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Roma Wines, America's favorite wines. 12 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:16,040 Tonight by popular request, we bring back the brilliant young star who appeared with 13 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:21,160 us only a few weeks ago, Mr. Donald O'Connor, and in a play which was first presented on 14 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:26,160 Suspense two and a half years ago, and was the subject of considerable comments. 15 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:31,040 Donald O'Connor in The Visitor, a Suspense play produced, edited, and directed for Schenley 16 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:36,040 by William Spear. 17 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:47,760 It was around two o'clock on a Tuesday afternoon. 18 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:49,880 I was writing my usual groove. 19 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:52,800 Count of man and Al's coffee pot route 22 out of Baltimore. 20 00:01:52,800 --> 00:01:55,520 Not a bad job for a green guy. 21 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:58,280 18 bucks a week in my meals. 22 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:02,160 I was aiming to be a short order cook when I really got the hang of things. 23 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:04,600 Well as I say, it was the usual afternoon. 24 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:06,560 Not especially busy, but busy enough. 25 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:08,560 Hey, no kidding, Mac. 26 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:09,560 Where's that western sandwich? 27 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:10,560 Oh, here you are. 28 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:11,560 What do you have, mister? 29 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:14,800 A ham on rye and a cup of coffee, bud. 30 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:15,800 Coming right up. 31 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:16,800 Ham on rye and draw one. 32 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:19,800 Look, kid, I'd like to talk to you. 33 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:20,800 Yeah? 34 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:21,800 What about? 35 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:22,800 Have you got a minute? 36 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:23,800 Yeah, I guess so. 37 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:27,040 Al, take the counter, will you? 38 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:28,040 I'm going to have some coffee. 39 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:29,040 Okay. 40 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:32,040 So what's on your mind, mister? 41 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:35,040 Look, can we go in here? 42 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:36,040 Yeah. 43 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:41,000 I've been looking for a long time for someone who looks like you. 44 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:42,000 Yeah? 45 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:45,640 Your name could be Bud Owen, couldn't it? 46 00:02:45,640 --> 00:02:46,640 Why should it? 47 00:02:46,640 --> 00:02:48,800 Well, I'm looking for a boy named Bud Owen. 48 00:02:48,800 --> 00:02:49,800 For what? 49 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:52,040 Disappeared from his home about three years ago. 50 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:54,000 Boy from my town. 51 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:56,200 About your age now, about 18. 52 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:57,200 17. 53 00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:58,200 Well, that'll do. 54 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:00,920 Well, his folks have just been worried sick about him. 55 00:03:00,920 --> 00:03:02,200 Everyone else gave him up for dead. 56 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:05,440 And then I heard you were working here, Bud. 57 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:06,440 Yeah? 58 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:07,440 Who told you? 59 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:08,560 Oh, no one told me. 60 00:03:08,560 --> 00:03:09,560 I got a note, anonymous. 61 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:11,560 You didn't write it, did you? 62 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:14,280 No, no, I didn't write it. 63 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:16,840 You know, I think I'd have recognized you anyway. 64 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:19,600 You're a lot taller, of course, and you look older, Bud. 65 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:21,680 Well, anyone would, wouldn't they? 66 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:22,680 Come here, though. 67 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:23,680 I call them wings. 68 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:26,080 You remember who I am, of course. 69 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:27,080 Mac Burl. 70 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:28,360 Used to be chief of police. 71 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:30,960 Pleased to meet you again, Mr. Burl. 72 00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:32,960 Well, well, Bud Owen. 73 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:35,800 A lot of know-it-alls are sure going to be surprised. 74 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:36,800 Surprised at what? 75 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:37,800 Well, to see you. 76 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:41,960 Edgerton, certain to a man that you were drowned three years ago off White Pier. 77 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:43,440 I was drowned, huh? 78 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:46,280 Hey, look, Mr. Burl, just what is your proposition? 79 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:48,960 Well, Bud, I want you to come home again with me. 80 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:49,960 Oh. 81 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:54,640 Well, of course, things have changed some in Edgerton in three years, but not too much. 82 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:58,720 And if you take it easy and if you have a friend to help you over the rough spots, you'll 83 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:00,680 feel right back at home in no time. 84 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:01,680 I see. 85 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:03,240 Yeah, working in a diner. 86 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:05,720 Why, you're depriving yourself of everything a boy could want. 87 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:08,760 A good home, lovely parents, wealthy parents. 88 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:12,000 You, you make it sound kind of nice at that, Mr. Burl. 89 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:13,360 But what about you? 90 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:17,840 Well, Bud, didn't you know that your father has offered a $10,000 reward for anyone who 91 00:04:17,840 --> 00:04:18,840 finds you? 92 00:04:18,840 --> 00:04:20,240 No, I didn't know that. 93 00:04:20,240 --> 00:04:21,240 $10,000? 94 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:22,920 And think of your folks. 95 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:24,800 Think how your poor mother has suffered. 96 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:26,600 Think how happy it would make them. 97 00:04:26,600 --> 00:04:27,600 Uh-huh. 98 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:31,360 Well, Mr. Burl, if you really think it'll be all right for me to come home. 99 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:32,360 Sure it will. 100 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:36,560 Oh, maybe a little help at first, all excitement, people staring at you, but that won't last 101 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:37,560 long. 102 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:38,560 Well, you've got to expect some excitement. 103 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:41,680 Yeah, I suppose there was an event, having a homeboy drown. 104 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:42,680 Drown boy? 105 00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:55,960 Why, they thought you were murdered. 106 00:04:55,960 --> 00:05:00,880 After I talked to Mr. Burl for an hour or so, the whole thing sounded pretty darn good. 107 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:03,160 We took the five o'clock train for Edgerton on the way. 108 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:07,080 Mr. Burl gave me the lowdown on what had been going on in the town for three years. 109 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:14,880 How the town thought I was murdered and how my mother and David Cunningham, my stepfather, 110 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:18,080 just wouldn't give up hope that I was still alive. 111 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:20,800 And he told me how my mother hadn't changed anything in my room. 112 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:24,080 She was so sure I'd come back. 113 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:27,840 Although she'd bought new stuff for the rest of the house, new rugs, a couch, things like 114 00:05:27,840 --> 00:05:28,840 that. 115 00:05:28,840 --> 00:05:32,480 Mr. Burl described it so plain, I could almost see it. 116 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:37,640 Well, by the time we got to Edgerton, I was feeling pretty sad for my mother. 117 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:42,440 And I thought if I could make her happy, even if it was tough for me, it was worth, well, 118 00:05:42,440 --> 00:05:54,120 it was worth a try. 119 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:55,120 Brace yourself, youngster. 120 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:56,120 This is it. 121 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:57,120 Yeah, sure. 122 00:05:57,120 --> 00:05:58,120 I'm okay, Mr. Burl. 123 00:05:58,120 --> 00:05:59,920 Is that you, Burl? 124 00:05:59,920 --> 00:06:00,920 Yeah. 125 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:01,920 And look who's with me. 126 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:02,920 Oh, Bud. 127 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:03,920 Hello, hello, Father. 128 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:04,920 Come in. 129 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:05,920 Come in, Bud. 130 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:06,920 Come in, come in. 131 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:07,920 Here, let me take your suitcase. 132 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:08,920 Here. 133 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:09,920 Here's your mother, Bud. 134 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:10,920 Hello, Mother. 135 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:11,920 I, uh... 136 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:12,920 Bud! 137 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:13,920 Judith, Judith, this time it's really Bud. 138 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:14,920 He's come back to us. 139 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:15,920 Oh, Bud, Bud! 140 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:16,920 It's all right, darling. 141 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:17,920 It's all right now. 142 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:18,920 Oh, my big baby. 143 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:19,920 You're so tall, I can hardly kiss you. 144 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:20,920 Come on, Judith. 145 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:21,920 Let's go into the living room. 146 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:22,920 Come along, Burl. 147 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:23,920 I always knew you were here. 148 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:24,920 I always knew you were here. 149 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:25,920 I always knew you were here. 150 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:26,920 I always knew you were here. 151 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:27,920 I always knew you were here. 152 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:28,920 I always knew you were here. 153 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:31,920 I always knew you were here. 154 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:37,920 Here, let me put your hair down. 155 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:39,920 Now you look more like my Bud. 156 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:41,920 Oh, gosh, I wouldn't have recognized this room. 157 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:42,920 Oh, gosh, I wouldn't have recognized this room. 158 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:43,920 Isn't the couch new? 159 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:44,920 Yes, and the rugs and the drapes. 160 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:45,920 And the drapes. 161 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:46,920 I don't know how we'll ever be able to thank you, Burl. 162 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:48,420 I don't know how we'll ever be able to thank you, Burl. 163 00:06:48,420 --> 00:06:51,920 Oh, I think Judith's so happy as, uh, reward enough. 164 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:52,920 Oh, yes, yes, that reminds me. 165 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:57,920 We'll drop into my office tomorrow and I'll take care of that other more tangible reward. 166 00:06:57,920 --> 00:07:00,420 Well, Mother, I don't know how to begin. 167 00:07:00,420 --> 00:07:01,920 I mean, to tell you how sorry... 168 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:05,420 Don't tell me anything, darling. Nothing matters except that you're back. 169 00:07:05,420 --> 00:07:06,920 That's the spirit, Judith. That's the spirit. 170 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:09,420 Goodness, your right hand, Bud. It's all bandaged. 171 00:07:09,420 --> 00:07:12,420 Oh, that's nothing much. I burned it working in the diner. 172 00:07:12,420 --> 00:07:13,420 Oh, darling. 173 00:07:13,420 --> 00:07:16,420 Well, folks, it's been a long day for an old man. I guess I'll run along. 174 00:07:16,420 --> 00:07:18,420 Right away, Mr. Burrow? You just got here. 175 00:07:18,420 --> 00:07:20,420 Oh, you'll be seeing plenty of me, Bud. 176 00:07:20,420 --> 00:07:23,920 Right now, you should be wanting to get acquainted with your folks again. 177 00:07:23,920 --> 00:07:26,420 I'll see you tomorrow, Dave. 178 00:07:26,420 --> 00:07:28,920 Oh, yes. Yes, of course. 179 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:32,920 Well, have you noticed, Judith, how deep Bud's voice is now? 180 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:35,920 Why, yes. It was just a little pipe when he left. 181 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:37,920 It was beginning to break, wasn't it, Bud? 182 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:41,420 Oh, gosh, I guess so. I sure must have sounded awful. 183 00:07:41,420 --> 00:07:43,420 And he shaves, David. 184 00:07:43,420 --> 00:07:44,920 Every day, Snooki? 185 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:46,920 Well, gosh, not quite. 186 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:49,420 Now, really, David, I don't think that's so funny. 187 00:07:49,420 --> 00:07:50,920 Well, I can't help it. 188 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:53,420 Why, that sounds like Ellen. Isn't that nice? Let her in, David. 189 00:07:53,420 --> 00:07:55,420 Oh, certainly. Sure, sure. 190 00:07:55,420 --> 00:07:56,920 Ellen Woods. 191 00:07:56,920 --> 00:07:57,920 Why, who else, Bud? 192 00:07:57,920 --> 00:07:59,920 Does she still live next door? 193 00:07:59,920 --> 00:08:01,920 Of course, the Woods have always lived there. 194 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:03,920 Ellen, dear, we have such a surprise. 195 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:08,920 Oh, my God. Angelus, if we could have just let me kiss you, you little... 196 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:10,920 Hey, hey, ouch. Take it easy. 197 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:14,920 Bud, you're just gigantic, a regular beanpole. 198 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:17,920 Oh, but I can't wait for Joe to see you. 199 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:18,920 Joe? 200 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:21,920 I called him as soon as I heard he's coming over here. 201 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:23,420 It's all right, Mrs. Crane? 202 00:08:23,420 --> 00:08:25,920 Oh, of course, Ellen, I've forgotten. 203 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:27,920 It'll mean so much to Joe. 204 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:29,420 You know about Joe, Bud? 205 00:08:29,420 --> 00:08:32,920 Yes, Mr. Burrell told me. I didn't know before. 206 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:34,920 This town's got a lot to make up to that young man. 207 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:36,920 My folks wouldn't let me see Joe, Bud. 208 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:37,920 Yeah? 209 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:43,920 Well, they thought that Joe was the last person who saw you, and then... 210 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:45,920 Well, he admitted you'd called. 211 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:47,920 But your mother and I never had a moment's doubt, Bud. 212 00:08:47,920 --> 00:08:48,920 Oh, no. 213 00:08:48,920 --> 00:08:49,920 And I'm thankful for that. 214 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:51,920 There, that's Joe. That's Joe now. 215 00:08:51,920 --> 00:08:54,420 Joe, it's true. Bud's here. 216 00:08:54,420 --> 00:08:56,920 Ellen, don't. I ran all the way. She said it. 217 00:08:56,920 --> 00:08:59,920 Yeah, yeah, Joe, it's me. 218 00:08:59,920 --> 00:09:02,420 Yeah, I guess it is. 219 00:09:02,420 --> 00:09:06,420 Well, pal, I hear I owe you an apology or something. 220 00:09:06,420 --> 00:09:07,920 Skip it, pal. 221 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:09,920 Now, Joe, we know how hard it's been for you. 222 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:10,920 Only now it's over. 223 00:09:10,920 --> 00:09:13,420 It didn't matter, Mrs. Cunningham. I've learned to put up with a lot. 224 00:09:13,420 --> 00:09:14,920 Judith, dear, let's go upstairs. 225 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:16,920 Let's give the young folks a chance by themselves. 226 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:18,920 All right, David, but don't stay up too long, Bud. 227 00:09:18,920 --> 00:09:19,920 No. 228 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:20,920 You'll need lots of sleep. 229 00:09:20,920 --> 00:09:21,920 I won't, mother. 230 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:22,920 And don't forget to turn off the light. 231 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:23,920 Okay. 232 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:24,920 Good night, children. 233 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:25,920 Good night. 234 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:26,920 Good night. 235 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:27,920 Good night. 236 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:31,920 Well, what do we do? Cut a rug or chew the fat? 237 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:32,920 Suit yourself. 238 00:09:32,920 --> 00:09:37,920 Joe, don't talk that way to Bud. You might remember he's my friend and he certainly was yours. 239 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:39,920 Yeah, I guess he was. 240 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:42,920 Now, look, Joe, I can see how you're sore at me, but don't take it out on Ellen. 241 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:44,920 Kindly don't start messing between Ellen and me. 242 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:45,920 Joe, please. 243 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:47,920 Okay, do I have to make a speech? 244 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:50,920 So you're home now, Bud, and I'm the last one to kick. 245 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:53,920 But when you toss it all off by saying you owe me an apology or something, 246 00:09:53,920 --> 00:09:55,920 well, maybe it's not easy to remember we were friends. 247 00:09:55,920 --> 00:09:57,920 Well, I... I didn't know what to say. 248 00:09:57,920 --> 00:10:01,920 I know I tried to remember we were friends when the whole town was sure I killed you. 249 00:10:01,920 --> 00:10:05,920 And I tried to remember it when the draft board listed me as undesirable because they thought I was guilty. 250 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:06,920 Yeah, but... 251 00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:10,920 Yeah, I even tried to remember we were friends when for three years people crossed the street so they wouldn't have to speak to me. 252 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:12,920 And people got up and walked out of the room when I came in. 253 00:10:12,920 --> 00:10:13,920 And when... 254 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:15,920 Oh, gosh, Joe, I... 255 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:18,920 I didn't realize that. I... I am sorry, Joe, honest. 256 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:23,920 Joe, you should be the first one to walk around town with Bud right tomorrow morning. 257 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:26,920 If you both like it, I'll go with you. 258 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:28,920 It's all right with Bud. 259 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:29,920 Is it? 260 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:30,920 Boy, I'm gonna need company. 261 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:32,920 Then it's a date, huh? 262 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:33,920 No kidding, Bud. 263 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:35,920 I'm glad you're home, fella. 264 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:37,920 No heart feelings? 265 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:39,920 Oh, gosh, no, Joe. 266 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:41,920 So long, Bud. 267 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:42,920 So long. 268 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:44,920 Bud! 269 00:10:44,920 --> 00:10:45,920 Yes, mother. 270 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:47,920 Are you coming up to bed now, dear? 271 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:49,920 Yeah, I might as well. 272 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:52,920 You... you knew Bud about Trixie? 273 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:53,920 Trixie? 274 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:56,920 Do you realize you've never even asked about her? 275 00:10:56,920 --> 00:10:58,920 Oh, Trixie, that's right, I didn't. 276 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:00,920 After all, she was your dog. 277 00:11:00,920 --> 00:11:03,920 And you know what they say about a boy and his dog. 278 00:11:03,920 --> 00:11:05,920 Oh, poor thing. 279 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:08,920 When you didn't come back, she just wandered off. 280 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:10,920 Oh, gee, that's tough, all right. 281 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:13,920 And you didn't even ask about her. 282 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:17,920 Oh, but I... I guess you can't be expected to remember everything. 283 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:20,920 No, I... 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We know you needed a seat. 311 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:34,920 Sit right in your old place, Barney. 312 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:36,920 Yeah, well, sure. 313 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:40,920 Your mother and I have been mooning over old pictures of your son. 314 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:44,920 Yes, really, Bud. Except for the ears and something around the eyes, 315 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:47,920 you've changed so that I can hardly recognize you. 316 00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:50,920 Now, look, here's the last picture before you went away. 317 00:13:50,920 --> 00:13:52,920 It's almost frightening the way you've grown. 318 00:13:52,920 --> 00:13:55,920 Oh, Judith, darling, you wouldn't want the boy to be a midget, would you? 319 00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:59,920 Sure, sure, he's taller. But look at his hair, the way he stands. 320 00:13:59,920 --> 00:14:01,920 Yeah, I sure was a goon. 321 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:03,920 You should have been glad to get rid of me. 322 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:05,920 And look, Bud, what else I found. 323 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:08,920 All your school compositions from the first grade on. 324 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:10,920 Here's one you wrote on Alexander the Great. 325 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:14,920 Ouch, Mother, don't be so careless with those things or I'll die of blushing. 326 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:17,920 Why, Bud, I think this was very good for your age. 327 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:19,920 You were barely 14 when you wrote it. 328 00:14:19,920 --> 00:14:22,920 See, it's marked B, so it can't be too terrible. 329 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:26,920 Oh, your least little scribble is a great thing to your mother. 330 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:30,920 Well, I'd better get off to the office. 331 00:14:30,920 --> 00:14:32,920 Drop in to see me if you have time, Bud. 332 00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:34,920 Why, sure, Father, I'll do that. 333 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:36,920 Good, good. Goodbye, Judith, darling. 334 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:38,920 I'll be home for dinner. 335 00:14:38,920 --> 00:14:40,920 Goodbye, David. 336 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:42,920 How about some hot coffee, Bud? 337 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:44,920 Yes, thanks. 338 00:14:44,920 --> 00:14:46,920 Yes, Snooki. 339 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:52,920 Oh, Bud, there's something important I want to discuss with you. 340 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:54,920 It's about my will. 341 00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:55,920 Your will? 342 00:14:55,920 --> 00:14:57,920 You know how your father... 343 00:14:57,920 --> 00:15:00,920 Well, David is about my money, Bud. 344 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:03,920 He never wanted to touch it or even have me put him in my will. 345 00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:06,920 He's so proud about things like that, and... 346 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:09,920 I do have so much more than he ever will. 347 00:15:09,920 --> 00:15:11,920 Well, sure, I remember. 348 00:15:11,920 --> 00:15:13,920 How much money is it, anyway? 349 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:17,920 Well, you know, Bud, there's about $150,000 your grandfather left. 350 00:15:17,920 --> 00:15:20,920 Then there were the four houses on Elm Street that Aunt Carolyn left, 351 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:23,920 and the income from them, I haven't used any of it. 352 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:25,920 So it amounts to quite a lot by now. 353 00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:27,920 Gosh, yes, it must have that. 354 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:31,920 Well, after you left, even though David didn't want me to, 355 00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:33,920 I changed the will, leaving everything to him. 356 00:15:33,920 --> 00:15:35,920 Why, sure, that sounds fine to me. 357 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:36,920 Oh, yes, but now you're back. 358 00:15:36,920 --> 00:15:39,920 I think the best thing would be to just turn it all over to you now. 359 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:41,920 Set up a trust fund. 360 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:43,920 You could use the income when you start the college, 361 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:47,920 and later maybe you'd want to set yourself up on some kind of business. 362 00:15:47,920 --> 00:15:49,920 And I know it'll please David. 363 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:53,920 But Mother, gee, it's well of you, but don't you think you should wait? 364 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:54,920 Wait for what, darling? 365 00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:55,920 Well, until you know me better. 366 00:15:55,920 --> 00:15:59,920 I mean, gosh, I would know what to do with all that money, 367 00:15:59,920 --> 00:16:01,920 and maybe I'd mess things up. 368 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:04,920 Oh, silly, the bank takes care of everything it always has for me. 369 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:07,920 Now, all you have to do is to sign these papers here. 370 00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:08,920 Sign, but I can't, Mother. 371 00:16:08,920 --> 00:16:10,920 You see, my hand at the bandage. 372 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:11,920 Oh, isn't that a shame. 373 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:13,920 I forgot you couldn't write. 374 00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:16,920 It ought to be all right in a couple of days so I can take the bandage off. 375 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:18,920 Oh, somebody's whistling for you, Bud. 376 00:16:18,920 --> 00:16:20,920 My, that sounds like old times. 377 00:16:20,920 --> 00:16:21,920 Oh, it's Ellen and Joe. 378 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:24,920 They're going to take me out and show me around the town. 379 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:26,920 I guess I'll have to face the music. 380 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:27,920 You know you'll love it. 381 00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:29,920 You're going to be a regular hero. 382 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:32,920 Yeah, but I don't feel much like a hero now. 383 00:16:39,920 --> 00:16:41,920 Hey, Bud, Bud Owen, wait. 384 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:42,920 Now you're in for it, Bud. 385 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:46,920 Oh, Bud, you're really real, and you've grown but divine. 386 00:16:46,920 --> 00:16:48,920 Hey, hey, you're choking me. 387 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:50,920 Oh, I've just been telling everybody you're back. 388 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:51,920 It's too sensational. 389 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:55,920 It's like having a new boy in town, and do we need some? 390 00:16:55,920 --> 00:16:58,920 Oh, gosh, I shouldn't think you'd have any trouble. 391 00:16:58,920 --> 00:16:59,920 Why, you're cuter than ever. 392 00:16:59,920 --> 00:17:00,920 Listen to him. 393 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:01,920 He's got a line. 394 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:03,920 Isn't that something? 395 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:06,920 Bud, the best thing you ever called her before was Buzzard egg. 396 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:09,920 Oh, gosh, I called her something besides that once in a while. 397 00:17:09,920 --> 00:17:12,920 Oh, you did call her Mary Louise. 398 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:14,920 Well, of course I called her that. 399 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:25,920 Gee, it's swell to see you, Mary Louise. 400 00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:29,920 Bud Owen, you bad boy, are you going to recognize me or aren't you? 401 00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:30,920 Oh, gee, it's good to see you. 402 00:17:30,920 --> 00:17:31,920 How are you anyway? 403 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:35,920 Well, you're not too grown up to kiss old Mrs. Callahan the way you always did. 404 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:37,920 Oh, I'll say I'm not Mrs. Callahan. 405 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:38,920 Here. 406 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:39,920 Oh, well, now that's better. 407 00:17:39,920 --> 00:17:43,920 I heated enough bottles for you and washed enough of your diapers, too. 408 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:45,920 So don't let me catch you putting on air. 409 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:47,920 Oh, no, ma'am, I won't. 410 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:48,920 Well, goodbye for now. 411 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:49,920 Goodbye. 412 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:50,920 What's the matter? 413 00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:51,920 Didn't you recognize her? 414 00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:52,920 Oh, Mrs. Callahan? 415 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:53,920 Well, of course I did. 416 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:55,920 Well, then why didn't you call her what you always used to? 417 00:17:55,920 --> 00:17:57,920 Couldn't you see she was sore? 418 00:17:57,920 --> 00:17:58,920 Well, I... 419 00:17:58,920 --> 00:17:59,920 Yes, I did. 420 00:17:59,920 --> 00:18:12,920 Bud, you used to call her Aunt Sealy. 421 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:15,920 Well, well, well, I couldn't believe it. 422 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:17,920 But I dare not refute the evidence of my senses. 423 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:19,920 It's the Owen boy, Bud Owen. 424 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:21,920 Why, I'm glad to see you, sir. 425 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:22,920 I just saw your mother. 426 00:18:22,920 --> 00:18:23,920 Heard you were back. 427 00:18:23,920 --> 00:18:26,920 She told me she was bringing you down to my office in a day or two. 428 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:28,920 Oh, yes, she told me. 429 00:18:28,920 --> 00:18:30,920 Your mother is one in a million, young man. 430 00:18:30,920 --> 00:18:32,920 She thinks only of your welfare. 431 00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:34,920 I hope you've learned to appreciate her. 432 00:18:34,920 --> 00:18:35,920 Oh, yes, sir, I have. 433 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:38,920 Well, I just wanted to check on the news. 434 00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:40,920 And no nonsense, my boy. 435 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:41,920 You do as your mother said. 436 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:44,920 Yeah, goodbye. 437 00:18:44,920 --> 00:18:46,920 What did he mean, no nonsense? 438 00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:48,920 Don't you know? 439 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:50,920 Yeah, I guess so. 440 00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:53,920 Mother told me this morning we had to go to the lawyer's office. 441 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:54,920 Oh, Bud. 442 00:18:54,920 --> 00:18:56,920 I've been waiting for you to outsmart yourself. 443 00:18:56,920 --> 00:18:57,920 And this is it. 444 00:18:57,920 --> 00:18:58,920 I don't get it. 445 00:18:58,920 --> 00:18:59,920 You sure don't, Bud. 446 00:18:59,920 --> 00:19:00,920 Give him a chance, Joe. 447 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:03,920 Because it happens that's not Mr. Reedy the lawyer, 448 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:16,920 but Dr. Sterling the dentist. 449 00:19:16,920 --> 00:19:20,920 I talked fast and Ellen took my side and we got Joe calmed down. 450 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:29,920 But I knew he was going to watch me like a hawk from then on. 451 00:19:29,920 --> 00:19:33,920 That afternoon, Ellen, Joe, and Mary Louise got the really snazzy idea 452 00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:35,920 of going to the beach. 453 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:38,920 My father knocked off work and drove us down, 454 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:41,920 sort of to celebrate my homecoming. 455 00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:43,920 It was really a hot day, so when we got there, 456 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:45,920 the others made a beeline for the water. 457 00:19:45,920 --> 00:19:47,920 But I didn't because of my bandage tan. 458 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:50,920 I stayed around the beach club near the pool. 459 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:52,920 When it began to get dark, we all dressed 460 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:54,920 and went down to White's Restaurant for a seafood dinner. 461 00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:56,920 Then we walked out on the pier, 462 00:19:56,920 --> 00:19:59,920 the same pier where I was supposed to have been murdered. 463 00:19:59,920 --> 00:20:01,920 I remember I said something about taking the button. 464 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:03,920 Everybody laughed. 465 00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:04,920 Oh, Bud. 466 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:07,920 Gee, isn't it heavenly out here? 467 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:09,920 Yeah, gee, the breeze is swell. 468 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:11,920 Well, Bud, it looks like you and Joe are right back 469 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:13,920 where you were three years ago. 470 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:15,920 Yes, I guess so, Father. 471 00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:17,920 This railing's just where we stood, isn't it, 472 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:18,920 when you and I had our fight? 473 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:20,920 Yes, yes, about. 474 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:22,920 Hey, what's the volume of people have looking down 475 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:24,920 from tall buildings? 476 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:26,920 Gee, I get it, looking down at the water from up here. 477 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:29,920 That shouldn't worry you, Ellen. You swim like a fish. 478 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:31,920 Now me, I should really feel funny. 479 00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:33,920 Well, you about ready to go home, children? 480 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:34,920 I don't want Judith to worry. 481 00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:36,920 Oh, yeah, all right, Mr. Cunningham. 482 00:20:36,920 --> 00:20:37,920 She hasn't been away from me, Joe. 483 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:38,920 Bud, wait a minute. 484 00:20:38,920 --> 00:20:39,920 Come on, Joe. 485 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:40,920 Wait a minute, there are a couple of things I want to say. 486 00:20:40,920 --> 00:20:42,920 But now later, Joe. Ellen and Father... 487 00:20:42,920 --> 00:20:44,920 Everybody knew Bud Owen couldn't swim. 488 00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:45,920 That was why when you disappeared, 489 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:47,920 they thought I'd pushed you off the pier and you drowned. 490 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:48,920 Now... 491 00:20:47,920 --> 00:20:49,920 Bud Owen couldn't swim. 492 00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:50,920 But this afternoon, when you thought we were all 493 00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:52,920 at a good, safe distance, 494 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:54,920 I walked up to the beach club looking for you. 495 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:56,920 And I saw you swimming in the pool. 496 00:20:56,920 --> 00:20:57,920 But I learned... 497 00:20:57,920 --> 00:20:59,920 And your bandage was off. 498 00:20:59,920 --> 00:21:01,920 Well, start talking. 499 00:21:01,920 --> 00:21:02,920 Or do I do the talking to the cops? 500 00:21:02,920 --> 00:21:04,920 Now, listen, Joe, you've got to wait. 501 00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:05,920 You've got to give me time. 502 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:06,920 No one in this town should be gladder to have Bud Owen 503 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:07,920 come back than me. 504 00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:10,920 After all, I've taken plenty because he disappeared. 505 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:12,920 Rather than let Mrs. Cunningham be fooled. 506 00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:13,920 Well, that's what I mean, Joe. 507 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:15,920 You've got to give me time to square things. 508 00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:16,920 Just a little time. 509 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:17,920 Well, you better move fast, brother. 510 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:19,920 Now, Joe, no matter what you think you know, 511 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:20,920 I haven't hurt anybody. 512 00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:21,920 Not yet. 513 00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:23,920 And if you give me time, 514 00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:25,920 maybe nobody will be hurt. 515 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:37,920 I went to Mr. Burrill the next morning 516 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:39,920 and talked about everything. 517 00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:40,920 About how people were making cracks 518 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:42,920 in him about the $10,000 reward 519 00:21:42,920 --> 00:21:44,920 and the whole mess. 520 00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:46,920 I knew things were moving awfully fast, 521 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:49,920 and I told Mr. Burrill he had to help me. 522 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:51,920 That night when she finished her coffee, 523 00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:53,920 my mother said she was awfully tired. 524 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:58,920 My father, David, saw her upstairs to bed. 525 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:01,920 I looked out the window and saw Mr. Burrill's car 526 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:03,920 pull up to the curb in front of Ellen's house. 527 00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:05,920 I knew he was going to do everything he could, 528 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:09,920 but by this time I was scared. 529 00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:18,920 Well, at bedtime, my stepfather fixed some sandwiches 530 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:20,920 and we drank some milk. 531 00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:21,920 Then he came up to my room with me 532 00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:22,920 and sat down to talk. 533 00:22:22,920 --> 00:22:25,920 Well, I see your mother is changing your room around. 534 00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:28,920 Yeah, I guess women like to fuss around and so forth. 535 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:31,920 That's a fact, and there's no use opposing them. 536 00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:33,920 I guess that's right. 537 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:39,920 By the way, what is your real name? 538 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:41,920 Buttoon. 539 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:44,920 You don't need to be afraid of me. 540 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:46,920 I've protected you so far. 541 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:48,920 Why have you? 542 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:51,920 I ask you first, what's your real name? 543 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:53,920 Buttoon. 544 00:22:54,920 --> 00:22:56,920 You're stubborn, aren't you? 545 00:22:56,920 --> 00:23:00,920 You know, at first I thought you'd work this little scheme out all by yourself, 546 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:02,920 or with Burrill. 547 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:05,920 But there's someone else involved, isn't there? 548 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:07,920 Who do you think? 549 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:09,920 What about that bandage? 550 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:10,920 Well... 551 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:12,920 Take it off. 552 00:23:12,920 --> 00:23:15,920 Well, well, well. 553 00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:18,920 Not even a scar. 554 00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:23,920 I don't suppose you'd mind writing with it now that it's healed? 555 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:25,920 No. 556 00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:27,920 I don't mind. What shall I write? 557 00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:33,920 Well, suppose we take this little composition of yours on Alexander the Great. 558 00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:35,920 Here. 559 00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:39,920 Would you copy this sentence, say, on the top of page three? 560 00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:41,920 Why not? 561 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:43,920 Mm-hmm. 562 00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:49,920 And to make it a fair comparison, write your name. 563 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:51,920 Bud Owen. 564 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:53,920 Bud Owen. 565 00:23:53,920 --> 00:23:55,920 Here you are. 566 00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:00,920 So she taught you Bud's handwriting, too? 567 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:02,920 Who did? 568 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:04,920 My wife. 569 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:06,920 You think I didn't know what was going on? 570 00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:10,920 Every move she made gave her away. 571 00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:13,920 Why is she in such a rush to change her will? 572 00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:15,920 I don't know. Why? 573 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:19,920 She thought she was being so smart, trying to pass you off, 574 00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:21,920 trying to trap me. 575 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:24,920 But I was one person who knew you weren't, Bud. 576 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:28,920 Yeah? What makes you so sure I'm not, Bud? 577 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:30,920 I know. 578 00:24:30,920 --> 00:24:32,920 Isn't that enough? 579 00:24:32,920 --> 00:24:34,920 I know. 580 00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:38,920 I see. Well, don't you think we'd better get my mother in on this? 581 00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:42,920 Yes. Yes, I think perhaps we'd better. 582 00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:45,920 She's, um, she's asleep. 583 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:47,920 She'll have to wake up. 584 00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:51,920 Mother. Mother? 585 00:24:51,920 --> 00:24:53,920 Oh, she's... 586 00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:55,920 Mother! 587 00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:06,920 Oh, when I came to, I had an awful pain in my head. 588 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:10,920 I was in my room on the bed and Ellen and Joe and Mr. Burl were there. 589 00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:13,920 For a minute I didn't know what had happened and then I remembered... 590 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:15,920 Mother! Where's my mother? 591 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:17,920 She's all right, Bud. She's in the hospital. 592 00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:19,920 He gave her enough of those sleeping pills to kill a horse. 593 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:21,920 But she's all right now. 594 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:23,920 How do you feel, Bud? 595 00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:24,920 All right, I guess. 596 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:26,920 Oh, it's a good thing you had us standing by tonight, son. 597 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:28,920 Why, he had you trussed up like a turkey. 598 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:30,920 He was gonna hang you. 599 00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:33,920 Oh, gee, Mr. Burl, he must have been crazy. 600 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:36,920 I guess he wanted to get us both out of the way before Mother could change that will. 601 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:38,920 And for crying out loud, Bud, why didn't you let me in on this? 602 00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:39,920 I thought that... 603 00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:42,920 Oh, gee, I hated to do it, Joe, honest, but I had to. 604 00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:43,920 Somebody had to be the guinea pig. 605 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:46,920 It was my idea, Joe. I sent the note to Mr. Burl. 606 00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:48,920 I really found Bud in that hash house. 607 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:49,920 Yeah, but if you'd let me know... 608 00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:54,920 We knew that if Bud could fool you, if you thought he was a phony, he could fool everybody. 609 00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:56,920 Even David Cunningham. 610 00:25:56,920 --> 00:25:59,920 Yeah, you see, Joe, for three years I suspected that guy. 611 00:25:59,920 --> 00:26:02,920 He pushed me off the pier that night when I was only a kid. 612 00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:07,920 But I knew I was a kid and it was just his word against mine, so I ran away. 613 00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:11,920 I kept putting off coming here, but I swore that someday I'd trap him, and tonight I did. 614 00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:14,920 Because when he said he knew, I wasn't Bud Owen. 615 00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:16,920 I knew he thought he'd kill me. 616 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:18,920 You took one whale of a chance tonight, Bud. 617 00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:19,920 He had you framed pretty. 618 00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:22,920 Another half hour, we'd have found your mother dead. 619 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:26,920 You strung up and that suicide note you wrote popped up on the dresser. 620 00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:27,920 Suicide note? 621 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:31,920 I just copied a sentence out of an old composition, something about Alexander the Great. 622 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:34,920 Alexander the Great? Well, listen to this. 623 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:40,920 It is terrible what awful crimes are done for greed and ambition, signed Bud Owen. 624 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:42,920 Oh, sure. Well, you see, I was writing... 625 00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:46,920 What? I signed that? Holy... 626 00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:56,920 Well, that's about all. I didn't know how my mother would take it, 627 00:26:56,920 --> 00:26:59,920 having my stepfather to turn out to be such a heel. 628 00:26:59,920 --> 00:27:03,920 But once she got over the dope he slipped her, she was fine. 629 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:05,920 As happy as a lark over me. 630 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:08,920 And Joe and Ellen? They got married but quick. 631 00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:11,920 Mary Louise and I are going together now. 632 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:16,920 I've been playing hard to get, but gee, she can see through me in a minute. 633 00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:30,920 I guess I never could fool anybody. 634 00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:35,920 Suspense! 635 00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:40,920 The Visitor starring Donald O'Connor presented for your enjoyment by Roma Wines. 636 00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:46,920 That's R-O-M-A, Roma Wines, America's largest selling wines. 637 00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:50,920 For a wine to give great enjoyment, it must have great quality. 638 00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:55,920 And that's precisely what you enjoy in better tasting Roma wine. 639 00:27:55,920 --> 00:28:00,920 The famous goodness of Roma wines stems from choicest California grapes, 640 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:06,920 gently pressed, then with age-old skills and America's greatest wine-making resources. 641 00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:12,920 Roma master ventners guide this grape treasure unhurriedly to taste perfection. 642 00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:19,920 These finer, better tasting Roma wines are laid with mellow Roma wines of years before. 643 00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:24,920 And from these, the world's greatest reserves of fine wines, 644 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:27,920 Roma later selects for your pleasure. 645 00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:30,920 So, whenever you order wine, remember this. 646 00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:33,920 You're sure of better taste at moderate price. 647 00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:42,920 When you ask for Roma, that's R-O-M-A, Roma Wines, enjoyed by more Americans than any other wines. 648 00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:47,920 Donald O'Connor may currently be seen in the Universal International Production, Something in the Wind. 649 00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:53,920 Tonight's Suspense play, The Visitor, is from the novel by Carl Randow and Leanne Zugsmith. 650 00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:59,920 Next Thursday, same time, you will hear Claire Trevor as star of Suspense! 651 00:28:59,920 --> 00:29:04,920 Produced and directed by William Spear for the Roma Wine Company of Fresno, California. 652 00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:30,920 This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System. 653 00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:42,920 Thank you for watching!