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This is a pretty thrilling experience, Nick, riding over the mountain in a blizzard like this. Very just a snug and cozy inside the train here as if we were in our own home. It may be thrilling Patsy, but it's pretty dangerous too. Dangerous? What's dangerous about it? Well, up here on Mad Mountain, there's always the danger of a snow slide sweeping down on us and pushing the whole train down into the canyon. Well, we could run into extra heavy drips and get stalled. In fact, that's where Mad Mountain got its name and the trouble it's always caused the railroad. Well, I don't care. I'm enjoying it. Just the same. Wonder how much behind schedule we are. Here comes the conductor. I'll ask him. Oh, conductor, how late are we going to be? Well, I can't tell you, miss, depends on how long this storm keeps up. Say, conductor, didn't you used to be on the New York to Miami running the Pensey about ten years ago? Well, yes, it is. Left there eleven years ago next March. I thought so. He used to ride with you often in those days. Is your name Bonner? Robert Bonner? That's quite a memory. Sure, I'm Robert Bonner, but I don't remember you. Take the detective train mind, remember, names and faces, Mr. Bonner. Nick's a great one for that. Nick, you don't mean you're Nick Carter? Yeah, I'll tell you in the first degree. Well, well, well, don't that beat off after eleven years. I would say, Mr. Carter, I know, I'm sort of glad you're riding with us this trip. You want me to help you find the tracks again if the train runs off? It ain't the blizzard I was thinking of, bad as it is. That opera star, we got hitched on the rear of the train. You mean that private car we saw at the terminal belongs to a real opera star? Who is she? Her name's Pauline Hall and she just took up highfalutin Queen of the Mall. Well, why are you worried about her? Well, after we hitched her car on, I went back to see if everything was OK. Orders, you know. Sure, I know. Well, out she comes wearing more jewels than the Russian royal family. She waves her hand at me and she says, Conductor, please see that no one is permitted to enter my car at all. I'm not to be disturbed before we get to Sacramento in the morning. Fuzzy little chow dog of hers stands there blinking at me, all around his neck, stunted with diamonds. Well, a chow is a high class dog, Mr. Bonner. And then, and then, as if there ain't enough trouble for me, trying to keep everything straight around here with a blizzard-blown Dominic, I get this telegram from the chief. Says I've got to take care of the dame and her sparklers as if they were my own. Says the stuff she's carrying is worth about a hundred thousand cash. That's a lot of jewels to be lying around loose. Maybe she won't be disturbed in Sacramento in the morning either. If that dumb engineer ours don't use more sand. It was an hour behind crawling up the other side. Now we ain't even crawling. Why, Nick, we stopped. We aren't moving at all now. Sounds as if we're in trouble. We are in trouble. Engineers whistling for a flag man. Got to get him out fast. Won't he like that on a night like this? What do you need a flag man for? I'm peering the mountain. Well, the second section, this train's right behind us. And this, no, she could plow right into us before she knew we were here. Hey, Cardi, Cardi, wake up. Well, what's the matter now, Bob? Get your flag and get going. We're stuck. Oh, look, on a night like this... There's no time to argue, Cardi. Now, you get ready and start on your way back. And you'll be sure to get back a full half mile or two before you set up your flares. Be watching. So shake it up. I suppose I've got to climb out and wait around that opera star's car. She won't let me go through. You bet she won't. When you go by her car, don't cuss a lot. You wake her up either. I don't want to be hauled on the carpet for disturbing her nibs. Snow must be up to my waist by this time. Yes, and watch out. You don't fall over into the canyon. There ain't much room to spare between the track and the edge of that cliff, you know. Of all the dog-hound dirty jobs on a railroad, this being a pleasure. She doesn't look very happy. No, no, and I ain't very happy either. That dodger and old throttle pusher up there in the cab was a real he-man. We wouldn't be stumbling for a little snow. Well, ain't nothing to do now, but wait. I hope the second section don't jam into us. Brian, it's going down, Bob. Man, it sounds like he's signaling to the other section. That dumb flag man of mine sent the flares going like I told him to. They ought to stop the rest of this drag. Then there would be no need for all that tooting and whistling. Well, why don't you look and see if you can see the flares, Mr. Bonner? Mm-hmm. They certainly show up across the snow. Now that it stops snowing, that's just what I'm going to do. You want to come, Mr. Carter? Wait till I get my coat on and I'll be right with you. You ready, Mr. Carter? Then take a look out the platform to have the car here. Now, watch out while I open up here. Yeah. Wait, what's that? Good gosh, it sounds like it is. That's an avalanche. Look out. Sounds like a big slide. Yes, sir. Too close for comfort. Yes, sir, indeed. Mr. Stowe went right by us. What about the flag, man? You're supposed that he might have been... Cardi, he must have been right in the past. I better see if he... I'll go with you. Come on. I'm going to send you to Kenyon, Mr. Carter. A thousand feet drop to the state highway at the bottom. Don't worry. I'm watching. This car here, not a light, isn't it? Not a peep out of the old girl. I had if thought the noise of that slide would have woken the dead. Didn't you say she had a maid in the porter with her, too? Funny, they're not awake. Yeah. Probably she's got him both scared. Don't dare make her sound while she's asleep. The dog, too. Didn't hear a peep out of him either. Hey, Bob, look ahead there. That slide cleared off a place about a quarter mile wide. Yes, sir. Only missed us by about a hundred yards. Wait a minute. I've got my flashlight here. Let me see if we can see anything of Carney anywhere. That's Mr. Carter, there. There ain't no use looking for him. Not after that. Hey, listen. I don't care nothing. There it is again. And it's down there over the edge of the canyon. You know, flash your light down there, Steve. Oh, I can't see a thing. Must have... Hey, Bob, look there. The flagman. Carney. Yes. Caught him that little tree down there. Must be 50 feet down the side of the slope. What's he doing down there? He must have slipped and fallen over the edge and is way back. Yeah, but that's not Carney making that noise. No, it isn't, but I can't see anything else down there that's making it. No wonder they named this mad mountain. Well, go get a couple of porters and some rope. We'll have to get Carney out of there quick if he's still alive. Is he dead? Yes, he broke his neck when he fell. Poor Carney. When he's a long ride, we've had together. You two porters stay here with the body for a bit. Bob, you and I have a job to do. Come on, quick. A job? What do you mean? Where you going? If it's what I think it is, we've got a real job in our hands. You got a key to the queen's private car? The queen? We don't know. What do you want that for? You know what I found down there when I was getting Carney's body? No, I ain't got any idea. Well, that child dog of hers is caught in a clump of bushes. That's below where Carney stopped now. I'll bet that darn dog got out of the car and chased Carney and Carney fell over the edge trying to get away from him. Certainly hope you're right, Bob, but I don't think so. Well, what do you think did happen then? Tell you in a minute. Here's the end of the queen's car. Maybe I've got a key that will fit this door. And they have a special lock on it. I can't wait to take it now. Watch out. Hey, we can't go busking into private cars like this. We can this time. Now I can unlock it from the inside. What do you think you're going to find in here? Come on in. Shut the door. All right. I don't see what. Look here, Bob. Look. Hey, what are those things on the right there? That ain't, that ain't, what's that? I came from in here. That's her porter all tied up. Yes. He's been drugged, too. Well, I don't understand. I thought so. See there? Oh, look at all that blood. Yes. And the queen put up quite a struggle for her life. But she lost. I'll say there was a fight here. Look at this room. Everything upside down. Yes. Everything valuable gone. Nothing left but some toilet articles. Where's the maid's compartment? It's over here. Oh, gosh, somebody. She's dead, too. Strangle to death, looks like. Those purple marks around her neck couldn't mean anything else. Oh, what a smell. What is it, Mr. Carter? It smells like perfume. Yeah, see there? Broken perfume bottle. Got smashed in the struggle. Smelling so strong, it's sickening. Oh, I'm going to catch it for this. What's in the other compartment? I wouldn't know. I could just hope it ain't more bodies. Well, we'll see. Just as I suspected. See those cigarette burns on the dresser and the empty bottles? Two men hid in here, waited until the time was right, then killed the queen and her maid and stole the jewels. How do you know there were two men? Two different brands of cigarettes here. Oh, yeah. Where do you suppose they got aboard? Probably hid in here before the car left the junction. Suppose they're still on the train? See if the front door of the car is unlocked. Oh, sure, sure. Yes, Mr. Carter, it's not locked. They probably went out that way. And they're somewhere on the train now. Probably must have figured that nobody went under this car before it reached Sacramento. They were all set to drop off at one of the way stations before that. But undoubtedly, the snow slide interfered with their plans. And in this deep snow, there's no place they could go without being in danger of their lives. Yes, I feel sure they're still on the train. Well, can you find any clues to tell us who they are? I hope so. Then could you take some fingerprints, baby? It would take too long to fingerprint everybody on the train. No, we've got to find some other way to do it. Yes, but how? I don't know yet. But I think I have an idea. Well, what do we do now? Bring Carney's body in here. Let the passengers think he was killed in the slide. But don't let them know he was murdered. Murdered? Do you say Carney was murdered, too? I thought you said his neck was broken. It was. The back of his head was crushed in two. And that was no accident. Oh, poor Carney. That should let me to believe that there might have been trouble here in the Queen's car. Bob is icy. It's that Chow made trouble for the killers when they started their work. So they took it outside to get rid of it. But they ran it to Carney. They killed him and threw him and the dog into the canyon. And so long as the killers think that Carney and the dog are both dead, we'll let them keep on thinking so, at least until I can rescue that Chow. Are you crazy, Mr. Carter? That money worth risking your neck for? No. I have an idea. Maybe he can tell us who the killers are. Oh, what the heck? Chows can't talk? I have an idea. Maybe this one can't. At least I'm going to find out, anyway. So Nick thinks he can make the Chow talk, at least enough to tell him who killed the opera singer and stole her jewels. Will the dog still be alive by the time he can get down to rescue it? And will it tell him what he wants to know? We'll see in just a moment. There is no more attractive background for your furniture than lustrous, well-kept floors. 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You'll find all three great Linux home brightness and chem-tone, the miracle wall finish, at paid hardware and department stores everywhere. And now back to our story. We left Nick planning to rescue the dead opera singer's dog, which is caught on a bush on the side of the canyon, in the hopes that it might some way reveal the identity of the murderers of his mistress. But where did Nick go, Mr. Bonner? He wouldn't tell me, Ms. Bowen. He just told me to come to the baggage car, get all the extra rope we have, and wait until he got back. Now, I wish he wouldn't try to rescue that dog tonight. It's too dangerous in the dark on a freezing night like this. I tried to tell him that, but he wouldn't listen to me. He said that the dog was going to help him find the killers. Crazy talk. Congrats, it isn't so crazy, Mr. Bonner. Nick has a way of knowing what he's talking about, but... I wish he would... They got that rope from your brother. Look, Mr. Karnaugh, why don't you let me take the baggage and mail crews and search the train for these killers? That'll be useless, Bob. Those crooks are only two out of several hundred people on this train. How could you tell them from the others? Well, I... Well, no more. Once you let the passengers know there have been two murders on this train, you'll see what happens. Oh, gosh, Nick, you're right. We might have a panic on our hands. I guess you're right, but I don't like it. Just the same risk in your neck for a fool dog. I like dogs. And this one's hurt and probably freezing by now. Nick, what were you doing in the train just now? I thought you said you weren't going to try to spot the killers. I wasn't, Betsy. Not exactly. Well, then what were you doing? Looking for something. Well, did you find... Maybe. We'll see you later. I'll get up and have that rope. Are you sure you don't want me to come with you? No, you stay here. I don't want any of the train crew or passengers to know what's going on. Okay, whatever you say. If Mr. Bonner's not going with you, I am. Well, now that the storm's over, I guess it's safe enough. But you better dress warmly, Betsy. It's mighty cold out. Well, look, Nick, there's an extra trainman's outfit here. That's heavy enough. Could I use that, Mr. Bonner? Sure, sure. If you can get into it. I can get into it all right. There's plenty left over. Betsy, I want to get that dog while he's still alive. Hurry up. Well, here, let's get going. That wind died down. Quite the cold now. That's right. Is this where you found the breakman? Well, yes, I can see the marks in the snow. Is the dog here too, Nick? Yes, Betsy. He was caught in a small bush just below where the breakman was. How are you going to get down to him? I'm going to tie this larger rope to the rail here if I can find it under this snow. Here it is. That should be enough that it holds. Yeah. I'll let myself down the side of the canyon with it. You keep hold of this smaller rope. When I tie the dog to it, you pull it up. Okay. I can climb back up the other rope myself. The good thing we have the headlights and the locomotive on the second section to help us. Gosh, it's bright. Yes, even though it's at least a half mile down the track, it's light enough for us to see by. All right. Are you ready? Well, gee, Nick, the closure hands get so cold you can't pull yourself back up. Don't worry. They won't, Betsy. I'll be getting enough exercise so I'll keep warm. It's you I'm worried about. Are you warm enough? Oh, sure. This outfit I've got on keeps all the cold out. I'm okay. All right, then. I'm off. I'll let you know as soon as I'm ready to have the dog pulled up. I'll be waiting. Take care of yourself, Nick. I'm all right. You see him? He's still alive. Oh, good. Oh, poor little fella. All right. Steady, belly. We'll have you up works nice and warm in no time. Now, they put this little rope around your belly. There we are. Oh, hosty, hosty. Now, tie it on your foreleg so it won't slip. Yeah. I don't want to lose you now. You're too valuable to me. You ready, Nick? Just a minute. You take it easy. Will you? You'll be all right. There we are. Now, we'll have a nice ride. All right. All right. Coming on. Now, I'll just pull myself up with you so I can keep my eye on you and be sure you won't slip out of the rope. Fight it, boy. Easy. Easy. You all OK, Nick? Yes, we're both coming along. All right. Oh, the poor little dog. He must be frozen. It probably is. There. I'm not too warm myself. All right, boy. You untie him, will you, when I get this rope off the track? OK. Now, take it easy, pup. Yeah, no. I don't blame you for being mad. I'm mad, too. All right now. All right. There you are. Can you stand up? Oh, Nick, do you suppose any of his bones are broken? I hope not. Let me see. I think he's just suffering from exposure. He's hardly more than a pup. Oh, I'll carry him back to the dining car. We'll get the chef to fix him something hot. Some good hot milk with a little branding in her door to make him feel like a new dog. And something hot wouldn't hurt us either. Come on. Nick, he feels much better than he did. Why, he walks around almost normally now. Yeah, there's a little something warm to eat. Fix him. I'm done, you gave him. Oh, what are you planning to do now, Nick? Let me have that small piece of rope, will you? I want to make a leash for him. You're not going to take that poor pup out for a walk, are you? Take him out? No. Make him for a walk? Yes. But why? Patsy, have you forgotten we're on the trail of two murderers? Of course not, Nick, but... There. That's not much of a leash, but I think it'll serve the purpose. All right, Bob, you ready? I sure am ready for anything, but say, do I smell trouble? You might. We'll know pretty quick now. May I come too, Nick? Not this time, Patsy. Come here and cross your fingers for luck. Okay. What are you doing? To the smoking compartment of the first car. I want to show the dog something. Easy now, Bob. All right. That smoking compartment's just ahead here. All right, boy, quiet. You'll get your chance in just a minute. I remember back some 20 years ago. We were held up for four days in the slides on a railroad up in Canada. Yeah, yeah. Somebody's always been where it was today. Now listen, Bob, I'm going to let the dog loose and we get to the door of the compartment. I'll follow him in, and I don't want to seem to brag. I was just going to say... Shut up. Is it fair enough now without you making it worse? Hey, Bob, you hear that? Yeah, but what? Quiet. I'm letting him loose. Of course. You don't want to play dogs. Put on your list. You ready, Bob? Yeah. All right, here it goes. We stay here until I say so. Guys, just keep this trap shut with this. Take a look at this. Take a look at this. Take a look at this. Take a look at this. Take a look at this. Now, you ain't got no right to come in here now. Don't try to get your gun or I'll let you have it right. I got my hands up. That's better. I don't like shooting. All right, Bob, take their guns away from them. Yeah. Be sure you get all of them, and see what else they have on them at the same time. Sure. I'll give them a good going over. Carter. You ain't Nick Carter. I certainly am. Wouldn't you know, Pete? We pull a job way up here in the mountains, and Nick Carter has to be on the train. All right, shut up. He ain't got nothing on us. Nothing. No, I think I have plenty. Prove it. You want to say something? Find anything interesting, Bob? No, nothing. Just these three guns. Nothing there. There you say. All the singers are made in their private car tonight. You've slugged the breakman and threw him over the cliff. You stole all the singers' jewels. You call that nothing? Ah, this guy's not, Pete. Yeah. Go out and prove it, copper. But give me a doctor face. William, my leg's all better. Look, I'm bleeding. I'll get you a doctor after I get your confession. We don't know nothing about it, so we might. No. We don't know a thing. It wasn't even there. All right, very well. We'll all sit right here and wait until you two decide to give us the information we want. All right, flat foot, sit. You can wait until next year, but you won't learn nothing from us. Okay. I'll wait. You know how quick hydrophobia sets in after a dog bites? Well, I know I don't. Pretty quick, I think. See, if I remember correctly, there's no cure for it after it does set in, is there? Oh, sure. Don't believe there is. No cure. How long would you say it is since the dog bit Pete here? It must be about ten minutes now, I'd say. Ten minutes, huh? It only takes hydrophobia, about five minutes. All right, all right. Tell her, tell her, tell her, only get me a doctor. You'll get a doctor when I get your confession. Okay, okay. We killed the mic of me. We hit in the old James' car before it left the yard. Where are the jewels? We made a bundle out of them and then threw them clear off the cliff. It's down near the state road at the bottom. Get me a doctor. We are dying. You're not dying, not you. I am. I am. I got hydrophobia, sure. Get a doctor, will you? You're a fool. You can't get hydrophobia from a dog bite, unless the dog has hydrophobia before he bites you. And this dog is as clean and healthy as a dog could be. There are no more danger for most bites than I am. You mean, I ain't going to get sick from the bites? Not in the slightest. Hey, hey, take that. That dirty double cross and right out of the corner. You ought to keep quiet. Bob. Yeah. See if you can find a doctor and take the dog back to Patsey. He's done a good night's work. And bring some rope to tie up these cheap thugs. Sure, Mr. Cutter. Come on, food. Come on. Come on, sir. Yeah. I beg your pardon, Mr. Cutter, is it? Why, yes. Hey, where are you? I'm here under this seat. Is it safe to come out now? Yes, indeed. Come on out and join the party. Thank you. It's much more comfortable out here. Mr. Cutter, may I ask you a question? Certainly. Go right ahead. How did you know these were the men who killed somebody? Very simple. When I walked through the train a while ago, I noticed that the tobacco smoke in this compartment was scented heavily with perfume. Perfume, these thugs got spilled on them when a bottle of perfume broke in the opera singer's car during the fight. Oh, that's wonderful, Mr. Cutter. Well, wonderful. Well, I couldn't be absolutely positive just from the perfume. And I couldn't know which of the six men in the compartment were the ones I wanted. And knowing that the men were armed, I had to be sure. Yes, yes, yes, of course. So I brought the dog in here, knowing that a chow would never stop hating the men who killed his mistress. And he supplied me with the additional evidence I needed. Then it was a very simple matter, as you heard, to get their confession. And the jewels, will you? Will you get those, too? I should notify the state police as soon as I can contact them. The snow slide and the marks I made going down the side of the cliff after the dog will mark the place closely enough. That's wonderful. That dog's a smart dog, isn't he? Well, a lot smarter than these two crooks. They'll never go to the electric chair. That's more than I can say for them. In just a moment, Nick and Patsy will bring you a preview of next week's exciting case. But first, here's the worthwhile thought. These are busy times. Times for streamlined efficiency and everything we do. And American homemakers everywhere are learning how much time they save when they preserve the natural beauty of their furniture with Linux Cream Polish, which cleans, as it polishes, in one easy process. Linux Cream Polish requires no tires from rubbing. And in one quick, easy application, removes cloudy dust and polish accumulation, it vanishes messy fingerprints, and helps conceal ugly scratches. Linux Cream Polish dries hard, too, leaving no oily film to attract more dust and make more work for you. Though by all means, keep your treasured furniture lovely the easy way with Linux Cream Polish. Remember to ask for it at your dealers. If he hasn't received his supply of the three great Linux home brightness, he'll probably have them soon. Ask him to save one or all of them for you. Acme will see that he gets them and you get them as quickly as possible. And now let's hear from Nick Carter himself. How about it, Nick? What thrilling story are you going to tell us next week? Well, next week, Ken, I'm going to tell you a simple little story which begins when the milkman arrives at a customer's house to find the young wife tied up in the kitchen of her home and her young husband shot to death in his bed. The local sheriff couldn't seem to make head and her tails out of the case. But when Nick took hold, he picked up a small clue here and another one there and got the right answer. An answer, I may say, that was somewhat unexpected. Is it an exciting case? Well, tracking down a murderer is always exciting to me. Well, what do you call the story, Nick? I call it the two-pillow murder. For the mystery of the milkman's discovery. And that's all for now. So long, everybody. So long. And so long to you both, Nick and Patsy. We'll be looking forward to seeing you again next week. Next week, at the same time, listen to another curious experience of Nick Carter, master detective, entitled The Two-Pillow Murder, or Nick Carter and the Mystery of the Milkman's Discovery. Nick Carter, master detective, is a copyright feature of Street and Smith publications incorporated. It is presented at the same time and over these same stations by the three great Linux home brightness. 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