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he smiled grimly almost with a sneer that was a challenge I don't know anyway I slammed on the brakes and he walked slowly up to the car talk on my big chin up stiffened on the seat beside me quiet talk so you decided I don't look like too much of a risk I'm not at all please get in you you look very wet as a matter of fact I am very wet backseat or cool talk a listen how are you talking he's quite a dog I bet he could easily kill a man oh he's really quite well behaved and he wouldn't attack without orders you have made yourself quite clear impressive machine this I love it but I'm really not used to it yet I just got it last week you drive it very well thank you but I don't really where are we now I'd say about 25 miles east of Winamucka you're new to this part of the country yes and no I've never seen that view before it's breathtaking such such a difference from back home back home New England this is the first time I've ever been in the West and I love it the scenery is but this particular scenery doesn't appeal to me very much why not I'd say there's someone waiting for us down there look I looked and far below on the valley floor was a fork in the road and an abandoned building near it was a black speck that looked like a wagon and two smaller black specks that moved men no doubt though from here they look like ants I'd suggest slowing down not much though I expect they're watching us through field glasses who let me out here what this cut hides us from them stop the car I'm sorry our ride together must end so soon and don't be afraid and have your dog sit in the front seat and keep him there until you are safe in Winamucka I don't understand you know what a roadblock is a roadblock are the police after you not the police of this country just tell them you have not seen me and they'll pass you on all right goodbye thank you he turned and started climbing the steep bank at the side of the road he stopped halfway to the top and impatiently motioned me to go on I slipped the car into gear and suddenly I felt very much alone and scared I motioned talking to the front seat and started down the pass into the desert valley a couple of miles further the forks the road was blocked by a black delivery truck I was almost tempted to swing around it but the man in the plastic raincoat who held his hand up so casually didn't look dangerous at all so I came to a stop another man in a black raincoat was leaning against the truck trying to clean the mud from his shoes across the panel of the truck was a sign that read Nevada public opinion surveys Carson City I felt a little silly for feeling scared a moment before how do you miss we're making a traffic check yes mind answering a few questions only take a minute what do you want to know well now let's see where you from Vermont Vermont well I declare we don't get many tourists from Vermont you come all this way alone I don't suppose you'd count my dog as a passenger I guess not although I always say a dog the man or a woman's best friend nobody else with you no have you given any rides to hitchhiker no windshield I saw a man in the black raincoat reach into the van there was a smear of yellow paint on his raincoat and the letters on the neat sign were blurred it had been freshly painted in the painted rub off when he leaned against the sign a moment ago even if you've given somebody just a short ride we have to put it down it's for the statistical I'm sorry but I've lost too much time already I can't answer any more of your questions man in the black raincoat was beside the car now peering in over the interviewer's shoulder somebody's been sitting in the seat next to curly head there you can see where the seats wet let's quit stalling Mr. Slick shut up ma'am you can see for yourself you've had somebody sitting in that seat not very long ago my dog your dogs are dry as a bone man I'll search the trunk compartment maybe she's got her it got him hidden there you get her keys will you take your hands off the steering now ma'am just give me the keys I had no idea the Bentley had such power it leapt forward under the accelerators I swung it around clipping the front bumper of the delivery truck skidding across the wet road and throwing a sheet of liquid mud over the two men through the rear view mirror I could see them running up the road after me then stop and give up I shifted into fourth and headed back up the mountain at 80 miles an hour and then as I rounded a curve there he was again my passenger laboriously clamoring down the bank at the side of the road he waved to me when he heard the car and again I don't know why I stopped maybe it was the painful way he was limping maybe because his figure looked so tiny and alone and all that vastness maybe it was because I remembered the cruel blue eyes of the red-haired interviewer glouring bail from it bail fully behind his thick glasses anyway again I stopped backseat toggle get in I'm driving back to the main highway I can take you into town that way I would not have healed you only I twisted my ankle up oh I'm sorry I was watching from the hill what happened down there lose your nerve I'm I'm afraid I did after they saw the damp mark your suit had made and the man reached for the ignition keys I guess I lost my nerve where was the third man there wasn't one he must have been hiding was one of them redheaded with glass yes yes the the other one called him mr. Smith what's this all about who are they who are you I suppose I do owe you some kind of an explanation my driver's license and army discharge say I am Peter Whittleslay of Elco Nevada but they're very excellent for juries for juries oh yes you see I am or rather was a spy what yes I landed in San Francisco three days ago in the crew of a little Greek freighter mr. Smith met me his assignment was to get me from my ship to my new job where Los Alamos New Mexico naturally I ducked him last night why are you stopping get out how far can I walk on please please just get out when you picked me up I was on my way to the police to give myself up it's my only way to get away from them you must believe me it sounds like a bad movie now get out what about that bullet hole what bullet hole in the windshield oh I didn't see it before I my friend mr. Smith of course I suppose I didn't hear the gun go off over the sound of the motor do you believe me now maybe I do when you have been sent on a mission into a country by the left arm you're not supposed to change your mind and go over to the other side they don't like it the left arm what's that a fifth column well I suppose you could call it that how do you speak English so well if you're a foreigner sent over here by the by the left arm foreigner I was born right here in Nevada and this is the only way I could get back home no please don't make me get out take me to the nearest police station will you please I suppose it was my new England conscience or maybe just plain old curiosity or maybe well he was attractive on the twisting downgrade into Winemucca I learned his story how he'd been born in Nevada of Central European immigrant parents how he'd been taken back to their homeland when he was 11 how he'd fought the Germans with the partisans and after the war had been educated as an undercover agent by the left arm how he'd passed every test and resisted every temptation his teachers offered in his one desire to return home to America and believe me America is home I was born here and I want to work here and to die here do you do you think the police will believe you I don't know do you I well I want to but it's a pretty wild yarn it's true every word of it I know it is I I feel it is thank you and now tell me a little bit about you poor little rich girl don't don't let this beautiful car fool you it's the only extravagance I've ever indulged in in my life I must say when you decide to be extravagant you don't do it by halves there's the city hall police station must be there you can drop me here on the corner you won't waste any time getting through town then I don't even know your name to thank you it's Elizabeth White here I shall never forget it nor your face you're you're forgetting your code oh thank you my name is really Alex Peck I hope I shall see you again someday until then wish me luck I I do well good bye and thank you he turned and was gone limping across the courthouse square and I suddenly felt very much alone headed west once more for highway 45 and the straight road across Idaho and Oregon for Seattle then a few miles further talk will nudge my arm no no talk oh no we don't play when I'm driving no I glanced at him and slowed down he had a wallet in his mouth Alex's wallet it must have been dropped out of his coat as he left the car he'd need it it was part of the proof of his story I I swung the big Bentley into a side road whipped it into reverse and straightened out on the road back to Winamaka I let the car out 80 90 100 105 on one straight stretch and then then down to a cautious 55 as I entered the town limits until I pulled up before the police station in the basement of the courthouse stay talkal are you the officer in charge here I'm Sergeant Helding I'm looking for Mr. Alexander Peck I drove him here not more than a half hour ago Mr. Peck left his papers in my car I thought he might want them so I brought them back gone yep ma'am you don't know how lucky you were that fellow was lunatic lunatic sure his name is Peter Whittlesey from Elko nut here in the fruitcake he escaped from the Carson City asylum last night it came for him in the wagon a black panel truck that's right had Carson City State Asylum painted on the panel in fresh fresh paint pardon ma'am you've made a dreadful mistake that's the same truck that stopped me back at Indian forks it must be you're one of the most stupid incompetent in deramers is that that ever send a man to be tortured yes and that's murdered now ma'am and I mean every one of them now ma'am let's not have any sass out of you you're too nice a gal to go around picking up strangers just now run along now ma'am we're pretty busy here you understand understand you're wasting our time good day man just a minute what that's your car over there that yellow flindable yes yes you have any idea how fast you were going when you passed the airport why I yeah well I'll tell you I was doing 90 on my motorcycle and you walked right away from me I got a good mind to throw the book at you here's a free offer you won't want to miss a free offer by your richfield gasoline dealer just for the asking you can get a new 32 page baseball book that's a hit in any league this new richfield baseball book is the most interesting book of its kind ever published it contains all the major league schedules and many minor league schedules it shows the world series box scores and it has a special baseball quiz you can try on your friends in the free richfield baseball book you'll also find seating diagrams of leading stadiums and dozens of other interesting facts on America's number one sport but the supply is limited so be sure to get your free copy tomorrow from your richfield gasoline dealer stop where you see the richfield eagle on the cream and blue pumps ask for your free copy of the new richfield baseball book tomorrow and now we return you to escape starring miss Nancy Kelly he was tall and capable looking the state trooper he had a kind face even if he was threatening to throw the book at me I told him the whole story every bit of it and he believed me and you will you will help me won't you that van can't go much faster than 50 55 miles an hour in my motorcycle and do close to a hundred we didn't run into the van coming into town from the north so I guess it's traveling along the highway south the Reno maybe to California I can catch it and stop it sure so what how do I know the guy isn't a lunatic and the van isn't on the level I got to have an identification you'd you'd like me to drive behind you if you can identify those guys it's the same guys who stopped you and tried to shoot you I got a case I'll make them waste they were never born let's go once outside the city limits the motorcycle leapt forward I held the Bentley at 60 until it was a half mile ahead of me and then I accelerated to keep the distance constant to come it had crept up far 4500 5000 6000 revolutions per minute the cars we passed were silent blurs respectfully pulling to one side at the peremptory scream of the motorcycle siren then down the shimmering surface of the road miles ahead of us appeared a lurching black speck it was the van the trooper wave designed for me to slow down and swung alongside the truck it was like watching a jerky movie from a great distance suddenly the motorcycle swerved away and the the trooper was firing his gun the van lurched into the ditch the motorcycle slithered across the road through the officer under the pavement the man in the black raincoat stepped down from the van and walked toward the fallen trooper stopped and and fired his gun and then and then the trooper raised his arm and fired the man in the black coat fell forward and caught his balance and then slumped to the ground like a puppet with a with a broken string I slipped into gear and drove up to the truck the man in the black raincoat was lying on his back staring sightlessly at the sky a little red hole in his forehead the trooper was sprawled out on the shoulder of the road a trickle of blood from his chest soaking into the sand another man was slumped against the wheel of the van they were all dead and neither of the two men from the truck was mr. smith neither had pinkish red hair mr. smith wasn't there mr. smith still lived to avenge and pursue but somebody else in the silent scene of death was alive somebody inside the truck scratching at the at the bolted door I I unlocked the black doors of the van and there he was there strapped in a straight jacket was Alex it was not until I'd untied him and had him safely out of the truck that I became faint it is all over this part at least there's no reason to shiver and shave I can't stop it's shock now let us pick up the pieces how did you get here I found your wallet go on make yourself talk you you dropped it in my car I thought you needed at the police station are you well enough to drive that machine of yours I I think so where that depends on what happened to mr. smith where is he I thought he was in the truck no have you seen him and since he stopped the car this morning at Indian forks where where do you think he is I have not the slightest idea but he's looking for us you may be sure we've got to get away from here all right all right I'm ready come on wait a minute what happened to you he pointed to my jacket it was splotched with a deep red stain blood no no I don't think so the cans of paint in the back of the truck when you untied me you must have spilled one take it off why do you want people to ask questions here get in start the motor give me that jacket what are you going to do ditch it there's a car coming let's go good it's in a dip a couple of miles back they did not see us my mother knit that jacket for me good and you know where you can have it replaced where are you headed we'll drive straight through to Seattle Seattle's too far no no now listen my friend in Seattle Charles Matthews he'll know what to do he has he has connections even in Washington he may not be too willing to help me under the circumstances I could hardly blame him Charles is bigger than that I wonder two hours later we were 120 miles nearer Seattle and filling the gas tank at a lonely motor court set in a clump of scraggly pines sure is a thirsty bus took 22 gallons yes it was nearly empty that'll be 528 will you cash your travelers check oh sure all right just a minute Alec my travelers checks they were pinned inside my jacket the jacket you threw away we'll have to go back do you have any idea what that piece of road will be like now half the population of Winimucket driving out to see where the gun battle occurred Alec that's all the money I have in the world you can stop payment on them you can get your money back now right now I've only got a dollar and 75 let me see what I have in my pocket two silver dollars a lot of chicken feet yes we can make it with half a dollar to spare here you are madam thank you come again how are we going to get to Seattle on 50 cents the moment I have not got this lightest idea please thankful of gasoline won't take us half the way you could phone your boyfriend collect and tell him we are strapped and ask him to wire you some money I couldn't ask Charles for money why not we you wouldn't understand if you don't want to ask him for money don't I'll figure something out like robbing a bank maybe with your training that shouldn't be too difficult perhaps I'm sorry that was unkind of me why do you suppose we're bickering like this I haven't this slightest idea haven't you no neither of I pay at Idaho was the first big town it was dark when we got there Alec told me to pull up in front of the hotel you can get a room and a hot bath while you're putting in your call to charge I can't get a room for 50 cents look across the street that's what I've been looking for what a pawn shop my watch should be good for a few dollars it's Swiss international currency you know Swiss watches now beat it get a bath I'll take torcal with me and call you in your room in half an hour come on torcal the hotel clerk showed me to a room in the second floor it wasn't a very quiet room on the corner beneath my window the people of piet was celebrating old timers day they'd set up a kangaroo court and were trying their fellow townsmen who failed to cooperate by refusing to raise beards and wear pioneer clothes but I couldn't waste time watching the fun I had to get through to Charles I I placed the call and started the bathwater running when there was a knock on the door who is it as I unbolted the door I happened to glance into the bathroom there on the rack above the tub fluffy and white were my towels I tried to push the door shut but it was too late Mr. Smith showed it into the room I I started to shout for help but the sound never came he hit me in the pit of the stomach with his fist and I I fell across the bed gasping for breath as the phone started to ring I I couldn't move I couldn't make a sound I lay there with the wind knocked out of me watching Mr. Smith as he picked up the receiver hello how much today just a minute I'll ask my wife she says to cancel the call we'll try later thank you now young lady no monkey business you try to yell now cut off your win for good you too you and peck have caused me a good deal of trouble I had a lot of trouble finding you should not have done that did you find us the left arm never fails where's peck I don't know you're lying I have plenty of time I'll wait for him here he should return for you I had to get to Alex I had to warn him the bathroom door was open Smith was holding my arm but for a moment he relaxed his grip I swung away from him and threw myself into the bathroom pulling the door shut and locking it I expected him to shoot through the door and I ran to the window ready to jump but it wasn't necessary there was a rickety fire escape I crawled through and ran down the shaky steel stairs dropped six feet to the mud and ran around the corner of the building toward the old time as kangaroo caught on the corner and there was Smith coming toward me through the crowd he reached out his hand for me I I whirled around and shouted my way through the crowd at the table where the where the man was sitting with the microphone please please please help me oh hello there miss give me your microphone now just a minute miss you can't interrupt this please it's a matter of life for death Alex stay where you are they found me and then and then Smith came for me he and a and a big man with a beard and then and then a tawny street tore through the crowd talk and talk lay there quiet man dog that dog I tried to bend over him but I knew it was no use he was dead and Smith had me now holding me I told her that dog was sick your dog yes to see her you think my wife cared more for the dog than she did for me I told her a dozen times that don't let me go I'm not your wife listen to me please you people this man he's a he's a spy he's a monster he's trying to kill me listen to her go on folks listen to her drunk that's what she is drunk such a thing to say about your own husband well I declare now I'm gonna take you on home to the ranch and put you to bed you ought to be ashamed wait a minute there now just a minute maybe you don't know but I'm the county veterinarian you can't leave that dog dead in the street according to law we got to make an examination of any dog that's dead or alive and suspected of rabies now you get that dog in the police wagon but my wife I don't care about your wife she wasn't bit now you say you own that dog your friend here was bit the leg and you were scratched in the arm now you get that dog in the wagon and you follow him and you too now look now you look here that's the law now get or do you want a little help from the rest of these good senses Smith loosened this grip I turned an edge through the crowd which was moving in on him and the bearded drunk I I got to the French to the open street I ran toward the Bentley and there they're coming toward me was Alex coming from the pawn shop Alex alive whole limping but alive Alex Alex get in the car quick Torco they killed Torco get in tell me about it later we've got to get out of here Smith said he was a mad dog they're holding him they said he'd have to have a rabies test because he was bit good we'll notify the FBI for the next town and I got enough for the watch to buy gas to get us to Seattle did you reach Charles no no Smith got into the room he hit me tell me about it later well slow down here's the highway signs San Francisco left and there we are Seattle turn right I said turn right you said you said San Francisco left yes but we're not we're not going to Seattle what about Charles who was Charles but 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gasoline stop where you see the richfield eagle on the cream and blue pups escape was produced and directed by william n robson and has tonight presented the rim of terror by hildegard tylett adapted for radio by mr robson and starring miss nancy kelly with hans kan read as alex special music arranged and played by ivan dit mars next week you're being haunted through the war torn ruins of berlin by a phony music hall mind reader who has stumbled on a secret that can send you to the gallows and from whom there is no escape the richfield oil corporation of new york can find you to be with us again same time next week when once again we offer you escape this is cbs the columbia broadcasting system