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Auto Light and its 98,000 dealers bring you Mr. George Murphy in tonight's presentation of

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Suspense. Tonight, Auto Light presents a story about fear and a man's decision. Find yourself

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or die. The story is called The Death of Me, our star Mr. George Murphy.

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Evenin' Harlow. Well Oscar Otto, the loquacious limousine and in top form. Sure Harlow, and it's

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for your auto light equipped car. Because from bumper to tail light, you're always right with

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auto light. George Murphy is appearing by arrangement with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, producers

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of the Technicolor picture, Scaramouche, starring Stewart Granger, Eleanor Parker,

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Janet Leigh, and Mel Ferrer. And now auto light presents the death of me starring Mr. George

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Murphy, hoping once again to keep you in suspense. I should have told Sal when it began. Even after

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we were married, all I'd said about what happened to me in the war was that I'd been wounded. I

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guess I put it that way because, well, maybe I was ashamed. Battle fatigue, the docs called it,

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like a nervous breakdown. At the bottom of it was fear. I'd learned that, but not ordinary fear. It

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was like some powerful misty thing. Well, they called it imaginary fear. That's why I wanted the

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job away from everything. Fresh air, exercise. I had to get a grip on it before it got worse. The

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place was upstate, way back upstate, and it took most of the day to drive there. But even then,

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when I could still realize what was happening to me, I just couldn't tell Sal. Why, Harry? I still

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don't get it. Why'd you have to quit your job? I bet you really got fired. No, I'm not fired, Sal.

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Like I told you, it's a leave of absence. It's crazy. Going off to this jerkwater town on the

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hills to work in a two-bit lumber camp. Was dull enough, right, where we were? Well, it won't be

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for long, honey. I know it. Just long enough for me to... The chains will be good for both of us.

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We must have passed the place or you made a wrong turn or something. Maps says only one road. Can't

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be much farther. What's the name of this dump anyway? McCabe. Bixby and Loush is the name of the

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outfit. I bet they don't even wear shoes as far back in the hills. Hillbillies. There it is. Up

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ahead, see? Yeah, I'm thrilled. The town was old. Maybe 200 people in a place that once held 2,000.

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I couldn't blame Sal for not wanting to come. She was pretty, the kind of a woman that men looked at.

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She liked excitement. There hadn't been very much in our life and, well, it made me feel better

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knowing that I wouldn't be alone. Bixby and Loush was a worn-looking building on the main street.

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Sam Bixby was a big man with cold, hard little eyes. Yeah, they told me you was coming. Name's

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Harry Sawyer, huh? Kind of puny for a logger, ain't you, Harry? Oh, I can pull my weight, Mr.

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Bixby. I've done it before. Maybe. This ain't one of them big fancy logging outfits. We're small,

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and we work hard. I expect to. That's your wife out there in the car? Yeah. You can't take her out to

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the camps. She'll have to stay here in town, except on Saturday nights. Yeah, I understand.

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Well, I guess you'll do. Job's only good for a month. Then I'm hired? Yeah, you're hired. Come on,

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I'll buy you and your wife a drink. Well, thanks, Mr. Bixby, but we're not settled. All right,

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another time. I'll see you in the morning. The truck leaves at six. I'll be ready, and thanks.

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Well? I'm hired. It's out of town. You'll have to stay here. For how long? A month. A month in this

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dump? That's really something to look forward to. Well, what do we do? Sleep in the car? I'm hungry.

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Well, there's a sign down the street. Rooms. Rooms. But there isn't even a private bath in the whole

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town. It wasn't too bad. At least the room was clean. Sal took a long time getting her hair just

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so, and the lipstick just dried like she always did before we went to eat. The guy downstairs said

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the best place was Myra's, a bar up the street. Everybody ate there. More coffee? No, just a check.

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No check. Anything else? What do you mean no check? It's been paid. Even the tip. Well,

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give it back, sweetheart. I don't go for stuff like this. Oh, don't be silly, Harry. If someone

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wants to pay the check, let them. It doesn't mean anything. Sure, Mr. Bixby. You don't mean anything.

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It was a good tip. Who is this he, Miss? That's him coming this way. Bix and Bixby. Well, I hope

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you folks don't mind me butting in. This your wife. It ain't often we have a looker like you in the

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cave, ma'am. Thanks for the dinner, Mr. Bixby. We appreciate it. Don't mention it. I'll see you in

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the morning, sir. Yeah, thanks. Good night. I knew I shouldn't have let it get me, but it was the way

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he looked at Sal. Not at me once. It was ridiculous to think anything. He was just being friendly,

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but even back in the room, it still bothered me. The way he looked at Sal. What's the matter with

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you, Harry? You look funny. Huh? Oh, nothing. Nothing. Everything's fine. You ready to go to

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sleep? Since I finished my hair. So that Bixby's the boss, huh? Yeah. Nice guy. Don't you like him?

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I don't know yet. Harry, do you think my hair looks better up or down? Oh, you look good with it

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either way. I just wondered. Okay, you can turn off the light. Sal, everything's gonna be all right,

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isn't it? I mean the town. Sure. I guess it won't be so bad. I love you, Sal. You know that, don't you?

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Let's get some sleep. You gotta get up early. Morning. You Sawyer? Yes. McCall's my name.

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Ludy McCall. Hello. We riding out to the camp together? Don't rightly know. Myra wants to see

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you. Myra? Myra Loush. The other half of Bixby and Loush. Is there something wrong? Don't rightly

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know. In the office there. She'll tell you. Miss Loush? Shut the door. You wanted to see me? That's

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right. I wanted to see you. You're a fired Sawyer. Fired? Why? You're fired. That's all there is to it.

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Now get out. Get clear out of town. But I thought Mr. Bixby said... I don't care what Mr. Bixby said.

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You get out of my cave before you... What in the name's going on in here? Myra, honey, I swear I can

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hear you clear to Coltville. Well, I don't like it, that's all, Sam. You're hiring every Tom, Dick,

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and Harry that comes down the pike. I just don't like it. Honey, you may be a partner in this company,

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but I run it. I hired Sawyer. When the time comes, I'll say when he goes. Well, all right. But there's

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gonna be trouble, Sam. You know it. I know it. There's gonna be trouble. Get in the truck, Sawyer.

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We're wasting time.

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It's kind of cold riding a truck bed this morning. Think Sam would let us ride in the cab with him.

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Huh? Oh, yeah. I see you still got your scalp. Myra can really boil over, can't she? Yeah.

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Here's the camp. If there's anything else you want to know, just ask me.

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They say I'm the biggest busybody in these parts. All right, boys.

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Find a bunk, Sawyer. Then you and Luddy meet me at the office. And snap it up. There's empty

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bunk next to me, okay? Sure. Say, uh, what's that smell in the air? Swamp? Huh? Oh, yeah.

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Down over yonder. Good timber growing there, too. Don't know what Sam's saving it for.

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I was worried at first I might be put off somewhere alone, but Sam teamed me up with Luddy.

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After that, there wasn't time to think about anything but work. It was just what I needed,

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and Luddy made good company. That night it was a dreamless sleep, the first I'd had.

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By the third day, I was used to everything except that heavy decay-filled smell of swamp.

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Then on the fourth day...

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That's the only part I like watching them fall.

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Oh, you're getting pretty good. Thanks. Yeah, he's doing all right. Huh? Oh, Sam. Didn't know

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you was back out from town. Looks like he got Sawyer broken right. Oh, it ain't me, Sam. He's a good

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worker. Looks like he'd be good on Cyprus. Come on, Sawyer. I've got a special job for you. Me too,

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Sam? Just Sawyer. He can do this alone. Special job, Mr. Bixby? Yeah. That act sharp. Sure. What is

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it? You'll see. You said Cyprus? Doesn't Cyprus grow in the swamp? Yeah, wet Cyprus. Watch your footin'.

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Yeah, there's your job. Through the mist. Sick Cyprus. Well, uh, that's a big job, Mr. Bixby.

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And footin' like this, wouldn't it be better? Can't spare anybody. You'll do it alone.

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Yes, but I told you we work hard around here. Just watch your footin'. Don't slip at the wrong time.

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I was alone. Maybe another day working with someone. And being there alone wouldn't have

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seemed so... What could I say? That it was a sickness, this thing, this fear? That I didn't

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want to be alone, not yet, because I was sick? Would he have understood? Would Sal? Would anyone

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have understood what it was like? It was all around me, this thing in the mist. I had to fight it.

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I couldn't let it win. I had to fight it for Sal. That's why I had come here. To work. Work for Sal.

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Work for Sal. Hey! Huh? Oh, Lootie. You're workin' like a crazy man. It's after quittin' time.

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Almost too dark to see. Well, I gotta finish this one. Oh, go on, rest yourself. Go get some water.

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I'll finish it. I guess I could use a drink.

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I was tired. Akin' tired. But I had stayed there. That was all that mattered. For the first time,

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I began to feel good. Really good. There was water near the bunkhouse, and I went there and drank and

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started back. It was gonna be easy now. I was on my way up. I was all alone. I was all alone.

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I was almost there when I stopped. I guess it was seeing Lootie there at the tree. Just like I had

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been. There was something about it, like I was watching myself. Then I realized there was

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something, someone else there in the darkness behind him. Then he came out of the gloom,

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holding an axe. It was Big Sam. He was holding a knife. He was holding a knife. He was holding a

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knife. It was Big Sam. I froze. I couldn't move. I knew what was gonna happen. I couldn't move.

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The axe came flashing down. I watched myself die.

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Auto Light is bringing you Mr. George Murphy in The Death of Me, tonight's production in

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And now, Auto Light brings back to our Hollywood soundstage, Mr. George Murphy,

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in Elliot Lewis's production of The Death of Me, a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense.

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Suspense.

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It looked like an accident. Lootie's body lay face down in the slime under the fallen tree.

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But I couldn't get it out of my mind. The feeling that I should have been lying there

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with Sam and the sheriff looking down at me. Just don't look right, Sam. Just don't look right.

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The tree fell on him, Floyd, ain't it plain? That wound in the back of the head, how'd that happen?

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Yeah, that heavy branch right there must have done it. Maybe.

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I couldn't see any footprints. If there was any in this swamp.

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You think somebody done it on purpose? That's just plain stupid, Floyd. Who'd want to kill Lootie?

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I don't know, but it just don't seem likely he'd be dumb enough to stand there and let a tree fall

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on him. Well, maybe he slipped.

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Maybe, but we gotta have an inquest.

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He had guts to stand there over Lootie's body. But why? Why kill Lootie? Then he looked at me

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just a glance, but I saw it as if he knew I had seen him kill. Okay, fine. When I got to town,

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I'd go straight to the room. Then at the inquest, I'd hang him. Just a minute. These darn snaps on

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this dress. Wasn't expecting you so soon. Harry. What's the matter? Why nothing. I sent out for

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coffee and I thought. What? What did you think? I don't know. What are you doing in town? You didn't

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get fired. I'm here for the inquest. Inquest? Oh, so that's what all the buzzin' is about. I thought

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it was some kind of accident. It wasn't an accident. It was murder. I saw it, Sal. I saw Sam Bixby kill

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a man. You saw Sam Bixby killed? Oh, it looks like an accident. It looks real good like an accident,

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but it isn't. Why, that's awful. Is it, Sal? Of course it is. What's got into you anyway?

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Well, for a minute I thought that it's just that I saw it happen and I don't know. You're just upset,

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that's all. Now what about that inquest? They said at the bar as soon as the coroner gets here.

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Are you gonna go? Yeah, I guess we better. All right, everybody settle down now.

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Mary, could you kindly close the bar till we're through? Back up, boys, that's all.

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All right. This here's Mr. John Cahill, the county coroner. He's gonna run this thing.

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Cut that now. This is serious. Sawyer, I told the other boys not to waste any time up there.

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I ain't had a chance to talk with you. You were supposed to be working that cypress alone.

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Yes. Just tell them where you was at the time. We'll talk about that later.

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All right. I think there's a couple of seats down front. Well, this is fine right here.

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I watched him slip back into the crowd. It was like some bad dream. I had been so sure, but

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but now I wasn't sure of anything. Maybe I hadn't seen it at all, but I had.

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I had. Lootie was dead. I had to tell. Sawyer? Harry Sawyer?

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Harry, that's you. You'll do the right thing? Yes, I'll do the right thing.

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Name? Harry Sawyer.

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Oh, Mr. Sawyer, if you've been watching the proceedings, you know what we're trying to get

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at. We've got to try to determine the facts as best we can.

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I looked up and saw Bixby. Her eyes met and locked. All I remember was the mist.

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It was everywhere. I was back in the mist and I couldn't tell. I was making a terrible,

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terrible mistake, but I couldn't say anything but yes and no, and it was over.

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The verdict is that the deceased, one Lootie McCall, met his death through accidental causes.

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You were right, honey. You did right. Sal, we've got to leave. We've got to get out of here.

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How about you and your wife having a drink with me? Oh, you won, remember?

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Why, yeah, Mr. Bixby. Of course. That'd be nice. Yeah, this booth here?

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Sal, listen. We've got to, Harry. Yeah, this is fine.

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Ah, good. And after we have our drinks, what say we ride out to the camp? This is Saturday,

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you know. We have a big time at the camp on Saturday. Well, I don't think Sal would...

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Why, sure she would. You want your wife to see where you work, don't you?

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Sure, honey. It ought to be fun. Yeah, there's whiskey and gambling.

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Myra runs the table, but you can never tell. You might win something. We'll have a fine time.

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He knew I had seen him kill and he was cold, cold as ice. Sal didn't realize.

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She didn't understand that I'd made a terrible, terrible mistake.

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We couldn't go back there. It was just what he wanted.

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We shouldn't have come, Sal. You don't understand. We've got to leave.

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Listen, Harry, everything's all right now. We'll go with the dice game.

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Play a few bucks. Act natural.

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Four is the point, little Joe. All right, bet a dollar.

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The pass line? Doesn't matter. Anything.

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Ah, here you are. I brought you some drinks. I almost spilled them.

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Why, thanks. I saw you. You ain't showed your wife around yet.

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Harry wanted to shoot some dice. Well, suppose I show you around,

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if Harry don't mind. Why, yeah. You don't mind, do you, honey?

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Well, no. No, I don't mind. Fine. We got a mighty interesting place here.

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Sal, Sal, wait. Adam, next shooter. Sawyer, it's your dice.

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I wanted to run, run after Sal, run away from everything, but I had to act natural.

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Natural, seven, the shooter wins. And that was the beginning.

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I threw seven after seven. I couldn't lose.

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I'd never been lucky before, but now I couldn't lose.

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Eleven, natural.

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Don't you think you've got a little bit of luck?

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I don't know. I don't know.

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Don't you think you just about run the luck out of those dice, Sawyer?

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Your luck's bound to change. Yeah, yeah, I guess you're right.

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You know I'm right.

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I picked up the money, but I couldn't leave without Sal.

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She didn't realize. And then it hit me. It wasn't luck.

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That's why he'd taken her away. That's why the dice had kept me.

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He wanted me to come looking out there.

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Why did we come here, Sam? It's filthy.

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I want to talk. There's nothing more to talk about.

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How did you get so mixed up? It was dark.

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I thought it was... But I didn't tell you to kill anybody.

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It was your idea. You're in this too. Don't be crazy.

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All I said was if something just happened to Harry, naturally I'd have to stay longer.

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You can't leave me. It's all over, Sam.

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He's not saying anything, and we're leaving. Get it through your head.

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Wait. There's someone.

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It's me, Sal. It's only me. I'm here.

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Isn't that what you wanted? What? What are you gonna do?

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Do? He ain't gonna do nothing. I'm gonna kill him.

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Tell him, kill him!

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You're drunk, Sam. You don't know what you're doing.

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Sam! Stop it, Sam!

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Let go of him. I'll shoot.

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Mara?

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Listen to me, Sam. It's not worth it. She isn't worth it.

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You're awful nosy, Mara. Too nosy. Now I want that gun.

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Stay there, Sam. Don't make me shoot.

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You wouldn't shoot. We're partners. You wouldn't shoot me.

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Sam!

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We're partners. You wouldn't...

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Sam.

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Sam!

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Mara!

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He's dead, Mara. I'll take the gun.

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Sam. Oh, no. No!

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I'll have to hold you. I'm sorry.

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Me? I loved him. It was her.

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How about getting your wife out of here, Sawyer?

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Leave me, Kay. Don't come back.

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The End

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Harry?

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Harry, don't just sit there. Say something.

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I know what you're thinking, but you're wrong.

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Harry.

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Keep away, Sam.

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What's the matter? You afraid of me?

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No. No, I'm all over being afraid.

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I was just sitting and fixing me up, that's all.

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We could have made him pay a fortune to keep it quiet.

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Don't you see? I was only doing it for you.

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What are we stopping for?

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This is where you get out.

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Get out? You're gonna leave me here?

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What'll I do? There's nothing. Where'll I go?

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The roads are many. The world is wide.

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Get out.

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Harry, you can't leave me here. I'm your wife.

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Take me with you. You've got to.

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It's a matter of self-preservation, honey.

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Sooner or later, you'd be the death of me.

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Harry, don't leave me. Harry, wait!

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Good show, George.

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Thank you very much, Harlow.

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You know, I consider it a special privilege to have appeared on Suspense tonight.

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I enjoyed playing Harry Sawyer very much.

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All of my fellow players were wonderful.

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A Good and Faithful Servant.

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I guarantee you'll love him.

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Thanks, George Murphy.

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The story will be heard on Suspense.

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Suspense is produced and directed by Elliot Lewis

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The Death of Me was written for Suspense by Richard Chandley.

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In tonight's cast, Charlotte Lawrence was heard as Sal

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Featured in the cast were Irene Tedrow, Herb Butterfield, and Joseph Kearns.

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