 Lipton Tea and Lipton Soup presents Inner Sanctum Mystery starring Miriam Hopkins Good evening friends of the Inner Sanctum This is your host Raymond Braddy as always to provide you with your weekly ration of screams, gurgles and blood All in the spirit of gentle fun I have no other object in mind Except to reduce you to sniveling racks of nerves and shudders Have you got a white sheet handy? You might wrap it around yourself in case a ghost shows up You'll think you're in the business and pass right on through you Now Mr. Raymond, don't be so silly. You know there are no such things as ghosts Who said that? Oh, hello Mary Bennett So you don't believe in ghosts, huh? And what's that standing behind you? Oh, you shouldn't have done that, frightening me that way, shame on you Mary, can I make a man's? Well, you might You might tell the folks how much you enjoy Lipton Tea Just the other day a ghost and I were having a conversation about Lipton Tea Now here, here, here, enough of that Nobody is interested in what you and the ghost said about Lipton Tea No, let's talk about real people and the solid pleasure they get from Lipton They drink it at mealtimes, they serve it when friends drop in for a visit, and of course they often brew themselves a cup of Lipton's during the day Just because it's so nice to relax and enjoy that famous brisk flavor. Now by the way, that word brisk B-R-I-S-K is one that tea experts use Brisk means that Lipton's always taste tangy and bracing It's never flatter, wishy-washy Yes, you just don't know how good tea can be until you know how good Lipton's is Okay, Mary, uh, suppose you go fry me a cup of tea But keep the kitchen door open because you're about to hear the story of the Bog Oak Necklace It's an original radio play by David Driscoll And our heroine tonight is that beautiful star of stage and screen Miss Miriam Hopkins, who'll play the role of Emily I'll be calm, be calm I'll be standing behind you At least nobody can see At the edge of a lake, in a small New England town Two men are busy digging an excavation It's been like a cave around here once Yeah, old Miss Bristo used to own this property before She sold it to this here city man's building So I'll find trees once Let's dig, that's what we're getting paid for Hey, what's the matter with you, Polly? Look down there what I just hit with my shovel Oh, bone, cowish Cow, that ain't no cow bone, Jerry Hey, Polly, look, look at this with the bone No, I don't, this here must have been a graveyard once This here was never no graveyard, the river used to come right up to here Almost before the big flood, before they built the dam Hey, what are you doing, get your coat and hat Of course I am, hot and this Of course there must be, we don't have to look for that Polly But in our job, come on Digging away there, Mr. Warren, down towards the river And all of a sudden, Jerry kind of yell And when I ask him, what's the matter, he shows me this leg bone So I look and there's the skeleton right at his feet So I figure you being the county attorney here You're the man who ought to know first Yes, and now this place by the river that you're talking about That's right, he bought it from Ole Miss Emily Bristow And then we found this too Around the, well I guess you'd call it the neck That is where the neck would be Is there anything wrong, Mr. Warren? Where did you say you found this bone and this necklace? Well, Jerry and me is making a trench for a water pipe Or a river bank used to be, right near the river edge Leave the necklace with me, if I need any more help I'll get in touch with you That's all Yeah, yes Forty years, Emily Emily Bristow What do you want with me after forty years, Andrew? Look, Emily Well, these are old woman's eyes Look closer Take that away, take it away The barcode neck assembly Do you remember, presented to Miss Emily Bristow on a 24th birthday by By Andrew Warren Where did you get it, Andrew? It was found at the river edge and the property you've just sold Daisy Daisy It's come back to us, Emily After all these years It's come back to us The barcode necklace The necklace that meant the death of your sister Daisy Oh, Andrew Oh, Andrew Daisy there aren't two people anywhere as happy as we are Oh, good night Um, may I tell Emily? My... Yes, yes I suppose so She's your sister, she should know Good night, darling Look at that moon Smiling at you I'm going to close my eyes And I won't open them until you're down the road out of sight Good night, sweetheart Good night Good night, sweetheart Good night, moon Oh, young lady shouldn't stand staring at the moon that way Oh, Emily You frightened me so I... Did I? You had a nice drive with Andrew in the moonlight I hope Am I? Andrew, well... Andrew Yes Andrew and I We're... Oh, darling How have I ever felt my heart from being without you Let me say it for you I was touched And there you are It really wasn't for you You have no idea how easy it was for me Emily I wanted to see you so badly She's already told me, Andrew Emily I want you to understand about this I know how this must hurt you You've got to break it off You've got to You can't marry her Andrew, listen to me Please Please marry me I beg you Emily, we must be sensible I beg you If you love me, Emily You must let me do what I feel is right I can't let you marry Daisy You're mine I must have you If not me, Andrew No one No one else at all Forgive me I'll never forgive you And I'll never let you go Emily Never Never Never Go to bed, Daisy Oh, Emily, don't be cross. I can't sleep You can't sleep No, I'm so excited Why, Emily, you're still dressed, too So I am... Don't you feel well? Thank you, Daisy Emily, what's the matter? Why do you use that tone with me? Oh, darling, you're not feeling well Are you? I can tell by the look on your face Oh, come on Come on out into the night The moon is falling Let's walk up to the apple orchid After all, Emily Even though we're going to be separated It won't be forever Aren't you afraid to be out here at night? Afraid? Afraid of what? The apple orchid Every little patch that goes down the river I think you'd better go back now I'll go back? Well, what do you do? I'm going to stay here I wouldn't dream of going back to the house alone I thought you weren't afraid All alone? Of course I'd be afraid all alone Daisy I don't want you to marry Andrew Emily You know what you've just said? Certainly Well Oh, Emily, I'm surprised at you Well, you're jealous That's right I want you to write to Andrew and tell him that you thought it over and that you've decided you don't love him and you're not going to marry him How dare you speak to me that way Now get out of my way I'll never talk to you again as long as I live Have you thought that you may and have very long to live? Emily! Emily, I'll scream No, you won't scream You won't scream at all and do you know why down in that little pigeon heart of yours you'll frighten me You're hurting me I'll let you go when you promise to write that letter I promise, Emily Now let go of me as soon as we get back Yes, yes, yes And don't you dare breathe a word of this as long as you live No, I think we understand who loves Andrew I'll let you go You don't know how close you came Come back here, Daisy You'd run away, would you? Emily! Emily, I wasn't running away Please let me go What are you doing with that necklace? Emily, no! No! I knew I couldn't trust you I knew I never should have told you No, Emily! You're joking me Well, girls, we'll be girls, I suppose That's kind of pity about a little Emily though Just think what a wonderful hangman she'd have made if she'd been born a girl Kind of cute, huh? Being taken for a little swing, that girl What a terrible woman she is, Mr. Raymond Oh, now listen, I like Emily She's so inventive Most women will do anything for a necklace but only Emily knows what to do with a necklace Now, please You know very well that the only thing you can do with a necklace is wear it Oh, yeah The only thing you can do with Lipton Tea is drink it Well, what's wrong with that? And Mr. Raymond, maybe you don't realize how often folks do drink Lipton Tea Why, it's the perfect beverage for so many occasions And that's why it makes sense to have a good supply on hand to buy the larger, more economical size packages And it is more economical that way, too Oh, yes, it's wise to have a large size package of Lipton Tea on your shelf It's a well-known brisk flavor that bracing, full-bodied taste makes Lipton always welcome Hmm, that gives me an idea Maybe we should have had Emily and little Daisy talk out their quarrel over a cup of Lipton Tea Oh, man, that'd be chummy But it's too late now Daisy is fetched out on the ground with a bog oak necklace twisted tight around her neck She's not sleeping now She's just dead to the world So, let's get back to our star, Miss Miriam Hopkins who plays the role of Emily Daisy, get up Get up this minute and stop teasing me You're not hurt that bad and you know you're not Please get up, Daisy You're frightening me Daisy Daisy, you're You're acting Just as though you were You were Say it You strangled me with a bog oak necklace You see, you see you wouldn't be talking to me if you were there You've killed your own sister because you were jealous That voice, Daisy's voice But your lips are not moving How can you be speaking to me, Daisy when your lips are not moving? They'll find me with your necklace around my neck And they'll know you didn't And they'll punish you You'll never be allowed to marry and I will marry you I will Who am I talking to? Somebody's speaking to me with Daisy's voice And all your life I'll be speaking because you murdered me with a bog oak necklace I must do something I must get some help Somewhere, I must get some help You can't be dead I just pulled the necklace a little bit not tightly at all You pulled it very tightly, Emily Look at my neck How tightly you twisted the necklace Stop it Stop talking to me I'll never leave you, Emily Never as long as you live You are dead, aren't you? I murdered you Something dreadful will happen to me I've got to do something What can I do? A river A nether river Stone, yes With twine, strong twine Round around the stones And up beside the stone I could throw her into the water from the crag on the hill and the stones would make her sink to the bottom and then she'd never come back Never And who would know? Maybe when I get back to her she'll be moving and I'll talk to her No, she is dead She is... I'm running in the wrong direction It was over there that I... I killed her It couldn't have been because because she's not there She was right here The date is gone She got him walked away somewhere She's alive Emily I found her, Emily Strangle her dead I know nothing about it What are you doing then with that twine in your hand? You wanted to tie stones to her, didn't you? Throw her in the river I killed her because I was jealous You're as guilty as I am because you should have married me Yes, I am as guilty as you are What will become of me now? All my hopes, my ambitions If we can get rid of the body then we can get married after all It'll only take a little while for people to forget and then we can go away somewhere I never want to look at you again as long as I live I hate you I came back here to speak to you again I wanted to tell you I'd done a wrong thing But I ought to marry you I wanted to arrange with you about Daisy How we could tell her without hurting her too much I was heading toward your window when I saw Strangled with a bog oak necklace What have you done with it? Exactly what you planned to do because no woman would have the strength to do it I had rope in my robe I tied stones to the body brought a bit into the river with it dropped it overboard The plan works, you're safe If it doesn't, you'll die and I'll go to prison I'm going now The moon is down already Soon it will be dawn The necklace What did you do with the necklace? I left it Where it was? Around her neck Sound, the sound the necklace makes I have heard it every night for 40 years 40 years Now she's come back to it To me, tell me Andrew Where was it found? It's been there, at the bottom of the river all this time According to the flood last year Skeleton must have been swept into that old sewer The twine probably rotted away A long time ago That's the only explanation I can... Watch it! Down there at the bottom of the river, watch it! I'm going now Emily It's probably the last time we'll ever see each other I'll leave the necklace with you It was to you I gave it 40 years ago Emily What's that? The voice The voice I'm going Don't leave me Andrew, don't leave me No, no Come I've not been near that orchard in 40 years Come Emily No, you're young As young as I am Come with me We'll tell each other little secrets Won't we Emily Just as we used to Yes The crickets will be chirping And the moon coming up All as it used to be And you will be wearing your necklace The bark of necklace That Andrew gave you when he thought he loved you Instead of me You'll wear it the way you used to When you'd steal up there to the orchard to meet him Remember When he used to roll to the bottom of the hill And wait for you And you could stand in the orchard until you heard him whistle What happened? Come I can't run as fast as I can Come Emily, come I still want to You must run fast, run so much faster Through the apple tree All out of breath The apple tree The branches they're in my way I can't bend over No My voice sounded one night long ago When I wore the bug When I too was strangled Daisy Tell me your answer to Who gets choked first Me a lovely you If you'd be the first to strangle I'd appreciate your angle And when I learn That it's now my turn I'll gargle as nice as you Hmm What awful words to sing to such a nice song Oh, but listen, I sing so well And I can recite too Shall I recite you something suitable? Say a mother goose rhyme, huh? Mr. Raymond, you don't know any mother goose Is that so? I know one that you'll lovely Polly, put the kettle on Polly, put the kettle on Polly, put the kettle on And we'll all have tea Well, that's fine Only I hope Polly makes sure that it's Lipton tea That's right But I suppose there's little doubt That she'll use Lipton Because after all more people Drink Lipton tea than any other brand The reason for that is Lipton's famous brisk flavor Yes, Lipton tea is never flat Or insipid It always tastes full-bodied And vigorous Well, I guess it's all summed up By that word brisk Yes, folks, brisk is the word The expert use when they talk about Lipton tea So try it real soon, won't you? They say Of course, I just tell you what the gossip is And the morgues I visit They say That Daisy and Emily can be seen Almost any moonlit night Skull gently touching skull Floating through the old apple orchard As of yours If you'd like them in your home You could use their ration coupon Outside of rattling a bit When the wind blows They're very nice and companionable Especially on dark nights And in the summer You can always use them for scarecrows In your victory garden By the way This month's inner sanctum mystery novel Is The Outsider By A. E. Martin And now it's really time to close that there squeaking door Until next week at the same time When Lipton tea And Lipton soup will once again Bring you another inner sanctum mystery Produced under the direction of Hyman Brown So until then Goodnight Pleasant I wonder what our grandmothers would have said If they had heard about Lipton's noodle soup I'll bet they wouldn't have believed it possible That a delicious chicken noodle soup Could come ready to make in an envelope But if they'd tasted Lipton They would have agreed that it has an old fashioned Homemade flavor That it tastes just like the kind of chicken soup They used to make themselves And Lipton is economical too It costs less and makes more than canned soups So folks be sure to try Lipton's noodle soup And be sure to tune in next Tuesday night For another Inner Sanctum Mystery This is CBS Columbia Broadcasting System