 The signal oil program The whistler that whistle is your signal for the signal oil program The whistler 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 Yes friends, it's time for the signal oil program the whistler Rated tops in popularity for a longer period of time than any other West Coast program in radio history and Signal gasoline is tops to tops in quality. It takes extra quality, you know to give you extra mileage and Signal is the famous go farther gasoline So look for the signal circle sign in yellow and black that identifies independently operated signal stations from Canada to Mexico And now the whistler strange story Stormy weather as kitty gabron stood at the window of her husband's office 19 floors above the street She could have seen the black edge of cloud on the horizon, but kitty wasn't looking for a storm No for at this moment. She was as happy as she could ever be Forgotten were the one-night stands the dirty dressing rooms the cheap hotels and long hours of rehearsals All that remained of those seven years She'd spent as an actress with a grace the poise that she'd learned so well The ways of talking looking and walking that had first attracted dr. Rims gabron Yes, something good had come out of those bitter years a home security and love But at this moment kitty had no way of knowing that at all this Everything she'd worked for would soon be threatened Now as the first distant rumble of thunder drifted in through the open window kitty's laughter covered up the sound What's this resist me will you now see here young lady You're the only wife I've ever had in only three months of that and you'll have to expect to be kissed every time Well miss Anderson say if she happens to open the door what every good nurse should say when she catches the doctor kissing his wife You told me yourself doctors have to be respectable to stay in business Rims darling, I do love you so very much. I don't think I ever really lived until I found you kitty Such a charming liar You never needed me at all really you've always had your work work My patients have been in jeopardy ever since I first met you why I Mr. Gunther's here. Oh fine now in a minute miss Anderson. No doctor will see mr. Gunther right now. All right All right That's what I get for having an office in the star times building right across from the city editor And he always has a headache and you're the best brain surgeon in the world. You take good care of mr. Gunther Bye darling. Bye. Hi a doc say I got that headache again, and oh Excuse me. I hello, Mrs. Gabron didn't know you were here. I was just leaving mr. Gunther. Well, don't rush off on my account Hello What are you doing here Niles? Yes, Secretary said you stepped across the hall. So I trail over Why don't you introduce me Gunther you used to introduce me to all your friends This is Niles Keating doctor and Mrs. Gabron. How do you do? I am particularly interested in meeting Mrs. Gabron now see here Niles This is downright impolite sure, but then I never made much copies of gentlemen doctor and Mrs. Gabron I must apologize Niles is a former business acquaintance of mine, and I know he's a rumhound who can't get a job on any paper in the country I Bake your pardon doctor. Mrs. Gabron. I was rude Now that everyone's unbearably uncomfortable I'll leave I'll wait in your office. Don't bother I'm terribly. Sorry, Mrs. Gabron. I have no idea Oh Quite all right forget it Gunther. I am I think I'll run along rims. I'll see you at dinner. All right, darling. Bye, Mrs. Gabron Oh, uh, oh kitty. Yes, be careful driving home. Looks like we're in for a bit of stormy weather Yes Yes, it does Suddenly there's a cloud over the Sun and the sky grows dark and ugly But it isn't the storm that worries you is it kitty. It's the tall unshaven man named Niles Keating There's something familiar about him a grim frightening shadow who Somehow seems to belong to your past As you step out of the elevator and hurry out into the street a gust of cold wind envelopes you you shudder Then as you cross to the parking lot You seal Niles Keating lounging against the side of the building watching you with that same odd cold look Cononated umbrella. I I have my car a green one. Yes. I had one like that once Now I walk. Can I drop you off anywhere? Mr. Keating? I remember when you didn't have a car. Oh We've met before not exactly We um had a mutual friend a Guy you knew before you met the doc Your name was kitty James and wasn't before I was married. Yes before you had a nice shiny new car like this one Yeah, it's real classy smooth lines it's a Just a kind of a car for a doll like you kitty you've been drinking mr. Keaton sure Sure, I've been doing it for five years. What do you want of me? Maybe we could do a little talking about what? Well, I could give you a thumbnail sketch of myself as a starter Niles Keating used to be a pretty big name in the business. Good job nice apartment nice friends Know where I live now no, but I'm room over a garage. I Dug up the wrong story one day five years ago Reporters shouldn't do that wash me up fast You know what I've been doing since really mr. Keating working Covering all kinds of stories None of them ever written up mind you, but I've been on the job every day Every day looking for one story that put me back in the business. I'm sure you'll find it. I Have Kitty I Have found it That's fine, but I'm not interested About one of those successful people who used to come around to see me guy named Tim Brady Him Brady remember him I Know oh cut it out sweetheart cut it off. Come on. Let's ease into your little green wagon and go for a ride Maybe you'll buy me a drink, huh? You pick a place Okay, I'll pick As you drive through the downpour with Niles Keating by your side the fear within you grows steadily Like the fury of the storm outside and the nightmare The horror of that evening weeks ago returns to you now the night when Tim Brady died Your car moves slowly along the rain swept streets And occasionally you glance at the figure of the man in the trench coat Slump down in the seat beside you There's the bear trace of a smile on his lips as he stares into the storm and you wonder how much he knows what he'll say You're afraid he knows all about you yet. You wait in silence wait for him to make the first move There's still a chance. He's guessing isn't there kitty the minutes drag on you sit behind the wheel tense waiting waiting Then as you leave the downtown traffic behind you Relax, baby. You're holding on to that wheel like you were afraid is gonna get away from you relax relax Yeah Have a cigarette. Thank you. No, okay Now I'm about that drink. I know a nice kill I've been waiting for you to talk. Mr. Keating. What's on your mind? Tim Brady racketeer But a pretty good guy in some ways It's too bad. He got himself killed one night in his apartment. I Read all about it in the papers Gang killing wasn't it? Well, the police figured a guy named Dutch Jensen that done it It was seen in the neighborhood that night He and Brady weren't very close pals Dutch got his a week later trying to get away from the cops He died before they could get anything out of him about the Brady shooting the police were convinced he'd done it Sure sure So after Brady's funeral a kid's sister of his back in Duluth asked me to go over to Tim's apartment Close it up send her Tim stuff so I did I Happen to find something in the apartment. Oh You see the apartment manager described a woman who'd been to see Tim the night he was killed her description Fits yours to a tee sure the cops were certain Dutch was the killer, but the newspapers saw another angle They figured this woman might have been a very close friend of Tim's Maybe she yes, I am I read about that too the papers called her the Mystery woman this corny but good copy never did locate her though It would make a great story if somebody could tell them who she was You Look cold the storm bother you What do you know about the mystery woman? I can tell them exactly who she is who you That's stupid is it who would believe you you said yourself You can't get a job on any newspaper because it was then this is now you have proof I suppose yeah Yeah, a woman's glove. I Founded stuff down between the sofa cushions took me quite a while to trace that glove kitty Department stores cleaning establishments just like the movies that I suppose proves I was there that night Well, I wasn't sure you were Not until a few minutes ago But I am not kidding Look pull over the curve and let me off I can use the drink even if you can listen to me I Hadn't seen Tim Brady in over three years. I only went there that night because I wanted to get some letters I'd written him before I met rims foolish girlish letters There was no trouble. He gave them to sure sure sure pull over. I tell you it's the truth I don't care why you wanted to see him the point is you were there What do you expect to get out of this a headline that's gonna read mystery woman found Doctor's wife implicated in Brady case Mr. Keating perhaps we can make some arrangement Save it. I'm not a black male a kitty. I'm a newspaper man in this story will put me back in the league I've already left a message with Gunther's secretary telling him I have all the proof he needs And another hour I'll tell him who the mystery woman is please please listen to it You're wasting your time sweetheart Take up some old files on me You'll find I'm just as bad as you think I am With the prologue of stormy weather the signal oil company brings you another strange story by the whistler One evening recently while doubling in the role of babysitter I was telling our neighbor's little son about Santa Claus how Santa comes all the way down from the North Pole non-stop Gosh Marvin the little fella exclaimed Santa Claus must use that famous go farther gasoline you talk about on the radio Well, reluctantly, I had to admit that Santa uses a sleigh powered by reindeer But if Santa did use gasoline you can bet that he'd be interested in signals good mileage And since Santa knows quality he certainly appreciates signals quick cold weather starting signals lively pickup Signals smooth the skating power That's why you can put Marvin Miller on record is saying if Santa ever trades prancer and dancer and dunder and Blitzen for a car I predict mr. Claus will power it with signal the famous go farther gasoline and now Back to the whistler and so the one-time cracked newspaper man Niles Keating has stepped into your life kitty and Suddenly everything that was so sure so certain has vanished He knows that you're the much sought-after mystery woman in the Brady killing and soon the whole story will appear on the front pages of every newspaper in the country As you watch him walk away from your car half stumble along the rain swept street You know this means the end of everything you've wanted and worked for But there's still a chance you can make him stop the story plead with him Then as you open your car door you hear the screech of brakes and look up in time to see a car bear down Crossing against the light who is he? I don't know. I think I've seen him get out of that green car over there Anybody calling ambulance stand away everybody. Let me look. Let me look mr. Mr. Hey Skies hurt bad real bad. Yeah, he sure is Look at him. He stepped right in front of my car. I tell you. We've seen it Mac Is he your friend of yours lady? I? No, I never saw him before in my life You step back into the crowd wait with him until the ambulance arrives Watch as a white-coated young intern examines Keating's head injuries And then carefully assists and loading him into the ambulance as they drive off with him Kitty you you suddenly find yourself admitting that you're glad it happened But you'd never get home Goodness, I hope you didn't get soaked. I'm sorry. I'm late. Hilda. I was delayed I was just getting ready to leave your note, ma'am. You may go now if you wish. Oh, thank you, miss Gavin dinner's all cooked all you have to do is warm up The gabin you feel all right. Yes, yes, of course you look so paid I'm just tired hilda. Oh, can I fix you something before I go a cup of hot tea? No, no, thank you sure I'll I'll be fine. I'll rest until the doctor comes home. You run along them. All right The morning of gabin goodbye hilda Yes, this is mrs. Gabin speaking. Oh Mrs. Gabin I didn't recognize your voice. This is miss Anderson at the doctor's office. Yes, could I speak to the doctor? Please why I thought he was at the office. He left more than two hours ago Said he was going to make a hospital call and then go right home early. Well, I can have him call you It's very urgent. I tried to locate Lucas and Desmond with their both out of town The hospital's been calling every five minutes. What is it miss Anderson an accident case at city hospital? I'm afraid dr. Gabin is the only man equipped to operate I'll tell rims as soon as he gets in you better have him call the hospital direct all right And whom shall he ask for surgery the patient is mr. Niles Keating Keating yes, mr. Gunther's friend. He was hurt this afternoon. Oh I forgot you met him and rims Dr. Gabin is the only one who can operate. Yes, dr. Gabin gets to him in time It's almost more than you can bear isn't it kitty too much for one day that began so perfectly Only to turn into a wild nightmare of confusion Your mind spins the room seems to go in and out of focus until everything goes black before your eyes Kitty Kitty what happened? What happened kitty? What's the matter darling? Yes, darling What happened? I guess I fainted. I'll be darling. Hold me tight course. Of course. Never let me go. Never. Of course Poor darling. I don't look like Just hold me There's nothing to be frightened about and there's no reason you should be trembling silly I mean I had a slight head. I'll take care of that in a minute darling I'm always so busy taking care of other people. I forgot the most important one Now on darling. I'm spending a lot more time with you. Here you are kitty Now now you just take this it'll help calm you but I go on dr. Zorders. I'll take the glass You just sit back and relax I love you so much. I love you too kitty Feeling better. I must have fallen asleep. I was a sedative. I gave you you dropped right off For him. What's the matter? How long have I been asleep? Oh? About two hours Rims wait. I I've got anything now. He just relax Like the fire. Oh, yes. Yes. It's nice, but I'm going out on us if I don't get some more wood I have to go back to the shed be right back rims wait We have a caller. I'll answer it now. Don't trouble kitty. I don't want you to know I feel fine rims really you get the wood I'll answer the door you wait kitty making sure that your husband is outside the house before you go to the door What did you open it the dark heavy figure in the shiny raincoat glances that you were accusing me It's Gunther the city editor and you wonder how much he knows. Hello, Mrs. Goblin. Hello Sorry, I didn't answer right away. I have sleeping Well, this has been quite a night for me, but running all over town looking for your husband Phoned here several times, but I kept getting a busy signal. Oh Is he here? No, I guess my trip was for nothing then Is there anything I can do for you? It's about Keating hospital Fonjo, I guess they tell me dr. Gabbins the only one that can do the job. Yes, that's that's what miss Anderson said the only idea where he could be No Seems funny done funny You're very concerned for mr. Keating only wakes for me once we never got along, but he's a good newspaper man That's what he said when I mean, that's what I gathered Well Keating came to me a couple of days ago about a story said he found a mystery woman the Brady case You know I told him I'd have to have proof and he said he'd get it Apparently he did then this accident happens and you haven't got your story. Oh, none of it Well, if the doctor comes in you'll let him know what's what? Naturally Keating will die if he isn't operated on soon, Mrs. Gabrin Well, goodbye Yes kitty Niles Keating will die if he isn't operated on soon and if he is operated on He'll tell the story that will identify you as the mystery woman in the Brady case You stand by the door for a long moment after Gunther drives off in the rain and then When you turn around you're looking into the quiet questioning eyes of your husband You can tell him the truth now kitty or you can let Niles Keating die and your secret will die with him Was that at the door kitty? It was just a man Had the wrong address The whistler will return in just a moment with a strange ending to tonight's story Meantime a reminder about a faithful friend who I'll bet you've left off your Christmas list your car Christmas, you know is really a swell excuse to give the faithful chariot some of those things It's been needing things that pay you back later in extra driving pleasure What's more your signal dealer has just what Santa ordered for instance rugged new tires By Lee of conch a Hawken to replace your smooth dangerous old tires powerful new signal deluxe batteries guaranteed for a full 30 months on a service basis or How about a set of new champion spark plugs for quicker cold weather starting and more pep? These are just a few of the useful practical items for your car that you'll find at your signal dealers You see signal service stations are much more than just headquarters for the famous go farther gasoline In addition each signal dealer carries a complete line of fine quality automotive accessories To help your car run better look better and last longer And now back to the whistler It's all over isn't it kitty and with the coming of the dawn calm and clear you sit alone quietly You keep telling yourself that you've made the right decision The hours drag on and you wait Then the door opens quietly what steps move past white clad figures and suddenly rims is standing by your side Come on in kitty He's out of it now He's all right. Yes As he's fine. Oh really steady darling. Hello, Mrs. Cameron Hey They tell me your husband did quite a job on me He saved your life. I Suppose I should say thanks. I was glad to be of service Keating It's my job Yeah, sure We've all got our jobs to do you can thank my wife too. She told me about you She drove me here in time to operate I'm still a reporter talk My job is to get news not censor it I'm away over here. She also told me all about the Brady affair the story. You're going to print That surprise you Keating Let's say I didn't expect it to do it. I've always told rims everything Sorry, I didn't tell him about Brady long ago You were innocent why didn't you because I was afraid he might not believe me. I'm sure your readers wouldn't Uh-huh Tim had just given me the letters when the doorbell rang Told me to wait in the kitchen while he answered it And then there was a shot. I got panicked and ran out the back way and the next morning. I read that Tim was dead Naturally Say something like that. I believe what she says Keating See, I know kitty And I've read the letters Hello doc say I heard Keating's came around. Yes, but he can't be disturbed until tomorrow. Yeah, I know I know But I got to get a story only take a minute. You can't see him. Come on Niles the mystery woman. Who is she? You know The duck and I were just discussing that what? Funny thing When that car hit me, I got an awful wallop. I can't seem to Remember a thing Amnesia I guess Too bad Let that whistle be your signal for the signal oil program the whistler each Sunday night at the same time Signal oil company has asked me to remind you that those salvation army kettles You'll be passing between now and Christmas will provide yuletide cheer for over a million needy men women and children Even a few pennies that you'll never miss will help to make this Christmas merrier for someone less fortunate Featured in tonight's story were Lorette Phil Brandt William Conrad and David Ellis The whistler was produced and directed by George W. Allen with story by E. Jack Newman and music by Wilbur hatch and Was transmitted to our troops overseas by the armed forces radio service Remember at the same time next Sunday another strange tale by the whistler Marvin Miller speaking It's a CBS the Columbia broadcasting system