 The signal oil program the Whistler that whistled is your signal for the signal oil program The Whistler I am the Whistler and I know many things for I walked by night I know many strange tales hidden in the hearts of men and women who have stepped into the shadows Yes, I know the nameless terrors of which they dare not speak Yes friends, it's time for the signal oil program the Whistler Rated by independent research the most popular West Coast program In gasoline, you know it takes extra quality to go farther and signal is the famous go farther gasoline So look for the signal circle sign in yellow and black that identifies signal service stations from Canada to Mexico And now the Whistler strange story Two-year plan It had taken Eddie Davis exactly two years to swing it and two years was very good time Even for a smart lawyer like Eddie They'd all thought he was crazy when he left a promising job with the established law firm of Garden Walker and Reed to set up his own practice with just one client on the books All Peter Jackson Now mr. Davis as you know my holdings run around five million dollars I must have a man in whom I can place complete trust. I see I think you'll discover you can trust me mr. Jackson that remains to be seen mr. Davis that remains to be seen Yes, you went to work for Peter Jackson Eddie because he needed someone he could trust those five millions to Only a few months later. He was singing a different tune Oh That's wonderful nothing to it Pete You say old Hamilton didn't know Columbia stores wanted that corner of his well You don't think he'd let it go for 40,000 if he did do you? And he believe it or not this time it isn't the money for the first time in my life. I've got the jump on Hamilton You know Eddie yeah, they're doing a great job for me a great job The next jump was the long one wasn't it Eddie it took a lot of work in more than a year of waiting But you'd figured it for the long pull and kept telling yourself you had all the time in the world You knew when Peter finally came around he'd he'd drop it in with other business like a casual remark on the weather But you were ready for it. You didn't bat an eye I take care of that lease renewal on the 48th Street place. Will you come up on the 12th, right? Well, I guess that does it Pete. I better be on my way. Oh and another thing Eddie While you're downtown drop by the bank and pick up my will will you your will yes I'd like to look it over Okay, I'll bring it up this afternoon You're not going to ask me why Well, I I think that's your business Pete. Yeah, I'm glad you look at it that way You know, I've done a lot of thinking during the last few months Eddie I suppose a man gets a little philosophical when he passes the 65 mark Everything suddenly seemed a little silly to me silly. What do you mean? Oh? Sweating and straining to pile up another million before I die Working for someone 3,000 miles away might never seen I'm afraid I don't understand Naturally, you don't You've never asked me about my will Eddie and I can't help but admire you for it But what's this about working for someone you've never seen the beneficiary? Oh Nameless shall be Gordon living in Vancouver British Columbia only living relative I have by the way Not even a blood relation Eddie I've I've come to admire you very much. I like you like the way you do things. Well, thanks boss I think I've found something in you Eddie. Oh Something I've never had before Something I've never been able to buy. What's that? friendship So That's why I want you to get out the will. I'm making you my beneficiary And that was it Eddie two years almost to the day and there's a new will Signed sealed and witnessed with your name in the right place Simply because no one else in town was smart enough to see that all Peter Jackson was a pushover for the right boy It's legal now You send off the new will to the recorders office and Peter writes a personal letter to notify the former beneficiary in Vancouver Because that's the way he does business There's nothing between you and that five million Eddie, but time That was January then on a bright afternoon in mid-April He does something with words. He could have done better with a baseball bat You walk into his office bright and cheery as usual and he looks up from his desk smiling. Oh Eddie I'm glad you came got some news for you. What is it this time? We're buying another brick heap No Something more important than that. Oh, wait a minute. Let me guess you put another deal over on Hamilton You'd never guess in a million years Eddie I'm getting married. Huh? Married. I told you you'd never guess. Yeah All right decided I had been a bachelor too long Sounds silly doesn't it getting married for the first time at 65 Still I've heard of other wishy a young lady tenant of mine in the Riverside Drive place young woman, huh? Yes, why how young 40 45? I said young Eddie Marsha's 24 24 oh Oh, now wait. I know what you're going to say. Oh, but don't say it. I want you to meet Marsha first Okay, better get ready. She's meeting us in the Astor lounge in half an hour No, congratulations. Your suggestion was a good one boss. Suppose I meet her first, huh? With the prologue of two-year plan the signal oil company brings you another strange tale By the whistler If you were buying something that cost a hundred dollars You'd make pretty sure you were getting the very best quality for your money, wouldn't you? Well, if you're an average driver you spend about a hundred dollars a year for gasoline But how can any driver measure the quality of a gasoline? Why easy look at it this way If a gasoline helps your motor run more efficiently it also helps you get more mileage, right? Which explains why we're so proud of the fact that signal is known from canada to mexico as the go farther gasoline But even more important to you is what makes signals mileage possible The increased engine efficiency that gives you quicker starting faster pickup and smooth knock-free power. You see It's these same features which give you extra driving pleasure That also give you extra mileage you can measure with your speedometer Just you switch to signal for a few fillings and let the performance of your own car show you What more and more drivers are discovering In gasoline it takes extra quality to go farther And signal is the famous go farther gasoline And now back to the whistler Yes, eddie your client and friend peter jackson could have done it better with a baseball bat Somehow though you managed not to show the shock The sinking feeling inside you as you stood there in his office while he calmly told you he'd uh gone off the deep end You listen to him talk about marsha mackleroy in the taxi on the way to the aster And by the time the two of you walk into the lobby You figure your chances of holding on to that five million if the marriage goes through Are about those of a lame goat in the kentucky derby You follow peter into the lounge and suddenly he's saying marsha dear I want you to meet mr. davis my attorney eddie Marsha mackleroy my fiance hello mr. davis peter has told me so much about you What's the matter eddie cat got your tongue? Oh, oh, i'm sorry Hello, mr. mackleroy And you know at that moment that she holds all the cards you have and several more Yes eddie you've seen beautiful women in your time, but nothing ever to compare with marsha With her jet black hair and creamy skin And eyes that seem to change from blue to violet to purple The kind of eyes that make you stutter and wobble at the knees And peter is proud of her you can see that too She leaves the two of you alone for a moment over your coffee and cigars Almost as if she knew you were waiting for an opportunity to discuss her Well, eddie what about the congratulations now? She's uh very charming pete quite beautiful too You approve? You mind if i speak frankly? Oh, you've got a right to you're my best friend She's marrying you for your money I knew that was coming Look, she's 24 and you're 65 not as that makes sense Go on eddie. Well two months after your marriage she'll be after everything you've got And if you don't give it to her you'll find yourself defendant in a separation suit and she'll be using those Those gorgeous eyes of hers on a jury. I think you're wrong Okay, okay. I'll make you a little bet. I'll draw up a marriage contract Oh, it isn't very usual nowadays, but it'll save you paying through the nose later If marsha marries you in the face of the kind of marriage contract I draw I'll eat i'll eat crow until it comes out of my ears That's fair enough, isn't it? You'll give us your blessings then Pete if she signs that contract you can make me number one flower girl good Bring it around tomorrow. I'll have her there to sign it Well, mr. Davis peter's been telling me you think I should sign some sort of agreement before we're married Uh, yes. Yes. As a matter of fact, I have it right here Uh, I I I think it's best to sort of clarify things ahead of time and and uh, stop hemming and hawing eddie I've already told marsha why you thought she should sign it She has no objections at all. Peter. You're embarrassing. Mr. Davis. Come on eddie. Let's see it Oh It looks so legal. Well briefly miss magilroy. It provides for the amount of money you're to have as an allowance while you're married And uh, well it also provides for any alimony or claim for support in the event of a divorce or separation I see And how much is it to be? Well, the uh, the allowance is 75 a week And in the event of divorce or separation nothing Well, what do you think marsha? Do I have to sign it has his you mean you have some objection Well, I suppose I do. Oh, what is it marsha? Well, I I think the allowance is entirely too much You better make it 50 dollars After all peter with you to take care of me. What in the world would I do with 75 dollars a week? No eddie You'll never understand it. You can't believe she's genuine yet. There it was right in front of you in black and white And you're more confused than ever because deep inside you mixed up with the dollars and cents Tangle with your rivalry with her for the five million You know, you're in love with her just as lost as peter is in those deep blue eyes There's the only one possible answer, of course She's like you are playing at the smart way concentrating on that five million dollar inheritance It's three weeks after the wedding before you get another chance to be with her alone Peter had called that he wouldn't be at the office all day and you're working there alone when she comes in Well marsha. Hello. How's the bride happy. Thank you. What brings you downtown? Well, let's see the two things are three First of all, peter has a cold a cold. Oh Secondly, he asked me to do a few errands for him And And and third Yes Now bite what I thought you might ask me to lunch. Oh sounds great What are you working on? A copy of peter's will. Oh, then yes. Yes that Now that he's married, you know, there'll have to be some provision for you one way or another does it Oh, come on now. Let's not go through that again. No, no, I'm interested. Yeah, I should think you would be That's why you married him, isn't it? You're being rather cruel On our drop it will you we're alone here. You can let down your hair Oh, I admit you threw me an awful curve with that marriage contract As a rule, you know gold diggers will sacrifice the long pull in favor of ready cash. Please eddie Okay, I'm sorry. Don't you see I'm trying to make him happy eddie trying to give him something to believe in Can you understand that? No There's no way I can convince you Yeah, there's one way Oh, what's that? Sign away your interest in the estate I see You're genuine though, aren't you? You're a real friend to him. You don't care about his money What's that got to do with it? Well, he told me you're the current beneficiary in his will Oh, how'd you get that out of him third degree or thumb screws? Did you have to say that? I'm sorry You see, I can't help wondering about you eddie. Yeah, well, I'll leave that up to peter Well, he's wondering too. You seem so concerned about the marriage. What'd you tell him nothing? Hmm. I see Would I convince you if I signed away my interest in the will? After that, baby, I'd believe anything And you'd convince me if you signed away yours I already told you that the money didn't make any difference to me What about you? He's my best friend. Does that answer your question? There's only one way you can answer it eddie We can go to him together and tell him we want the will restored to his original state Just as it was before he met either of us You mean leave his money to that that that shelby gordon and vancouver? That's right. Oh Well, which is it? peter has a friend or his money I'm sure he'll be glad to know Do you really mean that? You you give it all up for of course I do Oh, no, no, you're not human. You're not human at all. You're out of this world Do you believe in me now? It just doesn't make sense marsha. You're young. You're the Or you're the most beautiful girl I ever saw in my life Peter 65. I told myself the will was the only possible answer. You've been terribly hard to convince Oh, they don't come like you not not even in dreams You're awfully sweet I don't need to tell you I guess Women have a way of knowing anyhow Marsha, I please don't say it Isn't right I'm sorry I'm not used to playing the second string I just want you to remember that But after Pete's gone, I'll I'll be around waiting I'll remember that Well, are we going to see peter about changing the will back to the original beneficiary? Yeah You know, you're not only beautiful marsha. You're smart If I refuse he disinherits me anyway because my motives aren't pure You win let's go see peter at first what? lunch Well, Eddie You have to believe in her now, don't you? They just aren't any other answers The two years you invested in peter jackson went for nothing The dreams of the five million dollars fell to pieces before this Girl whose only weapon was honesty And somehow you find you can take it One look from those blue eyes and you'd buy her grants tomb and make a down payment on the brooklyn bridge A week after the new will is signed Reinstating shelby gaughton of vancouver the original beneficiary Peter calls to say he's not feeling well again and asks if you'd mind driving her home after an afternoon of shopping It's been awfully sweet of you to drive me home eddie. Uh marsha. Yes Oh, I better skip it. I guess what are you trying to tell me eddie? You've started to say something three times in the last five minutes. Well marsha. It's it's about the will Oh again. Yeah again. Now believe it or not. I'm only thinking of you this time. What is it now? Well, it's not fair to you No, don't look at me that way. He ought to provide for you. You you you've got a legal right to it I told you I don't wait a minute. Wait a minute. You might as well know all of it The will is signed and witnessed on page three. I drew it up that way It's still down in my office safe I've got a right to keep it there because i'm peter's executive. But I don't see what it's just this The beneficiary is shown on page two It'll make no difference whatsoever to peter if I draw up a new page with With you as beneficiary Why eddie? What that'll be for jerry. I know it For you I take the chance Look, he doesn't care a wrap for this. This shall be gordon and vancouver. He's never even seen him I don't want it eddie. I don't want you to touch it. Is that clear? You mean you'd expose me if I did Why I don't know Well, here we are you've got to promise me eddie. No, let's not talk about it here And wait a minute. Look here comes the maid Something's wrong. Oh, mrs. Jackson. I've been trying to get you. What's the matter? It's mr. Jackson He's had a stroke peter. It's awful. Did you get a doctor? Yes, he's up there now. I'm afraid mr. Jackson's gone Eddie come on. We better hurry. Oh, no, I've got to get back to the office Don't argue with me go up and talk to the doctor. I told you I've got to get back to the office And there's a good reason isn't there eddie as you race down the parkway toward town Page two of the wheel falls into place in your mind Only the three of you knew the context because you'd been clever enough to call in the witnesses only for the signatures Yes, eddie You knew you'd never have a chance with your own name there, but with marshes the two-year plan might pay off after all It takes you only a few minutes to draw up the new page And insert it between the others replacing the black ribbon just as it was before and carefully put it back in the safe You still aren't sure of marsha, but with five million dollars at stake. You know, it's worth the gamble The two of you meet at the funeral and sit side by side during the services But you know that now isn't the time to tell her that you'll have to wait until later After you filed the will for probate Mr. Jackson's death came so unexpectedly. I I'd plan to bring the will down this week, but uh Properly executed Witnessed so on Well, I don't think you'll be any difficulty. Mrs. Jackson be the natural beneficiary, of course. Yes, of course Mrs. Jackson in why Didn't you know Know what she's gone away left right after the funeral where she didn't say Poor thing was pretty hard hit by mr. Jackson's death, you know Expect she's gone up to the mountains or somewhere. Oh, she left a note for you a note. Where is it? You'll find it right there in the hall table a note she's writing notes for Dear eddie I'm writing you this because I'm leaving now for good and I know we'll never see each other again Thanks so much for your kind services. I appreciate everything you've done more than I can say It was strictly business, you know So I want you to send me a bill You're a smart lawyer and a wonderful friend Cordially marsha jackson Cordially marsha jackson Cordially You want to know what the nastiest word is in the english language? Cordially Anna cordially The whistler will return in just a moment with the strange ending of tonight's story Meantime a question What would you think of a driver who deliberately did something that clogged up his motor with six times as much carbon And wore out his cylinders 50 faster than necessary Well get ready for a shock because that's just what you're doing if you're still using old-fashioned straight motor oil Listen to these facts in exhaustive road and laboratory tests today's finest straight motor oil was compared with the amazing new type signal lubricant That combines five scientific compounds with 100 pure paraffin based signal premium motor oil The result the motors using signal premium oil Actually showed only one sixth as much carbon and one third less cylinder wear I get that Motors stayed six times cleaner cylinder where was reduced one third with new signal premium motor oil No wonder drivers who want to keep wear down and performance up are switching from old-fashioned straight motor oil Better make your next oil change a change for the better Change to the new type signal lubricant. That's your guarantee of a sweeter running motor signal premium motor oil Now back to the whistler So she's gone Eddie all the dreams all the visions of you and marcia and peter jackson's five million dollars are gone Vanished into thin air and for the first time in your life You have to admit someone made a sucker out of you The will's gone in for probate now and you have a choice to make Either you can let it stand and allow marcia to collect the estate or you can set things right Admit to a forgery and perhaps give the state a chance at a two-year plan of its own For three days it churns around in your mind keeps you from anything else Then with the reading of the will only a day off you make your decision and walk into the district attorney's office He's interested in what you have to say Well That's it I was in love with her I think it was more that the end at least than anything else I wanted to see her get what was coming to her and naturally you hope that yeah, yeah, yeah, there's no point in denying it Now that it's over I want to set things straight. Yeah, don't get me wrong da. It's not because i'm so honest You just don't want to let her make a sucker out of you, huh? That's right She has no claim on the estate Money belongs to a distant relative a guy named shelby gordon lives in vancouver I have the genuine pages of the will right here. Oh good Incidentally, I don't think you'll have to worry about the forgery charge eddie does make much difference anyway. And what do you mean? Look, I don't know what league you play in but five million bucks is a big difference to me What did you call already a beautiful question mark? Yeah Now the probate court called yesterday Asked us to check on him You see there was a reason why she came to new york and married peter jackson after he'd made a new will in your favor What? We thought there might be a loophole somewhere possible fraud, but there isn't any she's too smart You see before she came here. She had her name legally changed to marsha mackleroy Her real name was shelby gordon Lives in vancouver Let that whistle be your signal for the signal oil program the whistler each monday at nine 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 lorraine tuttle and gerald moore The whistler was produced by george w allen story based on an idea by george fast music by wilbur hatch And was transmitted to our troops overseas by the arm forces radio service This is marvin miller speaking for the signal oil company. This is cbs the columbia broadcasting system