WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:11.120 Auto Light and its 98,000 dealers bring you Mr. John Hodiac in tonight's presentation 00:11.120 --> 00:14.120 of Suspense. 00:14.120 --> 00:22.440 Tonight, Auto Light presents a story based on fact. 00:22.440 --> 00:28.480 As we recreate the excitement and violence of a fire in an oil field, the story is called 00:28.480 --> 00:32.320 Hellfire, our star Mr. John Hodiac. 00:32.320 --> 00:40.800 Hey, Hap, what's the busiest thing you know? 00:40.800 --> 00:42.640 My telephone, Harlow. 00:42.640 --> 00:44.120 My wife's always on. 00:44.120 --> 00:47.920 Well, your car's electrical system is much busier than that, Hap. 00:47.920 --> 00:52.000 Why, it goes to work the instant you press the starter and continues every second your 00:52.000 --> 00:53.000 engine runs. 00:53.000 --> 00:57.360 It works every time you blow the horn, turn on the lights, radio heater, and electric 00:57.360 --> 00:59.960 windshield wipers to mention just a few. 00:59.960 --> 01:01.880 Does everything but talk, eh, Harlow? 01:01.880 --> 01:06.200 Right, Hap, and if that electrical system could talk, it would tell you that a check-up 01:06.200 --> 01:10.760 of your car's electrical system at periodic intervals is just good business. 01:10.760 --> 01:13.920 You mean it pays in smooth economical performance. 01:13.920 --> 01:19.160 It sure does, Hap, so friends, treat the important electrical system of your car to a periodic 01:19.160 --> 01:23.640 check-up soon and be ready for those cold driving days ahead. 01:23.640 --> 01:27.720 See your car dealer or your nearest authorized auto light service station. 01:27.720 --> 01:31.920 You can quickly locate your nearest authorized auto light service station in the classified 01:31.920 --> 01:36.320 section of the phone book under automobile electrical service. 01:36.320 --> 01:40.880 Or call Western Union by number and ask for operator 25. 01:40.880 --> 01:46.960 And remember, from bumper to tail light, you're always right with auto light. 01:46.960 --> 01:54.320 And now, auto light presents transcribed Hellfire, starring Mr. John Hodiac, hoping once again 01:54.320 --> 02:07.640 to keep you in suspense. 02:07.640 --> 02:09.720 Oil hunters are like farmers and fishermen. 02:09.720 --> 02:12.240 They all try to harvest a crop. 02:12.240 --> 02:15.520 The main difference between them is that the oil hunter has to find his crop before he 02:15.520 --> 02:17.360 can harvest it. 02:17.360 --> 02:20.880 Finding a nickel glass of beer in a free lunch counter is a lot easier than finding oil in 02:20.880 --> 02:21.880 untested territory. 02:21.880 --> 02:22.880 I know. 02:22.880 --> 02:25.360 I've been looking for it for a long time. 02:25.360 --> 02:26.880 Hear that? 02:26.880 --> 02:30.240 That's Betsy, my drilling rig. 02:30.240 --> 02:34.440 She's scrounging around on the ground again looking for a crop we can harvest. 02:34.440 --> 02:39.640 I say again because this is the eighth time we've tried this session and so far no dice. 02:39.640 --> 02:42.800 And there are seven dry holes in this immediate area to mark my failures. 02:42.800 --> 02:44.960 I feel pretty bad about it. 02:44.960 --> 02:47.880 But not nearly as bad as the rest of the stockholders. 02:47.880 --> 02:51.640 No, sir, not nearly as bad. 02:51.640 --> 02:57.000 The stockholders are getting impatient, Drake. 02:57.000 --> 03:01.080 The way you talked about this field, I felt you would have something for them long before 03:01.080 --> 03:02.080 now. 03:02.080 --> 03:03.080 Tell them I'm sorry. 03:03.080 --> 03:04.080 That isn't enough. 03:04.080 --> 03:07.040 According to the brochure you made up for them, this was supposed to be a sure thing. 03:07.040 --> 03:10.400 There's no such thing as a sure thing when you're looking for oil. 03:10.400 --> 03:13.600 The brochure said conditions out here were most favorable for oil. 03:13.600 --> 03:15.360 You saw the results of the test yourself. 03:15.360 --> 03:19.080 If ever a series of tests showed possibility for oil, those did. 03:19.080 --> 03:23.800 I brought a longer man on the trip down here that I'd like you to meet. 03:23.800 --> 03:24.800 Who is he? 03:24.800 --> 03:27.840 His name is Hotchkiss, petroleum engineer. 03:27.840 --> 03:28.840 Oh. 03:28.840 --> 03:30.840 And an expert on costs. 03:30.840 --> 03:31.840 Oh. 03:31.840 --> 03:34.840 Oh, Mr. Hotchkiss, over here. 03:34.840 --> 03:37.600 Mr. Hotchkiss, Mr. Drake. 03:37.600 --> 03:38.600 How are you? 03:38.600 --> 03:39.600 How are you? 03:39.600 --> 03:42.640 Well, find anything? 03:42.640 --> 03:45.480 It seems to me this is a very efficient operation, Mr. Drake. 03:45.480 --> 03:46.480 Well, I could... 03:46.480 --> 03:52.440 However, there are several aspects to be considered which might stamp you as a supreme optimist. 03:52.440 --> 03:53.600 You mean the storage tanks? 03:53.600 --> 03:54.600 Yes. 03:54.600 --> 03:55.880 Well, I'd like to talk to you about that. 03:55.880 --> 03:58.360 Yes, I think you'd better. 03:58.360 --> 03:59.360 Why don't we go back to the office? 03:59.360 --> 04:00.360 Mr. McClain? 04:00.360 --> 04:02.080 Yes, let's go back. 04:02.080 --> 04:05.720 I'm rather anxious to hear what Mr. Drake has to say. 04:05.720 --> 04:06.720 Wally! 04:06.720 --> 04:07.720 You, Wally! 04:07.720 --> 04:10.800 Sorry to bust in like this, Wally. 04:10.800 --> 04:11.800 What's the matter? 04:11.800 --> 04:12.800 I've got the roller bit off. 04:12.800 --> 04:13.800 It's stuck in the casing. 04:13.800 --> 04:14.800 I'll be with you in a minute. 04:14.800 --> 04:15.800 Sorry, gentlemen. 04:15.800 --> 04:18.240 We'll have to postpone this meeting until tomorrow morning. 04:18.240 --> 04:19.680 I don't know how long this will take. 04:19.680 --> 04:22.320 Your most convenient break, wasn't it? 04:22.320 --> 04:25.720 One more snide remark out of you and I'll shove you down the casing right after the 04:25.720 --> 04:26.720 bit. 04:26.720 --> 04:29.160 Now, Drake, I'm sure Mr. McClain meant no harm. 04:29.160 --> 04:30.600 What time do you want us in your office? 04:30.600 --> 04:31.600 Be here around 8 a.m. 04:31.600 --> 04:33.240 I think everything will be straightened out by then. 04:33.240 --> 04:34.240 Yes, it is. 04:34.240 --> 04:35.240 So long. 04:35.240 --> 04:36.240 See you later. 04:36.240 --> 04:37.240 Come on, Smiley, let's get to work. 04:37.240 --> 04:48.920 More coffee, Wally? 04:48.920 --> 04:51.360 No, thanks, honey. 04:51.360 --> 04:52.360 Got to get to the field. 04:52.360 --> 04:54.760 McClain and his watchdog will be there at eight. 04:54.760 --> 04:55.760 How does it look? 04:55.760 --> 04:57.760 I mean, do you still think there's oil? 04:57.760 --> 04:58.960 I don't think there's oil. 04:58.960 --> 04:59.960 I know it. 04:59.960 --> 05:02.360 I won't get another chance to find it if I miss this time. 05:02.360 --> 05:05.080 But you're the best wildcatter in the business. 05:05.080 --> 05:07.800 You won't have any trouble getting enough money to try again. 05:07.800 --> 05:10.860 People don't like guys who go around spending their money on hunches. 05:10.860 --> 05:12.960 And that's what I did this time. 05:12.960 --> 05:13.960 McClain's got questions I can't answer. 05:13.960 --> 05:14.960 What are you going to do? 05:14.960 --> 05:15.960 What can I do? 05:15.960 --> 05:16.960 Tell him the truth. 05:16.960 --> 05:21.080 Maybe he'll see it my way and maybe he won't. 05:21.080 --> 05:23.080 You've got any money to bet, bet that he won't. 05:23.080 --> 05:24.080 It's a sure thing. 05:24.080 --> 05:26.080 All right, we got to go now. 05:26.080 --> 05:28.080 Okay, if I drive out to the field this afternoon? 05:28.080 --> 05:29.080 Yeah, sure. 05:29.080 --> 05:32.060 I'll be at the shack if McClain hasn't booted me out by then. 05:32.060 --> 05:33.060 Don't talk like that, Wally. 05:33.060 --> 05:34.060 I don't like it. 05:34.060 --> 05:36.920 You're a good wife, honey. 05:36.920 --> 05:39.360 Might have to be to stay married to you. 05:39.360 --> 05:42.800 Now you get on out to the field and tell that McClain a thing or two. 05:42.800 --> 05:47.040 That I will, Dottie, that I will. 05:47.040 --> 05:53.320 Well, are you satisfied? 05:53.320 --> 05:57.560 Yes, Frank. 05:57.560 --> 06:06.200 All except the particular expenditures Mr. Hotchkiss pointed out. 06:06.200 --> 06:07.200 Come over here, Mr. Hotchkiss. 06:07.200 --> 06:08.200 I want to show you something. 06:08.200 --> 06:09.200 Very well. 06:09.200 --> 06:10.200 You know what this is? 06:10.200 --> 06:13.200 Yes, it's a contour map of an antikline. 06:13.200 --> 06:16.200 Right, and we're sitting on top of it. 06:16.200 --> 06:21.760 Then why are you so concerned with the inquiry Mr. McClain and I are making? 06:21.760 --> 06:23.640 Because I have no proof of it. 06:23.640 --> 06:24.640 Proof means oil. 06:24.640 --> 06:27.800 And until I strike oil, you'll just have to go along with me, that's all. 06:27.800 --> 06:30.300 We don't have to do anything, Mr. Drake. 06:30.300 --> 06:32.680 You are the one who has to do something, it seems to me. 06:32.680 --> 06:34.080 Now you listen to me. 06:34.080 --> 06:38.280 As long as I'm running this operation, I don't have to do any explaining or answering to 06:38.280 --> 06:39.280 anybody. 06:39.280 --> 06:42.480 Anytime you think you can get somebody to do the job better, you just buy me out. 06:42.480 --> 06:44.280 I happen to own a pretty good chunk of stock too. 06:44.280 --> 06:45.280 I know that. 06:45.280 --> 06:48.680 But the block of stockholders I represent have the votes necessary. 06:48.680 --> 06:49.680 And Wally. 06:49.680 --> 06:50.680 We're in. 06:50.680 --> 06:51.680 We're in. 06:51.680 --> 06:52.680 We just hit the oil stand. 06:52.680 --> 06:53.680 Good. 06:53.680 --> 06:56.160 Now get the control headset to go and drag up the tubing. 06:56.160 --> 06:59.160 I'll be with you in a couple of minutes. 06:59.160 --> 07:00.520 Yes sir, Wally. 07:00.520 --> 07:02.400 And the other questions, gentlemen? 07:02.400 --> 07:04.040 Yes, I have one. 07:04.040 --> 07:05.040 Go ahead. 07:05.040 --> 07:14.520 Where do I go to buy stock in this outfit? 07:14.520 --> 07:17.200 The next few days were a whirl of activity. 07:17.200 --> 07:21.000 We snubbed the tubing into the casing without losing a single drop of oil. 07:21.000 --> 07:24.600 After a close check of casing head pressures, we figured we had a major find. 07:24.600 --> 07:27.880 Almost 10,000 barrels a day was the potential. 07:27.880 --> 07:31.360 After we got the tubing set, we got the Christmas tree fastened. 07:31.360 --> 07:35.640 This gadget controls the flow of oil through a system of valves that lead to storage tanks, 07:35.640 --> 07:40.000 meters, gas traps, all the places oil goes to when it leaves the well. 07:40.000 --> 07:42.160 McLean and Hotchkiss took the first train back to town. 07:42.160 --> 07:46.200 I don't think they said more than a dozen words to each other up until train time. 07:46.200 --> 07:55.960 Finally, it was finished, or just about. 07:55.960 --> 07:59.000 All that remained to do was start the oil flowing out of the tubing through the Christmas 07:59.000 --> 08:00.000 tree into the tanks. 08:00.000 --> 08:01.000 Hi. 08:01.000 --> 08:02.000 Hi. 08:02.000 --> 08:04.840 I thought you'd be out at the rig cheering when they turned the valve. 08:04.840 --> 08:07.400 I had a few reports to make out to the stockholders. 08:07.400 --> 08:08.400 What's the matter, Wally? 08:08.400 --> 08:09.400 Aren't you happy? 08:09.400 --> 08:11.400 Oh, I'm happy enough, Dolly. 08:11.400 --> 08:13.960 I'm just so tired I can't hardly stand up. 08:13.960 --> 08:16.280 Tired of being sweaty and dirty. 08:16.280 --> 08:20.480 As soon as I finish days, I'm going home and take a cold shower, and then I'm going to 08:20.480 --> 08:22.480 bed for about a week. 08:22.480 --> 08:25.360 Did anybody ever tell you you're a wonderful man? 08:25.360 --> 08:26.760 Smiley said so. 08:26.760 --> 08:27.760 What? 08:27.760 --> 08:29.360 Yeah, I bought him a drink this afternoon. 08:29.360 --> 08:30.360 He told me I was wonderful. 08:30.360 --> 08:33.760 Well, at least you haven't lost your sense of humor. 08:33.760 --> 08:35.240 Do you feel any different? 08:35.240 --> 08:36.240 Why, should I? 08:36.240 --> 08:39.040 Well, you're married to a wealthy man now, huh? 08:39.040 --> 08:40.040 Oh, I don't see any... 08:40.040 --> 08:41.040 Hey, wait a minute. 08:41.040 --> 08:42.040 What's the matter? 08:42.040 --> 08:45.040 Oh, trouble. 08:45.040 --> 08:47.040 Holy... 08:47.040 --> 08:49.320 Fire! 08:49.320 --> 08:50.320 The well's on fire! 08:50.320 --> 08:51.320 Wally! 08:51.320 --> 08:52.320 Wally, don't go! 08:52.320 --> 08:53.320 Wally! 08:53.320 --> 08:54.320 Yes, she... she blew. 08:54.320 --> 08:57.320 Big Steve was turning the valves on. 08:57.320 --> 09:01.800 She went right up in his face. 09:01.800 --> 09:02.800 We couldn't get near him. 09:02.800 --> 09:03.800 Smiley, run to the shack. 09:03.800 --> 09:06.800 Put in a long distance caller, Larry, Burnett, and Tulsa. 09:06.800 --> 09:09.560 Tell them we want them to come down here and put out an oil fire. 09:09.560 --> 09:10.560 And tell them the name is Price. 09:10.560 --> 09:11.560 Right, Wally. 09:11.560 --> 09:12.560 And tell Dottie to contact McClain. 09:12.560 --> 09:13.560 Tell him what happened. 09:13.560 --> 09:14.560 She knows the number. 09:14.560 --> 09:16.560 And tell her to tell McClain to hustle on down here. 09:16.560 --> 09:17.560 Okay. 09:17.560 --> 09:18.560 Carl! 09:18.560 --> 09:19.560 Whitey! 09:19.560 --> 09:20.560 Big Pete, come here! 09:20.560 --> 09:24.240 You, Whitey, get a team together and start putting up a dirt barricade around the derrick. 09:24.240 --> 09:27.440 Make it about 75 feet square and about five feet high. 09:27.440 --> 09:30.000 When the valve inserts in that Christmas tree, girl, there'll be a fire shooting all over 09:30.000 --> 09:31.000 the place. 09:31.000 --> 09:32.000 Okay. 09:32.000 --> 09:33.000 Carl, you go with him. 09:33.000 --> 09:34.000 What about the shutoff valves at the tanks, Pete? 09:34.000 --> 09:35.000 All off. 09:35.000 --> 09:36.720 The fire started before Steve opened up. 09:36.720 --> 09:37.720 Check them anyway. 09:37.720 --> 09:38.720 Right, Wally. 09:38.720 --> 09:41.240 Delaney, take some men and get over to the storehouse where they got some tarps. 09:41.240 --> 09:42.240 Take the tarps. 09:42.240 --> 09:43.240 I'm Wally. 09:43.240 --> 09:44.240 Wally. 09:44.240 --> 09:45.240 Over here, Smiley. 09:45.240 --> 09:59.360 Wally, I called Burnett like you told me to. 09:59.360 --> 10:00.360 When's he coming? 10:00.360 --> 10:01.360 He ain't. 10:01.360 --> 10:02.360 What? 10:02.360 --> 10:03.360 He left for Arabia yesterday. 10:03.360 --> 10:04.360 They got a fire there. 10:04.360 --> 10:05.360 They don't know when he'll be back. 10:05.360 --> 10:06.360 Maybe a month. 10:06.360 --> 10:09.800 But if the fire eats into the underground pool like it did in Romania in 29, it may 10:09.800 --> 10:10.800 be six months. 10:10.800 --> 10:11.800 Okay, then, come on. 10:11.800 --> 10:12.800 Where are we going? 10:12.800 --> 10:13.800 To the shack. 10:13.800 --> 10:14.800 I got a few telephone calls to make. 10:14.800 --> 10:15.800 What are you going to do? 10:15.800 --> 10:17.920 I'm going to put the fire out myself. 10:17.920 --> 10:18.920 But you can't do that, Wally. 10:18.920 --> 10:19.920 Why not? 10:19.920 --> 10:21.880 What do you know about putting out oil fires? 10:21.880 --> 10:22.880 I've seen him do it. 10:22.880 --> 10:23.880 I know the oil business. 10:23.880 --> 10:24.880 What more do you want? 10:24.880 --> 10:25.880 What about equipment? 10:25.880 --> 10:26.880 That's what I'm going to make the phone calls for. 10:26.880 --> 10:27.880 I just spoke to McClain. 10:27.880 --> 10:28.880 He's flying down here. 10:28.880 --> 10:29.880 Good. 10:29.880 --> 10:30.880 What are you going to do? 10:30.880 --> 10:31.880 Burnett can't come. 10:31.880 --> 10:32.880 I'm going to do it myself. 10:32.880 --> 10:33.880 But you can't. 10:33.880 --> 10:34.880 That's what I told him. 10:34.880 --> 10:35.880 He can't do it. 10:35.880 --> 10:36.880 I say I can, and I'm going to. 10:36.880 --> 10:45.920 This is Wally. 10:45.920 --> 10:49.160 Get me Fred Stone at the Foster Oil Company in Hobbs, New Mexico. 10:49.160 --> 11:04.120 And make it quick. 11:04.120 --> 11:09.920 The show light is bringing you Mr. John Hodiac in Hellfire, tonight's presentation in radio's 11:09.920 --> 11:23.720 outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 11:23.720 --> 11:28.120 Say Hap, name something more complex than a fine watch. 11:28.120 --> 11:31.560 Why two fine watches, Harlow. 11:31.560 --> 11:35.680 Well I'm thinking of the electrical system of your auto light equipped car. 11:35.680 --> 11:39.880 Every unit is precision built by auto light to operate with every other unit as a perfect 11:39.880 --> 11:43.560 team to give you the smoothest performance money can buy. 11:43.560 --> 11:48.120 You mean units like the auto light starting motor, generator, distributor, coil, spark 11:48.120 --> 11:50.360 plugs, voltage regulator, and battery. 11:50.360 --> 11:51.560 Eh Harlow? 11:51.560 --> 11:52.800 Yes sir, Hap. 11:52.800 --> 11:57.760 And just as one misfit part in your watch can gum up the works, so can one wrong part 11:57.760 --> 12:01.000 in the electrical system result in poor car performance. 12:01.000 --> 12:02.960 And what does all this mean to me Harlow? 12:02.960 --> 12:07.720 It means Hap that you should always specify auto light original service parts for your 12:07.720 --> 12:09.440 auto light equipped car. 12:09.440 --> 12:15.120 Insist on the best for your car and be sure of the best in performance because from bumper 12:15.120 --> 12:19.480 to tail light you're always right with auto light. 12:19.480 --> 12:25.400 And now auto light brings back to our Hollywood sound stage Mr. John Hodiac in Elliot Lewis's 12:25.400 --> 12:33.960 production of Hellfire, a dramatic report well calculated to keep you in suspense. 12:33.960 --> 12:45.760 When I told Smiley and Darlie I was going to put out my oil fire I meant it. 12:45.760 --> 12:48.280 The only trouble was I wasn't sure I could do it. 12:48.280 --> 12:52.080 Oh it seemed Burnett snuff him out but that was his business and he was the best in his 12:52.080 --> 12:53.080 business. 12:53.080 --> 12:57.640 Me I was Wally Drake, sort of a high class rough neck in the business of looking for 12:57.640 --> 12:58.640 oil. 12:58.640 --> 13:02.720 There's something about seeing the results of your sweat go up in thick black greasy 13:02.720 --> 13:12.280 smoke that makes you think an all out effort can kind of compensate for a lack of experience. 13:12.280 --> 13:14.960 I put in a call for some of the things I knew I was going to need. 13:14.960 --> 13:19.160 Asbestos equipment, high pressure pumps and hoses to spray me and keep me from being roasted 13:19.160 --> 13:24.160 alive while I was working in there and some dynamite to use when everything else was set. 13:24.160 --> 13:29.480 After I finished my call Smiley and I went out to look at the fire. 13:29.480 --> 13:31.120 I still say you're crazy Wally. 13:31.120 --> 13:32.120 No I'm not. 13:32.120 --> 13:35.600 I just don't want to see all my oil burn up while we wait for Burnett to get back from 13:35.600 --> 13:36.600 Arabia. 13:36.600 --> 13:38.160 But we might be able to do it another way. 13:38.160 --> 13:39.160 What other way? 13:39.160 --> 13:43.580 We could set up another rig about 300 yards from here, spud in and with the right figuring 13:43.580 --> 13:46.520 we could whip stock right into this casing and cut the flow of oil. 13:46.520 --> 13:47.720 And how long do you think that would take? 13:47.720 --> 13:50.400 Depends on what angle we want to intersect the casing. 13:50.400 --> 13:51.400 Can't do it Smiley. 13:51.400 --> 13:52.880 The tolerances would be too critical. 13:52.880 --> 13:54.240 What about digging a tunnel? 13:54.240 --> 13:55.400 We could start about 100 yards. 13:55.400 --> 13:58.520 No I'm not going to take a chance with anyone's life but mine. 13:58.520 --> 14:00.240 You'd let Burnett take a chance wouldn't you? 14:00.240 --> 14:01.240 That's what he gets paid for. 14:01.240 --> 14:04.760 No Smiley we'll do it just like I said with me taking the chance. 14:04.760 --> 14:06.840 Okay Wally but let me help. 14:06.840 --> 14:07.840 All right. 14:07.840 --> 14:10.080 You're going to handle the water to spray me down. 14:10.080 --> 14:11.080 Okay. 14:11.080 --> 14:13.760 First we've got to bust old Betsy up. 14:13.760 --> 14:14.760 Break up the derrick? 14:14.760 --> 14:15.760 Why? 14:15.760 --> 14:16.760 Take a look at it. 14:16.760 --> 14:18.520 The lower part is white hot now. 14:18.520 --> 14:21.720 If I get the fire out without getting rid of that white hot steel the fire would start 14:21.720 --> 14:23.040 again as soon as the gas hit it. 14:23.040 --> 14:24.360 Well how are you going to do it? 14:24.360 --> 14:25.360 Push it over? 14:25.360 --> 14:26.360 In a way yeah. 14:26.360 --> 14:29.880 I'm going to set two dynamite charges against the base of it and blow it over. 14:29.880 --> 14:31.720 But how do you know which way it'll fall? 14:31.720 --> 14:32.720 I don't. 14:32.720 --> 14:33.720 I'm not an expert. 14:33.720 --> 14:34.720 But it might fall. 14:34.720 --> 14:37.720 Yes it might. 14:37.720 --> 14:39.320 Once the rig is down then we... 14:39.320 --> 14:42.400 Hey Wally, the stuff you sent for us here, the land is getting the pump hooked up now 14:42.400 --> 14:44.000 and the dynamite's up to the shack. 14:44.000 --> 14:45.000 Thanks Pete. 14:45.000 --> 14:46.000 Come on Smiley. 14:46.000 --> 14:47.000 Yeah? 14:47.000 --> 14:48.000 I'm scared. 14:48.000 --> 14:49.000 I saw mine. 14:49.000 --> 15:00.120 If things sort of don't go right, see that McClain gives Dottie a square deal on the 15:00.120 --> 15:01.120 stock. 15:01.120 --> 15:02.120 Sure pal. 15:02.120 --> 15:03.120 Smiley. 15:03.120 --> 15:04.120 What is it pal? 15:04.120 --> 15:05.120 Oh stop short paling me. 15:05.120 --> 15:06.960 It's just in case anything happens. 15:06.960 --> 15:10.280 It hasn't happened yet so get that sloppy look off your face. 15:10.280 --> 15:11.280 Sure pal. 15:11.280 --> 15:12.280 I mean, yeah I will. 15:12.280 --> 15:13.280 Did you see Pete? 15:13.280 --> 15:14.280 Yeah I saw him. 15:14.280 --> 15:17.280 And you're all set huh? 15:17.280 --> 15:19.320 Yeah I'm all set. 15:19.320 --> 15:20.520 Is the dynamite guy here? 15:20.520 --> 15:22.200 He's outside having a cup of coffee. 15:22.200 --> 15:24.040 They got a canteen set up in back of the shack. 15:24.040 --> 15:25.040 Yell for him. 15:25.040 --> 15:26.040 Okay. 15:26.040 --> 15:27.040 Hey dynamite, over here. 15:27.040 --> 15:28.040 Let's go to work. 15:28.040 --> 15:29.040 Yell. 15:29.040 --> 15:30.040 Here he comes. 15:30.040 --> 15:33.040 I heard him. 15:33.040 --> 15:40.280 My name is Collins, not dynamite. 15:40.280 --> 15:42.680 Mind if I bring my coffee in with me? 15:42.680 --> 15:45.120 No, only don't slop it on the floor. 15:45.120 --> 15:46.120 Sorry. 15:46.120 --> 15:47.120 What do you want to know? 15:47.120 --> 15:50.200 Can you rig up a charge that will knock out two legs of the rig? 15:50.200 --> 15:51.200 That's my business. 15:51.200 --> 15:52.200 Of course I can. 15:52.200 --> 15:55.400 Well I have to set two separate charges or can you make one charge do it? 15:55.400 --> 15:56.400 Any way you want it. 15:56.400 --> 16:00.120 How long will it take to get the charges ready? 16:00.120 --> 16:01.120 I said how long will it- 16:01.120 --> 16:02.120 I heard you mister. 16:02.120 --> 16:03.920 Give me a chance to drink my coffee. 16:03.920 --> 16:04.920 It's getting cold. 16:04.920 --> 16:05.920 Hey listen to you. 16:05.920 --> 16:06.920 Smiley. 16:06.920 --> 16:09.840 Who sent you here dynamite? 16:09.840 --> 16:10.840 My name is Collins. 16:10.840 --> 16:13.480 I said who sent you here dynamite? 16:13.480 --> 16:16.880 Stone over at foster oil said you needed a man with dynamite savvy. 16:16.880 --> 16:17.880 He sent me. 16:17.880 --> 16:20.440 Well I'm the guy who needs you because I'm the guy going into the fire. 16:20.440 --> 16:22.240 I got a lot of questions to ask. 16:22.240 --> 16:23.240 I'm in a hurry. 16:23.240 --> 16:26.920 If you want to talk with that coffee cup shoved down your throat just tell me. 16:26.920 --> 16:29.800 Either way I want answers and I want them quick and civil. 16:29.800 --> 16:30.800 Now make up your mind. 16:30.800 --> 16:34.880 How do you want to answer me with or without the coffee cup? 16:34.880 --> 16:35.880 No offense mister. 16:35.880 --> 16:36.880 Mr. Drake. 16:36.880 --> 16:37.880 Mr. Drake. 16:37.880 --> 16:40.160 Now what do you want to know? 16:40.160 --> 16:41.160 How long will it take? 16:41.160 --> 16:42.920 How do you want the dynamite? 16:42.920 --> 16:43.920 What's the best way? 16:43.920 --> 16:44.920 Jelly. 16:44.920 --> 16:48.200 We can put it in a can, wrap it in asbestos and get out in plenty of time if the fire's 16:48.200 --> 16:49.200 not too close. 16:49.200 --> 16:50.200 How soon can we go? 16:50.200 --> 16:52.960 Well by the time you get all the other stuff ready I'll be ready. 16:52.960 --> 16:53.960 See you out there. 16:53.960 --> 16:54.960 Okay. 16:54.960 --> 16:55.960 Collins. 16:55.960 --> 16:56.960 Yeah? 16:56.960 --> 16:57.960 You forgot your coffee. 16:57.960 --> 16:58.960 Oh thanks. 16:58.960 --> 17:05.960 Where's the asbestos suits Smiley? 17:05.960 --> 17:06.960 Oh it's back of the shack. 17:06.960 --> 17:07.960 Let's go. 17:07.960 --> 17:08.960 Wally. 17:08.960 --> 17:11.960 Go on Smiley I'll be out soon. 17:11.960 --> 17:12.960 Yeah right. 17:12.960 --> 17:15.960 I'm sorry Wally. 17:15.960 --> 17:18.960 I'm sorry. 17:18.960 --> 17:31.800 I'm not really heroic. 17:31.800 --> 17:36.720 I can't act a part of the brave wife sending her husband out. 17:36.720 --> 17:39.160 Wally please don't go. 17:39.160 --> 17:40.160 I'm so afraid. 17:40.160 --> 17:41.920 I got her honey. 17:41.920 --> 17:44.680 That thing's burning up about ten, fifteen thousand dollars a day. 17:44.680 --> 17:45.680 I got her. 17:45.680 --> 17:47.960 I don't care if it burns up a million dollars a day. 17:47.960 --> 17:48.960 Don't go. 17:48.960 --> 17:49.960 Dottie. 17:49.960 --> 17:50.960 Dottie. 17:50.960 --> 17:51.960 What? 17:51.960 --> 17:55.760 Have you ever known me to take wild chances? 17:55.760 --> 18:00.760 Oh sure I play a hunch as far as it'll stretch but have I ever gone overboard on a pipe dream? 18:00.760 --> 18:01.760 No. 18:01.760 --> 18:04.440 Then you must know that I wouldn't be doing this if I didn't think I could finish it up 18:04.440 --> 18:05.440 right don't you? 18:05.440 --> 18:06.840 But Wally I'm so frightened. 18:06.840 --> 18:09.640 Well be a little anxious maybe but don't be frightened. 18:09.640 --> 18:10.640 You stay right here. 18:10.640 --> 18:11.640 Don't come out there. 18:11.640 --> 18:16.640 I'll be back to see you as soon as we knock old Betsy over on her side okay? 18:16.640 --> 18:17.640 Okay Wally. 18:17.640 --> 18:18.640 See you honey. 18:18.640 --> 18:23.640 This was going to be the easy part if there was such a thing. 18:23.640 --> 18:39.200 The fire instead of shooting straight up in the air was coming out of all the valves of 18:39.200 --> 18:41.720 the Christmas tree like a Fourth of July spray. 18:41.720 --> 18:43.120 But there was a good side to it. 18:43.120 --> 18:49.240 The back two legs of the rig were comparatively free of any flame but it was still plenty hot. 18:49.240 --> 18:50.240 Ready to go? 18:50.240 --> 18:51.240 Yeah. 18:51.240 --> 18:52.240 Keep me plenty wet. 18:52.240 --> 18:53.240 I don't want to broil. 18:53.240 --> 18:54.240 You won't. 18:54.240 --> 18:55.240 Got the drill pipe ready? 18:55.240 --> 18:56.240 Set to go boys. 18:56.240 --> 18:57.240 Okay let's have it. 18:57.240 --> 18:58.240 I'm ready. 18:58.240 --> 19:05.520 Smiley kept the water smacking into me while I got close enough with the drill pipe to 19:05.520 --> 19:20.000 plant the charge. 19:20.000 --> 19:23.440 Then I retreated, paying out the insulated cable as I went. 19:23.440 --> 19:29.760 Once I got to the periphery I raised my hand to Collins. 19:29.760 --> 19:47.200 Here Wally, let me get that thing off your head. 19:47.200 --> 19:48.200 Wow. 19:48.200 --> 19:51.880 Man, I'll get the rest of this thing off. 19:51.880 --> 19:55.360 How'd it go? 19:55.360 --> 19:56.720 Great, huh Collins? 19:56.720 --> 19:57.720 Real great. 19:57.720 --> 19:58.720 You did real good. 19:58.720 --> 19:59.720 What now? 19:59.720 --> 20:02.320 Now we got to knock that Christmas tree off the tubing. 20:02.320 --> 20:03.760 You can't get close enough for that. 20:03.760 --> 20:07.520 Even with that monkey suit you'd be ashes before you got one turn completed. 20:07.520 --> 20:08.680 Yeah. 20:08.680 --> 20:09.680 Get Pete and Whitey for me. 20:09.680 --> 20:10.680 Pete, oh Pete, Whitey, come here. 20:10.680 --> 20:13.680 Now what are you going to do? 20:13.680 --> 20:16.440 I think I know how I can knock that gadget off. 20:16.440 --> 20:17.440 What's up Smiley? 20:17.440 --> 20:18.760 I got a job for you guys. 20:18.760 --> 20:19.760 Hiya, Whitey. 20:19.760 --> 20:20.760 Hiya, Wally. 20:20.760 --> 20:23.920 I want you guys to get me a 50 foot section of casing and a 50 foot section of tubing. 20:23.920 --> 20:24.920 We got it, it's right on. 20:24.920 --> 20:27.760 Then I want you to put the tubing into the casing and weld it so that we can run water 20:27.760 --> 20:28.760 between the two of them. 20:28.760 --> 20:29.920 What's that going to do? 20:29.920 --> 20:32.920 It's going to give me a water cooled boom that I can swing from a bulldozer to knock 20:32.920 --> 20:33.920 the Christmas tree off. 20:33.920 --> 20:35.040 It might take a few hours. 20:35.040 --> 20:36.040 Okay, but hurry up. 20:36.040 --> 20:37.040 All right, Whitey, get the tubing. 20:37.040 --> 20:38.040 Right. 20:38.040 --> 20:39.040 Now Pete, see about the casing. 20:39.040 --> 20:57.160 Now listen, Smiley, when I get there, I'm going to swing the dozer in an arc so that 20:57.160 --> 20:59.000 the boom acts like a baseball bat. 20:59.000 --> 21:00.000 You keep the water going. 21:00.000 --> 21:01.000 Yeah, Wally. 21:01.000 --> 21:02.640 I stay down behind the asbestos shield though. 21:02.640 --> 21:04.200 I got it rigged all across the front. 21:04.200 --> 21:06.640 I know, but it won't help me much when I swing around. 21:06.640 --> 21:08.000 Well, maybe I can rustle up some more. 21:08.000 --> 21:09.000 I don't know. 21:09.000 --> 21:10.000 This will do. 21:10.000 --> 21:11.000 Let's go. 21:11.000 --> 21:12.880 Don't forget now, Smiley, the water. 21:12.880 --> 21:13.880 Keep it going. 21:13.880 --> 21:14.880 Gotcha. 21:14.880 --> 21:15.880 Pete. 21:15.880 --> 21:16.880 Go. 21:16.880 --> 21:17.880 You stay on the hose with Smiley. 21:17.880 --> 21:18.880 Will do. 21:18.880 --> 21:19.880 Everything else clear to you guys? 21:19.880 --> 21:20.880 Yes, sir. 21:20.880 --> 21:21.880 All right. 21:21.880 --> 21:24.880 Okay, then I'm shoving off. 21:24.880 --> 21:34.920 I started forward, a long boom projecting like some monstrous weapon. 21:34.920 --> 21:38.880 The assuring stream from Smiley's hose smashed into me as I inched closer to the flaming 21:38.880 --> 21:41.880 fountainhead of the Christmas tree. 21:41.880 --> 21:47.240 As the end of the boom passed about 20 feet to the left of it, I pulled the right tread 21:47.240 --> 21:50.240 of the dozer to a slithering stop. 21:50.240 --> 21:54.640 Then the boom began its swing, and when it reached the full momentum of its travel, it 21:54.640 --> 21:57.640 slammed into the tree like a flaming pillar of doom. 21:57.640 --> 22:01.240 A fire began shooting straight up into the air. 22:01.240 --> 22:05.640 Suddenly, I couldn't feel the water from Smiley's hose, and in that instant, I began 22:05.640 --> 22:06.640 to see her. 22:06.640 --> 22:07.640 Smiley. 22:07.640 --> 22:08.640 Smiley. 22:08.640 --> 22:09.640 The water. 22:09.640 --> 22:10.640 I've got to get out of here. 22:10.640 --> 22:11.640 50 feet. 22:11.640 --> 22:12.640 40. 22:12.640 --> 22:13.640 20. 22:13.640 --> 22:14.640 Smiley. 22:14.640 --> 22:15.640 Smiley. 22:15.640 --> 22:16.640 Water. 22:16.640 --> 22:17.640 Smiley. 22:17.640 --> 22:18.640 Water. 22:18.640 --> 22:19.640 Smiley. 22:19.640 --> 22:20.640 Smiley. 22:20.640 --> 22:21.640 Smiley. 22:21.640 --> 22:22.640 Smiley. 22:22.640 --> 22:23.640 Smiley. 22:23.640 --> 22:24.640 Smiley. 22:24.640 --> 22:25.640 Smiley. 22:25.640 --> 22:26.640 Smiley. 22:26.640 --> 22:27.640 Smiley. 22:27.640 --> 22:28.640 Smiley. 22:28.640 --> 22:29.640 Smiley. 22:29.640 --> 22:30.640 Smiley. 22:30.640 --> 22:31.640 Smiley. 22:31.640 --> 22:32.640 Smiley. 22:32.640 --> 22:33.640 Smiley. 22:33.640 --> 22:34.640 Smiley. 22:34.640 --> 22:35.640 Smiley. 22:35.640 --> 22:36.640 Smiley. 22:36.640 --> 22:37.640 Smiley. 22:37.640 --> 22:38.640 Smiley. 22:38.640 --> 22:39.640 Hey, Wally! 22:39.640 --> 22:40.640 Wally, can you hear me? 22:40.640 --> 22:41.640 The water! 22:41.640 --> 22:42.640 What happened to the water? 22:42.640 --> 22:43.640 Bad coupling. 22:43.640 --> 22:44.640 It'll be fixed in a minute. 22:44.640 --> 22:45.640 Okay. 22:45.640 --> 22:46.640 I'll be ready for the big blast, then. 22:46.640 --> 22:47.640 Albert, you'll burn. 22:47.640 --> 22:48.640 Let me do it. 22:48.640 --> 22:49.640 I'll be all right. 22:49.640 --> 22:50.640 This is the easy part. 22:50.640 --> 22:51.640 Through the Christmas tree, or I can set the dynamite under the fire. 22:51.640 --> 22:52.640 I won't let you. 22:52.640 --> 22:53.640 Yes, you will. 22:53.640 --> 22:54.640 But Hehe地方, Canby, dahtie, ey. 22:54.640 --> 22:55.640 dahtie won't know. 22:55.640 --> 22:56.640 Yeah, Wally? 22:56.640 --> 22:57.640 How much will it take? 22:57.640 --> 22:59.640 I'll do it. I know how to place the stuff. 22:59.640 --> 23:01.640 Just get it ready. I'll take it in. 23:01.640 --> 23:02.640 Whatever you say. 23:02.640 --> 23:04.640 That's what I say. Get going. 23:17.640 --> 23:18.640 He stop yet, Smiley? 23:18.640 --> 23:20.640 I can't tell from here. 23:23.640 --> 23:25.640 Hey, B, a little more beef on the grill. 23:25.640 --> 23:27.640 Hey, B, a little more beef on this hose. 23:27.640 --> 23:29.640 My hand's cramping. 23:29.640 --> 23:31.640 I got it, Smiley. 23:35.640 --> 23:38.640 I see him. I see him. He's getting off the dozer. 23:42.640 --> 23:44.640 A swing left a little, Pete. 23:44.640 --> 23:45.640 Where? I can't see. 23:45.640 --> 23:48.640 Left of the dozer. See? Over there. 23:48.640 --> 23:51.640 Yeah, I see him now. Where's he going? 23:51.640 --> 23:53.640 I think he's heading for the draw works. 23:53.640 --> 23:54.640 Splash him, Pete. 23:54.640 --> 23:56.640 He's almost out of range. 24:01.640 --> 24:03.640 Now! He's coming out. 24:03.640 --> 24:05.640 Here, let me help. 24:05.640 --> 24:08.640 Pressure! More pressure back there. 24:14.640 --> 24:15.640 Here he comes. 24:15.640 --> 24:17.640 Oh, come on, Wally. 24:21.640 --> 24:22.640 I don't think he... 24:22.640 --> 24:23.640 I better go after him. 24:23.640 --> 24:25.640 No, no, no. Stay on the hose. 24:25.640 --> 24:27.640 Oh, Wally, come on. 24:32.640 --> 24:34.640 Keep the water on him. Keep it on him good. 24:35.640 --> 24:37.640 Come on, Wally. Come on. 24:42.640 --> 24:44.640 He's in the clear. 24:45.640 --> 24:47.640 All right, now, Kongs. 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