 Standard of California on behalf of independent chevron gas stations and standard stations throughout the west Invites you to let George do it The next to the last guest another adventure of George Valentine personal notice stages my stock and trade If you're so touchy you can't stand to have the finger put on you. You got a job for me George Valentine write full details My dear Valentine in seventy some odd years of varied experience I have found that it is often harder to do a good thing than a bad one the world seldom appreciates an unusual gesture of kindness But I am a stubborn old man. I intend to make one such gesture It concerns the distribution of my mother's fortune. Now the words the provisions of my will I Need the help of a good and honest man to carry on after my death. I have checked on you Well Valentine, but my time is running out. He's visiting me immediately in sweet 14 a hotel McKinley arms It's time to Sturn let me see that McKinley arms Angel I think that's the place George of course the one with the gargoyles along the roof and the old ironwork up over the door Yeah, I'm forced to be sure they're tearing it down to make room for a super drugstore Well, what are we waiting for Angel? Let's go visit the past before as mr. Sturman puts it time runs out Oh, I thought at least the elevators would still be working Chin up Angel. Okay, they should be right down here. Well exercises for youngsters Only how do you suppose an old man like mr. Sturman? Maybe he doesn't brocksing. Maybe he just hibernates Oh Get out of here you and your visit Like a ghoul or a vulture come to see if the carry-on started rotting yet. Well, I'm still good. You see that don't you? I'm glad you're so healthy uncle Francis you're about as subtle as a stick of dynamite But I'm not going to apply to by getting angry again and bursting a blood battery comes. This is it. Yeah Mr. Sturman Bet you got an earful didn't you Valentine? Yeah Don't look so shocked Francis. I'd fire anyone who wouldn't admit me like to eavesdrop That infernal racket. I hate noise. Come in. Come in, mr. Yeah I want you both to meet my nearest living relative miss Francis O'Neill Do you work for uncle Do you I should have said my most curious and tenacious relative shouldn't I it's none of your affair What do you do, mr. Valentine? What's your business Francis, please? Oh, I'm so sorry It is dreadful of me to be upset by just a material thing, but the hotel is being torn literally the money is cheap You know, there enough of that You and I my dear can have a nice little gossip country while the two men talk about a business My dear Goodbye tragic They call her poor Francis She fell in love once 20 years ago and the man turned out to be no good. She's lived on sympathy. She gets ever since Reposition social standing everything depends on it. We're dead memories Poor Francis. Oh, mr. Sturman when we were out in the hallway, you didn't sound quite so friendly to a guy I'm just a prank you old man. That's all It's this plastic hammering gets me I suppose You know, I was the first guest to take a suite in this hotel 42 years ago. I just made my first 10,000 I bought a chalmers in the stable boy kept the lamps promise for me out back From the looks of things you'll be about the last one to leave. Yeah, I haven't been this afternoon 42 years But the management's been very kind Very kind and then where you're going It's none of your business either Valentine, okay, mr. Sturman you hired me to handle something about your will so let's hear it Hey, you're right enough of sentiment here. Yes, sir. You Starts security some bonds a few foreign things those three quarters of a million You've done all right. Yeah, I just set it up here checking it to make sure I divided it right Pretty big piece of pie. How are you coming up? Mr. Valentine? I watch people the way I've watched you It's about the only pleasure left to an old man. Oh, I'm just a little accountant For instance, there have been anything but little never anything but honest work for me once years ago Now I see as heavy responsibility is the large family many debts His name is Henry freeholder and you're going to get in half nonsense nonsense The next is an ex-pug named the kid McClintock a man, miss Brooks That's always one big fight and I enjoyed it since then I've watched him to yeah McClintock runs a little bar in the tough section, but he doesn't drink So to the popular hero with even the delinquent kids of his neighborhood is ignorant poor but very proud Another worthy case money should go where money is desired Anyway yesterday, I wrote letters to both men that I want you to make sure they understand what I'm doing And make sure they understand that whenever my will is probated You will be there to scrap for them with legal help Obesity everything. Well, just who do I scrap with who's got a chip on a shoulder the third equal-sized piece of pie Francis oh, but if you're giving her a shame only because of her little I assure you oh, but she wouldn't end up where money is concerned everyone into pairs There's no one who's immune. Why do you think she's so curious? Why do you think she makes all these duty calls? I tell you when people see money their eyes shrink and turn black Even why she wants like Francis and their souls creep into a dark place To offer themselves was they all came Mr. Stamman. Okay, we'll slap on the price control But give me the addresses of those manner we'll get going just remember Valentine. Be careful watch yourself and Never underestimate the power of a woman Why tend to said we twinge up here you are Mr. McKendrick, aren't you everybody knows the kid lady? But it's the end of the month. I don't add so good. I don't like to keep account either my name's Valentine Real pleasure to make your acquaintance Jack now beat it. Okay, hang on to your red ink busting. Why I come from Todd Sturman That yet Sure sure like a test ball in a punching bag It's got a pretty good list Amy. Oh, why don't you shut up to give me a glass of water? Hey, I miss on the house. What's the matter with that boo fair boon up there? Forget this. Well, you know, I'm going back up. I think Yeah, that's it the tourists here don't know his tonsils from his teeth Okay, bust around ready for another wall Please I'm sorry. Don't be sore at the kid. Don't be sore. I've done that. Oh, no, I love you for it You couldn't fight with me. I'm good. See look the picture. Hey, you're the one over the bar That's Tiger Jensen himself the champ and I knock him out in three rounds. See Everybody knows how tough I am that temper must have done you a lot of good in the ring I ain't got a tamper. I'm a popular guy even the boys like me. They look up to your kid It's the money that's all yeah, what about the money Jack did you ever need money and know you're going to get it some Only you don't know when you keep hoping only you're a heel for hoping. You know what I mean, maybe well, that's all it was I swear to you. I'm upset that's all and now it's all over. See and now please let the kid buy the drinker Come on both of you. Hey, set him up. We got out of business to attend to let's go There's a free drink anytime in the house check Got it George what goes on You come to talk to him about it's getting a quarter of a million dollars. Oh, I don't know Angel But I wonder what an account Somebody's in a hurry. Yeah, they've been parking George. It was a woman was Francis. Yeah Francis come on Brooks He weren't a hurry to hey, what's that guy's name pre-holder? Yeah. Hey taxi This is freeholder you said your husband left only a moment ago if you could just tell us when he'll be back He won't ever be back. Not to this house. Not if I can stop him We didn't understand You've always been a respectable family you've had a little trouble, but you've always managed somehow We have our position in the community Henry's treasure of the church. Look, what's happened Mrs. Freeholder? Hey, I Can't tell you None of my affair any longer. You'd have to see Henry. You don't know where he is. He said too much already Leaving in a few moments for the trip with the children and his lunch to prepare Oh, you might try Well, he was going to a downtown to meet a woman telephone a woman Somebody named Francis on me something like that Miss Leeholder the reason for your upset has to do with money, doesn't it? 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You can't even find Yes, it's beginning to look like money is the move of all evil But if you're anything like George Valentine, you suspect that there may be other roots to now look It's not such a big job little time. Just check on the histories of these people That's all you can you've got the machinery your file boys can check their own stuff back from the records of the Boxing Commission Okay, okay, stop riding me. I'm interested There's something that just came in One o'clock from traffic item six Dodge group nation street curve 1245 Vehicle crash through God Ravens a concrete retaining wall estimated speed 50 miles per hour single occupant Henry free older dead Well the motorcycle officer said he practically saw it there was no other traffic and nobody else could have been in the car Wait a minute. Hmm. I got something this stuff the doctor took off his body. That's a farewell. No, that's for Let it's odd stem and note Henry freeholder yesterday. Remember Bruce. Yeah, it's mostly about the securities How much they probably be worth? But here there's a direct quote from as well To Henry freeholder an exact one-third of the amount of my fortune This bequest is made in full knowledge of mr. Freeholders past and of the single misstep he made isn't Wow So our suicide with the better one of the records will give us a story. This gives us a clue to motive. Don't you see? Stermann's will would be probated someday That means it would be available for the newspapers and if the family like Francis Confessor the will that even more for the fee holder didn't become treasurer of the church The good honest man wouldn't be so good anymore when this became known would it well So I'd he'd have a quarter of a million bucks wouldn't he really my hunt says that his wife didn't feel He must have wanted him to refuse the money anything to hide Protect their little place make a meal but you're old Henry just couldn't resist the good Yeah, yeah, and he's just so unhappy about the fighting with his wife over if any goes out and kills himself Maybe you're right. Well, it's not enough But maybe it will be enough when I find out what kind of correspondence of Fox it gets I Run out like he's seen the devil himself Miss on the yield you mind if we come in Well, Mr. McClendon Please mr. Valon and there's no Lady don't want you relax buster sure Stop This cause a matter of condition overweight, maybe you never were such a great quite a maybe you never did knock out target Jensen What are you picking at me for I'm not I just want to know what kind of a paragraph you drew an old man's term as well Hey, give me a third of it. Okay. Keep talking. I Can't miss Francis It's about my big fight It it says I paid tiger Jensen to take a dive. Huh? Yeah, one big claim to fame is a folly, isn't it? George there's something about miss O'Neal too. Oh, wow She says she'll tell us if we promise not to repeat it What is it miss O'Neal? 20 years ago There was a young man. I Cheered so much for it We had all our plans made I Had thought he was so nice and then at the last moment Well, I I was simply forced to reject him And people were so kind so simple thank you Oh Only an uncle will Only in the will it's just the other way around you were the one who was killed And That's the way it is just like mr. McClelland won his fight by crookedness And mr. Beholder's embezzlement that everyone had forgot and you're the three people that Sturman picked to leave his money Now that you know, you won't tell anyone will you you will keep our secret She will leave us alone. I didn't promise you see That's why we took you in our carpet They would understand there's something you don't understand miss O'Neal a slight case of suicide on the part of one Henry freeholders But now I think I'll wait till later to find out why you were the last person to see him alive Sure as fast as I get up with this phone But what did she say about freeholder and what was the ex pump doing in her heart? Never mind, Riley Just meet me there lobby of the hotel McKinley as soon as you can make it Oh Lobby he says the place hasn't even got a lobby anymore to file a junk. Okay. Okay, the stairs are through here. Wait a second Valentine Listen to me listen before we go looking for eccentric millionaires The file boys have finished their checkup. Yeah, and there's not one single whisper of embezzlement on the whole doll's story of Henry freeholder Yeah, that's You you know it sure and the boxer never fought a dirty fight in his life not even with Tiger Jensen And it's for Francis Until Santa Claus told us the truth a long time ago. He gave us the answer to everything now come on Let's get upstairs. We got a date to pull off his beard I've lived in this room 42 years. I was the first guest in this hotel I'd made $10,000 and I I bought a charm. You told us that before mr. Sturman You better save your breath lieutenant's gone to get a doctor those lights of stairs With too much for me. I guess I my heart But I couldn't live by myself after this hotel is gone I don't see how you ever could have lived with yourself. Well, what's that? I'm talking about that fancy deal with a will Why did you hire me in the first place? I told you to see the will would go through all right You mean to make sure they understood their secrets would be publicized Oh, I know even if your sympathies were with the other people Valentine. It wouldn't make any difference You have your price too. You think every man has his price. Don't you the idea isn't the original with Listen to me Sturman You hate the world so much you're made up those secrets made up lies about people and put them in your will if you want the money You must accept the scandal your idea of a dying chest. He was to play God No, no, no, not God, but I did play devil Valentine That silly little accountant you say killed himself freeholder willing to sell a lifelong reputation for honesty in the key the boxer who willing to sell his pride in The one big thing he ever did Francis she lives on sympathy doesn't she? Francis, but you would have made a joke of herself for money all for money every one of them Haven't you ever met anyone who did anything just out of kindness? No, you've got your eyes open. You'd see the same thing It's always money and look at these people. They've already told you the lies as though they were true They already pretended for the sake of money. I just wish there was a law that would make it legal to hang you. There isn't Anyway, I'll die soon now very soon My securities will be sealed in a box my will. It'll be probate again The publicity and someone else will know what it feels like to sell your soul for silver someone beside me The last duty called me really should increase your legacy idea Mr. Valentine I had to come There's something I must tell you. I can't keep it a secret in law. Oh uncle. I know Of course, I know How could I avoid it when I tried to help you? With handling your thing Francis, you know, you don't know better lie down, mister Get out of my way. Can't see she want money. That's all that's all anybody wants. Isn't it eating it? I've only tried to heal me who tried to protect you. I Didn't know you were involving anyone else in that world with me Francis But but then you you do like me for myself And I my whole life I wanted Somebody Wasn't the last guest the next to the last guest Well, miss O'Neill, I guess I owe you an apology Well, it wasn't until one second ago that I realized why you've always been so curious Why you'd followed us why you rushed around to see freeholder and had the kid over at your house I helped Steve. I had to tell Uncle used to be wealthy, you know But now those securities of his aren't worth a single ten He saw it. What's that? Yeah, Brucey The last joke of the man who played devil Okay, Brucey motive for suicide frustrated greed Freeholder had already made his choice and separated from his wife when miss O'Neill caught up with him to tell him There wasn't any toll. Oh Well, I guess I got everything Only what about kid Macintosh? He was all upset over taking the money when Francis told him there really wasn't any he stood by her helped to pretend those lies and the Will were true helped to protect the old man Protecting from what the booby hatch the old man deliberately made his worldly fortunes a nice round zero The barns were all defaulted the houses mortgaged all for one last thumb to the nose joke Oh What do you suppose makes a man be like mr. Stern? Oh, I don't know I don't know blindness I guess not being able to see the nice people who were there all the time people like Francis maybe But I bet if he weren't alone if he were happily now You aren't trying to play God. He missed Brooks. No I'm just playing And I'll succeed I Don't believe anyone planning a vacation ever said to himself now Let's see. 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Did you ever hear of a perfect crime? You want to say that again? Well this dame here got killed last night by a gas explosion But the gas was turned off Yesterday morning George, maybe that rider wasn't so naughty after all Didn't he mention an explosion? What's that? What's that? Just this lieutenant. There's a guy loose in this town is wearing a brown suit And just so happens. He's the lucky guy my client told how to commit a perfect crime Tonight's adventure of George Valentine has been brought to you by standard of California on behalf of independent chevron gas stations and standard stations throughout the West Robert Bailey has starred as George with Francis Robinson as Brooksy walley mayor appears as lieutenant Riley Let George do it was written by David Victor and Jackson Gillis and directed by Don Clark Also heard in the cast were Francis X Bushman as Sturman lorraine Tuttle as Francis Eddie Fields as McClendon Ruth Paradis mrs. Freeholder and Tim Graham as punchy The music is composed and presented by Eddie Dunsteader your announcer John Easton listen again next week same time same station to Let George do it This is the mutual Don Lee broadcasting system