Arnold.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
Everyone must sacrifice.
Speaker 5 (02:53):
Times like these. I'm tired of that phrase.
Speaker 3 (02:57):
Well, I had no idea you felt as keenly as
you do.
Speaker 5 (03:01):
Well, it's just that, Oh, everything seems to have gone
wrong lately. I didn't really mean to take it out
on you, mister Thompson, you know how it is.
Speaker 4 (03:09):
Excuse me, dear, but there's a gentleman waiting to see
you in the study, a gentleman who I really don't know, dear,
but he did say it was important try not to
be long, dear. Friends are due to play.
Speaker 6 (03:18):
Any moment now.
Speaker 4 (03:19):
Friend's art, he's the musician.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
I told you that.
Speaker 5 (03:21):
Oh yes, of course. Excuse me, mister Thompson.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
Of course.
Speaker 5 (03:28):
Oh it's you, George. Is it your habit to appear
at private parties uninvited?
Speaker 3 (03:34):
Hardly?
Speaker 5 (03:35):
But you're becoming rather difficult to see these days, Arnold,
especially where your creditors are concerned. I'll talk with you tomorrow,
you'll talk with me tonight. But that's impossible, George. My
guests are very important people. I'm sure that's why I
suggested we talk in private. You'd feel rather badly if
any of them happened to overhear us. What's so important
that it can't wait till tomorrow? These are oh yous.
I told you i'd pay you next month.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
Was last month.
Speaker 5 (03:58):
You've been telling me that for a long time. I
want the money now before your other creditors move in.
Listen to me, George. In a few weeks, I'll have
enough to pay every dollar I owe, and a great deal.
More said that before that. I've been planning this deal
for weeks. I'm so certain of it that, well, suppose
I give you part of what I owe you right
now and the rest when I complete the deal. Well,
I suppose a parlor the loaf is better than none,
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but I expect the remainder within thirty days you will
have it.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
Your words to George were not idle ones where they onold.
You do have plans, real plans. They involve risk, terrible risk,
but you decide the rewards are worth it. You remember
one man who told you he had connections which could
solve your problems for you if you met the terms.
Risky terms arnold, but you find yourself thinking of them
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during the remainder of the evening at the party, and
as the evening wears on. You become increasingly aware of Thompson,
the Government Investigator's presence. He disturbs you.
Speaker 5 (05:01):
Doesn't he an?
Speaker 2 (05:02):
But finally the party is over, the guests have gone,
and you and Peggy are alone.
Speaker 4 (05:08):
There was a good party, wasn't it, dear?
Speaker 5 (05:10):
Yes, expensive too, but everybody seemed to enjoy himself except
the host.
Speaker 4 (05:15):
Oh goodness, I almost forgot friends art waiting in your study.
Woo the musician, darling, I'm afraid he's waiting to be paid.
Speaker 5 (05:23):
Must he be paid to night?
Speaker 2 (05:25):
Well?
Speaker 4 (05:26):
He did seem quite anxious.
Speaker 5 (05:28):
All right, dear, I'll see him right now. Don't be long,
I won't Peggy, Ah, good evening, sir, your friend's art,
I believe, Yes, yes, I am. About your fee, I
er I'd prefer to reimburse you later, if you don't mind,
when all the bills for the party come in and
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more business like that way, you.
Speaker 7 (05:50):
Know you are perhaps short of fun.
Speaker 5 (05:52):
I'll see here. I won't stand forgive me, sir.
Speaker 8 (05:56):
Perhaps it will not be necessary to pay me any
fee at all. What you see, I have the receipt
already for you.
Speaker 5 (06:04):
I don't understand how.
Speaker 8 (06:06):
You will understand, sir, this evening has been my pleasure.
You will please accept this receipt and I bid you good.
Speaker 9 (06:16):
Night, sir.
Speaker 5 (06:22):
If you are interested in talking with someone who appreciates
and admires your ability and is willing to reward you handsomely.
To secure it, meet me at the Blue Lantern tomorrow
night at eleven ask for John.
Speaker 1 (06:59):
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Speaker 7 (08:11):
Engine were engine were engine wear.
Speaker 2 (08:33):
Well, arnold. The note the musician friends Art handed you
as he left your party dovetails with previous suggestions, which
you've been considering, doesn't And you're interested in talking to
anyone who appreciates and admires your ability and is willing
to reward you handsomely to secure it. Yes, for the moment,
at least you forget your frustrated ambitions, your heavy indebtedness,
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for the man you're on your way to meet holds
out the promise of solving both these problems for you.
At eleven o'clock the following night, you enter the Blue
Lantern in to keep your appointment.
Speaker 5 (09:08):
Help you, mister, Why yes, I'm looking for John. Oh,
sure up those stairs, first door to the right.
Speaker 3 (09:18):
Thank you.
Speaker 9 (09:30):
Boy? Is it John?
Speaker 7 (09:34):
You are very prompt will you come here please?
Speaker 5 (09:39):
You friends Art, your john names are not important.
Speaker 7 (09:43):
You may call me John.
Speaker 3 (09:45):
Oh.
Speaker 5 (09:46):
Please see Don You are the one who wrote me
the note.
Speaker 8 (09:49):
Admiring your qualities and ability. Indeed, I am Arnold. I've
heard a great deal about you from one of my associates.
So yes, I have watched you for some time. I
recognize your brilliance, your ability, yes, even your ambition.
Speaker 9 (10:07):
That is good. You're just a man we are looking for.
Speaker 5 (10:11):
Go on, John.
Speaker 8 (10:13):
It has distressed me to see such brilliance wasted, your
ability by passed. I have seen your frustration grow.
Speaker 5 (10:22):
I am not sure I understand you.
Speaker 8 (10:25):
Arnold, and people like you are on the wrong side
of the fence. The position of your government is ill advised.
No wonder you find it impossible to adjust yourself. You
belong with us.
Speaker 5 (10:37):
Most Americans honestly believe in what they are fighting for.
Speaker 8 (10:40):
Perhaps they do, But others, even friends of yours, realize
the folly of the American position.
Speaker 5 (10:47):
I know They've spoken to me about it.
Speaker 8 (10:50):
These people are sure that your side cannot win. This ideal,
this freedom you are fighting for, is.
Speaker 7 (10:57):
Just a mirage. All the bloodshed, the suffering will have
been for nothing.
Speaker 5 (11:03):
Why are you so sure of this?
Speaker 8 (11:05):
Because our man power is unlimited, yours is limited, and
in the final analysis, our power will be.
Speaker 7 (11:13):
The deciding factor.
Speaker 8 (11:15):
Perhaps you're right, he believe me, Arnold, I am right.
You are too brilliant a man to waste your efforts
on a losing cause that has already cost thousands of
young lives.
Speaker 7 (11:26):
By working with us, you can.
Speaker 8 (11:28):
Help bring this unrest to an end, the sure piece
for generations to come. And above all, your efforts will
be appreciated and handsomely rewarded.
Speaker 5 (11:38):
That will be a new experience at any rates, and
a pleasant one.
Speaker 8 (11:42):
As I have pointed out, your government has shown how
little they appreciate you.
Speaker 5 (11:46):
Er John. In your note you mentioned that you would
be willing.
Speaker 8 (11:50):
To reward you handsomely for one thing. I am prepared
to pay you a hundred thousand dollars A hundred thousand and.
Speaker 5 (12:01):
What do you expect of me?
Speaker 7 (12:03):
We are interested in that installation off of New York.
Speaker 5 (12:06):
But what can I do about that?
Speaker 7 (12:08):
Nothing?
Speaker 8 (12:09):
Until you become head of this installation. You have already
applied for the position.
Speaker 5 (12:14):
I believe, Yeses I have. I've contacted everyone I know
who might be able to help me get it, But
so far I've heard nothing.
Speaker 8 (12:22):
Obviously I cannot help you. You must get that appointment
anyway you came.
Speaker 5 (12:28):
And if I shouldn't get.
Speaker 7 (12:30):
It, then I'm afraid we cannot do business.
Speaker 5 (12:35):
I see.
Speaker 7 (12:38):
But surely a man with your contacts can arrange this.
I will keep in touch with you, Arnold.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
You redouble your efforts, don't you want it? Write more letters,
see more people, in a supreme effort to get that
all important and appointment as head of the installation above
New York. John's evaluation of you, your brilliance, perception, and ability,
spurs you on and conjures upright dreams of position, power
and recognition. But the days go by and there is
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no word of your appointment. Only occasional notes from John,
carefully worded, remind us that you must get it. One afternoon,
after another fruitless effort, you return home, don't you, honor?
Speaker 4 (13:31):
Yes, Oh, if you would have arrived just five minutes earlier,
you could have helped me at Tana Collin.
Speaker 5 (13:36):
Really sorry, dear, I was held up.
Speaker 4 (13:39):
Oh you're not tired, darling. Let's go in the study incident,
all right, Mister Thompson said to tell you hello.
Speaker 5 (13:46):
He said Thompson, he was here. Yes, I told you
we had a caller.
Speaker 4 (13:50):
Don't you like mister Thompson? And you will always react
to him so strangely?
Speaker 5 (13:55):
What did he want to visit?
Speaker 4 (13:57):
I guess heaven knows.
Speaker 2 (13:58):
We chatted our heads off.
Speaker 4 (14:00):
What about just friends, acquaintances in the government? Or he
let a note for you?
Speaker 5 (14:06):
A note where on the writing desk?
Speaker 4 (14:12):
What did he say?
Speaker 5 (14:13):
Well, it just says sorry to have missed you. I
told you it was nothing important, Peggy. Did he write
the note here at the desk?
Speaker 10 (14:21):
Yes?
Speaker 11 (14:22):
He did.
Speaker 5 (14:22):
Why did he go through my papers?
Speaker 10 (14:24):
Donold?
Speaker 4 (14:25):
What on earth you driving at?
Speaker 5 (14:26):
Did he go through my papers here in the desk?
Speaker 4 (14:28):
I really have no idea. I was called at the
door when he sat down to write the note, and
he'd finished when I came back.
Speaker 2 (14:41):
As Peggy leaves the room, you begin a frantic search
through your papers in the desk. You must know if
Thompson has discovered anything incriminating against you. The several notes
from John are there, apparently undisturbed, but you can't be sure,
can you?
Speaker 3 (14:55):
Arnold?
Speaker 2 (14:56):
You're frightened, aren't you?
Speaker 5 (14:57):
Arnold?
Speaker 2 (14:57):
Desperately frightened?
Speaker 4 (14:59):
And then Honold Arnold, he's here.
Speaker 5 (15:02):
Who's here?
Speaker 4 (15:02):
The man you waited for, Darling, the man in government
you said would decide whether or not you got that appointment.
Speaker 5 (15:08):
Oh no, fake, he wait, I can't wait.
Speaker 6 (15:11):
I'm sending him right here.
Speaker 2 (15:15):
It's happened, hasn't it on you? You're certain now that
Thompson was checking on you, but he's found you out
and turned in his report. But you're trapped now, aren't you. Yes,
you want to run anywhere, but there isn't time. Suddenly
you're fierce, solidifies in cold, brazen bravado, and you know
you'll have to bluff it through.
Speaker 5 (15:35):
I must say you've been hard to catch up with.
I'm sorry, sir, I won't you sit down?
Speaker 3 (15:41):
Thanks, But my business with you is brief.
Speaker 5 (15:44):
I see, Arnold. I'm pleased to tell you that the
appointment is yours, my heartiest congratulations. The appointment, Yes, one
of the most important of our time. That installation about
New York is our most vital project. Yes, so I
understand this new appointment places immense power and responsibility for
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our future security in your handes. If you only knew
what this means to me.
Speaker 3 (16:13):
Sir, just do the job.
Speaker 5 (16:14):
You're capable of and you'll never be forgotten.
Speaker 2 (16:24):
You're done with surprise, aren't you, Arnold, You can hardly
believe the appointment is yours. Events move quickly now You're
soon established in your new office, in complete control of
that important installation, just the way you've planned. As soon
as it seems safe, you arrange to meet again with
John in a secluded spot in the country.
Speaker 7 (16:42):
You are to be congratulated, Arnold.
Speaker 8 (16:44):
You are now in a position to accomplish our purposes.
Speaker 5 (16:47):
I am also in a position to lose everything, and
I have more to lose than I had the last
time we talk.
Speaker 8 (16:53):
Yet you got in touch with me. I must presume
that our offer still interests you. Position money, you will
go much.
Speaker 7 (17:01):
Farther with us.
Speaker 5 (17:02):
Suppose something goes wrong.
Speaker 7 (17:03):
Nothing will go wrong.
Speaker 5 (17:05):
You might be caught, and if information about the installations
were found on you, I would be suspected.
Speaker 2 (17:09):
To suppose you are.
Speaker 8 (17:11):
By the time it is discovered, you will have changed
your address. Arrangements have already been made for your transfer
once your end.
Speaker 5 (17:18):
Of the deal is completed and the money. When am
I to be.
Speaker 7 (17:21):
Paid fifty thousand dollars?
Speaker 8 (17:22):
When you give me information that will enable my men
to get inside the place, you get the remainder. When
the final step succeeds, you have the money with you
fifty thousand. Yes, Now, just how do you plan to
get our men inside the installation?
Speaker 5 (17:37):
Easily? I'll show you here. You see, by simply transferring
some men, you've made your choice, haven't you?
Speaker 3 (17:49):
All?
Speaker 2 (17:50):
Now you will have money, power, and recognition, all the
things you've scheen for. After your interview with the all
powerful John, you return to your office, confident, complacent, sitting
at your desk. You are totally unaware of an event
that takes place only a few miles away, an event
that will reshape your entire life.
Speaker 3 (18:09):
Just a moment, you.
Speaker 6 (18:12):
Hol raw, Shoot, he's inside somewhere.
Speaker 9 (18:24):
We'll find him.
Speaker 6 (18:24):
Come on. Yes, you didn't think you could give us
the slip, did you?
Speaker 7 (18:36):
I wasn't trying to.
Speaker 3 (18:37):
And why'd you run?
Speaker 7 (18:38):
I wasn't certain who you were.
Speaker 3 (18:40):
You mean you're were certain? Give me that briefcase?
Speaker 9 (18:44):
Take off your coat? A are your shoes?
Speaker 12 (18:48):
Eh?
Speaker 6 (18:48):
Never mind the shoes, Davi, Look what's in his briefcase?
Speaker 3 (18:53):
Where'd you get these papers? Oh?
Speaker 7 (18:54):
Please, gentlemen, you don't expect me to devolve.
Speaker 5 (18:57):
These plans could have come from only one of two
or three sourts.
Speaker 2 (19:00):
Is that so?
Speaker 3 (19:01):
Yeah, only two or three people got a hold of these.
Speaker 7 (19:05):
You seem to have the answers.
Speaker 9 (19:06):
You're under arrest.
Speaker 5 (19:08):
We'll soon make sure who's selling us out.
Speaker 2 (19:16):
Yes, Arnold. Had you known that the man who'd provided
you with fifty thousand dollars, who'd promised so much in
the future, had been captured and tacitly admitted his connection
with you, you'd have been in a far different mood,
wouldn't you. It's nearly midnight when you learn that he
who deals in betrayal is quite apt to be betrayed.
Speaker 13 (19:36):
Excuse me, sir, I hate to disturb you, but this
is important.
Speaker 5 (19:39):
Yes, but is it?
Speaker 13 (19:40):
It's rumor, but there seems to be weight behind it.
I understand we've captured a spy. A spy when just
a little while ago, as I understand it, somewhere out
in the country, anyone with him. No, he was alone,
allegedly carrying the complete plans of this installation.
Speaker 5 (19:55):
I see where is he now in custody.
Speaker 9 (19:58):
I'll get the full details to you as soon as possible.
Speaker 5 (20:00):
Yes, yes, do that.
Speaker 9 (20:02):
It's a real breakforce.
Speaker 6 (20:03):
Capturing him, isn't it?
Speaker 5 (20:05):
Yes? Of course it is a great break.
Speaker 2 (20:13):
Fear, panic explodes inside of you, doesn't it iron? If
it's true, if John has been captured, then all your
scheming and plotting may have been in vain. You realize
you must move and move fast. You need time as
you've never needed it before. You rush home.
Speaker 5 (20:32):
What's the matter, Peggy. We've got to get out of here.
What do you mean, get your coat? We've got to hurry.
Speaker 4 (20:37):
What have you done?
Speaker 5 (20:38):
Look, Peggy, there isn't time now. We can talk later.
But what I did I did for you as well
as myself. Now we'll have money, power, position, Peggy, everything
we've wanted. And just where will we go?
Speaker 3 (20:49):
Nald?
Speaker 5 (20:49):
And how it's all arranged? Peggy, we're leaving the country.
I wonder who that is?
Speaker 4 (20:57):
Do you have to answer it?
Speaker 11 (20:58):
No?
Speaker 5 (20:58):
Wait, I guess you're right. I'll get it.
Speaker 6 (21:06):
I knew you'd want this right away, sir.
Speaker 5 (21:08):
Oh, of course, come in.
Speaker 13 (21:11):
I've got confirmation that the spy has been captured. I
thought you'd want to go down and question the prisoner personally.
Speaker 5 (21:16):
I think I shall, Yes, I think I shall. That'll
be all, yes, sir, Peggy, Peggy do you know what
this means. We can make it. Now, we can escape.
They'll do nothing for several hours. By the time they
begin to wonder what's delayed, they will be far away.
Peggy will be set for the rest of our lives.
Speaker 7 (21:54):
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Speaker 7 (23:01):
Engine where engine where? Engine?
Speaker 3 (23:04):
Where?
Speaker 2 (23:20):
Yes, Arnold. As you promised, Peggy, things went smoothly, and
as John had promised you, your escape from America was
accomplished with amazing ease. In new places, among new faces,
you lose track of time, power, money, All the things
you thought would satisfy you come your way. Then, in
the midst of your new surroundings, the decay slowly sets in.
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You and Peggy are not accepted by your new associates.
It's not what you anticipated, is it. On weeks and
months pass in loneliness, heartache, in despair. Then one evening,
sitting alone with Peggy, an idea hits you. One of
Peggy's famous parties will again provide the solution to your problems. Yes,
you're certain you can count on Peggy, aren't you. You
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make the plan, send out the invitation, spare no expense.
On the night of the party, you stand in the
reception hall listening to the final strains of a carefully
chosen musical number executed by the famous orchestra you engaged
for the eth.
Speaker 9 (24:28):
Do you wish us to play any longer.
Speaker 5 (24:30):
No, I am sure there will be no further occasion
from music.
Speaker 9 (24:34):
I'm sorry, we will be glad.
Speaker 5 (24:36):
No, you may consider yourselves dismissed. There are no further charges.
Speaker 3 (24:41):
Loo sir.
Speaker 9 (24:42):
You gave me the fee when we arrived. I'm sorry.
Speaker 5 (24:45):
That's quite all right. Good night, good night.
Speaker 4 (24:52):
What went wrong?
Speaker 5 (24:52):
Do you nothing, Peggy? It just happened, that's all.
Speaker 4 (24:57):
I planned the party so carefully.
Speaker 7 (25:00):
Every time.
Speaker 5 (25:01):
It wasn't your fault. Everything was perfect. But no one came, no,
no one. What are we going to do? I don't know.
It's horrible. No matter where I go, what I do,
people look at me as much as to say, traitor.
It isn't fair, isn't it. No? I suppose it is,
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but it's getting worse and worse. I can't sleep at night.
All I can hear is sometimes when you look at me,
I can even hear you saying it within yourself. I
can't stand it. As long as I live, I'll hear it.
I can't stand it, Peggy, I can't stand it. Traitor Traser.
Speaker 1 (26:04):
Many of you have undoubtedly recognized to Night's Wister story
was based on the events in the life of America's
arch traitor, Benedict Arnold. The Signal Oil Company invites your
comment on to Night's program. In presenting this fictional dramatization,
it has been our hope that we may have helped
to underline the dangers in the many isms being offered
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to day, isms which make their appeal to well meaning
but misguided people, and which have as their real purpose
the undermining of the way of life which has built
America into the greatest nation.
Speaker 14 (26:40):
Honor firmly will fade in the ride, Ye will we
starve God only Confessor be on the shoes that to free.
Speaker 12 (27:06):
Unborn America, Amica, Amica.
Speaker 10 (27:15):
A maicaly.
Speaker 11 (27:25):
On the shoes that to free on were born Granda's
Long the cour and the string.
Speaker 7 (27:42):
Uh broachus.
Speaker 10 (27:49):
The show because for on this line long her shows
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with faith in the ride, he will.
Speaker 12 (28:22):
Be stand call only compressor.
Speaker 3 (28:28):
He on the shows that you breath on.
Speaker 12 (28:32):
Wibor f Marida on Mariica on Marica on many call.
Speaker 1 (28:59):
This is Marve Miller speaking for the Signal Oil Company.
Stay tuned to our Miss Brooks starring Eve Varden, which
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Invite you to sit back and enjoy another strange story
by the Whistler.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
I am the Whistler, and I know many things. For
I walk by night. I know many strange tales hidden
in the hearts of men and women who have stepped
in the shadows. Yes, I know the nameless terrors of
which they dare not speak.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
And now for the Signal Oil Company, the Whistler's strange
story his own reward.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
It's a brilliant party, another social triumph for Peggy and Armor,
the salon orchestra. Prominent men, glittering women, diplomats, officers in uniform,
top level government officials share the gay, convivial atmosphere. Arnold,
a leading figure in government circles, A distinguished host, stands
with his wife Peggy as they talk with a guest,
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and Arnold gives no outward sign of the inner tension
that twists within him.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
Yes, it is a delightful party.
Speaker 4 (01:53):
Oh you're nice. To say so, mister Thompson, You're quite
a catcher. Note every capital hostess hopes to snare the
chief government investigative of you.
Speaker 5 (02:00):
See, mister Thompson, you boosted my wife's stuck as a
hostess at least one hundred percent.
Speaker 3 (02:06):
Believe me, Inold, it's my pleasure.
Speaker 6 (02:08):
Oh excuse me, will you?
Speaker 4 (02:09):
I think I see it later?
Speaker 5 (02:10):
Rive Of course, Peggy. She's an amazing woman, mister Thompson.
Parties are her life's blood, and she should be thriving.
And I'll soon be insolvent.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
How are things going with you since your recent exoneration.
Speaker 5 (02:23):
I'd prefer not to discuss the investigation.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
It's ober and done with then. Fortunately you were exonerated.
But what I ask you was how have things been
going since then?
Speaker 5 (02:31):
Since then, mister Thompson, my position has been status quo.
I have remained in the same job, while two subordinates
have been promoted to positions which would have meant a
great deal to me.
Speaker 3 (02:40):
Well, perhaps there are reasons for their appointments, Arnold, reasons
you know.
Speaker 5 (02:43):
Nothing about nonsense. If I had it to do over again.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
You do exactly as you're doing.
Speaker 5 (02:48):
Oh I wouldn't. Why should I sacrifice in times like these, Arnold.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
Everyone must sacrifice.
Speaker 5 (02:53):
Times like these. I'm tired of that phrase.
Speaker 3 (02:57):
Well, I had no idea you felt as keenly as
you do.
Speaker 5 (03:01):
Well, it's just that, Oh, everything seems to have gone
wrong lately. I didn't really mean to take it out
on you, mister Thompson, you know how it is.
Speaker 4 (03:09):
Excuse me, dear, but there's a gentleman waiting to see
you in the study, a gentleman who I really don't know, dear,
but he did say it was important try not to
be long, dear. Friends are due to play.
Speaker 6 (03:18):
Any moment now.
Speaker 4 (03:19):
Friend's art, he's the musician.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
I told you that.
Speaker 5 (03:21):
Oh yes, of course. Excuse me, mister Thompson.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
Of course.
Speaker 5 (03:28):
Oh it's you, George. Is it your habit to appear
at private parties uninvited?
Speaker 3 (03:34):
Hardly?
Speaker 5 (03:35):
But you're becoming rather difficult to see these days, Arnold,
especially where your creditors are concerned. I'll talk with you tomorrow,
you'll talk with me tonight. But that's impossible, George. My
guests are very important people. I'm sure that's why I
suggested we talk in private. You'd feel rather badly if
any of them happened to overhear us. What's so important
that it can't wait till tomorrow? These are oh yous.
I told you i'd pay you next month.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
Was last month.
Speaker 5 (03:58):
You've been telling me that for a long time. I
want the money now before your other creditors move in.
Listen to me, George. In a few weeks, I'll have
enough to pay every dollar I owe, and a great deal.
More said that before that. I've been planning this deal
for weeks. I'm so certain of it that, well, suppose
I give you part of what I owe you right
now and the rest when I complete the deal. Well,
I suppose a parlor the loaf is better than none,
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but I expect the remainder within thirty days you will
have it.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
Your words to George were not idle ones where they onold.
You do have plans, real plans. They involve risk, terrible risk,
but you decide the rewards are worth it. You remember
one man who told you he had connections which could
solve your problems for you if you met the terms.
Risky terms arnold, but you find yourself thinking of them
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during the remainder of the evening at the party, and
as the evening wears on. You become increasingly aware of Thompson,
the Government Investigator's presence. He disturbs you.
Speaker 5 (05:01):
Doesn't he an?
Speaker 2 (05:02):
But finally the party is over, the guests have gone,
and you and Peggy are alone.
Speaker 4 (05:08):
There was a good party, wasn't it, dear?
Speaker 5 (05:10):
Yes, expensive too, but everybody seemed to enjoy himself except
the host.
Speaker 4 (05:15):
Oh goodness, I almost forgot friends art waiting in your study.
Woo the musician, darling, I'm afraid he's waiting to be paid.
Speaker 5 (05:23):
Must he be paid to night?
Speaker 2 (05:25):
Well?
Speaker 4 (05:26):
He did seem quite anxious.
Speaker 5 (05:28):
All right, dear, I'll see him right now. Don't be long,
I won't Peggy, Ah, good evening, sir, your friend's art,
I believe, Yes, yes, I am. About your fee, I
er I'd prefer to reimburse you later, if you don't mind,
when all the bills for the party come in and
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more business like that way, you.
Speaker 7 (05:50):
Know you are perhaps short of fun.
Speaker 5 (05:52):
I'll see here. I won't stand forgive me, sir.
Speaker 8 (05:56):
Perhaps it will not be necessary to pay me any
fee at all. What you see, I have the receipt
already for you.
Speaker 5 (06:04):
I don't understand how.
Speaker 8 (06:06):
You will understand, sir, this evening has been my pleasure.
You will please accept this receipt and I bid you good.
Speaker 9 (06:16):
Night, sir.
Speaker 5 (06:22):
If you are interested in talking with someone who appreciates
and admires your ability and is willing to reward you handsomely.
To secure it, meet me at the Blue Lantern tomorrow
night at eleven ask for John.
Speaker 1 (06:59):
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Speaker 7 (08:11):
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Speaker 2 (08:33):
Well, arnold. The note the musician friends Art handed you
as he left your party dovetails with previous suggestions, which
you've been considering, doesn't And you're interested in talking to
anyone who appreciates and admires your ability and is willing
to reward you handsomely to secure it. Yes, for the moment,
at least you forget your frustrated ambitions, your heavy indebtedness,
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for the man you're on your way to meet holds
out the promise of solving both these problems for you.
At eleven o'clock the following night, you enter the Blue
Lantern in to keep your appointment.
Speaker 5 (09:08):
Help you, mister, Why yes, I'm looking for John. Oh,
sure up those stairs, first door to the right.
Speaker 3 (09:18):
Thank you.
Speaker 9 (09:30):
Boy? Is it John?
Speaker 7 (09:34):
You are very prompt will you come here please?
Speaker 5 (09:39):
You friends Art, your john names are not important.
Speaker 7 (09:43):
You may call me John.
Speaker 3 (09:45):
Oh.
Speaker 5 (09:46):
Please see Don You are the one who wrote me
the note.
Speaker 8 (09:49):
Admiring your qualities and ability. Indeed, I am Arnold. I've
heard a great deal about you from one of my associates.
So yes, I have watched you for some time. I
recognize your brilliance, your ability, yes, even your ambition.
Speaker 9 (10:07):
That is good. You're just a man we are looking for.
Speaker 5 (10:11):
Go on, John.
Speaker 8 (10:13):
It has distressed me to see such brilliance wasted, your
ability by passed. I have seen your frustration grow.
Speaker 5 (10:22):
I am not sure I understand you.
Speaker 8 (10:25):
Arnold, and people like you are on the wrong side
of the fence. The position of your government is ill advised.
No wonder you find it impossible to adjust yourself. You
belong with us.
Speaker 5 (10:37):
Most Americans honestly believe in what they are fighting for.
Speaker 8 (10:40):
Perhaps they do, But others, even friends of yours, realize
the folly of the American position.
Speaker 5 (10:47):
I know They've spoken to me about it.
Speaker 8 (10:50):
These people are sure that your side cannot win. This ideal,
this freedom you are fighting for, is.
Speaker 7 (10:57):
Just a mirage. All the bloodshed, the suffering will have
been for nothing.
Speaker 5 (11:03):
Why are you so sure of this?
Speaker 8 (11:05):
Because our man power is unlimited, yours is limited, and
in the final analysis, our power will be.
Speaker 7 (11:13):
The deciding factor.
Speaker 8 (11:15):
Perhaps you're right, he believe me, Arnold, I am right.
You are too brilliant a man to waste your efforts
on a losing cause that has already cost thousands of
young lives.
Speaker 7 (11:26):
By working with us, you can.
Speaker 8 (11:28):
Help bring this unrest to an end, the sure piece
for generations to come. And above all, your efforts will
be appreciated and handsomely rewarded.
Speaker 5 (11:38):
That will be a new experience at any rates, and
a pleasant one.
Speaker 8 (11:42):
As I have pointed out, your government has shown how
little they appreciate you.
Speaker 5 (11:46):
Er John. In your note you mentioned that you would
be willing.
Speaker 8 (11:50):
To reward you handsomely for one thing. I am prepared
to pay you a hundred thousand dollars A hundred thousand and.
Speaker 5 (12:01):
What do you expect of me?
Speaker 7 (12:03):
We are interested in that installation off of New York.
Speaker 5 (12:06):
But what can I do about that?
Speaker 7 (12:08):
Nothing?
Speaker 8 (12:09):
Until you become head of this installation. You have already
applied for the position.
Speaker 5 (12:14):
I believe, Yeses I have. I've contacted everyone I know
who might be able to help me get it, But
so far I've heard nothing.
Speaker 8 (12:22):
Obviously I cannot help you. You must get that appointment
anyway you came.
Speaker 5 (12:28):
And if I shouldn't get.
Speaker 7 (12:30):
It, then I'm afraid we cannot do business.
Speaker 5 (12:35):
I see.
Speaker 7 (12:38):
But surely a man with your contacts can arrange this.
I will keep in touch with you, Arnold.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
You redouble your efforts, don't you want it? Write more letters,
see more people, in a supreme effort to get that
all important and appointment as head of the installation above
New York. John's evaluation of you, your brilliance, perception, and ability,
spurs you on and conjures upright dreams of position, power
and recognition. But the days go by and there is
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no word of your appointment. Only occasional notes from John,
carefully worded, remind us that you must get it. One afternoon,
after another fruitless effort, you return home, don't you, honor?
Speaker 4 (13:31):
Yes, Oh, if you would have arrived just five minutes earlier,
you could have helped me at Tana Collin.
Speaker 5 (13:36):
Really sorry, dear, I was held up.
Speaker 4 (13:39):
Oh you're not tired, darling. Let's go in the study incident,
all right, Mister Thompson said to tell you hello.
Speaker 5 (13:46):
He said Thompson, he was here. Yes, I told you
we had a caller.
Speaker 4 (13:50):
Don't you like mister Thompson? And you will always react
to him so strangely?
Speaker 5 (13:55):
What did he want to visit?
Speaker 4 (13:57):
I guess heaven knows.
Speaker 2 (13:58):
We chatted our heads off.
Speaker 4 (14:00):
What about just friends, acquaintances in the government? Or he
let a note for you?
Speaker 5 (14:06):
A note where on the writing desk?
Speaker 4 (14:12):
What did he say?
Speaker 5 (14:13):
Well, it just says sorry to have missed you. I
told you it was nothing important, Peggy. Did he write
the note here at the desk?
Speaker 10 (14:21):
Yes?
Speaker 11 (14:22):
He did.
Speaker 5 (14:22):
Why did he go through my papers?
Speaker 10 (14:24):
Donold?
Speaker 4 (14:25):
What on earth you driving at?
Speaker 5 (14:26):
Did he go through my papers here in the desk?
Speaker 4 (14:28):
I really have no idea. I was called at the
door when he sat down to write the note, and
he'd finished when I came back.
Speaker 2 (14:41):
As Peggy leaves the room, you begin a frantic search
through your papers in the desk. You must know if
Thompson has discovered anything incriminating against you. The several notes
from John are there, apparently undisturbed, but you can't be sure,
can you?
Speaker 3 (14:55):
Arnold?
Speaker 2 (14:56):
You're frightened, aren't you?
Speaker 5 (14:57):
Arnold?
Speaker 2 (14:57):
Desperately frightened?
Speaker 4 (14:59):
And then Honold Arnold, he's here.
Speaker 5 (15:02):
Who's here?
Speaker 4 (15:02):
The man you waited for, Darling, the man in government
you said would decide whether or not you got that appointment.
Speaker 5 (15:08):
Oh no, fake, he wait, I can't wait.
Speaker 6 (15:11):
I'm sending him right here.
Speaker 2 (15:15):
It's happened, hasn't it on you? You're certain now that
Thompson was checking on you, but he's found you out
and turned in his report. But you're trapped now, aren't you. Yes,
you want to run anywhere, but there isn't time. Suddenly
you're fierce, solidifies in cold, brazen bravado, and you know
you'll have to bluff it through.
Speaker 5 (15:35):
I must say you've been hard to catch up with.
I'm sorry, sir, I won't you sit down?
Speaker 3 (15:41):
Thanks, But my business with you is brief.
Speaker 5 (15:44):
I see, Arnold. I'm pleased to tell you that the
appointment is yours, my heartiest congratulations. The appointment, Yes, one
of the most important of our time. That installation about
New York is our most vital project. Yes, so I
understand this new appointment places immense power and responsibility for
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our future security in your handes. If you only knew
what this means to me.
Speaker 3 (16:13):
Sir, just do the job.
Speaker 5 (16:14):
You're capable of and you'll never be forgotten.
Speaker 2 (16:24):
You're done with surprise, aren't you, Arnold, You can hardly
believe the appointment is yours. Events move quickly now You're
soon established in your new office, in complete control of
that important installation, just the way you've planned. As soon
as it seems safe, you arrange to meet again with
John in a secluded spot in the country.
Speaker 7 (16:42):
You are to be congratulated, Arnold.
Speaker 8 (16:44):
You are now in a position to accomplish our purposes.
Speaker 5 (16:47):
I am also in a position to lose everything, and
I have more to lose than I had the last
time we talk.
Speaker 8 (16:53):
Yet you got in touch with me. I must presume
that our offer still interests you. Position money, you will
go much.
Speaker 7 (17:01):
Farther with us.
Speaker 5 (17:02):
Suppose something goes wrong.
Speaker 7 (17:03):
Nothing will go wrong.
Speaker 5 (17:05):
You might be caught, and if information about the installations
were found on you, I would be suspected.
Speaker 2 (17:09):
To suppose you are.
Speaker 8 (17:11):
By the time it is discovered, you will have changed
your address. Arrangements have already been made for your transfer
once your end.
Speaker 5 (17:18):
Of the deal is completed and the money. When am
I to be.
Speaker 7 (17:21):
Paid fifty thousand dollars?
Speaker 8 (17:22):
When you give me information that will enable my men
to get inside the place, you get the remainder. When
the final step succeeds, you have the money with you
fifty thousand. Yes, Now, just how do you plan to
get our men inside the installation?
Speaker 5 (17:37):
Easily? I'll show you here. You see, by simply transferring
some men, you've made your choice, haven't you?
Speaker 3 (17:49):
All?
Speaker 2 (17:50):
Now you will have money, power, and recognition, all the
things you've scheen for. After your interview with the all
powerful John, you return to your office, confident, complacent, sitting
at your desk. You are totally unaware of an event
that takes place only a few miles away, an event
that will reshape your entire life.
Speaker 3 (18:09):
Just a moment, you.
Speaker 6 (18:12):
Hol raw, Shoot, he's inside somewhere.
Speaker 9 (18:24):
We'll find him.
Speaker 6 (18:24):
Come on. Yes, you didn't think you could give us
the slip, did you?
Speaker 7 (18:36):
I wasn't trying to.
Speaker 3 (18:37):
And why'd you run?
Speaker 7 (18:38):
I wasn't certain who you were.
Speaker 3 (18:40):
You mean you're were certain? Give me that briefcase?
Speaker 9 (18:44):
Take off your coat? A are your shoes?
Speaker 12 (18:48):
Eh?
Speaker 6 (18:48):
Never mind the shoes, Davi, Look what's in his briefcase?
Speaker 3 (18:53):
Where'd you get these papers? Oh?
Speaker 7 (18:54):
Please, gentlemen, you don't expect me to devolve.
Speaker 5 (18:57):
These plans could have come from only one of two
or three sourts.
Speaker 2 (19:00):
Is that so?
Speaker 3 (19:01):
Yeah, only two or three people got a hold of these.
Speaker 7 (19:05):
You seem to have the answers.
Speaker 9 (19:06):
You're under arrest.
Speaker 5 (19:08):
We'll soon make sure who's selling us out.
Speaker 2 (19:16):
Yes, Arnold. Had you known that the man who'd provided
you with fifty thousand dollars, who'd promised so much in
the future, had been captured and tacitly admitted his connection
with you, you'd have been in a far different mood,
wouldn't you. It's nearly midnight when you learn that he
who deals in betrayal is quite apt to be betrayed.
Speaker 13 (19:36):
Excuse me, sir, I hate to disturb you, but this
is important.
Speaker 5 (19:39):
Yes, but is it?
Speaker 13 (19:40):
It's rumor, but there seems to be weight behind it.
I understand we've captured a spy. A spy when just
a little while ago, as I understand it, somewhere out
in the country, anyone with him. No, he was alone,
allegedly carrying the complete plans of this installation.
Speaker 5 (19:55):
I see where is he now in custody.
Speaker 9 (19:58):
I'll get the full details to you as soon as possible.
Speaker 5 (20:00):
Yes, yes, do that.
Speaker 9 (20:02):
It's a real breakforce.
Speaker 6 (20:03):
Capturing him, isn't it?
Speaker 5 (20:05):
Yes? Of course it is a great break.
Speaker 2 (20:13):
Fear, panic explodes inside of you, doesn't it iron? If
it's true, if John has been captured, then all your
scheming and plotting may have been in vain. You realize
you must move and move fast. You need time as
you've never needed it before. You rush home.
Speaker 5 (20:32):
What's the matter, Peggy. We've got to get out of here.
What do you mean, get your coat? We've got to hurry.
Speaker 4 (20:37):
What have you done?
Speaker 5 (20:38):
Look, Peggy, there isn't time now. We can talk later.
But what I did I did for you as well
as myself. Now we'll have money, power, position, Peggy, everything
we've wanted. And just where will we go?
Speaker 3 (20:49):
Nald?
Speaker 5 (20:49):
And how it's all arranged? Peggy, we're leaving the country.
I wonder who that is?
Speaker 4 (20:57):
Do you have to answer it?
Speaker 11 (20:58):
No?
Speaker 5 (20:58):
Wait, I guess you're right. I'll get it.
Speaker 6 (21:06):
I knew you'd want this right away, sir.
Speaker 5 (21:08):
Oh, of course, come in.
Speaker 13 (21:11):
I've got confirmation that the spy has been captured. I
thought you'd want to go down and question the prisoner personally.
Speaker 5 (21:16):
I think I shall, Yes, I think I shall. That'll
be all, yes, sir, Peggy, Peggy do you know what
this means. We can make it. Now, we can escape.
They'll do nothing for several hours. By the time they
begin to wonder what's delayed, they will be far away.
Peggy will be set for the rest of our lives.
Speaker 7 (21:54):
Engine where Engine Where Engine?
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Speaker 7 (23:01):
Engine where engine where? Engine?
Speaker 3 (23:04):
Where?
Speaker 2 (23:20):
Yes, Arnold. As you promised, Peggy, things went smoothly, and
as John had promised you, your escape from America was
accomplished with amazing ease. In new places, among new faces,
you lose track of time, power, money, All the things
you thought would satisfy you come your way. Then, in
the midst of your new surroundings, the decay slowly sets in.
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You and Peggy are not accepted by your new associates.
It's not what you anticipated, is it. On weeks and
months pass in loneliness, heartache, in despair. Then one evening,
sitting alone with Peggy, an idea hits you. One of
Peggy's famous parties will again provide the solution to your problems. Yes,
you're certain you can count on Peggy, aren't you. You
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make the plan, send out the invitation, spare no expense.
On the night of the party, you stand in the
reception hall listening to the final strains of a carefully
chosen musical number executed by the famous orchestra you engaged
for the eth.
Speaker 9 (24:28):
Do you wish us to play any longer.
Speaker 5 (24:30):
No, I am sure there will be no further occasion
from music.
Speaker 9 (24:34):
I'm sorry, we will be glad.
Speaker 5 (24:36):
No, you may consider yourselves dismissed. There are no further charges.
Speaker 3 (24:41):
Loo sir.
Speaker 9 (24:42):
You gave me the fee when we arrived. I'm sorry.
Speaker 5 (24:45):
That's quite all right. Good night, good night.
Speaker 4 (24:52):
What went wrong?
Speaker 5 (24:52):
Do you nothing, Peggy? It just happened, that's all.
Speaker 4 (24:57):
I planned the party so carefully.
Speaker 7 (25:00):
Every time.
Speaker 5 (25:01):
It wasn't your fault. Everything was perfect. But no one came, no,
no one. What are we going to do? I don't know.
It's horrible. No matter where I go, what I do,
people look at me as much as to say, traitor.
It isn't fair, isn't it. No? I suppose it is,
(25:25):
but it's getting worse and worse. I can't sleep at night.
All I can hear is sometimes when you look at me,
I can even hear you saying it within yourself. I
can't stand it. As long as I live, I'll hear it.
I can't stand it, Peggy, I can't stand it. Traitor Traser.
Speaker 1 (26:04):
Many of you have undoubtedly recognized to Night's Wister story
was based on the events in the life of America's
arch traitor, Benedict Arnold. The Signal Oil Company invites your
comment on to Night's program. In presenting this fictional dramatization,
it has been our hope that we may have helped
to underline the dangers in the many isms being offered
(26:25):
to day, isms which make their appeal to well meaning
but misguided people, and which have as their real purpose
the undermining of the way of life which has built
America into the greatest nation.
Speaker 14 (26:40):
Honor firmly will fade in the ride, Ye will we
starve God only Confessor be on the shoes that to free.
Speaker 12 (27:06):
Unborn America, Amica, Amica.
Speaker 10 (27:15):
A maicaly.
Speaker 11 (27:25):
On the shoes that to free on were born Granda's
Long the cour and the string.
Speaker 7 (27:42):
Uh broachus.
Speaker 10 (27:49):
The show because for on this line long her shows
(28:17):
with faith in the ride, he will.
Speaker 12 (28:22):
Be stand call only compressor.
Speaker 3 (28:28):
He on the shows that you breath on.
Speaker 12 (28:32):
Wibor f Marida on Mariica on Marica on many call.
Speaker 1 (28:59):
This is Marve Miller speaking for the Signal Oil Company.
Stay tuned to our Miss Brooks starring Eve Varden, which
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