 The signal oil program the whistler is your signal for the signal oil program The whistler and the whistler and I know many things for I walked 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 whistler rated by independent research the most popular West Coast radio program and Remember that every traffic signal remind you with new signal gasoline You do go farther than ever look for the familiar big yellow and black circle sign that Identifies those popular signal service stations throughout the West from Canada to Mexico And now the whistler strange story Delivery guaranteed The hot afternoon sun wilted his stiff collar and the sidewalks sizzled under his feet Dark stains of perspiration blotted his gray Palm Beach suit, but Philip Lyndon didn't notice the heat Tomorrow he would be 500 miles away from the city sitting high in the cool sierras beside a mountain stream Alone with Kathy away from everything and everyone They'd be able to make a fresh start There wouldn't be that continual bickering those hours of torture when Kathy threatened to leave him She couldn't leave him. He wouldn't let her The next two weeks would bring her back to him humming softly to himself Philip turned down a flower bordered path to the white stucco bungalow and fitted his key into the lock Kathy Kathy, why Kathy? You're packing. Yes. Oh come in and help you my things won't take long Gosh, you don't need all this stuff. We're only gonna be gone two weeks. I know what I'm doing Well, of course you do darling, please Philip stop fawning Sorry Are you gonna take this old trunk? Yes But why it's big enough to hold everything you own mine isn't it? Well, sure, but that's not what I'm please get out of my way Philip. I want to pack this evening down There's no hurry the train doesn't leave until tonight dear there's plenty of time. Hand me that jacket. Yes dear no No, no, no not that one the one with the sequins I'm sorry Here it is Do you think you'll need these formal clothes? We're only going to a mountain cabin. Please don't be stupid Philip I'm not going on your silly little vacation. What do you mean? I mean I'm leaving you For good. Well, you can't You promised you'd give me these two weeks. Don't you see it wouldn't make any difference But I love you Kathy. I need you. I've had four years of your kind of love and that's enough Never should have married in the first place We were happy once we will be again. Stop kidding yourself Philip No, you don't mean it Kathy always said but we'll say a lot of things when she's 25 and starting to wonder if she's ever going to get a husband But you did love me. I know you did ridiculous I'll be a good boy and call the express company to pick up my trunk I'm leaving for Reno tonight Reno. Oh, please don't be difficult Philip. You'll see that it's all for the better. No Kathy. No, I won't give you a divorce I won't I'm leaving you whether we get a divorce or not. I'll get that through your head I'm leaving you tonight, and I'm not coming back There's nothing you can do about it Please don't say things like that. Give me my makeup box Philip. You can have everything, but don't leave me The makeup box if you come to the cabin for two weeks things will work out. You'll see You're just upset. I Don't blame you dear. It's been so terribly hot today. Okay, so you lock it You've got to listen to reason Kathy darling. Don't touch me fellow court What do you mean? Oh can't you understand? I don't want you near me. I don't ever want to see you again I never want to hear your sniveling voice again as long as I live I won't let you leave me now get away from that door. I want to phone the express company I won't let you out of this room get out of my way Philip not get out of my way No, I won't let you get out of this I'm sorry. I had to slap you Maybe now you'll stop acting like a baby. I'd rather see you dead Philip I go No You shouldn't say this This thing Kathy are you all right? I Didn't hurt you did I say something Kathy we've got to finish packing for our vacation You're going with me. You just said you would I Knew you didn't really plan to leave me Kathy Kathy she's dead Kathy's dead every guaranteed the signal oil company brings you another strange tale By the whistler if you've done any touring throughout the west this summer from Canada to Mexico You've passed signal billboards that say you now go farther than ever with new signal gasoline But unfortunately there isn't room on those billboards to tell the rest of the story to tell you about the performance features in new Signal gasoline that make this improved mileage possible. Here's what I mean Science actually rearranged the atoms in gasoline molecules to give signal gasoline quicker starting faster pickup and quieter higher Anti-knock and it's because of this because it helps your motor perform more efficiently That you now go farther than ever with new signal gasoline That's an important point to remember. It's the same qualities in gasoline that get extra driving pleasure from your motor That also get extra mileage That's why signal says look to your speedometer for the best proof of gasoline quality it takes extra quality to go farther and Signal is the famous go farther gasoline And now back to the whistler Kathy won't divorce you now. She can't but she'll never come back to you and sitting there crying won't bring her back You didn't mean to kill her but that won't make any difference to the police They'll call it murder just the same So you sit there your head in your hands wondering what to do Wishing you could run away and lose yourself in the quiet green Sierras Then it comes to you if you had Kathy's body up on the mountains You could drop it off a cliff tell them she disappeared while she was out hiking You're standing up now tense the blood pounding in your temples You're thinking now looking at the trunk still open in the corner of the room It ought to be easy. I can Know call a express company first. I'll have to leave tonight the electric engineers Express company may I help you? Yes, I want to send a truck up to a cabin in the Sierras near Silver Pine. Can you get it there? All right? Oh, yes, we guarantee safe delivery anywhere your name and address, please Phillip Linden L-I-N-D-E-N 671 court terrace and over right away, mr. Linden well Well, the truck isn't quite packed yet. It'll be about 20 minutes before our man can get there. Will that give you enough time? Yes Yes, I'm sure it will yes Phillip that will give you plenty of time You hang up the receiver take off your coat and go back into the bedroom Ten minutes later. It's done. You throw some of Kathy's clothes on top Let the cover down snap the lock shot and write out the shipping tag clearly so there can't be any mistake Mr. Linden. Yes aware from the express company. You got a trunk. You weren't shipped. That's right in here Sure as a score trainer. What that's really hot hottest day. We've had this year. I guess oh, yes Yes, I suppose it is this the one Yes, be careful with it. Oh, sure. Sure. You know our motto save delivery guaranteed You want us you'd go collect otherwise. We've got a way it and come back. No, no send it collect. Okay. Where's she go? She the trunk. What do you want to send? Oh? The address is on the shipping tag. Okay. Oh, come on Steve. Get your end Trunks are sure heavy. Yeah, will you open the door mr. Linden? Yes, of course Feel that heat hit you in the face and careful Steve. Don't drop it might be something valuable inside Well, they're driving away now Philip taking Kathy with them. There's nothing more to worry about You'll catch the nine o'clock train to the Sierras just as you planned and arrive in time to receive the trunk and pay the collect charges Tomorrow remember their motto delivery guaranteed The door someone's at the front door did something go wrong Philip did you slip up somewhere? Did somebody see you through the window who sent for the police? What What is it officer? Well Phil don't you recognize me? What? Oh? Charlie Charlie Cooper What is this Charlie a joke didn't Kathy tell you I'm on the force. I was sworn in the day before yesterday Are you serious sure sure? Let me show you Here it is my identification card photograph and everything of course I haven't arrested anybody yet, but you'd better watch your step Oh, yes, yes, how do you like my uniform? It's fine fine Charlie You don't seem very glad to see me aren't you gonna invite me in you're not afraid of a cop are you know? No, of course not come on inside. Well, that's more like it You know Somebody some day you may be glad to have a policeman for your next door neighbor. Why do you say that? Well, I might come in handy fix up a parking ticket or something like that Where's Kathy Kathy? She's out. Oh, I thought you two were going off on your vacation tonight. That's why I stopped in to tell you goodbye Well, yes, yes, we are leaving Kathy's gone downtown to do some last-minute shopping She's meeting me at the depot. Oh, I'm sorry to have missed her. What times you train leave? Nine o'clock. Oh fine. I'm on duty then I'll drop over and see y'all don't do that. Why don't you want me? Yes, of course Charlie only I don't want you to get into any trouble and Well, if you're on duty, would your superiors approve? I mean You're new on the job and all I guess you're right. The depot was not really on my beat anyway Say goodbye to Kathy for me, huh? Yes, I'll do that Charlie. I'll tell her goodbye for you And I'm glad you stopped in Charlie And it's nice that you got such a good job. I'm just an ordinary cop But I hope to work up. You know, I'm not so dumb one of these days I'll stumble out of something big and then they'll make me a detective. You'll see. Yes. I'm sure they will Charlie I'm sure you'll make a fine detective. Well, aren't you gonna answer the door? What? Oh Yes, the door Well, it's probably a salesman He'll go away. I'll get it on my way out. I gotta run along anyway. All right. Oh Mr. Linden in officer I'm from the express company. Yes, you're fellas for you. Okay. Well, so long fellow I hope you and Kathy have a swell trip. Goodbye Charlie. Did you want to see me? Yeah, Mr. Linden that trunk of yours What about it? It's not packed, right? We had a bump on Oak Street, and I think it's coming apart What do you mean just like I say it's coming apart. It ought to be repacked the way it's distributed all wrong Then it ought to be roped and I can't be sure to get there this way too much risk All right, all right Bring it inside I'll take care of it later. Ah, you don't want to go all that trouble yourself We got expert packers only cost you two bucks more and I do a dandy job Take everything out and put it back in just the way it should be it's really worth extra money believe me I want to do it myself. I couldn't I Prefer to do my own packing why you can trust us. We're all bonded. It's safe to let us pack anything I understand, but I want to do this myself Bring a trunk inside, okay, but if it was me on a hot day like that inside Okay, you're the boss Joe he wants a trunk Please be careful. I wouldn't want it. Here it is. Mr. Linden. Where do you want any place? This is your trunk, isn't it? Yes, of course. Well, you better put on a new shipping tag I don't see the old one. I guess it came off. All right. I will and you really ought to be more careful, Mr. Linden. Yeah, look here at the end. See there with that corners cracked. I can get my finger right through the hole Hey, want me to show you? No, never mind. Oh, well, you see what I mean? You can almost look inside Don't bother gentlemen I'll take care of it and call you as soon as it's ready Yes, Philip, you'll repack the trunk yourself wait until the expressman leave They're driving away now and you're all alone just you and Kathy You bend over the trunk hesitate for a moment and then stand up sharply The key I don't have the key But you can't open the trunk without a key Philip you can't repack it you can't send it to silver pine You've got to find the key Kathy must have had it. Yes. Look in her pocketbook No, not on the bed. Try the dresser. Which purse did she have green or brown blue alligator? Wait a minute She was wearing a coat. She always carried her keys in the pocket. Where did you put her coat? Philip? Where did you put Kathy's coat? You packed it didn't you you packed the key inside the trunk What are you going to do now break it open? No, you can't do that. You need the trunk Philip You've got to have it but you could force the lock Yes, there's a screwdriver in the kitchen. Hurry Philip. You haven't much time the express company will close soon That's it slip the screwdriver under the catch Someone's at the door. You better hide the screwdriver Hey Phil you're still here Yes, Charlie we want my identification card left it on the table Well, I'd feel awful silly if I went to work without it the first day. Yes, I guess you would Say I thought you and Kathy were only going away for two weeks. We work We are Why isn't that an awful big truck for such a short vacation? Yes, I guess it is But Kathy insisted on taking it but she always takes twice as much stuff as she needs Didn't even pack it right either the express company brought it back. No, it's a shame. Yeah Well, she'll have to repack it. I'll just I'll just leave it here until she comes home Maybe that'll teach her a lesson. Oh wait a minute Phil you can't do that Well, you said she wasn't coming home that she was going to meet you the depot remember Yeah, I guess I forgot I Don't know what's the matter with me. Maybe it's the heat. You sure are nervous anyway. You really need this vacation. Yeah, you're right Well, Charlie, it was nice of you to drop in if you'll excuse me. I'll get my bags out. I'm going I'm going downtown right away What about the truck? Well, I don't think Kathy will need it. She always takes a lot of extra stuff. She won't even miss it. I Just leave the trunk here server right. Oh, you can't do that. She'd never forgive you You know how women are she's probably got a lot of important things in there Well, Charlie, I really haven't got time to bother with it. I'm not very good at packing. Come on. I'll help you I'm an expert packer from way back. Helen says that's why she's married me. No Charlie. I don't want I Don't want to take your time. Don't you have to go on duty? No, not for a couple of hours This will only take 10 minutes. Where's your key? I don't know. I think Kathy's got it. Yeah, that's right She took all the luggage keys with her. Oh Well, I guess we'll have to let it go then. Yeah Yeah, thanks anyway, Charlie What's that a screwdriver? What are you carrying that around for? Well Well, I was going to pry the trunk open, but I was afraid I ruined the lock. Well, let me take a crack Let it go. How about a drink Charlie? It's a warm there's cold beer in the icebox. I oh sorry Phil I'm on duty tonight. No alcohol against the rules. Let's see how this lock works. Well some some grape juice That sounds good doesn't it there's some in the kitchen. Come on out. How you go ahead I want to work on this lock. Oh, please don't bother. I'll get the grape juice Why is this an old piece of luggage? Hey, how long you had it? I don't know quite a while. It was Kathy's before we were married. Don't worry about it, Charlie Here I got something to wet our whistle. I wish I had a bigger screwdriver. Here you are Charlie Not exactly champagne, but it's cold here. Take one Charlie Well, I'll be darned Phil, we're sure a couple of saps. What the trunk isn't even locked See all you have to do is push this little button and drop the hasp like this Flip these catches and lift the lid right up. No Macro what's the matter with you Phil the tray slipped My hands were wet see you ought to be more careful. You spill grape juice all over these clothes We got a hurry and get them out. Everything will be stained. Don't bother Charlie. I'll do it later Don't be a sap fill these clothes will be ruined here. Give me give me a hand Charlie. I Didn't mean to do it It was an accident. I know anybody can drop a tray here get this dress. I don't understand It wasn't my fault. I know I know no, but but I'm trying to tell you take these rugs. Will you? Oh What's all this Sweaters socks Here's a coat. You never saw so much junk. Look at all these things just old clothes clothes. Yeah Well, don't just stand there help me get this stuff out. It's your job. You know that all there is clothes Yeah, yeah, I just struck bottom everything's unpacked Nothing but old clothes What did you expect to find? Yes, Philip. It wasn't exactly what you expected was it Kathy's gone you put her in the trunk You know you didn't now she's gone. Where could she be? It doesn't matter. You're safe for a while At least Charlie doesn't know what you've done Of course, it could all be a mistake They may have brought the wrong trunk back then you wouldn't have anything to worry about Unless they delivered your trunk to another address My trunk. Well, you said it was I know I was wrong. It looks the same But those aren't Kathy's things I can tell that isn't What was packed in the trunk at all? Well, why didn't you say so before I got this stuff spread all over the floor? I wasn't sure I'd better go right down to the express company and see them nonsense It's their mistake. Just call them on the phone and tell them to come and get this one. Yes, that's a good idea I hadn't thought of that. I'll call them on the phone. Go ahead. Go ahead. I'll put these clothes back in Charlie what now? Maybe they've still got my trunk and they've mixed it up with this one Maybe they'll deliver it to the wrong place. I ought to try and catch them. I'll be silly use a phone I'll come back to the office sooner or later. Why are you so worried about an old trunk? It can't be so valuable All right, I'll tell the phone This is Philip Lyndon. You've got to help me My trunk I was I was shipping at the Silver Pioneer remember Well, they've been here all right, but they brought the trunk back. They said it had to be repacked No, I mean yes, I mean it isn't my trunk. They sent back the wrong one That trunk was it. It was an old-fashioned ward room style. It was black with brass fitting Just a moment the truck's driving in now. All right. Thank you. They got your truck down here Phil. I don't know they're looking for it now They've got to find it Charlie. They've got to find it. Don't get so excited Phil. It's not a matter of life and death. Hello, Mr. Lyndon. Yes, hello. Yes, we do have another trunk here that answers that description exactly They picked up two of them out your way. Well, that must be my man. They got them confused I'm sure it is We'll have to check the contents to be absolutely certain Don't do that Besides it's locked You can't look in it. We have master keys here from all the trunk companies. It'll take just a minute. No trouble. Please don't trouble No trouble at all. Do they find your trunk Phil? Yes They did Charlie There's something I better tell you They'll know anyway as soon as they open the trunk Kathy's dead Charlie. 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That's just today's best recipe for longer car life So let signals yellow and black circle sign be your signal for the sureer protection your car needs today to help it run better and last longer Now back to the whistler Well Philip it's all over now Charlie made his first arrest and it was a big one wasn't it? You knew there was no point in trying any longer the minute they opened the trunk at the express office There would be the first terrible moment of discovery the human cry the police alarms and you couldn't face it It was much easier to hang up the telephone and tell it all to Charlie calmly and quietly So Charlie made his first arrest and he'll probably get a promotion Of course he had nothing to do with it really it was the express company and that nice girl clerk you talked to on the telephone Hello Hello. Oh Gosh, Stevie's hung up Well, what'll I do now? How should I know? Well, I don't know either Nothing like this has ever happened before Well, thank you something don't get so excited Betty said he didn't want us to open the trunk You know people are about their private property Then he got mad and hung up. Well, he'll probably complain to the boss. Well, we didn't open it Did we I found the shipping tag on the bottom. We didn't have to open it Yes, but what'll we do send that trunk on up to silver pine, but he got so excited there There must be something valuable in it. So it's valuable. It's addressed a silver pine. That's where he wanted to go We've got to send it. You know our motto delivery guaranteed The whistler will bring you another strange tale The whistler is broadcast for your entertainment by the marketers of signal gasoline and motor oil and fine quality automotive accessories And by your neighborhood signal dealer Featured in tonight's program where Elliot Lewis and Loreen tuffle this program produced by George W. 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