WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:11.640 Now, Roma Wines, R-O-M-A, made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 00:11.640 --> 00:16.560 Roma Wines presents Suspense. 00:16.560 --> 00:24.880 Tonight, Roma Wines bring you Mr. Sheldon Leonard and Mr. Elliot Reid in Feast of the 00:24.880 --> 00:25.880 Furies. 00:25.880 --> 00:33.400 A Suspense play produced, edited, and directed for Roma Wines by William Spears. 00:33.400 --> 00:43.360 Suspense, radio's outstanding theater of thrills, is presented for your enjoyment by Roma Wines. 00:43.360 --> 00:49.720 That's R-O-M-A, Roma Wines, those excellent California wines that can add so much pleasantness 00:49.720 --> 00:54.440 to the way you live, to your happiness in entertaining guests, to your enjoyment of 00:54.440 --> 00:55.720 everyday meals. 00:55.720 --> 01:01.000 Yes, right now a glass full would be very pleasant as Roma Wines bring you Sheldon Leonard 01:01.000 --> 01:10.040 and Elliot Reid in a remarkable tale of Suspense. 01:10.040 --> 01:12.080 I just followed the orders. 01:12.080 --> 01:14.720 I did just like I was told. 01:14.720 --> 01:21.640 After all, when your boss tells you, we, I didn't exactly want to do it, but it's good 01:21.640 --> 01:24.600 pay and I like good pay. 01:24.600 --> 01:27.680 The boss, money's not everything they say. 01:27.680 --> 01:33.920 Well, what happens if there ain't any and then he ain't got no clothes and no food 01:33.920 --> 01:37.400 or nothing. 01:37.400 --> 01:40.160 I did just like I was told. 01:40.160 --> 01:46.880 I took the man where I was supposed to and I watched him a little while and then I walked 01:46.880 --> 01:49.160 away and left him. 01:49.160 --> 01:52.480 He sure was a little fella. 01:52.480 --> 01:55.720 I felt kind of sorry for him in a way. 01:55.720 --> 02:00.920 He looked harmless to me, kind of sad too. 02:00.920 --> 02:08.400 I wanted to be his friend, but well, I had to cock him once over the back of the head. 02:08.400 --> 02:11.560 Made a funny sound. 02:11.560 --> 02:13.080 Guess it didn't hurt him much though. 02:13.080 --> 02:21.560 After I tied him up and sat him up in the car beside me, he came to in a little while. 02:21.560 --> 02:24.600 Well, hello. 02:24.600 --> 02:28.720 How you feeling, Bennett? 02:28.720 --> 02:31.560 My head, it hurts. 02:31.560 --> 02:34.040 Yeah, I guess it will for a while. 02:34.040 --> 02:35.320 There's a lump. 02:35.320 --> 02:37.360 Well, I guess there would be. 02:37.360 --> 02:39.560 I'm sorry, little fella. 02:39.560 --> 02:41.200 My hands. 02:41.200 --> 02:43.000 They're tied. 02:43.000 --> 02:44.480 My feet are too. 02:44.480 --> 02:45.800 Yeah, they sure are. 02:45.800 --> 02:47.520 I tied them. 02:47.520 --> 02:48.520 But why? 02:48.520 --> 02:51.840 Well, I didn't want to get rough again. 02:51.840 --> 02:53.720 You're such a little guy. 02:53.720 --> 02:56.120 I don't even know you. 02:56.120 --> 02:59.080 Well, I don't know you. 02:59.080 --> 03:01.600 Who are you? 03:01.600 --> 03:03.400 Just call me Casey. 03:03.400 --> 03:06.880 My last name, well, it don't matter. 03:06.880 --> 03:07.880 Casey. 03:07.880 --> 03:10.800 I don't know anybody by that name. 03:10.800 --> 03:13.280 I don't know. 03:13.280 --> 03:14.280 My head. 03:14.280 --> 03:17.000 Now look, we could have a nice trip out of this. 03:17.000 --> 03:18.320 This is a beautiful drive. 03:18.320 --> 03:19.880 Can you see out there? 03:19.880 --> 03:23.520 See, we're driving right along next to the ocean. 03:23.520 --> 03:24.520 Where are you taking me? 03:24.520 --> 03:26.000 Oh, it's not far. 03:26.000 --> 03:27.920 Now don't start acting up. 03:27.920 --> 03:30.720 I want this to be a pleasant trip. 03:30.720 --> 03:32.080 I like company. 03:32.080 --> 03:37.920 Sure, but my hands, they hurt. 03:37.920 --> 03:40.440 Couldn't you just loosen the rope a little? 03:40.440 --> 03:43.240 I don't think I should. 03:43.240 --> 03:47.560 You might try something and then, well, I don't think I'd better. 03:47.560 --> 03:49.560 I don't have any money, you know. 03:49.560 --> 03:54.360 Oh, you don't think I'm a thief, do you? 03:54.360 --> 03:55.640 I can't figure it out. 03:55.640 --> 03:56.640 That's all. 03:56.640 --> 03:57.640 Never you mind. 03:57.640 --> 03:59.280 You just lean back and enjoy yourself. 03:59.280 --> 04:02.240 Gee, that ocean is big, eh? 04:02.240 --> 04:03.240 Just look at it. 04:03.240 --> 04:04.240 Look at those waves. 04:04.240 --> 04:05.240 They never stop. 04:05.240 --> 04:08.240 They just keep flapping. 04:08.240 --> 04:09.240 Uh-huh. 04:09.240 --> 04:10.240 Casey. 04:10.240 --> 04:11.240 Yeah? 04:11.240 --> 04:12.240 Got a cigarette? 04:12.240 --> 04:13.240 Yeah, sure, Ding. 04:13.240 --> 04:16.240 Sure, I'll even light it for you. 04:16.240 --> 04:17.240 Here. 04:17.240 --> 04:18.240 Thanks. 04:18.240 --> 04:21.240 Oh, that's all right. 04:21.240 --> 04:23.240 I want to be your friend. 04:23.240 --> 04:26.240 Well, that is if you let me. 04:26.240 --> 04:28.240 Sure, we'll be friends. 04:28.240 --> 04:29.240 Just no rough stuff. 04:29.240 --> 04:30.240 Oh, no. 04:30.240 --> 04:31.240 No rough stuff. 04:31.240 --> 04:36.240 Gee, the cigarette tastes good. 04:36.240 --> 04:38.240 Yeah, yeah. 04:38.240 --> 04:42.240 Uh, your name is Sam, ain't it? 04:42.240 --> 04:43.240 Yeah. 04:43.240 --> 04:44.240 Why? 04:44.240 --> 04:46.240 Well, I just wanted to make sure. 04:46.240 --> 04:48.240 What do you mean? 04:48.240 --> 04:52.240 Well, I got to be sure I got the right guy, just like he told me. 04:52.240 --> 04:53.240 Who told you? 04:53.240 --> 04:54.240 Oh, never mind. 04:54.240 --> 04:55.240 Never mind. 04:55.240 --> 04:58.240 Are we going far? 04:58.240 --> 05:00.240 No, not much further. 05:00.240 --> 05:02.240 You can even help me look for the place. 05:02.240 --> 05:03.240 What place? 05:03.240 --> 05:06.240 They fish there in the summer. 05:06.240 --> 05:08.240 Summer's gone now. 05:08.240 --> 05:10.240 Won't be anyone there. 05:10.240 --> 05:12.240 There'll be a sign. 05:12.240 --> 05:15.240 It'll be on your side of the road. 05:15.240 --> 05:19.240 It'll say Cook's Place Live Bait. 05:19.240 --> 05:20.240 A big sign. 05:20.240 --> 05:24.240 Hey, I smell some butter. 05:24.240 --> 05:25.240 I don't smell anything. 05:25.240 --> 05:27.240 Oh, now look at you. 05:27.240 --> 05:28.240 See what you've done. 05:28.240 --> 05:31.240 You're trying to burn that rowboat. 05:31.240 --> 05:33.240 Guess I got to stop the car. 05:33.240 --> 05:36.240 But my hands, they're numb. 05:36.240 --> 05:39.240 I'm disappointed in you, Sam. 05:39.240 --> 05:43.240 Well, the only point in the end is the rowboat. 05:43.240 --> 05:45.240 There's no harm done. 05:45.240 --> 05:47.240 You can't trust no one these days. 05:47.240 --> 05:49.240 I'm sorry, Casey. 05:49.240 --> 05:50.240 I won't do it again. 05:50.240 --> 05:52.240 The sun's gone down fast. 05:52.240 --> 05:54.240 I guess I'd better step out. 05:54.240 --> 05:55.240 Got to be on time. 05:55.240 --> 05:56.240 Meeting someone? 05:56.240 --> 05:58.240 No, not just me anymore. 05:58.240 --> 06:01.240 There'll be no one else. 06:01.240 --> 06:03.240 It's getting cold. 06:03.240 --> 06:05.240 I wish I had some coffee. 06:05.240 --> 06:07.240 Yeah, I sure would like some, too. 06:07.240 --> 06:10.240 Couldn't we stop at the next stand we see? 06:10.240 --> 06:11.240 I wouldn't try anything. 06:11.240 --> 06:14.240 Well, I'll think about it. 06:14.240 --> 06:16.240 Look, we're coming to a place. 06:16.240 --> 06:18.240 How about it? 06:18.240 --> 06:20.240 I don't think I'd better. 06:20.240 --> 06:22.240 No, there's too many people. 06:22.240 --> 06:25.240 I'll get some on my way back. 06:25.240 --> 06:27.240 You'll get some. 06:27.240 --> 06:29.240 But me? 06:29.240 --> 06:31.240 Me? 06:31.240 --> 06:33.240 Gee, Sam, I'm sorry. 06:33.240 --> 06:35.240 You ain't ever coming back. 06:49.240 --> 06:51.240 For suspense, Roma Wines are bringing you 06:51.240 --> 06:55.240 Sheldon Leonard and Elliot Reed in Feast of the Furies, 06:55.240 --> 06:57.240 a radio play by David R. 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10:16.240 --> 10:18.240 The poles under the wharf. 10:18.240 --> 10:19.240 Poles? 10:19.240 --> 10:20.240 Hey, come on. 10:20.240 --> 10:22.240 We've got to walk over there under the wharf. 10:22.240 --> 10:23.240 Might not be so windy, Dan. 10:23.240 --> 10:26.240 Yeah. 10:26.240 --> 10:27.240 What time is it? 10:27.240 --> 10:29.240 It's a quarter after seven. 10:29.240 --> 10:31.240 Yeah, I'm just on time. 10:31.240 --> 10:34.240 Look, Casey, I don't understand all this. 10:34.240 --> 10:36.240 Don't think about it, Sam. 10:36.240 --> 10:38.240 We just got a job to do. 10:38.240 --> 10:40.240 And let's get it over with. 10:40.240 --> 10:42.240 But out here, there's no one. 10:42.240 --> 10:43.240 The wharf's deserted. 10:43.240 --> 10:46.240 Hey, look, I just do what I'm told. 10:46.240 --> 10:49.240 I get paid for it, and I don't ask questions. 10:49.240 --> 10:51.240 I know that, Casey, but don't you see? 10:51.240 --> 10:52.240 I don't know you. 10:52.240 --> 10:54.240 I've never done anything. 10:54.240 --> 10:55.240 You're all mixed up. 10:55.240 --> 10:58.240 Come over here and sit down by this pole. 10:58.240 --> 11:01.240 The tenth pole from the end of the wharf, Sam. 11:01.240 --> 11:03.240 Sure, Casey. 11:03.240 --> 11:07.240 Sure. 11:07.240 --> 11:08.240 The sand's wet. 11:08.240 --> 11:11.240 I can't help it, little fella. 11:11.240 --> 11:14.240 You're going to untie my hands now? 11:14.240 --> 11:15.240 Yeah. 11:15.240 --> 11:18.240 I'm going to untie them, but remember... 11:18.240 --> 11:19.240 Okay, Casey. 11:19.240 --> 11:21.240 I'm no fool. 11:21.240 --> 11:23.240 You're twice as big as I am. 11:23.240 --> 11:27.240 Well, just remember that, then. 11:27.240 --> 11:33.240 Gee, you get skinny wrists like a woman's. 11:33.240 --> 11:36.240 I tied this pretty good, didn't I? 11:36.240 --> 11:38.240 Yeah, a bit better. 11:38.240 --> 11:40.240 Much better. 11:40.240 --> 11:41.240 What a relief. 11:41.240 --> 11:42.240 Thanks. 11:42.240 --> 11:43.240 You'd better rub them good. 11:43.240 --> 11:44.240 Yeah. 11:44.240 --> 11:46.240 Bring back the circulation. 11:46.240 --> 11:47.240 Yeah, yeah. 11:47.240 --> 11:51.240 See, I got to tie them again. 11:51.240 --> 11:53.240 Only back at the pole. 11:53.240 --> 11:54.240 No, Casey, no. 11:54.240 --> 11:55.240 What have I got? 11:55.240 --> 11:56.240 They're thems orders. 11:56.240 --> 11:57.240 Whose orders, Casey? 11:57.240 --> 11:58.240 Whose orders? 11:58.240 --> 11:59.240 My boss's. 11:59.240 --> 12:01.240 Everyone's got a boss. 12:01.240 --> 12:03.240 Yeah. 12:03.240 --> 12:06.240 How about me being your boss, Casey? 12:06.240 --> 12:07.240 How about it? 12:07.240 --> 12:10.240 Oh, you already got a good boss. 12:10.240 --> 12:12.240 What's he pay you, Casey? 12:12.240 --> 12:14.240 Well, well, that depends. 12:14.240 --> 12:15.240 You could work for me. 12:15.240 --> 12:17.240 I'd pay you much more. 12:17.240 --> 12:19.240 You ain't got no money, Sam. 12:19.240 --> 12:20.240 Yes, I have. 12:20.240 --> 12:22.240 You think I'm dumb, don't you? 12:22.240 --> 12:23.240 No, I'm dumb. 12:23.240 --> 12:24.240 You're smart. 12:24.240 --> 12:25.240 Twenty smart, believe me. 12:25.240 --> 12:27.240 Well, I'm not dumb. 12:27.240 --> 12:28.240 I get by. 12:28.240 --> 12:30.240 Look, Casey, work for me. 12:30.240 --> 12:32.240 Forget about your other boss. 12:32.240 --> 12:34.240 I'll give you anything you ask for. 12:34.240 --> 12:36.240 I know you're kind, little fella. 12:36.240 --> 12:37.240 You're crooked. 12:37.240 --> 12:39.240 You'd better just forget it. 12:39.240 --> 12:40.240 Come on, come on. 12:40.240 --> 12:42.240 Now back with your hands. 12:42.240 --> 12:43.240 Yeah, that's it. 12:43.240 --> 12:44.240 Stand out. 12:44.240 --> 12:46.240 Good and tight. 12:46.240 --> 12:48.240 Please, Casey. 12:48.240 --> 12:49.240 It hurts. 12:49.240 --> 12:52.240 It ain't gonna hurt long, Sam. 12:52.240 --> 12:53.240 No. 12:53.240 --> 12:55.240 Why not, Casey? 12:55.240 --> 12:56.240 Why not? 12:56.240 --> 12:58.240 You'll see. 12:58.240 --> 13:01.240 Look, I'm awfully cold. 13:01.240 --> 13:03.240 Couldn't you build a fire? 13:03.240 --> 13:05.240 No, I never thought of that. 13:05.240 --> 13:07.240 I guess I could, but... 13:07.240 --> 13:10.240 No, no, no, we gotta be alone. 13:10.240 --> 13:11.240 We're alone? 13:11.240 --> 13:12.240 There's no one here. 13:12.240 --> 13:13.240 It's getting dark. 13:13.240 --> 13:14.240 The people will see. 13:14.240 --> 13:15.240 They'll want it. 13:15.240 --> 13:16.240 There's no one around you. 13:16.240 --> 13:17.240 Said so yourself. 13:17.240 --> 13:18.240 Uh-uh. 13:18.240 --> 13:20.240 Smoke travels and the people see it. 13:20.240 --> 13:23.240 I was a bum once, and smoke got me in trouble. 13:23.240 --> 13:24.240 Please, Casey. 13:24.240 --> 13:25.240 No, I'm smart, see? 13:25.240 --> 13:27.240 Not from books, mind you. 13:27.240 --> 13:29.240 Just from living. 13:29.240 --> 13:33.240 Casey, I'm starting to get wet. 13:33.240 --> 13:34.240 Yeah. 13:34.240 --> 13:37.240 You know, now that's something I don't know about. 13:37.240 --> 13:40.240 Them waves out there, they don't ever stop. 13:40.240 --> 13:43.240 They come in and they go out. 13:43.240 --> 13:46.240 In and out, in and out. 13:46.240 --> 13:47.240 What? 13:47.240 --> 13:50.240 Look, Casey, will you be my friend? 13:50.240 --> 13:52.240 Now, ain't that a silly question? 13:52.240 --> 13:53.240 I am, your friend. 13:53.240 --> 13:54.240 I like you, Sam. 13:54.240 --> 13:56.240 Then tell me why. 13:56.240 --> 13:58.240 Why we're here, you and me. 13:58.240 --> 14:01.240 All I know is that I had to bring you here. 14:01.240 --> 14:05.240 I was to be here at a quarter after seven, which I was. 14:05.240 --> 14:08.240 I was to tie you under this wharf, 14:08.240 --> 14:11.240 to tie you to the tent pole from the end of the wharf. 14:11.240 --> 14:13.240 Well, you tied him. 14:13.240 --> 14:18.240 And now I gotta go up and sit on a pier for exactly three hours. 14:18.240 --> 14:19.240 Three hours? 14:19.240 --> 14:21.240 It's a long time. 14:21.240 --> 14:23.240 Oh, I don't mind it. 14:23.240 --> 14:25.240 Only you're cold, huh? 14:25.240 --> 14:29.240 Say, what's your boss' name, Casey? 14:29.240 --> 14:30.240 Jake. 14:30.240 --> 14:32.240 Jake. 14:32.240 --> 14:33.240 Jake Larkin. 14:33.240 --> 14:35.240 Yeah, that's it, you know him? 14:35.240 --> 14:36.240 Yeah, I know him. 14:36.240 --> 14:39.240 He's a fine boss. 14:39.240 --> 14:41.240 Look at those waves. 14:41.240 --> 14:43.240 They keep creeping up. 14:43.240 --> 14:44.240 They're getting closer. 14:44.240 --> 14:45.240 Just never stop. 14:45.240 --> 14:48.240 Casey, can I tell you something? 14:48.240 --> 14:50.240 Will you listen, really listen? 14:50.240 --> 14:52.240 Sure, anything. 14:52.240 --> 14:54.240 I do know Jake Larkin. 14:54.240 --> 14:56.240 He's my brother-in-law. 14:56.240 --> 14:58.240 I married his sister. 14:58.240 --> 15:00.240 Her name was Clara, Clara Larkin. 15:00.240 --> 15:02.240 My wife. 15:02.240 --> 15:04.240 We had good times together. 15:04.240 --> 15:06.240 Good times. 15:06.240 --> 15:09.240 She wanted me to be somebody. 15:09.240 --> 15:12.240 And I tried, tried awfully hard. 15:12.240 --> 15:14.240 But I just couldn't make it. 15:14.240 --> 15:15.240 Yeah, sure, I know. 15:15.240 --> 15:16.240 That's like me. 15:16.240 --> 15:18.240 You know, I never could get any place either. 15:18.240 --> 15:21.240 Yeah, Casey, like you. 15:21.240 --> 15:24.240 Well, anyway, she kept after me. 15:24.240 --> 15:26.240 Night school, correspondence courses, 15:26.240 --> 15:29.240 work all day and study all night. 15:29.240 --> 15:31.240 But it just wasn't in here. 15:31.240 --> 15:34.240 Our come home nights, dog tired. 15:34.240 --> 15:36.240 It was hard to face her. 15:36.240 --> 15:39.240 We just weren't getting any place. 15:39.240 --> 15:41.240 Oh, that's too bad. 15:41.240 --> 15:43.240 Then you do understand. 15:43.240 --> 15:44.240 Why, sure I do. 15:44.240 --> 15:48.240 Well, then one day, she was taken sick. 15:48.240 --> 15:52.240 Before I knew it, she couldn't walk anymore. 15:52.240 --> 15:55.240 Heart lies from the waist down. 15:55.240 --> 15:57.240 My beautiful wife. 15:57.240 --> 16:00.240 Oh, gee, that's too bad. 16:00.240 --> 16:03.240 Hey, how did I ever figure that in three hours, 16:03.240 --> 16:04.240 it'll be high time? 16:04.240 --> 16:07.240 Casey, you said you were my friend, didn't you? 16:07.240 --> 16:08.240 Yeah. 16:08.240 --> 16:09.240 Then you've got to listen to me. 16:09.240 --> 16:11.240 My whole story, all of it. 16:11.240 --> 16:13.240 Will you do that? 16:13.240 --> 16:15.240 I guess so. 16:15.240 --> 16:19.240 Well, I kept on working and coming home nights 16:19.240 --> 16:22.240 and sitting with my wife and listening to her. 16:22.240 --> 16:26.240 And there she was, cooped up in one room, 16:26.240 --> 16:29.240 staring at four walls, waiting for the night, 16:29.240 --> 16:32.240 watching for the day. 16:32.240 --> 16:35.240 It wasn't a very shiny world for her. 16:35.240 --> 16:38.240 This was our life for five years, 16:38.240 --> 16:40.240 and I want you to hear it. 16:40.240 --> 16:42.240 Will you listen? 16:42.240 --> 16:45.240 Go ahead, Sam. 16:45.240 --> 16:47.240 I'll listen. 16:57.240 --> 17:01.240 Well, one night I came home, 17:01.240 --> 17:03.240 tired, discouraged. 17:03.240 --> 17:06.240 I could hardly get up the steps. 17:06.240 --> 17:12.240 And I... 17:36.240 --> 17:39.240 Oh, you're early tonight, Sam. 17:39.240 --> 17:43.240 Yeah, I got a ride part way. 17:43.240 --> 17:45.240 Tired? 17:45.240 --> 17:47.240 No, not very. 17:47.240 --> 17:48.240 And you? 17:48.240 --> 17:49.240 No, dear. 17:49.240 --> 17:52.240 How could I be lying in bed all day? 17:52.240 --> 17:53.240 Don't, dear. 17:53.240 --> 17:55.240 I'm sorry. 17:55.240 --> 17:57.240 Doctor was here today. 17:57.240 --> 17:59.240 Good news? 17:59.240 --> 18:00.240 No. 18:00.240 --> 18:03.240 He said there wasn't any use in his coming anymore. 18:03.240 --> 18:04.240 Darling. 18:04.240 --> 18:06.240 Just as well, Sam. 18:06.240 --> 18:08.240 There'll be no more doctor bills. 18:08.240 --> 18:11.240 I don't care about the bills. 18:11.240 --> 18:13.240 I want you to walk. 18:13.240 --> 18:16.240 I know you do, dear, but if I can't, please. 18:16.240 --> 18:18.240 I'll make the best of it. 18:18.240 --> 18:19.240 That's easy to say. 18:19.240 --> 18:23.240 Sam, come and sit here beside me. 18:23.240 --> 18:27.240 Hold my hand like you used to. 18:27.240 --> 18:30.240 My poor darling. 18:30.240 --> 18:32.240 Sam, do you love me? 18:32.240 --> 18:34.240 Why do you ask that? 18:34.240 --> 18:37.240 Because you never tell me anymore. 18:37.240 --> 18:39.240 Don't you know? 18:39.240 --> 18:41.240 I want to hear it. 18:41.240 --> 18:43.240 I love you, Clara. 18:43.240 --> 18:46.240 Oh, Sam, I'm sorry if I've nagged you. 18:46.240 --> 18:49.240 I wanted you to be something you couldn't be. 18:49.240 --> 18:50.240 I was wrong. 18:50.240 --> 18:52.240 Don't, Clara. 18:52.240 --> 18:55.240 You lie here all day imagining things. 18:55.240 --> 18:58.240 Wouldn't it be wonderful if I could live my life over again? 18:58.240 --> 19:00.240 Maybe this pain is a punishment. 19:00.240 --> 19:01.240 Stop it. 19:01.240 --> 19:02.240 Will you, Clara? 19:02.240 --> 19:04.240 All right, all right. 19:04.240 --> 19:06.240 Why don't you go for a walk or to a movie maybe? 19:06.240 --> 19:09.240 I've been away all day. 19:09.240 --> 19:14.240 Can't we just sit and talk without getting morose? 19:14.240 --> 19:16.240 My brother dropped in today. 19:16.240 --> 19:19.240 Jake, what did he want? 19:19.240 --> 19:21.240 Nothing. 19:21.240 --> 19:23.240 He usually has a reason for coming around. 19:23.240 --> 19:25.240 Oh, well, he only... 19:25.240 --> 19:29.240 Well, how is Jake? 19:29.240 --> 19:32.240 I suppose he was bulging with money, as usual. 19:32.240 --> 19:34.240 Dressed fit to kill. 19:34.240 --> 19:36.240 He did look nice. 19:36.240 --> 19:38.240 I don't want his kind of dough. 19:38.240 --> 19:41.240 He just wanted to help me, Sam. 19:41.240 --> 19:42.240 How? 19:42.240 --> 19:44.240 Get another doctor. 19:44.240 --> 19:45.240 Well? 19:45.240 --> 19:46.240 It wouldn't do any good. 19:46.240 --> 19:47.240 I've had other doctors. 19:47.240 --> 19:49.240 They all say the same thing. 19:49.240 --> 19:51.240 That's not the reason you turned him down. 19:51.240 --> 19:52.240 Yes, it was. 19:52.240 --> 19:53.240 No. 19:53.240 --> 19:56.240 You turned him down because you have a husband who's too proud to accept charity. 19:56.240 --> 19:57.240 No. 19:57.240 --> 20:00.240 A husband who'd much rather see his wife suffer. 20:00.240 --> 20:03.240 Oh, you're not fooling me, Clara. 20:03.240 --> 20:04.240 He wanted something else, too. 20:04.240 --> 20:05.240 No, Sam. 20:05.240 --> 20:08.240 He wanted to take you away, didn't he? 20:08.240 --> 20:09.240 Didn't he? 20:09.240 --> 20:12.240 Yes. 20:12.240 --> 20:14.240 Why didn't you go? 20:14.240 --> 20:15.240 He's no good, you know that. 20:15.240 --> 20:17.240 He's your brother. 20:17.240 --> 20:19.240 Plenty of easy money. 20:19.240 --> 20:22.240 Might make you walk again. 20:22.240 --> 20:23.240 You should have gone. 20:23.240 --> 20:27.240 No, please, Sam, I don't want to talk about it. 20:27.240 --> 20:30.240 Read to me. 20:30.240 --> 20:31.240 What do I read? 20:31.240 --> 20:32.240 Here. 20:32.240 --> 20:34.240 Here, read this. 20:34.240 --> 20:35.240 Poetry? 20:35.240 --> 20:37.240 Oh, it's beautiful. 20:37.240 --> 20:38.240 I can't read poetry. 20:38.240 --> 20:39.240 Come on, now. 20:39.240 --> 20:41.240 Here, start here. 20:41.240 --> 20:48.240 Well, how do I love thee? 20:48.240 --> 20:51.240 Let me count the ways. 20:51.240 --> 21:01.240 I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach when feeling out of sight 21:01.240 --> 21:07.240 for the ends of being and ideal grace. 21:07.240 --> 21:18.240 I love thee to the level of every day's most quiet need by sun and candlelight. 21:18.240 --> 21:23.240 I love thee freely as men strive for right. 21:23.240 --> 21:28.240 I love thee purely as they turn from praise. 21:28.240 --> 21:38.240 I love thee with a passion put to use in my old griefs and with my childhood's faith. 21:38.240 --> 21:44.240 I love thee with a love I seem to lose with my lost saints. 21:44.240 --> 21:51.240 I love thee with a breath, smiles, tears of all my life. 21:51.240 --> 22:00.240 And if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death. 22:00.240 --> 22:03.240 Isn't that wonderful? 22:03.240 --> 22:06.240 Yes, it is. 22:06.240 --> 22:07.240 Who wrote it? 22:07.240 --> 22:09.240 Elizabeth Browning. 22:09.240 --> 22:11.240 She must have been lovely. 22:11.240 --> 22:12.240 Yes. 22:12.240 --> 22:14.240 Look, Sam. 22:14.240 --> 22:15.240 What is it? 22:15.240 --> 22:18.240 There's smoke coming from under the door. 22:18.240 --> 22:20.240 Here, put your robe on. 22:20.240 --> 22:21.240 Hurry, Clara. 22:21.240 --> 22:23.240 Here, I'll help you. 22:23.240 --> 22:24.240 Put your robe on. 22:24.240 --> 22:28.240 I'll open the door. 22:28.240 --> 22:29.240 The stairs are on fire. 22:29.240 --> 22:30.240 Clara! 22:30.240 --> 22:32.240 No, Sam, you can't carry me. 22:32.240 --> 22:34.240 It's for a flight down. 22:34.240 --> 22:35.240 Yes, I can. 22:35.240 --> 22:37.240 Don't struggle, Clara. 22:37.240 --> 22:39.240 Here, put this over your head. 22:39.240 --> 22:41.240 Sam, let me stay here. 22:41.240 --> 22:42.240 What? 22:42.240 --> 22:43.240 Don't you see? 22:43.240 --> 22:44.240 It's better this way. 22:44.240 --> 22:45.240 Let me stay here. 22:45.240 --> 22:46.240 Are you mad? 22:46.240 --> 22:48.240 Here, put your arm around my neck. 22:48.240 --> 22:49.240 You can't carry me. 22:49.240 --> 22:50.240 Yes, I can. 22:50.240 --> 22:51.240 Hold on to me. 22:51.240 --> 22:52.240 Don't you understand, darling? 22:52.240 --> 22:54.240 I want to stay here. 22:54.240 --> 22:56.240 I'll always be helpless like this. 22:56.240 --> 22:57.240 If I stay, you'll be free. 22:57.240 --> 22:59.240 You'll have a chance to be something. 22:59.240 --> 23:00.240 You're coming with me. 23:00.240 --> 23:01.240 No. 23:01.240 --> 23:02.240 We'll go down the stairs. 23:02.240 --> 23:03.240 Sam, let me stay. 23:03.240 --> 23:04.240 You think I'm a murderer. 23:04.240 --> 23:05.240 I wouldn't be a murderer. 23:05.240 --> 23:06.240 No one would know. 23:06.240 --> 23:08.240 I'm giving you a chance for a new life. 23:08.240 --> 23:09.240 Take it. 23:09.240 --> 23:10.240 No! 23:10.240 --> 23:12.240 I'll never get down the stairs together, Sam. 23:12.240 --> 23:13.240 If you go alone. 23:13.240 --> 23:14.240 Here, hold this over your head. 23:14.240 --> 23:15.240 Do you understand? 23:15.240 --> 23:16.240 Goodbye, Sam. 23:16.240 --> 23:17.240 Clara! 23:17.240 --> 23:18.240 Stop struggling! 23:18.240 --> 23:19.240 Clara! 23:19.240 --> 23:20.240 Stop! 23:20.240 --> 23:21.240 Clara! 23:21.240 --> 23:22.240 Clara! 23:22.240 --> 23:23.240 Sam! 23:23.240 --> 23:24.240 Sam! 23:24.240 --> 23:25.240 Sam! 23:25.240 --> 23:26.240 Sam! 23:26.240 --> 23:27.240 Sam! 23:27.240 --> 23:28.240 Sam! 23:28.240 --> 23:29.240 Sam! 23:29.240 --> 23:30.240 Sam! 23:30.240 --> 23:31.240 Sam! 23:31.240 --> 23:32.240 Sam! 23:32.240 --> 23:33.240 Sam! 23:33.240 --> 23:34.240 Sam! 23:34.240 --> 23:35.240 Sam! 23:35.240 --> 23:36.240 Sam! 23:36.240 --> 23:37.240 Sam! 23:37.240 --> 23:38.240 Sam! 23:38.240 --> 23:39.240 Sam! 23:39.240 --> 23:40.240 Sam! 23:40.240 --> 23:41.240 Sam! 23:41.240 --> 23:42.240 Sam! 23:42.240 --> 23:43.240 Sam! 23:43.240 --> 23:44.240 Sam! 23:44.240 --> 23:45.240 Sam! 23:45.240 --> 23:46.240 Sam! 23:46.240 --> 23:47.240 Sam! 23:47.240 --> 23:48.240 Sam! 23:48.240 --> 23:49.240 Sam! 23:49.240 --> 23:50.240 Sam! 23:50.240 --> 23:51.240 Sam! 23:51.240 --> 23:52.240 Sam! 23:52.240 --> 23:53.240 Sam! 23:53.240 --> 23:54.240 Sam! 23:54.240 --> 23:55.240 Sam! 23:55.240 --> 23:56.240 Sam! 23:56.240 --> 23:57.400 She did that, Jacey. 23:57.400 --> 23:58.660 She did that for me. 23:58.660 --> 24:04.040 She deliberately broke away from me and threw herself into the fire. 24:04.040 --> 24:06.080 Well, what about you? 24:06.080 --> 24:07.560 Oh. 24:07.560 --> 24:10.440 They were able to get me out all right. 24:10.440 --> 24:11.400 But she... 24:11.400 --> 24:14.800 Oh gee, that was bad, little fella. 24:14.800 --> 24:16.720 Then you do believe me. 24:16.720 --> 24:18.840 You do believe that it wasn't my fault. 24:18.840 --> 24:19.680 Sure. 24:21.160 --> 24:24.200 She wanted to die, didn't she? 24:24.200 --> 24:25.040 Yes. 24:25.960 --> 24:29.000 I think about such things too. 24:29.000 --> 24:32.400 If you believe me then untie me. 24:32.400 --> 24:33.360 Let me go. 24:33.360 --> 24:34.280 I can't. 24:34.280 --> 24:37.360 Jake would be mad and he's my boss. 24:37.360 --> 24:39.240 No, he'll never know. 24:39.240 --> 24:40.760 It's funny, ain't it? 24:40.760 --> 24:45.760 I mean, the way she died and now you're gonna drown? 24:46.120 --> 24:47.600 No. 24:47.600 --> 24:49.480 Untie me, Casey. 24:49.480 --> 24:50.920 Don't you understand? 24:50.920 --> 24:52.640 Jake wants me to die because he thinks 24:52.640 --> 24:55.120 I left his sister to burn to death. 24:55.120 --> 24:57.280 But you know the truth now. 24:57.280 --> 24:58.400 You can save me. 24:58.400 --> 25:00.640 Well, it wasn't your fault. 25:00.640 --> 25:02.320 No. 25:02.320 --> 25:03.320 Untie me. 25:03.320 --> 25:04.880 But I got my orders. 25:04.880 --> 25:07.040 I can't go back on them. 25:07.040 --> 25:10.560 But this is really murder, Casey. 25:10.560 --> 25:11.400 Do you understand that? 25:11.400 --> 25:12.680 No, little fella. 25:12.680 --> 25:15.000 I'm only doing what I'm told. 25:15.000 --> 25:16.800 I gotta keep my job, don't I? 25:16.800 --> 25:18.480 They'll find out, Casey. 25:18.480 --> 25:19.320 And you'll be punished. 25:19.320 --> 25:21.200 Well, Jake told me not to worry. 25:21.200 --> 25:22.520 He'd take care of me. 25:22.520 --> 25:24.160 Let me go to Jake. 25:24.160 --> 25:26.160 Let me tell him my story. 25:26.160 --> 25:27.760 You can do that for me, can't you? 25:27.760 --> 25:28.920 No. 25:28.920 --> 25:30.320 Jake don't wanna talk to you. 25:30.320 --> 25:31.760 Casey, be reasonable. 25:31.760 --> 25:33.480 Hey, if you keep yelling like that, 25:33.480 --> 25:34.760 I'm gonna have to hit you. 25:34.760 --> 25:36.080 You idiot! 25:36.080 --> 25:38.320 Don't you understand, you blind stupid? 25:38.320 --> 25:41.440 What did you call me, little fella? 25:41.440 --> 25:43.600 I didn't mean it, Casey. 25:43.600 --> 25:44.440 I didn't mean it. 25:44.440 --> 25:47.080 I don't like what you called me. 25:47.080 --> 25:49.360 I heard that one before. 25:49.360 --> 25:51.160 I thought you were my friend. 25:51.160 --> 25:52.680 I am your friend. 25:52.680 --> 25:53.520 Untie me. 25:53.520 --> 25:55.400 I gotta be going. 25:55.400 --> 25:57.800 I done everything just like Jake told me, 25:57.800 --> 25:59.800 and now I gotta be going. 25:59.800 --> 26:00.720 Casey. 26:00.720 --> 26:02.280 Go along, Sam. 26:02.280 --> 26:03.800 Casey! 26:03.800 --> 26:04.640 Casey! 26:05.560 --> 26:07.160 I don't! 26:07.160 --> 26:08.000 Casey! 26:18.400 --> 26:22.000 So I walked off, Jake, just like you told me. 26:22.000 --> 26:24.280 Well, where's my $50? 26:25.720 --> 26:27.160 Hey, hey, boss, can I have my... 26:27.160 --> 26:29.000 Your $50. 26:29.000 --> 26:30.400 You know what you've done. 26:30.400 --> 26:31.440 Well, what did I do? 26:31.440 --> 26:33.240 I did just like you told me. 26:33.240 --> 26:35.280 You murdered an innocent man, why? 26:35.280 --> 26:36.960 Because you told me to. 26:36.960 --> 26:39.080 After he told you what happened to my sister, 26:39.080 --> 26:40.760 didn't you realize he was innocent? 26:40.760 --> 26:42.840 Well, I did just like you told me. 26:42.840 --> 26:44.200 Don't be so, Jake. 26:44.200 --> 26:47.720 Oh, you idiot, you stupid, stupid idiot! 26:47.720 --> 26:50.600 What did you call me? 26:50.600 --> 26:53.280 Wait a minute, don't pull any of that on me. 26:53.280 --> 26:54.320 Stay where you are. 26:54.320 --> 26:57.040 You called me that name too. 26:57.040 --> 26:59.160 I don't like that. 26:59.160 --> 27:02.360 Casey, hey Casey, remember I'm your boss. 27:02.360 --> 27:05.760 I thought you was my friend too. 27:05.760 --> 27:06.600 Casey! 27:06.600 --> 27:09.600 Oh, don't pull a gun on me, boss. 27:09.600 --> 27:11.560 Oh, stay away from me. 27:13.400 --> 27:14.240 Stay away from me. 27:16.760 --> 27:20.880 Casey, Casey, that's right, Jake. 27:20.880 --> 27:22.680 My name's Casey. 27:22.680 --> 27:28.400 That's not what you said. 27:33.720 --> 27:37.200 Jake, hey Jake. 27:38.640 --> 27:44.640 No, no, no, no, no, I ain't got no boss. 27:44.640 --> 27:51.640 No, no, I ain't got no boss. 27:51.640 --> 27:56.640 Suspense. 28:15.040 --> 28:18.160 Presented by Roma Wines, R-O-M-A. 28:18.160 --> 28:21.720 Made in California for enjoyment throughout the world. 28:21.720 --> 28:24.440 This is Truman Bradley for Roma Wines. 28:24.440 --> 28:26.960 Here's America's choice for what to serve guests 28:26.960 --> 28:29.320 these hot, sultry summer evenings. 28:29.320 --> 28:33.040 It's Roma Wine Lemonade, a tall, tempting treat 28:33.040 --> 28:36.480 of thirst-quenching frostiness that lowers your temperature 28:36.480 --> 28:40.480 and raises your spirits with a first few thrilling sips. 28:40.480 --> 28:42.160 Delight your family or friends 28:42.160 --> 28:44.880 with a praise-winning Roma Wine Lemonade. 28:44.880 --> 28:47.840 You simply place ice and the juice of half a lemon 28:47.840 --> 28:49.440 in a tall glass. 28:49.440 --> 28:52.880 Pour three quarters full with Roma California Burgundy 28:52.880 --> 28:55.560 or any other Roma Wine type you prefer. 28:55.560 --> 28:58.680 Then fill with water and sweeten to taste. 28:58.680 --> 29:02.000 You can prepare Roma Wine Lemonade in a few seconds 29:02.000 --> 29:05.320 and enjoy its cool refreshment for hours. 29:05.320 --> 29:09.000 Remember, Roma, America's favorite wine, 29:09.000 --> 29:11.640 costs no more than ordinary wine. 29:11.640 --> 29:15.040 So insist on Roma, America's first choice. 29:15.040 --> 29:18.040 That's R-O-M-A, Roma Wine, 29:18.040 --> 29:20.800 for a delicious Roma Wine Lemonade. 29:20.800 --> 29:22.320 Sheldon Leonard will soon be seen 29:22.320 --> 29:24.400 in the Frank Capra production, It's a Wonderful Life. 29:24.400 --> 29:25.800 Elliot Reid appears through the courtesy 29:25.800 --> 29:28.920 of Paramount Pictures, producers of To Eat His Own. 29:28.920 --> 29:31.360 Next Thursday, same time, Roma Wines will bring you 29:31.360 --> 29:35.200 Mr. Michael O'Shea as star of Suspense, 29:35.200 --> 29:37.560 radio's outstanding theater of thrills. 29:38.440 --> 29:40.960 Produced by William Spear for the Roma Wine Company 29:40.960 --> 29:42.480 of Fresno, California. 29:42.480 --> 29:45.080 This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.