 suspense and the producer of radios outstanding theater of thrills the master of mystery and adventure William M. Robson. There are several areas in which the human race splits into adithetical groups cats for instance a person either likes cats or he hates them or the moon there are those who want to visit it and there are others who prefer to use moonlight for the purpose God intended and then there's hunting some men must prove their manhood by bagging bigger and bigger game to others want and killing his sickness our story concerns two such men and a wounded lion a story we believe will indeed keep you in suspense listen listen then as Everett Sloan stars in game hunt which begins in exactly one minute memo on medals interesting information about our military awards and decorations our nation's fourth highest combat award is the silver star medal a small silver star encircled by a wreath in the center of a larger bronze star the ribbon from which this simple yet dramatic metal is suspended has a vertical center stripe of red with alternating stripes of white and blue to the edges the silver star is awarded to individuals both military and civilian who distinguished themselves by gallantry and intrepidity in action under orders of a general officer the medal was first authorized July 9th 1918 but eligibility for the award was made retroactive to include action in the Spanish-American War and the Philippine insurrection of 1898 many thousands of brave servicemen have been honored with this cherished award the silver star a symbol of dedication and great devotion to the cause of freedom and now game-hunt starring Everett Sloan a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense the day had begun much the same as the other mornings on safari we had left the base camp deep in the Kenya country before a cloudy dawn broke now we were advancing through the waist high grass of the savannah there were three of us Howard Babson a rich American from Chicago he lambs and kudos and gazelles are all very well but I came down here for lion and there was a mission- educated native tracker whose unpronounceable Maasai name had been simplified to Charlie you don't worry Buona this lion country good lion country and lastly there was me Jeffrey R. Cross I'm a white hunter professional for a price I will lead anyone to big game see that he bags it and send him home loaded with trophies and convinced that he's the world's most fearless marksman but the business is not without danger that's why we start a customer off killing harmless animals before we lead him to the man he does hoping that he will gain confidence in himself in his gun before he's called upon to make the shot he must not miss let's get on with it our cross we're waiting for Charlie but why our eyes are as good as his I'll know a lion when I see one oh yes I'm sure you will mr. Babson but the lions you'll see are not behind bars and the circus it's one thing to recognize a lion it's quite another to understand him Charlie understands him Charlie behind you you see mr. Babson you didn't hear him neither did I neither does a lion one a big one not far he feed on zebra in clearing he carry great mane let's go then shell in your chamber you think I'm stupid our cross just wanted to be sure that's why you're paying me all right all right let's go the wind is shifting some Charlie it will work with us long enough I think you think that because you're a lazy beggar and you want to stay on the game trail instead of fighting the bush no wind will help us long there one let's go there you are there's your trophy of black mane he's big it's a beauty can he smell us not with the nose full of zebra blood he's got the wind Charlie it's stay sane you won't be able to take him the way he is low behind the zebra Babson but he's bound to move before long so settle into a good position and relax he's a monster he'd look good on your wall Babson yes I got just the place for him you know the sun came up today for him just like every other day but it's the last sun he'll see thanks to you and to Charlie and to me developing a guilty conscience our cross I'm getting tired of killing that's all killing is bad unless it's for food or to save your own life want to look wife is coming oh yes she's prettier careful Babson he'll move now take your time he's only chasing the old lady off you'll be back and give you a good shot as he comes no Babson not now why did you fire him you got shot him he can live for days or weeks you go into elephant grass yes always the meanest place to find him well there's your trophy mr Babson he's wounded and holed up and he's the most dangerous animal in the world right now you want to go in after him no no I don't know enough about it well you thought you knew enough to fire when I told you not to we hunted over a week for a good head that's all I was thinking of when I saw him running away I wanted him right now he wants you mr Babson you stay here Charlie and I'll go in and try and get him why don't you leave him he'll die I know I hit him well not well enough it's against the game laws to leave a wounded animal and he'll charge any man he sees until he dies we continue with the second act of suspense another visit with Joe and Daphne Forsyte hey honey I'm home Daphne drop dead uh oh what's the matter honey don't you speak to me you you don one don one Daphne I'm no don one no habiles panol very funny ha ha ha well it was no prize winner but neither are you you you lethario I've often wondered what's a lethario I don't know but that's what the wives on tv always call their husbands I guess it applies do you want me to go out and come in again as far as I'm concerned you can go for a long walk preferably on a short pier well oh come on Daphne what's wrong you're a good friend harry called and he spilled the beans which beans he said quote tell Joe he was right about those blondes they're great unquote blondes that's what he said oh well he didn't say blondes he said bonds savings bonds what sure I buy them on the payroll savings plan and I told harry he ought to do it too savings bonds have a guaranteed interest that pays back four dollars for every three which is a pretty good investment that's a pretty good story too it's true so help me that's why harry's so happy savings bonds are great well maybe you're right you wouldn't really fool around with blondes would you you're too faithful and sweet kind and fast talking and now starring Everett Sloane act too of game hunt along with my services and my knowledge mr. Babson had bought my courage and I was cheating my customer because I no longer had that much courage for sale when charlie and I entered the high grass he was carrying not only my heavy rifle but my canteen filled with brandy I finally got so I hate them charlie I've disliked them for a long time but now I hate them which one the trophy hunters the lords and the movie stars and the millionaires the complainers about the sun and the rain and the flies I hate them for me I hate tall elephant grass the elephant grass belongs here it grows so that gut shot lions will have a place to hide this lion knew all along that one day a gut shooter had stopped making money in Chicago and come to visit Africa that way he went into grass beyond high until the nasty standard cover grass over eight feet high just one you can't see 15 paces into it it'll take our friend only the time of a breath to cover that distance well let's look for sign look one blood dark thick come from deep inside no artery cut though is a slow bleeder a ruddy slow bleeder give me the canteen charlie we could wait one our friend will stick in yes only the wind isn't for us now charlie coming in from every quarter and get our scent from any direction smell of rain now too I don't catch it are you sure it comes soon I think if you smell up a rain the bloodsport will be washed away you smell too much you smell the fear that's in me haven't you for first time you're an insolent beggar you asked me buana look ahead where you lay down see his head was here looking this way yes down the back trail waiting for us see claw signs he is close enough that he caught our scent and got up and ran he has not stiffened and he's waiting again up ahead he has nothing else to do now you've got a wife and children charlie how are they they eat well the doctor has done much to stop sickness when did you see them last before this hunt you must want to get back to them as quickly as possible huh yes one alliance wife she come closer what direction where is she the wind is against us now you don't know where she is no buana give me the canteen you ever been to nyro bit charlie yes did you like it no too many people too much noise i hate the city too but i found something there a reason to live i mean a woman she said she'd be my wife i've never had a wife a wife is good not with this kind of business in the elephant grass when you think of a wife you don't do well with a gut shot lion then the rain began to fall and the center of the stand of gas was now a place of dull gray light and darker shadows do you still find sign in this much charlie too much he stay on all trail his wife has been to him has been to him you see his tracks look at the size of that four poor he's bigger than i thought and here her tracks going other way what that puts her behind us now yes buana now she hunts us just a moment we continue with the third act of suspense we have together ample capacity in freedom to defend freedom this is nato 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said that i think like an animal when i'm on the stock and i know what the game is going to do before it's done it i have seen this with you not anymore after narobi it left me after the woman i thought only as a man but the female crossed the trail did you see her yes one i'm going to put her out of the way you can't have her trailing along behind where is she charlie it was close to here that she crossed her head one of you see small grass broken i see it now come on badson if he fired at her i hope he did better than the last time our cross are you all right i'm fine i got the female bend some of the grass against the wind so we can locate you here she is never did see me lying with her back to me in the trail looking in the order i should i guess waiting for us we were stalking each other when she got up to move to the side i had my sights on her shoulder simple as that isn't she a beauty lovely her head will go well next to the males where is he now we've been only a few paces away from him but we haven't seen him yet now mr badson i told you to stay out in the clearing why did you come in here because i couldn't let you to finish a job that i bungled well i want you to go back out you've done enough for us killing the female i'm gonna stay with you now it was my excitement my bad shooting that caused it all i'm staying with you i'd call myself a coward every time i look at my trophies if i didn't all right it's your privilege but anytime you feel like turning back do it no i won't turn back i'm all right now one of here is where we were close to him rain wash away blood but mark's still show and they stay on the trail not for long i think let's find out how long here we are he's off to the left his back leg very bad now i feel good now charlie no nirobi what does that mean no nirobi no a vague term we sometimes use in our trade sort of uneasiness now we move in a line a few paces apart you on my left badson charlie on my right when he decides to come he'll charge anything that moves so freeze when he starts charlie and i will draw his attention and swing his charge toward us now this isn't a favor you badson it's to give you a better target or i'll have him brought side of me right don't move your position and keep firing until your rifle is empty reload start firing again a few paces this way for me that's good all right charlie take us to him yes one charlie ahead if see the tops of the glass moving against the wind i see it could mean he's down and can't get up at any rate we know where he is carefully now he'll be less than 20 paces away when we first see him no there he comes don't fire we want him closer hook on the wall now hold hold badson we're swinging this way i can't stay freeze badson hold jump on again open up charlie as he died charlie he is dead one he doesn't look at charlie you think he's ready to charge again wouldn't you he's dead not for mr badson he isn't but buona get the trophy hunter and bring him here load his gun with expanding ammunition bullets to finish the thing to smash it yes buona i understand i'm sorry i ran our cross i couldn't help it there was nothing i could do well of course there wasn't your first time and all where is he come here i'll show you over there you can just see his head yes he'll be ready to charge again if we let him rest i thought you'd like the final shots i would all right put your sights right under his ear and a bit to the front check the safety go ahead i hit him again don't take any chances one more that will do it i think well let's look at him well congratulations mr badson you've killed your lion oh but his head he's worthless as a trophy his head's blown to bits yes it's a shame one of those things i'm afraid it had to be this way yes it had to be this way mr badson had not deserved his lion and it seemed right to me that he should destroy it it was not the first time that an already dead trophy had been ruined to show contempt of the millionaire gut shooters it was a thing that the other white hunters would understand about the other thing the fear only she will understand it someday when she's my wife understand and condone it because it brought me back to her alive suspense in whichever it's lone start in william and robeson's production of game hunt by gil doud supporting mr slone in game hunt for laurenz dobkin and roi glenn listen listen again next week when we return with another tale well calculated to keep you in suspense has been brought to you through the worldwide facilities of the united states armed forces radio and television service