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Auto Light and its 96,000 dealers present Ms. Lucille Ball and Mr. Desi Arnaz in The

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Red-Headed Woman, a suspense play produced and edited by William Spear.

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Well, Hap, are you over your cold?

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has done everything to keep these brawny bundles of endless energy from running down. Why, Auto

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life cycle standards, Auto Light stay full batteries gave 70 percent longer average life

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And now with The Red-Headed Woman and with the performance of Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball,

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Auto Light hopes once again to keep you in suspense.

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Jensen Corporation. Hello? Hello, Linda? Yes, oh hello Frank. Look darling, I thought I told

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you not to come. I know, I shouldn't call you at the office. I'm sorry Red-Head, but

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I had to talk to you. You see, I... Darling, you sound so grim. Is there anything wrong?

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I... Oh, this is going to be tough Linda, but you see I... Well, it's kind of hard to explain, but...

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Well go on dear, you can tell me anything, you know that. Oh, you're sure swell Linda.

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That's why it's so hard to tell you. I... Frank, you haven't committed a murder or anything, have you?

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No, no, of course not. Well, what is it then? Linda, please, I tried to tell you last night. I

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know it's hard to justify, but... But what? Frank, you've met someone else, is that it?

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Yes, Linda, I'm sorry. Oh, it's quite all right. Is she blonde or brunette? Oh honestly, honey,

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I... Linda, I couldn't help it. It was one of these things. It just happens. Sometimes things do.

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Well, you don't have to explain, Frank. I'll send your ring back this afternoon. I hope it fits her. Good luck.

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Tears came, and then I tried to laugh it off, and then I felt myself getting good and mad.

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What a fool I'd been. For two years, my every thought, my every move had been patterned toward

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Frank's wishes and welfare. Other girls, the selfish type, were holding their men. It was...

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Well, I made up my mind that the future would be different. From that minute on, I'd think of myself

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first, last, and always. Suddenly, I wanted to get away, do things, have beautiful clothes, money,

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especially money. I suppose it's a kind of independence any woman wants to grab for in

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a moment like that, when she's found out you can't depend on a man. Oh, good morning, Linda. Oh,

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good morning, Mr. Jensen. Yeah. Feeling all right? Of course. Why shouldn't I? Well, I don't know.

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You just seemed a little despondent. No, I'm fine. Good, good, good. Oh, will you put this away for me?

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What? Payroll money? Well, it's only the fifth, isn't it? I'm going to Florida for a couple of

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weeks, Linda. Oh. I drew the payroll money today because I'm leaving tomorrow. That sounds wonderful.

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Yes, doesn't it? I've been thinking about it for years. See, why don't you take a few days off

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while I'm gone, Linda? What? Why don't you, Linda? It's a good idea. Certainly, I won't be needing you.

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Well, I could come in on the 14th and handle the payroll. Oh, you needn't bother. I can get Walter's.

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Well, he's pretty busy, Mr. Jensen. I'll come back and handle it. I'll just be in the country

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somewhere close by. Thank you, Mr. Jensen. Looking back, I suppose I thought of stealing

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the payroll right then. I must have. For a few minutes after Mr. Jensen left, I visualized how

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easy it would be. Only he and I had the combination to the safe. He'd be far away in Florida for two

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whole weeks. I could leave the next day. I could have at least 10 days before anyone could find out

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anything was wrong. I thought about Frank and that brush-off he'd given me. How easily I might forget

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him in new surroundings. Well, when I closed the office that evening, I took the envelope with

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$21,000 in bills and stuffed it into my handbag. Then, I don't know why, I took the gun Mr. Jensen

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always kept in the safe. Next morning, I left Kansas City and began driving west. By the next

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afternoon, I was well into Texas on the inland route. I knew vaguely that I had to get across

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the border, but the actual fact that I was a criminal hadn't quite percolated yet. A few miles

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out of Big Spring, the weather changed and dark gray clouds replaced the blue skies. Then, I came

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to a roadblock and I had to detour. It was a winding makeshift road of dirt that stretched on

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and on for miles. I hated going so slow, but there wasn't anything I could do about it, so

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I switched on the radio and tried to feel comfortable and forget what I had done.

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Then, a few drops of rain splashed against the windshield and I hoped that I'd make the main

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highway before it really let loose. It was then that I heard the announcement. This afternoon,

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in one of the most daring daylight holdups in Texas history, the seventh bank of Abilene was

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robbed of $40,000. As far as is known, only two persons participated. A tall, dark complexion

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young man wearing a light gray suit and hat and an attractive red-haired woman dressed in a green

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suit. In affecting their successful getaway, one of them shot and critically wounded an elderly

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bank guard, a veteran of World War I. The couple left in a green panel truck and are believed

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headed in the general direction of El Paso. More news after our next music.

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Well, these were worse criminals than I was by far and they made a getaway. I shut off the radio.

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To my right, black letters loomed suddenly against the yellow background of a sign.

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Midland, Odessa, Pecos. I slowed down to 30 rounding a series of blind curves.

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Coming around the last one, I saw a man standing in the middle of the road.

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I jammed down my brakes to keep from hitting him. He started walking toward me.

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I'm very sorry to bother you this way, but my car is out of gas and I was wondering,

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could you perhaps let me siphon a little from your tank?

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Well, sorry, but I'm low myself.

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Oh, please don't be like that. I've been waiting here for hours.

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You're the first car I've seen. I would just take a little.

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Well, I can't. Honestly, I...

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All right, all right. Then perhaps you would be so kind as to give me a little lift to the next gas

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station. Oh, come on now. Don't you believe in the good neighbor policy?

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Well, all right. Get in.

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Thanks. Thanks a lot. We'll find a gas station right down here someplace.

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I wouldn't even take you out of your way.

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Oh, that's all right. I'm going in the general direction of...

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Of...

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El Paso?

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El Paso.

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It all came together suddenly. The radio announcement and this man who was just sitting

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down beside me. He fitted perfectly. Dark complexion, light gray suit.

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I glance at the car parked by the side of the road. Yes, it was a green panel truck.

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Well, senorita?

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Look, I'm terribly sorry, but I don't think I can take you after all. You see, I...

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Oh, now please. I have been marooned here for two hours. It's very important.

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That I get to Pecos in the next two hours. Oh, and where are you going after that?

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Me? I'm going to travel all over. After Pecos, I'm going to be there down to Juarez.

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That's across the border. From there, we're going...

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Yeah, that's what I thought. Look, I would like to pay you for helping me.

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He drew a sheaf with new bills from his pocket and dropped a fresh 20 into my lap.

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I opened my handbag and my fingers closed around Mr. Jensen's gun. He looked at me and said,

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Hey, what? I said, I've changed my mind.

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Okay, okay. That's the way you feel. I don't argue with a girl who's got a gun.

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I didn't even wait for him to close the door. I let out the clutch, stepped on the gas and got away fast.

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When I finally reached the highway, I speeded up still more. I'd had a bad scare.

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I wanted to talk to someone about anything and forget that man.

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Maybe that was why I was so relieved when I came to the little town of Pecos and saw the carnival a short distance ahead and why I stopped to look at it.

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Even from the car, the bright lights and the people and the carousel, gaily painted horses going round and round made me feel less lonely.

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I wanted to get out and mingle with the people and drink some pink lemonade and buy a red-candied apple.

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Go in one of the midway tents and see Tortoro the sword swallower and Lopez the

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Ventriloquist. but instead I ate a hot dog in the car and bought a really nice flat.

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a short distance ahead and why I stopped to look at it.

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Even from the car, the bright lights and the people and the carousel,

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gaily painted horses going round and round made me feel less lonely.

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I wanted to get out and mingle with the people and drink some pink lemonade and

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buy a red candied apple, go in one of the midway tents and see

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Tortoro the sword swallower and Lopez the ventriloquist.

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But instead I ate a hot dog in the car and bought a silver ashtray from a little

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Indian girl. Then a sudden burst of thunder reminded me of the approaching storm.

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I started the car and left the carnival behind me.

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Soon afterwards it began to rain. Then a cloud burst hit.

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15 minutes later I spotted an autocorps. As I came to a stop a gray mustached man

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in a rubber hat and raincoat came out to meet me.

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Hello, how far to El Paso please?

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Not planning to go there tonight are you?

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Well I...

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Oh you never make it. A lot of bad spots in the road. I know because in rainy nights I always

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pick up a lot of money pulling stalled cars out of the mud.

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Well maybe I'd better spend the night here then if you have a vacancy.

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I've got more vacancies than anything else. I'll fix you up with the best cabin on the place.

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Used to living in it myself. Come on I'll show you it's number three.

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Oh it sounds fine. Do you mind if I use your phone first?

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No go ahead, go ahead. There's a booth over there right next to the office.

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Thank you.

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I'll open the cabin door and leave the key on the treasure. You can put the car in the shed there.

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I was going to phone the El Paso police and tell them where I'd last seen the man

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answering the description of the Abilene bank robber. I dialed and waited for her to answer.

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Operator?

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And then I remembered something. There should have been a woman too.

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A woman with red hair but the man had been alone.

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Operator?

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After all there was more than one green truck in the world.

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More than one dark young man.

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Operator?

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Besides I thought with a shock. I'm in no position to risk there maybe tracing the call

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and finding out my name and investigating me. I hung up the receiver. I went out and

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wheedled a cup of coffee and a donut out of my host and then I went up to my cabin and went to bed.

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I woke up about 10 o'clock. A car had driven up and stopped right outside my window.

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The headlights were shining in. When I got up to pull down the shade I saw the car.

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It was the green panel truck I'd seen on the road and this time a woman was in the front seat.

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Then the proprietor and the other man came out of the cabin next to mine.

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All right. I lowered my shade and then listened.

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Away to the storm is over and then I'll go on to El Paso.

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Is it all right if I leave my truck out here?

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Sure. There's a guy rushing back. Do you want to use it?

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No thanks. I'll just park it here near to the door.

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I heard him enter his cabin. I locked my door and sat down on the bed.

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It was very quiet next door. Finally I guess I must have dozed off.

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But then all of a sudden I was awake again. Voices, a man's and a woman's were coming from the cabin next door.

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I got up, opened my window very quietly and listened.

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It's not my fault. It's mine Jose. I don't think you had better forget that.

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If you do you will be sorry. Very sorry.

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You are wrong Carmencita. It will not be me who is sorry.

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What do you mean?

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It shouldn't be difficult for you to figure that out.

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You mean? Oh my that is so funny.

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You couldn't get along without me. No. Not even for one week. Not one week.

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I would not laugh if I were you Carmen.

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Wait Jose. Don't do it. You're just trying to be funny. No. You must.

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Don't do it. Jose no. Please don't.

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After that everything was quiet. I was stunned. Frozen.

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Then I heard his door open. I hurried to my window and carefully raised the shade a few inches.

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It was quite dark and at first I could only hear his footsteps.

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And then I saw him. He snapped on a flashlight. Looked around with it.

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He was carrying a roll of blankets and he put it down carefully in the wet grass.

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Then he opened the rear door of the green panel truck.

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There was a long oblong box on the floor.

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He stooped over and lifted what I thought was the roll of blankets.

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But I was wrong.

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From one end a head was visible. A woman's head. With red hair.

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I must have thrown up my hands and hit the window shade. It clattered to the top.

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In the tense silence of the night it sounded like a machine gun.

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The man outside spun around. He trained his flashlight on me.

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He took a long look.

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Then he turned around and dropped his gruesome bundle into the oblong box.

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I turned away. I couldn't look anymore.

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Finally I heard him walk toward his cabin. Go inside and shut the door.

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Then I took a chance. I threw on my raincoat and shoes and hurried to the proprietor's office.

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I knocked on his door and called to him. There was no answer.

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So I wrote a quick note and slipped it under his door and hurried back to my cabin.

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I closed my door and was just fumbling with the key when the lights went on.

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No use to lock it now, senorita. And don't make a noise.

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He was sitting in a chair smiling, casually pointing a gun at me.

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My gun that I'd foolishly left on the dresser.

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You were not so very smart, were you, sweetheart? This gun, it looks nice.

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I think you handle it good, too. I almost found out this afternoon on the road, didn't I?

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Now look, I wasn't going to use it, honestly, but, well, you know, you read a lot in the papers

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about the trouble people get into picking up strangers and I...

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Yes, yes, sure, sure. You're always careful. Stay out of trouble. Mind your own business.

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That is very good to remember, senorita.

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Well, that's all I was doing. Well, what do you want with me?

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It's just too bad you looked out on me just now. I wouldn't have known you were here.

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I didn't mean to spy on you. I was awake and when I heard a noise outside, I looked out.

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That's all. That was natural, wasn't it?

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Maybe, but it didn't turn out so good for you, did it?

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Come on now. We're getting out of here and you are coming with me.

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But where are we going?

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Just places, senorita. Just places. Come on now.

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But what do you want with me? You don't want me.

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Don't want you? Why, I'm crazy for you. I've been looking for you.

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I've been looking for somebody just like you.

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Auto Light is bringing you Miss Lucille Ball and Mr. Desi Arnaz in The Red-Headed Woman.

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Tonight's production in Radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense.

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Feeling better, Hap?

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No, Harlow, I think I'll take the vacation my doctor advised.

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Decided where you'll go?

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Not yet.

212
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Well, how about the Atlantic Ocean or the Great Lakes or the Mississippi River?

213
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Say, that's a lot of water.

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Right, it'll remind you of Auto Light's stay full batteries, that they have longer and larger liquid reserve above the plates as compared to ordinary batteries.

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Need water only three times a year in normal car use.

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Or hey, better still, Hap, visit the zoo, see the camels. Tell them Wilcox sent you.

217
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What? And get tossed out on my ear for suggesting that Auto Light's stay full batteries can go without water longer than camels can?

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Well, tell them about those fiberglass retaining mats protecting every positive plate for longer battery life.

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Tell them that in recent tests based on SAE life cycle standards, Auto Light's stay full batteries gave 70% longer average life than batteries without stay full features.

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Well, wherever you go, Hap, take along an Auto Light's stay full battery. You're always right with Auto Light.

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And now Auto Light brings back to our Hollywood sound stage, our stars, Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball in The Red-Headed Woman.

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A tale well calculated to keep you in suspense.

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It was quite a moment. Jose motioned with a gun for me to pick up my suitcase.

224
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And right then the door opened and the proprietor came in.

225
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I got your note, Miss.

226
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Well, what's all this? What's the gun for, mister?

227
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Oh, what, uh, um, belongs to the lady. She was just showing it to me.

228
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Oh, yeah? Well, yes. Yes, that's right. I'll take it back now.

229
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Miss, men bothering you, miss, is that why you left the note?

230
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I remembered my position again. I thought of the 21,000 in my handbag.

231
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I wanted this murderer locked up, but I didn't want to risk too much investigation.

232
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I wasn't bothering her.

233
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No, no, I just thought I heard someone at the window.

234
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And when I couldn't find you, I went next door and this gentleman was kind enough to...

235
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Yes, I owe you an apology, mister, but I don't know when I saw you with a gun.

236
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It's okay, it's okay. Forget it. Forget it, amigo.

237
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Sure. Well, good night.

238
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All right, you. You stand over there.

239
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Well, I guess you must be crazy for me, eh? To lie for me like you did?

240
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No, I'm just fond of myself. Things have kind of changed, haven't they, Jose?

241
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Oh, you know my name, too.

242
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I know all about you.

243
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Really? Yes, I guess things have changed.

244
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All right, now. That was a good idea you had before about leaving here.

245
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Come on, pick up my suitcase.

246
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Yes, ma'am. Where are we going?

247
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Like you said, places, Jose. Just places. Now walk quietly. My car's right outside.

248
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Anything you say, senorita.

249
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He drove while I held the gun. After we'd gone about five miles, we came to a side road.

250
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I told him to turn.

251
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It's a pretty deserted neighborhood, no? Yes.

252
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Please tell me, where are we going?

253
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Oh, you're not going very far.

254
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You know, I wish you didn't make me leave my truck back there.

255
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Oh, you're worried about what's in that pile of blankets, huh?

256
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Yes, that's right. Somebody might find her. Senorita, please.

257
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Not a chance.

258
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Oh, look, now, why don't we talk this thing over? I think maybe we could.

259
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Uh-uh, uh-uh. I'm not buying a thing.

260
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Well, I certainly hope you know what you're doing.

261
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Uh-oh. I'm sorry, but we're stuck in the mud.

262
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Oh, well, that's a very fancy trick, but it won't work.

263
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You don't believe me? No.

264
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Well, then get out and see for yourself.

265
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And have you drive off and leave me? Oh, no, thanks.

266
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Come on, start the car.

267
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But I'm telling you the truth, we're stuck in this ditch.

268
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You better start the car, mister.

269
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Okay, okay, anything you say.

270
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You see? Try it again.

271
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All right, but it only got us in deeper.

272
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Well, what do we do next?

273
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You run in the show. You tell me.

274
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Okay, I'll tell you. Get out of the car.

275
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What do I do now?

276
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Pick up some broken branches and put them under the wheels.

277
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Like I said, you are running the show.

278
00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:14,040
No, no, never mind. It's too dark. I can't see you.

279
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Get back in the car here.

280
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Well, you give up too easy.

281
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Why don't you think of using a flashlight?

282
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I don't have one.

283
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Well, maybe if you ask me real nice, I will let you use mine.

284
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Where is it?

285
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It's here, in my coat pocket.

286
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All right, senorita, drop the gun. Quickly.

287
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It was over in a second.

288
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Before I knew it, he'd reached in his pocket and jumped behind me.

289
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I'd forgotten the most important thing of all.

290
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I hadn't searched him.

291
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I could feel the gun against my back.

292
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Now you're going to get into the car. Hurry.

293
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Yes, sir.

294
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Now you will drive for a while, no?

295
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But I thought we were stuck.

296
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That is exactly what I wanted you to think.

297
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Good, huh? Start the car.

298
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You know, senorita,

299
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you should have searched me before we started.

300
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Yes, I've already figured that out.

301
00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:17,040
But this whole thing is kind of new to me.

302
00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:19,040
Oh, come on, let's quit the kidding.

303
00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:21,040
You know, I think you would have been very surprised

304
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if you would have searched me. You know why?

305
00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:26,040
Nothing would surprise me.

306
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Oh, I think so.

307
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Because you wouldn't have found any gun.

308
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Only this.

309
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A flashlight.

310
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It feels very much like a gun against your back, doesn't it?

311
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Especially when you're very frightened.

312
00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:42,040
Look, let me go. I swear I'll never bother you again.

313
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You won't bother me. Not where you're going.

314
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You won't bother anyone.

315
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Drive a little faster, please.

316
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I drove for several miles without saying a word.

317
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Then I took a chance.

318
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I speeded up to 60, then jammed the brake to the floor.

319
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No! No!

320
00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:02,040
Jose's head banged against the windshield.

321
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He dropped the gun. I grabbed it almost before it hit the floorboard.

322
00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:08,040
Now, out again, Mr. Finnegan.

323
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We're going to change seats.

324
00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:13,040
Oh, my head. That was very smart, baby. Very smart.

325
00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:16,040
Almost as good as your flashlight gun trick.

326
00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:19,040
That's better. Your trick wins.

327
00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:21,040
Oh, well. What goes now?

328
00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:24,040
We're heading straight into El Paso Police Department.

329
00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:27,040
But, but, but, baby, you can't do that.

330
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Why can't I?

331
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Because it's too foolish.

332
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And the senorita is not a fool.

333
00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:35,040
No, the senorita isn't.

334
00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:38,040
We're going to be driving straight to El Paso and the police.

335
00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:40,040
Yes, ma'am. Whatever you say.

336
00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:43,040
I certainly hope you know what you're doing.

337
00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:46,040
The senorita has learned a lot in the last few hours.

338
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Drive carefully.

339
00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:53,040
He shrugged his shoulders and settled back behind the wheel.

340
00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:57,040
I decided I'd been needlessly concerned about the police.

341
00:23:57,040 --> 00:24:01,040
After all, no one knew I had the $21,000 in my handbag.

342
00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:03,040
No one even knew it was missing.

343
00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:05,040
When I handed the police the man they were looking for,

344
00:24:05,040 --> 00:24:07,040
they wouldn't bother about me.

345
00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:10,040
They would accept my statement that I was just a secretary

346
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on my way to Mexico for a vacation.

347
00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:16,040
As we entered the outskirts of El Paso,

348
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I switched on the radio and settled back to enjoy it.

349
00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:23,040
And now our Texas roundup of the latest Texas news.

350
00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:26,040
Texans who expect quick and speedy action

351
00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:28,040
when it comes to lawbreakers in our state

352
00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:30,040
won't be disappointed when they hear the outcome

353
00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:34,040
of the bank holdup and killing of a guard in Abilene two days ago.

354
00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:35,040
What? What's that?

355
00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:36,040
Be quiet. Be quiet. Listen.

356
00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:39,040
Two culprits, Manuel Melani, a non-Texan,

357
00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:42,040
and Betty Murphy, a red-haired Californian,

358
00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:44,040
were apprehended today in Big Spring,

359
00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:47,040
only 61 hours after their spectacular holdup

360
00:24:47,040 --> 00:24:49,040
of the 7th Bank of Abilene,

361
00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:51,040
both freely confessed to the crime,

362
00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:53,040
the bravery of our Texas...

363
00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:54,040
Hey, wait a minute.

364
00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:56,040
You wait a minute. Stop the car.

365
00:24:57,040 --> 00:24:59,040
Now, I don't believe it.

366
00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:00,040
Neither do I.

367
00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:03,040
You don't? All right, then. Who was it you killed?

368
00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:05,040
Me? I didn't kill anybody.

369
00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:08,040
Oh, stop it. It was your accomplice.

370
00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:10,040
I heard the argument, and then you killed her, and then you...

371
00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:12,040
Oh, you're crazy.

372
00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:13,040
What do you mean, I'm crazy?

373
00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:15,040
Right this minute, there's a red-haired woman dead

374
00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:16,040
in the back of your truck.

375
00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:18,040
What the... Oh.

376
00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:25,040
Oh, boy, that's a good one.

377
00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:26,040
You know you're right.

378
00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:29,040
You did hear an argument, and you did see me

379
00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:31,040
put a red-haired woman in the trunk.

380
00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:32,040
She was dead.

381
00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:34,040
Yes, that's right.

382
00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:36,040
She has been dead all her life.

383
00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:37,040
She's...

384
00:25:37,040 --> 00:25:40,040
The argument, as you say, you heard,

385
00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:42,040
went something like this.

386
00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:46,040
Half of the money, it is mine, Jose.

387
00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:48,040
I don't think you had better forget that.

388
00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:51,040
If you do, you will be sorry, very sorry.

389
00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:53,040
You are wrong, Carmencita.

390
00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:55,040
I will not be me that is sorry.

391
00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:57,040
You couldn't get by without me.

392
00:25:57,040 --> 00:25:59,040
No, not even for one week.

393
00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:01,040
Not one week!

394
00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:03,040
For heaven's sake.

395
00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:05,040
A ventriloquist.

396
00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:07,040
What do you mean, a ventriloquist?

397
00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:10,040
I am the best, Jose Lopez, the great.

398
00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:12,040
Oh, what a relief.

399
00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:14,040
Your relief?

400
00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:15,040
What about me?

401
00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:18,040
I thought the whole time, here I am, traveling with a criminal.

402
00:26:18,040 --> 00:26:20,040
Me? How could you think that I was a...

403
00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:21,040
Why not?

404
00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:23,040
You got the red hair, you're wearing the green suit,

405
00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:25,040
just like the description.

406
00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:34,040
Listen, there's only one other thing that is confusing me.

407
00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:35,040
What's that?

408
00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:38,040
How come you carry such a big bankroll?

409
00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:41,040
All these thousands of dollars in your purse.

410
00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:42,040
Well, I...

411
00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:43,040
Yes?

412
00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:45,040
Well, you...

413
00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:47,040
Oh, what's the use?

414
00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:53,040
I might as well tell you the whole story.

415
00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:59,040
And you know, I found myself doing it,

416
00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:03,040
and Jose explained to me how silly I'd been to ever try such a thing.

417
00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:07,040
And then it struck us that it was still only the 13th of the month.

418
00:27:07,040 --> 00:27:10,040
So we drove back to Kansas City together.

419
00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:12,040
I put the money back and the payroll went off,

420
00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:14,040
just like it always does.

421
00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:18,040
And oh, that Jose, he's so cute and so wonderful.

422
00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:21,040
Hey, baby, come on, hurry up with that dinner, will you?

423
00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:22,040
Yes, Jose, dear.

424
00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:24,040
Hey, what are we going to eat tonight, baby?

425
00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:26,040
And it better be something good, you know.

426
00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:28,040
A husband can testify against his wife.

427
00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:31,040
Same as usual, amigo baby.

428
00:27:31,040 --> 00:27:34,040
Enchiladas with tacos and hot sauce.

429
00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:35,040
Yum, yum, yum.

430
00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:44,040
Yum, yum, yum.

431
00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:46,040
Suspense presented by Auto Light.

432
00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:49,040
Tonight's stars, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.

433
00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:52,040
Lucille, I heard your radio show last Friday night.

434
00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:53,040
Like it?

435
00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:54,040
Sure, swell show.

436
00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:55,040
Mind if I go in?

437
00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:56,040
Of course not, Desi.

438
00:27:56,040 --> 00:28:01,040
I warn you, Desi, Harlow will try to sell you an Auto Light stay full battery.

439
00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:03,040
Oh, me, I'm sold already.

440
00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:05,040
That's just what I was going to tell Harlow.

441
00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:06,040
His product is terrific.

442
00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:08,040
Why, thanks, Desi and Lucille.

443
00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:11,040
Auto Light stay full batteries are, as Desi says, terrific.

444
00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:14,040
They need water only three times a year in normal car use.

445
00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:18,040
Yes, sir, their extra liquid load above the plates as compared to ordinary batteries

446
00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:21,040
helps leak a leading cause of battery failure.

447
00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:25,040
Auto Light stay full batteries are just one of more than 400 products Auto Light makes

448
00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:29,040
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449
00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:32,040
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450
00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:35,040
on many makes of America's finest cars and trucks.

451
00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:38,040
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452
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bullseye sealed beam headlight units, all engineered to fit together perfectly,

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work together perfectly because they're a perfect team.

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So folks, don't accept electrical parts supposed to be as good.

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Ask for and insist on Auto Light original factory parts at your neighborhood service station,

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car dealer, garage, or repair shop.

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Remember, you're always right with Auto Light.

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Music

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Next Thursday for Suspense, Birdlandcaster will be our star.

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The play is called The Long Wait, and it is, as we say,

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a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense.

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Tonight's Suspense play was produced and edited by William Spear

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and directed by Norman MacDonald.

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Music for Suspense is composed by Lucian Morrowak and conducted by Lud Gluskin.

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The Red-Headed Woman is an original play by Nancy J. Cleveland.

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Lucille Ball will soon be seen co-starred with Bob Hope in the Paramount picture Fancy Pants

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and may be heard in her own Jello show, My Favorite Husband,

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every Friday night over most of these same CBS stations.

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In the coming weeks, you will hear such stars as Burt Lancaster, Mickey Rooney, and Lana Turner.

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Don't forget, next Thursday, same time, Auto Light will present

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Suspense, starring Burt Lancaster.

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You can buy Auto Light staple batteries, Auto Light resistor spark plugs, Auto Light electrical parts

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at your neighborhood Auto Light dealers. Switch to Auto Light. Good night.

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This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.