 And now, another tale well calculated to keep you in. In a moment, End of the Road. Written for radio by Alan Sloan, from a story by Eliezer Lipsky. Back in pioneer days, they used to talk about the quick and the dead. The idea used to be the quick survived and the slowpoke stopped an arrow. Well, today things have changed. On America's highways it's often the quick who are the dead. Haste makes considerably worse than waste, as highway fatality statistics grimly prove. Most highway deaths come from excessive speed and cutting out of line. It's possible to be killed by making a target of your car as well. It's possible to get into trouble by having a mechanically imperfect car. There are all sorts of dangers involved in piloting one of today's high-speed automobiles. But hundreds of thousands of drivers of all ages are proving that it's also possible to have an accident clean record. Alertness, politeness, yes, common courtesy on the road, and the flexibility about changing highway conditions. These are true driving skills. These are keys to accident-free driving. Your only guarantees of survival on the rugged roads of today. This is our husband. Who is calling? Well, just a minute. It's for you. Sounds like a job. Thanks, Willie. Hello? At 10 p.m. High fashion. What's the matter? I didn't mean good enough for a cover girl, huh? Here, I am for you. All right. 2 p.m. Elite. Hey, you hear me? You hear me? And as long as I have you, my gardener. Just a moment, please. Willie, please, please. I said I am going with you. Willie, can you wait till I finish this call? All right, I got all the time in the world, but I am going with you. You hear me? Ms. Gardner? Yes. Yes, was there something else? Yes. We just got a mother and daughter call for tomorrow. That'd be 11 o'clock in the park. What, 11 o'clock? Oh, dear, no. Elsie's in school, then. It'd be double-rate for the girl, Ms. Gardner, and it might make a cover. It's mother and daughter outfits. Hannah Troy. I'm sorry. I don't want to take Elsie out of school. Thank you. Now, are we going to get this straightened out once and for all? Willie, please. I've told you so many times I'm not ashamed of your name. I wouldn't have married you if I were. Then why don't you keep the get registered Elsie Lochan instead of Elsie Gardner? Because we worked together as models as Gardner before you and I were married. Please, Willie, I guess I'll board going over this again and again and again. And quit, then, quit. If I did, you'd have to go to work. Are you going to throw that in my face again? Did I try for a job? Did I? Yes. All right, all right. Don't give me no buts. I do all right, don't I? I bring it to home, don't I? Where does it come from, Willie? I bring it in. Don't I? What do you can't wear? Willie, can't we just drop the whole thing? Where's my bag? I've got a 2 p.m. I've got a 2 p.m. Now, listen, you mean we got a 2 p.m. I'm coming with you. Not in a high-fashion job. Oh, a low-fashion job. I could come along, huh? And watch them photographers pour you around. Give it a little pat here, a little pat there. Willie, I'm warning you. You're warning me. You're warning me. Look, cover girl, I got a message for you. Willie, go! You'll bruise my arm. I get a kick out of you. Not that you're hurting me, but you'll bruise my arm. That's all you care about, ain't it? Your looks. Okay? Okay, if I don't go, you don't go. Willie, let's go. Sure, I'll let go. With one rake in the eye, I'll let go. Let's see him focus on that, huh? Cover girl with a shiner. You bitch! Sure. You said that's what got you about me when I met you. Remember, you said I was an animal. A magnificent animal! How's that, Mrs. Oceano? How's that? In just a moment, we will return for the second act of suspense. Hollywood star Mona Freeman. 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Three minutes with Fitch, unsightly dandruff's gone. Fitch can also leave your hair up to 35% brighter. Fitch, dandruff remover shampoo. Make yourself comfortable, Mr. Luciano, and you, Mr. London. Thank you, Mr. Morgan. Haven't I seen you somewhere before on many a magazine cover, Mr. Morgan? As Mary Gardner, Mrs. Luciano, was one of our top models. And as counsel for the agency with whom she's registered, I, uh, we need your help. I take it it's a matter of assault. A black eye who gave it to you. My husband, Willie Luciano. Willie, Willie Luciano. That's why we're here, Mr. Morgan. Unless I'm wrong, it was you who prosecuted Ms. Gardner's husband on a charge of possession of a gun. And convicted him, yes. Now I remember. You're married to him, Ms. Gardner? He's my second husband. Mr. Gardner was killed in an auto accident. I had a little girl and I... Mr. Morgan, the man has begun to beat her, threaten her, threaten the little girl. She's only six, Mr. Morgan, but he hates her. Please, Mary. Mr. Morgan, Ms. Gardner is planning to sue for divorce. That is, she is, uh, well, we are seeking divorce grounds. Just a minute, just a minute. Where is your husband now? He ran out of the house. It was five days ago he gave me this beating. And then he ran out of the house. The man's living in a west side hotel. We're, uh, we're investigating him for evidence of, uh, whether you know the grounds for divorce in New York State. Well, one moment, this is, uh, civil matter. Why do you come to me? I'm a criminal prosecutor. The point is, my client would like protection against her husband. I can well understand that. But protection for herself and for her child. But what do you expect me to do, Mr. Linden? Well, we thought you might, uh, well, as an assistant district attorney who has already sent him to prison, warn him to, uh, to keep the peace and let the law take its course. It's a divorce law, that is. Depending on what your investigators come up with. That's right. Perhaps you might cause him to post a bond to keep the peace. Have you told him you're divorcing him, Ms. Gardner? No, I, I was afraid. Mr. Morgan, believe me, the marks you see on Ms. Gardner's face are, are nothing compared to others you do not see. Her body is covered with bruises. Well, I still don't see how I can intervene in a divorce proceeding in which my office is in no way involved. And Mary. Yes, sir. Tell Mr. Morgan, if you would, what you told me this morning. About the, the fight? About the threat. Well, I, I picked Elsie up after school and, and he was waiting for us. He pushed her into the bedroom and then he started right in on me again. I'll show you, he said. I'll show you where to get off. When I get through with you, you'll be a good model for one of those liniment ads, before and after. He threatened you with continued bodily harm? Yes. And said he was walking out on you? Yes. But with an implied threat to return and do further harm? Mr. Morgan, don't you think it would be better to forestall a homicide than to have to go looking for a killer? Yes, yes, I agree with you. Very well. Now Mr. Linden, I never want to tell a lawyer how to run his case, but pending the results of your own investigations, there is something I can suggest. Yes. That pending evidence of adultery. Now, that's going to be difficult to obtain. This man likes to boast about women we've discovered, but he has been very circumspect, meets them only in public places. Well, I can go before a magistrate with you and support an application for a warrant of arrest on the grounds of abandonment. Abandonment? Yes, Mrs. Luciano, abandonment is a crime, a misdemeanor. And if it continues for any length of time, technically we might be able to prosecute. But... But what? But all he has to do is to give the money for support and the criminal charges purged for all practical purposes. That's what these wise guys do when they run out on their families and just enough money to pay the gas bill. Then what's all this about? Oh, he'll see me in court. It may have a quieting effect. Also, if you'd like to apply for a bond to keep the peace, I'll go along. I'll suggest high bail in view of his criminal background. And your husband will either fail or make bail or be sobered by seeing that you have your eye on him. Mr. Linden, Mr. Morgan. Yes, my dear? But what happens if he doesn't make bail? He's committed to the civil prison. For how long? Until he makes bail. I'm no lawyer, but if he's in jail... How can your investigator obtain evidence against him for the divorce? Obviously, he can't. The main thing is, you and your daughter are safe. And if he gets out? On bail, I mean. He'll come after me. Not if he knows the district attorney is interested in the case. Well, we hope. In the meantime, now, this is entirely up to you, Mr. Linden. Your client can sue for a legal separation. It's not much, but it's something. Mr. Linden, honestly, what shall I do? Mary, I'd do as Mr. Morgan says. The main thing is to protect you and Elsie. We can take each thing in its own time. Now, don't you agree? I guess so. Very well. Mr. Morgan, is there any necessity of Mary's remaining here? No, no, not at all. But you'd better be at my office here tomorrow morning at about a quarter to ten. Then we'll go right in there and make application for a warrant of arrest. Quarter to ten. All right. Thank you. Just a moment. We will return for the concluding act of... Suspense. Around the clock, CBS newsrooms are kept humming with a steady influx of incoming dispatches and expanded reports from correspondence around the world. The object, the one object, is to make sure that you are kept completely advised as to the constantly shifting pattern of world events. Here, each day's global developments brought to you swiftly, accurately, and in meaningful detail via CBS News on CBS Radio. Just one question, Mr. Linden. I know. Why did she marry him? Love, I suppose. Men like that have an animal attraction for girls like Miss Gardner. Beautiful faces worshiped like goddesses by the multitudes and nobody knows how long they wait by the phone for a date. And a healthy young hoodlum like Luciano moves in. Well, I'd better get back to the office. I'll have to prepare an affidavit for tomorrow. Mr. Linden, would you mind a suggestion? Please, I feel sort of helpless here. A separation action can end in a judgment for stiff alimony. That's a pretty strong weapon when a man's trying to hide his means of livelihood. You might tell your client it can't be a blow-hot, blow-cold proposition. I quite understand. Point is, so must she. It's her main legal club over the man. She's not obliged to let him back into the home, or there goes her case. As for having anything to do with him... I know what you mean. From now on, she'd be better off living in the YWCA. Otherwise, no case. But the main thing right now is to put up a legal wall between her and his fists. You were right. He might kill her. I'll tell you something else we're gonna do, Elsie. We're gonna take a big, long vacation down in Florida where the sun shines all the time, and we're gonna get twin bathing suits like the ones they took pictures of us wearing. And we'll go fishing and swimming, and we'll get so sunburned they won't have to use makeup on us when we go back to work. And we'll just laze around the stand all day. And we won't have to worry about what we eat. We'll just get fat. Hi, you baby. Really? Did you miss me? All right, she hit the road. Another 15 minutes? You can stay here if you like. I have a case in special sessions. Well, perhaps she went straight to pounding. No, no, no. I made it perfectly clear it was to be here, my office, 9.45. Morgan. Mr. Morgan, this is Mary Gardner Luciano. Oh, yes, Mrs. Luciano. What? Mrs. Luciano, may I ask where you are? We said my office, quarter to 10. I'm home. He just left. But when did he arrive? Last night. How did he get in? I don't know. I guess maybe he had a key. What did he want? Mrs. Luciano, tell me one thing. Was there a reconciliation? Mrs. Luciano, that's a question you can't ask your district attorney or your lawyer. Only your own heart. Where is your husband now? Shopping. For groceries. Give it another try. Oh, gee, he's right. What's the story? Same old story. When a lovely woman stoops to folly and finds herself deserted and alone, she smooths her hair with automatic hand and welcomes the prodigal husband right back home by Morgan out of Goldsmith. Or was it Pope? I can't take as light a view of it as you do, Mr. Linden. What am I supposed to do? I don't know what went on last night in that happy little loveless. But if a girl wants to be a fool, that's her privilege. But the man's dangerous. The story is this, Mr. Linden. Has it ever occurred to you that some men have only one way of showing their women how much they love them? And that's by beating them up? And another thing with all due respect to your sagacity, my colleague, how would you feel if Mary Gardner weren't a cover girl, weren't a raving beauty with honey eyes and deeper cheekbones? Just an ordinary girl with an ordinary face. Would you think it was so terrible? Oh, I'm thinking of the child. Now, what kind of a woman will she grow up to be? I'm seeing her stepfather beat her mother up time and time again. I'm thinking of the child, and so should you be. I am, I am. But the mother's your client. I intend to keep in touch with Mary. Mm-hmm. I wondered why a corporation lawyer showed such an interest. All right. I'll show you a guess. All right, Linden. I give them six months. The question is, in this strange affair is a woman infatuated with an animal-like creature? Yeah. Well, the name of the fellow in that play loved his wife and beater? Lilliam, Lilliam. Never mind, Lilliam. The question is, at the end of six months who is going to come out alive? The lady or the tiger? Morgan. Yes, Mr. Linden. Well, it's been just about six months, hasn't it? What's happened, Linden? Certainly, certainly. What about the daughter? Cardinal, you're safe here and your daughter will be escorted by a patrol car. Now, please go on with your story. Well, that's about all. Just that when I found the gun in his pocket and tried to stop him from going on on this job, he called it. He hit me. He hit me and hit... like an animal. Like a wild animal. You say he threatened to come back and what was his expression? Take care of me. He said he'd take care of me for good. Mr. Morgan, he's insane. Then why did you go back to him? Why did you take him back? I couldn't... Morgan, spare the girl. No, no, no. It's all right now. I'm over it. It was just that I couldn't resist him when he just... just even touched me. But it's all over now. I'm cured. You're sure? Yes. I'll do anything you say. I'll sign warrants. I'll go right over to the court. Anything you say. Will you come with me to 1st Avenue and 33rd Street for 10 minutes? What's over there? Your husband. He went on a robbery job, liquor store. The dealer had a gun, too. Bellevue is at 1st Avenue and 33rd. That one, he's hurt. I know he's hurt. No, no. But Morgan is at Bellevue. I'll ask you to identify him and then you can wipe him out of your life. But you don't understand. Hmm? I hated him. I hated him for what he did to me. But I love him. Who will he? Who will he? Who will he? What am I going to do with him? You can grow up. You can come to your senses and thank your stars. Somebody killed him before he killed you. That's what you can do. Women. Brother Lyndon, take care of him. Skip the identification. I've got his prints on file. Women. Suspense. To End of the Road. A story by Eliezer Lipsky. Written for radio by Alan Sloan. In a moment, the names of our players and a word about next week's story of suspense. Out of tune because of irregularity? Kellogg's All-Dran helps put you back in tune. Kellogg's All-Dran is the natural way the good food way to end constipation caused by lack of bulk in your diet. There's only one All-Bran. Kellogg's All-Bran. It's whole-brand content, gentle-to-way constipation. Supplies your system with the bulk-forming food you need. Kellogg's All-Bran is the only whole-brand cereal to bring you the combination of proved effectiveness, appetizing taste and crispness. It never gets mushy in milk. So get back into and stay into. It's easy with the one and only Kellogg's All-Bran. A-W-L-B-R-A-N. Safe, reliable, pleasant. Millions enjoy it every day. They know they can count on Kellogg's All-Bran to relieve irregularity. Heard in tonight's story were Bernard Grant as Willie Luciano, Rita Lloyd as Mary Luciano, and Nat Polan as Mr. Morgan. Others in our cast included John Seymour and Rita Sergel. Listen again next week when we return with The Mystery of Mary Roget by Edgar Allan Poe, adapted for radio by E. Jack Newman. Another tale well-calculated to keep you in on CBS Radio.