1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:17,000 And now, tonight's presentation of radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 2 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:20,280 Tonight the story of murder in a sealed coal mine. 3 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:22,920 We call it The Cave-In. 4 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:30,920 So now, starring Mr. Ben Wright, here is tonight's Suspense play, The Cave-In. 5 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:47,920 Three, two, four, please. 6 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:48,920 Hurry. 7 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:52,600 Yes, it's the Clintwood scene. 8 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:53,600 I don't know. 9 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:58,600 Put in the call, will you? 10 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:01,600 Mr. Gart, Mr. Gart, this is Mr. Flowers. 11 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:03,600 It's a bad fall, Mr. Gart. 12 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:06,600 Most of them got out, but a few are still down there. 13 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:08,600 We don't know how many. 14 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:10,600 I don't think there's been an explosion. 15 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:19,600 Can you come down right away, sir? 16 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:21,600 How is it down there, Will? 17 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:23,600 I'll turn around and look, Mr. Flowers. 18 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:25,600 I ran for the sake of my life when I heard it coming. 19 00:01:25,600 --> 00:01:27,600 Haven't you got any idea who's still in it? 20 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:28,600 I'm not sure. 21 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:33,600 I was working along with you, Davis, Evan Lewis and David Owen. 22 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:37,600 I think maybe 4 Williams is with us too, but I can't be certain. 23 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:38,600 All right. 24 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:40,600 As soon as the dust is cleared a bit, we'll go down. 25 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:42,600 Have any other men come up? 26 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:44,600 I was the last, I think. 27 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:45,600 Answer it, will you, Thomas? 28 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:46,600 Yes, sir. 29 00:01:46,600 --> 00:02:08,600 What's the matter with the thing? 30 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:10,600 Why don't they answer up there? 31 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:12,600 The fall probably knocked it out. 32 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:14,600 You're wasting your time. 33 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:17,600 You're on a hard train, eh? 34 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:20,600 Hello, hello. 35 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:21,600 Wait a bit. 36 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:23,600 Hello. 37 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:26,600 Emeline, can you hear me? 38 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:29,600 It's David Owen. 39 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:30,600 Yes. 40 00:02:30,600 --> 00:02:31,600 Tell him what's happened. 41 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:32,600 Tell him, tell him. 42 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:35,600 Emeline, there's four of us in here. 43 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:37,600 End of the shaft. 44 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:40,600 You, Davis, Evan Lewis and me. 45 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:41,600 There's... 46 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:44,600 Evo Williams too, yeah. 47 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:46,600 No, no, no, Evo Williams. 48 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:47,600 But he's dead. 49 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:59,600 And you better have a policeman ready if you ever get us out because he's been murdered. 50 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:05,600 I was police inspector in charge of the district, which included Clinoeth, a village in South Wales. 51 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:10,600 It was ugly, with the grey ugliness of mining country. 52 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:15,600 Dirty, sullen, with the inevitable poverty. 53 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:19,600 I learned what had happened from the constable who drove me to the mine. 54 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:21,600 There was a light drizzle falling. 55 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:25,600 And it seemed that the entire village was gathered on that desolate spot. 56 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:29,600 I saw Mr. Flowers standing near a shed at the entrance. 57 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:30,600 Mr. Flowers? 58 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:31,600 What is it, constable? 59 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:33,600 This is Inspector Glidd, sir. 60 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:34,600 How do you do, sir? 61 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:36,600 Mr. Flowers, any news? 62 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:38,600 Relief crew's been down there two hours now, sir. 63 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:40,600 Should be coming up any minute. 64 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:41,600 How are they? 65 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:42,600 With the three in the shaft? 66 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:44,600 Mostly thirst, from what he says. 67 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:46,600 Air's not too good either. 68 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:49,600 Get any more details on the murdered man, Williams? 69 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:50,600 Not much. 70 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:54,600 He complained of a stomach ache just before the cave-in and afterwards before he died. 71 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:56,600 He had convulsions like. 72 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:58,600 At least that's what they say down there. 73 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:00,600 Well, that sounds like poison. 74 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:03,600 The shot-fireman, David Owen, talked to me on the phone from down there. 75 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:05,600 He says he knows it's poison. 76 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:07,600 He's a St. John's ambulance man. 77 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:09,600 Any progress getting the others out? 78 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:11,600 Oh, slow, very slow. 79 00:04:11,600 --> 00:04:12,600 It's worrying. 80 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:14,600 Very, very loose down there, very loose. 81 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:17,600 If there's another fall, well, you can see we can't afford to blast. 82 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:19,600 I'd like to go down when you get close enough. 83 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:21,600 I couldn't allow that, Inspector. 84 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:23,600 Well, I'm afraid you'll have to. 85 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:24,600 It's my job, you know. 86 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:25,600 It's too dangerous. 87 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:28,600 When those men are reached, I want to be on the spot. 88 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:30,600 I'm not interested in policemen. 89 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:31,600 I've got work to do. 90 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:33,600 Something that might not interest you, mister. 91 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:35,600 Saving lives, not haunting them. 92 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:38,600 Uh, Mr. Flowers meant no offence, sir. 93 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:39,600 He's worried. 94 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:40,600 I don't blame him. 95 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:41,600 There's Will Vaughan. 96 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:42,600 Just come up from the shaft. 97 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:43,600 Maybe he knows something. 98 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:45,600 Will? Will Vaughan? 99 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:46,600 Hello! 100 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:47,600 Any news, Will? 101 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:48,600 Nothing much. 102 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:49,600 This is Inspector Glidd. 103 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:51,600 He's here for the murder. 104 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:52,600 Oh. 105 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:53,600 Well, I'm glad you're here. 106 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:55,600 The chaps and me were talking while we were digging. 107 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:57,600 We thought somebody better know. 108 00:04:57,600 --> 00:04:58,600 Know? 109 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:00,600 About T.4 Williams. 110 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:01,600 About him? 111 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:02,600 He was no good. 112 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:04,600 No good at all that I've heard. 113 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:06,600 No good at all that T.4 Williams. 114 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:09,600 It's better you know the truth than find out lies. 115 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:11,600 That's what the chaps and me decided. 116 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:12,600 Ah. 117 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:13,600 What is the truth? 118 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:15,600 T.4 Williams was a lad with the girls. 119 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:17,600 It was more than one fight he had over it. 120 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:18,600 Oh. 121 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:23,600 So it's a great many men in Clinoeth who are not sorry to see him gone. 122 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:24,600 Well, is that all? 123 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:25,600 Yes, I... 124 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:27,600 I'm grieved for his wife, poor woman. 125 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:30,600 She was a fool to marry him, but it was for love. 126 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:33,600 Since you've gone so far, will you name some names? 127 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:36,600 Oh, it would take a dozen men or more. 128 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:38,600 There's those three still in the shaft. 129 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:40,600 David Owen for instance. 130 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:43,600 It is his daughter, Glynis, that's the latest trouble. 131 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:46,600 There she is standing with, by Mr Flowers, over there, the dark girl. 132 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:47,600 Oh. 133 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:49,600 T.4 Williams was interested in her. 134 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:50,600 Interested? 135 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:53,600 Eh, from the talk of the women, it is more than that. 136 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:58,600 David Owen swore he'd give Williams a terrible beating if he didn't stay away from his daughter. 137 00:05:58,600 --> 00:05:59,600 I see. 138 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:00,600 Then you, Davis? 139 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:02,600 That is Glynis's man. 140 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:03,600 They are to be married. 141 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:05,600 You know about the talk. 142 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:07,600 You had a proper rage about it. 143 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:10,600 Oh, poor chap, it does him little good now. 144 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:12,600 You know that you've given those two men a motive for murder? 145 00:06:12,600 --> 00:06:15,600 That's only two. What about Evan Lewis? 146 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:18,600 They fought for two days before the fall. 147 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:20,600 And I can go on with more. 148 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:22,600 You may have to, when the time comes. 149 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:25,600 It'll be the whole village you can arrest before you are done. 150 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:28,600 It is a great waste of time. 151 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:30,600 Make your report that he died in the fall. 152 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:32,600 It will save you the trouble. 153 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:42,600 The day passed and it became dark. 154 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:45,600 Floodlights blazed down on the mine entrance. 155 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:47,600 And the crews went down. 156 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:49,600 Fun came up again. 157 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:53,600 The women brewed tea, made food for the men. 158 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:55,600 Another day came. 159 00:06:55,600 --> 00:07:03,600 And the voices of those who were trapped behind tons of coal and dirt were suddenly gone. 160 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:06,600 The telephone line had failed. 161 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:12,600 At three o'clock in the afternoon, the superintendent sent word to me that the next crew expected to break into the craft. 162 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:14,600 I was given clothing and a helmet. 163 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:19,600 Then a few minutes later, a coal truck was rolling down the lines deep into the mine. 164 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:22,600 Mr. Flowers and Will Vaughan were among those with me. 165 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:24,600 The next day. 166 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:28,600 All right, boys. 167 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:30,600 Mind your head, sir. 168 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:31,600 I will. 169 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:33,600 We're shoring up with timbers as we go. 170 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:35,600 That's the job of the shifters over there. 171 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:36,600 All right, easy now. 172 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:41,600 We shouldn't have more than a dozen feet to go, but slow slows the word. 173 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:44,600 You two start with the picks. We'll take turns. 174 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:49,600 Oh, if you must be here, you must inspect her, but stand out of the way. 175 00:07:49,600 --> 00:07:51,600 Give me a shovel. I can help. 176 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:53,600 I'll be the first man in the pits. 177 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:56,600 All right, there's one on the truck. 178 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:08,600 Wait a bit. 179 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:11,600 You would have made a minor, you would. 180 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:13,600 I was once. 181 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:15,600 I think it's easier being a policeman, isn't it? 182 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:17,600 Try again. 183 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:21,600 Let's see if you can get an answer, Will. 184 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:27,600 Do you hear anything? 185 00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:29,600 No. 186 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:40,600 There, there. I heard it. 187 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:41,600 They're all right. 188 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:43,600 Here, give me the pick. I'll have a go for a bit. 189 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:47,600 Oh, thanks. I'm about done. 190 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:55,600 We were working in a tunnel now big enough for only two men at a time. 191 00:08:55,600 --> 00:09:01,600 One working with pick, one carrying the dislodged dirt and rock to the entrance. 192 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:04,600 It was a shaft within a shaft. 193 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:10,600 The men could only work a few minutes at a time, and it was our turn, Will Vaughan and myself. 194 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:16,600 We measured our progress by inches, lying on our stomachs, hacking at the unyielding earth, 195 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:22,600 ducking as a miniature landslide fell about, coughing in the dust it raised. 196 00:09:22,600 --> 00:09:26,600 Will Vaughan had crawled to the tunnel entrance when my pick lodged in a seam. 197 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:28,600 I tugged at it and then... 198 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:32,600 I'm through! I'm through! 199 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:34,600 Are you all right in there? 200 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:35,600 Yes, yes. Can we get out? 201 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:37,600 I hope you brought some water with you. 202 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:39,600 We did. Bring some water in. 203 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:41,600 Yes, we're bringing it. 204 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:44,600 Ken, can you walk? 205 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:47,600 All of us except Avar Williams. 206 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:50,600 Come on, I don't want to look at him anymore. I'll drink outside. 207 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:51,600 What's that? 208 00:09:51,600 --> 00:10:10,600 Come on, it's another fall. Come on! 209 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:14,600 It was such a very little tunnel, wasn't it? 210 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:18,600 And it took you so long to make. 211 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:21,600 Now it's gone. 212 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:25,600 What a shame you didn't bring in some water with you. 213 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:43,600 We stood there, head spent a little, looking at what had once been the way to safety. 214 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:50,600 Three feet inside the tunnel it was black, black with the solidity of a wall. 215 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:54,600 I knew that the tunnel was 12 feet long, 216 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:59,600 and there was no way of knowing how much of the mine had caved in beyond. 217 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:02,600 I turned away. 218 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:07,600 The dead man, Avar Williams, lay huddled in a corner. 219 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:10,600 When I looked at him, I knew it was poison. 220 00:11:10,600 --> 00:11:13,600 The blue lips, fingernails. 221 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:20,600 And as I moved away, I suddenly realized how thirsty I was. 222 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:24,600 Might as well sit down and wait. 223 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:26,600 Have you got a cigarette? 224 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:27,600 Yes. 225 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:30,600 No, no, it'll make you more thirsty. 226 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:32,600 You should have brought water in with you. 227 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:34,600 I am sorry. 228 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:36,600 Oh, it's not your fault. 229 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:38,600 What happened to the telephone? 230 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:40,600 They don't know. 231 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:42,600 They were trying to find out when I came down. 232 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:44,600 Oh, well, it's not too bad. 233 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:46,600 The air is better now. 234 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:48,600 They'll get through again. 235 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:50,600 What's your name? 236 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:53,600 There, Glid. Harry Glid. 237 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:56,600 He's the district inspector, Huey, didn't you know? 238 00:11:56,600 --> 00:12:00,600 Then that's a very dirty-faced policeman you are. 239 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:03,600 Yes. 240 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:04,600 What about him? 241 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:06,600 The dead one? 242 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:08,600 Oh, we've talked about it, the boys. 243 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:10,600 Ah, what difference does it make now? 244 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:12,600 It's the law, Huey. 245 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:15,600 A person doesn't kill, that's the law. 246 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:17,600 You think you know who did it? 247 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:18,600 Yes. 248 00:12:18,600 --> 00:12:21,600 Remember now, I'm not agreed to it, don't forget that. 249 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:22,600 Nor I. 250 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:25,600 His wife, Catherine Williams. 251 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:30,600 She stood more than a body can bear, and I, for one, hold no blame. 252 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:32,600 Why do you think she did it? 253 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:35,600 I mean, proof. 254 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:38,600 Because of my daughter, Glynis. 255 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:40,600 Don't say it, Mr. Owen, don't say it. 256 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:43,600 There are a number of things I already know, Davis. 257 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:45,600 Your Glynis never went with him, Mr. Owen. 258 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:50,600 It's a dirty lie, made up by a lot of chattin' old women with nothing better to do. 259 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:52,600 She's my daughter, you. 260 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:54,600 I would feel it as much as you. 261 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:56,600 I say it's true. 262 00:12:56,600 --> 00:13:00,600 Catherine Williams found out, and it was too much for her. 263 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:01,600 That still isn't proof. 264 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:02,600 No, it isn't. 265 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:05,600 Catherine couldn't do a thing like that, she didn't. 266 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:06,600 I heard him. 267 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:08,600 I heard him in the pub. 268 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:09,600 He was drunk and laughing. 269 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:12,600 He may have tried to make up to her, but she wouldn't have let him. 270 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:15,600 I was angry at the time, but Glynis wouldn't have let him. 271 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:16,600 We are engaged. 272 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:19,600 Nobody's arguing about that, Huwbach. 273 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:20,600 Let me finish. 274 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:23,600 He was saying that he had some money put away, 275 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:26,600 that as soon as there were a few more pounds, 276 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:29,600 he was going to divorce Catherine and take Glynis away with him. 277 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:30,600 That's silly. 278 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:33,600 Loud talk. You know it, Mr. Owen. 279 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:34,600 That's all it was. 280 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:40,600 Maybe, but if the word got back to Catherine Williams, what then? 281 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:44,600 So then Catherine Williams killed him. 282 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:46,600 And here we are. 283 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:49,600 And who will be there to testify against her? 284 00:13:49,600 --> 00:13:52,600 Oh, I wish I had a drink of water. 285 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:56,600 Now and again we tried the phone, but there was no sound. 286 00:13:56,600 --> 00:14:01,600 We sat in darkness a good deal, conserving the batteries in our lamps. 287 00:14:01,600 --> 00:14:05,600 And there was always the dead man in the mine. 288 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:08,600 None of us wore a watch, and after a little while, 289 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:11,600 time became something that was only counted in the remembrance 290 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:15,600 of what seemed an age ago. 291 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:18,600 And I was the only one who could remember. 292 00:14:18,600 --> 00:14:22,600 They had been without water for nearly two days, 293 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:25,600 and I knew what a torture it was becoming. 294 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:29,600 My own mouth was dry and bitter. 295 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:33,600 May have been ours, may have been another day. 296 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:35,600 We took turns at the little tunnel, 297 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:38,600 tearing at the loose dirt and rocks with our hands, 298 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:42,600 and we became tired very quickly. 299 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:45,600 It's funny. 300 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:48,600 What? 301 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:52,600 I remember last week, I went to the tap and drank a glass of water. 302 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:57,600 And then I filled the glass again because I thought I was still thirsty. 303 00:14:57,600 --> 00:15:01,600 But I wasn't anymore, and so I threw it away. 304 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:05,600 I threw away the lovely water. 305 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:08,600 Oh, it made a cool sound. 306 00:15:08,600 --> 00:15:09,600 That's enough. 307 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:12,600 If I want to talk about water, Evan Lewis, 308 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:15,600 I shall talk about water. 309 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:17,600 It is a great comfort for me. 310 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:19,600 Well, not for me. Shut up. 311 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:21,600 You are not telling me to shut up. 312 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:24,600 Look, you know this isn't going to do any good. 313 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:25,600 Save your strength. 314 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:28,600 What for? So that we can die more slowly? 315 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:32,600 Hugh, try the telephone again. It may be working. 316 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:35,600 As soon as I get my breath, in a minute. 317 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:42,600 Oh, do it. 318 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:52,600 No. Nothing. 319 00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:56,600 Oh, well, I'm going to have a bit of sleep. 320 00:15:56,600 --> 00:16:05,600 Put out the light. 321 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:18,600 Why doesn't he stop staring at me? 322 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:21,600 Easy, man, easy. He's not staring. We've covered his face. 323 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:23,600 No, he's staring. Look at him. 324 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:25,600 Make him stop. 325 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:28,600 You can't even see him, Evan. There's no light. 326 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:30,600 The dead can do you no harm. 327 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:34,600 Now, try to sleep. It will make the time pass sooner. 328 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:38,600 I'm going to dig again. I'm not going to sit here to die. 329 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:43,600 Give me a hand, Mr. Lidd. 330 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:45,600 Our hands were bleeding, 331 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:50,600 and every handful of rock and coal and dirt was an agony to pull away. 332 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:53,600 The darkness was never ending. 333 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:59,600 And as our batteries began to fail, it became a terrifying, alive thing. 334 00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:02,600 Was Hugh Davis who found the teacan 335 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:06,600 glinted dully in the orange glow of his lamp? 336 00:17:06,600 --> 00:17:09,600 Look. Look at this, boys. Listen to it. 337 00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:11,600 It's a teacan. 338 00:17:11,600 --> 00:17:13,600 It's wet. Oh, it's wet. 339 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:15,600 Did you ever hear a lovely sound like it? 340 00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:17,600 We can measure it out. There's enough there. 341 00:17:17,600 --> 00:17:20,600 You chop first. I'll miss this round. You've been here longer. 342 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:23,600 Share and share. Be careful. You don't spill it. 343 00:17:23,600 --> 00:17:25,600 The lid's jammed. 344 00:17:25,600 --> 00:17:27,600 You can't have it. 345 00:17:27,600 --> 00:17:30,600 Give it back, Evan. Give it to me. 346 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:33,600 Don't be an idiot. There's enough for all. You'll have your share. 347 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:34,600 No. Stay back. 348 00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:36,600 Stan, where you are, I'll pour it out. 349 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:37,600 Evan. No. 350 00:17:37,600 --> 00:17:41,600 You drink one drop of that, Evan Lewis, 351 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:44,600 and I'm going to kill you. 352 00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:47,600 Come along now. You can have the first drink. That's all right. 353 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:49,600 It's all right. 354 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:51,600 It's his. It's his. It's his. It's his. It's his. It's his. It's his. 355 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:53,600 It's his. It's his. It's his. It's his. It's his. It's his. It's his. 356 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:55,600 He's dead. He doesn't need it anymore. 357 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:58,600 And he's left enough for us all. 358 00:17:58,600 --> 00:18:01,600 Thank you, Igor. Thank you. 359 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:03,600 He's gone mad. 360 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:06,600 I'm going to sit here with my tea, 361 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:08,600 and you'll all watch me, but you can't have any. 362 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:10,600 Don't come near. Don't come near. 363 00:18:10,600 --> 00:18:12,600 All right. We can't let him. 364 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:14,600 Hush, you bug. 365 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:17,600 Have a sip and then pass it, eh, Lewis man? 366 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:20,600 Oh, no, no. I'm keeping it. 367 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:22,600 Go on then. 368 00:18:22,600 --> 00:18:25,600 But don't forget, Evan, 369 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:29,600 when we are outside, I am going to kill you. 370 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:32,600 You remember what I say? 371 00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:35,600 You'll not be fit to live. 372 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:38,600 Oh. Oh. 373 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:40,600 What's the matter with him? 374 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:44,600 Why doesn't he drink then and have done? 375 00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:46,600 I wonder. 376 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:50,600 Stay there. Don't come near. 377 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:53,600 Why don't you drink it? 378 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:56,600 If you're not going to, give it to us. 379 00:18:56,600 --> 00:18:58,600 No, it's mine. 380 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:01,600 Stay away. I'll pour it out. 381 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:03,600 Go on then. Pour it out. 382 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:06,600 I will. I will. Stay away. 383 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:09,600 Why don't you drink it? 384 00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:13,600 Shall I tell you why? 385 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:16,600 Because I think you know what's in it. 386 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:18,600 You can't drink it, can you? 387 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:21,600 Yes. If I want to, I will too. 388 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:24,600 E.F.R. Williams drank some of that tea, didn't he? 389 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:26,600 Before he died. 390 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:30,600 I don't know. Don't you come closer to me. 391 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:32,600 Drink it then. Go on. 392 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:35,600 I will. But if you come closer, I'll pour it out. 393 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:37,600 Then no one will have it. 394 00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:39,600 Don't. He means it, Mr. Lidd. 395 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:41,600 What did you put in that tea before you came down? 396 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:43,600 Nothing. 397 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:45,600 Then why are you afraid? 398 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:47,600 I'm not. 399 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:49,600 There isn't much choice, is there? 400 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:53,600 You're dying of thirst, but if you drink, you'll die of poison. 401 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:55,600 Is that it? 402 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:57,600 No. No. 403 00:19:57,600 --> 00:19:59,600 You know if we want to get it, we can. 404 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:01,600 Not enough will spill out. 405 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:04,600 Why don't you give it to me now? 406 00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:07,600 I... I can't. 407 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:10,600 You killed him, didn't you? 408 00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:12,600 Give it to me. 409 00:20:12,600 --> 00:20:15,600 No. You're not going to help me. 410 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:17,600 I'll drink it, see? 411 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:19,600 Don't. Don't, Mr. Glade. Come back here. 412 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:21,600 Don't do it, Evan. Don't. 413 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:23,600 We'll stand by you. 414 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:25,600 Get away from me. 415 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:27,600 Why, Evan, why did you do it? 416 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:29,600 Why? 417 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:32,600 He was wicked, oh, and ungodly. 418 00:20:32,600 --> 00:20:34,600 He deserved to die. 419 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:36,600 He was cruel. 420 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:38,600 He was cruel. 421 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:41,600 He made my life a misery. 422 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:45,600 I was engaged to Catherine ten years ago, 423 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:47,600 and he stole her from me. 424 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:49,600 He deserved to die. 425 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:52,600 Oh, the way he treated her. 426 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:56,600 Oh, I'm sorry, Evan. I am sorry. 427 00:20:56,600 --> 00:20:59,600 It doesn't matter anymore. 428 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:01,600 We'll not get out anyway. 429 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:04,600 It's better to go quickly by drinking this. 430 00:21:04,600 --> 00:21:06,600 No. Don't. Don't, Evan. 431 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:08,600 The telephone. 432 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:12,600 Hello? Hello? 433 00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:14,600 Hello, Mr. Glade? Yes. 434 00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:16,600 Are you all right? Yes, we all are. 435 00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:18,600 We'll be to you soon. It wasn't a bad fall. 436 00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:21,600 Only a few feet. The men are clearing away now. 437 00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:23,600 Hold on. Thank you. 438 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:25,600 Thank you very much. 439 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:30,600 Thank you very much. 440 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:35,600 They'll be through in a few minutes. 441 00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:46,600 We waited. 442 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:49,600 Watching. 443 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:54,600 Listening. 444 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:57,600 The fun Lewis crouched away from us. 445 00:21:57,600 --> 00:22:00,600 The spout of the teacan raised to his lips. 446 00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:02,600 Look! Look! It's breaking through! 447 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:04,600 They'll not hang me! They'll not! 448 00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:06,600 Stop it! Stop! 449 00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:08,600 No, no! Let him do it! 450 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:10,600 It's better that way! 451 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:12,600 No! Hugh! Help me! 452 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:14,600 I've got him! 453 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:16,600 It's poison. He's drinking the poison. 454 00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:18,600 You're letting him die. You're killing him! 455 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:24,600 It's better this way. 456 00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:31,600 You can let him go now, Hughie. 457 00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:36,600 Thank you, Owen. Thank you. 458 00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:42,600 We were brought to the surface. 459 00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:46,600 But it was useless for Ivan Lewis. 460 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:48,600 The doctor worked over him. 461 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:52,600 And for the second time his life was saved. 462 00:22:52,600 --> 00:23:16,600 Saved for the trial which convicted him of murder. 463 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:24,600 Suspense, in which Mr. Ben Wright starred in tonight's presentation of The Cave-In. 464 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:30,600 Next week, another terrifying and provocative story by Mr. Ray Bradbury. 465 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:33,600 We call it Kaleidoscope. 466 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:50,600 That's next week on Suspense. 467 00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:54,600 Suspense is produced and directed by Anthony Ellis, who wrote tonight's script. 468 00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:59,600 The music was composed by Renny Garragown and conducted by Wilbur Hatch. 469 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:10,600 Featured in the cast were Richard Peel, Tudor Owen, Jane Avello, Joe Kearns, John Dotsworth, and Charles Davis. 470 00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:12,600 Listen while you work. 471 00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:40,600 The Road of Life is here on the CBS Radio Network. 472 00:24:42,600 --> 00:25:07,600 The Road of Life is here on the CBS Radio Network.