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No Well put them all together and they spell what I'll shortly be in a dictate a report Which I call in the first of clever literary plagiarism the farmer's daughter caper The adventures of Sam spade detective starring Howard Duff produced edited and directed by William Spear Presented by the makers of wild root cream oil hair tonic the non-alcoholic hair tonic that contains lanolin To look your holiday best friends be sure to use wild root cream oil America's favorite hair tonic Wild root cream oil grooms your hair neatly and naturally relieves annoying dryness removes loose ugly dandruff What's more? It's non-alcoholic and contains soothing lanolin get wild root cream oil in the big family size bottle or handy tube Ask for it at your drug or toilet goods counter very first chance you get for the holiday and all year round Use wild root cream oil hair tonic again and again the choice of men and women and children too And now with Howard Duff has spade wild root brings to the air the greatest private detective of them all in the adventures of Sam Spade up all the shades Do what ice check the closets Snipers, what do you think? I guess it's safe to come all the way in Effie, it's just that I don't ever want to be caught in the dark again, especially when people are shooting at me I want to see every nook and cranny of every square foot of land that surrounds me They were shooting from the left from the right from up above down below everywhere Death was winging in on every breeze that blew and I all blew my way. Oh Sam now stop this I'm just dying of curiosity when my time comes. I hope that's all I ever die of ready Date this week to mr. Elliott Parson Parson drive yourself garage 1618 st. Charles Street, San Francisco 13, California from Samuel spade license number on three seven five nine six subject the Farmer's daughter caper dare mr. Parson. I Feel you have an explanation coming one that you can pass along to your insurance company as to why the car I rented from you last week appeared as late as it did and in the condition it did As you know, I rented said vehicle to drive to Middletown to bail a client out of the drunk tank on the way back A native showed me a shortcut and I'll get him if it's the last thing I do Dusk was falling and so are my eyelids when I saw a sign that said tourists invited Behind it's that a ramshackle farmhouse in a surly woodland setting I should never have knocked on that farmhouse door, but then I wouldn't have had any story to tell would I Good evening madam. I'm afraid I need a room for the night. Well, of course you do Land sakes. You're tired. I can tell by your eyes Then on the road long too long Sakes, of course you have come in, please. Thank you, man You'll find this is the homeiest tourist home in California really like mothers Like your grandmother's no electricity. No phones. Just quiet. I see now I have two rooms a three dollar one and a five dollar one. Which one do you think you'd like? What's the difference one last blanket one squeaky spring and with the three dollar one you might have to take a walk I'll take the five dollar one. Thank you. I'm Mrs. Elkins. Mrs. Bert Elkins Who might you be a Sam spade spade? Land sakes that's a very unusual name and who are you traveling with mr. Spade? I'm alone. Oh, I mean what company we only accept traveling salesman. You realize that. Oh Yes, well, I'm I'm traveling for the makers of Mouton mustache wax. Oh Use it all the time. You are well-grown You will go far young man. Yeah, but before that I'd like to go to bed Come on She led me upstairs to my five dollar room and left me as lumpy as it was the bed invited me But I decided to shave first and thus facilitate an early start in the morning I poured myself a drink out of my traveling bar kid and then stepped in to shave It wasn't easy because all I had for light in there was an oil lamp When I came back to the bedroom with a lamp in one hand. I stopped short and utter surprise I'd heard about these things and traveling salesman stories, but I never expected to see it She was sitting in an armchair smoking a cigarette High heels silk stockings light rayon dress and a face right off the cover of Cosmopolitan Hello, Sam Mary Smith Hope you don't mind me just barging in well. No. No. Well. No, that is great. I'll bite you Never added my mind. Well, I might I'm so tired of talking to myself. I need someone like you You know, you're not bad to look at who me Where do you live? What do you do for a living? Oh, well, I guess you'd call me independently wealthy. I wish someone would How nice San Francisco must be some fog on my lapel look Sam I'll give it to you straight. I want to get out of here go to San Francisco Could you take a passenger tomorrow? Well, what was your mother say? She's my aunt. What do I care what she says? I don't belong on a farm out in the West what pasture ruins my nylons I'm a city girl Philadelphia. Why did you leave my parents died look Sam? I won't be a burden to you I just want to get to San Francisco after that. I'm on my own Sam Take me with you. Please take me with you. You won't regret it Yeah, what am I gonna do with this lamp? Who cares? I thought I'd find something like this going on in here and what I get out of here go back to your room young lady go on Now mr. Spade it does look bad doesn't know I'm not blaming you mr. Spade nann sakes is her She ain't responsible for what she does. She's like this all the time. I see now when I go out You just lock your door. Just keep it locked. But man. This is a five dollar room A sleepless hour later. I heard something slide under my door. I looked and found it was a note that read mr. Spade Sam, please unlock your door and when the house is quiet. I'll come and see you I'm desperate terribly terribly desperate. Don't leave me. Give me a chance to tell you what it's all about, please Stupid me. I unlocked my door dressed again and waited an hour and a half later I heard my door not turning in the dark the door opened quietly and quickly Sam the things that go on in this house. They're insane I've been here three months when my father died. I had no money in because aunt mod was my only relative I came here and ever since I came they never let me out of the house for more than an hour They never let me see anyone or do anything why I wish I knew Five days ago uncle Bert left early one morning. He hasn't come back since and mod says he's away on business He doesn't have any business. Well even so that doesn't seem strange to me. Then there's my dog. What about it? It disappeared the same night Bert did they told me it ran away. I know it didn't I've had it for three years It never ran away. What do you think? I was sure I could hear it howling somewhere for two or three nights And the howling stopped. I think I know where it is, but I don't know why it scares me Where do you think it is Sam? You're going to think I'm crazy right out of my mind, but well About 150 yards behind the house. There's a hillside with an old cave in it. I don't know what it's used for But yesterday I saw the whole front end of it closed closed with dirt Sam They buried that dog alive in that cave. I know it. Oh wait a minute now Did you ask Mrs. Elkin? Yes. No, she said was the dog ran away in mind your own business She told me to leave the cave alone Sam let's go out there and look Please wow So big brave stupid Sam idiot boy allowed her to show me the back way out of the house And we sneaked to the barn together she found a shovel and we walked to the cave My eyes got accustomed to the dark. I saw the entrance had been covered with dirt and recently I Took the shovel or she stood watching I cleared half of the dirt away and worked as quietly as I could but apparently not quietly Enough a flashlight suddenly hit both of us in the face and the shotgun barrel flashed in the beam Get away from there before I shoot your head off point that thing someplace else, please ma'am Yes, what do you think you're doing? Digging there. Are you get back to the house? No, and what I won't get back to the house before I count three Or I'll put a load of buckshot right through you now one and my dog is in there too Now Mrs. Elkin suppose you put that gun down and tell me what this is all about I got one thing to say to you mister getting your car and get out of here and don't waste any time doing it Cases in the car and your $5 is with it Yeah, but now get or I should choose a trespasser and I could do it. Mr. Landshakes I could do it now get So I got under guard to my car I got in and drove off and this is the driveway where the shotgun still pointed at me until I was out of sight I turned left at the first crossroad Parked the car and cut through the woods back to the farm I could see a light in the living room. Nobody was in or near the barn When I got to the cave there wasn't a sound anywhere. I picked up the shovel. I dropped and started digging again 30 minutes later the shovel broke a small hole through into that cave and a stifling blast of feted air rushed out and Something leafed out at me in the dark and it wasn't the dog. It was a human hand on a human arm The makers of wild root cream oil are presenting the weekly Sunday adventure of America's favorite private detective Sam Spade Here's important news on good grooming if you want the well-groomed look that helps you get ahead socially and on the job Listen recently thousands of people from coast to coast to actually purchased wild root cream oil were asked How does wild root cream oil compare with the hair tonic you previously used the results were amazing Better than four out of five who replied said they preferred wild root cream oil Remember non-alcoholic wild root cream oil contains lanolin it grooms the hair naturally Relieves dryness and removes loose ugly dandruff So if you want your hair to be more attractive than ever before get the new 25 cent get acquainted bottle of wild root cream oil America's leading hair tonic on sale at all drug and toilet goods counters It's also available in larger economy bottles and the handy new tube By the way smart girls use wild root cream oil to and mothers say it's grand for training children's hair Get wild root cream oil again and again the choice of men and women and children too Now back to the farmers daughter caper tonight's adventure with Sam Spade Full of surprises. I should have been ready for the next one, but I wasn't The loose earth which had blocked the entrance to the cave suddenly fell away, and I fell with it Then I heard something like nothing on earth nails dragged across my face taking skin and flesh with them I twisted and went down and something went down with me the smile became a voice And he did his best which was pretty good Finally I got a good hold on him and sat on his chest After that I lit a match and look at a tall thin man in his middle 40s He was caked with mud from head to foot his hands were impossibly torn and bleeding I could guess why Judging from the stubble on his face. He'd been bottled up in that cave at least five days how he was still alive I didn't know he acted like a madman and he had every right to but surprised when his eyelids flooded open again He read a very sane line. I'm all done in He's got a drink friend Not on me. He hit me on the head and left me there They thought I'd stay in there forever forever But you there who did it, but they couldn't get me there. I took my way out tonight Tonight I took my way out the force of the bullets knocked them halfway back down the incline to the cave It seems safe I broke cover and ran smack into somebody carrying two bags Let's have a look at you Sam. Sam. It's me Sam. I knew you wouldn't go away without me I knew it. I couldn't stay in that awful house any longer left now. Who was that shooting at? I don't know Where's your aunt I suppose I slipped out the back way any visitors tonight. No, what is it? What is it? I think I find your uncle Bert come on I Let her back to the cave entrance and show to the body of the man I dragged out I watched her face a long time as she looked at him very carefully It's not Uncle Bert Sam really no It's mr. Linden jewelry salesman came to the place a few nights ago Five nights ago. Yes. Yes come to think the same night your uncle disappeared Tell me did you ask mr. Linden to take you back to San Francisco the same way you asked me? Did you? Said he would got up early and left without me. He didn't get far What kind of car was he driving? I don't know. I don't remember you drive a car Yes, but mine's down the road about 500 yards go to the nearest phone and call the highway patrol a sheriff anybody who Represents law got that yes. Yes. I know exactly what to do To make sure we were both thinking of the same thing to do I followed her in the dark watched her get into the car I rented from you and drive off then I turned around put a new clip in my gun and walked back to the old homestead It was so very homey the light of an oil lamp. Mrs. Elkins was peacefully knitting what looked like a shroud Why Mrs. Elkins And say it's not that we got that out of the way Let's get down to business if you're here to make trouble young man believe me I can handle trouble my kind of stuff. No about trouble. Well, I suppose you tell me about the trouble I just had or haven't you heard all the shots were fired around here tonight Seems I would have heard gunshots seems you would look I've got a sheriff on the way Have you missed just me? Why I suppose you didn't hear the shooting. Oh, yes Was anyone hurt man named Lyndon. He's dead Lyndon now that sounds familiar. It's shut he stayed here five nights ago. He was a jewelry salesman. Yes Yes, now, I remember you say he's dead somebody tried to bury him alive in your little cave How awful I do declare. I thought you would well you must be joshing mr. Spade. I'm not joshing at all, Mrs. Well buried alive you say look, let's talk just like plain folks. Where's your husband? Where's the jewelry samples you probably stole from Lyndon? Is there anything else you want to say gunshots? I left the sweet old thing knitting and rocking and made my way through the house looking for guns jewelry and killers I Got downstairs and time to see Mrs. Elkins disappear out the front door when I tried to follow I stumbled over the rocking chair, which is indeed a lucky thing for me After a few minutes of silence bravely crawling on my stomach I followed the shadows of the house until they blended into the shadows of a large hulking building which happened to be the barn Inside I bumped my head on the radiator of a car Naturally, I didn't find any keys in it, but I did find a familiar jewelry salesman type mud silk corpse I was trying to remember how to cross ignition wires I heard the hum of a motor and saw two headlight beams swinging up the driveway They lasted as long as any other lights the car came to a lurching stop and a thick-set figure and a Stetson hat Stumbled towards me tugging at a gun that burns go flame cut thing. I'm go the flap. Oh, thank Put your hands up whoever you are the sheriff your dad blame right on the sir Your dad blame right on the sir. Who are you? What's the idea of shooting the lights out my car my car? You slayed spade. Well, I'm Homer pick a chair for this kind of girl calm Woke me up said all sorts of funny things going on around here said there's been a murder Who's killed what's going on Stan Sam? Well, if a one thing somebody's been trying all sorts of ammunition on me for size. You don't say I do say mr. Sheriff why because I found a man in a cave. We've been left there to die I want to look at the corpse you can look at him right here. He's sitting in this car Oh, yeah, how'd he get here as somebody moved him short and a move a corpse to the police examiner I didn't move it. Now listen closely listening, huh? I found the man. He was still alive and somebody shot him Then they tried to kill me because I found them when they didn't kill me They decided to hide his body illegal They probably intended to drive away and dispose of it so there'd be no evidence when an efficient smart alert Courageous police officer like yourself came around to ask questions Hey, I sound reasonable Who's behind all this? Well, uh, Mrs. Elkins threatened me once and tried to kill me more Let's say that's her. Yes. I want to talk to her where she roaming the countryside with a gun. No doubt Well, I clear all this up. See what it's all about Who just fell in the car his name is James Lyndon got a pencil. You better write that down Tilden uh, Lyndon By any strange coincidence sheriff, you happen to know a man named Dundee San Francisco homicide Lieutenant Dundee old time Shucks, I learned everything I know about police work from him. Well, that's and law's law Dundee always say I've heard him say it Sheriff and I am turned forces around here one side. Mr. Slade spade. Hey, you'll be sorry Well, this homer picket talking and I know small town constable on the chair for this county You'll get a square deal for me, but first I order you in the name of the law to throw down your guns Well You all right Nothing, but I feel it hurt. Oh, I was I thought that do some good. Oh, you know Hey, look, maybe it did do some good Across the farm yard as the first light was showing in the eastern sky her hands were above her head one held a shotgun We could hear but we couldn't see a moored stop hesitated for a moment and then began running causes She almost made it back expecting any second to be the target for the night There was a sudden and curious silence as I pulled her into the barn She was still alive that man's been missing everybody all night Every thought he'd be able to hit me easy. I come from good stock I'm no criminal. Mr. Spade sheriff. You know that. Yeah, I know more. Let me take a look at you You'll be okay. No blame Burt too much He wanted to have money once in his life So when this man came along with all the jewelry Burt went out of his mind I guess He put the man in the cave in the dog too So the dog wouldn't call attention to him And then he took the man's car When he did San Francisco to try to sell the jewels Underwear No luck you Burt says they laughed at him Jewels would just paste Stampos and he came back and found me at the cave and he figured he had to knock us both off I just stuck by him all the way Now he's like a tiger that smelled blood No, tell him what he'll do You won't have to get help spade roadblocks bloodhounds. No, no, this is his land You won't run He'll hide here where In the cave Reasoned one that no matter how much a man loved his land He was not going to let himself be trapped in a cave with only one exit and to it followed Therefore that we did hide in the cave there was more than one way out Which the late Lyndon hadn't found Sheriff Pickett volunteered to watch the front of the cave while I looked around for a rear exit after a 20-minute search Which netted me nothing I remember the car parked inside the barn and how quickly Elkins had carried Lyndon's body to it I went back there and took a look around in a corner of the barn I found a trail of dirt leading to a baila hay when I moved the hay to the bail I found you guessed it a trapdoor I pulled it open caught a familiar whiff of used up air and lowered myself into a black hole that turned out to Be a passageway. I cautiously made my way forward in the darkness for a few yards I pressed back against the dirt wall listening to him approach when I figured he was close enough I threw a cloud of dirt toward him across the passageway His gun flashed and lit up the whole place for a second and I fired three times I waited then I went towards him lying on his back I kicked his gun away and when I bent over him to feel his pulse. He suddenly came to life Something crashed against the side of my head and everything became darker than the inside of a cave The next thing I knew I was looking at a pair of red-rimmed eyes Several minutes had gone by Or true as a goner for sure It used to this country fighting. I Is this country like a sheriff? Yeah Tell me sheriff Did you buy any sure of course I did I got him slayed Sheriff I'll do you well Effie Homer pickets coming up for reelection next fall and besides you might think I was egotistical If I told you how it really ended but your reputation You're the greatest private detective of them all and so I can afford to be generous now Not another word scoot type that up If your supply of wild root cream oil here tonic is getting low Better make a note to get some more tonight or first thing tomorrow Remember wild root cream oil is the famous hair tonic that grooms your hair neatly and naturally Relieves dryness removes loose dandruff Always keep a big bottle or tube on hand and ask your barber for a professional application of wild root cream oil hair tonic Again and again the choice of men and women and children too Wrote the ending I had to Sam You're much too modest and Sam spayed with a knot of cold fury in the pit of his stomach of Vendictive fire in his eyes stepped Wearily over the loose rocks in the cave floor to do battle with the thing that loomed up in the darkness ahead The things roar filled the night with terror But Sam spayed dauntless and knowing not fear Stepped up to the monster laughed in its hairy face And with one quick convulsion of his powerful shoulder muscles dropped the thing in its tracks I say well, is that the way you think it ended Effie? Oh Sam, I guess I was being a little foolish I'll change it. No No, as long as you've done it this way. We'll leave it this way can't waste paper. No, no, I'll change it Leave it. Oh, I copied that ending out of an old Black mask magazine. You what? Don't be mad. Come here. Come on. I copied that of an old whiz bang Good night, sweetheart The adventures of sam spade are produced and directed by william spear Sam spade is played by howard duff laryne tuttle is effie Tonight's adventure with sam spade was written for radio by john michael haze and e jack newman Musical direction by lug gluskin would score composed by pierre and renais garagang Join us again next sunday when producer william spear presents another adventure with sam spade Brought to you by wild root cream oil again and again the choice of men and women and children too This is dick joy speaking Here's an exciting new shampoo. 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