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I don't know what she's wearing But five will get you ten the outfit silk and covers her body like a cellophane I met her about two weeks ago right after she married the guy I work for Henry Grover He owns a lumber yard just outside of town. He'd been working hard and figured he was ripe for a vacation He hired me to manage the place while I was away. I put him on a train one night didn't hear from him for two months I was sorry to hear from him then I'd put a few improvements in and the take was making me forget I ever had any money troubles. I got a postcard saying he'd met a nice babe and married it. I Tossed off a couple of drinks in honor of the occasion and relaxed I figured she'd talk him into staying in the city and I could buy the shop That was before I met her I've never been so wrong Welcome home Henry. Good to see you again boy. Well here. She is This is George Bellic. George had been managing the office for me. Hello manager. Hi here Henry. Let me help you with those bags Oh, thanks Business I told me all about the place some of the things I got in mind pretty good Yes, you'll be building that new house now Henry. Oh, not this year thinking about painting the old room. Oh, I have a few ideas too You know and pretty good one too. Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if the place didn't pick up and make some money I wouldn't be surprised. I Don't suppose you'll be staying on now Henry's back. Will you George? Oh, of course. He'll be staying. I don't know I haven't thought much about it Lumberyard doesn't need three managers. Well, we're really need to when two is one that's different That's right George one and one makes one, you know That's when three's a crowd you Come on in Want some coffee? Yeah, thanks Thought you were with Henry. He's over in the warehouse Alone. Yeah, I Don't think you're glad to see you George. Why should I be my name's on your check your husband's name Listen there. Tell me something. Will you like what like how come you two got married? Love it hits you fast Sometimes planning to be with him long No The top-heavy contest and he's outclassed. That's nothing to me. That's good How'd you happen to bring him back here? Why didn't you keep him at home? I felt like a chain He bailed you out. Yeah Out of a dance hall. I suppose you just sold the tickets Not exactly Okay Okay slave to Queen how does it feel? Let me ask you one What are you going to do for a job now manage this lumber business? No, you're not you don't own it Don't believe everything you read on a piece of paper. I own it And there's no room for you. You know your new husband's in for a kind of a surprise What kind of surprise? I mean when he hits the warehouse What about it? There's a room over in the back part One of the walls is holding up a row of slot machines a couple of tables on the floor that were made for check Dambling that's right Henry didn't mention that that's the surprise Well, I guess I don't have to worry any about getting rid of you Henry'll take care of that you think so How's business in the back room like a girly show on Iwo Jima? Where's the money in the bank your bank my bank? Hey George, can I see you a minute sure Henry come on in here? Why don't you? Well, I'd rather handle this alone, honey. You don't mind. Come on George. Oh, you told me I could help you Now something's come up and you're shutting me out of it. There's nothing to do with that This is something new you may as well let her in on it. She knows all about it. Anyway, you told her sure I figured I was telling the manager one and one makes one remember All right George I Left you to run a lumberyard. I didn't want any improvements Especially I didn't want any improvements like I just saw over there dice table slot machines. I don't know what all I Don't see how you moved it all in two months two days, but you're right. It wasn't easy All right, I came back. I thought we'd all work together. There's a place for you here And I'll go on paying you the same salary Oh Wouldn't be much compared to what you've been making on the side that is business has been pretty good up till now Well, and it's it's all over. This is goodbye. I'm sorry no easy money for you out when it's breaking the law You can stay on here tonight, but in the morning get those machines and dice table together and get out They're not going any place and neither am I but you're breaking the law tomorrow morning I'm throwing out all that stuff where you're gonna throw it out anywhere. I I don't know I don't care boyer if you throw it outside and leave it somebody you'll see it and talk to the police If you try and have it moved out, I'll call them myself Anyway, you look at it. They're going to want the owner of this place for gambling and you're the owner George You bought the stuff. I I didn't know anything about it. I don't even know where you got it I've been away. I can prove that I you don't scare me in your name I bought the stuff and in your name. I ran the place. I'm just a hired man working here They'll want the boy and you're the boy just like always Henry Well, then you're closing down tomorrow if I can't run a decent shop. I won't run in All right closed down But if the police get a tip they'll think all you do out here was gamble What's got into you son two months ago? I gave you a job and you were glad to get it What's got into you anyway? He found a way to make some money. Yeah a lot of money The take is good here when I got your postcard I thought I'd seen the last of you and we've got to pay you for the place and let it go with that How about it? What's the price? No price. I'm not selling to you or anybody else. How about 15,000 dollars in cash? Sure cash You haven't saved that much in this place in two months. I'll get the money got about 8,000 now couple of months I'll have the rest. I wouldn't trust you for a three-cent stamp. Never mind Murray, honey Look, I'm not selling George and that's the end of it and we're partners not in anything like this We're not you will like it fine when the money starts coming in. I don't want anything to do it Okay, you won't have anything to do with it. You take care of the lumber business. I'll handle the rest I told you now for the last time We don't want any trouble with the police. There's gonna be any trouble with the police the way he tells it There is He's got us over a barrel. I've been clear and pretty near a thousand bucks a week There isn't much I wouldn't do for that kind of money. We better think it over, honey We better think over what to do. Well, I have the idea think it over Think it over both of you The minute I saw her I knew that was the way I was going to have to play it I knew I wouldn't get far with him, but with her it was different There wasn't much I wouldn't do for that kind of money There wasn't anything she wouldn't do. I knew I'd planted the seed and I knew how it had grown I knew how she'd go to work on him that night almost as though I'd been in the room Henry What are you gonna do about George? Oh, I don't know, honey. He's a good man Must be in with bad crowd. That's all. Yeah, that's likely He's played the angle so long. They're round. I like George. That's why I hired him if he's in with the wrong bunch Oh, that's all right. He'll come out of it. You gonna let him go on gambling. I Don't know what to say you said yourself. He had You could take him up on it on what his proposition At least for a while, but I you could pretend to oh, no, I don't like that Anyway, where would that get you? It'd get you a 50-50 cut on a thousand dollars a week in the meantime No, Marie. I don't want it. I don't want any part of you heard what he said He said he'd do anything for that kind of money. Oh, he didn't mean anything. No, I Know what I'd do I'd put a bullet in his head on a Marie Don't talk that way that isn't even funny. What are you gonna do? Let him take over your business right up from under your nose He's a gambler and a thief Henry if you called him on it if you had it out with him and he started anything it'd be self-defense But no jury in the world would hold you on it. What are you talking about? I'm telling you. Don't be silly I'm certainly not gonna do anything like that. All right. All right. Don't See what happens. I wish I knew what was gonna happen. Well, I'll tell you you want to know Oh, just let me try to think can't you think what are you supposed he's thinking about? Well, he said I know what he said Listen to me Henry. It's him or you don't you see that? Freeze a crowd. That's what he's thinking about Murder Yeah, I knew pretty much what they were talking about in there. I knew this dame pretty well It only needed a day of knowing her to know that a word like murder was part of her natural born vocabulary To know that she could cut a guy's throat and think no more of it and clip in one of her fingernails. I Didn't know just then who was going to get murdered. I found out Auto light is bringing you Ronald Reagan in one and one's alone some tonight's production in radio's outstanding theater of thrills Suspends. Hey, hello. 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I said you should see your friendly auto light spark plug dealer tomorrow Have him replace worn out spark plugs with ignition engineered auto light spark plugs whether you choose the resistor type or the regular type You'll be right because you're always right with auto light and now auto light brings back to our Hollywood soundstage our star Ronald Reagan with Kathy Lewis in one and one's a lonesome a tale well Calculated to keep you in The night after Henry and his new wife came home I didn't open up the back room in the warehouse I've put in the new table and counted out the profits for the week I took a fair share over to Grover, but he read negative all the way When he turned down that money Marie tried on a face. She must have been saving for Jack the Ripper She knew he wasn't going to change his mind She could see I was set the pocket big money on a four-hour schedule in the back room While their take after 16 hours in the lumber yard would look like a piggy bank night before Christmas. I Said good night and left them alone to what promised to be a rotten evening for both. I Went over to the garage where I'd fixed myself up a little cut. I was mixing the paint We were using on the house the next day, but I hadn't been at it more than half an hour when I had a visitor This is a surprise. I I Broke my fingernail Thought you might have a nail clipper See it Isn't it pretty? Yeah Do you have one what a nail clipper on your key chain, maybe? Sure here Wait, let me do it for you Hmm long and pointed like a pussycat. They can scratch too Like them sure Hey, y'all, what'll I do with the victim keep it for souvenir you mind my coming to see you Not if your husband doesn't he doesn't know I'm here. He will if he thinks real hard. I don't care. I Wanted to see you need more light. No Henry's not strong, you know, well, he wasn't wearing a lion skin when you married him It all happened so fast and I wanted to get out of that dance hall. Oh, yeah the dance hall Well, that's the price of love or have you changed your mind? Yeah, I changed my mind. That's easy to do when it's all over Is it all over you married him? He's not strong Maybe something will happen to him not likely nothing ever has I did Don't you like me, huh? I Like you I like it here. I don't want to leave. I don't want to go anywhere I don't want my head turning into a home for your husband's bullets This the paint you're using tomorrow. Yeah, you're healthy husband and I Using ladders. No, we'll swing a couple of platforms on pulleys with ropes. Why want to learn to paint? No, thanks I'm worried about Henry up on one of those things He's not as strong as you are. Yeah, I know Having to fall off. He might be hurt. He fell on the cement drive might break his neck. That's right Do the ropes ever break not often enough to make the odds good for betting Could you make them break? Huh? Could you fix the ropes so they'd break when he got to the top not on your life? I'm happy with my little racket I'm not taking any chances killing anybody then he'll kill you take your choice How long do you think you'll watch that money going into your pocket? How long do you think you'll take that gambling keep talking? It'll be accidental no murder at all When he's dead I get the warehouse and the house You get me what's in it for you You are as simple as that and Don't take a cut on those back room profits Go on Henry's been talking about paying the house. I Got the idea when he told me about a fellow doing the same thing who fell and was killed If anything like that ever happened to him, he said I wouldn't have to worry Everything was taken care of why do you cut me in I told you Because I like you and because you couldn't cut me out Can you fix the rope so it'll break when you want it to no But I could fix it so it would break It have to be somebody else here a witness to see it was an accident. I already thought of that Friend of his Jim Brandon you figured every angle haven't you you'll get your chance Okay, the rope will break get it fixed up tonight Okay, well you leave it every two platforms one for me one for him I'll take them both over to the house tonight before I go to bed Put the one for Henry by the office put yours by the house Yeah, I don't want you to be around tomorrow and Henry and Brandon set him up that way nobody can say that you had anything to do with it Don't worry. We won't have any trouble We better not I'm risking a lot for you. I Won't forget it, baby. Don't This is what the movies call love You like it, I'm getting to like it. It's easy learning. I hope I won't have to forget. I'll worry about that Let's talk some more you got more to say Lots more things are gonna be different around here after tomorrow Yeah, that's right Just you and me and the back room goldmine Think we'll make you happy. I'm willing to take a chance I better be getting back to house sure it's Grover's last night Good night, Georgie. Don't disappoint me. Is that hard? Well, I had gloves with me when I came in here. You did here. They are oh Well, I think I'll keep them What's the idea I want a souvenir Not going anywhere. Maybe I'll tuck them under my pillow. This is what the movies call love After she left I sat there thinking those gloves didn't help me clear my head And it's not like the powder room in the club Paris. I Like the way she handled Grover sure the kid was bright the plan looked sure fire with a payoff in fancy living written especially for happy homes I Strung together a couple of ropes and a pulley on two wooden boards and called it a platform The next one took more time. I Spent a few minutes burning the rope where it had rest on the pulley when the platform was up near the top I pulled it apart a little bit fingers made sure it wouldn't hold much weight for long Fixed it just the way I wanted it and I slipped it through the pulley anchored it on the boards and had myself another Platform different from the first but looking just the same I put the good one by the house and the other next to the shop By the time I was through it was nearly daylight lay down in the cut the next thing. I knew she was shaking me come on Come on. Wake up. Come on. They're ready to start whoo-hoo him and his pal. They're out there now waiting for you. Oh, oh, yeah Where are they out in the yard the platforms? Yeah, they've already got him set up Okay, it won't be long now, baby. Are you nervous sure like a sack of laundry. Don't let me fool you I'm scared when the time comes it won't work forget it That rope won't hold a hundred pounds five minutes and anything that hits that concrete will be dead before you catch your breath How did you fix the rope? I burned it? Nobody'll notice that I pulled it apart a little just enough to hold it together while he's getting to the top Well, let Brandon pull you both up. Nobody has to pull us both up We can lift our own is a rope from the pulley that'll hoist or lower. Okay Come on a few minutes and you'll be the new owner around here, and I'll be talking about Mary and my boss Yeah That's right, you know Few minutes things will be swell. Which one of them picked up the rope by the shop Brandon his pal Then it's on the right side of the drive. That's the bad one. Are you sure sure? That's the one for Henry Wonder how long it takes to fall three stories three maybe four seconds. I don't know When the rope breaks you count it. I'll be busy trying to look surprised I want Brandon to go into town telling everybody about the accident we had out here. Don't overdo it You're no actor. I'll keep my eyes on you baby. That's a good idea matter of fact I'm gonna make a habit George you bring the paint. Oh Yeah, Henry right here. Oh, you know Jim Brandon. Don't you yeah, we met hi at George. Oh, Mr. Clover. Oh, well might as well get going all this waiting around I've kind of lost the mood for painting. It's like gambling Henry once you begin You feel like you never belong anywhere else. Yeah George I got a couple of things. I want to talk to you You've been talking about nobody being ready to paint now. We're all ready. So let's paint all right All right, but when we finish George come over to the house. I want to talk with you sure Henry Maybe I was a little hasty last night right after we get through. I'll be waiting for you George must think he's a pretty fast painter. You'll be all finished in the house before you get down over the platform Henry we'll see about that I've done my share of painting too. You'll have to jump some to beat me George. I guess you're right You're gonna stand there all day. That's right. Mrs. Groban either of them can paint well enough to make this old place look any better I don't know. I was telling Henry this morning this time. He bought a new house for his pretty new wife Oh, thank you, Mr. Brandon But as long as we have this house and the paints right here, we may as well go ahead and paint Don't you say oh sure. Oh, you're right honey. Well, come on George. Let's get going They help me in there. No, thanks. We can pull ourselves up. Can't we George? Yeah, that's right Come on. Let's stand over here out of the way. Mr. Brandon. I want to watch sure thing You ever seen house painting before? Oh, yeah, yeah Never anything quite like this. Yeah. Well, they're pretty good Is it gonna hold Just watching Now you've seen how it's done. You come on up in the sky. You're right with you Henry Hey Brandon When I get to the top inside this room to the bucket of paint, pass it up. Right Henry Keep pulling George. He's beating you up there. Hey, he does it George. That's my elevator Don't worry about me. You got your own problems. Okay, Jim, pass up the paint. You ready to do George? Hey Hey, I think the rope was slipping on the pulley. I don't feel anything. I don't see anything wrong with the pulley Like I told you I'm on a trip, but it's no honeymoon couple of hours ago a hundred and seventy pounds of Henry Grover hit the cement driveway Then I got the surprise of my life. It lasted just two seconds before I hit two I thought I was as safe as a glass of water But I was just another fall guy because both platforms gave way I'd never thought of that Two partners make more dough than three But one owner without a partner makes the most No, I didn't think of that But I had thought of a couple of others just in case the fingernail for instance They gave me maybe half a day to live so I told it to the cops Almost the way it happened And when I got through I didn't even have to hint at those other couple of ankles they found it out all by themselves And then they brought in Marie Skippet baby they know all about know all about what my name is Williams lieutenant homicide These York gloves Mrs. Grover Yes, we found them in sort of a funny place in the tool shed where all those painting platforms were fixed up Well, I don't see how that did you know those ropes were burned and frayed Somebody pulled them part and burned them George did it was all his idea Funny guy wonder bump himself off. Let me see your hands Nice hands nice nails What am's broke off, huh? Whatever we found it in the rope where somebody pulled it apart We want you for murder. Yeah, like I said, I'm going on a little trip any minute now the doc says But she'll be right behind me Suspense presented by auto light tonight star Ronald Reagan with Kathy Lewis Say Harrow it seems to make no difference whether I'm talking about kangaroos or platypushes It always reminds you of auto light Well, that's as natural as you're a naturalist remming Chester because auto light makes more than 400 products for cars trucks planes and boats in 28 plants coast to coast These include complete electrical systems used as original equipment on many makes of America's finest cars Spark plugs batteries generators coils distributors starting motors bullseye sealed beam headlights All engineered to fit together perfectly work together perfectly because they're a perfect team So don't accept electrical parts supposed to be as good ask for and insist on auto light original factory parts at your neighborhood Service station car dealer garage or repair shop. Remember, you're always right with auto light Next Thursday for suspense our star will be Joseph cotton The play is called blood sacrifice and it is as we say a tale. Well calculated to keep you in Tonight suspense play was produced and edited by William Spear and directed by Norman McDonnell Music for suspense is composed by Lucian Morrowake and conducted by Lud Bluskin One-and-ones alone some was written for radio by Nelson Sykes Ronald Reagan may currently be seen in the Warner Brothers production the hasty heart In the coming weeks, you will hear such stars as Kerry Grant Dan Daley and Arthur Godfrey Don't forget next Thursday same time auto light will present suspense starring Joseph cotton You can buy auto light resistor or regular spark plugs all right Say full batteries all right electrical parts at your neighborhood all right dealers switch to all right. 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