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Gresham yes your honor the prosecution rests defense the defense read members of the jury under the circumstances any remarks I might have regarding your deliberations that's the purpose there will be a five-minute recess while you reach a verdict the defendant please rise and face the jury Mr. Foreman will you read the verdict we the jury find the defendant not guilty pardon me excuse me nice going down hello and thanks a lot thanks for me please I know but I just can't I'd like to sit down here please thank you very much hello you're Mr. Potter on yes to me I congratulate you Mrs. Wentworth thank you Mr. Potter it meant so much to have you on my side hey ain't you two ever been introduced I don't think it's necessary and all Mrs. Wentworth this is Dan Partridge smartest man in Southport if I'm any judge you don't have to tell me add do you mind I'd like to see Mrs. Wentworth alone for a moment oh sure she's wrong you must have a lot to talk about hey this way the anti room here Clara 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new post war gasoline you can prove is superior and now back to the whistler well then you made an eloquent case for Clara Wentworth didn't you once again the citizens are patting you on the back telling each other that because of Dan Parcher justice came out on top but there was more to it than that wasn't there Dan quite a bit more as the months go by you and Clara see each other more frequently then short out of town trip and you and Clara were man and wife it was on one of those first few days at home that district attorney Gresham dropped in for dinner right you know I think that is the age ago Gresham isn't so bad I don't care if it's too far down I'm serious how about it Clara I think you're right drink on it sure I'll drink on it school school ah thanks it's at times like this that I realize but an ugly job I have it's all water under the bridge now right Clara of course I have a wonderful husband Mrs. Parcher I don't believe I could have stood it without him oh come now Claire no it's true Dan you know Mr. Gresham it wasn't what he said or wrote what the people who read his article thought that kept me going it was a feeling that there was a newspaper man named Dan Parcher who had faith in me who believed me when I said I was innocent was willing to take his reputation and I must aggression but it hadn't been for that I believe I would have killed myself you're pretty important to her now aren't you Dan right you did risk your career when you defended her and you risked even more when you married her but there was something more important at stake wasn't there she loves you you realize it more and more during their first few days in town and then on the following week you managed to get away for a few days at your summer cabin at the lake look at the lake with a moon on it yeah nice I don't want there ever to be anything but just this day just you and I in summer evenings here at the lake you are happy aren't you Clara I never thought anything could be as beautiful as this dance do you ever think of water water why do you ask I just wonder it's hard to believe he ever existed Dan I'm glad you mentioned it though we haven't decided about the money well what do you want to do with it well it's a part of Walter the only part left I know as long as I haven't I'll feel he's part of our marriage somehow I want to give it away Dan there's so many good things I could do with it well that's gonna take a little thought of course I want to settle it soon though by the way did I ever tell you how much I love you you scare me sometimes you didn't really mean what you told the DA did you brought you yeah I'll say it again dear if ever I thought you didn't believe in me if you doubted me I lost your face there wouldn't be anything else if I doubted you nothing come on let's go to bed it's made you think and this woman you married tried for the murder of her husband said she'd kill herself if you lost faith in her why are you so nervous Dan why can't you sleep are you sorry now that you appointed yourself for one man's jewelry in the case of the state versus Clara Wentworth Clara Clara darling what's the matter Clara what in the world were you dreaming about I don't know nothing Clara nothing please forget about it I said forget about it you'll build a fire in the dining room I think we can have some lunch I'm not hungry I said I'm not hungry for what is the matter I don't know did I say something awesome in my sleep yes please Clara can we just forget it for the moment I'd rather not say anything it was probably just a oh I don't know let's forget it can't be anything serious can't you see please Clara come on it's getting it down isn't it Dan Parcher champion of justice abholder of the right that's a laugh isn't it you've given up trying to shut it out of your mind it's there now all the time the next night is the same more thinking more worry and soon after Clara drops off to sleep Clara Clara wake up oh Dan tell me what did I say I can't believe it tell me it was the same as last night something about goodbye water and then a lot of things I couldn't make out and then a single word Palinore how could I Clara Palinore killed your husband that's what he died from then I can't understand you've got to believe me I don't know what to think why are you getting off I can't sleep anymore I'm gonna walk around a while let me go with no stay here please I'd rather be alone I don't know I know but it won't hurt to get back to town a little early I thought it was going to be so beautiful just the two others and they called to myself why did you have to spoil it Dan I didn't spoil it Clara but it's so silly don't you see all this fuss about nothing let's not discuss it Clara oh here we are why are we stopping well we could pick up a sandwich I'm starting but then I just offered you breakfast and you said you weren't hungry that was an hour ago come on then you wouldn't eat yesterday either afraid aren't you Dan you're afraid I'll poison you Clara don't be silly that's what it is isn't it just see what you're doing dad the trial is over I was acquitted the world from the innocent but it doesn't mean anything if you don't believe it what can I do Dan what can I say the only one who counts as you don't I'm sorry Clara I tried that's all I can tell you I'm sorry you brought it out in the open now haven't you Dan there's nothing you can do now but watch watch her carefully every moment you're with her you've given up eating at home of course that was point number one and you've taken a new interest in the notebooks you kept on the trial every evening you get them out and go over them carefully examining analyzing making new notes and I wish you wouldn't do that anymore all right I'll take them up to my room how can you sit there Dan how can you sit there and drag everything out on a marble slab all over again don't my feelings mean anything to you I'm sorry is that all you can say I'm sorry I'm sorry that's all I've heard for weeks it's all over between you're convinced that I killed Walter Winfrey Clara above everything else I guess I'm still just a newspaper man trying to get at the truth I won't rest until I'm sure since you asked me I'll tell you I haven't satisfied myself that you actually killed your husband but I am satisfied that you had more to do with it than I ever suspected and I'm convinced that I'm in a terrible mistake in defending you the way I did it is gone man isn't it I'm afraid it is Clara what are you doing running from trash trash but I'm a trial notebooks all right what about it you have none you're right to have a night if you think I'm going to sit here night after night while you pour over those horrible things I'm not doing your case any good Clara I'm on trial again I wish I were on trial I wish I could drag the whole miserable thing out in the air again and force you to admit you're wrong and I wish I were wrong of course I do unfortunately I'm right you killed him you poisoned him and you kill me right now I gave you the chance wouldn't you don't know what you're saying oh yes I do and don't think it's easy laying it on the line the way this way I I loved you once but I guess I was just in love with an idea a crazy daydream about an innocent woman who needed someone to fight the good fight and it's over Clara it's all gone there's nothing left goodbye Clara Oh sentiment hmm wonder what Dan wants hello Dan ODA what's the matter you got something in your mind it's Clara oh yes I made an awful mistake Gresham I just had it out with him had it out I don't get it she was guilty Gresham what I'm sure of it was if I'd seen her do it oh that's a pretty serious statement then how you're so sure it was something she said in her sleep yeah I couldn't understand all of it it happened two nights in a row there was a lot of unintelligible muttering and then something like goodbye water followed by the single word Palin all Palin all yes you're sure about that positive there were other things of course I see I love her Gresham but there's something bigger involved here we've got to do something about it I'm awfully sorry Dan what do you mean we can't do anything she's been acquitted and she can never be brought to trial again for the same offense you mean I'm supposed to go on living with a poisoner there isn't a thing you can do did you discuss this with her then yes I remember something she said something to the effect that she'd rather die than go on knowing you didn't believe in her do you remember that yes and still you discussed your feeling with her I couldn't hide it I was afraid to eat I could see a new purpose and everything she did you are a crusader aren't you Dan I can't help it that's just the way I'm put together okay you'll have to handle this your own way we can't do a thing it's a problem isn't it Dan you walk all the way home from the DA's office thinking about it taking plenty of time you knew what he'd say before you went there didn't you you accomplished one thing anyway though he knows about it now you walk on and on thinking trying to see the thing clearly then you decide the only thing that matters is whether Clara lives or died you wait an hour or two longer giving her plenty of time to make good on her promise five o'clock if she has the nerve it's all over now if she hasn't you'll have to take the other way hello hello what's this why are you packing I'm leaving but I do expect leaving there's nothing left to keep me here I'm far or early I'd hope to be gone and we'll ride don't be silly Clara there's no place for you to go anything's better than this well I wish you a lot of luck thanks and you Dan drink on it sure I'll drink on school what's the matter I don't know I'm getting dizzy I'm so sleepy Dan sure you're sleepy just lie down on the bed you don't need an alibi do your dad Palin all act slowly they'll never be able to stay definitely when it was taken and there are no slips you unpack her bags put things away yes the books are balanced now and you feel easier you'll be back at the evening bulletin tomorrow battling for justice again this time with nothing hanging over your head yes Clara the Whistler will return in just a moment with a strange ending of tonight's story meantime here's an interesting insight on how the atom is already being employed to create wonderful new products for you nylon for instance was created by rearranging the atoms in molecules thus forming an entirely new type of material that can be made sure yet stronger and longer wearing the nature's own silk and in much the same way certain chemists now rearrange the atoms in gasoline molecules to create an entirely new type super fuel for automobiles new signal gasoline that you see is why new signal is not just pre-war quality gasoline not just old style gasoline improved but a new type super fuel with improved performance so immediately apparent you feel it see it hear it I 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on 3rd Street thinking you feel better at a time like this with people around you then at 9 30 that night you look in the mirror behind the bar and you jump when you see the DA standing behind you come on Dan what's the matter let's go where let's go up to your house I want you to see your wife but what's the matter is something wrong you better save it until we get there welcome home Clara surprise why no how is she doc she's still a little drowsy but we got rid of most of it though you say you're not surprised then I don't have anything to say well I do brother I've got plenty to say but before I go into that there's something personal this may cost me my job mr. Pocher but it'll be worth it you load down hypocritical rat I've got a decent respect for an ordinary court but you haven't got the pride of a carnival pickpocket get up I said get up yeah I thought there were limits to what a man would do for money I guess they're aren't we have the complete picture mr. Pocher from the time you met Clara went worth until you try to kill her because she was going to give the money away we knew she didn't kill her husband that's why we conceded the trial and not because of your false front editorials you see we made a mistake we thought he was poisoned by ethanol two weeks into the trial and the surgeon tells us he was wrong it was Paranole with the same kind of symptoms where does that get you this far it's hard to buy that drug Clara went worth couldn't have bought it wait a minute shut up when the surgeon told me it was Palano he knew about it I knew about it and the murderer knew about it that's all how did you know about it mr. Parcher why I when you came to my office you should have known that sleep-talking yarn wouldn't hold water your wife couldn't have said it because she'd never heard of it in her life listen you can't I'm not finished there was one piece of evidence we didn't reveal at the trial the poison bottle we found in the fish pond it was bought and signed for in Philadelphia by a mr. Jeffries this afternoon I find that you and mr. Jeffries have the same handwriting all right what's the answer to that one there isn't any congratulations that's the first honest statement you ever made it wasn't worth it Parcher not even for Wentworth's quarter million come on you're going to write an editorial one that starts out I damn for Parcher of my own free will and volition you know look great in the middle of page one we'll title it epitaph for a heel the at 9 o'clock 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 this program is directed by George W. Allen based on a story by John Michael Hayes with music by Wilbur hatch this is Marvin Miller speaking suggesting that you try new signal the new gasoline you can prove is superior this is CBS the Columbia broadcasting system