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Valentine my stubbornness about Ken being murdered isn't exactly groundless. Yeah, well, maybe But there are a lot of dangerous hairpin turns coming down Eagle. Can you drive? The Sterrett house is practically on the mountaintop and there's always a fog rolling in there at night I knew Ken very well He was my roommate when he was going to medical school at the University of Toronto He was the most exasperating they careful methodical man. I've ever known He drove a car the way old ladies used to drive electric buggies But that night he received an emergency call from a hospital He may have been in a hurry and there's something else. Yeah last year on my way to election engagement My plane had to stop over for a few hours. I had a drink with Ken and he showed me a picture of Juliet's wife Go on he implied and very definitely that they weren't happy He suspected there was another man that we didn't know who it was later at the airport by the nearest coincidence I saw Julia and that are the man. They were in the cocktail bar But how can you be sure that was the man mr. Mark? Well, they're seen almost constantly together now. His name is Charles Dallison But this is the important point. They're very careful to give the impression. They didn't meet until after the so-called accident. Why? Well, it's an interesting question Now tell me Julius Sterrett doesn't know you does she know Ken may have mentioned me casually, but that's about all huh? Then I could be Owen Marby. Well, you sound as though that imagination of yours is going into action Well, just like you Marby. I'm flying blind at the moment But I'll see what I can do to put your mind at rest Okay, now Brooks here on your own don't let the head waiter steer you anywhere But the booth next to Julia and Dallison it's all reserved for you But how do you know they're gonna show up for dinner tonight? Well, I check that too Just try to over here as much as you can. I got to get going Julia Sterrett is I beg your pardon. Well, I recognize you at once from the picture Ken sent me and the head waiter assured me I was right I'm Owen Marby. Oh Yes, I remember Can you speak about you? Charles, this is one of Ken's friends from Canada Dallison's the name. How do you do? Well, do join us mr. Marvin. Oh, well, thank you But worst luck I have to meet a book critic in a few minutes. Oh, that's right. You are a novelist, aren't you? Yes, yes, mr. Sterrett, but I still managed to find life infinitely stranger than fiction For instance, so well running into you at ARRI's like this tonight, but I was going to look you up anyway Julia, I should hope so. I thought it no more than right to apologize for making it more difficult for you after Ken's death. I'm afraid I don't understand Well, I I must confess that when I first heard what happened. I was convinced there was foul play You don't write mystery novels by any chance, mr. Marby No, no, I don't it sounds like it doesn't it? No, I should have known that if there were any suspicion in that direction the county autopsy surgeon would have cleared it all up autopsy But why do you see in a rash moment? I even wrote your district attorney What seems now to have been a melodramatic and slightly hysterical note? I think you can be forgiven Marby You know a tribute to your friendship with dr. Sterrett rather than your zeal is a busy buddy Oh, but I won't consider myself really forgiven Julia unless you have dinner with me tomorrow Of course the invitation includes you too, Dallas sounds delightful, but why so formal? I think you two can find your way to my mountain top Suppose both of you just drop in tomorrow evening. Oh fine fine. Thank you. Now if you'll excuse me I must be running along Nice to have met you, Dallas, and thank you and I know we'll have a lot to talk about you Good night. I Don't like it Charles. I don't like it at all. No now, please Julia man is lying I'm sure can never send him any picture of me. This was no coincidence tonight. I Tell you he's staged it. He's up to something Julia Do you want the whole place to hear you? He's the only one who never believed it was an accident I could tell by the tone of his letter of condolence He still doesn't believe Julia We'll have to do something about your nerves if you let a little thing like this upset Let's get out of here Charles But see for the love of heaven where you've been what happened to you. Do you know what time it is? Well, he'll stop laughing me with questions. Donnie. I'll give you all the horrendous attire. Okay. Okay, come on. Oh My feet. Let me sit down. Oh, here How did I know those two are gonna park halfway up Eagle Canyon Drive and get into a gab fest? What how the dickens did you get way up there on Eagle Canyon Drive with them that booth? I could hardly hear anything they were saying except that they were gonna leave in a few minutes Yeah, I beat it out and wrap myself in the blanket in the back of their car Oh great great all they had to do was spot you and then you'd have not a chance It was too dark in the back of that custom job is a half a block from the front seat I had all I could do to hear what they were talking about for the moment I want to inquire how Claire Brooks girl gum shoe got away undetected, but just what did you over here? Well, nothing and everything see what you could make out of this conversation. I can't help the child There was something about Marby. I Can't explain it. It was as though he was laughing at us all the time You're going to make life very difficult for yourself, Julia If you go to pieces every time you bump into a visiting fireman who once knew your husband. Oh darling Let's not wait any longer It's been eight months now since Ken There's no reason why we can't be mad. It's simply not the way I planned it But wait one year that's morally approved period for widow's weeds to blossom forth again into passion flowers You and your plan I Want to be able to laugh again, and I want you to Julia We'll laugh together and wherever we go. We'll have the orchestra play something fitting Say they marry widow waltz. Isn't there anything you can't talk about? Didn't you feel any qualms at all when Marby went babbling on about writing in district attorney at nonsense about an autopsy Didn't you wait Julia? Yes The terms are blatantly used by policemen when they suspect poison in the case Come to think of it. Julia. Maybe you're right We ought to know more about our guests from Canada It'll help us decide the best way to entertain him tomorrow night. Well, what do you say George? Well, give me a minute will you angel? See incidentally, how did you get back without being seen? It's four miles from that eagles nest of the boulevard and not a house or a gas station in between Oh, and I took off my high heels. It was a snap an extra pair of art supports on you, mister A mere man salutes you brooksey. Eddie you buster. I still say what do you make of it? Oh, not a thing you could stick a pen in or which they couldn't deny having said But it wouldn't be going out on a limb to assume that the suspicions of Owen Marby a far more fact than fiction Okay, lieutenant, don't blow your top. I'm not asking you to exhumed dr. Starritz body. Well, thanks Valentine That's real. Why do you just the same? I bet the medical examiner would find traces of something to show the doctor was poison and it was no accident that he lost control of the car The me might even find a lost cord, but I can't go asking for an autopsy order on just a lot of hearsay evidence and big suspicions Well, I was only trying to help you pretty generally accepted thing that once people are dead y'all leave me alone Oh, yes, there's a darn good reason to dig them up. Look, please both of you. What's all the shooting about? I didn't even suggest anything like that. Well, you might have After all this time even if we found anything it wouldn't clinch the case against either Mrs. Sterid or Dallison it'd be too circumstantial Oh, now look, don't get me wrong Valentine if you came up with something tangible, I'd be glad to play ball As it is. What do you want from me? Okay tomorrow? I'd like you to put a man on Charles Dallison's tail and report on everything He does all right. I guess I can do that Brooks. He can keep an eye on Mrs. Sterid within reason I'm not at my best climbing up and down mountain just as they want to be prepared to receive me I'd like to hold a few top cards myself You're not only going in the wrong direction from the stard house, but you're going there a little too fast Recall any 60 miles an hour zones within the city limits Would you mind going over your day with Mrs. Sterid again angel? There's one part of it that intrigues me. Oh, I don't know why Beauty parlor at 11 lunch at Miranda's tea room alone visit to a doctor Rayford on Barton Street a stopover to Rex Old bookstore and so to home. I Think I'll have a few words with dr. Rayford on the way up. Why George old operations always make stimulating conversation Right now. I'd better take care of this little matter George sorry, brookie. Well of all the dopey things. What are you trying to do? You'll see angel All right, bus to get out of that car. What's the idea stopping that way? You want to kill somebody? Come on Don't get bug-eyed you've seen a gun before I'm in a book see All right now, bud. You've been on my tail all day. Well, you're nuts You ought to know better than to try to shadow somebody with that beach umbrella jagged your wife. I don't know what you're talking about Okay, I'll break it down into one syllable words Dallas and Hyatt you didn't me Have you reported to him yet? Okay, I don't have time to play games with you But you present a very vexing problem fella. Yeah, I see what you mean. What are you gonna do with him George? Oh, I I Think we'll drop him off at headquarters and let lieutenant Riley keep him company Yeah, but if he doesn't call Dallas and they're bound to wonder why and it may even cramp their style tonight I hope because it looks like those two will be playing for keeps Okay, bus to start moving. 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Rayford's office This is starot only dropped in there for a few minutes today Don't you know by now that when he gets a brainstorm, it's like an act of nature You don't know what he'll do next or why I tell you one of these days i'll Hello riley Oh valentine, where the devil are you? I thought you'd be with him by now Oh Okay, okay. I'm listening go on Huh Now look you i'm not going to be a party or anything like that now don't be a fool What's he gonna do quiet will you no not you you know what it'll mean if it doesn't work Now wait a minute Sure sure I can get the emmy's office to make up that prescription, but listen to Listen to reason you You can't Yes, yes, I understand but Okay What does he want you to do you can at least tell me that Uh He wants you to park on eagle canyon drive just around the first turn coming down from the starot home You're gonna have a little package to give him package Yeah, I'll be waiting down on the boulevard for the both of you But george never keeps me in the dark like this. Why now why? Hello, let me have the medical examine his office Well find him wherever he is. It's an emergency How about another drink marby soda wasn't um. Yes, thanks You know I'll be glad to get back to canada so I can tackle my new novel again both out of triangle Without title. Yeah, the story's been giving me quite a bit of trouble really. What's the plot? Maybe we can help well frankly nothing very original the usual triangle But the lovers are completely successful in doing away with the husband in the case I'm sorry. You've already begun to intrigue julia, but uh Go on marby. Well, they do it so neatly. In fact, there's no suspicion of crime Not a shred Then what seems to be the trouble? I can't decide whether to let my hero and heroine If you can call them that live happily forever after or Let them face retribution. Here you are. Oh, yes. Thank you very much I was playing around with the notion of introducing a character who won't believe the husband's death was an accident Now the fourth side of the triangle. I presume. Yes, that's it exactly He's one of those virtuous pigheaded men He doesn't rest until he ferrets out the truth and uh, well so on and so forth How does it sound to you julia? He sounds like such an exemplary character Would you say he was quite true to life? Oh, well, well just take me for example my first impulse when I heard about ken I kept seeing in the accident more than there was And I imagine I'm fairly typical. Was that your only problem with the book marby? No, no, but uh I was thinking of introducing something more subtle You know try to find some little Almost meaningless thing my two scoundrels might have overlooked in their planning Say a matter of uh coincidence I thought novelists always tried to avoid coincidence. Well, now why should they? It happens all the time now You and dallison here julia What about us? Well, I doubt if anyone's aware that you knew each other before ken's accident Well, as a matter of fact, we didn't let him go on julia This is very interesting. But you see with a myriad of chance. I was talking about I happened to see you together in the cocktail bar at the airport What? Yes, it was last year and I only stopped over in town for a few hours Goodness, we're out of ice. I better go in the kitchen and get some excuse me marby There's always a running field between julia and the ice please. Oh, I understand. I have the same trouble You realize what you have to do He knows the three of us know now The business of us being together at the airport can lead to a lot of other things. Why is he toying because fortunately for us He's a ham At the right moment. See that that stuff gets in his drink. Couldn't we wait to let man you hired call Whatever he found out following marby isn't important now. Now listen carefully julia He has to have enough liquor in him so that when he's found it'll be obvious Why he went over the side into the canyon. There'll be no questions I'm a child. I can't timing has to be just right. We'll have to get him out of here So it'll happen when he's halfway down the mountain with the curves of the worst So you wait till I give the signal and wish I could be the one to give the signal just for once when I think he's had enough I'll raise my finger like this. I'll say This has been great fun marby. Let's do this more often All right, and for heaven's sake try to control yourself The rest of our lives depends on how we act in the next hour Well, it's about time ferris. I did everything but fly lieutenant. Okay. Okay. I'll take that Here here you are miss books. I'll ask you again lieutenant. What is this? What have I got here? I told you before valentine made up the rules for this little game I didn't want any part of it. You heard me on the phone now Now there's no choice but to play it his way Just just give him that package for two cents I'd call a cab just so I could tell somebody where to go go on get in that car and get started And remember park just this side of the last big turn before you get to the top And you know why none of my novels made any of the book clubs? Well, no marby. Why they've never been long enough They got to be at least 900 pages before they're even considered. They don't bother reading them They just weigh them. You sound bitter. Oh, thank you very much jinn and bitters. Don't mind if I do It's a very fine. Don't say look at the time. You know This has been great fun. Marby Let's do this more often That's right, we must do this more often Let's make it soon Oh Hey there, junior. What are you doing all the way over there? Just getting a little nightcap. We can all do with one. I think oh good. Here's yours, charl And yours, hoan. All right. Thank you What do we drink charl? Well, why not do your new book? Oh, yes. Yes. That's very good the four-sided triangle All right, it tastes funny doesn't I'll tell you a secret. I can't even taste it at all Well old man, I'll I'll seal your car. I'll put on the floodlights. It's beginning to fog up in the canyon. All right. All right Good night. Good night. And sweetest dreams be thine through all thy shining way Gorgeous. Yes. Yes. And uh, watch yourself driving, marby We wouldn't want anything to happen to you George have you got it broxy? Darling, I saw your headlights Over here, but now get inside and take the wheel. Okay, george. Here's to you broxy happy day. Oh Oh Oh, darling, you know, you're scaring me to death. Don't you? That makes a couple of scared people step on an angel Okay, mr. Brooks. We'll take care of you painted. I didn't dare. Yeah. Yeah. I know. I know come on boys Come on. Come on. Get him into the ambulance. We've got a hold of nothing. Yeah, all right. Let's go I'm going with him. It'll only be in the way. Believe me in the way. Well, you don't expect me to stay Don't wait for the hospital start pumping them out now Popping him out You knew this was going to happen and you let it and now you're going to tell me there was no stopping him What did he do? He found out dr. Rayford gave mrs. Starrer the prescription for some poison today He said presumably to make a solution to use on her flower beds Being a colleague of her late husband. He didn't even think twice about it And george walked into this and purposely let him stop in the bottle You gave him is supposed to be the antidote for the poison if he got it in time Oh, that that big crazy stubborn Well, that's what your boyfriend called getting evidence that'll stand up in court He just naturally likes to do things the hard way You must forgive me lieutenant Riley This has been a great shock Mr. Marby was my husband's best friend. Yes. Yeah, just uh, when did he leave? What time was it? Oh hours ago about 10 30. You see he was feeling rather Well gave we felt that he was going to drive he couldn't overdo it even so I suggested that he stay over Oh, this is terrible Yeah Well, like they say liquor and gasoline don't mix I guess it'll be the same routine before Uh, do you mind if I sit down? No, go ahead Sometimes I wish we could make some of these food drivers take a look at what we saw when we found Marby down in the canyon Oh, believe me. It would make him think He wasn't a pretty sight. Look, can I please stop it now julia? We know you're upset, but this isn't going to help any Nothing's going to help now Hello Don't come near me We killed you. Didn't we child? Like we did can Everything's going to turn out all right Hey, uh Say valentine, were you serious about the way you wanted me to dedicate my next book? I certainly was serious about the way you dedicate your next book Sure was mr. Marvy to mr. And mrs. George valentine mr Darling So you just let us know marvy and we'll make a special trip down to city hall The very day your book comes off the play. Oh golly. I just don't believe it. I like your other suggestion too I should be more commercial aim for the book clubs write something eight nine hundred pages Of course, it'll take years before I get it to my publisher, but it may be worth it. Oh Years, huh Why doesn't one of these build-ups ever pay off for me? Well, maybe I just don't live right The return of spring means for most folks the time for another house cleaning And speaking of things attended to at regular intervals, how long has it been since your car's oil has been changed? 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You trust be sure you refill with rpm motor oil first choice in the west Get rpm at independent chevron gas stations and its standard stations where they say and mean We take better care of your car Next week we'll pick up george valentine in mexico in a house as mysterious and sinister as its name Casa diablo george If bixby had somebody in this house to see that none of us left here alive Whoever it is must have turned on him. You know like frankenstein turning on his George you're not even listening to me Angel if there's a grammar school around here. I think i'm going to enroll in the kindergarten We're right down to the oldest outdoor sport in the world brooksy The hunter and the hunted tonight's adventure of george valentine has been brought to you by standard of california On behalf of independent chevron gas stations and standard stations throughout the west Let george do it stars robert bailey as george with francis robinson is brooksy walley mayor appears as lieutenant riley Tonight's story was written by david victor and herbert little jr. And directed by don clark Also heard in the cast were barton yarborough as marby lorraine tuttle as julia william woodson as charles and mark laurence as ferris The music is composed and presented by eddie dunsteader your announcer john heaston Listen again next week same time same station to Let george do it This is the mutual don lee broadcasting system