 Take a boy lost in the shadows of a silent world give him the knowledge of a terrifying secret That's our story the lonely one taken from the files of John Steele adventurer This is John Steele At this time each week. I usually introduced my guests and let him tell you his own story But unfortunately Jody Martin can't talk so this week. I'm going to have to start Jody story myself Now I first met the Martin family when I was made sheriff of the small county in northern, Wisconsin Sam and Abby owned a little farm 20 miles out in the country. They'd come in town once a week or so for supplies Jed Parsons and I were sitting on the porch of his general store one day when the Martin family pulled up in Sam's old truck You could have heard it coming a country mile away Come on Jody get out. Don't talk to him. Abby. You gotta pull me get so used to talking to him. I sometimes forgive Get going boy, don't be rough on him Sam. Get up woman Afternoon, Mr. Parsons say about them. Hmm later. Oh, yeah, what are you two whispering about not in Sam? Hello folks, who's he new sheriff John Steele Sam. Mrs. Martin. I'll do mr. Steele. Hello, Sam. Mr. Martin This is his son Jody. Hello Jody Jody don't talk sheriff. No ain't said a word since the day is born. Oh Can't hear nothing neither. I'm sorry. I didn't we're used to it mr. Steele Suppose we go in and get our supplies. Well, sure sure miss Martin Got all your orders set aside back here. How much flour you give us usual poor pounds better make it three this week Hardly enough to get by I have to do for now. Oh Where's the order Jen? They're right behind counter. Come on Jody. Don't need for the boy to help I'll give you a hand. Gotta earn his keep all let him stay with his mother. All right I See the boy don't touch nothing Did you get it came in this morning good as filing strings aren't market make Jody real happy. Yeah here. Look Jody Almost smiled yep Better hide it. Yeah one more trip boy. I'll help me the rest. Oh, I don't mind. You got to do is chores All right. Well, come on you Come on I said he don't understand he understands gotta be just lazy There's little enough of the dears. Come on Said get all of me hell he can handle it All right Now now come on you next week mr. Parsons Nice to meet you sure nice to meet you folks gonna stand there gabin all day. No Sam get in yeah Come on Jody get in don't you fret some You're talking to it again. Don't do no harm It's that for another week. Hmm New sheriff seems to be lightful enough Well, he is don't know with those strangers button in and for your fall yet Some six cents must God. It's a sheriff Go on back to your violin son. Oh, I'm not disturbing you Where Sam down the barn Don't want to be a bother. No trouble. We'll take a minute Hello, Jody frightened. I'm not going to hurt you. He's a might shy with strangers. Let me see your violin There their son sheriff won't hurt your violin didn't mean to startle him. He knows his father don't like it Won't let nobody but me touch it. I understand. You'll be all right once he gets to know you I brought him a book. You can't read and all but it has lots of pictures That was nice of your sheriff here Jody Take it son Right, I'll have to give it to him. That's all right here son Look at the nice book the sheriff brought you never seen a book before You don't know what to do with it. Let me show it better. Let me Yeah, Jody gotta open it up. He's looking at the picture. What is it a? Dog how old is Jody mrs. Barton the 18th come November has he ever been to school? No We're so far from everything out here. You know there is a school for death. I know they can be taught to speak with her hands I know sure perhaps I could know why not Sam and Sadie putting ideas in the boy's head. I'd like to talk to Sam wouldn't do no good Maybe if you talk to it I'll see Well, I've got to be running along landscape for gotcha coffee. That's all right. No, please now I've got an excuse to drop in again anytime sheriff. Thank you Jody's looking at you Yes, he likes you. I can tell by his eyes. They're very much like your eyes. Everyone says that what's he want wants to touch you Yes, that's his way of saying thank you You're welcome Jody I'll drop in again. Mr. Barton any time you're out this way Talk to Sam if you get the chance If I get the chance goodbye. Bye sheriff. Thank you for being a Jody Now Put your violin away son your paws coming up from the barn there in the box In the cupboard go on with you million things to do. Who is that driving down the lane? Let me take your coat. Who was it? Mr. Steel, what do you want your towels for the sink? What do you want? Just driving by just driving by That's all How's the cow told you I don't like strangers button in you just being sociable Don't have time to be sociable Where's the towel by the sink? I want him hanging around here confident thing to know the sheriff knows you're live Who would want to steal anything from us never can't tell when something's gonna happen like what? Still it's a competent thing What's the boy got there? It's nothing Sam a book. Where'd he get a book? Well, tell me the sheriff gave it to me. He did did he let him had it putting oceans in his hand Do no harm son of mine. Leave him be you crazy give me that Get away from me boy. Don't hurt him. It's your fault. Don't say Teach you Sure, that's a man up and verse down That was lightning go on now You can see the lights from the truck when your paw comes up the lane go on now with wet clothes off. I'm all right I'll get you something to eat What's the matter of the boy? Why that's like he's trying to hide something It's nothing don't tell me it was nothing you make him nervous his own paw. That's all you're hiding something too. No, I'm not Sam. You're I'll get you something to eat like to know what goes on in that head of his Like to know right now Right now. Will you to stop wasting money on this thing? It's right. You should have it. I'll show you what's right stop it Bust every one of them see don't have enough of my mind. I gotta buy fiddle strings for a no Are you you sticking up for me lying to me stop it's all your fault You don't know what we're bringing that kind of son into the world You're never done a day's work since he was born never earned his keep. You're crazy. Hey, hey, hey Your fault your fault. You're sick sick of all of you need a doctor. Shut up Shut up. He hit your head Yeah, you hit your head boy. So it he'll tell you he can't tell nobody It's good But I think get rid of her that's first. Yeah outside Figure it out after that Boy, oh you got to help you pa. Look at me. He's got to help you see go outside there outside Yeah, that's it. No, no, no coach. Come on Hold the door here hold it. I'll get the shovels Back here good face What's your pa now you see now now you help That's it. That's a good boy Would you expect to find a farmer drop out to see how he went to the store don't never give us no trouble Hello, Jody. I stopped up at the house for far say hello to mr. More She ain't here. I know over to the next county Stay with a sick relative. That's funny. I talked to her last night on the telephone. Oh, yeah Look her over there this morning. That's why you're so late with your milking. Yeah Yeah, that's right must have been a tough ride what roads the way they are. Oh, yeah, how long is she gonna be gone? Don't know it'll be hard on you. Huh? Get along without mrs. Martin for a while We'll manage Jody's milk you're dry. Yeah, he's a smart boy, Sam him. Yes, Jody Got a lot of native intelligence I've been meaning to have a talk with you about what you had enough towards the house now. Yes, so I'll walk along with you We can talk on the way Come on boy. Come on. Put the milk in the cooler Go on over there all set. Mm-hmm. It misses my saying anything to you What I guess you didn't you know Sam What's matter Jody What about him keep pulling my sleeve? I know attention to him seems to want something stop it boy Watch me to go around back at the bar. There's nothing. What do you mean? Hey, we uh, let him keep a hand back there. Oh, he likes to show her to folks some other time Some other time he said As I was saying Jody's a bright boy, maybe if you send him to school not far There are schools for boys like Jody. They teach him to read and write to talk with a hand. Oh, why not? I don't need no learning. It wouldn't cost you a cent. Oh, I've already inquired the statement. No, no I said it's been more time tending to your duties. I see stop pest and poor farm folk I feel that this is part of my way Jody Leave Malone. He wants something. You don't want nothing. What is it Jody? He wants me to go inside Sam. Hmm. You mind why why should I come on son? Now what did you want me to see? Leave Malone Sam. He just wants to show off that fiddle. I don't mind Go ahead Jody. That's too bad. He uh always tightens them up too much. He doesn't know any better quit your point boy He wants you to get some new strings. Yeah, sure Get you some new ones. I've got to get back to town. Yeah Think over what we were talking about Sam. No point in thinking. Why my mind's made up I'm sorry you feel that way Sam. That's the way I feel because there's a state law that makes education compulsory Get up Get off of my land. Think it over Sam. If you know what's good for Jody, you'll stay off try to turn in your bar Well, yeah, I'll show you I'll show you what you're doing out here. Yeah, I can't Can't hear you. Come on back Back to the house you you suffer as we can Come on. I say it's a good boy You won't you won't run out on your bar, will you? Won't won't won't tell on me. No won't won't won't tell come on now Steps That's the boy open open the door open the door Then I see your car kept yourself a warm for you. You see you just sit down over Over there. Just just just sit down Hey boy eat don't just look Look at me with your with your ma's eyes. Don't Don't look at me Like that. No, you know You know Abbey Joe Jody Next year. We'll we'll go away. Yeah way After the harvest you you and your your poor Jody go away. Maybe sell a Sell a farm. You see don't look at me No way. Yeah, you see your your bars good good to you. Hey won't tell won't tell will you will you? won't tell You can't tell can you? Can you don't don't Somebody's got the receiver off the hook the telephone Trying trying to tell Won't you won't you? Give me that trying to Tell tell on your pa trying to get to the sheriff, huh? Did you get him? Did you get him? Did you? Strings on the fiddle strings strings broken couldn't Couldn't signal Bar broke the broken strings Break the fiddle to Yeah, you see your bars being being being good to Hello, hello Oh No, no, no, no, nothing wrong Yeah, yeah, abby Joe Jody playing playing tricks Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's that's all Well, thank you. Thank you for calling back. You shouldn't have done that You shouldn't have done that Trying to tell on your pa Tell didn't you didn't you know why did you did you do it? Aren't you? Oh, why did you did you turn you turn you your pa in? By your light on I did I did it did it Yeah, what's the matter Sam? I didn't mean Mean the killer who abby Joe Joe Abbey I see just just push push Jody Jody's right, but but but but he said he wouldn't wouldn't tell on me Let me put these on your rest Sam. It's all over now. Yeah Yeah all over now Why? Why are the Jody? Where did Jody tell you sheriff Jody didn't tell me you you knew I didn't know anything Sam I just dropped in at night to give Jody some new violin strings. Oh That's uh, that's a good boy Joe Jody Don't tell on your pa. Come on Sam We'll all write in the town get you some good food and some rest Yeah, yeah Yeah Yeah Come along Jody come along son Nothing to be afraid of now the title the lonely one The story of a boy who found the key to the outer room And if you like Jody's story friends, why not come back next week? I'll have a man who almost sacrificed his own happiness to guard the secret of another. I like to call it Ramrod So until next week. This is John Steele saying a life of adventure is yours for the asking wherever you find it Only don't look for it. It may find you. Well, goodbye and good hunting John Steele adventurer is produced by Robert Monroe written and directed by Elliot Drake Jim bowls was heard as Sam also in our cast for Ross Martin and Andy Lewis John Steele was played by Don Douglas Musical effects were created by Doc Whipple your announcer is Ted Melly remember next week mutual presents ramrod Another story of suspense and action from the files of John Steele adventurer. This is the mutual broadcasting system