1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:14,400 And now, tonight's presentation of radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 2 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:23,720 Tonight, the transcribed story of what happens when a trunk is bought at auction, contents 3 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:24,960 unknown. 4 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:28,020 We call it Going, Going, Gone. 5 00:00:28,020 --> 00:00:34,960 So now, starring Tom Brown and Eve McVeigh, here is tonight's Suspense play, Going, Going, 6 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:35,960 Gone. 7 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:36,960 Sold for $12. 8 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:37,960 Now, ladies and gentlemen, the next item is very special and not in your category. 9 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:38,960 Rack it up, boys, and be careful. 10 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:39,960 It may be valuable. 11 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:40,960 Very exciting, my folks. 12 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:41,960 Very exciting. 13 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:42,960 Wally. 14 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:43,960 Wally, look. 15 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:44,960 I swung. 16 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:45,960 I swung. 17 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:46,960 I swung. 18 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:47,960 I swung. 19 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:48,960 I swung. 20 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:49,960 I swung. 21 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:50,960 I swung. 22 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:51,960 I swung. 23 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:52,960 I swung. 24 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:53,960 I swung. 25 00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:54,960 I swung. 26 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:55,960 I swung. 27 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:56,960 I swung. 28 00:00:56,960 --> 00:00:57,960 I swung. 29 00:00:57,960 --> 00:00:58,960 I swung. 30 00:00:58,960 --> 00:00:59,960 I swung. 31 00:00:59,960 --> 00:01:00,960 I swung. 32 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:01,960 I swung. 33 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:02,960 I swung. 34 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:03,960 I swung. 35 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:04,960 Now, ladies and gentlemen, our trunk, contents unknown. 36 00:01:04,960 --> 00:01:07,500 And you, boys, an old trunk, ladies and gentlemen, from the estate of Mrs. Dexter Joslyn. 37 00:01:07,500 --> 00:01:14,120 Since Mr. Joslyn's unfortunate disappearance last week, the executives have found a ladder 38 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:21,020 left by Mr. Joslyn requesting us to sell his belong. 39 00:01:21,020 --> 00:01:22,020 Wally. 40 00:01:22,020 --> 00:01:23,020 Yes, sir? 41 00:01:23,020 --> 00:01:24,020 I'm going to bid on it. 42 00:01:24,020 --> 00:01:25,280 Oh, now, Jan, please be sensible. 43 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:27,640 We already bought a lamp, two chairs, another old trunk. 44 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:30,080 another original The Mr. Myler statue. 45 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:31,440 What do we want with a trophy? 46 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:33,280 I won't go over $10 while they're out. 47 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:34,200 $10, I should say. 48 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:36,080 Oh please, honey, it's got such lovely old stains. 49 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:38,080 Please, it might be very valuable. 50 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:41,120 Three, two, I hear one. 51 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:43,200 I hear one who'll make it two. 52 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:44,200 $2. 53 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:45,200 Thank you, Mr. Myler. 54 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:46,640 I have $2. 55 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:48,000 No. 56 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:49,920 It's only $2. 57 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:50,960 Do I hear three? 58 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:52,160 Three, do I hear three? 59 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:52,980 $250. 60 00:01:52,980 --> 00:01:53,820 $250. 61 00:01:53,820 --> 00:01:54,660 Three? 62 00:01:54,660 --> 00:01:55,480 $3, Mr. Myler. 63 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:57,680 Three, three, three, do I hear more? 64 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:00,600 Three going once, three going twice, 65 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:03,120 going for the third and last time at, 66 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:06,040 three sold to the lady for $3. 67 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:06,880 Ha ha ha. 68 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:11,240 Wally, I got it. 69 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:12,080 Wait, wait. 70 00:02:13,640 --> 00:02:15,720 I raised the bid, $100. 71 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:17,440 I'll give $100. 72 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:18,760 Sorry, friend, you're too late. 73 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:20,560 No, but I must have the trunk. 74 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:21,400 $200. 75 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:24,880 Sorry, friend, it's been sold to this lady for $3. 76 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:27,480 Come on, dear, let's go back and pick up our things. 77 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:28,480 Yes, that's ours. 78 00:02:36,480 --> 00:02:38,760 And the statue, too, and the trunk. 79 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:40,200 Right here, lady. 80 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:43,040 No, no, that's not the same one. 81 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:43,960 It's newer. 82 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:45,400 It's the same one, lady. 83 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:48,960 No, the one you sold me was lovely and old. 84 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:51,520 That's right, the one you sold my wife had stains on it, 85 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:52,920 and we want the one with the stains. 86 00:02:52,920 --> 00:02:54,800 That's right, I want the one I bought. 87 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:58,080 But I tell you, lady, we use the old one for a come on. 88 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:00,160 Now take this, it'll make you happy. 89 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:02,120 No, we want the one you sold me. 90 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:05,680 Mm-hmm, oh, okay, okay, sure, I'll get it. 91 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:06,600 I'll be right back. 92 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:08,320 Okay, boys, drag out the old one. 93 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:09,720 Now, yeah, that's the one I want right now. 94 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:11,720 Jan, sometimes I wonder about you. 95 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:13,120 Oh, you do, huh? 96 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:14,560 Well, let me tell you something. 97 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:17,320 That old trunk's got something in it, I know. 98 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:18,480 You know. 99 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:19,800 No, what about that funny little man 100 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:22,280 who came in late and bid $200? 101 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:23,680 You know, I'll bet he made them offers 102 00:03:23,680 --> 00:03:24,960 for that other trunk just now. 103 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:27,200 Honey, that's just part of the act. 104 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:29,840 They want to make people figure it's valuable. 105 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:32,280 Next Sunday, they'll have 50 old trunks to sell. 106 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:35,000 All right, you wait, you'll see. 107 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:36,440 You just wait. 108 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:39,440 ["The Star-Spangled Banner"] 109 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:45,400 We got our old trunk, paid for it, and caught it at home. 110 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:47,480 Sat in the middle of the living room. 111 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:52,480 Big, old, and dirty, with a lot of funny looking stains. 112 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:55,640 Jan was like a kid with a new doll. 113 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:57,880 What do you think's in it, Wal? 114 00:03:57,880 --> 00:03:58,800 I don't know. 115 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:00,440 Could be anything, couldn't it? 116 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:02,400 Yeah, sure, sure anything. 117 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:04,680 It's kind of like Christmas, you know? 118 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:06,800 Well, honey, are we going to stand here and talk about it? 119 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:07,880 Let's open it and get it open. 120 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:10,040 No, wait, not for a minute. 121 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:12,840 I just want to look. 122 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:16,160 Why do you suppose that little man wanted it so badly? 123 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:18,640 It can't be the same as the other trunks they've got. 124 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:21,080 Oh, Jan, I thought you had more sense. 125 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:24,200 Do you honestly think they'd sell us something for $3 126 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:26,480 if they didn't open it first to find out what was in it? 127 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:28,680 Oh, it's heavy. 128 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:29,480 Sure. 129 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:31,800 Well, with all clothes, all the skates, blood, instruments, 130 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:33,200 and, well, that's it. 131 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:35,120 Wal. 132 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:36,440 Guess what's in it. 133 00:04:36,440 --> 00:04:37,280 Guess? 134 00:04:37,280 --> 00:04:38,400 Oh, come on, Jan. 135 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:39,440 Come on, let's open it. 136 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:40,880 First, we'll guess what's in it. 137 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:42,160 You guess first. 138 00:04:42,160 --> 00:04:43,880 All right, let's see now. 139 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:45,920 Old trunk, pretty big. 140 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:48,800 A lot of peculiar stains. 141 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:51,240 Big enough to put a book. 142 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:52,120 Oh, come on. 143 00:04:52,120 --> 00:04:53,000 Come on, let's open it. 144 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:54,920 Wait, we'll open it together. 145 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:55,840 All right. 146 00:04:55,840 --> 00:04:58,280 Oh, the cat is stuck. 147 00:04:58,280 --> 00:04:59,160 All right, all right. 148 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:00,880 Here, I'll do it. 149 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:01,560 Now stand back. 150 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:08,560 Well, go on, open it. 151 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:09,880 It's yours. 152 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:13,280 Well, doesn't it scare you just a little bit? 153 00:05:13,280 --> 00:05:18,960 Scare me? 154 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:21,040 There. 155 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:22,680 Now are you satisfied? 156 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:26,240 Wally, I'm sorry. 157 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:28,280 Oh, now look at that. 158 00:05:28,280 --> 00:05:31,360 Nothing but a mess of old rags and papers. 159 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:33,480 Three dollars. 160 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:37,560 Three hard earned dollars for a pile of newspapers and. 161 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:38,360 Hey. 162 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:43,120 Wally. 163 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:45,120 Hey. 164 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:49,080 Oh, wow, look. 165 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:54,120 Diamonds, gold, rubies. 166 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:56,160 Wow. 167 00:05:56,160 --> 00:05:57,880 Oh, it's a fake. 168 00:05:57,880 --> 00:05:59,400 It must be. 169 00:05:59,400 --> 00:06:00,680 Oh, these aren't real. 170 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:03,880 They look real, but. 171 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:05,920 Yeah, but there's nothing to be scared about anymore. 172 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:06,720 It's not real. 173 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:07,200 None of it. 174 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:08,120 I don't know. 175 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:10,440 Oh, now look, look, be sensible. 176 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:13,280 If this stuff were the real thing, I mean diamonds, pearls, 177 00:06:13,280 --> 00:06:17,000 emeralds, and all it, it'd be worth millions. 178 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:18,400 It looks real. 179 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:19,560 I mean it. 180 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:21,760 A woman has a feeling about jewelry. 181 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:23,040 She can tell. 182 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:25,520 Jewelry. 183 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:26,160 Here, look. 184 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:27,840 Did you ever see a diamond ring this big? 185 00:06:27,840 --> 00:06:28,840 Well, no, I never did. 186 00:06:28,840 --> 00:06:29,440 All right. 187 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:32,240 All right, now once and for all, I prove it to you. 188 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:33,880 You think this is a diamond ring? 189 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:35,520 Yes, Wally, I think it is. 190 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:36,640 This is a diamond? 191 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:38,080 OK. 192 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:38,960 It's a diamond ring? 193 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:39,880 OK. 194 00:06:39,880 --> 00:06:41,080 Now watch. 195 00:06:41,080 --> 00:06:42,240 Diamonds cut glass, right? 196 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:42,840 Right. 197 00:06:42,840 --> 00:06:44,000 OK. 198 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:45,840 I'm going to scratch it on the window, 199 00:06:45,840 --> 00:06:47,840 and maybe this will satisfy you. 200 00:06:47,840 --> 00:06:49,800 OK. 201 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:52,160 Now there's your fake diamond. 202 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:53,240 Now for heaven's sake, just. 203 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:55,320 Oh. 204 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:56,840 I told you. 205 00:06:56,840 --> 00:06:58,920 I told you they're real. 206 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:00,480 We bought a trunk full of jewels. 207 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:06,880 What are we going to do with it? 208 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:08,160 I don't know. 209 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:09,320 What do you think? 210 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:10,920 Maybe we should call the police. 211 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:11,640 Oh. 212 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:12,280 No, no, no. 213 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:13,080 Why should we? 214 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:15,680 Well, I mean supposing it's all stolen jewels. 215 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:16,760 Hey. 216 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:17,320 Hey, the door. 217 00:07:17,320 --> 00:07:18,360 Someone's at the door. 218 00:07:18,360 --> 00:07:19,280 Now come on. Come on. 219 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:20,720 Get the rags and papers back in the trunk. 220 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:21,760 We'll put it in the bedroom. 221 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:23,200 Well, it's probably only mother's. 222 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:24,720 Yeah, or the guy from the auction. 223 00:07:24,720 --> 00:07:25,880 Now come on, hurry. 224 00:07:25,880 --> 00:07:26,840 All right. 225 00:07:26,840 --> 00:07:29,320 All right, now you push, and I'll pull. 226 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:34,080 Well, I feel as if we've done something wrong. 227 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:36,360 Oh, we've got to be careful. 228 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:37,960 There. 229 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:40,640 Now shut the door. 230 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:43,240 Now if it is your mother, don't say anything, please. 231 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:44,040 All right. 232 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:48,720 Oh, how do you do? 233 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:50,800 My name is Mr. Minchi. 234 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:51,320 Yes? 235 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:53,200 You are Mr. Pindale? 236 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:54,040 Yeah, that's right. 237 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:57,320 You bought a trunk this afternoon at the auction. 238 00:07:57,320 --> 00:07:59,880 You see, I arrived too late to buy it myself. 239 00:07:59,880 --> 00:08:01,200 Oh, that's too bad. 240 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:02,760 Too bad, yes. 241 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:06,640 Mr. Pindale, I will give you $200 for it, 242 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:08,720 a sentimental value, you understand. 243 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:10,680 I'm sorry. 244 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:13,320 Would you mind getting your foot out of the door? 245 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:15,640 You have opened the trunk. 246 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:17,600 Oh, yes. 247 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:18,840 $50,000 in. 248 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:21,400 You must be a very sentimental man. 249 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:24,200 $100,000, Mr. Pindale, my last offer. 250 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:25,080 We needed a trunk. 251 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:26,040 Good evening. 252 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:28,160 I must warn you, the consequences 253 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:29,880 will be upon your own head. 254 00:08:29,880 --> 00:08:31,320 This is your last chance. 255 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:32,280 Think carefully. 256 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:33,840 Good evening. 257 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:35,720 Mr. Pindale. 258 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:36,920 You're making a mistake. 259 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:38,880 Please, please, I beg you. 260 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:41,480 Please take my offer. 261 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:43,680 I heard it, Wally. 262 00:08:43,680 --> 00:08:45,200 What are we going to do? 263 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:46,360 I don't know. 264 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:48,960 It was that same little fellow. 265 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:50,360 He's still there. 266 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:51,640 Oh, I'm scared. 267 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:56,200 Well, he's quite old and not very big. 268 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:57,160 I'll take care of him. 269 00:08:57,160 --> 00:08:58,440 No, no, don't do that. 270 00:08:58,440 --> 00:08:59,360 Call the police. 271 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:00,280 Oh, no, Jan is. 272 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:01,160 I mean it. 273 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:02,080 He might have a gun. 274 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:03,480 Jan is. 275 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:04,880 Please. 276 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:08,480 Well, all right, maybe I better. 277 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:11,120 Well, I never thought I'd see today what's going on. 278 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:12,000 Hello. 279 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:13,320 Please, I'm using the phone. 280 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:14,800 Do you mind getting off? 281 00:09:14,800 --> 00:09:16,720 I'm sorry. 282 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:17,760 What's the matter? 283 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:19,360 Party line. 284 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:21,120 What does that woman talk about all day? 285 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:22,960 Well, you'd better drive down to the police station. 286 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:23,840 No, wait a minute. 287 00:09:23,840 --> 00:09:36,120 Maybe he's gone. 288 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:37,400 It's all right, honey. 289 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:38,520 Nobody's there. 290 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:40,400 What are we going to do? 291 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:41,760 Oh, about what? 292 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:43,000 We bought the trunk. 293 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:43,920 What's in it's eyes? 294 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:45,160 It isn't right, Wally. 295 00:09:45,160 --> 00:09:46,720 We'll get into trouble. 296 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:49,720 That man at the door, he might be a gangster, 297 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:51,640 a foreign jewel thief. 298 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:54,640 Suppose he's got other men with him. 299 00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:57,680 I'll try the police again. 300 00:09:57,680 --> 00:10:00,480 Chestnuts is the only stuffing I use. 301 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:02,880 Of course, some people like oyster, but I obviously. 302 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:03,280 Hello. 303 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:04,680 Will you please hang up? 304 00:10:04,680 --> 00:10:05,920 I'm using the phone. 305 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:07,280 Look, lady, this is an emergency. 306 00:10:07,280 --> 00:10:08,960 I'm nervous, some people, honestly. 307 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:09,840 Lady, you don't. 308 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:11,400 The times I try to get the use of this phone, 309 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:14,360 I'm in awe with any excuse. 310 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:15,440 It isn't an excuse. 311 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:21,400 What I'm saying is, oh, yes, oyster stuffing will. 312 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:23,000 She won't get off. 313 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:24,160 She's got to. 314 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:25,080 Here, let me try. 315 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:26,640 No, no, no. 316 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:28,840 Now wait, maybe it's fate. 317 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:30,520 Maybe we're not supposed to. 318 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:31,960 You listen to me, Wally. 319 00:10:31,960 --> 00:10:35,040 Now, I don't see why you're making such a fuss. 320 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:36,760 We're safe enough. 321 00:10:36,760 --> 00:10:39,240 I'm not afraid of. 322 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:40,680 Wally. 323 00:10:40,680 --> 00:10:42,280 I heard it. 324 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:43,160 Don't you dare go. 325 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:46,960 What do you want me to do? 326 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:47,960 I don't know, but. 327 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:51,640 Maybe it's your mother this time, huh? 328 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:53,960 Who is it? 329 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:55,280 I'll scream out the window for help. 330 00:10:55,280 --> 00:10:56,400 No, no, you can't do that. 331 00:10:56,400 --> 00:10:58,360 What would the neighbors think? 332 00:10:58,360 --> 00:10:59,240 I'm going. 333 00:10:59,240 --> 00:11:01,400 Wally, you be careful. 334 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:03,000 Here, take the poker. 335 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:05,520 OK, now you stay where you are. 336 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:07,440 Wally, please don't open it. 337 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:08,160 It's all right. 338 00:11:08,160 --> 00:11:09,200 Now you just stay there. 339 00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:09,600 Wally. 340 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:15,480 OK, I've had enough of this. 341 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:17,480 Oh. 342 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:17,980 No. 343 00:11:17,980 --> 00:11:18,960 Whoa. 344 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:20,440 ["Going, Going, Gone"] 345 00:11:28,680 --> 00:11:32,120 You are listening to Going, Going, Gone, tonight's 346 00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:34,400 presentation in radio's outstanding 347 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:36,960 theater of thrills, Suspense. 348 00:11:44,880 --> 00:11:46,640 You are the Red Cross. 349 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:49,160 If you're not serving, then it's your neighbors. 350 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:51,360 When the Red Cross blood program helps you, 351 00:11:51,360 --> 00:11:53,840 when relief and rehabilitation move inefficiently 352 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:57,680 after disaster, it's a people to people program and operation, 353 00:11:57,680 --> 00:12:01,240 not a disembodied machine that works by flicking a switch. 354 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:03,800 Today, the Red Cross needs not just your donation, 355 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:06,040 but you as an active member. 356 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:08,480 Take your contribution to your local chapter. 357 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:11,280 And while you're there, join so you can serve. 358 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:14,920 30 million new members are needed now. 359 00:12:14,920 --> 00:12:17,520 And now we bring back to our Hollywood soundstage, 360 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:20,960 Tom Brown and Eve McVeigh, starring in tonight's 361 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:26,000 production, Going, Going, Gone, a tale well calculated 362 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:28,080 to keep you in suspense. 363 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:44,200 Why? 364 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:46,840 What's wrong with him? 365 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:47,800 Make him get up. 366 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:49,160 The door. 367 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:50,080 The door. 368 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:51,240 Yes. 369 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:53,400 Oh, yes. 370 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:54,960 What happened? 371 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:56,000 Are you hurt? 372 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:57,920 I don't know. 373 00:12:57,920 --> 00:12:59,000 Been close to me. 374 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:03,440 I've got to tell you. 375 00:13:03,440 --> 00:13:04,800 You've got to do something. 376 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:06,560 No, no time, no time. 377 00:13:06,560 --> 00:13:10,000 They caught me as I was coming back up here. 378 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:11,240 They'll get you too. 379 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:12,040 Who? 380 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:12,920 Who? 381 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:14,440 I don't get it. 382 00:13:14,440 --> 00:13:17,200 They are waiting outside. 383 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:19,640 Later in the night, they will come. 384 00:13:19,640 --> 00:13:20,800 The killers. 385 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:22,520 The killers? 386 00:13:22,520 --> 00:13:23,640 Who are they? 387 00:13:23,640 --> 00:13:24,960 The jewels. 388 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:25,920 Where are they? 389 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:26,400 In the trunk. 390 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:27,680 We put them in the bedroom. 391 00:13:27,680 --> 00:13:29,640 We can't let him die there. 392 00:13:29,640 --> 00:13:32,320 Call the police, Wally, and doctor or something. 393 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:33,760 Save yourselves. 394 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:35,040 Get out of this house. 395 00:13:39,920 --> 00:13:42,520 Wally? 396 00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:45,560 I guess so. 397 00:13:45,560 --> 00:13:47,280 Oh, I'm scared, Wally. 398 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:48,480 What are we going to do? 399 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:51,040 Well, now, now, now, take it easy, honey. 400 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:53,480 Nobody's going to hurt you. 401 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:55,200 Hello. 402 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:57,120 Hello. 403 00:13:57,120 --> 00:13:57,600 Hello. 404 00:13:57,600 --> 00:13:58,640 Hello, for Pete's sake. 405 00:13:58,640 --> 00:13:59,480 What's the matter? 406 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:00,920 Oh, that. 407 00:14:00,920 --> 00:14:03,240 She left her phone off the hook just for a spike. 408 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:04,200 She's left it off. 409 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:06,120 Oh. 410 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:07,720 Well, I've got to think now. 411 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:09,440 Couldn't I scream out the window for help? 412 00:14:09,440 --> 00:14:10,400 Oh, sure. 413 00:14:10,400 --> 00:14:11,320 Sure, they're waiting out there. 414 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:12,680 You get killed just like him. 415 00:14:12,680 --> 00:14:13,960 Oh, no. 416 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:15,720 Got to think. 417 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:16,840 Wait a minute. 418 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:18,160 Put out the light, honey. 419 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:20,200 I'm going to peek out. 420 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:22,240 You stay behind the curtain, Wally. 421 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:23,400 Don't let him see you. 422 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:28,400 It was getting misty. 423 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:29,800 I couldn't see the end of the street, 424 00:14:29,800 --> 00:14:31,680 but near the lamppost a couple of houses down, 425 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:34,680 I saw a black car, begging along. 426 00:14:34,680 --> 00:14:37,040 In our street, there's only two houses, mine 427 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:39,000 and a neighbor who wasn't home. 428 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:41,360 I'd never seen that car before. 429 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:42,560 I thought of what was in the trunk 430 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:46,800 and what was lying right outside of the front door. 431 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:49,260 Man doesn't like to show it, but as I looked out, 432 00:14:49,260 --> 00:14:51,880 I was scared. 433 00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:53,400 Can you see them? 434 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:54,280 No. 435 00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:55,720 But there's a car down there. 436 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:56,640 It must be in it. 437 00:14:56,640 --> 00:14:57,540 Come away. 438 00:14:57,540 --> 00:14:59,080 No, no, wait a minute. 439 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:00,000 What? 440 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:00,920 Stay back. 441 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:11,440 There's lights coming around the corner. 442 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:12,160 Slowing down. 443 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:16,440 It's Mr. Fling. 444 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:17,560 Mr. Fling? 445 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:18,600 He won't do any good. 446 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:20,480 He always comes home drunk on Sundays. 447 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:21,280 Hold on. 448 00:15:21,280 --> 00:15:23,200 I'm going to open the window and yell anyway. 449 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:24,520 Now, you get down on the floor. 450 00:15:24,520 --> 00:15:25,440 They may start shooting. 451 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:27,200 Oh, Wally. 452 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:28,640 Mr. Fling. 453 00:15:28,640 --> 00:15:29,540 Hey. 454 00:15:29,540 --> 00:15:31,200 Mr. Fling. 455 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:32,120 Mr. Fling. 456 00:15:32,120 --> 00:15:33,020 Why? 457 00:15:33,020 --> 00:15:35,000 Why don't you shut up? 458 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:35,900 No, no. 459 00:15:35,900 --> 00:15:37,640 Mr. Fling. 460 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:40,080 It's Pindell, Wally Pindell. 461 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:41,000 Oh, yeah. 462 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:41,880 Yeah, hi. 463 00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:44,120 We're in trouble, Mr. Fling. 464 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:46,000 You've got to call the police. 465 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:47,520 Tell them to get over here and hurry. 466 00:15:47,520 --> 00:15:48,420 Oh, sure. 467 00:15:48,420 --> 00:15:49,320 OK. 468 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:50,240 And you get in your house quick. 469 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:51,320 You're in danger too. 470 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:52,220 Yeah, yeah. 471 00:15:52,220 --> 00:15:53,120 OK. 472 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:55,040 Thank you, Mr. Fling. 473 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:56,920 Oh, he must be sober tonight. 474 00:15:56,920 --> 00:15:57,800 He's going to do it. 475 00:15:57,800 --> 00:15:58,680 Oh, gee. 476 00:15:58,680 --> 00:16:01,000 I bet the police can just get here in time. 477 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:02,240 You know, it's funny. 478 00:16:02,240 --> 00:16:04,520 They didn't try anything. 479 00:16:04,520 --> 00:16:06,960 What are we going to do with him? 480 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:08,440 Mr. Minch? 481 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:09,920 I don't know. 482 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:11,520 Better put him in the bedroom, I guess. 483 00:16:11,520 --> 00:16:12,520 On our bed? 484 00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:13,760 Oh, honey. 485 00:16:13,760 --> 00:16:15,880 He's dead, poor guy. 486 00:16:15,880 --> 00:16:17,400 You stay here. I'll carry him in. 487 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:18,300 All right. 488 00:16:18,300 --> 00:16:26,280 I carried him into the bedroom and laid him down. 489 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:27,920 I've never touched a dead man before. 490 00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:30,480 And I'd always thought they'd be cold. 491 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:31,400 He wasn't. 492 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:32,760 Not yet. 493 00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:35,000 And the doorbell rang. 494 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:35,920 It's them. 495 00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:36,820 Shh. 496 00:16:36,820 --> 00:16:37,720 Stay with me. 497 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:38,620 Shh. 498 00:16:38,620 --> 00:16:39,520 Shh. 499 00:16:39,520 --> 00:16:40,420 Shh. 500 00:16:40,420 --> 00:16:41,320 Shh. 501 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:42,220 Shh. 502 00:16:42,220 --> 00:16:43,120 Shh. 503 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:44,920 Uh, yeah? 504 00:16:44,920 --> 00:16:45,820 Hi. 505 00:16:45,820 --> 00:16:47,000 Hi, pal. 506 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:48,240 Oh, Mr. Fling. 507 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:49,600 Anybody with you? 508 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:50,920 Oh, what do you got? 509 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:51,820 Huh? 510 00:16:51,820 --> 00:16:52,720 A party? 511 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:54,680 Hey, you want, I should get a drink? 512 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:55,580 Oh, no. 513 00:16:55,580 --> 00:16:56,480 No, no. 514 00:16:56,480 --> 00:16:57,380 Come on in. 515 00:16:57,380 --> 00:16:58,280 Oh, push, don't. 516 00:16:58,280 --> 00:16:59,180 Oh, push. 517 00:16:59,180 --> 00:17:01,280 I told you to call the police. 518 00:17:01,280 --> 00:17:02,080 The police? 519 00:17:02,080 --> 00:17:03,200 Yes. 520 00:17:03,200 --> 00:17:06,560 I thought you said, come on up and have a drink. 521 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:08,280 What's the matter? 522 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:09,680 Somebody dead? 523 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:10,580 Jan. 524 00:17:10,580 --> 00:17:11,480 Jan. 525 00:17:11,480 --> 00:17:12,880 Go make some coffee. 526 00:17:12,880 --> 00:17:13,680 Oh, honey. 527 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:14,580 Go make coffee. 528 00:17:14,580 --> 00:17:16,680 Something, anything. 529 00:17:16,680 --> 00:17:17,720 Now, look. 530 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:19,720 Are you sober enough to listen? 531 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:21,080 Wait a minute. Who's sober? 532 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:22,640 For the, look, look. 533 00:17:22,640 --> 00:17:24,680 We've got to get the police. 534 00:17:24,680 --> 00:17:25,480 Why, I got to go? 535 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:26,280 A raid, huh? 536 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:27,680 Let me out. I got to get out of here. 537 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:28,080 Now, look. 538 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:30,640 Some men are outside there trying to kill us all. 539 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:31,960 They've already killed one man. 540 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:33,520 Oh, yeah. 541 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:34,520 Who, who? 542 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:36,200 Oh, it doesn't matter. 543 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:37,680 Look, we can't use our phone. 544 00:17:37,680 --> 00:17:39,280 We've got to get to another one. 545 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:40,160 Oh, no, no. 546 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:42,400 Nine no days wild parties. 547 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:46,320 You get on my phone and you call some dame in Paris. 548 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:48,480 Oh, if you weren't drunk, I'd put. 549 00:17:48,480 --> 00:17:49,200 No, no. 550 00:17:49,200 --> 00:17:49,680 Come on. 551 00:17:49,680 --> 00:17:50,080 Hey, hey. 552 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:50,480 Come on. 553 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:51,080 Hey, that hurt. 554 00:17:51,080 --> 00:17:52,000 That, that hurt. 555 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:52,680 Hey, hey. 556 00:17:52,680 --> 00:17:53,080 No. 557 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:53,680 Jan. 558 00:17:53,680 --> 00:17:54,480 What? 559 00:17:54,480 --> 00:17:55,200 What, Wally? 560 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:55,680 What? 561 00:17:55,680 --> 00:17:57,520 Oh, he's no help. 562 00:17:57,520 --> 00:17:58,560 I'm going to make a run for it. 563 00:17:58,560 --> 00:17:59,640 But you can't go outside. 564 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:00,440 They'll shoot him. 565 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:01,760 Now, look, we're not going to stay here. 566 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:03,400 Hey, hey, where's that drink? 567 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:04,440 Wait a minute. 568 00:18:04,440 --> 00:18:05,760 I'm going to take a look out the window again. 569 00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:06,720 OK. 570 00:18:06,720 --> 00:18:08,240 OK, I'm going to bed. 571 00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:09,960 The car's still there. 572 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:11,400 I can't see if anyone's in it. 573 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:13,400 Oh, good evening, sir. 574 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:15,440 No, no, don't get up. 575 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:16,600 Got to take the chance. 576 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:17,840 Where are you going? 577 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:19,600 There's no good trying to get to Flings House. 578 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:20,760 They'd see us. 579 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:21,880 Try the back way. 580 00:18:21,880 --> 00:18:23,400 Now, if I can get to the garage, 581 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:25,560 I might be able to make it to the police in the car. 582 00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:26,880 What about him? 583 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:28,680 I don't want to stay here alone with him. 584 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:30,640 OK, OK, come with me. 585 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:39,080 We went out the back door. 586 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:41,680 Everything was quiet, even quieter than usual 587 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:43,120 because of the fog. 588 00:18:43,120 --> 00:18:44,840 I knew that we couldn't be seen from the street, 589 00:18:44,840 --> 00:18:47,160 and if we were quiet, maybe. 590 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:49,640 Ah! 591 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:52,120 It's all right. 592 00:18:52,120 --> 00:18:55,200 Oh, Wally, he must have heard the noise. 593 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:56,200 What if they... 594 00:18:56,200 --> 00:18:57,880 Now, look, when we drive out of the garage, 595 00:18:57,880 --> 00:18:59,080 you duck down. 596 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:02,520 If they try to stop us, well, I'll run them down. 597 00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:04,200 I'll get in. 598 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:06,200 Go on. 599 00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:07,200 Yeah. 600 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:09,200 Oh, it's so loud. 601 00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:10,200 Shh. 602 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:12,200 Oh, my gosh. 603 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:13,200 Oh. 604 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:14,200 Ah! 605 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:15,200 It's all right. 606 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:16,200 It's all right. 607 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:17,200 It's only a backfire. 608 00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:18,200 Hold on. 609 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:32,760 I'll get your guns out, boys. 610 00:19:32,760 --> 00:19:33,760 Mr. Pendell, where's the black car? 611 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:34,760 Quiet, sir. 612 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:35,760 It was right over there, across the street. 613 00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:36,760 God. 614 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:37,760 Hey, maybe they... 615 00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:40,760 Jan, you stay here. 616 00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:42,960 Looks bad. 617 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:43,960 Door's open. 618 00:19:43,960 --> 00:19:44,960 You wait, Mr. Pendell. 619 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:45,960 We'll go on first. 620 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:46,960 You two guys watch the back. 621 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:47,960 OK, Sarge. 622 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:48,960 I'll go on. 623 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:49,960 Yeah. 624 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:50,960 This the body? 625 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:51,960 No. 626 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:52,960 That's Mr. Fling. 627 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:53,960 Where's Mr. Munchy? 628 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:54,960 He's gone. 629 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:55,960 They took him away. 630 00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:56,960 But the trunk's here. 631 00:19:56,960 --> 00:19:57,960 Look. 632 00:19:57,960 --> 00:19:58,960 Yeah. 633 00:19:58,960 --> 00:19:59,960 The jewels. 634 00:19:59,960 --> 00:20:00,960 They're not here. 635 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:01,960 Mr. Munchy, he was here. 636 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:02,960 Oh, listen, don't look at me like that. 637 00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:03,960 I'm not a man. 638 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:04,960 I'm a man. 639 00:20:04,960 --> 00:20:05,960 I'm a man. 640 00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:06,960 I'm a man. 641 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:07,960 I'm a man. 642 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:08,960 I'm a man. 643 00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:09,960 I'm a man. 644 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:10,960 I'm a man. 645 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:11,960 I'm a man. 646 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:12,960 I'm a man. 647 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:13,960 I'm a man. 648 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:14,960 I'm a man. 649 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:15,960 I'm a man. 650 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:16,960 I'm a man. 651 00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:18,480 Don't look at me like that. 652 00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:21,960 I tell you, there was a trunk full of jewels, and Mr. Munchy, he was... 653 00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:22,960 Oh, Jan! 654 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:25,960 Jan, Jan, come on in and tell him. 655 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:26,960 Jan! 656 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:37,960 I was about at... 657 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:38,960 Same trunk was there, empty. 658 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:43,280 There was a mark on the bed, and the dead body was gone. 659 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:49,000 We managed to wake up Mr. Fling, but he couldn't remember anything except that he wanted a drink. 660 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:53,200 Place were pretty mad, but I guess Jan convinced them that we hadn't been kidding. 661 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:56,400 Anyway, we gave him coffee, and that was that. 662 00:20:56,400 --> 00:21:01,140 There was much more to it, except that about two months later, Jan and I were having breakfast 663 00:21:01,140 --> 00:21:03,640 on Saturday when the mail came. 664 00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:09,040 Honey, do we know anybody in Mexico? 665 00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:11,040 I don't think so. 666 00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:12,040 More coffee? 667 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:13,040 Yeah, yeah. 668 00:21:13,040 --> 00:21:14,040 It's from Mexico. 669 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:17,040 I know, dear, you said so. 670 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:18,040 Bester and Mrs. Wallace-Pindell. 671 00:21:18,040 --> 00:21:19,040 Who's it from, dear? 672 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:26,160 Hey, Jan, there's some money in it. 673 00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:27,160 Two $100 bills. 674 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:28,160 Well, let me see. 675 00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:31,160 What does the letter say? 676 00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:38,160 Dear folks, I'm sorry for the inconvenience I caused you, but it was my trunk and my jewels, 677 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:39,920 and I had to get it back. 678 00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:43,780 So I know you'll excuse the little trick I played on you. 679 00:21:43,780 --> 00:21:49,320 Just before my disappearance, I put all our jewelry in the trunk and by letter ordered 680 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:52,320 the sealed trunk to be sold at auction. 681 00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:57,520 But I got caught in the traffic and you got it away from me and closed as a token of my 682 00:21:57,520 --> 00:21:58,520 appreciation. 683 00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:04,600 Sincerely, Dexter Joslyn, alias Anatole Minchie. 684 00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:05,880 Minchie? 685 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:07,320 We better call the police. 686 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:08,320 Why? 687 00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:09,320 All those jewels. 688 00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:10,320 He says right here they're his. 689 00:22:10,320 --> 00:22:11,320 Well, I know. 690 00:22:11,320 --> 00:22:23,080 Now, let's just forget the whole thing, pretend it never happened. 691 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:25,840 But every once in a while, we are reminded of it. 692 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:29,320 There's a diamond ring about as big as a half dollar. 693 00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:33,160 I put it in my pocket after I cut the glass out of our window. 694 00:22:33,160 --> 00:22:35,160 Jan used to wear it to parties. 695 00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:36,800 Hardly more. 696 00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:56,720 She thinks it looks too much like a fake. 697 00:22:56,720 --> 00:23:02,000 Suspense in which Tom Brown and Eve McVeigh starred in tonight's transcribed presentation 698 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:05,360 of Going, Going, Gone. 699 00:23:05,360 --> 00:23:14,200 Be sure to listen next week to Suspense. 700 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:38,320 This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.