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eyes from the white glare of the tropic Sun his gaze swept over the tiny deserted island past the patch of white cloth flying from the top of a slender palm tree near the shore then he moved quickly to the quarter deck stood quietly by as the ship's doctor leaned over the half unconscious person they just brought a board the details weren't available immediately but when the story was pieced together they discovered that it began some weeks before yes it had all started weeks ago on an island several hundred miles away on the docks beside the old freighter stood professor Hilary Merrill surrounded by a dozen huge packing case the successful result of more than two years of scientific research it had been a large task indeed for such a small man and the professor was a small man people had never let him forget that physical fact the loud laughter of two seamen nearby interrupted his thought yeah like you all the world sure like to give orders a little guy really gets a big charge out of pushing big guys around shown him who's boss what's he trying to prove and what else it ain't the size of a man that counts it's the brain thank you captain certainly been hearing things about you professor your research and all I've tried to do my job a big job too and from man your side if you don't mind captain the physical fact has little to do with the man's brain no offense professor no offense proud to have you bought my ship yes well thank you something wrong notice the young lady coming aboard hey class nightclub entertainer or something a lily a miscellaneous little more than just a nightclub entertainer captain I believe I'll say hello I was wondering if I'd know anyone on board you heading home yes I am I'm heading back and what brings you aboard just that I'm bored the island people everything thought I'd give the state the break wonderful and our meeting like this should make the trip more pleasant for both of it I don't see why no we take quite a boat you know no I didn't how do you mean the car the usual long with a few passengers I thought that's all except for a very fancy shipment in the person's safe I didn't know anything about you do oh yeah this ship is carrying quite a fortune what do you know now why don't we go down to my cabin by ourselves the boom boy I strength an excellent idea and you can tell me all about your research work you enjoy the company of this young lady don't you professor and she seems properly impressed with all that you say and do then the second afternoon out at sea as you're taking a turn about the deck alone you pass the lifeboat section and hear voices familiar voices lilies and someone else well don't worry don't worry baby I'd throttle him in a minute if he gave us any trouble Casey I tell you he made a point of mentioning the money it's just a coincidence the guy was trying to impress you nothing's gonna go wrong talk to Andy he's still with us he's in like a glove he's tired of being third officer on this mud scowl he'll tip us when the time is ripe I'll open that safe like a soup can how are you gonna do it like I've done it a hundred times with the blowtorch at night when they change the watch blowtorch there's not even any smoking aboard isn't that dangerous for the cargo of gasoline that when you know what you're doing sweetheart you'd better stay out of sight the professor will remember you that business and Tahiti you won't forget now I won't forget either I got a score to settle with a little man he gets on my way again I'll kill him I'll break him like a stick lilies laughter infuriates you doesn't it professor more than anything else and you wonder what to do about what you will be heard you keep close to your cabin for the rest of the day then one evening you finally decide to drop in on the captain as you start down the darkened deck and approach the bridge companion the ship trembles beneath rocks crazily and then another sound comes drifting up a terrifying cry knifeing through the darkness suddenly you seem to be in a hot searing vacuum the pressure becomes unbearable you want a screen but you can't then the vacuum breaks you're spinning through the air the rest is a blur a horrible nightmare you remember vaguely toppling over face down on the beach you lie there till daybreak in a deep sleep and in your dream there are voices and they come closer closer hey professor come on snap out of it morning professor welcome to our little island Casey yeah Casey remember me how you feeling professor but all alright who are you names Andy oh yeah would you give me a hand if I mind I'll give you a hand professor cut it out Casey now look they're just four of us we have to get along you we're the only one right so me Casey here you and the girl the girl Lily line up there under the trees the explosion sugar up pretty badly I hope she'll come out of it okay oh sure sure she will she'll be fine but I don't know about you professor I haven't made up my mind leave 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billboards you're seeing next time fill up with signal the go farther gasoline it's frightening isn't it professor like awakening from one terrible nightmare into another worse more threatening Casey this big hulk of a man who resents the very air you breathe and because of the explosion that wrecked your ship you're thrown with him on this lonely Pacific isle moments later you discover why Andy the third officer from the sunken ship interfered in your bag it's Lillian he's injured and perhaps badly and they don't know what to do about it they take you to her and Casey starts giving orders again come on come on do something for a little man easy take it easy Casey can you do anything for a professor I can try if you'll keep him away from me come on Casey now wait a minute I'm not sure she's in his hands now okay okay professor but treat her good very good you'll be in my hands the balance of power changes swiftly sometimes doesn't it professor brains for brawn and you've won the first round you smile as you turn to examine Lily her injuries aren't serious you're sure of that but you have no intention of revealing it to Casey you make her comfortable talk quietly reassuringly and then you notice something else small black bag well the money they did get it after all money what is it matter who's gonna use it now better that you rest Lily and don't worry too much everything's going to be all right I'm sorry I hope you don't hate me no no no indeed I'm thankful for you Lily yes I'm thankful that you're here now you just lie back later you walk down to join Casey and Andy on the beach and see that they're swimming in the water striking out for something with long powerful strokes you marvel at their strength as you see the object of their effort a wrecked lifeboat on the reefs minutes later the two men have the gray-hulled beach it's almost a complete wreck but lashed securely in the prowl of the boat are two casts of water a heavy act and in one remaining watertight compartment are several tin emergency rations of meat this is a break look at that Casey food and wonderful yeah give me that I'm gonna buy myself a day see put that down I said put it down listen you since when are you all that these drinks you take put us all that much closer to oblivion we can stay here oh yes eating drinking up our lives day by day oh we can make an attempt to save ourselves what do you mean a raft we can build a raft yeah out of what this shattered lifeboat the canvas the trees anything we can lay our hands upon he's got something there Casey sure suppose we do build a raft we end up in the middle of nowhere how do we know we got enough food and water we don't at best it's a hidden miss proposition we might hit I'm game anything's better than sitting here letting that burning sun fry our heads off what's the first move I'll have to have time to figure out our chances you must all give me your full confidence honest also be given complete charge of the food and water what I've traveled these waters extensively there were many other expeditions you know concerning navigation I know the stars like the palm of my hand but most important I know the approximate position of this island yeah where are we that knowledge Mr. Casey I will keep to myself you see that's my passport safety my insurance that all of us will leave this island together you're one step ahead of mr. Casey aren't you professor and that's where you're going to stay all the way you turn your thoughts back to the details of your plan carefully consider the time the distance the food and water supply the atolls in the redacted chain are your best chance only two of you stand a chance of making it alive but the others mustn't find that out not even Lily until you're ready and then that evening okay Einstein what's the verdict for now and you will work at dusk and in the early morning it's a known fact that over exertion and son of this intensity could finish a man in a matter of hours and of course we're rationing food and water how long do you think the food and water will last well Lily if we adhere strictly to the rules we have supplies for three weeks how much time we're gonna have to build a raft maximum of ten days that means not quite two weeks on the water how do you figure our speed and that of course is the irisical specific gravity of the raft favorable winds ocean currents all have to be taken into account I arrived at a rough average of five knots a day where are we that is I've already told Casey we'll have to remain my secrets you'll all just I have to trust me in the week that follows the work of building the raft progresses under Casey supervision you spend all your time weaving palm strands into a sail taking care of Lily and then early one morning as you pause in your labor as you glance up and a few feet away resting on one elbow Lily stares at you a faint smile on her lips good morning Lily have a good sleep how do you feel I'll get you some biscuits and later like now I'd rather talk now you're pretty smooth and what's amusing the way you handle those two big hulk Casey Mandy I find it very amusing I kind of like it but that's it always like the man brain then how is it that you and Casey I mean oh he's all right I figured he'd do something better came along I see I guess I've always felt that someday I'd run across just the kind of a guy I wanted nice sort of guy and smart and all like Casey's in the world could drop dead for my dough and speaking of money a little black bag here what you're thinking about you're in I've already talked with Andy cut you in for a share and Casey but Casey's been outvoted he saw but there's nothing you can do about it so you're in that's finally that's fine professor don't get me wrong I'm not fishing for information I don't care where we are where we're going as long as I get there what is it do you really think we have a chance the four of it we have a good chance a couple of smart people would stand a better chance of making it wouldn't they I mean food water and everything yes two smart people would have a better chance than four living a much better chance you watch Lily a little smile playing on her lips as she leaned back and closes her eyes and you know what's on her mind don't yes it's all very clear to you that night all the others sleep you hurry to the food cash moments later you're back you carefully approach the sleeping Casey place two whole biscuits under the palm branches that serve as his mattress and then silently you slip back to your own bed to wait for morning and the opportunity to speak with Andy alone coming along and how about the sale all but complete it great well I'd better get down there and give Casey a hand just a moment I must talk with you what's up well I suspected for the last few days that our supplies were being tampered with what yes last night I feigned sleep I saw Casey leave his phone I wasn't gone for more than a minute when he came back I saw him slip something under his mattress wait a minute you think that now perhaps I was just dreaming but why don't we take a look just to be certain how do you like that two whole biscuits in his bunk just wait till I get my no no no no Andy no wait wait we must be very careful something must be done about it yes a man like Casey is dangerous in this situation he threatens our lives why don't I just go down to the beach now and no no no no I have now tonight when everyone's asleep you must go to the food cash and wait and if I'm thinking correctly Casey eats his stolen biscuits at night and if that's the case he'll get thirsty sure sure and I'll give you wards you'll have a nocturnal visitor and if I have this visitor I'd keep your knife in readiness of I Rue Andy you know we must be completely heartless in this situation like this yeah if Casey walks to the food cash tonight professor it'll be his last walk late that evening the raft is completed and now you're ready to make the next move in your plan to turn the two men against one another it was easy to sell Andy the idea he trusts you you could talk to him give it to him straight because that's the kind of a person he is but Casey isn't going to buy as easily you thought it over very carefully haven't you professor you know exactly how you're going to approach case and with your help Casey will sell himself on the idea that night at the water's edge you managed to get Casey alone what do you mean we're gonna have to cut down on rations we're starving now but it's just the food isn't holding out as long as I thought it would I can't understand it I must have miscalculated miscalculated huh what are you trying to pull you don't think I've been stealing it like Casey I swear that you're not dipping into the grub then who is come on I want answers handling the food at your department your response but I know I know but I can't stay awake 24 hours a day watching you and Andy Andy listen Casey I don't know that this means anything but several nights lately I think I've seen Andy coming from the food cache professor you can sleep tight tonight I'm gonna stay awake but you don't sleep do you professor instead you lie awake waiting and watching then you see Andy rise slowly from his bunk slip away toward the food cache moments later you watch Casey get to his feet see him remove the knife from its sheath and hurry away into the black you wait trembling with excitement and then you hear it a low-muffled cry you can hear the battle in the darkness you glance over at Lily she's still asleep and then as suddenly as it began all is quiet except for the sound of the surf it's all over isn't it professor quickly you get to your food and run toward the food cache moments later you're back by Lily's side shaking her gently Lily Lily yeah oh it's you hello Lily remember those two smart people you were talking about well it's all set for them now what do you mean there's been a fight down at the food cache Casey and Andy they're both dead the whistler will return in just a moment with a strange ending to tonight's story many of you are thinking of putting new tires on your car before starting on your vacation trip so here are some important facts to remember for most value per dollar in both mileage and safety your best buy is a first line I repeat first line tire and to be sure you're getting 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along the deck finally he turned into a cabin where the captain and the ship's doctor stood looking down on the small still figure lying on the cot how's the patient coming along doctor conditions very weak this little hope oh that's too bad any theory from what you found sure Jenkins well captain at one place in the beach we found two men obviously they've been a fight they'd killed each other with knives I'm sure just a moment it's coming around again easy easy now when times right we'll get away together just the two of us don't worry I'll handle the professor say I wonder if that could be the other man he looked like he was the other man you mean the answer we found a rap further at the beach stocked with provisions ready to go that's where we found the third party a little guy could have been the professor the girl any marks of identification no sir looks like he died of his exhaustion trying to push the raft across the beach to the water his fingernails had dug clear into the wood they had the right idea all right but not enough strength to back it up that's the thing I can't quite figure yes why they built that raft way up on the beach instead of down at the water's edge why it would have taken two strong men to get that raft into the water whoever built it well I guess they just weren't very smart let that whistle be your signal for the signal oil program the Whistler each Sunday night at the same time brought to you by the signal oil company marketers of signal gasoline and motor oil and fine quality automotive accessories signal has asked me to remind you to get the most driving pleasure drive at sensible speed be courteous and obey traffic regulations it may save a life possibly your own featured in tonight's story were Howard McNair Virginia Greg Frank Lovejoy and Don Harvey the Whistler was produced and directed by George W. 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