 Your coca-cola bottler presents Claudia Claudia based on the play and novels by Rose Franken brought to you transcribed Monday through Friday by your friendly neighbor who bottles coca-cola Relax and while you're listening refresh yourself Have a Coke and now Claudia Be there when we get to the house. He should be Paradiso made this appointment with him ten o'clock. Well, it's almost that now I hope he'll have decided just where he's going to dig this well. They're always dug in the ground I think yes always well then what's the problem the problem is where he's likely to find the best spot to dig Lots of things are involved in that for instance. We don't want the well too far from the house or too close to it The well digger will have to decide where he thinks the water is nearest the surface yet No, I don't want to hear another word. It sounds impossible And a minute now we'll be coming to the house. I know that too I'm getting so that I know every inch of this road See right right around that band. I'll be two trees on the left and a small white fence on the right And then where the road bends like an elbow and drops a little like a nest there's our house Funny, but when I come up see it, I have a sort of a feeling that it's been Been sitting there just waiting for it and still every time I'm surprised That's the feeling I had when I first saw it. That's how I knew you'd feel too That's how I know you love me But you thought I'd feel that way and you did well I do now whatever that means Well, there are the two trees on the left and the white fence on the right and the bend in the road There she is David she's looking a lot better. Isn't she the patient is improving every day? Paradiso is doing a beautiful job with it modest David am I going to like seeing our well-being dog? I hope so All depends on how much it has to be dug Pretty important and expensive for us darling. I know I Certainly hope Jared Tucker doesn't come around today. Hi any special reason you'll have enough trouble without adding him to it Congratulations, Claudia me why the well digger have come you sure how do you know I think I can hear his engine See any car around wonder where he set it up Far away it sounds as if it's coming from behind the house. Oh, I hear something now Those chug chug chug chug chug chug. Hey David wait for me. Hey careful. You don't slip on that Little snow on the ground funny how much longer it lasts here than in New York. Yep. There he is. Hello there Me David no, no me Claudia not I see you're all set up David with that big machine the well digger. What well digger The well digger. I thought he was a man darling. This is the 20th century. We're not the first settlers in New England Hello Which is Pringle well digger So this is the spot and birdie. You said not too far from the house Hidden spot seems to think well as nice or how's the ground seem and say just started to get Gone far down just started to say it 40 feet 40 feet without miles Won't hit China. It's 40 feet ma'am. I should hope not. What have you found mr. Pringle a phone gold I don't think mr. Norton was expecting to find gold How's the ground? Snow I see Any more questions probably have any questions. I just would like no questions mr. Pringle go go right ahead and dig Wanted to tell you something first mr. Norton I wish you city folks don't know how hard it is to come by a water sometimes So used to turn in a spigot for fish Turning this spigot letting it flow Easy finding water Paradiso told me that in these parts. There are good many natural springs about 55 feet down Some yes Water that is and where there isn't there it isn't that makes a lot of sense doesn't David We may have to dig down 120 feet a hundred and I wouldn't dream of drinking water that comes in so deep. How do I know what it's been in and again? Might find it at 41 feet. That would be a blessing indeed But it might not be good water at 41 feet Mike's not I think 41 feet is perfect for good water might be tapping your neighbor's water That's against law. How can water we found on our land be our neighbor's water David? I asked we might have dug in on his spring so when our water supplies go up his supplies might go down Well, it works vice versa, so maybe he's on our water. Don't work any way In the law to find your own water. Well Let's start digging can't start Mr. Orton. I'd settle one thing. Of course anything you want How much this is gonna cost you know you settle all that with Paradiso. He's my contractor It's a part of the estimate can't settle it with Paradiso. Can't it's just what I've got to settle with you Anything you say mr. Pringle how much do you think that I don't think because you don't know Impossible to know and I'm afraid that I don't quite understand can't give you an estimate Don't know how deep I got to dig that's reasonable. It's sand digs easy Deep very easy. Well, then I hope it's bad, but if it's sand you've got to give you a steel casing It costs money. Yes, I know if it's rock more just found high not much digging do Sometime then I hope it's rock could be deep and rock too Even if this shallow diggin rocks hard takes longer Instruments different David, what should I hope for just hope for action darling and water no matter where it is And it's all settled then you can't have an estimate. It's all settled mr. Pringle. Yeah Shake hands on it. Right like to do business business like well Are we ready to start digging? Disturbers now with the elements cross your fingers darling. Oh David I feel as if I were going to the dentist and we were about to start drilling there This is a pretty big molar and a pretty big drill. You stand back there about the center again. Come on darling Let's go stand over here. Hey, hey over there. What's going on David? Do you see what I see and I hear who you here to watch that they're big stuff going on my property Hello there mr. Tucker. My good to see you looks like our wishes Pringle here What's he doing here if you will out him to come hello, mr. Tucker my you're looking well today Living with a lot of seems to agree with you don't agree with me none dog Don't try to silly shouting me around. I know you got that water digging no good our wishes Pringle here That's there's his truck and he's come here to put his machinery around here Rowing in the property with modern contraptions for stealing water out of the ground, but mr. Tucker It's very important to us Dangin turn things up. I thought part of the reason you bought this place was that there was a gravity spring on And you want the brook too, so I'll let you have it. That's plenty water for clean folks seems to me Mr. Tucker labious that we there ain't no babies about it Been enough water out that spring and brook for centuries and nobody drank more water than my own mother Nobody God rest his soul never touched a drop of anything else Good woman she was too and for washing and cleaning and cooking too There was always plenty running right into the house as modern as can be but mr. Tucker we enlarging the house, so naturally we'll need more water for more baths baths was always took around here I don't like you're insinuating. They wasn't you know what mr. Tucker, we didn't mean to insinuate you young folks need somebody to look at you just cause other city folks start digging right off and Aloysia Springle thinks your city folks ain't no reason for you to be talking in like that He seems very honest Did he wait for you to start digging? No matter of fact, no it started before we got here, but I Appreciate it. I know you change your mind. Yeah, that's the way it goes I'm blaming the two of you now you're you're just young ones But this year craze for digging up water is one of the diseases or what folks thinks is simple and safe There's there's there's there's there's there's such a thing as too much molly cuddling and there's such a thing Is it's too too too much molly cuddling the sooner you learn it and say You think Pringle be able to find water for you with that that infernal machine isn't well This is a pretty good area for water. He says wouldn't be too sure Things of a way it turned out worse than you expect. Oh, don't I know it? Well done Why don't you go ask him how he's digging? I know that's what you got a hand for him. Yes. I I guess I will I'll come with you David. Darling. My fingers are still crossed. Miss Pringle. Miss Pringle. How are we doing? Is that good Just the sound of that machine make all my teeth hurt can't be good It's good if we don't have to go too deep picking up the land planting water in the ocean where folks don't touch it. Oh Pringle Oh, oh, it's you Tucker place finally getting the water needs. She would have told you You got to watch out hit talk a cactus in the digging for spring water. Mr. Pringle. How much longer do you think? Wait a minute. I don't hear anything. What do you look? David, I never know. I wanted to see water so much. Hey, where's he going? I don't know But if they turned her off, I hope everything's all right. It's not a step over here David I'm coming to got something to show you this can't be good. Darling. It just can't be I've got that feeling too What's this you see? Why it's it's it's water Where did he come from? Bublin right up to Bublin right out of the ground. Is that good? You mean it's it's artesian water looks like it 42 feet deep well Why doesn't anybody tell me is it good good? It's fantastic Taint your neighbor's water taint surface water tina pool is run dry Cushion like oil feel it Claudia feel it. It's icy and clear and clean as crystal David It's beautiful water run for you longer than you know about good clean through rock. He found a cellar Well, let me take some of this here water can't be so good being dug up like that Can't taste all full earth and brackish and things. I'm chucky have a taste. I'll just take myself on it Be careful mr. Tucker don't take too much Yeah, yeah, what do you know? Yep. Well, mr. Tucker. Well It's all right taste fine. That's what I ever tasted Wouldn't think it was possible after being under the ground all that time say Would you mind if I took the junk home to Delilah? Would you? This broadcast Oh, mr. Pringle glad to meet you sir nice young couple of Norton's Yeah, saved him a lot of money here water bubbling up like that money's kind of close these days Income tax coming income tax isn't coming mr. Pringle. It's here. Yeah, that's right Yes, the Norton's will be having to figure it out tomorrow Wish him luck. You know easy job glad their well is behind him You say better hustle and start making the income since I can pay my own tax So how long mr. Pringle and while you're figuring your income tax Think of David and Claudia because that's what they'll be doing tomorrow, too And with Claudia I have an idea that income tax can be fun And as I was saying this broadcast of Claudia was supervised and directed by William Brown Maloney When you're doing the marketing and everything seems to cost more You start to refresh yourself at a coke cooler and you reflect with pleasure Here's one thing that hasn't changed Coca-Cola is the same delicious refreshing drink in the same size bottle and it's still only five cents Order a carton or a case at a nickel a bottle. 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