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He'll be all right captain. It's the shock is exhausting But through it all one thing seemed clear in focus those few swift minutes before the ship healed over on its side Before he leaked for the lifeboat and missed There was a girl yes a girl standing in the companion way just outside her cabin He remembered her face her fair skin her clear eyes wild as he shouted at her frantically Don't stand there get up to the deck the lifeboats Is there anybody inside in the cabin come on up these stairs there isn't much time hurry Time Going to it all over again. He's better though. He's coming around captain Hastings mr. Hastings What mr. Hastings not you're safe. They got you in time Can you hear me? I'm the ship's doctor. You're on board the SSR a guan bound for Singapore. Yes. Yes. Oh, that's right Singapore here try to drink this mr. Hastings easy I'm all right. I made it. I made it you sure did Hastings there couldn't be any mistake about his identity captain No, no, that's who he is. He's Hastings doctor. There's no doubt about it. The girl says so. He's his wife Oh, I see you could you get her to come in here captain? What my wife? No, I Just relax. You're suffering from shock mr. Hastings exhaustion and severe shock No, I haven't any You stop Marty the protest dying in your throat as you struggle up to one elbow and look toward the door It's the same girl, isn't it the one you faced in the companion way and shouted at But now she's coming toward you speaking differently very different My darling, I was so afraid for you, but I told them to pull through when I told them who you were Why are you doctor? He isn't delirious. Oh, no, don't worry, Mrs. Hastings Mrs. Hastings Doc, yes, mr. Hastings can you Would you leave us alone a minute? Oh boy surely? I want to want to be with My wife certainly captain. We'll wait out on that anything you say Okay Now you want to tell me what it's all about darling. You shouldn't try to talk it. I can talk they fish me out. I'm okay See, okay, of course you are dear in the name south like this or in a full dress suit. It's south Marty's up. It's a nice name. I like it. That's fine Europe Mrs. Stephen Hastings of the Shanghai You can call me Lucy. What about mr. Hastings my husband is dead One that didn't make it one that didn't make it what happened to him. How come I don't know stop asking me Stop looking at me like that like what? He was like that Stephen In the cabin we first heard the alarm. He just Sat there staring and you ran out left. No, he wouldn't budge Was as if he didn't want to Welcome welcome what the chance to die. I don't know you couldn't get him out. No couldn't send anybody back after I didn't think something like that happening. I couldn't think you've been thinking since yes plenty of it Well Come on. I'm waiting my husband Stephen had money coming to him It's waiting for him now in Singapore waiting for a mr. Hastings to pick it up any mr. Hastings will do 30,000 now 30,000 in a couple of weeks 50,000 altogether Half of it could be yours money. Oh, you're crazy to begin with how can you pass me off as your husband here on board? There are quite a few survivors ever nobody knew when he stayed in his cabin half the voyage Most of the others are picked up by the Khalifa. We'll see them in Singapore No, we won't the Khalifa is heading for the United States, and we don't know a soul in Singapore Where does this money come from? From an old friend in Shanghai EJ Galloway former business partner of my husband's You see EJ made a mistake once business deal in Singapore. I found out about it My toast even what I asked for he did They got results Shake down, huh? He must have felt great giving his old pal the blackmail pitch. We didn't have to do that EJ doesn't know where the blackmailer You think Stephen is the go-betweens to pick up the money in Singapore and make the pay off there You see that's where the blackmailer Nice guy your husband we was as a matter of fact, but we Know he almost got sick sometimes just thinking about it, but blackmailing his old friend and why do you go ahead with it? You like me What? Now you don't mean that I can be quite appealing Maybe the guys like Stephen Hastings Not the guys like Marty South you guessed How about running along? Wait a minute. Yes That boat when it was sinking did somebody come up to you ask if there was anybody else in the cabin? I don't remember with excitement, you know. Yeah, I know Okay That's all for any time We'll see if you get lonesome for me, darling Steven Just tell the doctor That's all Marty and then she's gone leaving you to think it over But you know her kind Lucille is a man traveling and you figure she'll be back soon to try to help you make up your mind But that's where you make a mistake isn't it Marty because she doesn't come back Not in a few hours not even that night. She just leaves you alone And the next morning you can hear her outside asking about you He's much better. Oh, I'm so glad but I think I'll just let him read Yes, Marty She lets you rest and think At first you find yourself strangely curious Then you think some more and you don't say anything else to them about not being her husband Stephen Hastings Then a half a day out of Singapore you can't stand it anymore You call the doctor and sin for her Thing of our wonderful doing better than that. I'm pacing the floor. Oh Don't look as if you don't know why Lucille It's Lucille now Not nice when you say it. Don't you want to know what I've decided. I know You like money, Marty You know, I think you like me You hit it with the first part but get this I know what I'm going into it includes you only because you're necessary to my Immediate prosperity. I'm very necessary. So as you're having a husband Stephen Okay, I'll keep them alive for a while darling. I knew you would Pretty smart gal, but here's something you don't know Your husband made a big mistake when he fell in love with you. I'm not gonna make the same mistake I can't afford to. Oh, I never let love interfere with my plans. It's bad business Oh, uh, everything all right, Mrs. Haley. What? Oh, yes fine doctor. Isn't it dear? I guess so sure it is and don't worry darling. You'll feel better. Everything is going to be so much better soon With the prologue of whirlpool the signal oil company brings you another strange story by the whistler But now since this is only our second broadcast at this new Sunday evening time I have a message especially for you new friends of the whistler If you've lived out West any length of time, you know that signal is known from Canada to Mexico as the go farther gasoline Now naturally, we're mighty proud of signals famous mileage But even more so we're proud of the extra efficiency today's signal gasoline coaxes from your motor which makes such mileage possible For when your motor runs more efficiently You also enjoy quicker starting faster pickup and smoother knock-free power the things which make driving more fun That's why folks who want superior performance as well as those who insist on mileage are both switching to signal They've discovered that to get the tops in gasoline quality. There are just two things to remember One in gasoline it takes extra quality to go farther And two Signal is the famous go farther gasoline Now back to the whistler You made a decision, didn't you Marty? About lucille hastings and the money waiting for steven hastings in singapore When she suddenly thrust opportunity into your hands By asking you to pose as her dead husband steven hasting But there's another thing you've decided on and that's more important than anything else You're not going to make the same mistake. He did are you Marty? No, you're not going to fall in love with lucille because that doesn't fit in with your plans at all Money is the most important thing, isn't it? It always has been even though you don't have much of it at the moment And you've never let a woman interfere You've never let your heart rule your head where money is concerned The next night in singapore The two of you move easily around the dance floor of the port plaza hotel a devoted married couple Mr. And Mrs. Steven Hastings Are you dance well dear stevens learned to dance better? Oh very much Maybe the poor guy was tired. He had a right to be I think we should stop talking about that Suits me. Let's talk about when we go to work I think we'd best wait a day or two. You can go there Wednesday for the first payment Second we'll be ready in a couple of weeks. Ej couldn't raise it all at once. Where do I go? I'll uh have to look at Ej's letter again for the exact address. It's a little tailor shop somewhere on ponderosa street You don't have to look again. Not with that memory. It's a tailor shop Uh, why Wednesday? No reason I just think it's best All right, maybe it is maybe it isn't I don't get all this mystery There isn't any mystery I told you if galloway stood still for a 50 grand shakedown Why didn't he just give it to you or send it to you direct? Why all this movie stuff? This was my idea not ej's See in case ej couldn't raise the money or changed his mind or decided to talk with the authorities I thought it would be much better for me If I were far away with me for the fall guy if anything goes wrong here Nothing can go wrong here There's no crime in having your coat pressed Uh, what do I do when I get to this tailor shop? Like I said you just have your coat pressed You can wait for it if you want to Tell them you're mr. Hastings. What if they want proof? They can call the hotel and ask mrs. Hastings, but they won't Relax darling. Sorry. I can't relax Not till I've had my coat pressed Good morning, sir. I uh want to get this coat pressed. I'll wait or um the name's hastings Oh, yes, and uh, you're staying the port plaza. Why? Nothing mr. Hastings just curious if you were going to call or anything my wife isn't there. She stepped out No, no mr. Hastings The coat please I'll have it for you right away. Good You watch the proprietor of the little tailor shop as he takes your coat Moves off toward the back of the establishment You look around nervously ready to run for it if anything goes wrong But nothing does marty. He's back in a matter of minutes Handing the freshly pressed coat across the counter You pay him and slip it on and feel the bulge of a heavy envelope in the inside pocket Satisfactory sir. I think so thanks. Will you be dropping it again? Yeah, sure. Perhaps if you'd call the day before call Okay, we'll give you quick service, sir Good morning Half a block away you open the envelope and look inside It's there marty $20,000 in crisp unmarked bills half of it yours The payoff just as lucille described it You smile as you put it away Because you're thinking how easy it would be to quit right now Walk out on lucille cold But there's still another payoff Another $30,000 It would be stupid of you to walk out now, wouldn't it? And then your pulse quickens and you glance back There's someone following you marty And you realize that lucille is still thinking as fast as ever That she's guessed that you might pick up the money a day earlier and not wait until wednesday You turn hurry down the street on your way back to the hotel You don't have to knock the door down My own husband or the neighbor's thing never mind inside. What's all the excitement? What kind of a double cross is this double cross? That's a funny way to put it not to me You had me followed didn't you did I the fat guy in the white suit right out of the book? How quaint stop at lucille don't give me that ice cube stare. I'm not steven Not so loud darling someone might believe you you're gonna tell me what's going on When you calm down you might tell me I went there like you said Taylor sharp Yeah, I went through the routine. Didn't they give you the money? That's not the beef lucille I'm talking about the guy who picked me up on the way out one of your pals, huh? A high powered insurance policy. You're not making sense darling Somebody followed you it's because you're in singapore Stay out of alleys darling rough neighborhood. This is a big bad city. I wish I could buy that You can buy anything Mr. Hastings How much did you get? 20,000 here it's in the envelope Pretty isn't it? Darling, yeah Speaking of double crosses I thought I told you not to go to the tailor shop until tomorrow. I'll forgive you this time No, you won't watch rock What are you thinking Something pretty foolish, but sometimes you'd really like to level Marty darling put your arms around me what so I can hold on for this sleigh ride That wouldn't take you on a sleigh ride. Not sure you'd take your mother on one. I don't hate me Marty not now Not this minute Here I go, huh Well, my back's against the door anymore. Marty Marty Too bad. It's not for keeps lucille. Let's not talk about for keeps. Let's think about now Right now. Yeah, right now Only admit it tomorrow. It could be a knife in my back. All right. That's what you want me to say But right now kiss me Marty kiss me Your mind is spinning as you leave her Marty go down to the cocktail bar for a drink and then another one In a way, it's like fighting up to the surface, isn't it? Trying to struggle out of the whirlpool that keeps pulling you down. You're afraid, aren't you Marty? Because the one thing you've tried to guard against is happening Slowly surely You're falling for her and you know what it can mean You don't do anything about it the next day Or in the days that follow just go along trying to keep your head above water And then one night as you walk along through the streets of singapore You catch sight of him again the man. She's had following you. You hurry forward turn into an alley stop And wait There I am. Mr. Hey, what do you want? What do you want? Hey, thank you. It is a mr. Hastings Just wanted to talk it over talk what over right the deal. I Thought maybe you changed your mind of where you've been acting Avoid me Of course, this is a crazy setup I naturally thought you were gonna meet me when you got in last week to set it all up Yeah, naturally, but Well, I almost forgot what you looked like You didn't know what I looked like you never seen me before You made a deal with the guy I worked for remember I think you'd better keep talking mr. At gray's good enough. Mr. Gray. It might be I don't blame you for being careful. Mr. Hastings is a scruid deal I guess But uh As a son to you You take your wife to the red angel cafe tomorrow night just casualizing see You have dinner with her the last one and then you stroll out on the terrace The terrace? Yeah, nobody out there much Just give me a chance to get lined up and then Lighter cigarette Matt, you'll give me a target an easy one. Well, what do you know? Stephen It hits you suddenly Stephen Hastings the weekly He'd actually set up a plan to kill her at the end of the voyage A plan that he was too weak to go through with It's perfect, isn't it? You can get rid of lucille tomorrow night and a few days later You can drop around to the tailor shop pick up the rest of the money and leave town But you're not sure that this is the way you want it to be Not even for $50,000. What's the matter, mr. Hastings? You change your mind It changed my mind Well, I'd like a little more time to think it over. Look, uh, I've been doing some travel and I uh Want the $500,000 that you agreed to pay my employer mr. Hastings, huh? $5,000, yeah, okay, you you'll get it. Uh, want to leave it in your hotel box small new bills cash. Sure Mr. Gray, yeah If the money's in the box tomorrow night You'll see us My wife and me at the red angel cafe on the terrace Yeah I'm too Light her cigarette Darling, how did you know about this place the red angel? Oh, I heard somebody mention it like it very much And I like you for bringing me We'll see you like oh You want to talk come on. Where are we going out on the terrace? Oh, but Okay, the terrace We'll see the lights and the harbour beautiful Yeah Marty you're gonna tell me something inside Yeah, I was I think I know what it is You know, Marty you're not like Stephen at all You're anything but weak Except when it comes to putting this sort of thing into words I give me a cigarette. I should give me a cigarette anything wrong with that No Nothing wrong Yeah, there you are. Thank you, Marty And that's just the way you're looking now tells me something You do love me, don't you? I don't know Do I Would you give me a light? You're really beautiful Lucille Marty You're something I'll never forget Here's your light Thank you, darling The whistler will return in just a moment with a strange ending to tonight's story Meantime a suggestion to drivers The colder nights and mornings that we'll be having from now on place an extra strain on your car's battery So now is a good time to stop by a signal service station for a free battery inspection If it appears that anything is going to interfere with your cold weather starting your signal dealer is equipped to give you complete battery service For recharging he has new type safe speedy equipment If your cables are corroded he can replace them with heavy-duty cables And should you need a new battery? There's none finer than signals new deluxe batteries that are guaranteed not for just 12 or 18 months But for 30 months on a service basis Incorporating the latest type all rubber separators plus a new design hard rubber case These signal deluxe batteries deliver up to 35 percent more power and don't need water nearly as often So before you get any battery get your signal dealer's trade-in offer for your old battery Plus his convenient credit terms on today's finest battery the new signal deluxe battery Available only at signal service stations and now back to the whistler It was like a whirlpool the shipwreck the swirling waters Marty south fighting his way through the sea Awakening to find a new life and wealth placed in his hand By lucille hasting But somehow in the police station at singapore That part of the story was of little concern as the arresting officers huddled around a man sitting under the glaring white light Come on gray. We know you did it. No You've been following that you asked for that money in Hastings hotel box the clerk didn't like your looks Look, I told you mr. Hastings gave me the money you left that for me. What was it for the killing? Gray you are seen firing the gun. How do you think we arrested you so quickly? All right. All right. All right. I did it But it was a plan Hastings plan He was tired of his wife. He must have been tired of everything But he was a weakling Suicide's been on his mind for months only didn't have a nerve So he hired us me to do it for him But why his wife too? How do I know? Hastings was crazy about her I guess Didn't want anyone else to have her The only reason I can think of why Hastings set this deal for him to both die together 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 at sensible speeds be courteous And obey traffic regulations. It may save a life possibly your own Featured in tonight's story were jacked moils and betty lou gerson The whistler was produced and directed by george w allen with story by joel malone and music by wilbur hatch And was transmitted to our troops overseas by the arm forces radio service Remember at this same time next sunday another strange tale By the whistler marvin miller speaking. It's a cbs the columbia broadcasting system