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Sorry, Owen Where's Kathleen my knees over for some socks for Bobby Datchett. He's leaving tonight for France, you know Pity a boy like that has to go when there are worthless young men about like well I'll not mention any name. I suppose you mean Kenneth Wayne I don't know why he couldn't have stayed in America with his mother's family Why he had to come back here stirring up unpleasant memories for other people It's only natural that the boy should want to come back and take care of his father's property Going to the dogs, you know and after all it's been Good Lord John how many years has it since Jeremiah Wayne disappeared 30 the 18th of June Last at all, and I don't want to hear any more about Jeremiah Wayne or his son It's a subject. I finished with 30 years ago, and I don't want to reopen the subject may be reopened in spite of you John why not after all the boy is not responsible for what his father did I think Kathleen is very fond of him very fun indeed rubbish Kathleen knows I don't like him or his name You know why no, but she'll never disobey me. She's Irish John No 30 years a long time to hold a hatred young Wayne is lonely People around here can't forget what his father did, but you know, he doesn't even know what it's all about He's proud. He feels it. I'm surprised. He stayed here as long as he has John be fair He's the son of the man who was responsible for the greatest sorrow. I ever felt and you know it He's his son his own son You were here you saw what happened to her and you've seen me live on here for 30 years without her and you dare to Dare to talk to me about his son courting my Kathleen Do you think any of those things stop Kathleen from being in love with him Kathleen's not to be in love with him I won't have it. I want to have it Kathleen I think you must be the most beautiful girl in all Fate now if that's what you're thinking. I'll never be the one to disillusion you Kenneth Wayne. Oh, the sun's going down I suppose we'd better be starting home. Oh Kathleen I'm gonna miss you miss me. I'll be leaving Dunstable sometime this week Kathleen I'm going to Salisbury to join up. Oh It's the war is it? Well, he is sure and I thought for a minute. You were going to get married or something Oh, if I meant to get married, I wouldn't be going away to do it. No. Oh, no Dunstable would be good enough for me. Well, of course, there's many a good-looking girl in Dunstable And if you're thinking of proposing to any of them, I'll tell you my idea of a proposal I'd be very interested to hear it Well, the young man would first have to ascertain that his intentions were not Entirely disagreeable to me. Oh, of course And then choosing a suitable sort of a place in our garden or or on a country road like this He should say It has long been my intention to ask a question of you. That sounds like a very good beginning Then I would say dear me how interesting what can it be and Then he should gently take my hand and and say in a tone which trembled with the force of his feelings Miss Duncan Kathleen May I call you Kathleen? Now that's how a proper proposal should start I read it in a book in a book Yes, and oh my goodness. Look, we're home already home. So we are Well before I go in Wouldn't you like to try what I've been telling you just to see how it sounds? How does it begin again? It has long been my intention to Go on get on with it now. Oh, yes It has long been my intention to Nothing Are you doing out here in the road? Good evening, Mr. Carter gave you miss a wane I'm sorry to see Kathleen that you have a painfully short memory Uncle John dear would you believe it now? I clean forgot what you told me about seeing mr. Wayne very likely Well, you'd be good enough to leave us mr. Wayne I'm sorry to be inhospitable, but you will please understand clearly once and for all that you're not welcome here Uncle John mr. Carter it I hope someday to ask Kathleen to marry me and if he does I'll accept him Mr. Dwayne, please let it be clearly understood once and for all there can be no question of marriage between you and Kathleen I Absolutely forbid you to see her again. Mr. Carter It's only fair then to tell you sir that I shall see her without your permission. I love Kathleen and she loves me You're going to find it very difficult to keep us apart Because I'm coming back from the war and I'm going to marry her with your consent or without it Good night Kathleen child. What are you doing out here in the garden crying? Come here to me. Let me put my arm around you. Don't you touch me Kathleen? I love him. What right do you have to interfere because of some quarrel you had with his father? Kathleen I Think it's time. You knew the truth about the man whose son you say you love Perhaps I should have told you long ago, but I didn't dream you would ever meet a Wayne much less loved one Disturbing something John I heard your voices from my poor. No, and I'm glad you're here I think Kathleen should know what happened this garden 30 years ago You were here that night and you can bear me out. Sit down Owen. Thank you Kathleen my dear 30 years ago on the 18th of June this old house was a hubbub of excitement Lovely summer night like this Over the gate yonder the honey suckling roses grew just as they do tonight Everything was much the same except for some Chinese lanterns placed here and there Red was the night moon yin and I were to be married She arrived that day with her sister Mary your mother my dear Oh, I wish I could have been here the long twilight faded into darkness the old house was lit by a thousand candles Snatches of laughter and gay chatter floated into the garden and Someone was playing something soft and liquid on the harp. I can hear it still It was her song. She brought it to me for my island as a wedding present. She said Now clearly it all comes back There was an hour yet before the ceremony and suddenly there was a violin at the gate bell and You know who stood there Jangling it as though he wanted to wake the dead Dr. Owen yes, that's right. Yes, sir. Dr. Owen 30 years younger and 30 years less handsome But heaven's sake stop jangling the bell. I'm coming Hello, why do you have this gate locked when there's a wedding thing on keep out unwelcome guests Can you tie a bow tie my hands are shaking so they can't manage what are you nervous about you aren't getting married Here come in the house now tie it for you if I live through this I'll take a solemn oath never to go near another wedding again much less be best man. Oh Good Lord. I've lost you lost what the ring the ring now. What am I going to do? What the devil do you mean getting married there's the ring on your finger? What on none on whose finger on yours on your little finger what the devil you mean wearing moon jeans ring Put it back in your wESCOT pocket. Well, it won't stay there. I'll be bound to lose it All Thunderation now what it slipped down into the lining my pocket must be a hole there somewhere now I'll have to find a date and get her to figure out if you lose that wedding ring. I'll hang you up by your thumb Oh, well, I'll find it. I'll find it. Don't don't get rattled now. I'll find. Oh John yeah, I Knew I had something to tell you where I Went into the dragon on my way here to get a little something Something to set him a nerve. Yes Uh Wayne was there drinking more than was good for him and talking about mounine And I was wondering did you ask him to the wedding? Of course not. Well, I wonder if that was wise Wayne has a strange and bitter nature. No, I know how you feel about him and I don't blame you But Wayne was in an ugly mood and making pretty wild threats threats. Yes He was muttering around that there was still time that the wedding wasn't over yet At first I thought I wouldn't tell you I'm glad you did it's always better to be forewarned and if it becomes necessary I'll have to deal with him That kind of a man usually takes down and talking. Oh, well, I'm not worried about Wayne Are you well? Yes, I am mown. There's no use denying it My reason tells me there's no way he can harm us now and yet I am a little worried Well, there's more guests arriving come along. Let's go into the study and talk it over Will you answer the front door Ellen? Yes, Mr. John, right away, sir. Thank you Hello, Ellen. Oh, it's you, Mr. Wayne. Who is it you want, sir? We're very busy just now I want to come in and I want to kiss the bride. I'm sorry. I can't admit you, sir Get out of the way Ellen. I tell you I've come to kiss the bride In just a moment. 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Remember, it's the best known home remedy for relieving miseries of colds Vicks vapor rub now the second act of smiling through Starring Victor Jorah is John Carter it As we pick up the story John Carter it is continuing with the story of his romance Moon yin Claire, which he's telling to his niece Kathleen to show why he's insisted she and Kenneth Wayne must never marry Well, I wish you could have seen moon yin that day in a wedding dress. She was too beautiful to be real Too beautiful for anyone, but an angel I Was in the study when Jeremiah Wayne came to the house But I later learned from Ellen how Wayne stood there in the doorway Clenching and unclenching his fists and how moon yin heard him talking and came up and smiled at him and invited him into the morning room Oh, Jerry, it was nice of you to come around. I knew you'd never let me get married without wishing me well You're not going to marry him. It isn't true. I don't believe it. I don't believe it You couldn't marry him low on how I love you on out Jerry You mustn't begin this all over again. Don't look at me like that is if you hated me. I love you I'm dying inside for love of your money in Claire Do you think I can feel this way and stand the side while you marry another man? Yes, you can because you must know oh no He is not going to have you not if I can prevent it Jerry listen to me Do you know what you're going to do to prove your love for me? You're going to leave me now bravely and wishing me joy You're going to go along home and let me be married to the man. I love because you love me Oh, sure, and it's a dog's life. I'd be leading you Jerry not loving you and you don't deserve that morning morning Goodbye Jerry God keep you I Came for a kiss from the bride. All right. You shall have it morning Now please go I'll go I'll go Who was that in here with you just an old friend John? How beautiful you are and what a lucky man I am I'm feeling pretty lucky myself darling Hold me close Don't let me go. I Feel safe when I'm in your arms Say I I think we've broken a few of the rules I'm not supposed to see you in that wedding dress till we meet at the altar. I know are you sorry Sorry, no no no you're so beautiful moony and you're so beautiful So here you are John I wish you'd pay some attention to your own wedding The wire broke that held a big bell of the lilies of the valley and it fell on the past and almost mothered We had to give him smelling salt. Good. That's why we picked you for the best man You're doing very well. Come on moon mean. Let's go out in the garden. By the way, Owen You haven't lost the ring yet. Have you no no Ellen? So did my wESKET pocket safe this time She did uh, we'll be sure to bring a pair of scissors to the altar with you Come on darling. We'll leave Owen out for the fretted out alone. Love weddings rings What a lot of trouble to get into trouble. Will you be cold out here in the garden? Oh, no No, what are you thinking? I was thinking about how we met I asked to marry me that very first day and you said yes Oh, not the first day. I didn't well very soon after then much too soon to be modest I thought at the time Sadia realized I asked you to marry me without even knowing what your name was. I didn't know yours either I looked at you and my heart absolutely stopped for a moment. I said to myself. Oh, there she is There's the girl I've been waiting for. I didn't know her anywhere What did you think I thought what an overbearing arrogant young man? I don't think much of him Well, that's the case. I'm going straight into the house and stop the wedding. No, no, I take it back What did you think? I must have thought I found my happiness now Because that's what I've been thinking ever since darling John Do you suppose anyone else in the world ever felt like this before? Never never Nothing's ever going to separate us monique not life or death or heaven or hell. No Even if I died I think I'd find my way back to you john I'd be so lonely for you Jerry What do you want wane? I've had all I can stand take your hands off. Jerry you think you'd go I couldn't monique. I've been out here all the time Now please go into the house monique I want to talk to carter it alone for jerry. You promised me send her away carters I think perhaps you're better monique. No, I won't leave please do as I asked monique Not until I know what he wants if you come here to create a disturbance with the wedding There isn't gonna be any wedding that's threats like that won't do you any good wane You've been behaving like a madman ever since we announced the marriage now get out of here and don't come back I tell you there isn't gonna be any wedding I wasn't able to keep you from winning her but by all that's holy. I can't keep you from marriage You've all put that gun away. No no john Monique oh john No God, I never meant that Owen Oh and somebody call a drone. What's happened mr. John was wane He shot at me monique stepped in front of me and then you ran out the gate and Send someone oan. What is it John? Oh John. Yeah, let me let me look at my dirty blanket Ellen send someone after wane don't let me get away. Yes, sir. I'll send some of the men. I still won't mean John oans your darling. He knows what to do. He'll he'll take care of you Funny I I said Even if I died That's funny when you think of it Like a warning. Oh, and if you're my friend help her help her now john. I'm afraid it's I'm afraid there's nothing that I can do. No. No. No, that's not possible. It can't happen. Hi But it has John John my darling I love you That's all that counts I will love you until the end of time Bogey John Where is my ring? My wedding ring. Oh There it is Put it on my finger John Listen They're playing my song They don't know I won't be needing it tonight There's a little Green gate at whose trellis I wait while twice of blue Come smiling On you Dear god. Well, that's all the story there is to tell Kathleen Now, you know why I've hated Jeremiah Wayne all these years Love like that Kathleen is like the smile of God and when it's taken from you It's as though God had stopped smiling Uncle dear You could love like that through the years and after the years and after death itself How is it? You can be so hard about me and my poor little love stone because you're the stock of moon yin herself And he's the blood of the wanes and you don't belong together. Don't be hard Eddie John. I love him You'll have to get over loving you. I won't I won't You're an obstinate old man John cartridge and I'm not going to listen to you Ken and I have just as much right to fall in love and be married as you and moon yin You have no right to inflict your quarrels and your anger and grief on us This is our lifetime not yours and I'm not going to let you spoil it I'm going to ken and I'm never coming back again Go in the house and stop her John. Don't let her get away Maybe I Am an obstinate old man Maybe I Haven't any Right to interfere. Well at last You go and get Kathleen and I'll go over to my house and get ken ken At your house. Yes. He's staying with me until he leaves for overseas. Why you you old hypocrite You never told me that I I never had the nerve go get Kathleen John hurry before she gets away Go on go on ken speaker. Go on boy. If you'd both keep still I think we could manage all right Go on Well, let me see How did it begin? It has long been my intention. Oh, oh, yeah Darling, it has long been my intention to ask a question of you. Dear me. How interesting What can it be? Mr. Gannon Kathleen May I call you Kathleen? Hey Hey, that's what she taught me. Now. What do I say? Well, what does he say? You're the only one around here that ever proposed to anyone done. He says Kathleen, I'm not tough worthy of you, but I'll try very hard to make you happy Kathleen I will try very hard and then he says I I think I can carry on from here on my own mr. Carter Kathleen my darling Will you marry me? Oh, thank you so much I'd love to Well, well now we're getting somewhere John It was a fine thing you did tonight And believe me, I know what it cost you. We'll um have the wedding here in this garden. It will help to get out the stain Would you like a game of dominoes? Dominoes? No, I'm tired oan. I Think I'll just sit here a little while and then I'll turn in Good night oan. Good night, John See you tomorrow. Hello John Monique Monique you know you seem very close to me tonight Closer than you've seen since you left me. I am close We're together again my darling You have only to reach out your arms And take me in them I'm glad about Kathleen and ken They're going to be very happy We're Together again. Yes Don't you see me John? Yes Yes, I do why you're You're wearing your wedding dress, of course, just as you were that night And as beautiful and fresh and young as if 30 years were only a day Give me your hand my darling Come We'll walk through the gate together Oh Monique I've waited so long I've waited so long come my dear Monique look who's that? Old man sitting back there in my chair. It's you John me This is what they call Dying yes Oh John isn't it glorious And isn't it stupid to be afraid of it afraid Some poor deers are But they would go smiling through the years If they knew what they would find At the end of the road In just a moment a word from victor jory These days when we expect lots of things we buy to be different not as good as they were It's nice to know there are no wartime substitutes in good old vix vapor up The vapor rub you buy today is the same expert formula the very same effective quality you enjoyed before the war To keep faith with the millions of families who rely on vapor rub We combed and scoured the free countries of the world for the essential aromatics and medications that make vapor rub so effective We were successful And so my friends there are no wartime substitutes in vapor rub It's the same family standby that has become the best known home remedy for relieving miseries of calls Time tested home proved vix vapor rub This is victor jory Our play next week is based on the famous story for which we received so many requests in recent weeks Daphne de morier's brilliant and unforgettable Rebecca And now mr. Gable has a word for you Folks Do you know that every time you spend an extra dollar these days? A dollar for something you don't absolutely need That you're simply helping to make prices go up on all the things you're going to need Yes, that's exactly what happens and that is what is called inflation So don't penalize yourself by helping to force up prices We can keep prices where they belong and incidentally help the war effort no end by doing these three things By only what you need and pay no more than ceiling prices Pay your ration points in full and put your extra dollars into war bonds Our production today was based on the famous jane cowell's success Mylon through and was adapted by gene hollowade directed by richard sandville Music for this series is under the direction of mark warno Be sure to be with us next week when vix the makers of vix vapor rub vix vaternail vix Drops and vix Taylor brings you the matinee theater production of rebecca This is cbs the columbia broadcasting system