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harry farrell sat in his luxuriously furnished office puffed slowly on a cigar his eyes wandered over the room the polished mahogany thick broad loom carpets the gogan canvas on the wall opposite all the trappings of success a reflection of his own progress harry farrell had reached the top the apex of a pyramid with a broad solid base built upon years of scheming planning meeting people and a fortunate marriage and money had been the original foundation yes in the beginning he owed everything to and now even though he had become one of the most successful attorneys in phoenix he had little money of his own gambling debts high personal expenses bad speculations were a constant drain on his earnings yet as long as he had an he felt secure for he knew he could always count on her to ease the financial strain hey mr farrell oh miss mullins uh what is it i thought she'd want to know they've come yeah what's coming the travel folders oh good good let's have a look i'll confess i've already peaked at them they look simply wonderful so exciting rio boine asari yes yes uh that's fine thank you miss mullins yes sir oh here are some checks for your signature later later they have to go out tonight mr farrell all right by the way miss mullins do uh have anything planned for this evening well i know no i haven't i i wonder then if you'd mind staying on here at the office for a while i'm expecting a phone call around seven might have some work for you to do oh no i won't mind mr farrell good if you're going to be working shall i call mrs farrell no i don't bother i think your wife is so attractive mr farrell yes yes she is just yesterday sue avery she's a secretary down at hamlin stone came to me with a nicest compliment for mrs farrell oh she happened to see mrs farrell going into the arizona built more for lunch sue said she was the smartest looking woman in town and it was nice of her but she said mr wall caught he was with mrs farrell she said he was the handsomest man she'd ever seen well i don't exactly agree here are the checks miss mullins thank you yes sir all know don't they harry even sue what's her name at the office down the hall she knows too about an your wife and your partner sam wilkett and you've known for a long time but there was nothing you could do about it you were willing to let things stand as they were and keep your eyes shut as long as you had to depend so heavily on an financially it really didn't matter you've forgotten when you stop loving her perhaps you never did know you're only interested in holding to her until you're on your own feet until you have enough money of your own to live the way you want to live mexico city buenis aris rio but you know it'll be several years before you can do that don't you in the meantime you turn to your travel folders and through them you escape a few minutes before seven you put down the last of the folders and then as you lean back in your chair you hear a door slam and an instant later yes miss mullins mr farrell i think something's happened it's mr wall caught he just came in he looked awful what do you mean i can't explain it it frightened me the look on his face oh where is he in his office all right i'll go in to your partner's office open it in the half light you can see him sitting at his desk staring vacantly at the green blotter sam sam what's the matter oh it's you what's wrong man wrong look will you tell me i i killed her harry i killed her i killed an what you're saying you've been drinking yes that's right i've been drinking but i killed her harry she told me it was all over between us she was standing in the library near the fireplace i fired she fell down she's dead harry mr farrell shall i call the police no it's drunk he doesn't know what he's saying don't call anyone yes mr farrell i wanted to call the police i'm running this sam you're not yourself i'll lie down on that couch till i tell you to get up i'll be back in a moment as you walk back to your office your mind is in a turmoil spinning whirling your emotions are in a tangled mess then as you close the door behind you a strange feeling of happiness sweeps over you suddenly you realize you're free free to live the life you've always wanted to live and your wife is dead her money is all yours now you hurry to the telephone and dial your home you've got to make certain she's dead don't you harry and wait there's no answer and then you realize it's thursday the maid's day off you're about to replace the receiver when it was am your wife wasn't it harry the voice of a ghost a voice like a heavy blanket stifling all those warm new thoughts of a new life you glance at the gay colorful travel folders on your desk your dream the dream that came through for but a brief moment an is alive she's ruined everything hasn't she no no she can't do this to me i won't let her i won't let her do this with the prologue of golden opportunity the signal oil company brings you another strange story 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signal products to help your car run better look better and last longer when your law partner sam wilka told you he killed your wife there was no feeling of loss was there harry by his act sam had cut away your chains had made you a free man to live your life as you'd always wanted to live it and death would have made it possible for your dream to come true then the voice of your wife over the telephone had shattered that dream and the depths you reached after hearing her voice were almost more than you could stand and now as you stare at the telephone you realize you can't let her ruin everything no you can't allow her to stand between you and your dream you'll tell yourself there must be a way and suddenly the idea occurs to you a simple plan isn't it harry yes a golden opportunity you hurry back into your partner's office and you're just in time sam put that phone down i'm sorry mr feral i tried i said put it down look harry i've got to give myself you're not going to do anything until i tell you to sit down i'm your partner and your attorney or am i of course but don't you understand i killed her i've shut down but harry i i've got to sit down tell me exactly what happened harry what's the you what happened well hen and i we've been in love for quite some time harry don't suppose you knew this afternoon she called me said she had to talk to me it was important i guess right then i knew what was coming as it turned out i was right what do you mean tonight she told me it was all over between us she just didn't love me anymore i sort of went crazy i had the gun i i couldn't stand the thought of not seeing her anymore you shot her yes how many times i don't remember once i think was standing by the fireplace holding the glass in her hand smiling i pulled the trigger she fell i turned around that came here where's the gun the gun the gun did you leave at the house no no i have it here in my pocket give it to me i said give it to me please please you're not keep out of this miss mullins here it is harry well go ahead why don't you pull the trigger don't be a fool sir all right then call the police i want to get this over no well if you won't i will you're not calling anybody not yet oh mr farrell is he he doesn't know what he's saying a little napple sober him up come along miss mullins look are you going to leave him like this he just knocked out he'll be all right are you sure of course all the drinking he's done he'll probably sleep for an hour it'll give me time to figure things out are you going to the police no i'm going home to see what really happened i don't call anyone while i'm gone and if sam should wake go let him call anyone plug the switchboard if you have to turn the lines on the border yes mr farrell but you can handle it miss mullins i'm counting on you i'll handle it mr farrell good remember no one must know about this until we're absolutely sure i understand mr wilkett's been drinking i i can't believe he did this terrible thing now remember don't do anything till you hear from me minutes later you're racing across town with sam's gun in your pocket time is important isn't it harry yes you don't have a second to spare you've got to get home before something happens to ruin your little plan it's almost 7 30 when you turn off the narrow canyon road swing into the driveway then as you step out of your car and start up the path sudden fear grip show the house is dark and you know you're too late and is gone you hurry into the library and what are you the study is empty too yes your simple little plan is collapsed hasn't it harry and has left the house you turn walk back to the library and pour yourself a drink was the opportunity of a lifetime wasn't it a golden opportunity to set up for a perfect murder and then as you sink into the heavy leather chair across from the fireplace hello darling and thought i'd lie down for a while i've had a horrible headache and that bruise on your forehead oh oh i i just had a little accident it's nothing really what's the matter dear why are you looking at me like that i just left sam at the office he told me all about it i see well now you know i'm glad you do harry it might have killed you i suppose i was so startled to see the gun i jumped back tripped over the chair i fell just as he fired struck my head against the fireplace does anyone know about this did you call the doctor the police of course not you didn't tell anybody can't you see the headlines other man attempts to kill prominent attorney's wife no harry no one knows that's fine fine did sam tell you why he tried to kill me yes were you terribly hurt not even surprised you knew everyone knew and you didn't say a word what good would it have done oh it might have done a lot of good in the beginning i doubt it when two people fall in love but i wasn't in love with sam i thought you were yes but dear i you told him you were didn't you sometimes yes i guess i did but harry went oh you know what i yes sam listen darling please i you don't have to explain to me i'm not blaming it but i want to explain i never loved him really it was just that well you became so wrapped up in your work always in court i was bored yes i understand i only turned to him because you weren't around i'm i'm sorry darling very very sorry i hope you can forgive me please harry you must forgive me you've got to know it always was you no one else but you yes of course i i hope you can forget too darling i'll do all i can to make it up to you i'll do anything will you and i i've been thinking you've always wanted to go to south america why don't we go harry the two of us oh we'll make it a wonderful trip a second honeymoon i i don't know what do you say darling a second honeymoon you you're sure that's what you want move over yes sure but um first how about fixing my drink all right give me your glass i uh i let the decanter near the fireplace think i'll have one myself you know harry my headache's almost gone now that's what you have in your drink darling plain water or soda harry did you have plain water this is harry farrell 372 bedford canyon road you you better send someone my wife has been murdered hello tenant when my partner told me what had happened i rushed here found her like this all right mr farrell your uh your partner where is he now back at the office oh thank you about mr walcott you say he's at your office yes that's where i left him he he was quite drunk i thought it best to take the gun away from him uh i think we better get down there and have a little talk hey mr farrell yes how long have this romance been going on between you what kind of amazing come on farrell later boys later a half hour later you're back at the office listen to the police lieutenant quietly questioning your partner sam wilkin miss mullins is there too and she serves as an excellent witness that's right lieutenant it's just as mr farrell said mr wilcott came into the office shortly before seven he admitted shooting and that mrs farrell okay thanks all right uh walcott just a few more questions look i told you i killed her what more do you want take me down book me let's get this thing over with sure anything you say let's you struggle to keep the smile from your lips as the police lead sam wilkett out of the office a condemned man it's all over isn't it harry your plan worked perfectly in your free at last you heave a sigh of relief walk back to your desk and then you realize you're not alone in the room miss mullins is standing by the window staring at you a strange expression on her face one you've never seen there before mr farrell so what is it miss mullins after you left the office tonight while you are on your way home to see if your wife was dead she called me on the telephone is almost buckle under you you reach out grip the edge of your desk for support is a wave of panic sweeps over you she knows doesn't she harry miss mullins knows that you not sam wilkett kills your wife you stand there paralyzed unable to speak finally miss mullins breaks the silence she called about some tickets wanted me to arrange passage for the two of you to south america a second honeymoon she said i see mr farrell you don't have to be afraid i won't tell anyone i said you don't need to worry i'll never tell a soul i know it's wrong but i can't help it doing this for me aren't you miss mullins yes i guess i haven't been very observant no millard no i guess you haven't i wish now that i'd known would it have made any difference yes i'm sure it would i wish i could believe that still not too late let me prove it to you harry i'm mill ran you look the folders there on my desk yet pick one out what let's go ahead pick one out anyone all right there destination mexico city and the hotel hotel reformer but i don't understand it's very simple i'll meet you there later what do you say you really don't have to do this you know i'd never tell anyone i want it that we're millered you can get a plane out of town tonight i'll give you the money you need 2000 should do it there's that much in the safe here well you'll meet me in mexico as soon as i can it all depends on the trial sam's trial but i'll meet you when it's over millered i promise all right harry i'll leave tonight mr will return in just a moment with a strange ending to tonight's story you hear a lot these days about the trend back to good old-fashioned value in buying well frankly we at signal are delighted to see this because signal the famous go farther gasoline has long been the choice of drivers who appreciate extra value and for two good reasons one of course is signals good mileage and number two is the thing which makes signals good mileage possible i mean the extra efficiency today's signal gasoline coaxes from your motor because when your motor runs more efficiently you also enjoy faster pickup and smoother power so you see mileage is the result of the same features a gasoline must have to give you superior performance that's why more and more drivers today who want the most from each gasoline dollar the most mileage and the most driving pleasure are switching to signal the famous go farther gasoline have you given signal gasoline a chance to prove what it can do in your car it's over isn't it harry as you waited well hidden in the shadows at the airport you watched your secretary miss mullen step aboard the plane minutes later you saw it take off and the one remaining threat to the success of your plan is gone you're not worried anymore about mildred are you you're certain she'll never tell anyone that you not sam walter killed your wife then after the trial after your partner has been convicted of a crime you committed you'll join mildred in mexico city that's what she wants isn't it and why not who knows what may happen in mexico an hour after you leave the airport you're back at the house as you step up to the front door and fumble with your keys a voice drifts out of the darkness beside you i've been waiting for you feral what oh oh yes you've written yeah i think you better come along with me but what's the matter you're under arrest under arrest for the murder of your wife that's ridiculous sam wilkard confessed he killed you made a bad mistake when you killed your wife feral you see you picked the wrong library walcott confessed shooting your wife in the library all right but it wasn't the library of his house and that uh bullet that missed her it's there too embedded in the mantelpiece let that whistle be your signal for the signal oil program the whistler each sunday night at the same time brought to you by the signal oil company marketers of signal gasoline and motor oil and fine quality automotive accessories signal has asked me to remind you to get the most driving pleasure drive its sensible speed be courteous and obey traffic regulations it may save a life possibly your own tonight's story where willard waterman montie margetts lois moran and walty mayor whistler was produced and directed by george w allen with story by harrison negley music by wilbur hatch and was transmitted to our troops overseas by the armed forces radio service the whistler is entirely fictional and all characters portrayed on the whistler are also fictional any similarity of names or resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental remember at the same time next sunday another strange tale by the whistler this is marvin meller speaking cbs the columbia broadcasting system