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All right, of course I'm right and it's all because every auto light resistor spark plug has an exclusive built-in 10,000 ohm resistor that permits a wider gap setting and makes all these advantages possible So friends next time you have your car serviced ask your dealer to install a set of auto light spark plugs Remember whether you choose auto light regular spark plugs or wide gap auto light resistor spark plugs You're always right with auto light And now with consideration and the performance of Rosalind Russell auto light hopes once again to keep you in Suspense Well gloom and don't I rate a good morning? I'm sorry. Good morning, darling You know the mason's have asked us to cocktails tomorrow. I told him I didn't know I'd check with you. Oh Oh, oh by the way, I'm completely out of aspirin again. Would you mind picking me up a bottle on the way? Charles You're not reading the paper. Are you know Ellen? I'm not. Oh, what's the matter? Everything's a matter darling everything. Oh, what is it? What ever? Oh Come dear nothing could be as bad as the look on your face. I'm afraid it's worse Well, dear what I'm bad trouble, honey Charles what do you mean business has been pretty bad since the war and our contracts ran out And so you wouldn't have to go without I took out a mortgage mortgage on everything house car even your jewelry. I Figured on business getting better, but the note came due so I paid it off our company funds Well, don't look look at me like that Tom and I had a Navy contract coming up that would cover it And I wouldn't have to dip into our savings with the Navy cancelled and now Next week the auditors are coming in to examine the books. I have to cook. Oh, why didn't you tell me I figure roughly? We should have between 15 and 18,000 of the safety deposit box. I Want you to go down this morning take out 10,000 put it into a cashier's check and bring it to my office before 3 this afternoon Charles I know all I can say now is that I'm sorry, but well just do it. Will you please? Charles I've got to tell you something. I Can't bring the money down to you this afternoon honey You have to because Because there isn't any What did you say? Well, you know how I love to go to the races you took me by first one Remember Charles we went with Zell and Tom and well you always used to say that if you lose So what you'd spend it on a nightclub and you'd hate the floor show remember go ahead Well, I don't know how it happened I started getting here at home on the phone and I got in deep and began doubling up I'll go to prison if I don't have that money I had to catch us one winner Just one and I've been even just one child, but it wouldn't come in Don't believe me you couldn't do that to me Charles In one month I'd gone through twenty two thousand dollars including some money I borrowed from the bank Charles Charles, I didn't mean to That night he didn't come home till very late Very late and when he did he he was different He wasn't angry with me. That's all right darling. Don't you worry? What are we going to do won't be so bad? Oh, you can't go to jail. Of course not. Well, uh, have you have you worked out something everything? Oh, I'm sick. I'm so sorry. What are you going to do? No worrying. Oh, but I do worry and I should darling Don't work yourself up. I've already made arrangements and everything's going to be taken care of now take your aspirin go to bed aspirin Even in the midst of all this you didn't forget no Ellen I'm never going to forget anything that will make you rest easier From then on he began to work a great deal at night Work for hours alone in his little laboratory that he had built out there in the garage. I Could feel attention mounting inside me building and building and building till my nose became so taught that I couldn't sleep The least sound awakened me One night in particular. I thought I heard the muffled whine of a dog in our backyard We had a high wire fence completely in closing our grounds. It would be impossible for any animal to get in I Raised up on one elbow Listened intently There it was again I Got up and went to the window Saw nothing There was no reason to arouse Charles. He'd worked late out there again. I Slipped on a robe and went down the stairs. I opened the back door Then again This time it was distinct There was no doubt It was coming from the laboratory. I Walked across the yard to the garage and waited no more sounds As I reached for the latch I noticed that my hands were wet And then I stopped There was a new lock on the laboratory door In the practical light of the next day I convinced myself that I had a very bad dream and that I'd better watch my nerves That evening Charles brought home a dinner guest bill Dover an old friend of the family and our insurance agent After dinner bill leaned back. This is a cigar. Well, how about it? What bill the insurance darling? He's talking about increasing our policies. Oh, well I don't know maybe some time come a long way your standard of living is higher If something should happen to either or maybe things seem more prosperous than they are right now I don't think we can even let him talk but you see we have a new family plan Talking to Chuck about it this afternoon where both of your policies could be increased to 30,000 a piece in other words Trebled while your premiums would only be twice what you're paying now Oh, we can't afford anything like that right now. Don't you agree dear? There's anything we can afford. It's this we've discussed it before right up the page Oh, well as the fellow says I just happened to have them here in my briefcase This is very wise but now please I don't mean if there's a salesman Insurance is always a wise investment Security may be pleasant, but should something happen to either of you the other would receive $30,000 that's security. I watched with a sort of numb helplessness as bill filled out the papers Charles signed his name and handed them to me He looked at me and then he lowered his eyes. I looked down at the application form that he put into my hands It was a mass of fine prints all those clauses But one word jumped up at me one word that stood out as if it were printed in bold type in big letters The word was murder I Found myself reading Suicide by the insured within two years following date policy is in effect voids all claims Murder ensured by beneficiary or any party connected in a fraudulent manner with beneficiary and said murder voids all claims Any fraudulent act 30,000 Well Ellen Simon Yes Yes, of course That night Charles did something. I'd never known him to do before He got drunk Bill left finally about midnight and I got Charles upstairs somehow I Helped him out of his clothes and he stumbled into bed and fell into a troubled sleep. I Reached down and picked up a letter that had fallen out of his pocket The letter head said the city health department office of the veterinary surgeon Dear mr. Forester the autopsy you requested to be performed on your dog Revealed no trace of poison any place in his system Blood and all organs seem normal Therefore is the belief of this office that your dog died of natural causes probably a hidden heart ailment and That there are no grounds from this examination to be suspicious of your neighbor Sincerely yours dr. Lois Morrill Examiner Over my sleeping husband all these terrible words that I'd heard and seen tonight fraud beneficiary autopsy murder And two other words the trials was mumbling in his sleep $30,000 You Rosalind Russell in consideration tonight's production in radio's outstanding theater of thrills Suspense Say driver, how is it you know so much about white gap auto light resistor spark plugs? I used to have a set of worn out spark plugs and this old buggy jumped and jumps like a buck and bronco Then I heard a guy named Wilcox on the radio Oh, did he say that auto light resistor spark plugs let your engine idle smoother than silk run better on leaner gas mixtures and actually save gas Yeah, and he and did he say that with auto light resistor spark plugs your engine starts like a whirlwind and gets off to a Gallup and start in cold weather. Yeah, he said that the auto light resistor spark plugs have doubled the life of ordinary spark plugs under Equal conditions. Yeah Everyone with old worn out spark plugs should tell his dealer to install a set of auto light spark plugs right away Either auto light regular spark plugs or white gap auto light resistor spark plugs because you're always right with auto light And now auto light brings back to our Hollywood soundstage our star Rosalind Russell with John McIntyre in consideration A tale well calculated to keep you in Suspense The next morning. I woke with a frightful sense of lurking danger Charles was up and gone. There was a note that said Sorry, darling as I got out of bed. I stepped on something cold It was a key to a padlock the key to the new laboratory I went out there I stood in the tiny room a maze of odd-shaped bottles test tubes and boxes I Was about to leave when my hand brushed against the side of an old steamer trunk. It was ice cold and damp It was locked and I couldn't force it open so I called a locksmith and he came over Please hurry. You just let this little rod in like this a little turner. Don't open it I thought you wanted me. No, no, just open the lock. Don't lift the lid I can't very well there You always keep dead guinea pigs in trunks. Oh No, it was just part of an experiment. What killed him there ain't a mark on him. Well, uh the experiment Give me my money. Yes. Yes, of course Thanks After the locksmith left I forced myself to look through the trunk Nothing else in it nothing but a few pieces of wrapping paper Wrapping paper with the words frozen carbonic company dry ice printed on it dry ice a Guinea pig a dog. I Got in the car and went to our doctor's office Dr. Hanson might tell me I'll sit down here. Thank you. Oh, what's our trouble Ellen Jay? Maybe I'm being silly nothing silly if it worries you Charles has been puttering around his laboratory. You know how he does and he's been doing some experimenting with With dry ice and I I've heard some things about it. What kind of things? But it was dangerous say if left in a closed room it might even Kill a person. Oh now listen of all the chemicals he plays around with dry ice is the least of your work Would it kill a person all right? Well, what did well? I suppose it would it evaporates into carbon dioxide gas would actually cause suffocation There wouldn't be any trace of poison in the system It would seem like natural causes. What's that and then if it evaporated there wouldn't be anything left like water No way to know nothing to trace. What are you driving now? Oh? I don't know. I'm upset. I guess you're right. I am being silly now Look Ellen Charles is really a brilliant man. He knows exactly what everything he experiments with can do. Yes, of course You didn't sleep well again last night. Did you know I'll take two of those sleeping tablets and get to bed early Sleeping tablets the ones I gave Charles for you. Oh, yes Yes, of course That night I sat in the upstairs den red into my eyes burned without having the least idea what was written in the book and our past by two three I know more sounds coming from the bedroom Charles was asleep. I wanted to sleep myself desperately. I had to sleep, but I wouldn't go into that room with him. I Remember hearing the clock in the living room strike three The night breeze shake lose the shutter downstairs Distant cry of a Tomcat and then I'm a mistake of me. I sensed a chill coming over the room Surrounding me a Pale light was filtering through the Venetian lines Morning wasn't here The room was like ice Ellen you fell asleep. I just brought a blanket for you. I thought maybe you were cold. No, I I you've been dreaming There I don't want to blanket All right Here take these take what a couple of your aspirin Yeah, no No Apologized an hour later for getting so upset. I Even made coffee for him before he left for work. I was wary now, you see It was far better not to let him know that I found out And I'd have the advantage on it and he wasn't able to deny it and change his tactics So now I held the advantage and I hello darling surprise. Oh Charles You're home early. Well, don't look so disappointed expecting the ice man Look What is it? Open it up An orchid it's beautiful not half as beautiful as my lovely wife and that ain't all More lots tonight my darling We're going out dinner at the Plaza of the show at the green hat the gypsy violinist of the little Asia and champagne nothing But champagne all the champagne we can drink we're going to pack into this night everything you ever wanted and ever loved All the places we used to go tonight's yours Why Charles why who does there have to be a why usually not for this husband? Well, I mean I deserve it. That's enough now upstairs and into your best tonight's We started on the merry-go-round But all that I could think of was Tonight is the night We went to all those places Charles laughed a lot But there was something horrible in the back of his eyes They didn't laugh It was very late when we got home There was one of those notices on the door you get when a telegram has been delivered and no one was home to receive it He called Western Union listened while they read it to him and then he put his coat back on Came over and put his arms around me Ellen has a new contract that came in this afternoon. I've got to go down the office, but it's nearly three in the morning I'll call you when I get there Well, if you have to it's a rush deal and I've got to figure out a formula so the boys can work on it morning so Go to bed Western Union, please. This is Mrs. Charles for us to one five five two cotton man away You sent a wire that was just read over the phone my husband wanted me to get the exact wording Would you read it again, please? Go ahead Charles tried reaching you by phone Auditors still working. Thank you. The auditors were still working on the books Charles's boss was trying to contact him Well, Charles wasn't worried. He'd have the missing money and a little extra besides the difference between $30,000 and Hello, it's the night Yes, of course, he wouldn't be home when it happened. He'd be out of town and what Where would it come from? Making so that I could hardly see I Took three aspen and sat down to wait for him. Hello is Charles for us to there Well, who's calling him you at this hour, but I'm not sure that this is the forster I want this is the frozen carbonic company You wouldn't know whether your mr. Forrester ordered some dry ice for tonight Well, why well the plant shutting down for the night and this fellow made such a fuss about it Said it was so important that I wanted to make sure he found it He said for us to leave it on the back ramp, but he hasn't picked it up yet I guess you'll find it. All right, you were you must have a wrong for us. Oh, I'm sorry to bother you Stairs den That's why he wanted me to sleep there a small room where dry ice could do its suffocating faster more Surely more believably Realizing it Why wasn't I excited? My heart wasn't beating fast anymore In fact, I felt quite cool Drowsy I shook my head Oh, it's still eight the aspirin. I had to stop my headache. I have to take two more I started to the medicine cabinet. Oh, I Couldn't walk straight. I opened the cabinet and got out the bottle of aspirin I'd already taken five I didn't say they weren't aspirin at all. They were sleeping tablets. He tricked me I've been drugged had to run stop him Yes, who is this? This is Tom. Where's Charles? Well, isn't he there? He said he was going to the office Oh, I've been trying to get him all night. He's sent a wire Oh Look, I've known you for 20 years think I haven't made mistakes show wrong I knew we took that money months ago, and I I figured it must have been for a pretty good reason All I wanted was for Charles to tell me about it. I've already made up for it I pay me back whenever you can he's much more valuable to me. Yes, Tom. I hear you He doesn't know that does he? It's all right. It's all all right That's why I wanted him to come down all he had to do was ask me That's what friends are foreign We'll get it all straightened out in the morning give Zella ring one of these days. She's home a lot. Maybe you do it. Yes Thank you What is the number of the frozen carbonic company, please 9992 is Mrs. Forrester. Yes My husband is coming down to pick up some dry ice from you. I Want you to tell him But I called and said Everything was all right And understand my ice about 20 minutes ago. I hear you He comes back This is Ellen is Tom home. No matter I I want you to talk to me No matter what happens keep talking Don't let me go to sleep. He's just talk Tell me what you've been doing Tell me everything you did today. Oh, I had it in a 12 wake up Ellen No, no, no, it's Tom Ellen. What Tom Juck's boss So What are you doing here? Well, you fell asleep while I was talking to you I tried to call you back then when Tom got home. I told him about it. He would wait cell listen I have to talk fast. Are you awake now Ellen? Look Charles is downstairs. I brought him home He doesn't know anything about our conversation last night and he doesn't want you to know that he wasn't at the office Have you got it? Where was he? Well, the police picked him up in his car. I went down to the station and got him He was so groggy. They thought he was drunk crazy guy had taken a couple of sleeping pills put off to the side of the Road and gone to sleep. They noticed his car because the windows were frosted up Frosted up. Yes. Yes all frosted on the outside the cops couldn't understand. Come in Charles Come on, let's go Zell. Yeah, sure 30,000 dollars You wanted me to have the money And you were going to die But just seeing the only way to make things right they could never be right without you No, Ellen, but I love you. I know darling Suspense presented by auto light tonight star Russell and Russell with John McIntyre as Charles Here we are Hollywood invite Hey, I just figured out something your hollow will cock right my friend and next time I see you I'll tell you about auto light bullseye seal beam headlights the new safe headlight That's guaranteed to function even when the lens is cracked or broken got them. 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Well calculated to keep you in suspense Tonight suspense play was produced and edited by William Spear and directed by Norman McDonnell Music for suspense is composed by Lucian more awake and conducted by Lud Bluskin Consideration is an original play for radio by Richard Vaudra Roslyn Russell will soon be seen in the Columbia Pictures comedy a woman of distinction You can buy auto light regular or resistor spark plugs auto light faithful batteries Auto light electrical parts at your neighborhood auto light dealers switch to auto light. Good night. This is CVS the Columbia broadcasting system