 The signal oil program the whistler whistle is your signal for the signal oil program The whistler and 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 into the shadow Yes, I know the nameless terrors of which they dare not speak Yes friends, it's time for the signal oil program the whistler rated tops and popularity for a longer period of time Than any other West Coast program in radio history and signal gasoline is tops to tops in quality It takes extra quality, you know to give you extra mileage and signal is the famous go farther gasoline So look for the signal circle sign in yellow and black that identifies friendly dealer owned signal stations from Canada to Mexico And now the whistler strange story, boiling point Kelly never knew exactly when it was that he decided to kill it Thinking it over afterward he realized that murder is something like a pot boiling over The fire is underneath for a long time and nothing happened Then all at once the heat reaches a certain point and there it blows And you look back in horror to find you kill someone The odd thing of course was that right to the end it wasn't that he hated Janet She had a kind of charm she was capable and she was attractive enough that on the right kind of a spring day With a sunlight filtering through the leaves of an oak tree hitting her face just right A fellow like Kelly might think he was in love with her At least that's how it started three years ago Kelly? Yes Another sandwich? Oh no, no thanks Janice I'm full up What's happened to your appetite? I don't know maybe it's a symptom Oh? Will you do something for me Janice? What Kelly? Tell me something honestly All right I came to this town out of nowhere really I'm a failure 29 years old been fired from the greatest assortment of jobs in captivity I meet you at a party from then on everything's different Is it Kelly? Yeah sure You gave me a build up with your boss at the Star Realty Company He puts me on as a salesman And suddenly for the first time in my life I'm a success Why? Quite simple You're a good salesman No that's not what I mean What I want to know is Why did you do it for me? Oh Now you said you'd be honest Oh maybe I have the interest of the Star Realty Company at heart And maybe I just like you Come on have another sandwich I don't want to take them back All right I want to go over the escrow papers on that Williamson deal again Oh no not now don't you ever relax I'm relaxed Come on come on lean back and take your glasses off Oh all right all right That better You ought to take them off more often I'm blind as a bat without them What's the difference? You're not looking at the world they're looking at you Like you're looking at me Oh they better not I don't want anybody else to look at you like this Don't talk like that Kelly Not unless you really mean it I do mean it Janice I'm busy about you oh I know I'm not much of a guy And I'll never know why you bothered with me But Janice I want to marry you You won't be sorry I'll work hard and be a success There's enough Kelly Oh please please listen to me I had all I wanted here when you said you'd love me Aren't you gonna kiss me darling Just like that Kelly A boy, a girl, a picnic on a green knoll at the edge of town And it's over She's Janice Jamison now You have a small home together And each morning you commute to town in your jobs With a star realty company But Janice isn't satisfied Kelly She talks of nothing but of the two of you and business together Jamison and Jamison real estate brokers It would take more than you could ever save on your salaries of course And it was about then you began to wonder if she'd ever be satisfied Perhaps it was then too that the fire began to burn under the kettle And the temperature slowly but surely started to rise And here's a letter for Kennelly and Botsworth Gentlemen, with reference to the lease on the property at Lilliam Way in Gladstone Boulevard We are informed that the present holder is perfectly... Kelly Oh yes Janice Can I speak to you for a moment? Well I'm tied up couldn't it... No please right now Alright, excuse me Miss Elvidge Now what's it all about? Kelly our chance has come What are you talking about? Jamison and Jamison remember? Oh that Alright Janice, what do we use for money? Look at the teletype from New York offering 40,000 for the corner of 8th and Maple But Knowles has an option on that corner for 30 hasn't he? Did have you mean? It expired her yesterday But shouldn't we tell Knowles, give him a chance to... She won't be back until next Wednesday Well there's no way I can get in touch with him Honest darling Knowles will be tickled pink when he knows we've grabbed this chance to start on our own He's a big man more ways than one I know that's why I... Listen Kelly I tried my best to get Knowles to renew his option He said that corner would never be worth anything This means 10,000 for us on a $1,500 investment Now you run right down to the bank and get a certified check I'll teletype New York that Knowles no longer holds the option I hope you know what you're doing Oh I do know and I know something else too A few days we'll have a brand new office with a nice glass door reading Jamison and Jamison Sign that Jamison and Jamison That's all Jamison and Jamison I'll have it right out You made a slight error Janice What? Not Jamison and Jamison Jamison and Stooge Please Kelly let's not get into that again Why not? Why not let's be honest You've got the brains I run the errands You set up the deals on paper I go through the motions Well that's not true This Brewster deal for instance A nice clean little deal I'm all set to handle it myself Kelly you're just being silly There were just a few things you hadn't considered I thought it might help if I wrote them out for you That's all There's something I don't think you realize yet Angel I'm really not a backward kid at all Why you act like I'm not quite right You're wrong Kelly I think you're the best salesman in the business Besides you're my husband I love you Now what difference does he make? Which one of us does not None none But why can't you give me credit for some intelligence once in a while Kelly listen Why you're not my wife anymore You're a business machine Darling As cold as a piece of steel You don't realize what you're saying Sit down I'm not through Kelly no For once you're going to listen I'm your husband Janice Your business partner Please Not a pet spaniel you lead around on a leash You don't tell it Janice Janice Oh Janice I'm sorry Oh good lord Yes Mr. Jameson Mr. Jameson Get a doctor up here hurry I think Mrs. Jameson had a heart attack Looking down at her now You have a queer sense of guilt When you realize that you've actually been wishing something like this would happen Anything to free you Give you back your independence and self respect Yes Kelly You're sorry and ashamed And you almost take the kettle off the fire Before it reaches the boiling point Particularly as you hear the doctor telling you it was a heart attack The Janice will have to stay in bed and rest With a day nurse in attendance But that's what changes it all right back again The nurse's name is Vera And there's something like music in the deep cloudy blue of her eyes Something about her voice The youthful grace over that sets your heart racing Makes you think that here is everything you missed in your marriage to Janice Good morning Vera How's the patient I just don't know Mr. Jameson Kelly Mr. Jameson Check She seems to think the doctor's all wrong But it's silly to think of heart trouble at her age Well, that's the way she is Well something has to be done about it She says it's all foolish and that she's going to get up and go back to work I know, I know, I've been over that with her several times Well you ought to talk to her Mr. Jameson Kelly What good would it do for me to talk to her Well after all you are her husband Yeah, sometimes I wonder What do you mean Oh stupid Kelly Yes Janice, I'm coming It was sweet of you to take me home Mr. Jameson Kelly Why do you keep insisting that I call you Kelly Do I Every night you've taken me home How long has it been now Three weeks Four Twenty Three days Did you keep a record of it Uh huh In the back of my head If you want the tales I can tell you what happened on every one of those days too You um, you have a very good memory It's easy when you have a reason to remember You ought to go on the stage Professor Jameson's memory act or something Well I'd better go in now Oh no no no please, just a minute more I've got some work to do I might go on another case soon Another case? Vera, what are you talking about Well I won't be on this one forever you know But Vera, it's out of the question She's a sick woman alone in the house and And and and and Oh, why lie about it I think you know why I'm talking this way Vera Yes I do I love you I'd better go in now Oh no no Vera I Kelly please Vera darling If only you were free I'll be free Vera I'll What do you mean Kelly I don't know Vera I don't know With the prologue of Boiling Point The Signal Oil Company is bringing you another strange story By the Whistler Friends, this being the first program of March I'm reminded of that old saying In like a lamb out like a lion With Signal gasoline it's always that way It goes into your car as a clear innocent looking liquid But once inside your motor It generates the power of a lion Live, eager power That's quick to spurt ahead in crowded traffic Or to send you springing effortlessly up steep grades in high With nary a ping of complaint But while Signal's power may be likened to a lion You'll find that your car's appetite for Signal gasoline Is gratifyingly small That's because the extra efficiency Which today's Signal gets from your motor Naturally means extra mileage too But when it comes right down to it Your speedometer is really the best yard stick Of gasoline quality That's why Signal says To be sure of the tops in gasoline quality There are just two things to remember One, in gasoline it takes extra quality to go farther And two, Signal is the famous go farther gasoline And now back to the Whistler It was strange Kelly You didn't know it but that night in the car The last night you took Vera home A murder was taking shape A murder made of several things Of your love for Vera Of Jameson and Jameson And $20,000 in the company account And naturally of Janet She'd never give you up Kelly You're sure of that And the next days you sit alone in your office You're wondering about alternatives Puzzles, even a little frighten By the sudden impulsive thing that popped into your head As you said good night to Vera I'll be free Vera What did you mean? You thrust it out of your mind Try to concentrate on the stack of letters in your desk And then just before noon Jameson speaking Kelly, this is Mac Oh hi, hi Mac, what's on your mind? I've been trying to reach you people I may have run on to something I'm not sure Well, what is it? Well, I had dinner last night With one of the lawyers from Mayberry and Company Yeah? He had a few drinks and sort of got to talking Oh, about what? A property deal It seems that Mayberry and Company Are going to put up a six-story branch In the corner of 84th and Pine What? Why, that's way out in the middle of nowhere It's straight stuff, Kelly Say, anybody else know about this? I don't think so The whole thing's been on the QT They pick up that corner for a song Wish I'd had it Oh, never mind that Maybe the surrounding property Will go for the same kind of a song That's what I wanted to buy In a year, maybe 18 months There'll be a whole community out there And if we had the lots Why this? Why the sky's the limit You think so? Oh, no doubt about it Gee, I'm glad you called me, Mac Yeah, well, I really wanted to talk to Janice Kelly, if she thinks it sounds like... Well, Janice isn't well, you know that Yeah Now, look, we'll have to move fast on this Mac, I'll tell you what we'll do Wait a minute, Kelly Not that fast It's a $40,000 investment I'm not going ahead until we have her opinion What's the matter with you? I'm running the office now Maybe, maybe not This is a big thing I realize that, Mac You're lucky to have someone Like Janice to turn to Yeah, but Mac, I... Listen, either talk it over with her Or count me out, Kelly I have a lot of faith There, skip it I'll... I'll get back to you Okay, I'll be waiting Janice! What does he take me for? I'll go ahead with it alone If he doesn't want to... What? Janice! Surprised Am I interrupting something big? Well, never mind that What are you doing here? I thought that... Did I belong in bed? I know, Dr. Allen thought the same thing But today, he had to admit It was all brought on by strain, overwork The rest did it I'm fit as a fiddle I'm back on the job, that's all Aren't you glad, darling? Why, of course, naturally But what about Vera? What about Vera? Well, I dismissed her Is that what you mean? Well, do you think it was the wise thing to do? Don't you? Anyhow, now, I'm well I certainly don't need a nurse Well, tell me, what are you so excited about? Who are you talking to? Oh, it wasn't anything Oh, now don't tell me that You're bursting with it Come on, come on You've got a hot tip Well, tell me about it, darling Who's buying what from who And who thinks we ought to be an owner? Well, I tell you something, Janice I... All right, it was Mack Oh? Yeah, listen Mayberry and company are building at 84th and Pine We've got a chance to buy the surrounding lots And you're all four Oh, who wouldn't be? Me Well, now, wait a minute Wait a minute, this is the biggest thing That's ever hit this office It sure is, Nick It could knock us flat Nope, we're not going into it Without examining it there But there isn't time Then it isn't a deal Isn't a deal Janice, do you realize what you're saying? Oh, I think so If we can't look before we leap, it's not for us, Kelly I suppose Mack has it wrong What if they don't build? Then we're left with a row of weed-covered lofts That'll never be worth a thing Yeah, but if they do build It's how mighty big is Now, where did Mack hear about it? For one of their lawyers He had dinner with them The guy was that guy started talking Why? What do you mean why? He had some drinks, that's why Are you sure? How well does Mack know? Oh, for the love of... How do we know it wasn't a setup To get all of us worrying about the 84th Street section While they quietly buy up things somewhere else in town Janice, Janice, you have to take chances sometimes I'm sure you do I've taken plenty of chances Not with every set we've got But we might make enough to pull out To forget the whole business What? What would you want to do, Kelly? What do you mean? I don't just say what's on your mind That you're as suspicious of me As you are of every one of your deals It's the truth, Janice Oh, you're wrong, darling I've always trusted you Even while I was ill If you think I'm suspicious of you There must be reason Maybe there is No, you don't mean that Listen, Kelly It was two years ago today We bought the cabin, do you remember? Yes, yes, and we've been up there once since Let's go once more, Kelly, right now Right away Oh, but what about the Mayberry deal, Mack? We need to hear from us Let's forget that At least till we get back from the cabin Maybe we can think more clearly up there And when we come back We may feel differently about a lot of things I don't know, I don't know I'm supposed to drive out to the Paxton's tomorrow They want an appraisal on the ranch Maybe, maybe he's some other time, Janice You can go by the Paxton's too From their place, you can come up the back road to the cabin I'll drive up the main road Meet you there tomorrow afternoon What time? Two o'clock, Kelly All right, Janice Two o'clock at the cabin I'll be waiting for you At the moment you agree to meet Janice The kettle is beginning to boil Listen to Kelly The first tiny bubbles are rising Dangerously close to the rim Threatening to pour over And there's no way to stop them It's the same the next day As you drive up to the cabin Grinding up the narrow mountain road You admit to yourself That the Paxton ranch was just an excuse That you weren't even thinking Of keeping your appointment there You were thinking of an old wooden bridge A bridge over a two hundred foot drop Straight down A bridge that Janice Would have to cross to reach the cabin What you have to do is simple A few bolts removed from the right places And the bridge is ready It loosened ancient support Certain to give way Into the weight of the next car to cross You stand at the brink for a moment looking down Then walk back to the cabin Approaching the porch You stop suddenly staring Max's car is there parked next to yours You move forward stiffly Slowly Wondering if Max saw you at the bridge Or you take a deep breath And brace yourself before going inside Oh, hello, Mac I didn't think it'd be long You mean you saw me when you drove up? No Just saw that good scotch on the table Oh, yeah, yeah I was just out back checking the wood supply Hey, what brings you up here, Mac? I should think you'd be in town hot after that deal The town of it's okay, Kelly, under control All I need is your signature What? I tried to catch you at the Paxton place But you didn't show So I figured you decided to skip it Oh, yeah, yeah I thought I could keep Sure, but the Mayberry thing can't Here, sign this thing and I'll be on my way Oh, Mac, I meant to get back to you I talked to Janice and she isn't interested What? Well, that's not what she told me What? You talked to her? This morning She was worried about my tip But that lawyer's a good friend of mine She's convinced And she signed already? Uh-huh Now you, okay? Well, sure, okay So they give me the pen Right here? Yeah, that's a... Well, there you are And now, now you better get back We don't want any slip-ups, huh? You, uh, came up the back road, didn't you? Yeah, but I'll go back by the front road It's faster Oh, I don't think so, Mac I take the other way No, no, I'm in a hurry But, um... But what? Look, Mac Look, do me a favor before you go, will you, fella? Run over these papers on the Paxton property See if you think my ideas are right I don't know, Kepp Didn't Janice go over? Oh, yeah, yeah, sure Sure, but Paxton's a pretty tough guy to handle And I'll need all the ideas I can get And look it over, will you? I'll be right back You're trembling as you go out of the door, aren't you, Kelly? Because everything is ruined If you can't talk Mac Out of driving down the front road And over the bridge You've got to stop him Or keep him from leaving at all You wanted to get rid of him Wanted to tell your own story of the accident But now you have to settle for the next best thing If only you can keep him here There's something you can do You glance at his car parked next to yours Hurry over to it, lift the hood It won't take a minute to fix it until the car won't start You just get the hood down again As Mac comes out of the cabin, waving the papers Hey, these look fine to me, Kelly I'd say you've covered all the angles Oh, you think so? As far as I can see Here, I better be on my way Can't let any grass grow under our feet on this one Yeah, I guess you're right Well, maybe there's a vapor lock in the gas line No, no, she ought to start I better have a look Hey, listen, Mac Listen, that sounds like a car coming up the front road Oh, it is a car Well, that settles it I got away a little while now One-way road, isn't it? Oh, yeah Yeah, that's right, Mac You just have to wait I guess it's Janice She's meeting me here this afternoon It's supposed to get here about two Oh, that reminds me, Kelly I forgot to talk Hey, Mac Mac, that's not Janice's car No, it isn't, is it? Here, Kelly, I meant to give you this Hey, Mac Mac, that's Vera's car Okay, so it's Vera, maybe this Come on, come on We've got to stop her, Mac She'll go through the bridge What are you talking about? It's a trap I thought Janice would be driving up But I weakened the supports You planned that? Yes, yes, help me, Mac Help me Vera Vera Stop Stop, Vera The whistler will return in just a moment With a strange ending to tonight's story Meantime, in place of the little chat About one of Signal's products Or services that we usually have At this point on the whistler Signal Oil Company is giving this time tonight For an announcement in the interest Of public welfare Once each year in March We're asked to think of those Who, in time of unexpected emergency Need the quick, friendly help That you and I make possible Through the Red Cross Just who are these people? Why, they're the victims of disasters Such as earthquake, flood, fire, wreck Or epidemic Disasters that can strike any one of us Any time without warning Who else? Millions of discharged veterans And their dependents have called On the Red Cross for a helping hand And don't forget the thousands Of hospitalized veterans who may depend On the Red Cross for a long time to come For their recreation and entertainment Their letter writing, shopping, and other assistance These are just a few of the hundreds of ways The Red Cross is called upon to help every day It's going to take 75 million dollars To answer all the calls for help The Red Cross will receive this year So give as generously as you can Remembering that you're the lucky one To be in a position to give help Rather than to need help And now back to the Whistler Yes, Kelly, it was strange, wasn't it? The way it sneaked up on you The way the temperature rose slowly Quietly to the boiling point Now with the temperature back at zero Vera lies dead in the wreckage At the bottom of the gorge beneath the bridge The bridge who supports you Hacked away to trap Janice, your wife So you'll be free to marry Vera And as you stare down in fascinated horror The words of Mack begin to penetrate The cloud of fog surrounding your brain If you hadn't been so insistent In my going over those Paxton papers This might not have happened Paxton papers? That's right. I had a note for you from Janice Janice? Yeah, she decided not to come And asked me to deliver this when I got here Every time I try to tell you about it, you interrupted me Here, you'd better read it while I phone the police The police? Oh, wait a minute, Mack. I can't wait, Kelly. I've got a report of murder Better take a look at Janice's note Yeah, I guess I had, Mack Why not? Dear Kelly I decided not to meet you at the cabin For a long time, I felt you no longer loved me Now I'm sure I had it out with Vera after you left yesterday First she denied everything Then admitted that two of you were in love I was tempted to tell her she couldn't have you Then I realized you weren't worth the fight So I'm going to Reno, and you'll be free I have an idea Vera will join you at the cabin She's your kind, Kelly I hope you both will be happy Janice Possibly your own Broadcasting System