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Public Library, Hillcrest Branch, Miss Roberts speaking. 01:20.000 --> 01:30.000 Miss Roberts speaking. I bet... No, I'm sorry, we do not carry the racing form. We do not carry even the current racing form, much less those published in 1925. 01:31.000 --> 01:38.000 I know nothing whatever of Man of War's activities. Well, you'll have to consult another source to win your wager. Goodbye. 01:39.000 --> 01:40.000 Yes? 01:41.000 --> 01:43.000 Miss, do I give my book back here? 01:43.000 --> 01:50.000 Yes, this is the return desk. Let me see, that's two days overdue. You owe four cents, Mrs. Rudnick. 01:51.000 --> 01:55.000 It's a lot of reading. My daughter read it to me nights. Here's the four cents, Miss. 01:56.000 --> 01:57.000 Thank you. 01:58.000 --> 01:59.000 Oh, it was a grand book though, really grand. 02:00.000 --> 02:05.000 Gone with the wind, I suppose. I personally very seldom read bestsellers. 02:05.000 --> 02:12.000 It surely is romantic. I wonder, Miss, do you know what happens on page 931? 02:13.000 --> 02:14.000 Page 931? 02:15.000 --> 02:26.000 Yes, we don't know to this day whether Scarlett, she goes to Melon's party for Ashley, or page 931 and 932 are missing. So we were wondering if... 02:27.000 --> 02:28.000 Missing? Good heavens, let me see. 02:29.000 --> 02:31.000 You just give anything to know if Scarlett went to the party. 02:31.000 --> 02:38.000 One moment, Mrs. Rudnick. The pages are missing. One leaf has been torn or cut from this book. This is vandalism. 02:39.000 --> 02:40.000 It's what? 02:41.000 --> 02:45.000 A page has been deliberately ripped out. I'll have to ask you for your reader's card. 02:46.000 --> 02:47.000 But we didn't do it. 02:48.000 --> 02:49.000 One moment, please. Miss Hughes. 02:50.000 --> 02:51.000 Yes? 02:52.000 --> 02:55.000 Miss Hughes, will you please look up the list price of this book, Gone with the Wind. 02:56.000 --> 02:57.000 Yes, sure. Just a second. 02:57.000 --> 03:03.000 You see, Mrs. Rudnick, you will have to pay the cost of the book or lose all library privileges until you do. 03:04.000 --> 03:06.000 Oh, but please, Miss V didn't do it. 03:07.000 --> 03:08.000 It's a dollar forty-nine, Prudence. 03:09.000 --> 03:12.000 I don't pay no dollar forty-nine because I didn't do it. 03:13.000 --> 03:14.000 How did you find out about the damage, Prudence? 03:15.000 --> 03:16.000 Mrs. Rudnick called my attention to it, fortunately. 03:17.000 --> 03:19.000 Well, if she tore out the page, she wouldn't have told you. 03:20.000 --> 03:22.000 No. You see, Miss, but the rule... 03:23.000 --> 03:24.000 Oh, relax, relax, Prudence. 03:24.000 --> 03:31.000 Well, very well, Mrs. Rudnick. I'll investigate further. In the meantime, you may continue to use your card. 03:32.000 --> 03:34.000 Oh, thank you, Miss. Thank you so much, and good-bye. 03:35.000 --> 03:41.000 Good-bye. Maggie, why must you interfere like that? You know the rules perfectly well. 03:42.000 --> 03:43.000 Yeah, sure, but they don't make sense. 03:44.000 --> 03:47.000 That's not for us to say. She should have reported before she took the book out. 03:48.000 --> 03:51.000 Oh, now that's silly. How could you report the page was torn out before she read the book? 03:51.000 --> 03:53.000 Well, maybe you're right. 03:54.000 --> 03:55.000 I don't know why you raise such a dust about it anyhow. 03:56.000 --> 03:59.000 Because if I don't find out who did tear the book, I'll have to pay. 04:00.000 --> 04:03.000 And I don't want to spend a dollar and forty-nine cents on a bestseller. 04:04.000 --> 04:04.000 Hey! 04:05.000 --> 04:06.000 Take care of that boy, Maggie. 04:07.000 --> 04:08.000 Okay. What'll it be? 04:09.000 --> 04:09.000 These here. 04:10.000 --> 04:12.000 You want to take these out? All of them? 04:13.000 --> 04:14.000 Sure. Here's my card. 04:14.000 --> 04:26.000 Oh. Tarzan of the Apes, Tarzan Triumphant, Tarzan and the Leopard Men, Tarzan and the Forbidden City, Tarzan the Invincible, Tarzan... 04:27.000 --> 04:29.000 Morning Becomes Electra. 04:30.000 --> 04:31.000 Yeah, I'm making a radio. A walkie-talkie. 04:32.000 --> 04:36.000 Oh, look, I haven't read this myself, but I don't think it's going to help you. 04:37.000 --> 04:38.000 No, it says Electra. 04:39.000 --> 04:41.000 Yeah, well, anyway, you got one too many books. 04:41.000 --> 04:46.000 Okay, I'll take the electric book out when I bring these back. I'll bring them back tomorrow, so save it. 04:47.000 --> 04:52.000 Five books and he'll bring them back tomorrow. Did you get that, Prudence? Five books and the kids... 04:53.000 --> 04:54.000 Prudence, what are you doing? 04:55.000 --> 04:58.000 It's very strange. It's really very strange. 04:59.000 --> 05:02.000 Are you still mooning over that missing page? In Gone with the Wind? 05:02.000 --> 05:10.000 Yes. You know, whoever ripped that page out also underlined words on the following page, page 933. 05:11.000 --> 05:12.000 Yeah? What kind of words? 05:13.000 --> 05:20.000 Oh, they don't seem to mean anything. Words like, anyone, merrily, hardly. They've been underlined by little scratches in the paper. 05:21.000 --> 05:26.000 Oh, well, maybe somebody was cutting out cookies on top of the book. Come on, huh? It's past closing time. 05:26.000 --> 05:33.000 I've got to find out what's on page 931. Well, I can buy a copy of this book on my way home, and I will. 05:34.000 --> 05:37.000 Buy it? I thought you wouldn't spend dough on a bestseller. 05:38.000 --> 05:46.000 Well, I shouldn't, but this annoys me. It's vandalism. And besides, I have an odd feeling, a feeling that something's wrong. 05:46.000 --> 06:04.000 Guess I have a definite premonition. Prudence, prudence. Will you put that book away and come to bed? 06:05.000 --> 06:08.000 All right, Maggie. I guess you win. Oh, was cookies? 06:08.000 --> 06:16.000 No, it was words. I fastened the two pages together and made the marks back through. But these words don't mean anything either. 06:17.000 --> 06:23.000 Cure, wait, poor. I think they were cut out of the book, because the marks are above and below each word. 06:24.000 --> 06:27.000 Sure, that's kid stuff. You know, cut out words and paste them to write a letter. 06:27.000 --> 06:39.000 Cut them up? Well, of course. Let's see. There's poor, your, fifty, instructions, her, Melanie, Melanie. 06:40.000 --> 06:43.000 Oh, Melanie. That was Olivia de Havilland in the picture. 06:44.000 --> 06:52.000 Really? I wouldn't know. Now, I'll start with the word fifty. It's an adjective and must modify something. 06:53.000 --> 06:54.000 Oh, natch, natch. 06:54.000 --> 07:03.000 Fifty health. No. Fifty instructions. Could be, but it's awkward. Fifty grand. Well, it's slang, but it does mean something. 07:04.000 --> 07:06.000 Tell the world fifty grand means something. 07:07.000 --> 07:14.000 Now, a noun must be followed by a verb. Fifty grand to wait or to cure. I'll try that. Fifty grand to cure. 07:15.000 --> 07:16.000 That's a plenty expensive cure, that. 07:17.000 --> 07:20.000 Now, her. Fifty grand to cure her, her. 07:21.000 --> 07:22.000 Melanie, a girl's name. 07:22.000 --> 07:31.000 Melanie, why yes. All the other words pair off perfectly now. Your Melanie, poor health, wait instructions. 07:32.000 --> 07:33.000 Fifty grand to cure her. 07:34.000 --> 07:37.000 That's it, Maggie. The words couldn't possibly go in any other order. 07:38.000 --> 07:40.000 Yeah. So, now you've solved the puzzle, let's get to bed. 07:41.000 --> 07:44.000 Well, all right. I suppose I have to wait until the morning to call the police. 07:45.000 --> 07:47.000 The police? Just because a book was torn? 07:48.000 --> 07:49.000 No, because it's a ransom note. 07:49.000 --> 07:51.000 Oh, prudence. 07:52.000 --> 07:59.000 Can't you see? That's what it says. Some poor girl named Melanie has been kidnapped and is being held for ransom. For fifty grand. 08:00.000 --> 08:02.000 It's our duty as citizens to help her. 08:02.000 --> 08:09.000 For Suspense, Roma Wines are bringing you as star, Miss Myrna Loy, in Library Book by Conel Woolrich. 08:09.000 --> 08:36.000 For Suspense, Roma Wines are bringing you as star, Miss Myrna Loy, in Library Book by Conel Woolrich. 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I'm Lieutenant Murphy from Headquarters. 10:20.000 --> 10:21.000 Oh, you're a detective? 10:22.000 --> 10:23.000 Well, that's what my paycheck says, ma'am. 10:24.000 --> 10:28.000 Oh, well, of course, you're not in uniform. But come over here behind my desk. I want to show you something. 10:29.000 --> 10:30.000 Yes, ma'am. 10:31.000 --> 10:32.000 Has anyone been kidnapped lately? 10:33.000 --> 10:34.000 Huh, what? 10:34.000 --> 10:35.000 Anyone named Melanie? Do you know? 10:36.000 --> 10:37.000 Why? 10:37.000 --> 10:44.000 Well, this book came back to the Library damaged, and I deciphered a kidnapped message from the damaged page. See? Read it. 10:45.000 --> 10:49.000 You deciphered this note? 10:50.000 --> 10:53.000 You're laughing at me. I want to do my duty, and you laugh. 10:54.000 --> 10:57.000 Oh, no, ma'am, no, ma'am. We'll check on... Well, say, what do you know? 10:58.000 --> 10:59.000 Yes, what is it? 11:00.000 --> 11:05.000 Oh, nothing, nothing, miss. You took your glasses off, that's all. What did you say your name was again, miss? 11:05.000 --> 11:08.000 My name is Miss Prudence Roberts. What has that got to do with this? 11:09.000 --> 11:13.000 Well, we have to know the source of our information. Yeah, yeah, this does look like a ransom note now that I look at it. 11:14.000 --> 11:15.000 Of course it does. 11:16.000 --> 11:20.000 But we haven't any case on deck right now that this could possibly fit into. I never heard of a ransom note without a kidnapped case. 11:21.000 --> 11:27.000 Oh, you haven't? Very well. I'm sorry I bothered you. We have to close the Library now, so good evening. 11:28.000 --> 11:30.000 Just a minute, miss. What are you going to do? 11:30.000 --> 11:38.000 I'm going to find out who damaged this book. Do you see this card? These are all the people who have taken the book out. Six altogether. 11:39.000 --> 11:42.000 Lucille Baumgarten, August Beasley, Walter Evans, Jeanette Fren. 11:43.000 --> 11:46.000 Well, that's fine, miss. Look, maybe I could drop around and see how you're making out. Tomorrow? 11:47.000 --> 11:49.000 No, I wouldn't inconvenience you. You needn't bother. 11:50.000 --> 11:53.000 Gee, miss, you talk such good English. I try to. 11:54.000 --> 11:56.000 Well, look, could I see you home? It's pretty late, you know. 11:56.000 --> 12:04.000 I feel quite safe, thank you. The worst that ever happened to me was one night when a vulgar masher spoke to me. He said, Hi, toots. Imagine. 12:05.000 --> 12:07.000 Oh, did you have your glasses on? 12:08.000 --> 12:13.000 Why, come to think of it, that was the time I'd left them to be repaired. How very peculiar. 12:14.000 --> 12:17.000 Yeah, yeah. Say, miss, how would you like to see a picture tonight with me, huh? 12:18.000 --> 12:21.000 I wouldn't think of going out with someone I've met only once, Lieutenant. 12:22.000 --> 12:24.000 Oh, yeah, yeah. I guess you wouldn't. 12:24.000 --> 12:30.000 And besides, because the police of this city are obviously so inefficient, I have a great deal of work to do. 12:31.000 --> 12:33.000 Yes, Lieutenant Murphy, I'm going to be very busy tonight. 12:45.000 --> 12:50.000 Miss Baumgarten, I only wanted to make sure. You're sure the page was missing when you read it? 12:50.000 --> 12:57.000 Oh, it was missing all right, I remember, because it took me quite a while to figure out what happened, but I finally did so it didn't worry me. 12:58.000 --> 13:00.000 Say, I'm not going to be in any trouble over this, am I? 13:01.000 --> 13:03.000 No, it was damaged by someone before you. 13:08.000 --> 13:14.000 But miss, I didn't even read the book. I saw the name on it, see, Gone with the Wind, so I thought it was about airplanes. 13:14.000 --> 13:23.000 I'm building a glider, but when I started to read it, criminally. I think they ought to name books so you know what you're getting. It'd save a lot of trouble. 13:28.000 --> 13:37.000 My dear young lady, a man of my age and education is aware of the value of books and cares for them properly, even novels. 13:37.000 --> 13:47.000 Yes, yes, I remember that page was missing, obviously ripped out, an act of wanton destruction. Shocking, shocking. 14:01.000 --> 14:02.000 Yes, what do you want? 14:03.000 --> 14:05.000 Does Miss Jeanette Craig live here? 14:05.000 --> 14:06.000 What's that? 14:07.000 --> 14:08.000 Does Miss Jeanette Craig live here? 14:09.000 --> 14:10.000 She did, she moved. 14:11.000 --> 14:12.000 When did she move? 14:13.000 --> 14:14.000 About two weeks ago Monday, I think. Yes, on the seventeenth. 14:15.000 --> 14:17.000 But she returned this book on the eighteenth. 14:18.000 --> 14:21.000 That book? Oh no, I was the one that returned that for her. I was cleaning out a room and I found it. 14:22.000 --> 14:27.000 Well, I work in the public library and this book was damaged. I wanted to speak to Miss Craig about it. 14:28.000 --> 14:33.000 Well, all I know is that she didn't expect to go when she did. Her room still paid for her and she left most of her things. 14:33.000 --> 14:40.000 Ah. Someone took sick and sent for her, they said. They called for her late one night and off she went in a rush with two men. 14:41.000 --> 14:43.000 But if she left her belongings, she'll be coming back for them. 14:44.000 --> 14:45.000 Well, I guess she will or she'll send for them. 14:46.000 --> 14:49.000 Uh, uh, when did you say her room would be available? 14:50.000 --> 14:53.000 Her room? Yes, I'm thinking of moving and I like this neighborhood and I thought... 14:54.000 --> 14:57.000 Oh well, come right in and I'll show it to you. Now it's real nice, first floor. 14:57.000 --> 15:02.000 Careful, it's dark in these halls. I'm used to it and I can roam around with my eyes shut and still... 15:03.000 --> 15:10.000 Still, find my way. Now this was her room. Come in, it's real nice in the daytime. 15:11.000 --> 15:13.000 Is the closet good and deep? 15:14.000 --> 15:20.000 Well, go ahead and look. That's her things in there and some real nice things too. I don't see how they do it in the nightclub, Dancer. 15:20.000 --> 15:29.000 Yes, lovely things. Funny, this monogram is M.S. and on this bag too. Those aren't her initials. 15:30.000 --> 15:34.000 Oh, you know how it is. These girls lend each other their clothes, probably belongs to a friend of hers. 15:35.000 --> 15:38.000 Uh, did you ever hear her mention Melanie? 15:39.000 --> 15:42.000 Oh no, we don't allow any eating in the rooms. 15:43.000 --> 15:45.000 Well, I'll take it, but I have a roommate. 15:46.000 --> 15:47.000 That's all right with me. 15:47.000 --> 15:49.000 Fine, I'll get her and we'll move in tonight. 15:50.000 --> 15:54.000 Tonight? Well, all right, I'll move Miss Craig's things into my room then. 15:55.000 --> 16:01.000 Oh no, no, no, leave them right here. I mean, you don't have to bother. We'll have plenty of space. The closet is so large. 16:02.000 --> 16:03.000 No, just as you say. 16:04.000 --> 16:09.000 And anyway, I want to know when someone comes for her things because I do want to find out where Miss Craig is. 16:10.000 --> 16:14.000 You see, I'm terribly anxious about the book. I really am. 16:14.000 --> 16:32.000 Oh, Prudence, you and your mystery. We move out of a perfectly good apartment into a room next door to a pool hall. 16:33.000 --> 16:36.000 But I have to find out where Jeanette Craig is. 16:37.000 --> 16:41.000 Even when the lights are out, we have that darn neon sign. Chop Suey, Chop Suey. 16:41.000 --> 16:49.000 But don't you think it's strange, Maggie, all her things initialed M-S instead of J-C. M could stand for... 16:50.000 --> 16:58.000 Hey, hey listen, what's that? Someone's unlocking the door. Holy smoke. Someone's come for her clothes, I know it. 17:01.000 --> 17:04.000 Yes? What do you want? 17:05.000 --> 17:07.000 Well, I didn't expect to see... 17:07.000 --> 17:15.000 We rented this room today. Wait, I'll turn on the light. Now, what do you want? 17:16.000 --> 17:17.000 Well, you see, I was sent to get something... 17:18.000 --> 17:19.000 How'd you get a key? 17:20.000 --> 17:23.000 I know. You've come for Miss Craig's things, is that it? 17:24.000 --> 17:30.000 Yeah, Miss, that's right. It's a good thing you rented a room because I come to pay up and settle everything. This way it's going to be a lot easier. 17:31.000 --> 17:35.000 This way you can just take the things. They're right here in the closet. I'll help you. 17:35.000 --> 17:37.000 Yes? Well, thanks. 17:38.000 --> 17:41.000 Here. It's quite a load, isn't it? 17:42.000 --> 17:44.000 Well, it's like more than a dozen times. 17:45.000 --> 17:48.000 You'll have to make two trips. There are so many things. 17:49.000 --> 17:52.000 Well, I'll be right back as soon as I get these in the car. 17:53.000 --> 17:55.000 Quick, Maggie, I have to dress. Help me. 17:56.000 --> 17:57.000 Why didn't you ask him where this girl... 17:57.000 --> 18:04.000 I can't ask him. Now, look, Maggie, I'm going to slip out now. While he's in here, I'm going downstairs. 18:05.000 --> 18:07.000 Why are you messing in this? 18:08.000 --> 18:11.000 And I want you to cover up for me and delay him as long as possible. 18:12.000 --> 18:13.000 Oh, Jeepers, what are you going to do? 18:14.000 --> 18:18.000 Come here. Look out the window. See his car down there, the long black one? 18:18.000 --> 18:26.000 Yeah, yeah, I see it. Well, I'm going to get in that taxi and follow him. 18:38.000 --> 18:41.000 Driver, he's awfully far ahead. 18:42.000 --> 18:46.000 Lady, I know this game backwards. It's been 20 miles and I haven't lost him yet. 18:46.000 --> 18:50.000 Keep close watch. He may turn off in an effort to evade us. 18:51.000 --> 18:54.000 I'll see him. Hey, what's the matter? He move out on you, huh? 18:55.000 --> 18:59.000 Well, I don't blame you for being sore. But, lady, there's all kinds of angles. 19:00.000 --> 19:01.000 I beg your pardon. 19:02.000 --> 19:06.000 For instance, I notice you wear glasses. Now, there's a saying, men never make passes at girls who wear... 19:07.000 --> 19:09.000 Please, will you confine yourself to your driving? 19:10.000 --> 19:14.000 Okay, okay. Hey, look, he turned. 19:14.000 --> 19:19.000 Oh, hurry. Why? We're way out in the country. 19:20.000 --> 19:23.000 Oh, you said it. He's turning off again, up ahead. Probably a driveway. 19:24.000 --> 19:25.000 Pull up at the entrance. 19:26.000 --> 19:29.000 Okay. Well, this must be it. 19:31.000 --> 19:34.000 There's a house and there's the car. 19:35.000 --> 19:37.000 Oh, what a lonely looking place. 19:38.000 --> 19:40.000 Yeah. Now what? 19:40.000 --> 19:43.000 Well, you wait here, driver. 19:44.000 --> 19:49.000 One minute, lady. The time has come to tell you I got you clocked at seven bucks and 85 cents. 19:50.000 --> 19:53.000 That much? And I forgot my pocketbook. 19:54.000 --> 19:56.000 I thought so, the old game. 19:57.000 --> 19:59.000 But I have money at home. 20:00.000 --> 20:04.000 Outside. You heard me? Outside. 20:04.000 --> 20:10.000 Outside. That's right. Now, if you was a man, I'd take it out of your jaw. 20:11.000 --> 20:12.000 As it is. 20:13.000 --> 20:14.000 Oh, please. You aren't going to leave me. 20:15.000 --> 20:16.000 Yeah. You're gonna walk. 20:17.000 --> 20:18.000 But you can't leave me here. 20:19.000 --> 20:22.000 Lady, I can. Anyway, I might have a phone in the house. 20:23.000 --> 20:25.000 Huh. I don't even know where I am. 20:26.000 --> 20:29.000 I'll tell you where you are, baby. You're on your own. 20:29.000 --> 20:33.000 Oh. Oh. To think anyone could be so... 20:34.000 --> 20:35.000 I'll report you. 20:44.000 --> 20:46.000 Hey. Hey, you. 20:47.000 --> 20:48.000 Huh? Oh, good heavens. 20:49.000 --> 20:51.000 Quick. Quick. Come closer, please. 20:52.000 --> 20:56.000 All right. Oh, please. Take me away from here. Please help me get away from here. 20:56.000 --> 20:58.000 Who are you? Melanie Stephenson. They won't let me go. 20:59.000 --> 21:00.000 I think they're gonna kill me. 21:01.000 --> 21:04.000 Melanie? Ah. But where is Miss Craig? 21:05.000 --> 21:08.000 I'm Miss Craig. Oh, please. I'll tell you later. But get me out of here. 21:09.000 --> 21:11.000 Well, can you climb through and drop from the sill? 21:12.000 --> 21:15.000 No, no. I'm chained to the bed. Oh, please. Hurry. Bring someone back with you. 21:16.000 --> 21:17.000 That's the only way I can get out of here. 21:18.000 --> 21:21.000 All right. All right. I'll run back and phone Lieutenant Murphy and the police will... 21:21.000 --> 21:25.000 Oh, no, they won't. Come in, toots, and stay a while. 21:26.000 --> 21:27.000 But I... You see, I... 21:28.000 --> 21:34.000 Oh, hello. So we meet again. So you had a nice long ride following me, huh? 21:35.000 --> 21:37.000 Get in. Oh. But you can't... 21:38.000 --> 21:42.000 No, no, no. Don't be bashful. You ain't going nowhere else from here. 21:43.000 --> 21:47.000 Not even to phone your friend, Lieutenant Murphy. You've reached the end of the road, babe. 21:47.000 --> 21:50.000 Positively the end of the road. 22:01.000 --> 22:04.000 Oh, Murphy. Close the door and sit down. This is important. 22:05.000 --> 22:06.000 Okay, Captain. Why, what's up? 22:07.000 --> 22:09.000 Kidnapping case, Murphy. I only hope we're not too late. 22:10.000 --> 22:13.000 That man who just left my office was Martin Stevenson. Yeah, who's been kidnapped? 22:13.000 --> 22:18.000 His daughter. This is the story. She ran away from home a few months ago to work in a nightclub. 22:19.000 --> 22:21.000 Took another name. Didn't even let her family know where she was living. 22:22.000 --> 22:25.000 That's why they didn't know when she disappeared, so it wasn't reported until now. 22:26.000 --> 22:28.000 How'd she disappear? Well, her father doesn't know. 22:29.000 --> 22:32.000 But it looks like someone recognized her in the club, knew that Stevenson's had dough, and grabbed her. 22:33.000 --> 22:35.000 Well, first thing the old man knows, he gets a ransom note. 22:36.000 --> 22:39.000 You know, the usual kind, words cut out of something and pasted on paper to look like a telegram. 22:39.000 --> 22:42.000 Words pasted on... Captain, what was the daughter's name? 22:43.000 --> 22:45.000 Melani, I think. Melani. 22:46.000 --> 22:49.000 Chief, you know, you should have had her order read more, like me. 22:50.000 --> 22:52.000 It's Melanie. Like, yeah, like in Gone with the Wind. 22:53.000 --> 22:55.000 She has the same note. The same note. 22:56.000 --> 22:59.000 What are you raving about? The note that librarian Miss Roberts called us about. Remember, I told you. 23:00.000 --> 23:02.000 Remember what a laugh it handed us? Yeah, say that's right. 23:03.000 --> 23:05.000 She must be a pretty smart girl. Maybe we ought to talk to her. 23:06.000 --> 23:07.000 Yeah, just a minute. I got her phone number. I'll call her up. 23:07.000 --> 23:11.000 Oh, so you got her phone number. Huh? I thought you said she wears glasses. 23:12.000 --> 23:15.000 Well, I got it, Cap, just in case I turned up any information. 23:16.000 --> 23:20.000 That's funny, she don't answer. 23:21.000 --> 23:23.000 Well, she might know one or two people besides you, Merlin. 23:24.000 --> 23:25.000 Yeah, but she's got a roommate. 23:25.000 --> 23:39.000 Oh, well, I guess I can see her in the morning. That's soon enough. 23:40.000 --> 23:42.000 Oh, prudent, they're going to kill us. I know it. 23:43.000 --> 23:47.000 They're sure you already went to the police. They're desperate. Maybe tonight they'll do it. 23:48.000 --> 23:50.000 I guess they could kill us and still collect the ransom. 23:51.000 --> 23:53.000 But I don't think... No, they won't dare. 23:53.000 --> 23:54.000 What are you doing? 23:55.000 --> 23:59.000 Still trying to get this chain off my wrist. If I could open the padlock... 24:00.000 --> 24:03.000 Oh, if you could only move it away from the window sooner. 24:04.000 --> 24:12.000 Hey, look at that. Someone on the stairs. They're carrying something up. Listen. 24:13.000 --> 24:17.000 Have you got enough, Duke? We want to pour a lot on the stairs. 24:18.000 --> 24:20.000 A lot of what? Plenty. I got plenty. 24:20.000 --> 24:24.000 What's that smell, prudence? It's like... gasoline. 24:25.000 --> 24:27.000 Oh, no. No, they couldn't do that. 24:28.000 --> 24:30.000 Come on, Duke. Get in the car. I've got to start it. 24:31.000 --> 24:32.000 Oh, they're going to burn us alive. 24:33.000 --> 24:34.000 Shh. I want to hear. 24:35.000 --> 24:36.000 Be right with you as soon as I get mecha clipping ahead. 24:37.000 --> 24:39.000 Why worry? The smoke will get them. Come on. 24:40.000 --> 24:42.000 No, I'm soft-hearted. It won't take a minute. 24:43.000 --> 24:48.000 Oh, prudent. Prudent. Shh. Get under bed, quick. That's right. Way back. Now don't make a sound. 24:48.000 --> 24:50.000 Okay, Duke. Step on it. 24:51.000 --> 24:52.000 All right, ladies. Where are you? 24:53.000 --> 24:57.000 Oh, I don't need to like to find you. You're so attached to that bed. 24:59.000 --> 25:01.000 Come on, come on, come on. Where are you? 25:02.000 --> 25:05.000 So you're being cute. Well, that ain't going to help any because... 25:06.000 --> 25:10.000 Oh, trip me up, you little... 25:11.000 --> 25:16.000 Mully, you unutterable mully. This is a good strong shoe and I'm going to... 25:16.000 --> 25:19.000 Trying to hit two helpless girls. 25:20.000 --> 25:21.000 Oh, no. 25:22.000 --> 25:23.000 Prudent, the fire. Look. 25:24.000 --> 25:26.000 Oh, I'm getting out of here. Just have it your way, baby. Just have it your way. 25:27.000 --> 25:28.000 Help. Help. 25:29.000 --> 25:30.000 Prudent. 25:31.000 --> 25:32.000 Melanie, will you stop that awful noise? 25:33.000 --> 25:34.000 I don't want to die like this. I don't want to die like this. 25:35.000 --> 25:36.000 Well, neither do I, but I have my dignity. 25:37.000 --> 25:38.000 Help. Help. 25:39.000 --> 25:42.000 Hush. Please, hush. I want to see what they do. 25:43.000 --> 25:44.000 What difference does it make they're leaving? 25:44.000 --> 25:48.000 Yes, they're in the car, but the car is pulling up in front. 25:49.000 --> 25:52.000 Melanie, two cars. They've come. They found us. 25:53.000 --> 25:55.000 The police. Lieutenant Murphy and two carlers. 25:56.000 --> 25:57.000 Oh, listen. 25:58.000 --> 25:59.000 Oh, wait. I know. 26:00.000 --> 26:02.000 That's it, Lieutenant. That's the way. 26:03.000 --> 26:04.000 Jump. Jump. 26:05.000 --> 26:08.000 They've caught both of them, Eddie and Duke. It's wonderful. 26:09.000 --> 26:12.000 Lieutenant Murphy and Maggie's with him. That's how we knew. 26:12.000 --> 26:13.000 Come on. Jump, Miss Roberts. 26:14.000 --> 26:16.000 We can't jump, Lieutenant. We're chained to the bed. 26:17.000 --> 26:18.000 He's coming up. 26:19.000 --> 26:20.000 Oh, but can he get through? The stairs are full of smoke. 26:21.000 --> 26:22.000 Can he get through, Lieutenant Murphy? 26:23.000 --> 26:25.000 Listen, fire won't stop him. 26:26.000 --> 26:27.000 We're in here. 26:28.000 --> 26:29.000 Where? 26:30.000 --> 26:31.000 Over here in the corner. 26:32.000 --> 26:33.000 Where's the padlock? 26:34.000 --> 26:35.000 Right here. Between us. 26:36.000 --> 26:37.000 Okay. Now, look. I'm going to smash you with this flashlight, I hope. 26:38.000 --> 26:39.000 Turn your face. 26:39.000 --> 26:41.000 There, there. That does it. It's open. 26:42.000 --> 26:43.000 Are you Melanie Stevenson? 26:44.000 --> 26:45.000 Yes. 26:46.000 --> 26:47.000 Now, look. You're going to have to jump. They'll break your fall. They're going to net down. 26:48.000 --> 26:49.000 Oh, I can't. I'm afraid. 26:50.000 --> 26:51.000 Your father's down there. 26:52.000 --> 26:53.000 Father? 26:54.000 --> 26:55.000 Yeah, yeah. Now, come on. That's the barrel. Up on the ledge. 26:56.000 --> 26:57.000 I'm afraid. 26:58.000 --> 26:59.000 That's right. Now, don't let the fire confuse you. Just push off. 27:00.000 --> 27:01.000 That's it. Okay. 27:02.000 --> 27:03.000 Did it? Did they catch him? 27:04.000 --> 27:05.000 Yeah, sure. Now, next. 27:06.000 --> 27:07.000 All right. 27:07.000 --> 27:09.000 I'm going to go see why we ought. Why, could I? 27:10.000 --> 27:12.000 Miss Roberts, prudence. 27:13.000 --> 27:17.000 Well, what do you know? After all this, she faints. 27:33.000 --> 27:35.000 It's awfully nice of you to drive me home, Lieutenant. 27:35.000 --> 27:39.000 Oh, forget it. Forget it. I'm just thankful I had enough sense to try and find you tonight. 27:40.000 --> 27:41.000 How did you find me? 27:42.000 --> 27:44.000 Well, first I went to your apartment, and from there I found where you moved to. 27:45.000 --> 27:49.000 And Maggie knew which cab you took tonight, and well, after that it was pi. 27:50.000 --> 27:54.000 It was so melodramatic the way you got there just in time. 27:55.000 --> 28:00.000 Yeah? Oh, you know, I can't get over the way you talk, Miss Roberts. 28:00.000 --> 28:04.000 Every word so clear, just like a poem. 28:05.000 --> 28:06.000 Poem. 28:07.000 --> 28:08.000 Yeah, that's what I said. Poem. 28:09.000 --> 28:13.000 I certainly hope I'm going to see you some now that the excitement's over. 28:14.000 --> 28:15.000 Well, um... 28:16.000 --> 28:18.000 Look, look, there's a real highbrow picture showing right near your place. 28:19.000 --> 28:20.000 I'd sure like to take you to. 28:21.000 --> 28:22.000 No, I'm sorry. 28:23.000 --> 28:24.000 Well, I just thought I'd ask. 28:25.000 --> 28:27.000 But if you know of a good, fast murder picture with a lot of shooting... 28:27.000 --> 28:29.000 Miss Roberts? 28:30.000 --> 28:31.000 Can that Miss Roberts? 28:32.000 --> 28:34.000 Prudence. Hey, hey, wait, what are you doing? 28:35.000 --> 28:39.000 I'm throwing my glasses out of the window. 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