1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:18,280 Roman wines presents Suspense. 2 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:24,160 Roman wines made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 3 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:26,840 Salute your health, Senor. 4 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:32,280 Roman wines toast the world. The wine for your table is Roman wine. 5 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:41,880 Made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 6 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:47,160 This is the man in black here for the Roman wine company of Fresno, California. 7 00:00:47,160 --> 00:00:51,920 To introduce this weekly half hour of Suspense. 8 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:56,760 Tonight from Hollywood, Roman wines bring you a star, Miss Lucille Ball. 9 00:00:56,760 --> 00:00:59,200 Who appears tonight as a Broadway lady. 10 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:03,840 Whom you may have often seen if you are a devotee of musical comedy. 11 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:07,520 She is the third one from the left in the chorus line. 12 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:11,560 And so with this little lady's narrative about the ten grand. 13 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:14,840 And with the performance of Lucille Ball as Miss Gigi Lewis. 14 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:32,560 We again hope to keep you in Suspense. 15 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:36,440 Well, on this particular night I'm standing in front of the Broadway Lindy's. 16 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:39,040 With my nose practically pasted against the window. 17 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:41,000 It's late and I'm hungry. 18 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:44,720 I've been pounding the pavements all day doing the rounds of the manager's offices. 19 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:48,320 You'd think a good hooper like I ought to be able to land something with all the shows 20 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:49,320 on the big street. 21 00:01:49,320 --> 00:01:52,720 But here I am standing like General Sherman's statue in front of Lindy's. 22 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:58,560 Looking at the pasted up menu and mentally over indulging in a big, thick, juicy, T-bone 23 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:00,560 steak smothered with onions. 24 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:04,960 That comfortable crowd inside there can toy politely with their chicken sandwiches and 25 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:06,840 their shrimp cocktails for all I care. 26 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:10,200 Just give me a T-bone smothered onions. 27 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:12,320 Here I am with five cents in my handbag. 28 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:13,320 Literally. 29 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:15,040 Enough for the ride home on the subway. 30 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:18,040 No extra charge for the empty stomach. 31 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:22,800 Well, anyway, I can take my shoes off when I get in the subway. 32 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:27,200 I turn around and give Lindy's one last sorrowful gander and then make to the subway entrance. 33 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:35,440 It's just the time the shows are letting out. 34 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:38,440 Plenty of people from the taxi fed are taking the subway home these nights. 35 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:40,440 Being short on tires and gas. 36 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:44,840 So I get in that Times Square Jam that looks like 5 o'clock p.m. and feels like a Russian 37 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:46,840 pincer's movement on the Polish border. 38 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:51,480 I'm getting shoved toward the turnstile so I quick try to get my handbag open to reach 39 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:52,480 for that lonesome nickel. 40 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:55,920 All of a sudden I feel something jerk out of my hand. 41 00:02:55,920 --> 00:02:56,920 My bag is gone. 42 00:02:56,920 --> 00:02:57,920 I try to yell, stop. 43 00:02:57,920 --> 00:02:58,920 Hey, hey, stop. 44 00:02:58,920 --> 00:03:02,920 I twist around and see somebody, a little guy with short bow legs running toward the 45 00:03:02,920 --> 00:03:03,920 stairs. 46 00:03:03,920 --> 00:03:04,920 Stop that guy. 47 00:03:04,920 --> 00:03:05,920 Stop that guy. 48 00:03:05,920 --> 00:03:06,920 He's got my purse. 49 00:03:06,920 --> 00:03:07,920 Stop him. 50 00:03:07,920 --> 00:03:12,920 I'm trying to break out of the mob and after the purse snatcher but I'm like the ace of 51 00:03:12,920 --> 00:03:14,920 spades being dealt off the bottom of the pack. 52 00:03:14,920 --> 00:03:18,400 When I'm finally in the clear a little I see a tall guy running after that little guy who 53 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:19,400 has my purse. 54 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:21,400 They both disappear around the corner and up the steps. 55 00:03:21,400 --> 00:03:23,400 There's plenty of commotion in the crowd. 56 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:26,400 You'd think there was a million dollars in my handbag for all the fuss they're making. 57 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:29,400 But I don't stop to think about anything except that I lost my fair home. 58 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:30,400 I take out after the tall guy. 59 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:35,400 When I get to the foot of the stairs the tall guy's coming down again and he's got my bag 60 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:36,400 in his hand. 61 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:43,400 He's smiling a big wide smile at me and I'm gazing gratefully up into his big brown eyes 62 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:47,200 and noticing the way his hairline ain't receiving any. 63 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:50,200 Just the guy to go around rescuing ladies in distress. 64 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:53,560 Regular Sir Galahad or somebody. 65 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:54,560 Is this yours Miss? 66 00:03:54,560 --> 00:03:55,560 Yeah. 67 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:57,280 Gee how can I ever thank you? 68 00:03:57,280 --> 00:03:58,280 Think nothing of it. 69 00:03:58,280 --> 00:03:59,280 There you are. 70 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:00,280 What about the guy though? 71 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:02,920 Oh there was a cop on the street. 72 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:04,640 He'll take care of him. 73 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:05,640 What about you? 74 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:06,640 You're all right aren't you? 75 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:08,640 Oh sure sure I'm all right. 76 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:11,320 You look kind of pale. 77 00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:14,440 I guess it would have been pretty tough to lose your purse that way. 78 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:16,760 Especially this late at night. 79 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:18,360 I don't know why you bothered really. 80 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:20,820 Nothing but a nickel in it anyway. 81 00:04:20,820 --> 00:04:25,080 I don't carry much with me when I'm out at night. 82 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:27,600 A nickel will get you home. 83 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:32,000 He's smiling at me again and my heart's saying oh brother. 84 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:35,560 We both start towards the mob at the turnstile and I'm busy hoping he's going my way. 85 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:37,520 So we can sort of get better acquainted. 86 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:39,960 Well good night. 87 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:41,840 Hang on to that pucker book now. 88 00:04:41,840 --> 00:04:42,840 Well aren't you uh. 89 00:04:42,840 --> 00:04:43,840 Well good night. 90 00:04:43,840 --> 00:04:44,840 I'm caught in that mob at the turnstile again and the train's coming in. 91 00:04:44,840 --> 00:04:45,840 Somehow the way you're doing crowds I lose sight of them. 92 00:04:45,840 --> 00:04:46,840 And I've got to concentrate on digging out their nickel or putting them in slots. 93 00:04:46,840 --> 00:04:47,840 I open up my bag and find the nickel all right and then my heart almost stops. 94 00:04:47,840 --> 00:04:48,840 Oh my goodness. 95 00:04:48,840 --> 00:04:49,840 I'm so sorry. 96 00:04:49,840 --> 00:04:50,840 I'm so sorry. 97 00:04:50,840 --> 00:04:51,840 I'm so sorry. 98 00:04:51,840 --> 00:04:52,840 I'm so sorry. 99 00:04:52,840 --> 00:04:53,840 I'm so sorry. 100 00:04:53,840 --> 00:04:54,840 I'm so sorry. 101 00:04:54,840 --> 00:04:55,840 I'm so sorry. 102 00:04:55,840 --> 00:04:56,840 I'm so sorry. 103 00:04:56,840 --> 00:04:57,840 I'm so sorry. 104 00:04:57,840 --> 00:04:58,840 I'm so sorry. 105 00:04:58,840 --> 00:04:59,840 I'm so sorry. 106 00:04:59,840 --> 00:05:00,840 I'm so sorry. 107 00:05:00,840 --> 00:05:01,840 I'm so sorry. 108 00:05:01,840 --> 00:05:02,840 I'm so sorry. 109 00:05:02,840 --> 00:05:13,340 There in my handbag sits a great big wad of bills, folding money, cash. 110 00:05:13,340 --> 00:05:17,440 I managed to get the nickel in the slot and get myself through to the platform and on 111 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:21,520 the train, all the while hanging on to that bag as if there were ten grand in it. 112 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:22,520 Ten thousand dollars. 113 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:24,460 Well it could be that much. 114 00:05:24,460 --> 00:05:25,460 The roll is big enough. 115 00:05:25,460 --> 00:05:28,460 My head's going around in crazy circles. 116 00:05:28,460 --> 00:05:31,660 The door's closed behind me and everybody in the car is rushing to find a seat. 117 00:05:31,660 --> 00:05:34,660 Over the noise I hear some contented soul whistling. 118 00:05:36,660 --> 00:05:39,660 I grab a seat next to a fat man who's taking up most of it. 119 00:05:39,660 --> 00:05:42,660 I sit there hanging onto my bag, not daring to look inside. 120 00:05:42,660 --> 00:05:47,660 I tell myself I'm dreaming. There's not really a big roll of bills in there. 121 00:05:47,660 --> 00:05:49,660 Extreme hunger is giving me the DTs. 122 00:05:49,660 --> 00:05:53,660 How would I get a bankroll as big as your fist? What am I doing with money? 123 00:05:53,660 --> 00:05:57,660 Then I remember the purse snatcher. He must have put it there. 124 00:05:57,660 --> 00:05:58,660 But why? 125 00:05:58,660 --> 00:06:01,660 A fat guy next to me tries to drum up a conversation. 126 00:06:01,660 --> 00:06:04,660 Well, nice night, ain't it? 127 00:06:04,660 --> 00:06:05,660 Yeah, cold. 128 00:06:05,660 --> 00:06:08,660 You, the young lady, what, cut her purse snatched? 129 00:06:08,660 --> 00:06:09,660 Yeah. 130 00:06:09,660 --> 00:06:12,660 Lucky thing you cut it back, ain't it? 131 00:06:12,660 --> 00:06:13,660 Yeah, yeah, very lucky. 132 00:06:13,660 --> 00:06:22,660 I always say it ain't good for a young lady, especially a nice-looking dame like you, to carry a lot of money around when she's out, nice. 133 00:06:22,660 --> 00:06:24,660 Huh? What makes you think I got a lot of money? 134 00:06:24,660 --> 00:06:28,660 Well, the way you carried on when that fella snatched your purse. 135 00:06:28,660 --> 00:06:31,660 Oh, yeah. 136 00:06:31,660 --> 00:06:35,660 I'm showing this fat palooka by my attitude that I don't go for conversing. 137 00:06:35,660 --> 00:06:42,660 I'm sitting there looking straight at the wall ads, and the one across from me is a big photo in natural color of Miss Subway in 1944. 138 00:06:42,660 --> 00:06:48,660 A Brooklyn girl, all dressed up and gripping with furs, and probably wearing Chanel No. 5. 139 00:06:48,660 --> 00:06:52,660 Money. All the money I need. 140 00:06:52,660 --> 00:06:58,660 No more pounding the pavements and waiting in outer offices for some two-bed job in a show that's due to close opening night. 141 00:06:58,660 --> 00:07:03,660 Clothes. A fur, maybe. Chanel No. 5, maybe. 142 00:07:03,660 --> 00:07:09,660 An apartment downtown with a switchboard to announce people instead of a fifth-floor walk-up in the Bronx. 143 00:07:09,660 --> 00:07:14,660 Food, mmm, T-bone steak, smothered in onions. Just walk right in and order it. 144 00:07:14,660 --> 00:07:16,660 Fun, maybe, because we're nightclubbing. 145 00:07:16,660 --> 00:07:20,660 Say, though, maybe it's counterfeit dough. Maybe. 146 00:07:20,660 --> 00:07:24,660 See those guys coming through? They're cops. 147 00:07:24,660 --> 00:07:26,660 How do you know? They might be the Rover boys. 148 00:07:26,660 --> 00:07:33,660 I can spot a plainclothes dick in a minute. They all look alike. They all got a certain purr as a noise. 149 00:07:33,660 --> 00:07:35,660 Well, that don't prove they're dicks. 150 00:07:35,660 --> 00:07:39,660 I don't know. Maybe it's the way they part their hairs. 151 00:07:39,660 --> 00:07:46,660 Plainclothesmen. Looking for something, huh? Hot money, maybe. 152 00:07:46,660 --> 00:07:51,660 So, suppose I'm found with it. How am I going to prove somebody planted it on me? 153 00:07:51,660 --> 00:07:54,660 I can see them laughing at that one now. That's a good one. Ha ha ha. 154 00:07:54,660 --> 00:08:02,660 She didn't steal the dough, honest. She just found it in her purse. Ha ha. That's a good one. Lock her up. 25 years. 155 00:08:02,660 --> 00:08:07,660 Well, good night, little lady. I'm getting off here. Is this your stop? 156 00:08:07,660 --> 00:08:09,660 No, no thanks. I go further uptown. 157 00:08:09,660 --> 00:08:12,660 Well, good night. I'm certainly glad you found your voice. 158 00:08:12,660 --> 00:08:16,660 Good night, fatso. 159 00:08:16,660 --> 00:08:21,660 The Rover boys pass on through, and I decide to sneak another look at my bag. 160 00:08:21,660 --> 00:08:26,660 I open it up very carefully. The bankrolls there all right. Some of the bills are in big denominations, too. 161 00:08:26,660 --> 00:08:29,660 There could be ten grand. And it looks like the real thing. 162 00:08:29,660 --> 00:08:34,660 But there's also something else. Something I didn't see before. A piece of paper stuffed into the roll. 163 00:08:34,660 --> 00:08:37,660 I reach in and get it, looking around to see if I'm being watched. 164 00:08:37,660 --> 00:08:42,660 All I see in the car is sleepy people, so I unfold the paper and read what's scribbled on it. 165 00:08:42,660 --> 00:08:47,660 Get off at 161st Street and follow Yankee Doodle. 166 00:08:47,660 --> 00:08:53,660 That don't make sense. What's Yankee Doodle got to do with it? 167 00:08:53,660 --> 00:08:56,660 I get up and I'm making for the door when I hear it. 168 00:08:56,660 --> 00:09:06,660 And then I remember I'd been hearing that whistling right along and didn't notice it. 169 00:09:06,660 --> 00:09:09,660 I back into the first empty seat and prepare to do some thinking. 170 00:09:09,660 --> 00:09:14,660 Somebody in this car wants that bankroll again. Could it be Sir Galahad? 171 00:09:14,660 --> 00:09:19,660 I just can't bear to think of him as a criminal type, but he was awful quick to go chasing after my purse. 172 00:09:19,660 --> 00:09:22,660 And he could have been in this car all along without me seeing him. 173 00:09:22,660 --> 00:09:25,660 I try to get a quick look around, but there's people in the aisles. 174 00:09:25,660 --> 00:09:29,660 And a dear little old lady is pushing her way forward. She sits down next to me. 175 00:09:29,660 --> 00:09:33,660 I was sitting next to a man who kept snoring. Do you mind if I sit here? 176 00:09:33,660 --> 00:09:38,660 No, not at all. I didn't know there could be so much confusion in the subway this late at night. 177 00:09:38,660 --> 00:09:41,660 In New York you get to confusion 24 hours a day. 178 00:09:41,660 --> 00:09:44,660 Yes, I'm just not used to it. That's all. 179 00:09:44,660 --> 00:09:47,660 Say, you look like there's something wrong. What's the matter? Do you feel sick? 180 00:09:47,660 --> 00:09:49,660 I'm all right. 181 00:09:49,660 --> 00:09:53,660 Hey, she's passed out. Won't somebody help me? This woman's sick. 182 00:09:53,660 --> 00:09:54,660 Yeah. 183 00:09:54,660 --> 00:09:55,660 Let's go. 184 00:09:55,660 --> 00:09:57,660 Yeah, give her a slug of this. This will bring her two. 185 00:09:57,660 --> 00:10:01,660 Thanks. That's swell. Now look, lady, just take a swallow. It won't hurt you. Go on. 186 00:10:01,660 --> 00:10:03,660 I'll swallow it. That's it. 187 00:10:03,660 --> 00:10:06,660 Oh, I'm terribly sorry. Really, I... 188 00:10:06,660 --> 00:10:08,660 Forget it. How do you feel? 189 00:10:08,660 --> 00:10:12,660 I can't imagine what happened. All at once everything seemed to whirl around. 190 00:10:12,660 --> 00:10:13,660 Sure you're all right now? 191 00:10:13,660 --> 00:10:15,660 I'll be fine in just a moment. 192 00:10:15,660 --> 00:10:17,660 Here's your medicine, Mr. Thanks. 193 00:10:17,660 --> 00:10:18,660 That's okay. 194 00:10:18,660 --> 00:10:23,660 You're awfully kind. I didn't think people were so kind in a big city like this. 195 00:10:23,660 --> 00:10:25,660 You better take it easy now. Where do you get off? 196 00:10:25,660 --> 00:10:26,660 What's that? 197 00:10:26,660 --> 00:10:27,660 Where do you get off? 198 00:10:27,660 --> 00:10:31,660 Oh, 169th Street. That's where my sister lives. 199 00:10:31,660 --> 00:10:37,660 I'm visiting her, you see, and I just thought I'd go downtown tonight and see a show and have a good time. 200 00:10:37,660 --> 00:10:42,660 Evelyn told me how to go on the subway, and everything was fine until just now. 201 00:10:42,660 --> 00:10:44,660 You're not hungry or anything? 202 00:10:44,660 --> 00:10:50,660 Oh, no, no. It's not that. I have plenty of money. At least I did have. 203 00:10:50,660 --> 00:10:52,660 Yeah? What happened to your money? 204 00:10:52,660 --> 00:10:55,660 Somebody stole my life savings. 205 00:10:55,660 --> 00:10:57,660 No, not really. Who'd do a thing like that? 206 00:10:57,660 --> 00:10:59,660 Eh? Who'd do a thing like that? 207 00:10:59,660 --> 00:11:05,660 A thing like that? Oh, I don't worry about it, you understand. I'll get the money back. 208 00:11:05,660 --> 00:11:06,660 How? 209 00:11:06,660 --> 00:11:11,660 Well, don't you remember the old saying? It takes a thief to catch a thief. 210 00:11:11,660 --> 00:11:12,660 I suppose so. 211 00:11:12,660 --> 00:11:17,660 Yes. Well, that's just how I plan to catch the person who stole my money. 212 00:11:17,660 --> 00:11:19,660 How much did you lose? 213 00:11:19,660 --> 00:11:20,660 What's that? 214 00:11:20,660 --> 00:11:21,660 How much did you lose? 215 00:11:21,660 --> 00:11:28,660 Oh, lose? Well, I had been saving it all my life, and there was at least, well, $10,000. 216 00:11:28,660 --> 00:11:31,660 Gee, that's too bad. 217 00:11:31,660 --> 00:11:35,660 Well, am I going to give it back to her if it turns out to be her money? 218 00:11:35,660 --> 00:11:37,660 How do I know she's not pulling a fast one? 219 00:11:37,660 --> 00:11:43,660 I remember that in shows it's always the dear old lady who fakes a faint to get sympathy when she's really the brains of the mob. 220 00:11:43,660 --> 00:11:48,660 Yeah. I noticed she got a big gulp from the Bible while she had the chance. 221 00:11:48,660 --> 00:11:52,660 Well, supposing she is on the level, would I give her the money when I have it here? 222 00:11:52,660 --> 00:11:56,660 Ten grand? And me practically in the lap of luxury? Would I? 223 00:11:56,660 --> 00:11:58,660 Oh, my. 224 00:11:58,660 --> 00:12:00,660 Listen, do you know how to whistle? 225 00:12:00,660 --> 00:12:07,660 What a strange thing to ask me. As a matter of fact, yes, I do. 226 00:12:07,660 --> 00:12:09,660 Well, I'm awfully fond of whistling. 227 00:12:09,660 --> 00:12:16,660 You are? Are you? Well, you know, I was judged the champion whistler of the ladies' auxiliary at church back home. 228 00:12:16,660 --> 00:12:20,660 Oh, isn't that nice? Yes. Won't you whistle something for me? 229 00:12:20,660 --> 00:12:25,660 Oh, well, I could not hear. People would turn around and look at me. 230 00:12:25,660 --> 00:12:27,660 Well, you already caused quite a stir when you fainted. 231 00:12:27,660 --> 00:12:32,660 Oh, did I? Well, then, what would you like to hear? 232 00:12:32,660 --> 00:12:34,660 Yankee doodle. 233 00:12:34,660 --> 00:12:46,660 Well, I'll try. 234 00:12:46,660 --> 00:12:51,660 Uh-huh. That's fine. But I guess it doesn't prove anything. 235 00:12:51,660 --> 00:12:53,660 I beg your pardon? 236 00:12:53,660 --> 00:12:56,660 I meant, how was it you say you lost all that money? 237 00:12:56,660 --> 00:13:03,660 Oh, the money. That. Why, the bank teller back home just ran off with the savings of practically everybody in town. 238 00:13:03,660 --> 00:13:05,660 Oh, it happened back home, huh? When? 239 00:13:05,660 --> 00:13:14,660 Well, now, let me see. Why, it must have been five... No, no, no. It was just about six years ago. 240 00:13:14,660 --> 00:13:15,660 Oh. 241 00:13:15,660 --> 00:13:17,660 Yes, and why do you ask me? 242 00:13:17,660 --> 00:13:22,660 Well, I just thought maybe you, uh... I thought you might have just lost it tonight the way you talked. 243 00:13:22,660 --> 00:13:28,660 Well, I hope I didn't alarm you. But I just keep knowing I'm going to get that money back someday. 244 00:13:28,660 --> 00:13:30,660 Yeah, I'm sure you will. 245 00:13:30,660 --> 00:13:37,660 Oh, listen. Somebody else is whistling Yankee doodle now. That's very fine whistling, too. 246 00:13:37,660 --> 00:13:38,660 Isn't it, though? 247 00:13:38,660 --> 00:13:40,660 Yes. 248 00:13:40,660 --> 00:14:00,660 Yeah, and this time it's no old lady. I got an idea it's somebody who just possibly could have a slight case of murder on his mind. 249 00:14:00,660 --> 00:14:09,660 Tonight for suspense, Roma wines bring you a star, Miss Lucille Ball, whom you have heard in the first act of The Ten Grand by Virginia Radcliffe. 250 00:14:09,660 --> 00:14:22,660 Tonight's adventure in suspense. 251 00:14:22,660 --> 00:14:29,660 Far to the south of us is our good neighbor country, Ecuador, land of towering mountains, sweeping vistas. 252 00:14:29,660 --> 00:14:37,660 Let's imagine ourselves there now, dining on the roof terrace cafe of the exclusive Hotel Metropolitano in Guayaquil, Ecuador. 253 00:14:37,660 --> 00:14:43,660 Near us, an American has just complimented his hosts on the magnificent dinner, to which his host quickly responds, 254 00:14:43,660 --> 00:14:56,660 Ah, yes, it is true that our foods are famous. But from your land comes a rare delicacy also, one which has spread the fame of your own California to many far corners of the world. 255 00:14:56,660 --> 00:15:08,660 It is this superb wine, so excellent that we in Ecuador import it from your United States, my friend. I drink to you in your own delicious Roma wine. 256 00:15:08,660 --> 00:15:10,660 Our Ecuadorian friend is right. 257 00:15:10,660 --> 00:15:18,660 For Roma wine's superb quality has won such favor in many far places that they import it, enjoy it as a rare luxury. 258 00:15:18,660 --> 00:15:29,660 But not so here in America. Here millions know and enjoy Roma wines as an inexpensive, everyday delight, at meal times and when entertaining. 259 00:15:29,660 --> 00:15:37,660 So many, in fact, that Roma is America's largest selling wine, with no high import duties to pay nor expensive shipping costs. 260 00:15:37,660 --> 00:15:42,660 You enjoy these distinguished wines for only pennies a glass. 261 00:15:42,660 --> 00:15:51,660 Ask for Roma wines, which bring you old world winemaking skill, plus Roma's own modern scientific controls and testing. 262 00:15:51,660 --> 00:16:03,660 That's R-O-M-A, Roma wines, America's largest selling wine, made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 263 00:16:03,660 --> 00:16:17,660 And now it is with pleasure that we bring back to our sound stage Lucille Ball in the 10 grand, a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 264 00:16:27,660 --> 00:16:31,660 A hundred and sixty-five straight, a hundred and sixty-five straight. 265 00:16:31,660 --> 00:16:35,660 Well, this is it. Oh, must have been toting. Is this your station? 266 00:16:35,660 --> 00:16:38,660 Yeah, and the next stop is yours. Don't fall asleep missing now. 267 00:16:38,660 --> 00:16:42,660 Well, I won't. You've been very kind. I do want to thank you. 268 00:16:42,660 --> 00:16:44,660 No, thank nothing of it. Well, good night. 269 00:16:44,660 --> 00:16:48,660 Good night, my dear. Now be careful crossing the street. 270 00:16:48,660 --> 00:16:51,660 Sure, don't worry. I'll be plenty careful. 271 00:16:51,660 --> 00:16:58,660 Now get off the train. Stand for a minute on the platform, looking around. 272 00:16:58,660 --> 00:17:02,660 I don't see Sir Galahad, but he could have gone through to another car and come out down the line. 273 00:17:02,660 --> 00:17:06,660 Several guys are on the platform and they all hurry up the steps of the street. 274 00:17:06,660 --> 00:17:11,660 I go up too. I look ahead at the block I have to travel. 275 00:17:11,660 --> 00:17:14,660 Then I hear it again, from the darkness of the street. 276 00:17:14,660 --> 00:17:20,660 I can't tell exactly where it's coming from, but I'm standing in the light and whoever's after me has a pretty perfect target. 277 00:17:20,660 --> 00:17:24,660 I walk away, hugging my purse and shaking like six hangovers. 278 00:17:24,660 --> 00:17:28,660 I tell myself that pretty soon Yankee Doodle will grab me and take the money. 279 00:17:28,660 --> 00:17:33,660 Any second now. He wouldn't need to kill me. I haven't seen him so I can't identify him. 280 00:17:33,660 --> 00:17:37,660 He could just take the money and leave. But suppose he enjoys killing people. 281 00:17:37,660 --> 00:17:41,660 Suppose he gets panicky all of a sudden and his finger slips on the trigger. 282 00:17:41,660 --> 00:17:51,660 Suppose he's a maniac. I think about screaming, but nobody would hear me in time because screaming probably makes Yankee Doodle's trigger finger tremble. 283 00:17:51,660 --> 00:17:55,660 Why doesn't he do something? Why doesn't he take the money away from me and get it over with? 284 00:17:55,660 --> 00:17:58,660 Does he want me to offer it to him on a gold platter? 285 00:17:58,660 --> 00:18:05,660 Uh-uh. Not Gigi. She's got a T-bone steak smothered in onions waiting for her if she ever gets out of this in one piece. 286 00:18:05,660 --> 00:18:10,660 But now I'm getting toward the next corner and there's a dim street lamp on the other side. I see him. 287 00:18:10,660 --> 00:18:15,660 That's strange. He's been walking ahead of me all this time. 288 00:18:15,660 --> 00:18:20,660 Then I hear something else. Footsteps. Somebody behind me. 289 00:18:20,660 --> 00:18:25,660 I listen. That doesn't sound like the tread of somebody hurrying home to the little woman. 290 00:18:25,660 --> 00:18:30,660 That's a steady tread of somebody trailing somebody. I don't know how I know it, but I know it. 291 00:18:30,660 --> 00:18:36,660 There's Yankee Doodle up ahead, but here's also somebody behind me I don't like just by instinct. 292 00:18:36,660 --> 00:18:42,660 I'm sandwiched. I'm the ham between two slices of rye. I listen again. 293 00:18:42,660 --> 00:18:48,660 He's getting closer. By the time I reach the corner, he'll catch up with me. I try walking faster. 294 00:18:48,660 --> 00:18:52,660 I turn around. I can see a dark shape behind me with a distant street lamp back of him. 295 00:18:52,660 --> 00:18:57,660 Then I see something else. Back away across the street is another man walking fast. 296 00:18:57,660 --> 00:19:02,660 Now I got three of them. I'm in a triple decker sandwich now. I want to scream. I want to yell, help! 297 00:19:02,660 --> 00:19:08,660 But my heart's got all mixed up in my larynx somehow and I know I'd never be able to project my voice past the next crack on a sidewalk. 298 00:19:08,660 --> 00:19:11,660 They're catching up to me fast. If this is the end, sister, this is it. 299 00:19:11,660 --> 00:19:18,660 I'm already imagining the cold steel on my back and then... 300 00:19:31,660 --> 00:19:36,660 The two boys walk right on past me. Don't even give me a tumble. 301 00:19:36,660 --> 00:19:40,660 They're making time and as the one on my side gets ahead of me, I see him nod to the one across the street. 302 00:19:40,660 --> 00:19:46,660 They're not telling me they're after Yankee Doodle. They heard him whistle and they'll be catching up with him any minute now. 303 00:19:46,660 --> 00:19:51,660 I heave a big sigh of relief and consider a quick exit back to the subway with my ten grand. 304 00:19:51,660 --> 00:19:55,660 I can just barely see the two of them as they come close to the next street lamp. 305 00:19:55,660 --> 00:19:59,660 They could be plain clothes men, but I don't think so somehow. 306 00:19:59,660 --> 00:20:04,660 In that case, they got an illegal desire to get something they think Yankee Doodle's got. 307 00:20:04,660 --> 00:20:07,660 Or maybe Yankee Doodle's the illegal part of the deal. 308 00:20:07,660 --> 00:20:12,660 Suppose he turns out to be Sir Galahad. It's pretty confusing and I ain't happy about it either way. 309 00:20:12,660 --> 00:20:18,660 But something, I don't know what, makes me take after the two Rover boys instead of going my own way while I got the chance. 310 00:20:18,660 --> 00:20:23,660 I look up ahead. Yankee Doodle's a block away now and he stops for a second under a street light. 311 00:20:23,660 --> 00:20:27,660 He's listening. I can tell that even though he's too far away for me to tell if he's Sir Galahad. 312 00:20:27,660 --> 00:20:30,660 Then quickly he disappears into the shadows again. 313 00:20:30,660 --> 00:20:36,660 I'm trying to keep my heels from clicking too loud, but they sound like drum beats so I take my shoes off quick. 314 00:20:36,660 --> 00:20:42,660 The Rover boys are up on the corner now, but I'm making it by the time they're halfway down the next block. 315 00:20:42,660 --> 00:20:46,660 The street lamp must have burned out along here because it's blacker than the Scapparelli dinner dress. 316 00:20:46,660 --> 00:20:50,660 If only a police car would come by or something. Maybe Winchell would be cruising with the boys. 317 00:20:50,660 --> 00:20:54,660 Yeah, and then he'd give me a plug in his column and it'd be easy for me to get a job. 318 00:20:54,660 --> 00:20:57,660 Oh, what am I thinking about things like that for now? 319 00:20:57,660 --> 00:21:00,660 Besides, there ain't a car on the street. There hasn't been one since I got off the subway. 320 00:21:00,660 --> 00:21:03,660 Suddenly out of the blackness a hand grabs my arm and another covers my mouth. 321 00:21:03,660 --> 00:21:06,660 Be quiet. Don't scream. It's me. 322 00:21:06,660 --> 00:21:11,660 Yeah, let's get down on the stairway. They can't see it. It's getting lighter. 323 00:21:11,660 --> 00:21:12,660 Now. 324 00:21:12,660 --> 00:21:14,660 You didn't need to choke me. 325 00:21:14,660 --> 00:21:18,660 Shh. They'll come back this way in a minute. As soon as they found out they'd lost me. 326 00:21:18,660 --> 00:21:20,660 How'd you get here? I thought you was way ahead of them. 327 00:21:20,660 --> 00:21:25,660 I was. I ducked in here and let them pass. Are you with me? 328 00:21:25,660 --> 00:21:26,660 Why should I be? 329 00:21:26,660 --> 00:21:27,660 It's my life or theirs. 330 00:21:27,660 --> 00:21:28,660 So what? 331 00:21:28,660 --> 00:21:30,660 I got your purse back for you. 332 00:21:30,660 --> 00:21:32,660 Yeah, Sir Galahad. 333 00:21:32,660 --> 00:21:34,660 You've got my money. 334 00:21:34,660 --> 00:21:36,660 Could be their money. 335 00:21:36,660 --> 00:21:37,660 Yes, but it isn't. 336 00:21:37,660 --> 00:21:42,660 Wait. They're coming back. I got an idea. I'll step out and say something and you, you. 337 00:21:42,660 --> 00:21:45,660 All right. Get up there quick. They're coming. 338 00:21:45,660 --> 00:21:50,660 Well, hiya boys. Fancy seeing you here. Nice night, ain't it? 339 00:21:50,660 --> 00:21:53,660 Never mind, sister. We ain't got time to chat. 340 00:21:53,660 --> 00:21:56,660 Well, you needn't blind me with that flashlight. I just wanted to pass the time of day. 341 00:21:56,660 --> 00:21:59,660 Well, it ain't that time of day, so step aside and let me. 342 00:21:59,660 --> 00:22:02,660 Hey, what you. 343 00:22:02,660 --> 00:22:05,660 Hey, he was trying to get up. 344 00:22:05,660 --> 00:22:07,660 Let's make sure they're really out. 345 00:22:07,660 --> 00:22:10,660 Are you kidding? They're both out farther than the 12 mile limit. 346 00:22:10,660 --> 00:22:12,660 Then let's get away from here fast. Come on. 347 00:22:12,660 --> 00:22:13,660 Wait a minute. 348 00:22:13,660 --> 00:22:16,660 What's the matter? You don't want to be picked up around here, do you? 349 00:22:16,660 --> 00:22:21,660 Well, I got to put my shoes on first, don't I? Say, do you know I broke my heel on that heel? 350 00:22:21,660 --> 00:22:34,660 So here we are, 15 minutes later, sitting in an all night restaurant after running practically 12 blocks 351 00:22:34,660 --> 00:22:38,660 and me forgetting all about the fact my feet was killing me a couple hours ago. 352 00:22:38,660 --> 00:22:43,660 Sir Galahad's breathing just like normal, but I'm still sounding like a parable trying to catch my wind. 353 00:22:43,660 --> 00:22:48,660 He's looking at me and laughing in a nice way and I don't mind. 354 00:22:48,660 --> 00:22:55,660 You know, what you need is a little regular exercise. It would get you in condition. 355 00:22:55,660 --> 00:23:00,660 A nice steady job hoofing somewhere will do that for me. 356 00:23:00,660 --> 00:23:04,660 I wonder how long it will be before the cops find those guys. 357 00:23:04,660 --> 00:23:07,660 Maybe you ought to report it first just to be on the safe side. 358 00:23:07,660 --> 00:23:11,660 No, no. It would be too dangerous. I have to get rid of the money first. 359 00:23:11,660 --> 00:23:12,660 Oh. 360 00:23:12,660 --> 00:23:16,660 No, I did not rob a bank. 361 00:23:16,660 --> 00:23:19,660 Well, there's other illegal ways to get 10 grand. 362 00:23:19,660 --> 00:23:23,660 Here comes the waitress. Better order and then we can talk. 363 00:23:23,660 --> 00:23:28,660 I can't believe I'm really going to get a steak inside of me instead of hot lead. 364 00:23:28,660 --> 00:23:32,660 Wait until you see what the steak's like before you feel too happy. 365 00:23:32,660 --> 00:23:36,660 Know what you want yet? Yeah, long time ago. Tea bone steak, rare, smothered in onions. 366 00:23:36,660 --> 00:23:37,660 Make it two, please. 367 00:23:37,660 --> 00:23:44,660 Two teas, rare and buried. All right, shoot. What am I saying? 368 00:23:44,660 --> 00:23:47,660 I am a Greek. 369 00:23:47,660 --> 00:23:48,660 Yeah? 370 00:23:48,660 --> 00:23:54,660 I came over here when I was about 15. My father and mother are still in Athens. 371 00:23:54,660 --> 00:23:59,660 I couldn't get them out of the country when the Italians invaded. 372 00:23:59,660 --> 00:24:02,660 So I don't know where they are now. 373 00:24:02,660 --> 00:24:04,660 Oh gee, that's too bad. 374 00:24:04,660 --> 00:24:07,660 Oh, I'm like a lot of people over here. 375 00:24:07,660 --> 00:24:13,660 I want to do something for my mother country even though I am a naturalized American. 376 00:24:13,660 --> 00:24:18,660 So in my spare time I collect contributions from all the Greeks living over here. 377 00:24:18,660 --> 00:24:21,660 Oh, you mean for the relief society? 378 00:24:21,660 --> 00:24:24,660 Oh no, no, no. That's different. 379 00:24:24,660 --> 00:24:26,660 This money supports the Greek underground. 380 00:24:26,660 --> 00:24:34,660 It has to be gotten and sent very quietly because certain people over here would like very much to know who's operating the underground in Greece. 381 00:24:34,660 --> 00:24:35,660 You see? 382 00:24:35,660 --> 00:24:39,660 Yeah, I'm beginning to. What about the Rover boys? 383 00:24:39,660 --> 00:24:40,660 Who? 384 00:24:40,660 --> 00:24:43,660 The two kids we lulled to sleep back there. 385 00:24:43,660 --> 00:24:48,660 Oh, well I can't prove it yet but I think they're Axis agents. 386 00:24:48,660 --> 00:24:51,660 They've been following me ever since I left home this morning. 387 00:24:51,660 --> 00:24:54,660 Today was my day off and I've been making the rounds collecting. 388 00:24:54,660 --> 00:24:57,660 You did pretty well. How much is in that bankroll? 389 00:24:57,660 --> 00:24:59,660 $10,415. 390 00:24:59,660 --> 00:25:02,660 Oh boy, you're quite a salesman. 391 00:25:02,660 --> 00:25:05,660 I've got the good product to sell. 392 00:25:05,660 --> 00:25:09,660 Anyway, I thought I could shake those guys in the subway. 393 00:25:09,660 --> 00:25:16,660 But then when you got your purse lifted, I did a little quick thinking and decided the money would be safer with you for a while. 394 00:25:16,660 --> 00:25:20,660 And I do want to thank you. 395 00:25:20,660 --> 00:25:24,660 Oh, that's all right. Always glad to help out. 396 00:25:24,660 --> 00:25:29,660 Well, I guess you'd like to have your ten grand back now, huh? 397 00:25:29,660 --> 00:25:36,660 You know, in Greece they have a law that whoever finds money gets to keep 10% as a reward. 398 00:25:36,660 --> 00:25:38,660 No kidding! 399 00:25:38,660 --> 00:25:44,660 Yes. So the way we'd figure it, you get $1,041.15. 400 00:25:44,660 --> 00:25:50,660 Say, that's wonderful. That's a great custom. I wonder why they don't adopt it in America. 401 00:25:50,660 --> 00:25:56,660 Well, I guess America has a lot of things that Greece doesn't have. 402 00:25:56,660 --> 00:25:58,660 T-bone steaks, for instance. 403 00:25:58,660 --> 00:26:03,660 Yeah, that's true. Well, here you are. I hope you get the dough into the right hands. 404 00:26:03,660 --> 00:26:06,660 Thank you very, very much. 405 00:26:06,660 --> 00:26:10,660 Uh, aren't you going to count out your 10%? 406 00:26:10,660 --> 00:26:15,660 I got to contribute something to winning the war, ain't I? Say, Miss. 407 00:26:15,660 --> 00:26:16,660 You want me? 408 00:26:16,660 --> 00:26:18,660 Yeah, what happened to them two T-bone steaks? 409 00:26:18,660 --> 00:26:23,660 Oh, well, I'm sorry, but when I took your order for the steak, I forgot this was Meatless Tuesday. 410 00:26:23,660 --> 00:26:37,660 Oh, no. 411 00:26:37,660 --> 00:26:46,660 And so closes the Ten Grands, starring Lucille Ball. Tonight's tale of Suspense. 412 00:26:46,660 --> 00:26:50,660 Suspense is produced and directed by William Spear. 413 00:26:50,660 --> 00:26:57,660 Have you had the thrilling experience of enjoying a meal prepared and served with delightful Roma wines? 414 00:26:57,660 --> 00:27:02,660 Well, tomorrow evening, we suggest that when preparing your dinner, whether it be fish, meat, or poultry, 415 00:27:02,660 --> 00:27:08,660 just add a generous portion of your favorite Roma table wine, Sauternes, Burgundy, or Claret. 416 00:27:08,660 --> 00:27:14,660 Then, simply put the same bottle well chilled on the table with the meal. 417 00:27:14,660 --> 00:27:21,660 And that will be in for a new experience in just how good even the simplest everyday foods can be when prepared 418 00:27:21,660 --> 00:27:25,660 and also served with superbly flavored Roma wines. 419 00:27:25,660 --> 00:27:33,660 Don't put off discovering how much these delicious and inexpensive Roma wines can add to the pleasure of everyday living. 420 00:27:33,660 --> 00:27:41,660 Remember, thousands make Roma wines their daily standby for greater enjoyment at a cost of only pennies a glass. 421 00:27:41,660 --> 00:27:53,660 Ask for R-O-M-A, Roma wines, America's largest selling wine, made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 422 00:27:53,660 --> 00:27:57,660 This is Lucille Ball. I always enjoy my appearances on Suspense. 423 00:27:57,660 --> 00:28:02,660 And tonight I'm particularly proud because Mr. Spear has just counted up, 424 00:28:02,660 --> 00:28:08,660 and he says that tonight I said more words per minute than any actress he has ever had on the show. 425 00:28:08,660 --> 00:28:11,660 Well, here's just a few more and I hope you will give heed to them. 426 00:28:11,660 --> 00:28:16,660 Don't let tomorrow go by without buying an extra war bond. 427 00:28:16,660 --> 00:28:22,660 Lucille Ball appeared tonight through the courtesy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, producers of The White Cliffs of Dover. 428 00:28:22,660 --> 00:28:28,660 Next Thursday, same time, we will present the best-selling novel, The Walls Came Tumbling Down, 429 00:28:28,660 --> 00:28:34,660 and Mr. Keenan Wynne will be your star of Suspense. 430 00:28:34,660 --> 00:28:44,660 Presented by Roma wines, R-O-M-A, made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 431 00:29:04,660 --> 00:29:08,660 The Walls Came Tumbling Down 432 00:29:08,660 --> 00:29:12,660 This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System. 433 00:29:12,660 --> 00:29:38,660 This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.