 signal gasoline let every traffic signal remind you you do go farther with signal gasoline yes you do go farther with signal the signal oil company and your neighborhood signal dealer bring you another curious story by the whistler tonight death pays a visit 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 into the shadows yes I know the nameless terrors of which they dare not speak the Crowley's are a typical young married couple the kind of people you have living on your block a little more prosperous than most perhaps drive a better car nicer clothes you know funny too because Jake Crowley only earns forty seven fifty a week is assistant manager of a branch of Sellers National Bank and the neighbors might be surprised to learn that the Crowley's have only three hundred and twenty one dollars and seventeen cents in their joint bank account that's not much a pittance it seems to Trina Crowley especially when Jake tells her about how they came to have it well that's all that's left Trina how much was it to begin with Jake almost ten thousand ten thousand dollars where's it gone what do you think you wanted a new card and drew you insisted on that trip to Tahoe last summer you asked for this house didn't you oh so I was the one at fault I spent some money I suppose the next thing you'll be saying is that I instigated the whole we won't get anywhere this way we've got to figure a way out I need your help Jake I don't know anything about finance only you told me before if if postmortems aren't going to do any good the things done can't you get that through your head I can get it through my head and I won't be talked to that way all right all right Trina I'm sorry I'm on edge I'm sorry when are the bank examiners do next Tuesday after the weekend can't you cover up some way isn't there something you can do nothing since that new manager's been in I haven't had a chance to lay my hands on the accounts take I don't know what to say it's it's the word is grand larceny Trina and that's how it began Jake had stolen ten thousand dollars from the bank and they had to do what they did they were desperate they didn't seem to be any way out no way at all then as though fate itself had planned it the letter came I don't like your precious cousin Charlie I wish he'd stay home where he belongs only for the weekend Jake he says in his letter he'd enjoy spending our wedding anniversary well I'm not going to enjoy having him those stupid jokes he tells I can hardly wait to hear that cheery laugh of his and so the fella says is this the general store and the other guy says yes and so he says okay let me speak to the general do you like that not particularly well then there's the one about the two bookies who went to heaven and I told that to you that funny it sure is and you haven't told and I haven't said that's good that's real good thanks cousin Charlie I've laid out some towels for you if you want to freshen up and your room's ready whenever you are oh thank you know I guess I'll go upstairs then where's that little traveling kit of mine oh it's there with your suitcase the head of the stairs getting so I can't see a thing without my glasses I think I'll take my suitcase up to drop the kid here I'll get a cousin Charlie you seem to have seemed to have a lot of money here oh the kit came open didn't it it's in cash yes I just sold a piece of property of mine Missouri on the way out here funny old car you brought it yes insist on doing business in cash quite a lot of cash by the way it looks of it ten thousand dollars an awful lot of money to carry around well I haven't had a chance to deposit yet you know the funny part of it is I've been trying to get rid of that property for years and no one would touch it then suddenly this guy offers me ten thousand dollars just like a president yes yes well I guess I'll go on up there oh oh happy anniversary oh maybe I'm a little too early for that huh well anyway happy anniversary you know Jake I've been thinking as long as Charlie has to guess $10,000 did you see it's $10,000 Trina it would more than make up what I'm short at the bank I know but I don't 10,000 Jake good Lord Jake you Charlie's got $10,000 whistler fans many of you have been asking whether the whistler will follow the example of numerous popular programs in going off the air for the summer well I'm happy to be able to tell you tonight that in appreciation of your loyalty that has made the whistler the most popular of all West Coast radio shows signal oil company and the hundreds of neighborhood signal gasoline dealers who sponsor the whistler will continue to broadcast this program without interruption throughout the summer so for your Monday night radio entertainment we of the cast hope you'll continue to make the whistler a regular stop on your dial and during the week we hope you'll stop at the friendly stations displaying signals yellow and black circle sign and get acquainted with the gasoline whose famous longer mileage formula helps each gas stamp go farther signal go farther gasoline yes there never was a better time to join the ever increasing thousands of wise Western drivers who are discovering it's a fact you do go farther with signal gasoline and now back to the whistler when Jake Crowley found out that cousin Charlie had $10,000 in cash with him his eyes went cold and hard you never seen him look like that before had you Trina he stared intently as though he was seeing something that no one else could see for a moment you thought it was all in your mind that you imagined what Jake was thinking but then you couldn't help but no Jake had plans would you rather see me go to prison might be better Jay better than this you don't mean that Trina oh Jake I don't know what I mean I'm so confused nothing to be confused about we can't afford to be I thought the whole thing out last night I think I know how it can be done what do you intend to do you remember Charlie saying he couldn't see very well without his glasses always been near side all right one of us has to get our hands on those glasses we break them make it appear accidental of course man I've typed this note here look it over we'll find some way to get him to sign it he won't know what he's signing if he can't read it looks all right are you sure this will leave us in the clear Jay miss Trina all we have to do is get Charlie to sign it what are you going to use for the potassium cyanide the encyclopedia says five grains of fatal I can buy it at a photography studio in town they use it for gilding pictures that way I won't have to sign for Jake I'm right no you aren't you understand when people get frightened they get caught remember that Charlie should suspect anything if Charlie Charlie should what Charlie morning now here's a Bernie what were you saying about nothing nothing at all oh yes you were I heard you heard what well I heard you mentioned my name now come on what's the secret oh well I was just telling Jake if if you didn't like hotcakes for breakfast I didn't know what I could fix hotcakes well hotcakes are my favorite dish yes sir oh wait a minute before you to sit down this water faucet stuck what did you see if you can turn it for me please why sure thing let me I'm a regular handyman that's me now which one is it's the hot water faucet cold water works all right but yeah it doesn't seem to be anything the matter with no it's this one over here hey look out for that cold water oh dear I've splattered your suit and I'm so sorry you take this dishcloth thank you here let me have your glasses I'll drive oh that's all right I can do no let me do it I can okay I don't know how I ever look out for the glasses I've broken your glasses yeah it was my only pair I'm sorry Charlie I'm terribly sorry well you've taken the first big step Trina and you're hoping you won't be sorry for it Jake goes on to work in you and cousin Charlie lounge around the house that afternoon you're out on the Sun porch trying to read but you can't concentrate all you can think of is how to get Charlie to sign that note then as if in answer to the question an article in the magazine caught your eye there was the solution as simple as that what was it Jake said people who get frightened get caught yes become Trina and casual cousin Charlie is an interesting article you've seen it why it's about the different specimens of handwriting it says that your entire character can be determined just by the way you sign your name now yeah it says if you circle your eyes instead of dotting them you're an extrovert and if you don't cross your teeth you're an introvert what are you Charlie an extrovert or an introvert oh I don't know anyway I don't go in for that handwriting stuff's a lot of fun maybe it's not they have a chart here that explains the whole thing Charlie right your name and let me see if I can analyze your hand oh no Tina I think I'd like to take a walk no no it'll take just oh some other time and I use my pen right your name on this piece are you satisfied yes yes I'm satisfied so good Trina all you have to do now is wait until Jake returns then the next step Jake's late getting home that night Charlie and you were finished supper and he'd gone into the living room you were straightening up in the kitchen when you heard the car turning in the driveway Jake came in the back door Jake late where have you been? the stores were jammed I had to wait a long time at the photography studio and I got it did you get everything you're supposed to here Trina you're wonderful I was afraid for a while I wouldn't be able to Trina I uh oh Jake finally got home huh yes Charlie well I uh I just come in to say goodnight oh you're going to bed so early gotta get my beauty wings oh good night oh cousin Charlie we we're just getting ready to fix some tea weren't we Trina oh yes yes yes why don't you join us in a cup before you turn in goodnight the idea of the tea this is it you mean now yes this is perfect can't you see I'll put the water on Jake let me see that note again what's the matter with you you've seen it but we might have left something out there might be some kind of a mistake it's all right oh it'll make you feel any better here they're Trina and Jake I trust that you will forgive me for what I've done one loses desire to live this is the only way to find $10,000 in my traveling kit I want you to have it call it my anniversary present to the both of you I have no explanation to offer other than the fact that I've grown weary and perhaps a little old I've lived my life now and I wish to take it by my own hand they try to understand love from your cousin Charlie is there anything wrong with that no I guess not put this in this cup there's 10 grains here all right wait wait a minute Jake what's the matter now the police will ask where he got the poison Trina Trina don't you think I thought of that Charlie must have found it in the desk I used it last summer for developing pictures nobody please get a hold of yourself take the tea upstairs oh Jake I'm afraid I'm going to be sick I'm not anything of the kind you're all right it's all planned perfectly I'll take the tea up to Charlie yes there's your tea cousin Charlie you and Jake spend a sleepless night don't you Trina listening wondering waiting and then in the morning I don't want to go up there Jake I just can't all right you don't have to let me have the suicide note I'll take it up and put it on the lampstand do we have to call the police this morning of course but there's nothing to worry about we simply tell them I went upstairs to call him for breakfast and found him well that way Jake I you saw I was we've done it listen Trina I was thinking last night there may be more than 10,000 in this for us Charlie's a rich man isn't he I think you're his only living relative aren't you yeah all right he's almost certain to have mentioned you and his will do you realize what that means Trina we'll be rich rich oh take it must be wonderful to be rich you'll bet Trina we're both alike I think that's why I love you so much and I love you Jake I always will good morning well there's nothing she wasn't oh I you know I must have won right to sleep last night that that cup of tea I didn't get chance to drink it but thanks anyway well what are you staring at me for did I forget something well what have you got for breakfast breakfast Trina oh eggs eggs fine how about dishing me up a platter I'm kind of in the hurry you know I thought I'd go into town this morning get me a pair of temporary glasses I'll fix you something right away who say I meant to tell you I use your phone for a long distance call yesterday I hope you don't mind of course I had to call my foreman one of my ranches were going to enlarge yes when they got an okay of some building material figured on going up to look it over day after tomorrow you told the foreman you'd be there day after tomorrow mm-hmm come on how about those eggs oh I'm sorry right away cousin Charlie Jake and you are lucky Trina it was an almost miraculous stroke of luck if Charlie had drunk the tea after making that phone call to his ranch you would have been doomed a man planning suicide wouldn't be planning the enlargement of his ranch at the same time the police would have checked with the foreman and immediately become suspicious they would have questioned you from that they wouldn't have found it difficult to piece it all together yes you were lucky but your problem isn't solved that evening Trina did Charlie get back he's in the front room listening to the radio did he get his glasses yes good that solves the problem oh Jake not again there's only two days left Trina I know this is foolproof we asked him to go into town for some candles for the anniversary cake I loaned my car how does that get chains are often the roads are slippery with snow I've loosened a bolt in the master cylinder of the brakes by the time he starts back from town all of the hydraulic fluid will have leaked out the brakes won't hold called Charlie oh J. here the keys Charlie okay Charlie yeah on your way back take the highway along the river you can make better time okay I'll hurry yes be sure to hurry Charlie took the keys and started out the front door and as that door closed behind him somehow you felt relieved Trina almost exhilarated nothing further to worry about everything accomplished and poor dull Charlie was the key to that realization you stood by the window not bothering to look out not wanting to you listen for the door slam and for the motor to start but you didn't hear either instead you heard a voice calling sounds like he's on the porch open the door I slipped on the steps I don't seem to be able to get up give me a hand with your hair be careful all right take it easy Charlie come on it's my ankle I'm afraid I've sprained it sprained his ankle so you call the doctor who came over and tape cousin Charlie's leg he advised Charlie to stay in bed and rest out and he would pay him another visit in the morning Jake is furious the thing is getting to be an obsession with him I don't care Trina I don't care what's gone wrong we can't wait any longer we can't Jake Jake what's gotten into you why do you look back why do I look what way there's nothing wrong with me just that this thing's getting maddening that's all we won't be able to do it Jake you can see that it just wasn't meant to be it was meant to be all right that's going to be no don't you realize Jake there's something bigger than you are there's nothing bigger than you are me not now I plan this affair I'll make it work no yes I say listen to me you've kept up the insurance on the house all right this is the last time this is the time we'll do it there's plenty of kerosene in the basement it'll work it's got to you don't need it we'll burn this infernal house to the ground and cousin Charlie with it no shut up we'll be in the garage looking over the car breaks we won't notice the fire until too late Charlie started it with a cigarette accidentally he was smoking in bed he's crippled he'll never be able to get down the stairs of course that's the idea wouldn't do that we can we will train and we've gone too far to stop now hello Charlie how do you feel a little better thanks I guess I'm sort of spoiling your anniversary oh no of course you are cousin Charlie you have our sympathy oh there's no need to feel sorry for me just little spring say Charlie that money of yours don't you think Trina and I'd better put it away for you oh I don't know nobody's gonna rob me aren't they hmm no of course not I just thought well we have a wall safe downstairs and in as much as you're laid up well come to think of it might not be a bad idea oh there's my traveling kid over there take it down with you fine hey Trina you got in the can there oh oh it's kerosene we were just going down to the finish and thought we'd eat your room up a little for you oh well thank you oh dear oh I'll get a cloth and clean it up right away oh now don't you bother it'll dry up if you're sure you don't mind oh no it's okay say I was able to pick up a pack of cigarettes Charlie in case you'd like a smoke well thank you but you'd better keep me you see I don't smoke you don't know oh well that's right that's right I forgot come on Trina we better go downstairs what was it the poet said about the best laid plans Jake seems that whatever you try you're wrong perhaps Trina was right it just wasn't meant to be but you can't give it up now but Jake regardless why can't we tell the police it started with a cigarette don't be a fool don't you think they discovery didn't smoke oh we got to find something besides a cigarette oh I'll get it hello speaking oh hello Evans yes they're on the way over here now yes yes I'm glad you called thanks Jake what's wrong they discovered the shortage at the bank they must have that was Evans my police reporter friend he says the cops are on their way over here now Evan said he thought I'd like to know he's a nice guy I thought the bank examiners weren't doing I don't know how Trina you said you loved me I do chase Evan helped me for it but I do we'll run away you and I if we're caught we will be if we stay here we've got to leave Trina we got Charlie's 10,000 maybe we'll be able to start it again somewhere else not everybody gets caught Trina if we play it smart and stick together people forget about the whole thing in a couple years would you come with me Trina yes Jake you know I'll come not anymore they're probably at the house by now you have to drive so fast are we looking for us pretty soon but you're doing almost 70 in the road Jake what is it good Lord Jake the whistler will return in just a moment with a strange ending of tonight's story meantime here's some summertime 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yellow and black circle sign there you will also find complete conscientious signal service to help your car run better look better and last longer and now back to the whistler well in their haste to get away with cousin Charlie's ten thousand dollars Jake and Trina forgot one important little thing the brakes Jake had drained the brake fluid in the attempt to murder cousin Charlie but now speeding along the icy river road it was too late you can probably guess what happened it was pretty messy and back home cousin Charlie had a caller oh good evening officer good evening come in I I'm sorry I took so long to answer the door probably residence yes yes as a matter of fact it is but Mr. Crowley doesn't seem to be home I'm Charlie Barton Mrs. Crowley's cousin good you're the one I'm looking for anyway oh what can I do for you for the department got a call from out west somewhere somebody trying to get a hold of you something about some property out there didn't know where to reach you here in town so they asked us to track you down here's the name of the dress thank you excuse me the telephone oh sure sure go ahead thank you hello hmm yes this is the Crowley residence no no this is Charlie Barton I miss Crowley's cousin they what oh that's terrible yes this is a tool to identify the bodies of course I I'll get something to drive me down immediately you know what ten thousand dollars well that's strange well I was going to give them ten thousand dollars for an anniversary present Monday at nine o'clock the Whistler will bring you another strange tale the Whistler is broadcast for your entertainment by the marketers of signal gasoline and motor oil and fine quality automotive accessories and by your neighborhood signal dealer this program directed by George W. 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