WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:06.000 Suspense! 00:06.000 --> 00:20.000 Tonight, to find help, starring Frank Sinatra and Agnes Moorhead. 00:20.000 --> 00:25.080 My roomer, Mr. Armstrong, tried to warn me that morning he left on his business trip. 00:25.080 --> 00:29.400 I remember we were just finishing breakfast and he was rather in a hurry. 00:29.400 --> 00:32.960 I don't care what you say, Mrs. Gillis, I just plain don't like it. 00:32.960 --> 00:36.280 You're alone here in the house all day. There are no close neighbors. 00:36.280 --> 00:38.520 After all, you know nothing about the man. 00:38.520 --> 00:42.800 Good gracious, Mr. Armstrong, you'd think I was a pretty young thing of twenty to hear you tell it. 00:42.800 --> 00:48.560 And another thing, it seems very strange to me that a young man should be job-hunting from door to door in this day and age. 00:48.560 --> 00:50.280 Why, there are plenty of jobs to be had. 00:50.280 --> 00:53.160 That's why it's so difficult to find help these days. 00:53.160 --> 00:55.800 Oh, you're a worry ward, Mr. Armstrong. 00:55.800 --> 01:00.560 Now that I've found someone to do my heavy work, I'm not going to let your silly notions change my mind. 01:00.560 --> 01:05.600 All the same, though, I'm not leaving the house this morning till I get a look at the guy. 01:05.600 --> 01:11.640 I remember I kept worrying about poor Mr. Armstrong missing his train because it was getting to be nine o'clock. 01:11.640 --> 01:17.640 He dried the breakfast dishes for me and as he talked, he kept looking out of the window towards the long driveway. 01:17.640 --> 01:19.920 Hey, here he comes. 01:19.920 --> 01:24.120 Well, I guess I needn't have worried. 01:24.120 --> 01:28.520 Mr. Armstrong was smiling before he'd seen my young man who was coming up the driveway. 01:28.520 --> 01:30.280 And I smiled, too. 01:30.280 --> 01:34.200 Even I had forgotten what a meek, harmless-looking lad he was. 01:34.200 --> 01:37.800 Why, he could hardly be called a man at all, I thought. 01:37.800 --> 01:40.600 Sure, that's the critter who's been causing me all this mental anger. 01:40.600 --> 01:43.760 There, there, you see, you and your silly ideas. 01:43.760 --> 01:47.880 Why, the little guy's not strong enough to keep a regular job, I suppose. 01:47.880 --> 01:52.760 Why, I believe Sarah's getting some of your foolish notions, Mr. Armstrong. 01:52.760 --> 01:54.760 There, there, there, now, Sarah. 01:54.760 --> 01:57.440 I'm sorry that we made you nervous about him. 01:57.440 --> 01:59.200 Why, you could see the guy. 01:59.200 --> 02:01.480 He'll hear you. 02:01.480 --> 02:05.400 Oh, good morning. Good morning. I've been expecting you. 02:05.400 --> 02:10.600 This is my rumor, Mr. Armstrong. I don't believe you told me your name. 02:10.600 --> 02:11.880 I'm Howard Wilton, ma'am. 02:11.880 --> 02:14.960 Ah, hello, Howard. I'm glad you've come. 02:14.960 --> 02:16.920 I know you'll be of great help to Mrs. Gillis. 02:16.920 --> 02:19.680 And you'll be company, too. 02:19.680 --> 02:22.640 Well, I'm off. Take care of yourself. 02:22.640 --> 02:25.040 I don't think you'll have much trouble. 02:30.880 --> 02:33.520 I don't believe your dog likes me, Mrs. Gillis. 02:33.520 --> 02:35.520 Oh, yes, of course she does. 02:35.520 --> 02:38.720 But she's just getting a little old and peedy. 02:38.720 --> 02:39.400 Oh. 02:39.400 --> 02:42.080 Come along now, Howard, and I'll show you where to hang your coat. 02:42.080 --> 02:46.120 Yes. Oh, yes. I always hang my coat up. 02:46.120 --> 02:49.480 He followed me into the closet storeroom at the back of the house. 02:49.480 --> 02:52.080 Then I handed him a clothes hanger and a rough heavy apron, 02:52.080 --> 02:54.160 which I kept for cleaning help. 02:54.160 --> 02:56.760 Is this apron clean, Mrs. Gillis? 02:56.760 --> 03:02.080 Why, of course it's clean. No one's worn it since it was laundered last. 03:02.080 --> 03:05.440 But there are spots on it. See? 03:05.440 --> 03:08.000 Spots? Well, here, let me look at it. 03:08.000 --> 03:11.240 Oh, for that's paint. No dirt and dried paint. 03:11.240 --> 03:13.520 Well, if you don't mind, I'd rather not wear it. 03:13.520 --> 03:16.720 Well, what'll you wear then? You didn't bring other clothes, did you? 03:16.720 --> 03:21.640 I'm a neat worker, Mrs. Gillis. You needn't worry about my clothes. No. 03:21.640 --> 03:24.440 I turned, and the light hitting his face from the small window 03:24.440 --> 03:26.880 made him look so different. 03:26.880 --> 03:30.520 I was startled for a moment, and then I thought, 03:30.520 --> 03:32.880 you're a silly old woman, Mrs. Gillis. 03:32.880 --> 03:35.800 And then I smiled. 03:35.800 --> 03:38.480 Are you laughing at me, Mrs. Gillis? 03:38.480 --> 03:41.800 Oh, why, no. I was laughing at myself. 03:41.800 --> 03:45.040 Come along. Let's get started now. 03:45.040 --> 03:48.680 You'd only been at the den floor a short time when I heard him walk back 03:48.680 --> 03:51.480 to the closet storeroom. 03:51.480 --> 03:53.000 Can I help you, son? 03:53.000 --> 03:55.000 I'm going after my coat, Mrs. Gillis. 03:55.000 --> 03:57.000 I don't like it being out there in the storeroom. 03:57.000 --> 03:59.000 It's a breeding place for moths, you know. 03:59.000 --> 04:04.600 Oh. Oh, now, son, it takes longer than that for moths to do any damage. 04:04.600 --> 04:07.160 Perhaps you won't think it's quite so amusing when I tell you 04:07.160 --> 04:09.600 that it's my best and only coat. 04:09.600 --> 04:12.240 Oh, I didn't mean to hurt your feelings. 04:12.240 --> 04:15.240 Oh, I didn't mean to hurt your feelings, Howard. 04:15.240 --> 04:18.240 Where would you like to put it? In the kitchen, perhaps? 04:18.240 --> 04:21.240 No, the cooking fumes wouldn't be good for it. 04:21.240 --> 04:23.240 I'll take it right in the den with me. 04:23.240 --> 04:25.240 That is, if you don't mind. 04:25.240 --> 04:27.240 We'll go right ahead, Howard. 04:27.240 --> 04:29.240 If you don't mind. 04:31.240 --> 04:34.240 Suddenly I was thankful that there was a phone. 04:34.240 --> 04:36.240 He was such a peculiar boy. 04:36.240 --> 04:40.240 I wasn't really alarmed. Not then I wasn't. 04:40.240 --> 04:43.240 Still, it was good to know the phone was there 04:43.240 --> 04:46.240 and that old Sarah was still in the breakfast room asleep. 04:54.240 --> 04:56.240 I went on about my own work that morning, 04:56.240 --> 04:59.240 but several times I went into the den to have a look at him. 04:59.240 --> 05:01.240 He wasn't doing much. I could see that. 05:01.240 --> 05:06.240 He seemed to keep polishing one small square in the corner of the room. 05:06.240 --> 05:09.240 Is there anything you need, Howard? 05:09.240 --> 05:11.240 Howard? 05:11.240 --> 05:13.240 Howard? 05:13.240 --> 05:16.240 I won't be spied upon, Mrs. Gillis. I won't put up with that. 05:16.240 --> 05:19.240 Well, see, see here, lad, 05:19.240 --> 05:22.240 I think we must have gotten off on the wrong foot. 05:22.240 --> 05:24.240 I'm not spying on you. 05:24.240 --> 05:26.240 Then why do you keep popping in like this? 05:26.240 --> 05:27.240 Why? 05:27.240 --> 05:28.240 Would you like me to go faster? 05:28.240 --> 05:30.240 Would you like me to spill out my life's blood for you here on the floor? 05:30.240 --> 05:32.240 Is that what you're after? 05:32.240 --> 05:34.240 Howard, I'm not spying on you. 05:34.240 --> 05:36.240 I'm not spying on you. 05:36.240 --> 05:40.240 Howard, are you well? Are you well enough to work? 05:40.240 --> 05:41.240 Of course I'm well. 05:41.240 --> 05:44.240 If only you'd quit bothering and pestering and questioning me. 05:44.240 --> 05:46.240 Is that too much to ask? 05:46.240 --> 05:51.240 Well, look, look, Howard, I'm, I'm interested in young men. 05:51.240 --> 05:54.240 I have two boys of my own. They're in the service. 05:54.240 --> 05:56.240 You see that Bill on the desk there? 05:56.240 --> 06:00.240 He's a Marine. And, and on the table there, that's Dennis. 06:00.240 --> 06:02.240 He's in the infantry. He's overseas. 06:02.240 --> 06:06.240 So that's why you hate me. I see it all now. 06:06.240 --> 06:08.240 Hate you? 06:08.240 --> 06:10.240 Well, what ever gave you that? 06:10.240 --> 06:14.240 Yes, you hate me. I could tell at the moment I walked into this house this morning. 06:14.240 --> 06:15.240 But Howard, why did you... 06:15.240 --> 06:18.240 You hate me because I'm young and I'm not in the service like your boys. 06:18.240 --> 06:23.240 Why? Why? It never occurred to me. 06:23.240 --> 06:26.240 You must know I was grateful when you came looking for work. 06:26.240 --> 06:28.240 Grateful? You resented me. 06:28.240 --> 06:32.240 The only reason you have me here is to work my life's blood away. 06:32.240 --> 06:36.240 To punish me for not being in the service just because your sons are in the service and I'm out. 06:36.240 --> 06:38.240 Son, son, you're ill. 06:38.240 --> 06:42.240 Let's put the work away now and I'll make you a cup of tea. 06:42.240 --> 06:44.240 Oh, so you don't want me to do the job, is that it? 06:44.240 --> 06:48.240 You're like the Army. There was a job to be done and they wouldn't let me in. 06:48.240 --> 06:50.240 Now you'd like to stop me in the middle of this. 06:50.240 --> 06:52.240 I only want you to do whatever will make you feel better. 06:52.240 --> 06:55.240 Well, leave me alone then. 06:55.240 --> 06:57.240 Very well. 06:57.240 --> 06:59.240 Mrs. Gillis. 06:59.240 --> 07:00.240 Yes? 07:00.240 --> 07:04.240 I'll tell you why I'm not in the Army, if you insist. 07:04.240 --> 07:06.240 I don't insist at all, Howard. 07:06.240 --> 07:09.240 If you must know, I'll tell you. 07:09.240 --> 07:14.240 They said... they said there was something wrong with my mind. 07:14.240 --> 07:17.240 Yes, I just thought maybe you'd like to know, Mrs. Gillis. 07:17.240 --> 07:27.240 They said there was something wrong with my mind. 07:27.240 --> 07:30.240 The first thing that I thought of when I reached the hallway was the phone, 07:30.240 --> 07:32.240 but it was in the den with Howard. 07:32.240 --> 07:37.240 I ran quickly to the back door, but it was locked and the key wasn't in its usual place. 07:37.240 --> 07:40.240 The front door, but it was locked too. 07:40.240 --> 07:43.240 And I... I heard a crash. 07:43.240 --> 07:44.240 It came from the den. 07:44.240 --> 07:49.240 I rushed in to find Howard peacefully polishing away at the same spot. 07:49.240 --> 07:51.240 He hadn't moved an inch. 07:51.240 --> 07:53.240 He didn't look up at me. 07:53.240 --> 07:57.240 Then I saw the phone which had fallen to the floor beside him. 07:57.240 --> 07:59.240 But it hadn't just fallen. 07:59.240 --> 08:03.240 The wires had been torn out of the wall. 08:03.240 --> 08:07.240 The phone, Mrs. Gillis, it fell. 08:07.240 --> 08:10.240 But... the wires? 08:10.240 --> 08:12.240 I suppose you think I ruined your phone. 08:12.240 --> 08:14.240 The wires? 08:14.240 --> 08:16.240 That happened when it fell to the floor. 08:16.240 --> 08:17.240 It couldn't have. 08:17.240 --> 08:19.240 That happened when it fell to the floor. 08:19.240 --> 08:20.240 But it couldn't have. 08:20.240 --> 08:23.240 I don't suppose you'll be able to use it anymore, Mrs. Gillis. 08:23.240 --> 08:25.240 Not for a while anyway. 08:25.240 --> 08:29.240 No, I... I don't suppose I will. 08:29.240 --> 08:30.240 Sarah! 08:30.240 --> 08:32.240 Yes, Sarah? 08:32.240 --> 08:33.240 Yes, Sarah? 08:33.240 --> 08:34.240 Mrs. Gillis? 08:34.240 --> 08:36.240 Yes? 08:36.240 --> 08:38.240 You're looking for your dog? 08:38.240 --> 08:41.240 Yes, I... I... I haven't seen her all morning. 08:41.240 --> 08:42.240 She was in the breakfast room. 08:42.240 --> 08:44.240 Well, she's not there any longer. 08:44.240 --> 08:46.240 Yes, I know. 08:46.240 --> 08:48.240 Where is she, Howard? 08:48.240 --> 08:49.240 Where is she? 08:49.240 --> 08:50.240 Yes, where is she? 08:50.240 --> 08:52.240 She's gone. 08:52.240 --> 08:53.240 Gone? 08:53.240 --> 08:54.240 If you've harmed her... 08:54.240 --> 08:55.240 She didn't like me, you know. 08:55.240 --> 08:58.240 See, here, I... I've put up with enough, you know. 08:58.240 --> 09:00.240 You tell me where my dog is or I... 09:00.240 --> 09:01.240 Or what, Mrs. Gillis? 09:01.240 --> 09:02.240 You'll do what, Mrs. Gillis? 09:02.240 --> 09:03.240 What will you do? 09:03.240 --> 09:04.240 Sarah! Sarah! 09:04.240 --> 09:05.240 She's gone, Mrs. Gillis. 09:05.240 --> 09:06.240 I told you that. 09:06.240 --> 09:07.240 You've harmed my dog. 09:07.240 --> 09:08.240 Have I? 09:08.240 --> 09:09.240 You killed her. 09:09.240 --> 09:12.240 Oh, poor old Sarah, who never heard a thing. 09:12.240 --> 09:13.240 She would have hurt me. 09:13.240 --> 09:14.240 You're bad, Howard. 09:14.240 --> 09:15.240 You're wicked. 09:15.240 --> 09:16.240 You're wicked. 09:16.240 --> 09:17.240 You're a coward. 09:17.240 --> 09:18.240 I'm not a coward, Mrs. Gillis. 09:18.240 --> 09:19.240 Yes, you are. 09:19.240 --> 09:20.240 Cowards are afraid to kill. 09:20.240 --> 09:22.240 Only a coward would kill a poor old dog. 09:22.240 --> 09:25.240 Well, if I were a coward, I'd be afraid of you, and I'm not afraid of you. 09:25.240 --> 09:26.240 Will you let me out of here? 09:26.240 --> 09:27.240 Let me out of here. 09:27.240 --> 09:29.240 I have strong hands, Mrs. Gillis. 09:29.240 --> 09:30.240 My fingers are like steel. 09:30.240 --> 09:31.240 I've never harmed you. 09:31.240 --> 09:35.240 No, and Sarah didn't either, but she would have if I hadn't harmed her first. 09:35.240 --> 09:36.240 Let me out of here! 09:36.240 --> 09:38.240 You're getting very noisy, Mrs. Gillis. 09:38.240 --> 09:41.240 Perhaps if I locked you in this closet, you'd calm down a bit. 09:41.240 --> 09:42.240 Howard! 09:42.240 --> 09:43.240 Howard! 09:49.240 --> 09:51.240 And then I heard the key turn in the lock. 09:51.240 --> 09:55.240 For a moment I had the feeling of... of unreality. 09:55.240 --> 09:56.240 What? 09:56.240 --> 09:58.240 What is really happening? 09:59.240 --> 10:01.240 But I found out soon enough that it wasn't a dream. 10:01.240 --> 10:03.240 For the dim light from the little square window 10:03.240 --> 10:08.240 picked out a limp, lifeless object in the corner among the dusty mops. 10:08.240 --> 10:12.240 I knew without looking further what it was. 10:12.240 --> 10:14.240 Poor Sarah. 10:14.240 --> 10:17.240 Sarah, who never harmed her soul. 10:22.240 --> 10:25.240 I don't know how long he kept me there. 10:25.240 --> 10:30.240 I could hear him moving about the house, but he finally came back. 10:30.240 --> 10:33.240 He spoke to me through the door. 10:33.240 --> 10:36.240 Have you calmed down, Mrs. Gillis? 10:36.240 --> 10:38.240 Yes, Howard. 10:38.240 --> 10:39.240 Yes. 10:39.240 --> 10:41.240 Let me out. 10:41.240 --> 10:42.240 Why? 10:42.240 --> 10:44.240 Well... 10:44.240 --> 10:47.240 Well, because it's... it's warm in here. 10:47.240 --> 10:50.240 Because I... I want to get out. 10:50.240 --> 10:52.240 You were looking for your dog, weren't you? 10:52.240 --> 10:55.240 Never mind about that, Howard. Just let me out. 10:55.240 --> 10:57.240 You know, Mrs. Gillis, if I kept you in there, 10:57.240 --> 10:59.240 you wouldn't be able to spy on me ever again. 10:59.240 --> 11:02.240 I won't spy on you, Howard. Please let me out. 11:02.240 --> 11:04.240 Do you know what I've been doing, Mrs. Gillis? 11:04.240 --> 11:05.240 No. 11:05.240 --> 11:08.240 I've been doing your den floors, just like you asked me to. 11:08.240 --> 11:10.240 And that's fine, Howard. 11:10.240 --> 11:12.240 It was fine being able to work peacefully, 11:12.240 --> 11:15.240 knowing that you were someplace where you couldn't bother me. 11:15.240 --> 11:17.240 I won't bother you, Howard. 11:17.240 --> 11:19.240 It was very peaceful. Nobody to bother me. 11:19.240 --> 11:21.240 Let me out, Howard. 11:21.240 --> 11:23.240 Will you promise to do as I tell you? 11:23.240 --> 11:24.240 Yes, I promise. 11:24.240 --> 11:25.240 Anything? 11:25.240 --> 11:26.240 Anything. 11:26.240 --> 11:29.240 Very well, then. 11:36.240 --> 11:38.240 Now, no tricks. 11:38.240 --> 11:40.240 No. 11:40.240 --> 11:43.240 Feel my hands, Mrs. Gillis. 11:43.240 --> 11:45.240 He held them out before him. 11:45.240 --> 11:48.240 They were thin, weird-looking hands. 11:48.240 --> 11:52.240 Then he turned them over slowly, and he looked down at them. 11:52.240 --> 11:55.240 Are they nice hands, Mrs. Gillis? 11:55.240 --> 11:58.240 Yes. Yes, they're nice hands. 11:58.240 --> 12:01.240 But you haven't felt them. 12:01.240 --> 12:03.240 I knew better than to argue, 12:03.240 --> 12:06.240 and I forced myself to take hold of one of them. 12:06.240 --> 12:10.240 It was icy cold, and the floor wax had made it sticky. 12:10.240 --> 12:12.240 Have your sons as nice hands as these? 12:12.240 --> 12:14.240 Oh, no. No, they haven't. 12:14.240 --> 12:16.240 But they got into the army, didn't they? 12:16.240 --> 12:18.240 I'm just as good as they are, you know. 12:18.240 --> 12:20.240 Of course you are, Howard. 12:20.240 --> 12:22.240 Wouldn't you like some food, lad? 12:22.240 --> 12:24.240 You haven't eaten all day, you know. 12:24.240 --> 12:25.240 Some food would be good. 12:25.240 --> 12:27.240 Let me fix you some. 12:27.240 --> 12:31.240 Mrs. Gillis, you know, a woman I worked for once said my hands were weak. 12:31.240 --> 12:33.240 She did? 12:33.240 --> 12:35.240 Yeah, but she soon found out, however. 12:35.240 --> 12:37.240 We're here. 12:37.240 --> 12:39.240 I have some nice cold roast in the ice locker. 12:39.240 --> 12:41.240 I'd thought her a lesson. 12:41.240 --> 12:43.240 And it'll only take me a minute to fix some salad. 12:43.240 --> 12:45.240 Are your sons' hands strong, Mrs. Gillis? 12:45.240 --> 12:47.240 Not as strong as yours, Howard. 12:47.240 --> 12:49.240 I'll set the table right away. 12:49.240 --> 12:51.240 Mrs. Gillis, feel my hands again. 12:51.240 --> 12:54.240 They're like steel, you know. 13:01.240 --> 13:04.240 I finally managed to get some lunch on the table. 13:04.240 --> 13:06.240 And Howard sat beside me. 13:06.240 --> 13:08.240 He didn't say much and he ate very little. 13:08.240 --> 13:14.240 I tried to appear casual to engage him in a conversation, just anything. 13:14.240 --> 13:16.240 Do you work often, Howard? 13:16.240 --> 13:18.240 Not often. 13:18.240 --> 13:21.240 Do you have trouble finding jobs? 13:21.240 --> 13:24.240 Well, people are anxious to find help these days, weren't you? 13:24.240 --> 13:28.240 Yes, to find help. 13:28.240 --> 13:31.240 Mrs. Gillis, they're looking for me. 13:31.240 --> 13:33.240 Who, Howard? 13:33.240 --> 13:35.240 Well, I don't know exactly. 13:35.240 --> 13:37.240 The people I worked for last, I guess. 13:37.240 --> 13:39.240 Was that here, in this town? 13:39.240 --> 13:41.240 Oh, no, no. It was in another town. 13:41.240 --> 13:43.240 Everyone was looking for me, so I went away. 13:43.240 --> 13:46.240 It was horrible to be spied upon, Mrs. Gillis. 13:46.240 --> 13:48.240 Do you know what it is to be spied upon? 13:48.240 --> 13:50.240 No, no, I don't. 13:50.240 --> 13:51.240 Would you like to know? 13:51.240 --> 13:53.240 No, no, no, I wouldn't, Howard. 13:53.240 --> 13:56.240 I think I'll spy on you for the rest of the day so that you'll know how it feels. 13:56.240 --> 14:00.240 No, no, no, no, Howard, whatever it is you want, just take it and go away. 14:00.240 --> 14:02.240 There's nothing I want, Mrs. Gillis. 14:02.240 --> 14:04.240 I only want to stay here with you. 14:04.240 --> 14:06.240 I can't stand it, Howard. I can't. I am an old woman. 14:06.240 --> 14:08.240 Now please go away and leave me alone. 14:08.240 --> 14:10.240 I'm not going away, Mrs. Gillis. There's still a job to be done. 14:10.240 --> 14:13.240 I'll go away after I've done everything that's to be done. 14:13.240 --> 14:15.240 Howard, I have some money here in my pocket. 14:15.240 --> 14:17.240 I got it upstairs where it's a great deal and I'll give it to you. 14:17.240 --> 14:19.240 I don't want your money, Mrs. Gillis. 14:19.240 --> 14:20.240 Well, then go away. 14:20.240 --> 14:23.240 Oh, that would be foolish. Then you tell him. 14:23.240 --> 14:25.240 Oh, no, no, I wouldn't. I wouldn't really, Howard. 14:25.240 --> 14:27.240 Go away and I'll never tell him so that you've been here. I won't tell him so. 14:27.240 --> 14:30.240 I don't believe you, Mrs. Gillis, and I don't trust you. 14:30.240 --> 14:33.240 There's only one way of being certain that you won't tell and that... 14:33.240 --> 14:35.240 My heart jumped. 14:35.240 --> 14:37.240 When I looked out the window, I thought it was a new man. 14:37.240 --> 14:39.240 Howard moved quickly to the window with me. 14:39.240 --> 14:40.240 Tell him to go away. 14:40.240 --> 14:43.240 I can't. I've... I've wanted some extra things. 14:43.240 --> 14:45.240 Then go into the store room until he goes. 14:45.240 --> 14:47.240 I can't, Howard. He knows I'm here and he'll expect me to pay him. 14:47.240 --> 14:50.240 You promised to do as I told you. Now will you tell him to go away? 14:50.240 --> 14:53.240 Howard, Howard, if I tell him to go, he'll think something's wrong 14:53.240 --> 14:55.240 and then you'll get caught for sure. 14:55.240 --> 14:57.240 All right, Mrs. Gillis, take whatever you've ordered, 14:57.240 --> 15:00.240 but if you pull any tricks, you'll be sorry. 15:00.240 --> 15:03.240 He opened the cabinet drawer and I saw him take a knife out. 15:03.240 --> 15:05.240 Without another word, he stepped back between the stove and the wall, 15:05.240 --> 15:07.240 but he was still within easy reach of me. 15:07.240 --> 15:09.240 Oh, my hands were shaking. 15:09.240 --> 15:11.240 The milkman knocked as usual at the window over the sink. 15:11.240 --> 15:13.240 Just a moment. 15:13.240 --> 15:15.240 Well, good afternoon, Miss Gillis. 15:15.240 --> 15:16.240 Good afternoon. 15:16.240 --> 15:17.240 Lovely day, isn't it? 15:17.240 --> 15:18.240 Yes, yes it is. 15:18.240 --> 15:20.240 Miss Gillis, I think I have good news for you. 15:20.240 --> 15:21.240 You have? 15:21.240 --> 15:24.240 Yeah. Beginning the first, I think we're getting some badly needed help. 15:24.240 --> 15:26.240 In the future, your deliveries will be made in the early morning. 15:26.240 --> 15:28.240 Well, that's nice. I... 15:28.240 --> 15:30.240 I don't believe you ever did like these late deliveries, did you? 15:30.240 --> 15:32.240 Well, I had never really minded. 15:32.240 --> 15:34.240 Well, if all our customers were like you, Miss Gillis, 15:34.240 --> 15:36.240 it wouldn't be such a bad world. 15:36.240 --> 15:38.240 Here you are. One quart of milk, fine a half and a half. 15:38.240 --> 15:40.240 Bye, Miss Gillis. 15:40.240 --> 15:42.240 But the extra things, you forgot them. 15:42.240 --> 15:44.240 The extra things? 15:44.240 --> 15:46.240 Yes, yes, the extra things. 15:46.240 --> 15:48.240 Now, don't tell me you forgot the eggs and the butter. 15:48.240 --> 15:50.240 I'll get them right away. 15:50.240 --> 15:52.240 Miss Gillis, I'm going to give you one more chance. 15:52.240 --> 15:54.240 When he comes back, you're going to get rid of him. 15:54.240 --> 15:56.240 Do you hear? 15:56.240 --> 15:58.240 And if you give me away, I'm going to kill you. 15:58.240 --> 16:00.240 I'll kill you before he can get inside this house, 16:00.240 --> 16:02.240 and I don't care what happens to me. 16:02.240 --> 16:04.240 I won't. I won't give you away, Howard. 16:04.240 --> 16:06.240 I won't give you away. I'll only pay him. 16:06.240 --> 16:08.240 I have to do this. 16:06.240 --> 16:08.240 Shut up and remember. 16:08.240 --> 16:10.240 Well, here you are, Miss Gillis. 16:10.240 --> 16:12.240 Thank you. 16:10.240 --> 16:12.240 Anything else? 16:12.240 --> 16:14.240 No, no, no, that's all. 16:14.240 --> 16:16.240 Miss Gillis, I'm going to get it. 16:16.240 --> 16:18.240 I'm sorry, I can't stop to talk to Dan Barry. 16:18.240 --> 16:20.240 Oh, I stood for a moment behind the stove. 16:20.240 --> 16:22.240 His eyes were blazing. 16:22.240 --> 16:24.240 And he spoke without moving. 16:24.240 --> 16:26.240 You're very clever, aren't you, Mrs. Gillis? 16:26.240 --> 16:28.240 What do you mean? 16:28.240 --> 16:30.240 You thought you were going to put something over on me, 16:30.240 --> 16:32.240 didn't you? 16:32.240 --> 16:34.240 I sent him away, didn't I? 16:34.240 --> 16:36.240 The extra things you ordered, there weren't any. 16:36.240 --> 16:38.240 Yes, there were. 16:38.240 --> 16:40.240 You saw him, you heard him. 16:40.240 --> 16:42.240 He didn't know what you were talking about. 16:42.240 --> 16:44.240 The milkman had returned. 16:44.240 --> 16:46.240 He stood out right in front of me. 16:46.240 --> 16:48.240 Howard looked at me, and I saw his knuckles go up. 16:48.240 --> 16:50.240 I had to catch him. 16:50.240 --> 16:52.240 This is your last chance. Get rid of him. 16:52.240 --> 16:54.240 Yes, I will. I will, Howard, I will. 16:54.240 --> 16:56.240 Sorry to bother you again, Miss Gillis, 16:56.240 --> 16:58.240 but you forgot the points on the butter. 16:58.240 --> 17:00.240 Oh, yes. Yes, the ration point. 17:02.240 --> 17:04.240 Here you are. 17:04.240 --> 17:06.240 Sorry I had to bother you, Miss Gillis, 17:06.240 --> 17:08.240 but you see, I had to... Yes, yes, I'm busy. 17:08.240 --> 17:10.240 Can't you see I'm busy? 17:10.240 --> 17:12.240 Tell me when he's gone, Mrs. Gillis. 17:12.240 --> 17:14.240 I stood by the window and watched. 17:14.240 --> 17:16.240 He got into his truck, 17:16.240 --> 17:18.240 and then he drove off. 17:22.240 --> 17:24.240 So that was your scheme, was it? 17:24.240 --> 17:26.240 So you wanted to give me away. 17:26.240 --> 17:28.240 He's gone now, Howard. 17:28.240 --> 17:30.240 You thought he'd save you, didn't you? 17:30.240 --> 17:32.240 No. No, I sent him away like you asked me. 17:32.240 --> 17:34.240 You know what would have happened to me. 17:34.240 --> 17:36.240 I sent him away. Do you? 17:36.240 --> 17:38.240 They would have taken me away. 17:38.240 --> 17:40.240 Howard, leave me alone. I'm going to punish you. 17:40.240 --> 17:42.240 No, Howard, I haven't been punished enough. 17:42.240 --> 17:44.240 No, you haven't. 17:44.240 --> 17:46.240 He's standing very close now, 17:46.240 --> 17:48.240 and I knew he still held a knife. 17:50.240 --> 17:52.240 And suddenly, 17:52.240 --> 17:54.240 everything was black, 17:54.240 --> 18:02.240 and I stepped to the floor. 18:06.240 --> 18:08.240 When I came to, 18:08.240 --> 18:10.240 I was in a den, 18:10.240 --> 18:12.240 on the den floor. 18:14.240 --> 18:16.240 My head clapped. 18:16.240 --> 18:18.240 Then I remembered everything. 18:18.240 --> 18:20.240 I laid there for a moment. 18:20.240 --> 18:24.240 I listened. 18:24.240 --> 18:26.240 Then I... I heard a sound. 18:28.240 --> 18:30.240 A soft, swishing sound. 18:32.240 --> 18:36.240 Suddenly, the whole clock began to strike. 18:36.240 --> 18:38.240 What? 18:38.240 --> 18:40.240 Why, it was five. 18:40.240 --> 18:44.240 I'd been unconscious for longer than I'd thought. 18:44.240 --> 18:46.240 I sat up. 18:46.240 --> 18:48.240 The room had already turned dark 18:48.240 --> 18:50.240 in the late afternoon, my friend. 18:50.240 --> 18:52.240 But I could see now. 18:52.240 --> 18:54.240 He stood in the middle of the room. 18:54.240 --> 18:57.240 He was pushing my heavy floor polisher 18:57.240 --> 18:59.240 back and forth. 18:59.240 --> 19:08.240 Back, forth, back, forth, back, forth. 19:10.240 --> 19:12.240 What time is it, Mrs. Gillis? 19:12.240 --> 19:14.240 About five. 19:14.240 --> 19:17.240 Well, I guess I'll call it a day now. 19:17.240 --> 19:19.240 I've done a nice job, haven't I? 19:19.240 --> 19:21.240 Yes, Howard. 19:21.240 --> 19:23.240 Very nice. 19:23.240 --> 19:25.240 I think I'll be going now. 19:25.240 --> 19:27.240 I got to my feet. 19:27.240 --> 19:29.240 He paid no attention. 19:29.240 --> 19:31.240 He picked up his coke, 19:31.240 --> 19:33.240 which he'd placed over a chair 19:33.240 --> 19:35.240 when he'd taken it from the store room. 19:35.240 --> 19:37.240 Then he looked at the floor again. 19:37.240 --> 19:39.240 Doesn't it shine nicely, Mrs. Gillis? 19:39.240 --> 19:41.240 Yes. 19:41.240 --> 19:43.240 Yes, it does. 19:43.240 --> 19:45.240 Was it worth five dollars to you? 19:45.240 --> 19:47.240 Oh, yes, Howard. 19:47.240 --> 19:50.240 I have nice hands, haven't I, Mrs. Gillis? 19:50.240 --> 19:52.240 Yes, Howard, you have. 19:52.240 --> 19:54.240 Here, take the money. 19:54.240 --> 19:56.240 Thank you. 19:56.240 --> 19:58.240 You know, it's a pity they have to be used to polish floors. 19:58.240 --> 20:00.240 You've done such a good job, Howard. 20:00.240 --> 20:02.240 I'm going to give you a few extra dollars. 20:02.240 --> 20:04.240 Thank you. 20:04.240 --> 20:06.240 Will you be needing me tomorrow, Mrs. Gillis? 20:06.240 --> 20:08.240 No, no, thank you, Howard. 20:11.240 --> 20:13.240 The door's locked, Mrs. Gillis. 20:13.240 --> 20:15.240 Yes, Howard. 20:15.240 --> 20:17.240 Do you have the key? 20:17.240 --> 20:19.240 Yes, yes, I do. 20:19.240 --> 20:21.240 I just remembered. 20:21.240 --> 20:23.240 I just remembered a lot of things. 20:25.240 --> 20:27.240 Mrs. Gillis, there's someone at the door. 20:27.240 --> 20:29.240 Yes, Howard. 20:29.240 --> 20:31.240 Will you open it? 20:31.240 --> 20:33.240 Oh, should I? 20:33.240 --> 20:35.240 Yes, Howard, you have the key. 20:35.240 --> 20:37.240 I have? 20:37.240 --> 20:39.240 This it, Mrs. Gillis? 20:39.240 --> 20:41.240 Yes, yes, I have. 20:41.240 --> 20:43.240 Open the door. 20:43.240 --> 20:45.240 Open the door, Howard. 20:45.240 --> 20:47.240 Open it. 20:47.240 --> 20:49.240 All right, Mrs. Gillis. 20:53.240 --> 20:55.240 Hello. 20:55.240 --> 20:57.240 I'm Mr. Stevens of the phone company. 20:57.240 --> 20:59.240 Your phone's been reported out all day. 20:59.240 --> 21:01.240 I'm sorry we couldn't get around any sooner, 21:01.240 --> 21:03.240 but we're really swamped. 21:03.240 --> 21:05.240 Mrs. Gillis, is your phone out of order? 21:05.240 --> 21:07.240 No, no, there must be some mistake. 21:07.240 --> 21:09.240 Well, now that's strange. 21:09.240 --> 21:11.240 We've had several reports. 21:11.240 --> 21:13.240 Maybe I better run back and check my books. 21:13.240 --> 21:15.240 Just a moment, Mr. Stevens. 21:15.240 --> 21:17.240 Could you do me a favor? 21:17.240 --> 21:19.240 Well, certainly. 21:19.240 --> 21:21.240 This boy, he's worked here all day. 21:21.240 --> 21:23.240 He's done a good job, but I don't think he's well. 21:23.240 --> 21:25.240 I'm all right, Mrs. Gillis. 21:25.240 --> 21:27.240 Oh, but you're tired, aren't you? 21:27.240 --> 21:29.240 Aren't you tired, Howard? 21:29.240 --> 21:31.240 Doesn't your head ache? 21:31.240 --> 21:33.240 Yes, yes, I am tired. 21:33.240 --> 21:35.240 And my head does ache. 21:35.240 --> 21:37.240 Well, maybe Mr. Stevens will be kind enough to drive you to the car line. 21:37.240 --> 21:39.240 Sure, I'll be glad to, Mrs. Gillis, but I can't wait long. 21:39.240 --> 21:41.240 Well, right away, and I'll go along, too. 21:41.240 --> 21:43.240 I have some marketing to do. 21:43.240 --> 21:45.240 Mr. Stevens, as long as you're here, would you mind checking the phone 21:45.240 --> 21:47.240 just to make sure? Of course. 21:47.240 --> 21:49.240 I'll show you where it is. Can I show him, Mrs. Gillis? 21:49.240 --> 21:51.240 No, no, Howard, you wait here. 21:51.240 --> 21:53.240 We'll be right back. 21:53.240 --> 21:55.240 I move quickly towards the den. 21:55.240 --> 21:57.240 Mr. Stevens follows me. 21:57.240 --> 21:59.240 Once inside, I close the door behind us. 21:59.240 --> 22:01.240 He spotted the ripped wires at once. 22:01.240 --> 22:03.240 Say, this boy... 22:03.240 --> 22:05.240 That man is dangerous. Drive him to the police station as fast as you can. 22:05.240 --> 22:07.240 Where is... 22:07.240 --> 22:09.240 Howard! 22:09.240 --> 22:11.240 Howard! We've got to find him! 22:11.240 --> 22:13.240 We can't let him get away! We'll take the truck. Come on. 22:21.240 --> 22:23.240 But when we reached the car, 22:23.240 --> 22:25.240 I suddenly saw him. 22:25.240 --> 22:27.240 He was sitting in the front seat, 22:27.240 --> 22:29.240 with his coat folded neatly over his left. 22:29.240 --> 22:31.240 Were you looking for me, Mrs. Gillis? 22:31.240 --> 22:33.240 I was looking for you. 22:33.240 --> 22:35.240 Were you looking for me, Mrs. Gillis? 22:35.240 --> 22:37.240 Yes, Howard. 22:37.240 --> 22:39.240 Yes, I was. 22:39.240 --> 22:41.240 Are you ready to go? 22:41.240 --> 22:43.240 Yes, I'm ready. 22:47.240 --> 22:49.240 It's very kind of you to do this for me. 22:49.240 --> 22:51.240 I'm very tired. 22:51.240 --> 22:53.240 I... 22:53.240 --> 22:55.240 I can't seem to remember things. 22:55.240 --> 22:57.240 Well... 22:57.240 --> 22:59.240 Well, don't try too, Howard. 22:59.240 --> 23:01.240 Well, are we all ready? 23:01.240 --> 23:03.240 All ready, Mr. Stevens. 23:03.240 --> 23:05.240 All ready, Mr. Stevens. 23:23.240 --> 23:25.240 And so closes To Find Help, 23:25.240 --> 23:27.240 starring Frank Sinatra and Agnes Moorhead. 23:27.240 --> 23:29.240 Tonight's study in... 23:29.240 --> 23:31.240 Suspense. 23:31.240 --> 23:33.240 Suspense is produced, edited, 23:33.240 --> 23:59.240 and directed by William Spear. 24:03.240 --> 24:29.240 This is the Armed Forces Radio Service. 24:29.240 --> 24:34.240 The Armed Forces Radio Service.