 The signal oil program The whistler that whistler is your signal for the signal oil program The whistler from the whistler, and I know many things for I walk 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 terror of which they dare not speak Yes friends, it's time for the whistler and remember that every traffic signal remind you with new signal gasoline You do go farther than ever look for the familiar big yellow and black circle sign That identifies those popular signal service stations in seven western states from Canada to Mexico And now the whistler's strange story Decision Months later when he finally got a chance to think about it clearly He decided that if it hadn't happened so suddenly it might not have happened at all It was April of course That might have had something to do with it The road of dendrons were blooming in Golden Gate Park The kids playing ball in the green lawns And spring sifting in the open window of his office On the 20th floor of the Hamilton building As Dr. Paul Evans sat looking at an uninspiring assortment of x-rays of Mrs. Harrison's chest cavities Excuse me Dr. Evans Well what is it nurse? There's a phone call from Mrs. John Cameron Can you see her today? Is it important? She says so Well they all do One of my three Well there's twelve thirty Alright I'll see her then But what about lunch? I'll have to skip it Mrs. Cameron's heart is undoubtedly more important than my lunch It could have been the way that it happened It's startling suddenness throwing you off balance Or maybe it was just spring in San Francisco But most of all it was a black haired girl with blue eyes Standing by the window when you looked up from your x-rays a half hour later You remember exactly how she looked The jersey dress with a gold belt and clip A smart little felt hat Accenting her dark hair Making you realize in a split second What was wrong with all the girls you ever knew She must have come in while you sat at the film illuminator Looking at negative evidence Making note Minor valvular lesions plus slight enlargement You're Dr. Evans Alright I'll be with you in just a moment Request detailed choreograph immediately Here we are Please sit down I'll get rid of this stuff Now you must be Hello How do you do? I'm Carol Cameron Yes I The nurse said you were rather concerned about yourself Oh it's not about myself It's about my husband I see John Cameron perhaps you've heard of him Stocks and bonds isn't it? Yes A few too many I'm afraid Oh Well he's been under a terrible strain recently The night before last he had a rather severe attack His heart? Yes Dr. Miles our family physician suggested I see you about it Where is your husband now? At home In bed Didn't Dr. Miles recommend the hospital? Oh John's awfully unreasonable He wouldn't hear of it Insisted he'd be up and around in a day or two That is unreasonable You'll see him Dr. Evans Of course I'll be glad to do what I can Just like that Paul A minute or so and she's gone You look up you see her And thirty seconds later She could ask if you'd mind going to the North Pole for her You'd tell her you'd be glad to All afternoon you try to shrug it off Tell yourself it's fantastic But this is the sort of thing that keeps you away from second rate movies But that evening when you call on John Cameron It's still there Lucinda Wither the housekeeper is waiting outside the door After you finish your examination Where's Mrs. Cameron Lucinda? She went out for a moment sir Tell me is it serious? I'm afraid it is I knew it I could see it coming on He's like a son to me doctor I've been with the family for twenty years now Since way before she came I see He was never like this before What do you mean by that? She's not good for him Worries him, makes him nervous Keeps him thinking about the fifteen years between them I'll have a prescription sent over in the morning I better be going now My taxi's waiting outside Let's keep him as quiet as you can And I'll check him again tomorrow Very well doctor Oh Dr. Evans just a minute I wondered what happened to you Who's just about to go I left instructions with the maid How is he? And John Apectoris it's rather serious I'm afraid Oh, he hasn't been taking very good care of himself He's got to know I see Must you go right away? I'm afraid I'd better my taxi's waiting Oh I thought it was waiting It doesn't seem to be there now It's all right I told him to wait I didn't even pay Oh I'd be glad to take you I can't understand Hold the car down at the curb Oh no I couldn't It'll only take a minute to call in Oh please, please let me Really no trouble All right I'll get my coat There you are doctor Right to the door It was awfully nice of you Mrs. Cameron Well I I guess the next thing to do is get out Oh just a minute Well I I want to tell you I lied about the taxi I told him to go Why? Because I wanted to take you home I'm very flattered That's all I just wanted to tell you It happened to you too didn't it? Yes There's a friend of mine Dr. Andrews awfully good heart man I'm sure he'll take the case Oh please, please don't do that What else can I do? It's only going to make it worse Oh I know but you Well you just can't throw away what's happened to us can you It'd be wrong to You've been wrong to do anything else Carol Is that what we're here for? Spend our lives looking for something that isn't fair Then to suddenly find it Throw it away Please Carol Shall we forget it? I'll I'll be around tomorrow with the prescription So that's the way it started Paul Yes it was easy to analyze it To list a million reasons why it was wrong But the trouble was that When you were all through analyzing It was still there Stronger than ever You visit John Cameron the next day And the day after that And before you know it The days have grown into weeks And the night you arrange to meet her Secretly at that little French café On Washington Street Leads to a lot more of them The two of you at the little corner table Pierre reserves especially Not saying much Just watching the flickering candles All around the room Listening to the music Well It's been over a month now Carol Yes Hard to realize it Are you happy? Happy and miserable Did you expect anything else? No I knew it was going to be this way But just that I I feel so Not so helpless I'm glad you could come tonight Carol because I Because what? Because I think this is going to be the last time I was afraid you were going to say that Don't you see how impossible it all is We're both beating our heads against a stone wall You're right Carol we are helpless The only thing we can do is try and be Square with ourselves It just won't work any other way I suppose not You'll probably go on like this for years You might if he's careful It's terrible to feel this way What way? Well I can't help it Paul I almost wish he'd Carol It's true I never loved him Paul My family thought he'd be good for me I didn't want any part of it He's unhappy, sick and miserable He'll always be that way I should Please Carol This is going to be the last time I mean it I think I can get Andrews on the case next week Look at me Carol It's going to work out somehow In the right way Will you believe that? All right Paul If you say so Yes Paul It was the only thing to do The honorable thing Approved 100% by the medical association But it doesn't help you sleep that night And it doesn't help the next day When you make your regular call on John Cameron Examine him Find him the same Leave his prescription bottle with Carol and gold Yes it had to end Paul Because you were both beginning to think the thing That Carol almost said at the restaurant That you both wished John Would die Then at 10 o'clock that night Hello Doctor Evans Yes You must come at once doctor I'll be right over Lucinda Now listen carefully There's a bottle of ammo nitrite in the medicine cabinet In the bathroom Break up a tablet and a handkerchief And make him inhale it Is that clear? It's too late for that doctor With the prologue of tonight's story Decision The signal oil company brings you another Strange story by the Whistler But first a word of thanks to you For a very special honor you have bestowed on the Whistler In the most recent radio survey The Whistler received the highest popularity rating In all radio history for a west coast program Not just top popularity mind you But by far the highest popularity rating In the entire history of west coast shows That's an honor never before received by any other program An honor for which we of the cast And all signal dealers who bring you the Whistler Want to thank you For after all we realize it's your loyalty To the Whistler that has made this honor possible And believe me with such an incentive You can count on all of us to keep every performance Our very best performance So you'll continue to tune in the signal oil program The Whistler Each Monday night And incidentally next time you're out driving We also hope you'll stop at one of the friendly service stations Displaying signals familiar yellow and black circle signs And try that other current signal success The new signal gasoline There's no better way to tune in top performance for your car Than with that power packed new super fuel That now helps you go farther than ever New signal gasoline And now, back to the Whistler So it finally happened Paul John Cameron is dead But it hasn't affected you as you thought it would There was something so sudden about it It happened so soon after you and Carol had decided to call it off After she'd almost said what you'd both been thinking Yes, there's something wrong with it It just feels wrong That's why after you've examined him You turned to Lucinda Lucinda? Yes doctor You were here when it happened? Yes Mrs. Cameron had given him his medicine and gone to bed I heard him call What happened then? He'd been violently sick Said his throat was burning What do you mean? That's right sir And he was all doubled up with cramps You're wrong you must be It's the truth sir Did you give him anything? No It was my night out And I'd only just come in when all of a sudden Excuse me a minute Hello Paul Don't go in there There's nothing you can do now I know It's over Carol Oh don't say anything Paul I don't want to talk about it Or think about it anymore Ever We've got to think about it I know You don't have to tell me He was all right this morning Just as well as could be expected All right Carol What happens now? I won't say anymore I know what's ahead I guess Of course I'll be all right Oh it's just You better get to bed You need some rest I'll take care of everything It's almost midnight When you get back to the office And take the prescription bottle out of your pocket The one you took from Carol's medicine cabinet You forget to take off your hat and overcoat As you throw a few pieces of laboratory equipment together Dissolve the powder in water and make a test A very simple test Thiosyaneth I knew it Poison Well Paul It's quite a decision isn't it You look down at the blank death certificate on your desk Until the letters burn into your brain And you can see them when you close your eyes It's the most important decision You'll ever have to make Paul What we're here for To spend our lives looking for something that isn't Two o'clock Three Four All you can do is sit and stare at the desk Trying to think it through Your medical certificates on one wall The Hippocratic oath in a neat black frame on the other Six o'clock Seven Eight Then your nurse arrives Why doctor You've been here all night Yes, had an important case Cameron He's dead Well, it was only a matter of time Yes, I guess it was You were filling out the certificate You can fill it out for me Death From natural causes And John A. Pectorus acute I've just filled out the death certificate You've got to be careful, awfully careful Poison isn't easy to cover up Carol They'd find it in a second if they ever got suspicious So listen I'll send the certificate over this morning Take it to a mortuary right away and ask for cremation If nobody gets curious during the next week I think we'll be safe All right, Paul We mustn't be seen together under any circumstances I don't want you to even telephone me If you can possibly help it, okay? That's all in Good luck, darling Hello, Evans Oh, hello, Miles How are you? A little puzzled at the moment Thought I'd drop in for a minute Sure, I have a chair Thanks It's about Cameron I had a rather distressing experience Oh? You know, I've been there family doctor for some time I didn't know Mrs. Cameron before she married John Some years ago But I've always thought her a rather charming person She seems to be You, uh... You know her pretty well, Paul Well, naturally, in attending her husband Of course You think she's a woman of character? I'd say so So would I Miss Lucinda Withers, however, seems to think she's a murderous What does that mean? I don't know The woman was completely confusing A lot of rambling, disconnected remarks That seemed to imply that, uh... You and Mrs. Cameron were in love But there was a practical reason for her requesting cremation When Cameron had always been against it Oh, what's wrong with that? Supposing she didn't know I just think, Paul, that you ought to do something about Miss Withers You know, as well as I, that this sort of thing can ruin you Hello? Hello, Carol, listen, darling You've got to get Withers out of town Yes, I know it'll make it look worse, but it's the only thing we can do Where's her family? Idaho, good Tell her she needs a rest, anything I know it sounds crazy, but it's better than sitting around waiting for the axe to fall That's it Good luck, darling Looking on thin ice, Paul You can almost hear it cracking under your feet And it seems to be getting thinner The funeral on Thursday, then Friday, Saturday And Lucinda's still in town Carol was right It only made it worse to try and get her to leave You're just waiting now It's only a matter of time And then bright and early Monday morning Hello, Doctor I'm Willard Stevens How do you do, I'm afraid I don't... I'm John Cameron's cousin, flew out from New York I see I have a rather delicate problem on my hands, Doctor I hope you'll understand I'll try to About John's death I had a letter from him indicating he planned to make certain changes in his will It arrived just a day or two before he died Does that suggest anything to you? No, I'm afraid it doesn't You naturally ascribed his death to his heart condition Yes, naturally Well, I realize it would be embarrassing for me to contest your diagnosis I'm hoping you'll work with me in... In what? I had a talk with Miss Withers the night I arrived She's a meddlesome old fool No, how did you know? Doctor Miles told me, does that answer your question? It answers that question I assume you have others Indeed, I have And I'm afraid, Doctor, there's only one way to answer them What's that? An exhumation and an autopsy So that's it, Paul It's all over now, but the trial The next decision is easy, isn't it? It would be useless to try and run away It would never lead to anything You and Carol could never find happiness with an axe hanging over your head So the next day during the autopsy You sit at home quietly in the chair with a phone Waiting for it to ring Hello? Is it over? Anything, Carol? Will you leave now? What do you mean? Look, if it's going to happen, there's no reason for it happening to both of us That's about the most ridiculous thing you've ever said Paul, please, please, listen to me Go with them, Carol. I'll be down there in an hour What is it? Carol is only one thing in the world right now When that's gone, I... I don't want to be here anymore Keep your chin up, darling See you in an hour This way There he is Just a minute, Miss Withers Make him admit it He's in love with her It's been going on for... I said just a minute What about it, Dr. Evans? It's written all over his face All right, all right I'm in love with Mrs. Cameron So what? The Whistler will return in just a moment With a strange ending of tonight's story But first a question Why do you suppose it is that almost 5,000 Of today's over-aged cars are dying Going out of service each day Are they completely worn out? 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There's a long silence And then the police lieutenant Slowly walks over to Lucinda Winton All right, Miss Whithers Now that we're all here Maybe you'll tell us why You tried to frame Mrs. Cameron I don't know what you're talking about On April 5th, you bought a hundred grains Of thiosyanin at the black and white pharmacy On O'Farrill Street, right? I did no such thing You signed Evelyn Jones on the register That's a lie Is this the woman, Mr. Therson? That's the woman I make a practice of remembering The faces of people who buy poison Excuse me, Lieutenant I'd like to sit down Oh, sure, Doctor Take a chair over there Now, Miss Whithers Why did you try to frame Mrs. Cameron? Why did you put poison in the medicine You knew she had to give him? I didn't I didn't do it Don't lie to me What did you do with the bottle? I didn't do anything with it I left it in the... Oh You did have the bottle, huh? Now, why did you try to frame Mrs. Cameron? Why did you try to frame her? She killed him She killed him, Doctor Surely as if... As if she put the poison in the bottle Instead of you That's it, isn't it? She didn't love him She never did He was as good as dead Oh, you thought you'd finish the job And hang it around her neck I gotta see Mrs. Cameron and Lieutenant Where is she? In the next room I'll go ahead Now, Miss Whithers I'm gonna take this all down Carol Darling, I'm a fool I thought all the time That you'd killed him after what you said Oh, I know you had every reason I think how I acted after it happened But I thought it was you You gave me his prescription that morning And an hour after I gave it to him He was dead So Lucinda killed him She thinks she did They say they'll have a better case against her If they let her confess it first Before they tell her Tell her what? Well, when you brought the new prescription that morning The old bottle was still half full And that's the one she put the poison in What? That's the way it happened, Paul You see, I used the new one the night he died That's why I was so sure you did it But the prescription was perfectly all right Oh, of course it was I was so sure he was poisoned Those symptoms... Oh, Lucinda was lying, Paul About the burning in his throat and the cramps Don't you see? And the autopsy was okay There was no murder They're going to charge her with attempted murder, Paul You see, your diagnosis was correct John died of natural causes And John a pecturus Acute Next Monday at 9 o'clock The Whistler will bring you another strange tale The Whistler is broadcast for your entertainment By the marketers of signal, gasoline And motor oil And fine quality automotive accessories And by your neighborhood signal dealer This program produced by George W. 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