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This is the story of Ruggles, a gentleman's gentleman, a man's man, an English valet whose master lost him in an unfortunate game of poker to a horny-handed American citizen of Red Gap, a friendly town of the far west. Do I understand your Lordship to say that I was a steak in a game of poker? That's right. It seems I lost you, Ruggles, to a mister and Mrs. Higbert, a loud, rather rustic chap, but made a pile in mining, Ruggles. But you don't have to go off if you don't want to. Go off, sir. I've got an idea. I'd rather think they want to take you back to Red Gap. Red Gap, sir? Yes, Ruggles, some outpost in America, I believe. America? America, my lord? A country of slavery. Oh, I think that's all finished. I believe some chap of the name of Lincoln did something about it. I understand, my lord. There's the bell, Ruggles. I wouldn't be surprised if this isn't that chap, Egbert, to collect your... To collect me, my lord. Very well, my lord. By the way, my lord, any parting remarks? I don't think so, Ruggles. Oh, yes, of course. Stiff upper plate, Ruggles. Thank you, my lord. Well, this is home. This is Red Gap. Pretty far from London, eh? Yes, sir. Are those cowboys, Mr. Flaude? Yep, yep, friends and neighbors. Well, come on, let's go. And remember now, none of that fancy butler stuff with me around here, Bill. As far as I'm concerned, you're Colonel Ruggles. You get that, Colonel Ruggles? Yes, sir, but I mean to say so. Come on, Effie, let's go. Oh, miss, cheers! How sweet of you to come and meet us. Oh, how smart you're looking your cut away. I'd never have known it was you. Here, well, I ain't so sure of myself, daughter. This is Ruggles, Egbert's man. We persuaded our friend Lord Princeton to let him come to us. Ruggles, this is Mr. Belknap Jackson, our son-in-law. Sir, how do you do? Oh, holy cow, there's your ma, Effie. Ma Pettengill, where are you all maverick? Sourdoy, all horned toads. Well, ma, what kept you? I'll bet you were sitting in that old silver dollar saloon. Ma, taint so. Don't you know that this is the first train that's been on time since the railroad was built? It's hard on travel, doesn't seem to have altered my dear father-in-law very much. I daresay you find him rather a trial after his lordship, eh, Ruggles? Not at all, Mr. Belknap Jackson. Quite the reverse. Hey, sir, where'd you get that classy suit? And that hat! Oh, baby! Excuse me, sir. A ma, meet the Colonel. Hi, Colonel. How do you do? Where's your uniform? Mate her. How do I hear the voice of that darn dude, Belknap Jackson? Mate her, you can't shake hands with him. He's a man's man. You bet your boots he is. Hello, mother. Why Effie? Well, darn me if you don't look like a real lady. Hey, boy! Mother, Ruggles is Egbert's servant. Well, too good for him if you ask me. Bring that luggage, Ruggles. Very good, sir. You're gonna like it here, Ruggles. Egbert likes you, you're a regular guy. And if you're okay with Egbert, you're okay with Red Gap. Thank you, madam. And don't be calling me, madam, Colonel. My name's Ma. Ma Pettengill. Yes, ma. Well, come on, there's the wagon. Let's get going. Come on, Bill. Oh, yes, sir. Oh, just a minute, Egbert. I have written out this notice, which is to be printed in the society page of our newspaper. The flowers are accompanied by their English man servant, secured through the Earl of Brinstead. He will no doubt do much to impart an air of continental smartness to the flowered reception today. Whoa, that's some mess of words, eh? Now, you give that to Jake Henshaw, the editor of the paper himself. All right, Effie. Come on, Bill. Let's go. Go, sir. Yes, sir. But is this the newspaper office, sir? Oh, no, no. This is Nell Kenner's place. The Bohemian crowd's havin' a barbecue. Hello, Sardo. When'd you come off the train? Well, it just got in, Jake. Jake, shake hands with my friend Colonel Ruggles. How do you do? Colonel, shake hands with Jake Henshaw, the smartest newspaper man in the West. How do you do? Uh, Colonel? What army, sir? Well, the tooth of a... British army, retire. You don't say so. I would say that's a swell piece for the paper. All right, well, go ahead, Bill. Go on. Now, circulate. Make yourself at home. Uh, yes, sir. It seems to be a very tempting order, sir. Could I inquire into its origin? Well, that's barbecue sauce, Bill. Go on over and chin with the gal who's cookin' it. That's Mrs. Judson. What, Egbert Flowers, you old son of a girl! Hello, Nell. I've been lookin' for you. Where are you, Bill? Uh, this meat sauce is really excellent, my good woman. If you're callin' me good woman, because you don't know my name, name is Judson. I'm delighted to make your acquaintance, I'm sure. So you like my meat sauce, do you? It's very good. It's very good indeed in its own way. What do you mean in its own way? Well, I was just thinking that maybe a few drops of this and a little bit of that might transform it into a really superlative sauce. Oh, so that's what you're thinkin'. Well, let me tell you that I've been makin' meat sauce for longer than I can remember, and nobody's ever found fault with it. Oh dear, Mrs. Judson, I was not finding fault. Well then, what did you mean by a few drops of this and a little of that? Well, I only meant that maybe a little spice and perhaps some wine vinegar. Who ever heard of puttin' wine vinegar in a meat sauce? I've leave your kid in me. I shouldn't dream of kiddin', of doing such a thing, Mrs. Judson. I was only trying to put you right. Put me right. Now listen, Colonel, you stick to the things you know, I've seen a regimen. What? And I'll stick to what I know. My dear Mrs. Judson, let us not become embroiled in an international squabble. Shall we dance? Why, Colonel? I'd love to. Hey, hey, hey, hey. Cheez-it, Bill, here comes bad news himself. It's Belnab Jackson. Colonel, whatever is the matter? I must say you're the finest dancer Would you excuse me for just a moment, please? Well, Ruggles, what have you to say? Only that Mr. Egbert brought me here, sir, and told me to mix. I am endeavoring to obey his instructions. Don't be impertinent. I was driving past and I saw you dancing. Saw you with my very own eyes. Now you'll leave this place immediately. Not without Mr. Egbert's orders, sir. What? I am sorry, sir. I say, was that you that kicked me, sir? Yes, it most certainly was. And I hope that'll teach you a lesson. Wait, he kicked me? Yes, sir, so I did, sir. Well, I did, didn't I? And I demand, I demand that that Ruffian be discharged at once. Whatever possessed you to kick Mr. Belnab Jackson, I shall never understand. Nor I, madam. Ordinarily I am a model of self-control. It must have been Mr. Belnab Jackson's unfortunate behavior. Oh, I'm afraid you'll have to go, Ruggles. Madam, do you mean that I am to be abandoned to my fate in this uncivilized outpost? Oh, uncivilized outpost? You, you see, Effie, the man is utterly impossible. Go and pack your bags immediately. Sir, how am I to return to England? You should have thought of that before, I'm afraid. Yes, sir. Now, just a minute, Bill, just a minute. Look here, you two. If you go throwin' Bill out on his ear, you'd better get a load of today's paper. Colonel Marmaduke Ruggles, late of the British Army, bond by van and man of the world, is at present the honored guest of Mr. Edward Flau. Wait, that's not the message I gave you to be printed. I know, Effie, but let me finish. An intimate friend of the Earl of Brinstead, Colonel Ruggles will be a great acquisition to our social life. We understand that a series of entertainments are currently being planned by socially prominent figures of red gap such as Mrs. Judy Ballard and Mr. Mrs. Ralph Wilton. Oh, this is, this is disaster. This is complete social disaster. Oh, how dare you pass yourself off as a colonel? I made no such pretence, madam. You know, Mr. Flau will call me that. Oh, Mrs. Judy Ballard, a party for Ruggles. Oh, what am I going to do? Oh, how do you do? You must be Colonel Ruggles. This is Mrs. Baron Carey. And I'm Mrs. Ballard. This is Judy Ballard. We thought we simply had to make your acquaintance. What are we going to do? We've got to go through with it. Effie, my dear, we've just called to welcome the colonel to red gap. Oh, how sweet of you. Sure, you'll excuse the colonel for a minute. He was just going to change out of those black things into something cooler. Well, we'll excuse him if he's not too long. But I thought... Never mind what you thought, Colonel. Charles will tell you all about it. Come along, Colonel. Yes, sir. Yes, Charlie. Yes, Charlie. In just a moment, we bring you the second part of Academy Award. 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Paramount's current production is OSS starring Alan Ladd and Geraldine Fitzgerald. And now the House of Squib presents part two of Academy Awards starring Charles Lawton and Charlie Ruggles in Ruggles of Red Gap. Well, Ruggles, now the fuss is over. Just what are you doing in the library, Ruggles? I am discovering the most amazing things about your country, sir. A land of freedom and equality. Do you know Abraham Lincoln said in his... Where did you get that book? I found it on the shelf, sir. So I see. Well, if you were taking the trouble to look, you would have found my name on the fly leaf. And if you were inquired, you would have learned that I allow no one to use my books. I'm very sorry, sir. Yes, and then those house slippers. They're particularly offensive to me. They belong only in the bedroom. His lordship frequently wore house slippers in the drawing room, sir. In fact, I recall one occasion when he went dancing in house slippers. Oh, no, no. No gentleman would go beyond the bathroom with those shoes. Do you mean to imply that his lordship was... Drop that weapon. Weapon, sir. I was only resting my hand on this bookend, sir. Just your imagination, sir. Oh, no, it isn't. I caught the same murderous look in your eyes the night you struck me. I hope that incident had been forgotten, sir. Well, it hasn't. And that's why I'm giving you notice. Notice, sir? Exactly. And keep your hand away from that bookend. I can't believe it, sir. I thought everything was going so well. Well, for you. But for the rest of us, the situation is impossible. Now, here is your ticket to San Francisco. I fancy you can manage to work your way to London from there. That's all, ruggles. You'll just have time to pack and catch the number 36. South! My train is a half hour late, and I thought I would drop in and have a bite to eat. Welcome to the Silver Dollar Saloon, Colonel. Eat hearty. Well, well, well, what are you doing here, Bill? Oh, Mr. Flaude, sir. I hope you don't think that I followed you here, sir. I thought you were on your way to the ranch. We are. Only we thought it wouldn't hurt none if we split a bottle of liquor first. Well, what's eating you, Bill? Sit down. It's very nice of you to cover an awkward situation like this, sir. But I must ask to be excused. Yeah, what's he talking about? First time I ever seen Bill drunk. I am not drunk. I just want you to know, sir, that I have only the kindliest feelings towards you both. Tie it as a tick. And now, if you'll excuse me, I must catch my train. Train? Well, sit down here, Bill, and sober up. Lisa, I am not in the least intoxicated. I am simply trying to tell you that you were undoubtedly justified in discharging me. We better humor him, ma. Yeah. Who fired you, Bill? Oh, Mr. Belknapp Jackson, sir. But naturally, he was speaking for the family. It's very kind of you to furnish transportation to San Francisco, sir. To what? Let me see that ticket. Ma, he means it. You mean that dude, Belknapp Jackson, tried to fire you? Why, yes. Well, skin him alive! Now, remember, ma, don't do nothing rash. He's your son-in-law. Oh, quit throwing that up to me. Then I am not... Why, Bill, we wouldn't fire you, not even if you looked like Belknapp Jackson. I couldn't be happier, sir. Oh, yes, you could. Drink that. Oh, excuse me. I couldn't help with the hearing. But will someone please tell me how Mr. Belknapp Jackson could fire an important man like Colonel Ruggles? Fire him for what? Uh-uh, we spilled the beans that time. You may as well know, Mrs. Judson, that my introduction to Red Gap as Colonel Mama Duke Ruggles was a horrible mistake. I am no one. Oh, you must be someone... No, I'm not. I am just a nobody. But don't tell anybody, Mrs. Judson. You mean you're just a plain, ordinary human being? Same as us? Oh, I couldn't be happier. Well, come on, drink up, Bill, and then we're going to up and move you back in the house. Ah, but I don't want to go back, sir. What do you mean you don't want to go back? Well, I appreciate all you have done for me, sir. But Mr. Belknapp Jackson will never consider me more than dirt under his feet, you see. And this is America, sir. A land of freedom and equality. And I must take advantage of my opportunities, sir. Like Lincoln did. We already got a president, Bill. Oh, I am not ambitious for public office, madam. But I would like to become a part of this great country. You see, I want to be free and equal. Well, isn't that what America offers us? You bet your boots it is. Now, look what it says in the Constitution. What? Well, I guess Lincoln put it as good as anybody that day at Gettysburg. Remember what he said? What'd he say? Well, he said... He said... Sam, what did Lincoln say that day at Gettysburg? Who? Oh, him. Yeah, why, he said... Hey, Curly. Yeah? What did Lincoln say at Gettysburg? Search me, ask Ike. He reads the papers. What did Lincoln say at Gettysburg? Hurry up before I come over and bust you on. Hey, Ed. What did Lincoln say at Gettysburg? I don't know. I wasn't there. Well, what kind of a saloon is this where nobody knows the answer to a simple little question like that? What are you mumbling about, Bill? Huh? Well, wait a minute. Wait a minute. That's it. Who hid, Bill? A fourth score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. We are now engaged in a great civil war testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this, but in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men living and dead who struggled here have consecrated it far beyond our poor power to add or detract. The world with little note no longer remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us, the living rather, to be consecrated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people by the people and for the people shall not perish from the earth. Well, turn my eyes, Bill. After that, I reckon you not ever go back to being a gents-gent. Why, turn it, you're a better American than we are. Of course he is, you silly old coot. He's better because he's new. The newest American is the best American. Well, ask any Indian. Duck on, you ruggles, I'm ferrying, so are all the boys. Ah, snakes and healer monsters. Look, who's come to crab the party? Bill and Abjax are now looking here. What are you pushing, putting around here for? I thought I paid your fare to San Francisco, Ruggles. Yes, you did, but I decided not to go. You heard him. He's free, 21, and an American citizen. Right, huh? Well, then, I have a little surprise for you, Ruggles. Please, go away from me, will you? I just heard that your master's coming here to fetch you. What? It's true. Lord Brinstead arrives this morning. He's making the trip all the way to Red Gap just to take you back into service, Ruggles. Now? Yes, that's so. Well, I reckon old Bill will have something to say about that. What's the matter, Colonel? You look like you'd seen a ghost. I have, and don't call me Colonel. Why? He's coming to get me. You see, I'm still his servant, and I should never have tried anything else. Naturally. Tell him you can't go. But you don't understand the loyalty of my family to his lordship's family goes back many generations, Mrs. Judson. And so you're going to drop all this, your chance to be free, to be your own man among men, just to keep some Englishman buttoned up. Mrs. Judson, please. Just at this moment, I feel as if I should like to jump into the river. Well, all right. Go back to your old lordship and see if I can. And if you're thinking of jumping in the river, jumping it up by the bend, it's deeper there. You don't understand, Mrs. Judson. You don't... Get out of my way and stay out of it. I thought you were a man. But you're just a jellyfish, Colonel. Wow. Looks like that gal has her feelings hurt real bad. Slammed the door and almost shook her custard, putting right to water. Well, Ruggles, you'd better be getting your black suit on again. And while you're at it, put on your valet's mask. Now, looky here. What is all this talk about valet and everything? What's going on around here? See, Ruggles, retribution. I'll tell you. I'll tell you all the truth about this man. You have known him as Colonel Ruggles. Well, he's an imposter. Yes, until he began a life of fraud here in Red Gap, he was nothing but a valet. A man's servant to this Lord Brinstead. And thank you very much for announcing what I intended to disclose myself. It is quite true that I was in his lordship's service for many years. And I am proud of my humble beginning. And I am proud, too, to begin again here in America. And this time, I shall begin a free man. Now, with your permission, Sam, I will ask this gentleman to leave your saloon. Permission granted. You! You ask me to! No, no, no. I order you in the name of Sam. You see, this saloon caters only to the American spirit. And you do not represent the American spirit. You are a snob, sir. And a cancer. And a bounder, sir. Words fail me. Then grab that pudding, Bill, and give it to him. Well, oh, pudding. Yes, of course, madam. The pudding. Mrs. Judson's tempting pudding. You dare to touch me? You see, I did it, and I'm glad. Goodness. What on earth has happened? Madam, I very much regret that I had to use your magnificent pudding in a manner unbecoming of fine desserts. Bill, you did it. You came through. You finally bounced that stuck-up snob. Madam, I have the honor to ask you to share my new life, madam. After seeing this, I'm ready for anything. Even marriage? Even that. Mrs. Colonel Ruggles of Red Gap. Meet Ruggles of Red Gap, everybody. Well, come on, Colonel, say something. Oh, well, thank you, sir. Oh, you can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. You get it, right? If you were to visit the Squibb Laboratories, you could see vitamin D in the making. 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The House of Squibb will present Academy Award starring John Garfield in Pride of the Marine. Ruggles of Red Gap was written for radio by Frank Wilson, with an original musical score composed and conducted by Leith Stevens. Our producer-director is D. Engelbach. Charles Lawton can currently be seen in Universals because of him. Charlie Ruggles will soon be seen in Columbia's new picture, Gallant Journey. This is Hugh Brundage bidding you goodnight until next week at the same time, when you're invited to listen again to Academy Award, presented by the House of Squibb, a name you can trust. This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.