 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 invites you to sit back and enjoy another strange story by the whistler and the whistler and I know many things where 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 and now for the signal oil company the whistler's strange story a trip to Aunt Sarah's Carl Halliday was a desperate man all the while he was driving from Summit to the northwest town of Kinsley he was haunted by the nagging realization that if old Jace Melton an associate of Carl's late uncle refused to help him the Halliday lumber mills would be no more and seated beside him a constant reminder of the impending defeat was his partner Max Fenner whom Carl had inherited along with half interest in the mills from his uncle between the two of them they'd managed to bring the lumber mills to the brink of oblivion and only Jace Melton's assistance could save it now max remained in the car outside while Carl Halliday pleaded his case with the elderly gentlemen whom Carl believed could save the mills with a single word you're being unreasonable completely unreasonable I think the same of you you suggest that I sell a valuable piece of land in Mexico to save a lumber mill which your operations have brought to the brink of ruin the land in Mexico was half-mind Jace remember that my inheritance yes you're in a poor position to judge its true worth but you can and do for your welfare in my own it'll be worth twice what we're being offered in one year or my name isn't Jason Melton a year a year will be too late to save your lumber mill yes I suppose but I've tried to help you before offered advice that could have saved the mill but you'd never listen to me you've always thought you had all the answers your free advice isn't what I need it's too late for advice now anyway if you hadn't been so cocky you wouldn't be in the shape now you want me to lose the mill don't you why should I want you to lose it to prove a point that you're always right I've never said that I did say you and that partner of yours Max Fennner didn't stand a chance of making the mill pay so now now it's all about to be born out every prediction you've ever made I don't give it that much oh yes you do yes you do when I go you'll sit here by this fire and chuckle you want people to fail so you can laugh get out of here oh no no not yet not till this is settled just turning on the radio that's all radio I don't understand you will just you will we'll play it loud huh real loud no no no stay away from me killed it you killed it you don't didn't have to do that shut up Max shut up and think he almost got me toward the devil out of my arm with a letter opener before I put him away I'm sorry you heard Carl but murder how do you I said shut up but Jace out of the picture I can raise money on the land in Mexico and save the mill but if someone saw it nobody saw us no one even knows we drove down here tonight but if they did if they ever found out they don't and they won't that's all that's important now Max that and the simple fact that the money I raised from that land will keep us in business yes it will do that don't drive too fast Carl we must get back to summit without being seen don't stop or anything oh you worry too much Max you're not nearly as calm as you would have Max Fennner believe are you Carl no because you know your little partner well he'll take whatever strength he can from you so you must remain very strong at least seemingly there's much on your mind much ahead of you to face you dismiss the deep jagged cut on your arm from Jace Melton's letter over there no one need know about that you're far more concerned with the questioning you'll get in the matter of Jace's death so many people can testify to the many differences you've had between you that's why you're not at all surprised the next morning when Sheriff Avery pays a visit to your office and is ushered in by your secretary Sheriff Avery or of course Jenny of course you're a min good morning Carl good morning to you Sheriff I'm surprised to see you way out here Carl I suppose you've heard about the murder over in kinsley murder in kinsley when who Jace Melton happened last night he was alone in the house you mean someone broke in it was a robbery I don't know what theories they're advancing over in kinsley me I've got no one ideas Jace was a friend of yours wasn't he was a friend of my uncles he and I were associated only through business Sheriff and very little of that we own some property together otherwise I'd never trouble to see him I don't suppose you've seen him since the two of you quarreled a week ago I know Jenny have I been to kinsley since last week no not since a week ago Thursday just for the record Carl where were you last night I was here in my office working and just for the record Sheriff I don't like your insinuation I'm not insinuating anything I'm really asking questions my job sure you can't make Mr. Halliday of a crime never mind never mind you realize Carl that under the circumstances the quarreling and all that if you had gone down there last night I realized that Sheriff but I was here working can you prove that Carl if you have to well no but could you prove I wasn't or show anything to indicate that I could have been anywhere near Melton's place at the time of his death no I guess not oh by the way Carl you haven't asked but Jace Melton was killed with a fireplace poker and it looks like he defended himself with a letter opener the murder is probably carrying a nasty cut on him somewhere well thanks for talking to me talk to you anytime sure I'll be running alone oh never mind miss I can find my way as you wish well you were more annoyed than I was Jenny you showed real faith in me and thanks for remembering the exact day I went down there I'm paid to remember Mr. Halliday I suppose but I look at it differently Jenny and I appreciate it I'm glad particularly that you look at it differently she says it oddly doesn't she Carl and you reflect that you often thought she was an odd girl but you give Jenny a little more thought in the days that follow because the murder in Kinsley gets little space in the newspapers in summer your name isn't even mentioned and you feel for certain that you and Max Fenner in the clear you're able to persuade the bank to advance you some money that you'll have no trouble clearing the title to the land once Jace Melton's will is proven even the deep cut on your arm seems to be less painful and then with all going quite nicely you receive a surprise in a conversation with Jenny one afternoon in your office yes Mr. Halliday I I mentioned to you before that my sister teaches school well I don't recall but Jenny I still don't see why I brought it up well you see my sister visited me the other evening and I well I helped her correct some school papers she teaches the fifth grade you know uh-huh well anyway in helping her I ran across very interesting composition by a boy named Willie Sykes it was called a trip to Aunt Sarah's that's all it seems that last week Willie Sykes took the train up to the big city all by himself he was so excited by it all that he sat up half the night on the observation Jenny I don't want to seem rude but with the work we have to do I'm hardly interested in the composition of a 10-year-old but you haven't heard what he wrote you see the train on the way to the city it stopped at McKinsey so so the train blocked the main street crossing and from the observation platform Willie Sykes saw a man get out of his car stopped at the crossing and wipe off his windshield he recognized the man as his father's boss his father's boss Willie's father works here at the lumber mill saw you get out of that car and he says there was another man inside the car he took that trip the night Jace Melton was killed where is this composition Jenny where is it I want to see it has anyone else seen with the boy wrote no no Mr. Halliday Carl I'm the only one and I put it away in a very safe place you can't see it you can't see the where that's taking place inside your car's engine but you can see smoke in the exhaust which means engine wear is causing your car to consume more and more oil until eventually it becomes an oil eater you can't feel it you can't feel the where that's taking place inside your engine but you can feel your car losing pep and power and your wallet can feel the drain of repair bills caused by engine wear but once you can see and feel this damage the damage has already been done the time to prevent engine wear in your car is before it happens and the way to prevent it is with signal premium the amazing new motor oil that reduces engine wear due to lubrication 50% so if your car isn't already an oil eater and you'd like to continue to enjoy low oil consumption twice as long the time to start getting your oil changed at a signal service station is now and if you want your car to keep it's like new pep and power twice as long the kind of oil to change to is signal premium the new heavy duty type signal oil that reduces engine wear due to lubrication 50% it's a terrible moment isn't it Kyle with Jenny your secretary describing a composition she corrected for her sister who teaches school a composition by a 10-year-old boy describing a trip to Aunt Serence what a composition also proving that you and Max Fenner were in Kinsley on the night Jace Melton was murdered it's all the sheriff would need to have a strong case against you especially since you lied to him about being there and you listen in shock terror as Jenny continues and well that's that's all Mr. Halliday Carl naturally I kept my sister from seeing the conversation she marked it a nay on my recommendation but but what happened to it I kept it oh well go on Jenny tell me what do you want for that composition how much nothing nothing really well I I was hoping it would bring us a little closer together you see I've I've always admired you I've always admired you Jenny you know you are quite pretty quite pretty then then we shouldn't have any trouble none at all no none Jenny none whatsoever and so in the days that follow you turn on the charm don't you call evidence a great deal of interest in Jenny anything to keep her quiet for the time being until you can think of some way to silence her forever in the meantime you make plans for Willie's father don't you yes and one morning he's ushered into your office for me Mr. Halliday yes yes I sit down good morning mr. good morning good morning sikes you're familiar with the mill at the prime view oh sure what a couple years before I come here how'd you like to go back go back to prime view well it's nice up there as foreman foreman me surprised sike well sure I am mr. funner I don't know what to say of course it'll mean moving your family out of summit leaving a lot of friends here don't worry about that none mr. Halliday I won't mind it all good good you'll start drawing a foreman's pay the minute you reach finder well thanks a lot mr. Halliday mr. funner you're a good man sikes deserve the chance I'll go home tell all you right now thanks again good luck that's that I'm sure feel a lot better when that sikes kid gets out of town satisfied with everything now are you max sure don't you know now I still have Jenny remember yes I do well she's beginning to annoy me I warn you max I may do something about her too and I may do it soon it's while you're returning from an inspection tour of the mills a week later that you decide to stop at Halliday Lodge high in the timber country above some once used as a weekend retreat by your late uncle the place has been closed now for a number of years you dread the thought of returning to town and Jenny so soon don't you car decide you need more time alone think things out you park your car on the road above the line and as you start down the long flight of stone stairs your foot suddenly gives way the guardrail was the only thing that saved you from falling car yes they've do from hurtling down the stairs you kneel down examine the step stone slab is loose isn't it made you lose your balance all those stairs I I would have been killed I I would have been killed the idea hits you suddenly doesn't it car you get to work scoop more dirt out from under the stone slab prop it in place with a few twigs then you loosen the guardrail and the stage is set for murder you hurry back into town and that evening proceed to Jenny's apartment oh hello Jenny I wasn't sure if you'd be back from the trip in time for our day I hurried back especially for Jenny well I'm already I'll just get my hat the moment she steps out of the room you decide to try an old trick you pull the window shade down to within an inch of the bottom of the window then you slip the catch on the lock of the apartment door you hope it will work with Jenny and lead you to the evidence she holds against you Mr. Golden called from Seattle about that shipment last week and well there were several letters please Jenny will save all Shall we go what are you thinking about Jenny you haven't said a word in the last ten minutes oh I'm sorry Carl I was just thinking do you have fun tonight oh you know I do I've met so many wonderful exciting and there are a lot more I want you to meet me new and interesting places to visit to well here we are home already you sorry the evening's over but I'm a working girl and it's after one in the morning got to get my sleep you know oh don't bother getting out Carl the night in the morning sweet dreams you drive away park your car out of sight around the corner and hurry back to the window of Jenny's ground floor apartment crouched low you can see her standing in the middle of the living room a puzzled expression on her face your trick is working isn't she's noticed the door was unlocked now she'll suspect that someone within her apartment while she was gone and she'll go right for Willie Sikes composition to see if it's safe she turns toward the window where you've drawn the shade and then hurries to the chest of drawers at the far end of the room she opened the middle drawer sips through a number of items and finally with a sigh of relief she withdraws the papers Willie's composition Carl thanks sweetheart all I wanted to know was where you kept that composition morning Jenny now for dope ball me out I know I'm late oh it's a fine time to show up at the office I'll let you know something I was late myself oh by the way Jenny I meant to tell you something last night oh yes call up the mill for a minute shelter and find you and harassed him will you tell him there's going to be a meeting tonight at 8 o'clock at Halliday large good idea and Jenny I think you'd better run up run on up ahead of the rest of us place has been closed for some time you know and probably need some straightening out and you'd know about that I will do yeah you sure you don't mind of course not Carl I don't mind at all it's late that afternoon when Jenny leaves the office you stand by the window and wait presently you see her drive back from her apartment past the office and head into the town she's on her way to the large isn't she Kyle you're certain of that certain to within two hours by 7 o'clock she'll be dead lying in a crumbled heat at the foot of the stairs outside Halliday you stroll out of the office down into the town waste almost two hours chatting with some old friends then a few minutes before 7 you're at Jenny's apartment house ringing the manager's bell well good evening mr. Halliday good evening mr. Gross say I wonder if you do me a favor I received a phone call from Jenny a little while ago she's on her way to Halliday large and she left some important business papers in her apartment oh I want the passkey sure thanks I'll bring them right back no hurry just drop the keys here in front of my door on your way out fine fine once inside Jenny's apartment you rush to the chest of drawers open the middle one where you saw Jenny put Willie Sykes composition you search through it frantically it's not here a wave of panic sweeps over you Carl the sudden thought strikes you Jenny could have taken the composition with her yes and when her body is found the Willie Sykes composition will be found too still is a slim chance she's hidden it somewhere else in the apartment isn't a car and you begin the search it's no use is a car you've wasted over half an hour searching the apartment the papers aren't here you hurry out of the apartment as you reach the sidewalk a car pulls up to the curb Jenny thought you'd be on your way to the lodge Jenny what are you doing here I might ask you the same thing well I got why you sent me off to the lodge so worried you wanted to search my apartment oh no no Jenny you get in the car I want to talk to you now look Jenny if you'll just let me explain you've got this all wrong yes I know I've had it all wrong right from the beginning what what do you mean about us Carl no good won't work I guess I was a fool to think I could force you into falling in love with me Jenny what are you trying I'm through Carl washed up finished with the whole business I just got back from shopping also bought myself a train ticket I'm leaving summit for good that's right I won't bother you any more Carl I'll see that you get Willie Sykes composition and burn it do whatever you want Jenny I don't know what to say you don't have to say anything it's all over it's forgotten well how does it feel Carl to be off the hook it feels fine Jenny just fine you can't see 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the amazing new motor oil that reduces engine wear due to lubrication 50% it was a shock wasn't it Carl meeting Jenny in front of her apartment when all the while you thought she was dead lying in a crumbled heat at the foot of the stairs outside Halliday Lodge killed by the trap you would say yes and the paper you thought she carried with her willy Sykes composition it would have been found on the body turned over to the sheriff that's all he would have needed but everything's all right now isn't Jenny didn't go to the lodge after all now as you sit with her in the park car in front of her apartment building she's informed you of her decision to leave summit for good step out of your life forever and you're certain you're completely in the place Carl I guess we can say goodbye now uh Jenny the composition you said oh yes you'll get it Carl I gave it to Max yes after I bought my train ticket I went back to the office looking for you I wanted to give you the composition then but you weren't there so I gave it to Max I stopped it into his pocket and hit it up to the large what Max is on his way to the lodge I told him about the meeting you rush right up there to find you that was about two hours oh no no no they'll find him to find him in the composition where you're going I can still get away they couldn't have found Max yet what I like the word with you Halliday why but what's wrong I just drove back from Halliday Lodge one of your middle foreman named Sykes on Max Spinner if he put it a stairway yeah yeah since he got to the large early make a good impression new job and all anyway he found Max on his body and I found this on Max yeah the composition by little looks like you were in Kinsley the night Jace Melton was murdered Carl now if we can just find a cut on you made by Jace's letter opener you're as good as in a gas chamber right now let that whistle be your signal for the signal oil program the whistler each Sunday night at the same time and this week if you want to do your car and your budget a favor get your car's oil changed to signal premium the amazing new heavy duty type oil that reduces engine wear due to lubrication 50% get it changed at a signal service station by the same friendly independent dealers who help you go farther with signal gasoline featured in tonight's story were Bill Foreman Wally mayor Gigi Pearson Bill Boucher Charles Calvert and Charles Seal the whistler was produced and directed by George W. Allen with story by Steve Hampton music by Wilbur hatch and was transmitted to our troops overseas by the armed forces radio service the whistler is entirely fictional and all characters portrayed on the whistler are also fictional any similarity of names or resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental remember to tune in at the same time next Sunday when the whistler will bring you the strange story of a fortune in diamonds that turns into murder right before a man's eyes Marvin Miller speaking for the signal oil company stay tuned now for our miss Brooks starring Eve Arden which follows immediately over most of these stations this is CBS the Columbia broadcasting system