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01:50.320 --> 01:54.960 The weather was getting angry, and Gus, he was so sensitive, especially at a time like 01:54.960 --> 01:55.960 this. 01:55.960 --> 01:59.000 I'll tell him to stop honking that horn, Dad. 01:59.000 --> 02:00.000 Please do, Jonathan. 02:00.000 --> 02:01.920 Yes, please, please do. 02:01.920 --> 02:02.920 I'll call down to him. 02:02.920 --> 02:03.920 I'll tell him to stop. 02:03.920 --> 02:04.920 Hey, hey, Mike, Mike. 02:04.920 --> 02:05.920 So there you are, Jonathan. 02:05.920 --> 02:06.920 Cut off that horn. 02:06.920 --> 02:07.920 Didn't I tell you this guy was sick? 02:07.920 --> 02:08.920 But we're going to be late for work. 02:08.920 --> 02:09.920 I'll be down in a few minutes. 02:09.920 --> 02:10.920 Take it easy. 02:10.920 --> 02:11.920 You better hurry up. 02:11.920 --> 02:12.920 I wouldn't want to be late, Jonathan. 02:12.920 --> 02:13.920 I'm going to be late for work. 02:13.920 --> 02:14.920 I'll be down in a few minutes. 02:14.920 --> 02:15.920 Take it easy. 02:15.920 --> 02:16.920 You better hurry up. 02:16.920 --> 02:17.920 I wouldn't want to be late, Jonathan. 02:17.920 --> 02:18.920 I'll be down in a few minutes. 02:18.920 --> 02:20.520 I wouldn't want to be late, Jonathan. 02:20.520 --> 02:21.520 Yeah, yeah. 02:21.520 --> 02:24.400 I wouldn't want to be late, Jonathan. 02:24.400 --> 02:25.400 Who is this Mike? 02:25.400 --> 02:26.400 Did he cause any trouble? 02:26.400 --> 02:27.400 Oh, no, Father. 02:27.400 --> 02:28.400 He won't cause any trouble. 02:28.400 --> 02:30.360 Well, you've got to be careful, son. 02:30.360 --> 02:31.360 He wouldn't understand. 02:31.360 --> 02:34.040 There aren't many who would understand. 02:34.040 --> 02:35.600 You've got to be careful. 02:35.600 --> 02:37.680 I only did as you said, Dad. 02:37.680 --> 02:40.600 I made friends with one of the old timers down at the plant. 02:40.600 --> 02:42.260 I drive him to work every night. 02:42.260 --> 02:44.440 He works in the same unit with me. 02:44.440 --> 02:45.520 Now I can't get rid of him. 02:45.520 --> 02:46.840 Are you sure about him, kid? 02:46.840 --> 02:47.840 Sure, sure. 02:47.840 --> 02:48.840 I'm sure about him. 02:48.840 --> 02:49.840 What the hell is he doing up here? 02:49.840 --> 02:52.200 Well, I told him a friend of mine lives here. 02:52.200 --> 02:53.200 Sick friend. 02:53.200 --> 02:54.200 It's all right, Dad. 02:54.200 --> 02:55.200 Very well. 02:55.200 --> 02:57.200 How's it coming, Gus? 02:57.200 --> 02:58.480 Almost finished. 02:58.480 --> 03:01.200 Gus was a mechanic, an old timer. 03:01.200 --> 03:04.320 My father had real respect for his ability. 03:04.320 --> 03:07.280 Gus had chipped out the inside of the thermos bottle. 03:07.280 --> 03:09.640 Now he was working on the detonator. 03:09.640 --> 03:13.280 Looked like the old fashioned pocket watch my dad wore. 03:13.280 --> 03:16.960 Now Gus started winding it. 03:16.960 --> 03:23.640 Somehow, that kind of got me. 03:23.640 --> 03:27.320 I wish my father had never started this thing. 03:27.320 --> 03:33.280 I wish he didn't believe the way he did about atomic fission, destroying the world. 03:33.280 --> 03:35.080 I wish he was like everybody else. 03:35.080 --> 03:36.680 That I wasn't his son. 03:36.680 --> 03:38.440 Hey, Jonathan, what time you got? 03:38.440 --> 03:39.440 Huh? 03:39.440 --> 03:40.440 What time do you have? 03:40.440 --> 03:41.440 What's the matter with you? 03:41.440 --> 03:43.000 Are you getting too nervous for me, son? 03:43.000 --> 03:44.000 Nervous? 03:44.000 --> 03:46.400 Oh, don't worry about me being nervous. 03:46.400 --> 03:48.360 It's 829. 03:48.360 --> 03:49.360 829. 03:49.360 --> 03:50.360 Okay, kid. 03:50.360 --> 03:54.160 What are you sweating about? 03:54.160 --> 03:55.160 Who, me? 03:55.160 --> 03:56.840 Your dad ain't sweating. 03:56.840 --> 03:58.600 This is no time to be nervous, Jonathan. 03:58.600 --> 04:01.560 She'll go off at 630 tomorrow morning. 04:01.560 --> 04:02.560 Is that okay? 04:02.560 --> 04:03.560 Fine, Gus. 04:03.560 --> 04:04.560 Fine. 04:04.560 --> 04:05.560 Okay, kid? 04:05.560 --> 04:06.560 Sure. 04:06.560 --> 04:07.560 Okay. 04:07.560 --> 04:15.680 Now Gus cleared a little space on the table and went to a steel cupboard. 04:15.680 --> 04:18.600 He came back with a metal jug cradled in his arm. 04:18.600 --> 04:20.320 My father leaned forward. 04:20.320 --> 04:23.920 I felt myself tightening up inside. 04:23.920 --> 04:28.120 Without thinking about it, I pulled a pack of cigarettes out of my jacket, put one in 04:28.120 --> 04:29.120 my mouth. 04:29.120 --> 04:33.100 Then as I was about to strike the match, Gus looked up. 04:33.100 --> 04:36.640 My father started coming toward me, the veins throbbing in his neck. 04:36.640 --> 04:37.640 Put that match away, you fool! 04:37.640 --> 04:38.640 What? 04:38.640 --> 04:39.640 What's wrong with you? 04:39.640 --> 04:40.640 Haven't you any sense at all? 04:40.640 --> 04:41.640 What do you mean? 04:41.640 --> 04:42.640 You tell him, Gus. 04:42.640 --> 04:48.240 Kid, if one spark gets into this nitro, they won't find enough of us here to fill that 04:48.240 --> 04:49.240 match box. 04:49.240 --> 04:52.760 The unlit cigarette turned to garbage in my mouth. 04:52.760 --> 04:58.720 I spit it out and stamped it to pieces on the cement floor. 04:58.720 --> 05:01.920 My father and Gus looked at each other. 05:01.920 --> 05:02.920 Gus grinned. 05:02.920 --> 05:07.080 My father's face stoned hard, didn't change. 05:07.080 --> 05:11.800 He looked at me like I was still a little boy. 05:11.800 --> 05:13.760 Okay, okay. 05:13.760 --> 05:14.760 They'd find out. 05:14.760 --> 05:18.080 When the night time came at the plant, it'd be up to me. 05:18.080 --> 05:19.080 Your lunch kit. 05:19.080 --> 05:20.080 Here it is. 05:20.080 --> 05:22.160 I just bought it this afternoon. 05:22.160 --> 05:24.480 Oh, look how pretty it is. 05:24.480 --> 05:25.840 It's a shame to spoil it. 05:25.840 --> 05:27.440 All right, finish with it, Gus. 05:27.440 --> 05:31.320 This is not a time for jokes. 05:31.320 --> 05:33.480 Funny about Gus and his jokes. 05:33.480 --> 05:35.000 He didn't believe in this thing at all. 05:35.000 --> 05:36.680 He'd sell out to anybody. 05:36.680 --> 05:37.680 Money. 05:37.680 --> 05:38.680 Just give him money. 05:38.680 --> 05:41.120 But you had to admire what he could do. 05:41.120 --> 05:44.080 He opened the lunch kit, took the bottle out. 05:44.080 --> 05:49.880 He screwed the detonator into the cap, and when it fitted right, he laid it aside. 05:49.880 --> 05:58.360 Then he put a siphon into the thermos bottle and opened a jug of nitroglycerin. 05:58.360 --> 06:04.160 He poured out a thick yellowish liquid, and when the thermos bottle was full, he put the 06:04.160 --> 06:11.800 top on the jug and carried it back to the cupboard. 06:11.800 --> 06:14.960 You better be far away when this goes off, kid. 06:14.960 --> 06:16.400 I'll be far away all right. 06:16.400 --> 06:18.240 Jonathan is a bright boy, Gus. 06:18.240 --> 06:20.640 I've taught him well. 06:20.640 --> 06:22.440 Gus didn't say anything after that. 06:22.440 --> 06:24.920 He bent down over his table and his eyes tightened up to it. 06:24.920 --> 06:26.640 You could barely see him. 06:26.640 --> 06:27.640 He worked quick. 06:27.640 --> 06:29.840 You could see he knew what he was doing. 06:29.840 --> 06:33.920 And watching him, I began to feel better. 06:33.920 --> 06:35.520 Then he was finished. 06:35.520 --> 06:42.840 He put the thermos bottle of nitro back inside the lunch kit and the sandwich and the orange. 06:42.840 --> 06:45.120 And he closed the lunch kit and handed it to me. 06:45.120 --> 06:46.120 Here you are, kid. 06:46.120 --> 06:47.120 Don't drop it. 06:47.120 --> 06:48.120 I won't. 06:48.120 --> 06:49.120 Now, son. 06:49.120 --> 06:50.120 Yes, Dad? 06:50.120 --> 06:51.120 Look at me. 06:51.120 --> 06:52.120 Dad, look at me. 06:52.120 --> 06:53.120 Yes. 06:53.120 --> 06:54.120 It will all work out all right, won't it, son? 06:54.120 --> 06:55.120 Yes, Dad. 06:55.120 --> 06:56.120 It'll be all right. 06:56.120 --> 06:57.120 You will make no mistakes. 06:57.120 --> 06:58.120 I'll be careful. 06:58.120 --> 06:59.120 I'll be careful. 06:59.120 --> 07:00.120 I'll be careful. 07:00.120 --> 07:01.120 I'll be careful. 07:01.120 --> 07:02.120 I'll be careful. 07:02.120 --> 07:03.120 I'll be careful. 07:03.120 --> 07:04.120 I'll be careful. 07:04.120 --> 07:05.840 And you'll be here tomorrow morning? 07:05.840 --> 07:06.840 I'll be here. 07:06.840 --> 07:07.840 Good. 07:07.840 --> 07:10.880 And then perhaps we'll go away together, you and I. 07:10.880 --> 07:11.880 That'll be fine. 07:11.880 --> 07:14.880 Oh, there's your friend again. 07:14.880 --> 07:22.360 All right, Jonathan, get on with it before the old fool gets us all into trouble. 07:22.360 --> 07:26.600 That you, Jonathan? 07:26.600 --> 07:27.600 Yes. 07:27.600 --> 07:31.600 I fear it's about time. 07:31.600 --> 07:32.600 What kept you? 07:32.600 --> 07:33.600 We got to talking. 07:33.600 --> 07:34.600 He's pretty sick. 07:34.600 --> 07:36.080 We're going to be late for work. 07:36.080 --> 07:37.600 Well, you should have taken a bus. 07:37.600 --> 07:38.600 What about you? 07:38.600 --> 07:39.600 I've been late. 07:39.600 --> 07:40.600 So what? 07:40.600 --> 07:41.600 So what? 07:41.600 --> 07:42.600 That ain't no attitude, Jonathan. 07:42.600 --> 07:43.600 All right, all right. 07:43.600 --> 07:44.600 Here. 07:44.600 --> 07:45.600 Open up the dashboard compartment. 07:45.600 --> 07:48.600 I want to put this lunch kit in. 07:48.600 --> 07:49.600 Okay. 07:49.600 --> 07:50.600 Be careful. 07:50.600 --> 07:51.600 It's a nice new one. 07:51.600 --> 07:58.600 The drives of the plant was something I'd never forget. 07:58.600 --> 08:03.600 What if I ran into something? 08:03.600 --> 08:05.600 A tire blew. 08:05.600 --> 08:08.600 A speck of dust got into my eye and I ran off the road. 08:08.600 --> 08:11.600 I stayed off the main highway. 08:11.600 --> 08:14.600 Too much traffic. 08:14.600 --> 08:16.600 This ain't the right road, Jonathan. 08:16.600 --> 08:19.600 I drove under 25 miles an hour all the way. 08:19.600 --> 08:20.600 Can't you go any faster? 08:20.600 --> 08:21.600 We're going to be late, Jonathan. 08:21.600 --> 08:24.600 And all the time the old man kept talking, talking. 08:24.600 --> 08:27.600 You young fellows of today, you're a strange, disturbing lot. 08:27.600 --> 08:28.600 Talk, talk, talk. 08:28.600 --> 08:30.600 You've a fever in your blood. 08:30.600 --> 08:32.600 You're restless and you don't know why. 08:32.600 --> 08:33.600 You're a strange lot. 08:33.600 --> 08:35.600 Yeah, yeah, yeah, a strange lot. 08:35.600 --> 08:36.600 You've a fever in your blood. 08:36.600 --> 08:37.600 Keep quiet. 08:37.600 --> 08:38.600 What's that? 08:38.600 --> 08:39.600 What? 08:39.600 --> 08:40.600 The noise, that rattling. 08:40.600 --> 08:41.600 I don't know, Jonathan. 08:41.600 --> 08:42.600 Sounds like your lunch kit. 08:42.600 --> 08:43.600 Let me at it. 08:43.600 --> 08:44.600 What are you worrying about that for? 08:44.600 --> 08:45.600 We're going to be late. 08:45.600 --> 08:46.600 Stop telling me we're going to be late. 08:46.600 --> 08:47.600 Stop that jabber. 08:47.600 --> 08:48.600 Yes, Jonathan. 08:48.600 --> 08:49.600 You think the lunch kit will... 08:49.600 --> 08:50.600 You think the lunch kit will be on the way? 08:50.600 --> 08:51.600 Yeah. 08:51.600 --> 08:52.600 I don't know. 08:52.600 --> 08:53.600 You think the lunch kit will be on the way? 08:53.600 --> 08:54.600 Yeah. 08:54.600 --> 08:57.600 You think the lunch kit will... 08:57.600 --> 08:58.600 You all right now? 08:58.600 --> 08:59.600 You packed it in pretty well. 08:59.600 --> 09:00.600 Okay. 09:00.600 --> 09:03.600 If you hear it rattling again, let me know right away. 09:03.600 --> 09:04.600 You hear, Mike? 09:04.600 --> 09:16.600 At last we came to the plant. 09:16.600 --> 09:19.600 The night shift guys were already at work. 09:19.600 --> 09:22.600 The parking lot was jammed with their cars. 09:22.600 --> 09:24.600 We were late, but I was glad of that. 09:24.600 --> 09:26.600 Now I'd be able to park near the entrance. 09:26.600 --> 09:32.600 Later on I'd be able to get out in a hurry. 09:32.600 --> 09:34.600 Okay, Mike, this is it. 09:34.600 --> 09:36.600 I'm sorry I made you late. 09:36.600 --> 09:38.600 Oh, that's all right, Jonathan. 09:38.600 --> 09:41.600 Mind if I go back with you in the morning? 09:41.600 --> 09:42.600 Okay. 09:42.600 --> 09:43.600 Just be here prompt. 09:43.600 --> 09:44.600 I won't wait for you. 09:44.600 --> 09:51.600 I took the lunch kit and started for the main gate. 09:51.600 --> 09:52.600 The guard was standing there, 09:52.600 --> 09:55.600 expecting everybody with a flashlight. 09:55.600 --> 09:59.600 I grinned at him and snapped the lunch kit open. 09:59.600 --> 10:01.600 How are you tonight? 10:01.600 --> 10:02.600 Okay. 10:02.600 --> 10:05.600 Not ate much, are you? 10:05.600 --> 10:07.600 No, not much. 10:07.600 --> 10:08.600 Ought to. 10:08.600 --> 10:10.600 Put some weight on you. 10:10.600 --> 10:11.600 Pass. 10:11.600 --> 10:16.600 I changed my clothes quickly and left the lunch kit in my locker. 10:16.600 --> 10:18.600 I figured I must look pretty haggard. 10:18.600 --> 10:20.600 So before going into the plant, 10:20.600 --> 10:22.600 I went into the washroom and washed my face 10:22.600 --> 10:24.600 and let cold water run down my wrists. 10:24.600 --> 10:28.600 Then I saw I left my wristwatch and my street clothes. 10:28.600 --> 10:30.600 It was against the rules to go back into the locker room 10:30.600 --> 10:32.600 until the shift was over. 10:32.600 --> 10:34.600 Now all night long I wouldn't know what time it was. 10:34.600 --> 10:36.600 I'd have to ask, have to guess. 10:36.600 --> 10:38.600 Oh, Father wouldn't like that at all. 10:38.600 --> 10:40.600 He was so careless. 10:40.600 --> 10:44.600 I began noticing kind of an ache in the bit of my stomach. 10:44.600 --> 10:46.600 Oh, I mustn't get sick tonight. 10:46.600 --> 10:50.600 I drank a lot of water and the pain left me. 10:50.600 --> 10:52.600 Then I went back into my unit. 10:56.600 --> 10:59.600 Oh, this was going to be a bad night. 10:59.600 --> 11:01.600 I was all raw nerves. 11:01.600 --> 11:03.600 It was like being in the middle of a nightmare. 11:03.600 --> 11:05.600 A nightmare that wouldn't end. 11:05.600 --> 11:07.600 My hands were all thumbs. 11:07.600 --> 11:10.600 I couldn't seem to make them do anything right. 11:10.600 --> 11:13.600 Oh, Father wouldn't like the way I was doing things. 11:13.600 --> 11:15.600 I couldn't stand it much longer. 11:15.600 --> 11:16.600 Hey, Jonathan! 11:16.600 --> 11:17.600 Huh? 11:17.600 --> 11:18.600 What are you doing? 11:18.600 --> 11:19.600 Cut your switch. 11:21.600 --> 11:22.600 What? 11:22.600 --> 11:23.600 What's wrong, Mr. Davis? 11:23.600 --> 11:24.600 What's wrong? 11:24.600 --> 11:26.600 Is that the way you handle that modifier? 11:26.600 --> 11:27.600 Where's your apron? 11:27.600 --> 11:29.600 Oh, oh yeah. 11:29.600 --> 11:31.600 Oh gee, I'm sorry, Mr. Davis. 11:31.600 --> 11:33.600 Don't be sorry. Do it right. 11:33.600 --> 11:35.600 Get on the ball, Jonathan. Get on the ball. 11:35.600 --> 11:37.600 Yes, sir. Yes, sir. 11:37.600 --> 11:39.600 On the ball. 11:41.600 --> 11:43.600 What time was it getting to me? 11:43.600 --> 11:46.600 I couldn't concentrate. I couldn't think. 11:46.600 --> 11:49.600 All I could remember was what was in my locker. 11:49.600 --> 11:51.600 All I could remember was that thermos bottle 11:51.600 --> 11:53.600 filled at the top with nitro. 11:53.600 --> 11:56.600 All I could remember was that detonator set for 630. 11:58.600 --> 12:00.600 Hey, Mike, what time is it? 12:00.600 --> 12:01.600 1230. 12:03.600 --> 12:05.600 Hey, Mike, what time is it? 12:05.600 --> 12:07.600 Ten minutes after one. 12:08.600 --> 12:09.600 Hey, Mike, what time is it? 12:09.600 --> 12:13.600 Five minutes to two. 12:13.600 --> 12:14.600 Hey, Mike, what time is it? 12:14.600 --> 12:15.600 Almost time for lunch. 12:15.600 --> 12:16.600 Lunch? 12:16.600 --> 12:17.600 And am I hungry? 12:17.600 --> 12:18.600 I could eat them. 12:18.600 --> 12:20.600 Hey, what's wrong with you? 12:20.600 --> 12:21.600 Well, you're white as a... 12:21.600 --> 12:24.600 My stomach. My stomach. 12:24.600 --> 12:27.600 Hey, you guys, come over here, quick. 12:27.600 --> 12:30.600 How do you feel now, son? 12:30.600 --> 12:32.600 Better. 12:32.600 --> 12:34.600 What time is it? 12:34.600 --> 12:35.600 Where am I? 12:35.600 --> 12:37.600 In the plant dispensary. 12:37.600 --> 12:40.600 You, uh, you ever had a spell like that before? 12:40.600 --> 12:42.600 No, no, I never did, Doc. What time is it? 12:42.600 --> 12:44.600 You see, you're pretty nervous, aren't you? 12:44.600 --> 12:46.600 No, no, no, I'm all right. 12:46.600 --> 12:47.600 I don't know. 12:47.600 --> 12:48.600 I'm not sure. 12:48.600 --> 12:50.600 I'm not sure. 12:50.600 --> 12:52.600 I'm not sure. 12:52.600 --> 12:54.600 I'm not sure. 12:54.600 --> 12:57.600 You're not sure. 12:57.600 --> 12:58.600 I'm not sure. 12:58.600 --> 13:00.600 Your pulse was extremely high when they brought you in here. 13:00.600 --> 13:01.600 But I'm all right now, Doc. 13:01.600 --> 13:02.600 I want to go back to my job. 13:02.600 --> 13:04.600 You want to what? 13:04.600 --> 13:06.600 I can't allow you to go back to your job, son. 13:06.600 --> 13:08.600 Now just relax. 13:08.600 --> 13:09.600 But I'm all right now. 13:09.600 --> 13:10.600 What time is it? 13:10.600 --> 13:12.600 Take it easy now. Take it easy. 13:12.600 --> 13:14.600 It's, uh, it's 2.30. 13:14.600 --> 13:15.600 2.30? 13:15.600 --> 13:17.600 When have they all gone back to work? 13:17.600 --> 13:18.600 I won't be able to go to my locker. 13:18.600 --> 13:20.600 Oh, I know what you're thinking. 13:20.600 --> 13:22.600 Your lunch. Isn't that what's on your mind? 13:22.600 --> 13:23.600 But lunch is over. 13:23.600 --> 13:24.600 I won't be able to go back. 13:24.600 --> 13:25.600 Well, never mind. 13:25.600 --> 13:26.600 I'll send somebody to get your lunch kit. 13:26.600 --> 13:27.600 Oh, no. 13:27.600 --> 13:28.600 No, don't do that. 13:28.600 --> 13:29.600 Huh? 13:29.600 --> 13:30.600 No, no. 13:30.600 --> 13:31.600 No, really, Doctor. 13:31.600 --> 13:32.600 I'm not hungry. 13:32.600 --> 13:33.600 Sure, I know. 13:33.600 --> 13:34.600 But you've got to have something. 13:34.600 --> 13:35.600 Just sit there. 13:35.600 --> 13:38.600 He went into the next room. 13:38.600 --> 13:40.600 I wanted to jump up and start running. 13:40.600 --> 13:42.600 But that was no good either. 13:42.600 --> 13:45.600 Why'd I make such a fuss about the lunch kit? 13:45.600 --> 13:47.600 What's he doing in there? 13:47.600 --> 13:49.600 And he came back. 13:49.600 --> 13:51.600 And he was carrying a glass of milk. 13:51.600 --> 13:52.600 There you are. 13:52.600 --> 13:53.600 You're going to miss lunch. 13:53.600 --> 13:54.600 At least drink this. 13:54.600 --> 13:55.600 Milk? 13:55.600 --> 13:56.600 Go on. 13:56.600 --> 13:57.600 Drink it down. 13:57.600 --> 13:58.600 Okay. 13:58.600 --> 13:59.600 Finish it all. 13:59.600 --> 14:00.600 That's it. 14:00.600 --> 14:01.600 There. 14:01.600 --> 14:02.600 Feel better? 14:02.600 --> 14:03.600 Yeah. 14:03.600 --> 14:08.600 I think I better go back to work. 14:08.600 --> 14:12.600 No, you don't want to do that. 14:12.600 --> 14:13.600 Just take it easy. 14:13.600 --> 14:15.600 Oh, I feel fine now. 14:15.600 --> 14:16.600 Really. 14:16.600 --> 14:19.600 You couldn't go back to work even if I let you. 14:19.600 --> 14:20.600 What do you mean? 14:20.600 --> 14:24.600 You'll lie down on the cot there in the next room and take it easy. 14:24.600 --> 14:26.600 You're going to take a nice long sleep. 14:26.600 --> 14:27.600 Sleep? 14:27.600 --> 14:28.600 Why, sure? 14:28.600 --> 14:29.600 Oh, no, no. 14:29.600 --> 14:30.600 I've got to get back to work. 14:30.600 --> 14:31.600 Oh, no. 14:31.600 --> 14:32.600 Not tonight anymore. 14:32.600 --> 14:33.600 But I couldn't sleep. 14:33.600 --> 14:35.600 You all sleep all right. 14:35.600 --> 14:38.600 I put a couple of grains of barbatoil in that milk you drank. 14:38.600 --> 14:39.600 Sleeping powder! 14:39.600 --> 14:41.600 Hey, what's the matter with you breaking the glass like that? 14:41.600 --> 14:42.600 I don't want to go to sleep. 14:42.600 --> 14:43.600 I'm all right. 14:43.600 --> 14:44.600 You're all right. 14:44.600 --> 14:45.600 Can't even hold a glass. 14:45.600 --> 14:47.600 Well, you're in fine shape. 14:47.600 --> 14:48.600 At least you drank the milk. 14:48.600 --> 14:49.600 I don't like taking dope. 14:49.600 --> 14:52.600 Now, look, son, it'll slow you down. 14:52.600 --> 14:55.600 You'll wake up feeling like a new man. 14:55.600 --> 14:58.600 You little fellas, you don't know how to relax. 14:58.600 --> 15:00.600 It's a wonder you live as long as you do. 15:00.600 --> 15:05.600 Now, come along with me. 15:05.600 --> 15:10.600 Just lie there now and behave yourself. 15:10.600 --> 15:11.600 That's right. 15:11.600 --> 15:13.600 Crawl under the blankets. 15:13.600 --> 15:17.600 Now, in a few minutes, you'll be sleeping like a baby. 15:17.600 --> 15:19.600 And you won't need the lights. 15:19.600 --> 15:21.600 Good night, young fellow. 15:21.600 --> 15:23.600 Present dreams. 15:37.600 --> 15:41.600 For suspense, Auto Light is bringing you Mr. John Lund 15:41.600 --> 15:47.600 in Radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 15:54.600 --> 15:55.600 Hello, Harlow. 15:55.600 --> 15:56.600 What's cooking? 15:56.600 --> 15:57.600 Don't say those words. 15:57.600 --> 15:58.600 Half they're poison. 15:58.600 --> 16:00.600 Look at this letter. 16:00.600 --> 16:02.600 Oh, from June Bride. 16:02.600 --> 16:05.600 Dear Uncle Harlow, I'm just dying to learn how to use 16:05.600 --> 16:07.600 that lovely pressure cooker you sent me. 16:07.600 --> 16:08.600 Wasn't a pressure cooker. 16:08.600 --> 16:11.600 I sent her a dandy dynamic Auto Light Stay Full battery 16:11.600 --> 16:14.600 that needs water only three times a year in normal car use. 16:14.600 --> 16:17.600 She says, I know it must be a wonderful pressure cooker 16:17.600 --> 16:21.600 because the instructions say it needs water only three times a year 16:21.600 --> 16:22.600 in normal car use. 16:22.600 --> 16:24.600 June Brides, they're dumb. 16:24.600 --> 16:27.600 She should know that an Auto Light Stay Full battery has extra plates 16:27.600 --> 16:30.600 for extra power, protected by fiberglass insulation 16:30.600 --> 16:34.600 for stronger life and longer life than batteries without these features. 16:34.600 --> 16:37.600 And she says here, Bob keeps telling me the pressure cooker 16:37.600 --> 16:39.600 is really an Auto Light Stay Full battery 16:39.600 --> 16:43.600 that needs water only three times a year in normal car use. 16:43.600 --> 16:45.600 Uncle Harlow, you're wonderful. 16:45.600 --> 16:47.600 Now we can cook as we travel. 16:47.600 --> 16:49.600 June Brides, now if they'd listen to me... 16:49.600 --> 16:50.600 They can't. 16:50.600 --> 16:53.600 We're going to listen to Suspense. 16:53.600 --> 16:58.600 And now, Auto Light brings back to our Hollywood sound stage 16:58.600 --> 17:03.600 John Lund as Jonathan in Lunch Kit. 17:03.600 --> 17:08.600 A tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 17:12.600 --> 17:13.600 Sleeping powder. 17:13.600 --> 17:15.600 He put sleeping powder in the milk. 17:15.600 --> 17:18.600 And like an idiot, I drank it all down, every bit of it. 17:18.600 --> 17:21.600 And then, then I started to get drowsy. 17:21.600 --> 17:25.600 With a time bomb in my lunch kit set to go off in just a few hours, 17:25.600 --> 17:27.600 I started getting drowsy. 17:27.600 --> 17:30.600 No, no, I had to get up to get out. 17:30.600 --> 17:32.600 I couldn't stay there, couldn't sleep through. 17:32.600 --> 17:35.600 Had to do something, something. 17:35.600 --> 17:38.600 My eyes are getting heavy, so heavy. 17:38.600 --> 17:40.600 Couldn't keep them open. 17:40.600 --> 17:42.600 Kind of pure nitro. 17:42.600 --> 17:45.600 And all the chemicals and the flammable stockpiles here. 17:45.600 --> 17:48.600 The place would go up like an ammunition dump. 17:48.600 --> 17:49.600 I had to get out. 17:49.600 --> 17:51.600 Couldn't keep my eyes open. 17:51.600 --> 17:53.600 So easy. 17:53.600 --> 17:55.600 It's so easy. 17:55.600 --> 17:57.600 Let my eyes close. 17:57.600 --> 18:00.600 Go to sleep. 18:00.600 --> 18:02.600 No, no, I couldn't go to sleep. 18:02.600 --> 18:03.600 I couldn't, I couldn't. 18:03.600 --> 18:04.600 I crawled off the cot. 18:04.600 --> 18:05.600 Window in the room. 18:05.600 --> 18:07.600 Had to get through the window. 18:07.600 --> 18:09.600 Couldn't go through the doctor's office. 18:09.600 --> 18:10.600 Get out through the window. 18:10.600 --> 18:12.600 I started over. 18:12.600 --> 18:15.600 But then, then I, I had to stop. 18:15.600 --> 18:17.600 I had to sit down. 18:17.600 --> 18:19.600 So tired. 18:19.600 --> 18:22.600 So tired. 18:22.600 --> 18:23.600 So good. 18:23.600 --> 18:25.600 Sit there. 18:25.600 --> 18:27.600 So good. 18:27.600 --> 18:28.600 Sit there. 18:28.600 --> 18:30.600 So good. 18:30.600 --> 18:32.600 Close. 18:42.600 --> 18:43.600 What's that? 18:43.600 --> 18:45.600 The nitro. 18:45.600 --> 18:46.600 The whistle. 18:46.600 --> 18:47.600 The whistle. 18:47.600 --> 18:49.600 Time to go home. 18:49.600 --> 18:50.600 Six o'clock. 18:50.600 --> 18:52.600 I slept right through and then the whistle woke me up. 18:52.600 --> 18:57.600 Oh, well, lucky. 18:57.600 --> 18:58.600 I'm lucky. 18:58.600 --> 19:00.600 Six o'clock. 19:00.600 --> 19:02.600 The lunch kit goes off at six thirty. 19:02.600 --> 19:04.600 Have to act fast. 19:04.600 --> 19:06.600 This time no mistake. 19:06.600 --> 19:08.600 Now, now I have to do everything right. 19:08.600 --> 19:11.600 Getting out of the dispensary was easy. 19:11.600 --> 19:13.600 There was a shed right below the window. 19:13.600 --> 19:17.600 I dropped to the roof. 19:17.600 --> 19:20.600 And then to the ground. 19:20.600 --> 19:22.600 Didn't feel any too good. 19:22.600 --> 19:24.600 Still groggy from the barbatoil. 19:24.600 --> 19:26.600 There was no time to think about that now. 19:26.600 --> 19:28.600 When I got back to the locker room, 19:28.600 --> 19:30.600 the boys are climbing out of their work clothes. 19:30.600 --> 19:32.600 Getting ready for the shower room. 19:32.600 --> 19:34.600 Hey, Jonathan, you OK now? 19:34.600 --> 19:36.600 Oh, yeah. Yeah, I feel fine. 19:36.600 --> 19:39.600 Hey, you better stop drinking at turpentine, Jonathan. 19:39.600 --> 19:42.600 Boy, you sure had me worried, Jonathan. 19:42.600 --> 19:43.600 Oh, I'm all right now, Mike. 19:43.600 --> 19:45.600 Do I still get the ride? 19:45.600 --> 19:46.600 Huh? Oh, yeah, yeah. 19:46.600 --> 19:48.600 Well, see you later then. 19:48.600 --> 19:51.600 Gonna take a shower. 19:51.600 --> 19:54.600 I changed into my street clothes and nothing flat. 19:54.600 --> 19:56.600 Not caring how I looked. 19:56.600 --> 19:58.600 I was kind of worried the doctor would look in on me 19:58.600 --> 20:00.600 and find me gone. 20:00.600 --> 20:01.600 When I was ready to go, 20:01.600 --> 20:03.600 all the other fellas were in the shower room. 20:03.600 --> 20:05.600 Oh, that was the break I wanted. 20:05.600 --> 20:08.600 I took the lunch kit out of my locker 20:08.600 --> 20:10.600 and slid it underneath. 20:10.600 --> 20:12.600 Then I looked at my wristwatch. 20:12.600 --> 20:13.600 Four minutes after six. 20:13.600 --> 20:15.600 I had 25 minutes to get away. 20:15.600 --> 20:16.600 It was working out fine. 20:16.600 --> 20:19.600 Now I knew Father would be pleased. 20:19.600 --> 20:22.600 I walked past the front offices. 20:22.600 --> 20:24.600 No one else around yet. 20:24.600 --> 20:26.600 Couldn't walk too fast, though. 20:26.600 --> 20:28.600 Not too fast, not too slow. 20:28.600 --> 20:29.600 That natural. 20:29.600 --> 20:31.600 Not too fast, not too slow. 20:31.600 --> 20:32.600 Oh, Jonathan. 20:32.600 --> 20:33.600 Huh? 20:33.600 --> 20:35.600 That was Mr. Davis, the foreman. 20:35.600 --> 20:37.600 How are you feeling now, Jonathan? 20:37.600 --> 20:38.600 Oh, I'm all right, Mr. Davis. 20:38.600 --> 20:40.600 Anyhow, I want to talk to you. Come into the office. 20:40.600 --> 20:41.600 Now? 20:41.600 --> 20:42.600 Sure, now. 20:42.600 --> 20:44.600 Oh, I'm in kind of a hurry, Mr. Davis. 20:44.600 --> 20:46.600 At six o'clock in the morning, nobody's in a hurry. 20:46.600 --> 20:48.600 Come on, come in. 20:48.600 --> 20:50.600 All right, but just for a minute. 20:50.600 --> 20:52.600 Close it on. 20:53.600 --> 20:55.600 Sit down. 20:56.600 --> 21:01.600 Ah, nothing like sitting down and relaxing after a long night. 21:02.600 --> 21:04.600 This chair could use a little oil. 21:04.600 --> 21:06.600 I really can't stay long, Mr. Davis. 21:06.600 --> 21:08.600 I'm supposed to meet someone. 21:08.600 --> 21:11.600 At six o'clock in the morning? 21:11.600 --> 21:13.600 You still look pale. 21:13.600 --> 21:15.600 You still look pale, Jonathan. 21:15.600 --> 21:17.600 You sure you feel all right? 21:17.600 --> 21:20.600 Yes, yes. Mr. Davis, if it's about the mistake I made tonight... 21:20.600 --> 21:22.600 Oh, it's not that so much. 21:22.600 --> 21:24.600 I'm just a little worried about your health. 21:24.600 --> 21:26.600 No worry about it, Mr. Davis. 21:26.600 --> 21:29.600 It's just that sometimes I get a little nervous. 21:29.600 --> 21:31.600 A little nervous? 21:31.600 --> 21:33.600 Look at you, squirming on that chair. 21:33.600 --> 21:35.600 You're a bundle of nerves. 21:35.600 --> 21:37.600 Something bothering you? 21:37.600 --> 21:39.600 I mean, something really bothering you? 21:39.600 --> 21:41.600 You can't relax. 21:41.600 --> 21:42.600 Nothing's bothering me. 21:42.600 --> 21:45.600 Well, just make sure I'm gonna call the dispensary. 21:45.600 --> 21:47.600 I'm gonna hunch you're not telling me everything. 21:47.600 --> 21:49.600 I tell you, I'm all right. 21:49.600 --> 21:51.600 Add dispensary, please. 21:51.600 --> 21:53.600 Jonathan! 21:53.600 --> 21:55.600 Jonathan, come back here! 21:55.600 --> 21:57.600 What's wrong with that guy? 21:57.600 --> 21:59.600 He wasn't chasing me. 21:59.600 --> 22:01.600 I looked at my watch. 614. 22:01.600 --> 22:03.600 Still plenty of time to get away. 22:03.600 --> 22:05.600 I left the main building. 22:05.600 --> 22:07.600 It started across the yard to the gate. 22:07.600 --> 22:09.600 It was still dark. 22:09.600 --> 22:11.600 I was one of the first out. 22:11.600 --> 22:13.600 Don't look back. 22:13.600 --> 22:15.600 Keep going. Don't let him stop you. 22:15.600 --> 22:17.600 Slow down! Slow down! 22:17.600 --> 22:19.600 I've gotta chase you. 22:19.600 --> 22:21.600 I'm out of breath. 22:21.600 --> 22:23.600 What do you want? 22:23.600 --> 22:25.600 You know as well as I what I want. 22:25.600 --> 22:27.600 You forgot something. 22:27.600 --> 22:29.600 What did I forget? 22:29.600 --> 22:31.600 You forgot to punch the time clock. 22:31.600 --> 22:33.600 I'll do it tomorrow. 22:33.600 --> 22:35.600 Tomorrow? That'll be my neck. 22:35.600 --> 22:37.600 You're not leaving this plant until you punch out, mister. 22:37.600 --> 22:39.600 All right, all right. I'll go back and punch out. 22:39.600 --> 22:41.600 Where's the fire? 22:41.600 --> 22:43.600 You gotta work out that energy at your job, young fella. 22:43.600 --> 22:45.600 Yeah, yeah. 22:45.600 --> 22:47.600 I went back into the main building. 22:47.600 --> 22:51.600 And there was at least 20 other guys waiting in line before the clock. 22:51.600 --> 22:53.600 Say, hey, look. 22:53.600 --> 22:55.600 I gotta get to town early. 22:55.600 --> 22:57.600 How about let me punch out now, huh? 22:57.600 --> 22:59.600 End of the line, bud. 22:59.600 --> 23:01.600 But it'll only take a second. 23:01.600 --> 23:03.600 End of the line. 23:03.600 --> 23:05.600 We all wanna get to town early, bud. 23:05.600 --> 23:07.600 Okay, okay. 23:07.600 --> 23:09.600 I'm still at time. 23:09.600 --> 23:11.600 Hi there, Jonathan. 23:11.600 --> 23:13.600 Hello. 23:13.600 --> 23:15.600 Say, I think Mike's looking for you. 23:15.600 --> 23:17.600 Yeah? 23:17.600 --> 23:19.600 The old guy sort of adopted you, ain't he? 23:19.600 --> 23:21.600 Yeah. 23:21.600 --> 23:23.600 Sure a good long line tonight, ain't it? 23:23.600 --> 23:25.600 Yeah. 23:25.600 --> 23:27.600 Well, not so much to do at 6 o'clock in the morning. 23:27.600 --> 23:29.600 My missus will be asleep when I get home. 23:29.600 --> 23:31.600 How are you feeling now? 23:31.600 --> 23:33.600 Huh? 23:33.600 --> 23:35.600 Oh, okay. 23:35.600 --> 23:37.600 I got 621. 23:37.600 --> 23:39.600 Yeah. 23:39.600 --> 23:41.600 Yeah, 620 I got. 23:41.600 --> 23:43.600 You sure figure it out to the minute. 23:43.600 --> 23:45.600 Right to the minute. 23:45.600 --> 23:47.600 Here's my card. 23:47.600 --> 23:49.600 Okay. 23:59.600 --> 24:01.600 Finally I got to the parking lot. 24:01.600 --> 24:03.600 Whole flock of guys were out by now. 24:03.600 --> 24:05.600 It was kind of cold. 24:05.600 --> 24:07.600 Took a couple of seconds for the motor to turn over. 24:07.600 --> 24:09.600 It was 627. 24:09.600 --> 24:11.600 I had three minutes. 24:11.600 --> 24:13.600 Three minutes. 24:13.600 --> 24:15.600 Couldn't waste any time. I was fighting for my life. 24:15.600 --> 24:17.600 Finally caught. 24:17.600 --> 24:19.600 Started backing out quick. 24:19.600 --> 24:21.600 Had to get out of here in a hurry. 24:21.600 --> 24:23.600 Three minutes. Less than that now. 24:23.600 --> 24:25.600 Hey! 24:25.600 --> 24:27.600 Hey, look out! 24:27.600 --> 24:29.600 Oh, my headlights. 24:29.600 --> 24:31.600 What's the matter with you? 24:31.600 --> 24:33.600 I'm sorry. I'll pay for them. 24:33.600 --> 24:35.600 Oh, that ain't the idea. 24:35.600 --> 24:37.600 Why don't you watch where you're going? 24:37.600 --> 24:39.600 All right, here's my driver's license. 24:39.600 --> 24:41.600 I work in unit five. 24:41.600 --> 24:43.600 I'll see you tonight and we'll work something out. 24:43.600 --> 24:45.600 My name is Jonathan Peters. 24:45.600 --> 24:47.600 Hey, not so fast. Not so fast. 24:47.600 --> 24:49.600 I got to write this down. 24:49.600 --> 24:51.600 You got a pencil? 24:51.600 --> 24:53.600 Here's my pen. Well, start writing. 24:53.600 --> 24:55.600 Jonathan Peters. 24:55.600 --> 24:57.600 Unit five. Yes! 24:57.600 --> 24:59.600 Okay, here's your pen. 24:59.600 --> 25:01.600 I'm going to work on this time in the morning. 25:01.600 --> 25:03.600 Back up and let me out. I'm in a hurry. 25:03.600 --> 25:05.600 Always in a hurry. 25:05.600 --> 25:07.600 That's how trouble starts. 25:13.600 --> 25:15.600 All right. It's clear now. 25:15.600 --> 25:17.600 Thanks. No more than two minutes. 25:17.600 --> 25:19.600 I got to hurry. Hurry. 25:19.600 --> 25:21.600 Clear now. All clear. 25:21.600 --> 25:23.600 Hurry! Hurry! 25:23.600 --> 25:25.600 Hey, Jonathan. Wait for me. 25:25.600 --> 25:29.600 Wait! Wait, Jonathan! 25:29.600 --> 25:31.600 Oh, he got away. 25:31.600 --> 25:33.600 Now why'd he do that? These young fellas. 25:33.600 --> 25:35.600 Don't know what the end will be. 25:35.600 --> 25:37.600 That kid sure is wacky. 25:37.600 --> 25:39.600 In a hurry. Always in a hurry. 25:39.600 --> 25:41.600 What's the matter with him? 25:41.600 --> 25:43.600 No sense of responsibility. 25:43.600 --> 25:45.600 Last night he drives like a turtle. 25:45.600 --> 25:47.600 This morning he races out of here like a demon and leaves me standing. 25:47.600 --> 25:49.600 Too bad, Mike. Well, maybe somebody else will give you a ride home. 25:49.600 --> 25:53.600 I can get a bus, but this will teach me to do God a favor. 25:53.600 --> 25:55.600 What do you mean? 25:55.600 --> 25:57.600 Well, that Jonathan. 25:57.600 --> 25:59.600 I didn't want to keep him waiting, so I came out and looked for him. 25:59.600 --> 26:01.600 And he's not in the car. 26:01.600 --> 26:03.600 So I go back in the plant to look. 26:03.600 --> 26:05.600 And I miss him. 26:05.600 --> 26:07.600 When I get back, he's driving off. 26:07.600 --> 26:09.600 Yeah? So what's the favia to him? 26:09.600 --> 26:11.600 He was so darn particular about it. 26:11.600 --> 26:13.600 Then he goes off and leaves it under his locker. 26:13.600 --> 26:15.600 But I found it and put it in his car for him. 26:15.600 --> 26:17.600 What? His lunch kit. 26:17.600 --> 26:23.600 I put it in his car. 26:23.600 --> 26:25.600 Hey, what was that? 26:25.600 --> 26:27.600 Funny. 26:27.600 --> 26:29.600 It sounded like thunder. 26:29.600 --> 26:31.600 Thunder? 26:31.600 --> 26:33.600 Look at the sky. 26:33.600 --> 26:35.600 Yeah, beautiful. 26:35.600 --> 26:37.600 No, it couldn't have been thunder. 26:37.600 --> 26:47.600 It's gonna be a real nice day. 26:47.600 --> 26:59.600 Thank you, John Lund, for a splendid performance. 26:59.600 --> 27:03.600 So people see suspense on television too, Harlow? 27:03.600 --> 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. 27:11.600 --> 27:15.600 Just like they learn that Autolite stay full batteries are made by Autolite. 27:15.600 --> 27:22.600 Makers of more than 400 products for cars, trucks, airplanes and boats in 28 Autolite plants from coast to coast. 27:22.600 --> 27:27.600 Yes, sir, and Autolite makes complete electrical systems for many makes of America's finest cars. 27:27.600 --> 27:32.600 Batteries, spark plugs, generators, starting motors, coils and distributors. 27:32.600 --> 27:37.600 All engineered to fit together perfectly, work together perfectly because they're our perfect team. 27:37.600 --> 27:40.600 The lifeline of your car. 27:40.600 --> 27:43.600 So folks, don't accept electrical parts that are supposed to be as good. 27:43.600 --> 27:53.600 Remember, you're always right with Autolite. 27:53.600 --> 27:56.600 And now here again is John Lund. 27:56.600 --> 28:00.600 It's been a pleasure to be here tonight with Tony Leeder and his great cast of actors. 28:00.600 --> 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. 28:11.600 --> 28:19.600 Another gripping study in Suspense. 28:19.600 --> 28:23.600 John Lund is currently being seen in the Paramount picture Bride of Vengeance. 28:23.600 --> 28:29.600 Tonight's Suspense play was written by Larry Marcus with music composed by Lucian Moorowek and conducted by Leith Stevens. 28:29.600 --> 28:33.600 The entire production was under the direction of Anton M. Leeder. 28:33.600 --> 28:38.600 In the coming weeks, Suspense will present such stars as Ralph Edwards and Joseph Cotton. 28:38.600 --> 28:43.600 Make it a point to listen each Thursday to Suspense, radio's outstanding theater of thrills. 28:43.600 --> 28:48.600 And next Thursday same time, hear Agnes Moorhead in The Trap. 28:48.600 --> 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. 28:59.600 --> 29:03.600 Switch to auto light. Good night. 29:03.600 --> 29:11.600 Put more opportunity in your future. Invest in U.S. savings bonds. 29:11.600 --> 29:23.600 This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.