 tired of the everyday grind ever dream of a life of romantic adventure want to get away from it all we offer you escape escape designed to free you from the four walls of today for a half hour of high adventure you are running from an unseen enemy frightened and alone living from day to day while your pursuer unrelenting and murderous is gaining on you ready to trap you in a place from which there is no escape listen now as escape brings you Charles Smith's exciting story the faraway island time is the important thing if you don't know it now you will when you've reached the 50 mark that's why the money was so important it would give me time with it I could return to a life I had lived six years before during the war on the island of a mocha the tropical sun streamed into my room making it impossible for me to sleep any longer the morning breeze carried the heavy odor of rotten fish just outside I could hear the goats and chickens this was papi tea I've been there five weeks waiting making sure I'd lost the man who had followed me from Boston and now I was sure I had lost him and in two days I would sail for a mocha don't let my teeth I find you here she knows I'm here she told me where you were and she said I might wake you me a cigarette how do you feel terrible we shall have breakfast at Queen's and you can tell me more about your island my island we you called it your island I drink too much never listen to a man when he's under the influence what else did I tell you last night oh you talk to your son I pride you are it was all they boy I'm sure what else nothing it is going to be a lovely day what else in these you you are in love with you no what makes you so sure you mentioned the name last night it was enough just here in the way you say your name look you'd know about these things is it possible for a man to love a woman he hasn't seen in six years if he has not seen he has had no reason to stop now you get dressed I'm hungry I watched her leave the room and in watching compared her to a Moeva of a mocha the Moeva of six years ago it was an unfair comparison I swung my legs over the side of the bed stood up and half an hour later I was stirring my second cup of coffee you said last night that you are going to leave by it soon is that true Adam yes I've waited here long enough I do not understand why you waited at all if I love someone I do not wait for anything if I want to go some coffee in his no thank you Adam I wouldn't miss you very much could could you take me to this island with you I would be no trouble even if you do not love me I we could be saying no on this you'd find the island very dull and after a while you'd find me pretty dull please Adam good morning Joe oh I have been looking every place for you the hotel the docks every place oh what is it now mama Tito worried she sent you to collect her bill you're American or you think of his money sometimes there are more precious things like what like a man's freedom all right you skinny little rat talk I was not going to take money for this but now here all right this morning early ship docked it has been taking on corporate from the island north of here go on I was there with the docks and keep talking this man this American I heard him asking questions what could you find the American who came here from Tonga River six weeks ago oh it makes you so sure he was looking for me the money is seeking is tall very tall and very big and he is about 50 years old what did you tell him nothing Mr. I was sure you would appreciate it if I told him nothing and he's you still want to go out to that island we there's a ship leaving today for our tongue and we'll be on it the gilding sat low in the water it's belly full of canned goods for the island according to the shipping notice it would sail at high tide I made arrangements with the captain well it is a very unusual request when here when here Hamish Adam Hamish when here Hamish what you're asking me to do such a ways it's my money oh I was not referring to the money but very well I will do it good what time do we pass more air captain it will be close to midnight you understand the girl is not to know yeah I understand I do not approve but I understand now a later we weighed anchor and I saw Joe on the dock he grinned at me and then scurried away anxious to report back to the man who had hired him and get a few franks for the information that I had sailed with a niece for Rarotanga then the night came bright and clear and it wasn't long before the great shadow that is more a island appeared off our port bow no more engines are you ready many yes over here you have not told the girl no that is wrong I hope someday she meets you again maybe she will take care of her see that she gets back safely will you you will have to hurry we are too close to shore now many a get in later I boarded the only schooner that services are market five days out we put in at another island to pick up a passenger then we put out to see again I was sitting on deck watching the purposes race along the side good morning sir morning man if I join you no I owe you an apology you know I've been staring at you hope you didn't notice no tell me is your name Hamish Adam Hamish yes I thought so allow me to introduce myself I'm Crawford JCW Crawford copper a government control I was sure you were Hamish this chap in Bapete last week described you so perfectly last last week in Papito yes I flew down to catch the schooner this fellow what did he look like American chap decent sort somehow I got the impression he just flown in from Rarotanga I remember he said he'd been off in a wild goose chase looking for you the ships that sell the southern waters usually carry a well stocked armory the skipper of this one like rifles like them so much as he wouldn't part with one for less than $300 but for my purpose it was worth the price good shooting you hit him right for it at the dorsal fin as another over there get ever trained thanks I'm a rotten shot captain says we'll be landing tomorrow you intend staying on a mocha yes I do good I'll have someone to talk to when I come by every couple of months have you been there since the war no that's since 44 I hope you won't be disappointed you know when you Americans left it seemed to take the heart out of the people have you ever lived on the only for a bit in 1949 it was do did you ever know a woman called Maverick no one say that I did native woman I see let me tell you about a mocha the map say it's a native 12 miles long surrounded by coral reef with a passage through the reef to the deep harbor inside but it's more than that it's a state of mind it's peace and contentment that is what I remember you have come back captain yes this house will be as your own until my people have made your house ready thank you Amano we'll find many changes Tane we are older all of us are older Amano where will I find more ever she is dead done dead my yes Tony she died a little while after you left the island they had buried her on a hill over looking the bay I stood for a long time looking at the ground in which she was lying and in that place the memory of her was sharp and clear but it was only a memory those first days I walked around the island it wasn't the same with my I'd never noticed the flies the heat and the quick torrents of rain but the people hadn't changed they still walked with an unmatched dignity and I was glad to be home eight weeks later a schooner sailed through the passage in the rave through my binoculars I could see Crawford on the deck and standing beside him was a taller man yes I see it you will go to the dock Tony no I will wait in my house tell your people that if anyone should ask for me I will be here in my house yes my watch and I waited until the tall stranger started walking slowly up the beach toward me when he reached the white wash stones that much the beginning of my land I raised the rifle in my shoulder my finger slid across the trigger and then I saw his face this man who had followed me across half the world was my own son we will return to escape in just a moment but first all Americans men and women from teenage up are urged to enroll for Ground Observer Corps service in every locality you are needed immediately in the job to be filled as an important one right or telephone your nearest Civil Defense Center or right to Ground Observer Corps Air Force Washington 25 DC that's your own Civil Defense Center or Ground Observer Corps Air Force Washington 25 DC and now back to escape I sat there watching as my son slowly made his way up the path to my house then I went to the door the rifle still crooked across my arm you're a fool I could have killed you easily you're ready we'll leave now not your better use that rifle what's it gonna be I'm staying here Paul are you sure we fought silently as men do or convinced their cause is right he was taller than I remember the heavier but he lived too much in the city it didn't last long I took some rope and bound his arms and legs and then I threw a cup of water in his face come on snap out of it you're not hurt not taking any chances I know I think the schooner leave without me yes we might as well make the best of this Paul we're going to be stuck here together for two months I will after the schooner has cleared the harbor it started to rain for a long time he didn't say anything he just sat there staring at me filled with hate then how much of the money do you still have about 2200 it's beautiful it's my funeral sure your vessel $10,000 you say it's your funeral everything's fine you shouldn't have come after me Paul I didn't want to I try to forget I had a father and I would have at the place in a company our friends would have let me I'm sorry you never thought about what would happen to me that I couldn't get a job in town anymore the way people looked at me because you weren't there to look at I'm sorry sure sure who sent you after me the bonding company nobody said it was my own idea I want to drag you back so I can live my own life again not share yours what made you do it why did you do it you wouldn't understand even if I told you why not because you're too young I cut him loose that night and the next morning I showed him around the island he walked among the people of a mocha he watched the palm swaying in the gentle breeze he looked at the beauty of the island but he didn't really see any of it here despite here they should do it you do what what are you talking about the spot of ground it's not too far from the village it's clear brush and build my house here yours you didn't think I'd stay with you I guess not in a few more minutes we'd reach the copper grove and we're standing before the kiln that used to bake the meat from the shell of the coconuts well you'll work here in the grove you can have your choice of jobs planting the young trees packing the copper of her shipping or keeping the grove clean take your pick suppose I rather not work then you won't eat a man who this is my son Amano used to work on the grove yes he'll start tomorrow but today I want him to enjoy himself I'd like it if one of your sons would take him fishing yes Tony but if he does not wish to go well word stories about the fishing down here I'll go good how do I call you young captain Paul my name is Paul whiskey yeah please Amano tells me you hooked into some turning starting to run you said you're quite a fisherman I didn't know that there's a lot you don't know about me we never had much of a chance to get acquainted did we in the war then when I came home not much of a chance no not much have you decided about your work on the grove what you want to do Amano said that plan is to start by keeping the grove clear of weeds I'll do that his hands were raw and bleeding when he came in from the grove that first day but by the end of the second week his hands and his body toughened and then he left the hot the chief had let him use he'd completed his own we didn't see much of each other after that and then the night of the kai-kai to celebrate the great catch of tuna your son is well liked by my people in the thank you Amano he has done well in the grove they have made him plant the young trees I saw I'm working among the trees yesterday do not worry about his feelings his head is not clear he is young has he mentioned leaving the island he counts the days he says you will both leave when the ship sails honey look there I looked and saw Paul standing beside a beautiful girl she was wearing a frangipani blossom behind a right ear they talked earnestly for a moment and then she laughed and he laughed I saw the girl the next day the blossom was behind her left here the days and weeks passed then there was only a week left before the schooner would return Hamish, Hamish, Tane, wake up, wake up Hamish, Tane, what is it the cobra the grove insects Tane many many insects that will destroy the grove come on there are a hundred things that can happen to a grove of young trees and the worst of them is the invasion of these tiny vicious termites no one knows where they come from they appear suddenly and without warning and there's only one thing to do you'll burn the young trees that are infected see this one bring that kerosene over here here give me that all right get back Amano crazy why are you doing this stop it bring the kerosene Paul no no I won't let you do it I won't let you burn the grove get out of my way I said no I opened my eyes to see Paul and Amano standing over me I got up and looked at the grove what remained of it then quickly turned my head away I I'm sorry I didn't understand I I thought you wanted to destroy it it's all right get it what do we do about the grove people have worked so hard let's start over now yes take you to your house I stayed close to the house for the rest of the week I was tired and I'd made up my mind what I wanted to do then the schooner sailed through the roof I packed my things and went down to the dock I knew Paul would be waiting to take me back came down early yes weren't you ready where's your bag I'm not going what I'm staying here I decided to marry I tell you you've given this some thought you're sure yes yes look I I I don't know if this will help but once you told me I I was too young to understand why you had to come back here even if you had a steal to do it I understand now and if you want to stay no no I want to go back said things right look you don't have to I know you remember that we're here waiting for you I'll remember well we'll keep your house ready you won't be away too long you'll come back I went aboard the schooner and watched as he walked back toward the village at the end of the pier a slim figure joined them they crossed the beach and went out of sight into the pond the girl I tear and my son Paul under the direction of Anthony Ellis escape has brought you the faraway island by Charles Smith starring Ted DeCorsia as Adam featured in the cast were Anthony Barrett Edgar Beria Mary and Richmond Vic Perrin Jack Prussian and Richard Pio the special music for escape is composed and conducted by Leith Stevens next week are alone with a murderer a man who has killed your brother and against whom you have sworn revenge while unknown to you your enemy is plotting his own move which if it succeeds will mean defeat for you and an end from which there is no escape so listen next week when escape brings you Peter B. Kynes exciting story one eighth Apache lovely Dorothy McGuire star of Broadway and Hollywood will be heard on CBS radio tomorrow evening and a dramatic story entitled the fall of Maggie Phillips it's another in your luck summer theater series so be listening for it tomorrow night on most of these same stations the fall of Maggie Phillips starring Dorothy McGuire this is George Walsh speaking and remember for suspense all summer here crime classics Monday nights on the CBS radio network