1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:17,720 Now, Auto Light and its 60,000 dealers and service stations present Suspense. 2 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:29,200 Tonight, Auto Light brings you John Lund in Lunch Kit, a suspense play produced and directed 3 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:32,200 by Anton M. 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19 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:54,960 The weather was getting angry, and Gus, he was so sensitive, especially at a time like 20 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:55,960 this. 21 00:01:55,960 --> 00:01:59,000 I'll tell him to stop honking that horn, Dad. 22 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:00,000 Please do, Jonathan. 23 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:01,920 Yes, please, please do. 24 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:02,920 I'll call down to him. 25 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:03,920 I'll tell him to stop. 26 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:04,920 Hey, hey, Mike, Mike. 27 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:05,920 So there you are, Jonathan. 28 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:06,920 Cut off that horn. 29 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:07,920 Didn't I tell you this guy was sick? 30 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:08,920 But we're going to be late for work. 31 00:02:08,920 --> 00:02:09,920 I'll be down in a few minutes. 32 00:02:09,920 --> 00:02:10,920 Take it easy. 33 00:02:10,920 --> 00:02:11,920 You better hurry up. 34 00:02:11,920 --> 00:02:12,920 I wouldn't want to be late, Jonathan. 35 00:02:12,920 --> 00:02:13,920 I'm going to be late for work. 36 00:02:13,920 --> 00:02:14,920 I'll be down in a few minutes. 37 00:02:14,920 --> 00:02:15,920 Take it easy. 38 00:02:15,920 --> 00:02:16,920 You better hurry up. 39 00:02:16,920 --> 00:02:17,920 I wouldn't want to be late, Jonathan. 40 00:02:17,920 --> 00:02:18,920 I'll be down in a few minutes. 41 00:02:18,920 --> 00:02:20,520 I wouldn't want to be late, Jonathan. 42 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:21,520 Yeah, yeah. 43 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:24,400 I wouldn't want to be late, Jonathan. 44 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:25,400 Who is this Mike? 45 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:26,400 Did he cause any trouble? 46 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:27,400 Oh, no, Father. 47 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:28,400 He won't cause any trouble. 48 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:30,360 Well, you've got to be careful, son. 49 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:31,360 He wouldn't understand. 50 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:34,040 There aren't many who would understand. 51 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:35,600 You've got to be careful. 52 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:37,680 I only did as you said, Dad. 53 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:40,600 I made friends with one of the old timers down at the plant. 54 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:42,260 I drive him to work every night. 55 00:02:42,260 --> 00:02:44,440 He works in the same unit with me. 56 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:45,520 Now I can't get rid of him. 57 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:46,840 Are you sure about him, kid? 58 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:47,840 Sure, sure. 59 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:48,840 I'm sure about him. 60 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:49,840 What the hell is he doing up here? 61 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:52,200 Well, I told him a friend of mine lives here. 62 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:53,200 Sick friend. 63 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:54,200 It's all right, Dad. 64 00:02:54,200 --> 00:02:55,200 Very well. 65 00:02:55,200 --> 00:02:57,200 How's it coming, Gus? 66 00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:58,480 Almost finished. 67 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:01,200 Gus was a mechanic, an old timer. 68 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:04,320 My father had real respect for his ability. 69 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:07,280 Gus had chipped out the inside of the thermos bottle. 70 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:09,640 Now he was working on the detonator. 71 00:03:09,640 --> 00:03:13,280 Looked like the old fashioned pocket watch my dad wore. 72 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:16,960 Now Gus started winding it. 73 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:23,640 Somehow, that kind of got me. 74 00:03:23,640 --> 00:03:27,320 I wish my father had never started this thing. 75 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:33,280 I wish he didn't believe the way he did about atomic fission, destroying the world. 76 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:35,080 I wish he was like everybody else. 77 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:36,680 That I wasn't his son. 78 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:38,440 Hey, Jonathan, what time you got? 79 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:39,440 Huh? 80 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:40,440 What time do you have? 81 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:41,440 What's the matter with you? 82 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:43,000 Are you getting too nervous for me, son? 83 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:44,000 Nervous? 84 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:46,400 Oh, don't worry about me being nervous. 85 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:48,360 It's 829. 86 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:49,360 829. 87 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:50,360 Okay, kid. 88 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:54,160 What are you sweating about? 89 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:55,160 Who, me? 90 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:56,840 Your dad ain't sweating. 91 00:03:56,840 --> 00:03:58,600 This is no time to be nervous, Jonathan. 92 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:01,560 She'll go off at 630 tomorrow morning. 93 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:02,560 Is that okay? 94 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:03,560 Fine, Gus. 95 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:04,560 Fine. 96 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:05,560 Okay, kid? 97 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:06,560 Sure. 98 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:07,560 Okay. 99 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:15,680 Now Gus cleared a little space on the table and went to a steel cupboard. 100 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:18,600 He came back with a metal jug cradled in his arm. 101 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:20,320 My father leaned forward. 102 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:23,920 I felt myself tightening up inside. 103 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:28,120 Without thinking about it, I pulled a pack of cigarettes out of my jacket, put one in 104 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:29,120 my mouth. 105 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:33,100 Then as I was about to strike the match, Gus looked up. 106 00:04:33,100 --> 00:04:36,640 My father started coming toward me, the veins throbbing in his neck. 107 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:37,640 Put that match away, you fool! 108 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:38,640 What? 109 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:39,640 What's wrong with you? 110 00:04:39,640 --> 00:04:40,640 Haven't you any sense at all? 111 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:41,640 What do you mean? 112 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:42,640 You tell him, Gus. 113 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:48,240 Kid, if one spark gets into this nitro, they won't find enough of us here to fill that 114 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:49,240 match box. 115 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:52,760 The unlit cigarette turned to garbage in my mouth. 116 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:58,720 I spit it out and stamped it to pieces on the cement floor. 117 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:01,920 My father and Gus looked at each other. 118 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:02,920 Gus grinned. 119 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:07,080 My father's face stoned hard, didn't change. 120 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:11,800 He looked at me like I was still a little boy. 121 00:05:11,800 --> 00:05:13,760 Okay, okay. 122 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:14,760 They'd find out. 123 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:18,080 When the night time came at the plant, it'd be up to me. 124 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:19,080 Your lunch kit. 125 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:20,080 Here it is. 126 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:22,160 I just bought it this afternoon. 127 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:24,480 Oh, look how pretty it is. 128 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:25,840 It's a shame to spoil it. 129 00:05:25,840 --> 00:05:27,440 All right, finish with it, Gus. 130 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:31,320 This is not a time for jokes. 131 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:33,480 Funny about Gus and his jokes. 132 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:35,000 He didn't believe in this thing at all. 133 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:36,680 He'd sell out to anybody. 134 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:37,680 Money. 135 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:38,680 Just give him money. 136 00:05:38,680 --> 00:05:41,120 But you had to admire what he could do. 137 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:44,080 He opened the lunch kit, took the bottle out. 138 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:49,880 He screwed the detonator into the cap, and when it fitted right, he laid it aside. 139 00:05:49,880 --> 00:05:58,360 Then he put a siphon into the thermos bottle and opened a jug of nitroglycerin. 140 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:04,160 He poured out a thick yellowish liquid, and when the thermos bottle was full, he put the 141 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:11,800 top on the jug and carried it back to the cupboard. 142 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:14,960 You better be far away when this goes off, kid. 143 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:16,400 I'll be far away all right. 144 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:18,240 Jonathan is a bright boy, Gus. 145 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:20,640 I've taught him well. 146 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:22,440 Gus didn't say anything after that. 147 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:24,920 He bent down over his table and his eyes tightened up to it. 148 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:26,640 You could barely see him. 149 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:27,640 He worked quick. 150 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:29,840 You could see he knew what he was doing. 151 00:06:29,840 --> 00:06:33,920 And watching him, I began to feel better. 152 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:35,520 Then he was finished. 153 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:42,840 He put the thermos bottle of nitro back inside the lunch kit and the sandwich and the orange. 154 00:06:42,840 --> 00:06:45,120 And he closed the lunch kit and handed it to me. 155 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:46,120 Here you are, kid. 156 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:47,120 Don't drop it. 157 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:48,120 I won't. 158 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:49,120 Now, son. 159 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:50,120 Yes, Dad? 160 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:51,120 Look at me. 161 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:52,120 Dad, look at me. 162 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:53,120 Yes. 163 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:54,120 It will all work out all right, won't it, son? 164 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:55,120 Yes, Dad. 165 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:56,120 It'll be all right. 166 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:57,120 You will make no mistakes. 167 00:06:57,120 --> 00:06:58,120 I'll be careful. 168 00:06:58,120 --> 00:06:59,120 I'll be careful. 169 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:00,120 I'll be careful. 170 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:01,120 I'll be careful. 171 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:02,120 I'll be careful. 172 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:03,120 I'll be careful. 173 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:04,120 I'll be careful. 174 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:05,840 And you'll be here tomorrow morning? 175 00:07:05,840 --> 00:07:06,840 I'll be here. 176 00:07:06,840 --> 00:07:07,840 Good. 177 00:07:07,840 --> 00:07:10,880 And then perhaps we'll go away together, you and I. 178 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:11,880 That'll be fine. 179 00:07:11,880 --> 00:07:14,880 Oh, there's your friend again. 180 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:22,360 All right, Jonathan, get on with it before the old fool gets us all into trouble. 181 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:26,600 That you, Jonathan? 182 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:27,600 Yes. 183 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:31,600 I fear it's about time. 184 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:32,600 What kept you? 185 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:33,600 We got to talking. 186 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:34,600 He's pretty sick. 187 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:36,080 We're going to be late for work. 188 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:37,600 Well, you should have taken a bus. 189 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:38,600 What about you? 190 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:39,600 I've been late. 191 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:40,600 So what? 192 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:41,600 So what? 193 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:42,600 That ain't no attitude, Jonathan. 194 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:43,600 All right, all right. 195 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:44,600 Here. 196 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:45,600 Open up the dashboard compartment. 197 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:48,600 I want to put this lunch kit in. 198 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:49,600 Okay. 199 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:50,600 Be careful. 200 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:51,600 It's a nice new one. 201 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:58,600 The drives of the plant was something I'd never forget. 202 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:03,600 What if I ran into something? 203 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:05,600 A tire blew. 204 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:08,600 A speck of dust got into my eye and I ran off the road. 205 00:08:08,600 --> 00:08:11,600 I stayed off the main highway. 206 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:14,600 Too much traffic. 207 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:16,600 This ain't the right road, Jonathan. 208 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:19,600 I drove under 25 miles an hour all the way. 209 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:20,600 Can't you go any faster? 210 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:21,600 We're going to be late, Jonathan. 211 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:24,600 And all the time the old man kept talking, talking. 212 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:27,600 You young fellows of today, you're a strange, disturbing lot. 213 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:28,600 Talk, talk, talk. 214 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:30,600 You've a fever in your blood. 215 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:32,600 You're restless and you don't know why. 216 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:33,600 You're a strange lot. 217 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:35,600 Yeah, yeah, yeah, a strange lot. 218 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:36,600 You've a fever in your blood. 219 00:08:36,600 --> 00:08:37,600 Keep quiet. 220 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:38,600 What's that? 221 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:39,600 What? 222 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:40,600 The noise, that rattling. 223 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:41,600 I don't know, Jonathan. 224 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:42,600 Sounds like your lunch kit. 225 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:43,600 Let me at it. 226 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:44,600 What are you worrying about that for? 227 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:45,600 We're going to be late. 228 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:46,600 Stop telling me we're going to be late. 229 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:47,600 Stop that jabber. 230 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:48,600 Yes, Jonathan. 231 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:49,600 You think the lunch kit will... 232 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:50,600 You think the lunch kit will be on the way? 233 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:51,600 Yeah. 234 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:52,600 I don't know. 235 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:53,600 You think the lunch kit will be on the way? 236 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:54,600 Yeah. 237 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:57,600 You think the lunch kit will... 238 00:08:57,600 --> 00:08:58,600 You all right now? 239 00:08:58,600 --> 00:08:59,600 You packed it in pretty well. 240 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:00,600 Okay. 241 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:03,600 If you hear it rattling again, let me know right away. 242 00:09:03,600 --> 00:09:04,600 You hear, Mike? 243 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:16,600 At last we came to the plant. 244 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:19,600 The night shift guys were already at work. 245 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:22,600 The parking lot was jammed with their cars. 246 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:24,600 We were late, but I was glad of that. 247 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:26,600 Now I'd be able to park near the entrance. 248 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:32,600 Later on I'd be able to get out in a hurry. 249 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:34,600 Okay, Mike, this is it. 250 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:36,600 I'm sorry I made you late. 251 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:38,600 Oh, that's all right, Jonathan. 252 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:41,600 Mind if I go back with you in the morning? 253 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:42,600 Okay. 254 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:43,600 Just be here prompt. 255 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:44,600 I won't wait for you. 256 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:51,600 I took the lunch kit and started for the main gate. 257 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:52,600 The guard was standing there, 258 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:55,600 expecting everybody with a flashlight. 259 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:59,600 I grinned at him and snapped the lunch kit open. 260 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:01,600 How are you tonight? 261 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:02,600 Okay. 262 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:05,600 Not ate much, are you? 263 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:07,600 No, not much. 264 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:08,600 Ought to. 265 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:10,600 Put some weight on you. 266 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:11,600 Pass. 267 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:16,600 I changed my clothes quickly and left the lunch kit in my locker. 268 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:18,600 I figured I must look pretty haggard. 269 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:20,600 So before going into the plant, 270 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:22,600 I went into the washroom and washed my face 271 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:24,600 and let cold water run down my wrists. 272 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:28,600 Then I saw I left my wristwatch and my street clothes. 273 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:30,600 It was against the rules to go back into the locker room 274 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:32,600 until the shift was over. 275 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:34,600 Now all night long I wouldn't know what time it was. 276 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:36,600 I'd have to ask, have to guess. 277 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:38,600 Oh, Father wouldn't like that at all. 278 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:40,600 He was so careless. 279 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:44,600 I began noticing kind of an ache in the bit of my stomach. 280 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:46,600 Oh, I mustn't get sick tonight. 281 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:50,600 I drank a lot of water and the pain left me. 282 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:52,600 Then I went back into my unit. 283 00:10:56,600 --> 00:10:59,600 Oh, this was going to be a bad night. 284 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:01,600 I was all raw nerves. 285 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:03,600 It was like being in the middle of a nightmare. 286 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:05,600 A nightmare that wouldn't end. 287 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:07,600 My hands were all thumbs. 288 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:10,600 I couldn't seem to make them do anything right. 289 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:13,600 Oh, Father wouldn't like the way I was doing things. 290 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:15,600 I couldn't stand it much longer. 291 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:16,600 Hey, Jonathan! 292 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:17,600 Huh? 293 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:18,600 What are you doing? 294 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:19,600 Cut your switch. 295 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:22,600 What? 296 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:23,600 What's wrong, Mr. Davis? 297 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:24,600 What's wrong? 298 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:26,600 Is that the way you handle that modifier? 299 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:27,600 Where's your apron? 300 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:29,600 Oh, oh yeah. 301 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:31,600 Oh gee, I'm sorry, Mr. Davis. 302 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:33,600 Don't be sorry. Do it right. 303 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:35,600 Get on the ball, Jonathan. Get on the ball. 304 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:37,600 Yes, sir. Yes, sir. 305 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:39,600 On the ball. 306 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:43,600 What time was it getting to me? 307 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:46,600 I couldn't concentrate. I couldn't think. 308 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:49,600 All I could remember was what was in my locker. 309 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:51,600 All I could remember was that thermos bottle 310 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:53,600 filled at the top with nitro. 311 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:56,600 All I could remember was that detonator set for 630. 312 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:00,600 Hey, Mike, what time is it? 313 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:01,600 1230. 314 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:05,600 Hey, Mike, what time is it? 315 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:07,600 Ten minutes after one. 316 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:09,600 Hey, Mike, what time is it? 317 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:13,600 Five minutes to two. 318 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:14,600 Hey, Mike, what time is it? 319 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:15,600 Almost time for lunch. 320 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:16,600 Lunch? 321 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:17,600 And am I hungry? 322 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:18,600 I could eat them. 323 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:20,600 Hey, what's wrong with you? 324 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:21,600 Well, you're white as a... 325 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:24,600 My stomach. My stomach. 326 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:27,600 Hey, you guys, come over here, quick. 327 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:30,600 How do you feel now, son? 328 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:32,600 Better. 329 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:34,600 What time is it? 330 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:35,600 Where am I? 331 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:37,600 In the plant dispensary. 332 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:40,600 You, uh, you ever had a spell like that before? 333 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:42,600 No, no, I never did, Doc. What time is it? 334 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:44,600 You see, you're pretty nervous, aren't you? 335 00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:46,600 No, no, no, I'm all right. 336 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:47,600 I don't know. 337 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:48,600 I'm not sure. 338 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:50,600 I'm not sure. 339 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:52,600 I'm not sure. 340 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:54,600 I'm not sure. 341 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:57,600 You're not sure. 342 00:12:57,600 --> 00:12:58,600 I'm not sure. 343 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:00,600 Your pulse was extremely high when they brought you in here. 344 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:01,600 But I'm all right now, Doc. 345 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:02,600 I want to go back to my job. 346 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:04,600 You want to what? 347 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:06,600 I can't allow you to go back to your job, son. 348 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:08,600 Now just relax. 349 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:09,600 But I'm all right now. 350 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:10,600 What time is it? 351 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:12,600 Take it easy now. Take it easy. 352 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:14,600 It's, uh, it's 2.30. 353 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:15,600 2.30? 354 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:17,600 When have they all gone back to work? 355 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:18,600 I won't be able to go to my locker. 356 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:20,600 Oh, I know what you're thinking. 357 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:22,600 Your lunch. Isn't that what's on your mind? 358 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:23,600 But lunch is over. 359 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:24,600 I won't be able to go back. 360 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:25,600 Well, never mind. 361 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:26,600 I'll send somebody to get your lunch kit. 362 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:27,600 Oh, no. 363 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:28,600 No, don't do that. 364 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:29,600 Huh? 365 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:30,600 No, no. 366 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:31,600 No, really, Doctor. 367 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:32,600 I'm not hungry. 368 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:33,600 Sure, I know. 369 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:34,600 But you've got to have something. 370 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:35,600 Just sit there. 371 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:38,600 He went into the next room. 372 00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:40,600 I wanted to jump up and start running. 373 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:42,600 But that was no good either. 374 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:45,600 Why'd I make such a fuss about the lunch kit? 375 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:47,600 What's he doing in there? 376 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:49,600 And he came back. 377 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:51,600 And he was carrying a glass of milk. 378 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:52,600 There you are. 379 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:53,600 You're going to miss lunch. 380 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:54,600 At least drink this. 381 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:55,600 Milk? 382 00:13:55,600 --> 00:13:56,600 Go on. 383 00:13:56,600 --> 00:13:57,600 Drink it down. 384 00:13:57,600 --> 00:13:58,600 Okay. 385 00:13:58,600 --> 00:13:59,600 Finish it all. 386 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:00,600 That's it. 387 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:01,600 There. 388 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:02,600 Feel better? 389 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:03,600 Yeah. 390 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:08,600 I think I better go back to work. 391 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:12,600 No, you don't want to do that. 392 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:13,600 Just take it easy. 393 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:15,600 Oh, I feel fine now. 394 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:16,600 Really. 395 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:19,600 You couldn't go back to work even if I let you. 396 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:20,600 What do you mean? 397 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:24,600 You'll lie down on the cot there in the next room and take it easy. 398 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:26,600 You're going to take a nice long sleep. 399 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:27,600 Sleep? 400 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:28,600 Why, sure? 401 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:29,600 Oh, no, no. 402 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:30,600 I've got to get back to work. 403 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:31,600 Oh, no. 404 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:32,600 Not tonight anymore. 405 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:33,600 But I couldn't sleep. 406 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:35,600 You all sleep all right. 407 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:38,600 I put a couple of grains of barbatoil in that milk you drank. 408 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:39,600 Sleeping powder! 409 00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:41,600 Hey, what's the matter with you breaking the glass like that? 410 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:42,600 I don't want to go to sleep. 411 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:43,600 I'm all right. 412 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:44,600 You're all right. 413 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:45,600 Can't even hold a glass. 414 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:47,600 Well, you're in fine shape. 415 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:48,600 At least you drank the milk. 416 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:49,600 I don't like taking dope. 417 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:52,600 Now, look, son, it'll slow you down. 418 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:55,600 You'll wake up feeling like a new man. 419 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:58,600 You little fellas, you don't know how to relax. 420 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:00,600 It's a wonder you live as long as you do. 421 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:05,600 Now, come along with me. 422 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:10,600 Just lie there now and behave yourself. 423 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:11,600 That's right. 424 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:13,600 Crawl under the blankets. 425 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:17,600 Now, in a few minutes, you'll be sleeping like a baby. 426 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:19,600 And you won't need the lights. 427 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:21,600 Good night, young fellow. 428 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:23,600 Present dreams. 429 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:41,600 For suspense, Auto Light is bringing you Mr. John Lund 430 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:47,600 in Radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 431 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:55,600 Hello, Harlow. 432 00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:56,600 What's cooking? 433 00:15:56,600 --> 00:15:57,600 Don't say those words. 434 00:15:57,600 --> 00:15:58,600 Half they're poison. 435 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:00,600 Look at this letter. 436 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:02,600 Oh, from June Bride. 437 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:05,600 Dear Uncle Harlow, I'm just dying to learn how to use 438 00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:07,600 that lovely pressure cooker you sent me. 439 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:08,600 Wasn't a pressure cooker. 440 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:11,600 I sent her a dandy dynamic Auto Light Stay Full battery 441 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:14,600 that needs water only three times a year in normal car use. 442 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:17,600 She says, I know it must be a wonderful pressure cooker 443 00:16:17,600 --> 00:16:21,600 because the instructions say it needs water only three times a year 444 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:22,600 in normal car use. 445 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:24,600 June Brides, they're dumb. 446 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:27,600 She should know that an Auto Light Stay Full battery has extra plates 447 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:30,600 for extra power, protected by fiberglass insulation 448 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:34,600 for stronger life and longer life than batteries without these features. 449 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:37,600 And she says here, Bob keeps telling me the pressure cooker 450 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:39,600 is really an Auto Light Stay Full battery 451 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:43,600 that needs water only three times a year in normal car use. 452 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:45,600 Uncle Harlow, you're wonderful. 453 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:47,600 Now we can cook as we travel. 454 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:49,600 June Brides, now if they'd listen to me... 455 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:50,600 They can't. 456 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:53,600 We're going to listen to Suspense. 457 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:58,600 And now, Auto Light brings back to our Hollywood sound stage 458 00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:03,600 John Lund as Jonathan in Lunch Kit. 459 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:08,600 A tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 460 00:17:12,600 --> 00:17:13,600 Sleeping powder. 461 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:15,600 He put sleeping powder in the milk. 462 00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:18,600 And like an idiot, I drank it all down, every bit of it. 463 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:21,600 And then, then I started to get drowsy. 464 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:25,600 With a time bomb in my lunch kit set to go off in just a few hours, 465 00:17:25,600 --> 00:17:27,600 I started getting drowsy. 466 00:17:27,600 --> 00:17:30,600 No, no, I had to get up to get out. 467 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:32,600 I couldn't stay there, couldn't sleep through. 468 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:35,600 Had to do something, something. 469 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:38,600 My eyes are getting heavy, so heavy. 470 00:17:38,600 --> 00:17:40,600 Couldn't keep them open. 471 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:42,600 Kind of pure nitro. 472 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:45,600 And all the chemicals and the flammable stockpiles here. 473 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:48,600 The place would go up like an ammunition dump. 474 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:49,600 I had to get out. 475 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:51,600 Couldn't keep my eyes open. 476 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:53,600 So easy. 477 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:55,600 It's so easy. 478 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:57,600 Let my eyes close. 479 00:17:57,600 --> 00:18:00,600 Go to sleep. 480 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:02,600 No, no, I couldn't go to sleep. 481 00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:03,600 I couldn't, I couldn't. 482 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:04,600 I crawled off the cot. 483 00:18:04,600 --> 00:18:05,600 Window in the room. 484 00:18:05,600 --> 00:18:07,600 Had to get through the window. 485 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:09,600 Couldn't go through the doctor's office. 486 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:10,600 Get out through the window. 487 00:18:10,600 --> 00:18:12,600 I started over. 488 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:15,600 But then, then I, I had to stop. 489 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:17,600 I had to sit down. 490 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:19,600 So tired. 491 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:22,600 So tired. 492 00:18:22,600 --> 00:18:23,600 So good. 493 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:25,600 Sit there. 494 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:27,600 So good. 495 00:18:27,600 --> 00:18:28,600 Sit there. 496 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:30,600 So good. 497 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:32,600 Close. 498 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:43,600 What's that? 499 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:45,600 The nitro. 500 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:46,600 The whistle. 501 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:47,600 The whistle. 502 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:49,600 Time to go home. 503 00:18:49,600 --> 00:18:50,600 Six o'clock. 504 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:52,600 I slept right through and then the whistle woke me up. 505 00:18:52,600 --> 00:18:57,600 Oh, well, lucky. 506 00:18:57,600 --> 00:18:58,600 I'm lucky. 507 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:00,600 Six o'clock. 508 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:02,600 The lunch kit goes off at six thirty. 509 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:04,600 Have to act fast. 510 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:06,600 This time no mistake. 511 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:08,600 Now, now I have to do everything right. 512 00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:11,600 Getting out of the dispensary was easy. 513 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:13,600 There was a shed right below the window. 514 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:17,600 I dropped to the roof. 515 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:20,600 And then to the ground. 516 00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:22,600 Didn't feel any too good. 517 00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:24,600 Still groggy from the barbatoil. 518 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:26,600 There was no time to think about that now. 519 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:28,600 When I got back to the locker room, 520 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:30,600 the boys are climbing out of their work clothes. 521 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:32,600 Getting ready for the shower room. 522 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:34,600 Hey, Jonathan, you OK now? 523 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:36,600 Oh, yeah. Yeah, I feel fine. 524 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:39,600 Hey, you better stop drinking at turpentine, Jonathan. 525 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:42,600 Boy, you sure had me worried, Jonathan. 526 00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:43,600 Oh, I'm all right now, Mike. 527 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:45,600 Do I still get the ride? 528 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:46,600 Huh? Oh, yeah, yeah. 529 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:48,600 Well, see you later then. 530 00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:51,600 Gonna take a shower. 531 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:54,600 I changed into my street clothes and nothing flat. 532 00:19:54,600 --> 00:19:56,600 Not caring how I looked. 533 00:19:56,600 --> 00:19:58,600 I was kind of worried the doctor would look in on me 534 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:00,600 and find me gone. 535 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:01,600 When I was ready to go, 536 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:03,600 all the other fellas were in the shower room. 537 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:05,600 Oh, that was the break I wanted. 538 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:08,600 I took the lunch kit out of my locker 539 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:10,600 and slid it underneath. 540 00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:12,600 Then I looked at my wristwatch. 541 00:20:12,600 --> 00:20:13,600 Four minutes after six. 542 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:15,600 I had 25 minutes to get away. 543 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:16,600 It was working out fine. 544 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:19,600 Now I knew Father would be pleased. 545 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:22,600 I walked past the front offices. 546 00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:24,600 No one else around yet. 547 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:26,600 Couldn't walk too fast, though. 548 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:28,600 Not too fast, not too slow. 549 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:29,600 That natural. 550 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:31,600 Not too fast, not too slow. 551 00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:32,600 Oh, Jonathan. 552 00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:33,600 Huh? 553 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:35,600 That was Mr. Davis, the foreman. 554 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:37,600 How are you feeling now, Jonathan? 555 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:38,600 Oh, I'm all right, Mr. Davis. 556 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:40,600 Anyhow, I want to talk to you. Come into the office. 557 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:41,600 Now? 558 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:42,600 Sure, now. 559 00:20:42,600 --> 00:20:44,600 Oh, I'm in kind of a hurry, Mr. Davis. 560 00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:46,600 At six o'clock in the morning, nobody's in a hurry. 561 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:48,600 Come on, come in. 562 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:50,600 All right, but just for a minute. 563 00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:52,600 Close it on. 564 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:55,600 Sit down. 565 00:20:56,600 --> 00:21:01,600 Ah, nothing like sitting down and relaxing after a long night. 566 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:04,600 This chair could use a little oil. 567 00:21:04,600 --> 00:21:06,600 I really can't stay long, Mr. Davis. 568 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:08,600 I'm supposed to meet someone. 569 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:11,600 At six o'clock in the morning? 570 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:13,600 You still look pale. 571 00:21:13,600 --> 00:21:15,600 You still look pale, Jonathan. 572 00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:17,600 You sure you feel all right? 573 00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:20,600 Yes, yes. Mr. Davis, if it's about the mistake I made tonight... 574 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:22,600 Oh, it's not that so much. 575 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:24,600 I'm just a little worried about your health. 576 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:26,600 No worry about it, Mr. Davis. 577 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:29,600 It's just that sometimes I get a little nervous. 578 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:31,600 A little nervous? 579 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:33,600 Look at you, squirming on that chair. 580 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:35,600 You're a bundle of nerves. 581 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:37,600 Something bothering you? 582 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:39,600 I mean, something really bothering you? 583 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:41,600 You can't relax. 584 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:42,600 Nothing's bothering me. 585 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:45,600 Well, just make sure I'm gonna call the dispensary. 586 00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:47,600 I'm gonna hunch you're not telling me everything. 587 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:49,600 I tell you, I'm all right. 588 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:51,600 Add dispensary, please. 589 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:53,600 Jonathan! 590 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:55,600 Jonathan, come back here! 591 00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:57,600 What's wrong with that guy? 592 00:21:57,600 --> 00:21:59,600 He wasn't chasing me. 593 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:01,600 I looked at my watch. 614. 594 00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:03,600 Still plenty of time to get away. 595 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:05,600 I left the main building. 596 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:07,600 It started across the yard to the gate. 597 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:09,600 It was still dark. 598 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:11,600 I was one of the first out. 599 00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:13,600 Don't look back. 600 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:15,600 Keep going. Don't let him stop you. 601 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:17,600 Slow down! Slow down! 602 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:19,600 I've gotta chase you. 603 00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:21,600 I'm out of breath. 604 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:23,600 What do you want? 605 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:25,600 You know as well as I what I want. 606 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:27,600 You forgot something. 607 00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:29,600 What did I forget? 608 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:31,600 You forgot to punch the time clock. 609 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:33,600 I'll do it tomorrow. 610 00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:35,600 Tomorrow? That'll be my neck. 611 00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:37,600 You're not leaving this plant until you punch out, mister. 612 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:39,600 All right, all right. I'll go back and punch out. 613 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:41,600 Where's the fire? 614 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:43,600 You gotta work out that energy at your job, young fella. 615 00:22:43,600 --> 00:22:45,600 Yeah, yeah. 616 00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:47,600 I went back into the main building. 617 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:51,600 And there was at least 20 other guys waiting in line before the clock. 618 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:53,600 Say, hey, look. 619 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:55,600 I gotta get to town early. 620 00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:57,600 How about let me punch out now, huh? 621 00:22:57,600 --> 00:22:59,600 End of the line, bud. 622 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:01,600 But it'll only take a second. 623 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:03,600 End of the line. 624 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:05,600 We all wanna get to town early, bud. 625 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:07,600 Okay, okay. 626 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:09,600 I'm still at time. 627 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:11,600 Hi there, Jonathan. 628 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:13,600 Hello. 629 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:15,600 Say, I think Mike's looking for you. 630 00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:17,600 Yeah? 631 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:19,600 The old guy sort of adopted you, ain't he? 632 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:21,600 Yeah. 633 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:23,600 Sure a good long line tonight, ain't it? 634 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:25,600 Yeah. 635 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:27,600 Well, not so much to do at 6 o'clock in the morning. 636 00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:29,600 My missus will be asleep when I get home. 637 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:31,600 How are you feeling now? 638 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:33,600 Huh? 639 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:35,600 Oh, okay. 640 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:37,600 I got 621. 641 00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:39,600 Yeah. 642 00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:41,600 Yeah, 620 I got. 643 00:23:41,600 --> 00:23:43,600 You sure figure it out to the minute. 644 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:45,600 Right to the minute. 645 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:47,600 Here's my card. 646 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:49,600 Okay. 647 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:01,600 Finally I got to the parking lot. 648 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:03,600 Whole flock of guys were out by now. 649 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:05,600 It was kind of cold. 650 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:07,600 Took a couple of seconds for the motor to turn over. 651 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:09,600 It was 627. 652 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:11,600 I had three minutes. 653 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:13,600 Three minutes. 654 00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:15,600 Couldn't waste any time. I was fighting for my life. 655 00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:17,600 Finally caught. 656 00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:19,600 Started backing out quick. 657 00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:21,600 Had to get out of here in a hurry. 658 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:23,600 Three minutes. Less than that now. 659 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:25,600 Hey! 660 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:27,600 Hey, look out! 661 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:29,600 Oh, my headlights. 662 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:31,600 What's the matter with you? 663 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:33,600 I'm sorry. I'll pay for them. 664 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:35,600 Oh, that ain't the idea. 665 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:37,600 Why don't you watch where you're going? 666 00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:39,600 All right, here's my driver's license. 667 00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:41,600 I work in unit five. 668 00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:43,600 I'll see you tonight and we'll work something out. 669 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:45,600 My name is Jonathan Peters. 670 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:47,600 Hey, not so fast. Not so fast. 671 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:49,600 I got to write this down. 672 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:51,600 You got a pencil? 673 00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:53,600 Here's my pen. Well, start writing. 674 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:55,600 Jonathan Peters. 675 00:24:55,600 --> 00:24:57,600 Unit five. Yes! 676 00:24:57,600 --> 00:24:59,600 Okay, here's your pen. 677 00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:01,600 I'm going to work on this time in the morning. 678 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:03,600 Back up and let me out. I'm in a hurry. 679 00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:05,600 Always in a hurry. 680 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:07,600 That's how trouble starts. 681 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:15,600 All right. It's clear now. 682 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:17,600 Thanks. No more than two minutes. 683 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:19,600 I got to hurry. Hurry. 684 00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:21,600 Clear now. All clear. 685 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:23,600 Hurry! Hurry! 686 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:25,600 Hey, Jonathan. Wait for me. 687 00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:29,600 Wait! Wait, Jonathan! 688 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:31,600 Oh, he got away. 689 00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:33,600 Now why'd he do that? These young fellas. 690 00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:35,600 Don't know what the end will be. 691 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:37,600 That kid sure is wacky. 692 00:25:37,600 --> 00:25:39,600 In a hurry. Always in a hurry. 693 00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:41,600 What's the matter with him? 694 00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:43,600 No sense of responsibility. 695 00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:45,600 Last night he drives like a turtle. 696 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:47,600 This morning he races out of here like a demon and leaves me standing. 697 00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:49,600 Too bad, Mike. Well, maybe somebody else will give you a ride home. 698 00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:53,600 I can get a bus, but this will teach me to do God a favor. 699 00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:55,600 What do you mean? 700 00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:57,600 Well, that Jonathan. 701 00:25:57,600 --> 00:25:59,600 I didn't want to keep him waiting, so I came out and looked for him. 702 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:01,600 And he's not in the car. 703 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:03,600 So I go back in the plant to look. 704 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:05,600 And I miss him. 705 00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:07,600 When I get back, he's driving off. 706 00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:09,600 Yeah? So what's the favia to him? 707 00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:11,600 He was so darn particular about it. 708 00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:13,600 Then he goes off and leaves it under his locker. 709 00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:15,600 But I found it and put it in his car for him. 710 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:17,600 What? His lunch kit. 711 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:23,600 I put it in his car. 712 00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:25,600 Hey, what was that? 713 00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:27,600 Funny. 714 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:29,600 It sounded like thunder. 715 00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:31,600 Thunder? 716 00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:33,600 Look at the sky. 717 00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:35,600 Yeah, beautiful. 718 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:37,600 No, it couldn't have been thunder. 719 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:47,600 It's gonna be a real nice day. 720 00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:59,600 Thank you, John Lund, for a splendid performance. 721 00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:03,600 So people see suspense on television too, Harlow? 722 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:11,600 Yes, Hap, and on television too they learn that an Autolite stay full battery needs water only three times a year in normal car use. 723 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:15,600 Just like they learn that Autolite stay full batteries are made by Autolite. 724 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:22,600 Makers of more than 400 products for cars, trucks, airplanes and boats in 28 Autolite plants from coast to coast. 725 00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:27,600 Yes, sir, and Autolite makes complete electrical systems for many makes of America's finest cars. 726 00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:32,600 Batteries, spark plugs, generators, starting motors, coils and distributors. 727 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:37,600 All engineered to fit together perfectly, work together perfectly because they're our perfect team. 728 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:40,600 The lifeline of your car. 729 00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:43,600 So folks, don't accept electrical parts that are supposed to be as good. 730 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:53,600 Remember, you're always right with Autolite. 731 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:56,600 And now here again is John Lund. 732 00:27:56,600 --> 00:28:00,600 It's been a pleasure to be here tonight with Tony Leeder and his great cast of actors. 733 00:28:00,600 --> 00:28:11,600 And as an old Suspense fan, I'm looking forward, as I'm sure you all are, to next week when radio's outstanding theater of thrills brings you Agnes Moorhead in The Trap. 734 00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:19,600 Another gripping study in Suspense. 735 00:28:19,600 --> 00:28:23,600 John Lund is currently being seen in the Paramount picture Bride of Vengeance. 736 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:29,600 Tonight's Suspense play was written by Larry Marcus with music composed by Lucian Moorowek and conducted by Leith Stevens. 737 00:28:29,600 --> 00:28:33,600 The entire production was under the direction of Anton M. Leeder. 738 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:38,600 In the coming weeks, Suspense will present such stars as Ralph Edwards and Joseph Cotton. 739 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:43,600 Make it a point to listen each Thursday to Suspense, radio's outstanding theater of thrills. 740 00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:48,600 And next Thursday same time, hear Agnes Moorhead in The Trap. 741 00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:59,600 You can buy auto light staple batteries, auto light resistor spark plugs, auto light electrical parts at your neighborhood auto light dealers. 742 00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:03,600 Switch to auto light. Good night. 743 00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:11,600 Put more opportunity in your future. Invest in U.S. savings bonds. 744 00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:23,600 This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.