WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:15.000 And now, tonight's presentation of radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 00:15.000 --> 00:22.640 Tonight, we bring you a story of a cross-country bus and the safety of a nation that rode in 00:22.640 --> 00:23.640 it. 00:23.640 --> 00:25.880 We call it Classified Secret. 00:25.880 --> 00:41.280 So now, starring Parley Bear, here is tonight's Suspense play, Classified Secret. 00:41.280 --> 01:11.200 Nice to meet you. 01:11.200 --> 01:12.200 Nice day. 01:12.200 --> 01:13.200 Yes. 01:13.200 --> 01:17.120 Kids sure know what's getting on at Christmas. 01:17.120 --> 01:18.120 Look at them. 01:18.120 --> 01:20.120 I've been watching them. 01:20.120 --> 01:21.120 Yeah. 01:21.120 --> 01:23.480 Kind of glad though I haven't got any. 01:23.480 --> 01:24.480 Oh? 01:24.480 --> 01:27.720 Well, you know, world conditions, things the way they are. 01:27.720 --> 01:29.720 Who wants to bring a kid into it? 01:29.720 --> 01:30.720 I suppose so. 01:30.720 --> 01:33.720 Do you have a match? 01:33.720 --> 01:34.720 Oh, sure. 01:34.720 --> 01:37.720 Here you are. 01:37.720 --> 01:38.720 Thanks. 01:38.720 --> 01:40.720 Have you got it? 01:40.720 --> 01:45.720 What's the matter? 01:45.720 --> 01:48.040 You don't look the type. 01:48.040 --> 01:49.880 I almost hoped you weren't. 01:49.880 --> 01:50.880 Have you got it? 01:50.880 --> 01:51.880 With me? 01:51.880 --> 01:52.880 No. 01:52.880 --> 01:54.880 But I'll take you to where it is. 01:54.880 --> 01:55.880 All right. 01:55.880 --> 01:59.040 The money's in tens, twenties, and fifties. 01:59.040 --> 02:00.360 In the sack with the groceries? 02:00.360 --> 02:01.360 Yes. 02:01.360 --> 02:02.840 I thought it would be safer that way. 02:02.840 --> 02:05.360 Yeah, I guess so. 02:05.360 --> 02:06.360 How much? 02:06.360 --> 02:07.360 Ten thousand. 02:07.360 --> 02:08.360 Ten. 02:08.360 --> 02:10.760 Well, that's what you agreed to. 02:10.760 --> 02:12.560 I said twenty. 02:12.560 --> 02:14.440 I was told ten. 02:14.440 --> 02:16.880 They made a mistake then, didn't they? 02:16.880 --> 02:17.880 Sorry. 02:17.880 --> 02:19.880 What are you trying to do? 02:19.880 --> 02:20.880 Nothing. 02:20.880 --> 02:21.960 Not a thing. 02:21.960 --> 02:23.680 I was told you were with us. 02:23.680 --> 02:24.680 I am. 02:24.680 --> 02:27.160 But I get paid for it too, don't you? 02:27.160 --> 02:29.400 Well, I can't sit here any longer. 02:29.400 --> 02:30.400 We might be watched. 02:30.400 --> 02:32.000 Will you please give me... 02:32.000 --> 02:34.280 Sorry, it was a misunderstanding. 02:34.280 --> 02:35.280 But... 02:35.280 --> 02:37.560 Unless you want to take me to the head man. 02:37.560 --> 02:39.600 Maybe he can straighten it out. 02:39.600 --> 02:42.240 I haven't got any instructions for that. 02:42.240 --> 02:43.960 How can I reach you? 02:43.960 --> 02:46.560 Well, there's about two hours from now. 02:46.560 --> 02:47.560 You can't. 02:47.560 --> 02:48.560 I'm leaving town. 02:48.560 --> 02:50.560 Will you give us twenty-four hours? 02:50.560 --> 02:52.200 It'll take that long to... 02:52.200 --> 02:53.200 I'm sorry. 02:53.200 --> 02:58.600 If you can't pay what I want, there's somebody else who will. 02:58.600 --> 02:59.600 I'm going. 02:59.600 --> 03:00.600 Okay. 03:00.600 --> 03:05.720 So long. 03:05.720 --> 03:10.120 I was sitting on a bench in a little park in North Hollywood, California. 03:10.120 --> 03:16.040 The late fall sun was warm, and for a change there wasn't any smog in the air. 03:16.040 --> 03:20.800 I watched the woman I'd never seen before walk off down the path. 03:20.800 --> 03:25.480 She was headed for the avenue and some cars parked beyond the trees. 03:25.480 --> 03:31.600 I thought how nice it would have been if she were just a woman in the park, nothing else. 03:31.600 --> 03:49.440 I waited until she was out of sight, then I got up and walked away in the opposite direction. 03:49.440 --> 03:52.080 I got the bus at the Hollywood station. 03:52.080 --> 03:56.200 I had a train ticket in my pocket, but with the new development it looked safer to ride 03:56.200 --> 03:57.840 the bus. 03:57.840 --> 04:01.600 Just before we pulled out, a girl climbed aboard and came down the aisle looking for 04:01.600 --> 04:04.600 a seat. 04:04.600 --> 04:07.520 Excuse me, is this number... 04:07.520 --> 04:08.520 Eighteen. 04:08.520 --> 04:09.760 Oh, thank you. 04:09.760 --> 04:12.320 Oh, let me put your case up. 04:12.320 --> 04:21.560 Oh, thank you. 04:21.560 --> 04:23.120 I was afraid I was going to miss it. 04:23.120 --> 04:43.280 Yeah, I know how it is. 04:43.280 --> 04:48.360 I settled back and watched the city drift away into desert country. 04:48.360 --> 04:50.440 As buses go, it was pretty quiet. 04:50.440 --> 04:53.880 There was a six or seven year old kid with his mother a couple of seats forward, but 04:53.880 --> 04:57.440 he dozed off almost as soon as we got running. 04:57.440 --> 04:59.440 I took a look at the girl sitting next to me. 04:59.440 --> 05:04.560 Oh, not in the way you might think, but because in my business you get to learn to look at 05:04.560 --> 05:05.560 people. 05:05.560 --> 05:08.500 You never know who it might be. 05:08.500 --> 05:15.480 She must have felt me watching when she lowered the magazine she was reading. 05:15.480 --> 05:18.600 Would you catalog of one of these? 05:18.600 --> 05:20.520 Oh, that's nice of you. 05:20.520 --> 05:22.560 I always forget to buy them. 05:22.560 --> 05:23.560 This one's a mystery. 05:23.560 --> 05:28.200 I don't usually read them, but on a long trip they kind of pass the time away. 05:28.200 --> 05:29.200 Yeah, they do. 05:29.200 --> 05:31.200 How far are you going? 05:31.200 --> 05:32.200 New York. 05:32.200 --> 05:34.160 Oh, that is a long trip, all right. 05:34.160 --> 05:35.160 I'll say. 05:35.160 --> 05:39.960 I haven't been back for ten years, but it's changed. 05:39.960 --> 05:46.080 I guess so. 05:46.080 --> 05:51.840 I read the mystery well into Arizona, and when I finished it was beginning to get dark. 05:51.840 --> 05:55.080 The kid up ahead was awake and hungry. 05:55.080 --> 06:03.120 There was a feeling of expectation on the bus as we drove into the first night of travel. 06:03.120 --> 06:04.600 Did you enjoy it? 06:04.600 --> 06:06.600 Oh, yeah. 06:06.600 --> 06:08.920 It was fine. 06:08.920 --> 06:09.920 Thanks a lot. 06:09.920 --> 06:11.920 What was it about? 06:11.920 --> 06:12.920 Spies. 06:12.920 --> 06:16.120 They're real exciting. 06:16.120 --> 06:21.080 I like spy movies sometimes, but I think they do so many of them. 06:21.080 --> 06:23.280 You know, you read about it in the papers all the time. 06:23.280 --> 06:24.280 I don't know. 06:24.280 --> 06:26.280 You'd think people would get sick of it. 06:26.280 --> 06:28.280 Yeah, I guess you're right. 06:28.280 --> 06:32.160 They're exciting, like you say, but I bet it isn't really like that. 06:32.160 --> 06:33.160 I doubt it. 06:33.160 --> 06:36.440 I'll say, my name's Charlie. 06:36.440 --> 06:37.440 Charlie Rader. 06:37.440 --> 06:39.040 Oh, how do you do? 06:39.040 --> 06:40.040 I'm Julie Spalding. 06:40.040 --> 06:41.040 Hi. 06:41.040 --> 06:45.000 That kid sounds as hungry as I am. 06:45.000 --> 06:46.200 We ought to be stopping soon. 06:46.200 --> 06:58.040 I hope so. 06:58.040 --> 07:03.000 About 15 minutes later, we pulled up at a restaurant terminal and went in for food. 07:03.000 --> 07:06.360 I watched for any new passengers who might be getting on. 07:06.360 --> 07:10.880 I didn't see anybody, and as soon as I finished my sandwich and coffee, I sent a telegram 07:10.880 --> 07:14.600 to New York, then got back on the bus. 07:14.600 --> 07:18.680 The girl, Julie, and I seemed to be hitting it off, and it was pleasant enough to pass 07:18.680 --> 07:19.680 the time. 07:19.680 --> 07:24.640 After we got rolling, the kid up ahead decided to sing himself to sleep. 07:24.640 --> 07:31.760 It was like a crooning over and over again, the same song, the same few notes. 07:31.760 --> 07:37.280 I guess it put everybody else to sleep except him. 07:37.280 --> 07:44.600 It makes you sleepy, doesn't it? 07:44.600 --> 07:45.600 Yeah. 07:45.600 --> 07:49.280 It reminds me of when I was a kid. 07:49.280 --> 07:52.280 I used to do that. 07:52.280 --> 07:53.280 Kids are funny. 07:53.280 --> 07:54.280 How? 07:54.280 --> 07:55.280 I don't know. 07:55.280 --> 08:02.480 I'm going back to New York for my sister's wedding. 08:02.480 --> 08:05.200 She's getting married next week. 08:05.200 --> 08:07.440 She says she wants lots of kids. 08:07.440 --> 08:10.000 I don't know. 08:10.000 --> 08:11.000 I know what you mean. 08:11.000 --> 08:16.160 Mind if I ask you something? 08:16.160 --> 08:17.160 I don't mind what? 08:17.160 --> 08:18.160 Are you married? 08:18.160 --> 08:19.160 No. 08:19.160 --> 08:24.760 I don't mean it the way it sounds. 08:24.760 --> 08:29.120 I'm always interested in trying to guess about people. 08:29.120 --> 08:35.640 Now, I would have figured you were a married man with maybe two or three kids. 08:35.640 --> 08:37.840 No, I'm not married. 08:37.840 --> 08:42.000 I hope you don't think I'm nosy. 08:42.000 --> 08:43.000 No. 08:43.000 --> 08:46.800 Well, that kid singing fixed me. 08:46.800 --> 08:47.800 I'm going to take a nap. 08:47.800 --> 08:48.800 Good night, Charlie. 08:48.800 --> 08:49.800 Good night. 08:49.800 --> 09:10.040 I must have dropped off too. 09:10.040 --> 09:13.800 And when I woke up, she had her head on my shoulder. 09:13.800 --> 09:17.560 A lock of her hair was falling over her closed eyes. 09:17.560 --> 09:21.600 And then I knew something was different on the bus. 09:21.600 --> 09:26.720 Somebody on the other side of the aisle watching. 09:26.720 --> 09:27.720 Excuse me, mister. 09:27.720 --> 09:30.360 Have you got a match? 09:30.360 --> 09:31.360 I'm clean out. 09:31.360 --> 09:32.360 Hmm? 09:32.360 --> 09:33.360 Oh, sure. 09:33.360 --> 09:34.360 Just a minute. 09:34.360 --> 09:35.360 Here. 09:35.360 --> 09:36.360 Thank you. 09:36.360 --> 09:37.360 No, no. 09:37.360 --> 09:38.360 Keep them. 09:38.360 --> 09:39.360 Oh, fine. 09:39.360 --> 09:40.360 Fine. 09:40.360 --> 09:48.080 Thanks a lot. 09:48.080 --> 09:54.120 Hey, you got any idea where we are? 09:54.120 --> 09:56.120 No, I'm not sure. 09:56.120 --> 09:59.880 I got on a flagstaff an hour or so back. 09:59.880 --> 10:02.720 Oh, boy, I envy her. 10:02.720 --> 10:04.800 Wish I could sleep like that. 10:04.800 --> 10:05.800 That's your wife? 10:05.800 --> 10:06.800 No. 10:06.800 --> 10:07.800 Oh. 10:07.800 --> 10:10.720 Say, that's rude. 10:10.720 --> 10:11.720 Hmm? 10:11.720 --> 10:15.400 But taking your matches, not offering you a cigarette. 10:15.400 --> 10:16.400 That's OK. 10:16.400 --> 10:18.400 No, I don't want one now. 10:18.400 --> 10:19.400 Thanks. 10:19.400 --> 10:24.040 Say, I want to tell you something. 10:24.040 --> 10:25.040 Oh? 10:25.040 --> 10:28.720 There's a lady in the seat behind you. 10:28.720 --> 10:32.720 I think you've met her before in the park. 10:32.720 --> 10:34.320 Right? 10:34.320 --> 10:36.040 Mm-hmm. 10:36.040 --> 10:38.480 She brought her with us to identify you. 10:38.480 --> 10:43.040 But she gave us a pretty good description back in L.A. 10:43.040 --> 10:44.040 Good for her. 10:44.040 --> 10:45.040 Yeah? 10:45.040 --> 10:48.480 Well, it's going to be a nice trip. 10:48.480 --> 10:51.800 Nothing like traveling with people you know, is there? 10:51.800 --> 10:52.800 Nothing like it. 10:52.800 --> 10:58.760 I don't suppose you've got any reading material you could let me look at? 10:58.760 --> 11:00.500 How about a mystery? 11:00.500 --> 11:01.960 It's a spy story. 11:01.960 --> 11:02.960 Pretty good. 11:02.960 --> 11:04.640 No, I was thinking of something else. 11:04.640 --> 11:08.920 I think, you know, something more, oh, say, scientific. 11:08.920 --> 11:12.600 I'm very interested in airplanes. 11:12.600 --> 11:14.600 Jet motors. 11:14.600 --> 11:15.880 Sorry. 11:15.880 --> 11:21.520 He looked across at me, smiling, pleasant. 11:21.520 --> 11:25.800 And to anybody watching, it was nothing more than the casual conversation of two strangers 11:25.800 --> 11:29.240 brought together by the night and sympathy of loneliness. 11:29.240 --> 11:35.160 Then he leaned back, and reaching inside his jacket brought out a small automatic, which 11:35.160 --> 11:39.000 he kept very carefully hidden from any eyes but mine. 11:39.000 --> 11:43.560 I always carry this with me on a trip. 11:43.560 --> 11:45.560 You never know. 11:45.560 --> 11:49.720 Oh, I knew all right. 11:49.720 --> 11:53.840 If they couldn't buy what they wanted, there were other ways. 11:53.840 --> 11:55.920 That's what he was telling me. 11:55.920 --> 12:01.880 I saw in the man's smiling face that I'd never reach New York unless I killed them before 12:01.880 --> 12:16.560 they killed me. 12:16.560 --> 12:22.560 You're listening to Classified Secret, tonight's presentation in radio's outstanding theater 12:22.560 --> 12:34.120 of thrills, Suspense. 12:34.120 --> 12:36.000 Nine solid years of applause. 12:36.000 --> 12:40.440 That's the wonderful record of popularity that belongs to Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts, 12:40.440 --> 12:42.760 now in its tenth year. 12:42.760 --> 12:47.960 Enjoy the fun with the inimitable redhead this Monday night on most of these same stations. 12:47.960 --> 12:52.400 You'll hear promising young performers compete for a golden chance at fame. 12:52.400 --> 12:56.400 Enjoy the suspense as you wait to hear which entertainer will be singled out by the studio 12:56.400 --> 12:57.800 audience. 12:57.800 --> 13:03.320 Don't miss Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts this Monday night at the Star's address. 13:03.320 --> 13:10.200 Now we bring back to our Hollywood soundstage, Parley Bear, starring in tonight's production, 13:10.200 --> 13:28.600 Classified Secret, a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 13:28.600 --> 13:31.840 Julie and I had breakfast somewhere in New Mexico. 13:31.840 --> 13:36.200 The woman from the park and the man who carried the small automatic sat in a booth while we 13:36.200 --> 13:38.200 ate at the counter. 13:38.200 --> 13:43.000 I'd thought about things most of the night and I decided to tell the girl, not too much, 13:43.000 --> 13:45.600 but enough so that she might be able to help. 13:45.600 --> 13:53.800 And I knew I'd need some help. 13:53.800 --> 13:54.800 Coffee's pretty good here. 13:54.800 --> 13:55.800 Yeah. 13:55.800 --> 13:56.800 Cigarette? 13:56.800 --> 13:57.800 No, thanks. 13:57.800 --> 13:58.800 Julie. 13:58.800 --> 13:59.800 Yes? 13:59.800 --> 14:02.800 I want to tell you something. 14:02.800 --> 14:03.800 Oh? 14:03.800 --> 14:11.520 I want you to turn around and look, just pretend we're talking about the weather, the coffee, 14:11.520 --> 14:12.520 anything, but listen. 14:12.520 --> 14:14.640 Well, sure, Charlie. 14:14.640 --> 14:16.800 There's a couple sitting in the booth behind us. 14:16.800 --> 14:17.800 They're spies. 14:17.800 --> 14:18.800 Hmm? 14:18.800 --> 14:19.800 Oh, you. 14:19.800 --> 14:20.800 I'm not kidding. 14:20.800 --> 14:26.400 I can't tell you much, but as you love your life, you will believe me. 14:26.400 --> 14:27.400 Oh, you're kidding. 14:27.400 --> 14:28.400 Spy? 14:28.400 --> 14:29.400 Don't turn around. 14:29.400 --> 14:32.400 Smile and just listen. 14:32.400 --> 14:33.400 But I... 14:33.400 --> 14:36.120 I'm trying to get hold of the plans for a new jet motor. 14:36.120 --> 14:39.180 It's faster than anything anybody else has got. 14:39.180 --> 14:40.180 You are kidding. 14:40.180 --> 14:41.180 No, I'm not. 14:41.180 --> 14:42.180 Well, how do you know? 14:42.180 --> 14:44.320 Well, how do you know about it? 14:44.320 --> 14:46.120 I'm working for the government. 14:46.120 --> 14:47.120 FBI? 14:47.120 --> 14:50.960 Well, in a way, but now I need you to help me. 14:50.960 --> 14:51.960 Me? 14:51.960 --> 14:54.920 They think I've got the blueprints, the plans, and they're going to try and get them from 14:54.920 --> 14:55.920 me. 14:55.920 --> 14:58.000 But can't we get the police? 14:58.000 --> 14:59.000 No. 14:59.000 --> 15:00.040 Well, but why? 15:00.040 --> 15:02.240 Because we're trying to get the head man. 15:02.240 --> 15:05.080 And if those two are arrested, we'll have to start all over again. 15:05.080 --> 15:07.000 They think I'm working with them. 15:07.000 --> 15:10.040 But I got tough about the money they offered, so now they're going to try and get rid of 15:10.040 --> 15:12.120 me and get the secret for nothing. 15:12.120 --> 15:13.720 Did they follow you from L.A.? 15:13.720 --> 15:16.440 Yeah, they got on during the night in Flagstaff. 15:16.440 --> 15:17.440 All right, folks, let's go. 15:17.440 --> 15:18.440 I don't see... 15:18.440 --> 15:21.880 Well, what can I do? 15:21.880 --> 15:22.880 Just stick with me. 15:22.880 --> 15:24.680 I'll explain at the next stop. 15:24.680 --> 15:27.840 We can't talk about it on the bus because she's sitting right behind and he's across 15:27.840 --> 15:28.840 the aisle. 15:28.840 --> 15:31.840 Listen, are you pulling my... 15:31.840 --> 15:32.840 No. 15:32.840 --> 15:36.000 No, you're not, are you? 15:36.000 --> 15:46.680 I'm not. 15:46.680 --> 15:50.520 We went on through New Mexico and the pink rock and desert. 15:50.520 --> 15:54.480 We talked a lot of nonsense, and after a while, I could see she was getting back to the idea 15:54.480 --> 15:58.960 that I'd been kidding, especially after the man with the gun introduced himself as Mr. 15:58.960 --> 16:02.400 Hutchinson and started to talk about fishing. 16:02.400 --> 16:06.480 It was about half an hour before our lunch stop. 16:06.480 --> 16:12.120 Now you take some of that Northern California country, so you talk about trout and steelhead. 16:12.120 --> 16:14.080 Oh, boy, I tell you. 16:14.080 --> 16:18.600 My dad used to take us up, my sister and me, he'd take us up to a place in Maine. 16:18.600 --> 16:19.600 Oh, gee. 16:19.600 --> 16:21.400 Dad always wanted a couple of boys, I guess. 16:21.400 --> 16:25.360 When he saw what he got, well, he figured it wouldn't spoil his plans anyway, so he 16:25.360 --> 16:26.360 took his fishing every summer. 16:26.360 --> 16:28.360 You should have seen the fishing up there. 16:28.360 --> 16:29.360 Oh, I'd like to someday. 16:29.360 --> 16:30.360 Yeah, I'd like that. 16:30.360 --> 16:33.360 How about you, Mr. Rader? 16:33.360 --> 16:34.880 Do you like fishing? 16:34.880 --> 16:35.880 Oh, not much. 16:35.880 --> 16:36.880 Ever try it? 16:36.880 --> 16:37.880 No, little. 16:37.880 --> 16:38.880 When I was a kid. 16:38.880 --> 16:42.600 You ought to take it up again if you have time. 16:42.600 --> 16:45.880 Oh, I might do that. 16:45.880 --> 16:50.240 You know, if a man had a little money put away, he could do a lot of fishing. 16:50.240 --> 16:52.640 Oh, boy, that's a way to live. 16:52.640 --> 16:54.880 Have about, oh, say, $10,000. 16:54.880 --> 16:56.840 Go all over the country, fishing. 16:56.840 --> 16:57.840 No work, no worries. 16:57.840 --> 17:01.320 How's that sound, Miss Faulting? 17:01.320 --> 17:02.320 What a life. 17:02.320 --> 17:04.320 It would take more than $10,000. 17:04.320 --> 17:07.320 Oh, I don't know. 17:07.320 --> 17:08.320 Ten's better than nothing. 17:08.320 --> 17:11.320 Say, have you ever been up on the road? 17:11.320 --> 17:15.760 They went on talking, and I did some thinking. 17:15.760 --> 17:17.760 He was smarter than I'd thought. 17:17.760 --> 17:21.200 Looked like a nice, average guy and behaved like one. 17:21.200 --> 17:22.200 That's one thing I'd learned. 17:22.200 --> 17:26.200 The more ordinary you can be, the less you're going to be suspected. 17:26.200 --> 17:29.320 But these people had it down to a science. 17:29.320 --> 17:33.280 It wasn't going to be easy because I was going to have to convince Julie all over again. 17:33.280 --> 17:37.520 I could see that. 17:37.520 --> 17:42.240 My chance didn't come until that evening after our dinner stop. 17:42.240 --> 17:46.680 By that time, the woman in the park who went by the name of Lisa Nyland, Hutchinson, the 17:46.680 --> 17:49.560 girl and myself, all four of us were buddies. 17:49.560 --> 17:51.200 We'd pulled up over the car out of border. 17:51.200 --> 17:54.520 There was some kind of trouble up ahead, a slide or a wreck. 17:54.520 --> 17:58.160 And the driver told us we'd have half an hour or so before we went on. 17:58.160 --> 18:03.160 You want to take a walk for a while? 18:03.160 --> 18:05.160 There's a cafe a couple hundred yards back. 18:05.160 --> 18:09.520 I'll give you a call when we're ready to move on. 18:09.520 --> 18:13.520 Here, watch your step, Julie. 18:13.520 --> 18:16.520 Oh, thanks. 18:16.520 --> 18:21.520 Oh, well, gee. 18:21.520 --> 18:27.760 Oh, what kind of nice to have an extra leg stretch of that. 18:27.760 --> 18:29.520 How about some coffee? 18:29.520 --> 18:30.960 Oh, that'd be nice. 18:30.960 --> 18:31.960 Jolly? 18:31.960 --> 18:32.960 Oh, I don't know. 18:32.960 --> 18:34.760 I'd like to have a look at the valley down there. 18:34.760 --> 18:39.120 We might walk up the dirt road away, get a pretty good view, the sun setting off. 18:39.120 --> 18:41.120 Oh, you're romantic, huh? 18:41.120 --> 18:42.560 Sure, why not? 18:42.560 --> 18:43.560 Oh, Jolly. 18:43.560 --> 18:45.140 OK with you, Lisa? 18:45.140 --> 18:46.140 You feel romantic? 18:46.140 --> 18:48.520 Want to see a valley and the sunset? 18:48.520 --> 18:50.000 That'd be very nice. 18:50.000 --> 18:51.680 OK, then let's go. 18:51.680 --> 18:52.680 Hey, girls, wait a minute. 18:52.680 --> 18:53.680 Be careful. 18:53.680 --> 18:56.200 There are snakes. 18:56.200 --> 19:00.640 We walked away from the bus up a narrow ranch road. 19:00.640 --> 19:05.260 About a hundred yards up there was a curve and around it a stand of trees. 19:05.260 --> 19:09.360 And when we got there, you couldn't hear the sounds from the highway any longer. 19:09.360 --> 19:12.720 It was peaceful and it was very pretty. 19:12.720 --> 19:16.440 I knew that Hutchinson was delighted about the suggestion. 19:16.440 --> 19:18.840 It was going to give him his chance. 19:18.840 --> 19:22.200 But he made the mistake of playing it a little too clever. 19:22.200 --> 19:26.320 Kept his game of small talk going a minute too long. 19:26.320 --> 19:31.600 We'd got to the top of a cliff overlooking the valley when I stumbled on a rock and fell 19:31.600 --> 19:34.920 a few steps behind before they had a chance to stop. 19:34.920 --> 19:40.200 And when they did, I already had my gun out. 19:40.200 --> 19:45.800 Hey, what are you going to do? 19:45.800 --> 19:46.800 Target practice? 19:46.800 --> 19:47.800 No. 19:47.800 --> 19:51.720 You two stay where you are and keep your hands behind your head. 19:51.720 --> 19:55.760 Julie, get over here. 19:55.760 --> 20:01.480 Charlie, Charlie, are you sure? 20:01.480 --> 20:02.480 They seem... 20:02.480 --> 20:03.480 I know what they seem. 20:03.480 --> 20:07.520 Now look, I don't want to do this, but it's you or me. 20:07.520 --> 20:10.200 You should have made the right deal in the first place. 20:10.200 --> 20:12.840 I can't let you go, you know that. 20:12.840 --> 20:14.420 We might still make a deal. 20:14.420 --> 20:16.000 You had your chance. 20:16.000 --> 20:18.280 We've got the 10,000. 20:18.280 --> 20:20.360 How about waiting until we get to the next town? 20:20.360 --> 20:23.040 We'll have the rest of it telegraphed out. 20:23.040 --> 20:25.600 I make mistakes, but not that kind. 20:25.600 --> 20:30.240 If you told us what you wanted, we might have been able to get the 20,000 for you in Los 20:30.240 --> 20:31.240 Angeles. 20:31.240 --> 20:32.240 Turn around. 20:32.240 --> 20:33.240 Both of you. 20:33.240 --> 20:34.240 Wait a minute. 20:34.240 --> 20:35.400 We're all in this together. 20:35.400 --> 20:37.320 We all want the same thing. 20:37.320 --> 20:40.280 You figure you can get more money from the people in the East. 20:40.280 --> 20:44.720 Okay, give us a chance to get it for you. 20:44.720 --> 20:45.960 We're in contact with them. 20:45.960 --> 20:48.280 Turn around. 20:48.280 --> 20:49.840 They give us our orders. 20:49.840 --> 20:51.920 What difference does it make? 20:51.920 --> 20:54.600 Look, you shoot us. 20:54.600 --> 20:56.600 What do you think they'll do? 20:56.600 --> 20:58.520 They won't let you get away with that. 20:58.520 --> 21:00.080 They'll kill you. 21:00.080 --> 21:02.240 Charlie, you can't just shoot them. 21:02.240 --> 21:03.560 Turn them over to the police. 21:03.560 --> 21:04.560 You can't just shoot them. 21:04.560 --> 21:05.560 Be quiet. 21:05.560 --> 21:07.080 He can tell the police, Julie. 21:07.080 --> 21:08.080 He's with us. 21:08.080 --> 21:10.000 Only he wants money out of it. 21:10.000 --> 21:12.840 And he thinks you'll get more from the head man in the East. 21:12.840 --> 21:15.200 Turn around and I'm not going to say it again. 21:15.200 --> 21:16.200 Charlie, don't. 21:16.200 --> 21:19.040 I know you've got a duty, but you can arrest them, please. 21:19.040 --> 21:20.040 You could still. 21:20.040 --> 21:21.040 I told you to be quiet. 21:21.040 --> 21:22.040 Arrest? 21:22.040 --> 21:23.040 Arrest? 21:23.040 --> 21:28.400 Listen, Raider, you're not going to... 21:28.400 --> 21:32.440 Oh, you're not going to kill us over 10,000? 21:32.440 --> 21:35.840 Boy, that's murder. 21:35.840 --> 21:36.840 Even if... 21:36.840 --> 21:42.240 Mr. Nylund dropped instantly. 21:42.240 --> 21:49.600 Hutchinson held his middle for a second and tried to keep his balance. 21:49.600 --> 21:52.400 I shot him in the back of the head. 21:52.400 --> 21:55.920 I knew he was dead before his body slipped to the ground. 21:55.920 --> 22:00.360 The girl just stood next to me, her hands tightly covering her mouth. 22:00.360 --> 22:02.360 She was shivering. 22:02.360 --> 22:04.480 I took a look out across the wide valley. 22:04.480 --> 22:09.400 The sky was turning purple. 22:09.400 --> 22:13.880 I... 22:13.880 --> 22:19.080 I've never seen anybody killed before. 22:19.080 --> 22:21.640 I'm sorry. 22:21.640 --> 22:23.880 Couldn't you... 22:23.880 --> 22:27.040 Couldn't you have arrested them or something? 22:27.040 --> 22:28.040 Couldn't you... 22:28.040 --> 22:30.080 Did you have to? 22:30.080 --> 22:32.040 I had to. 22:32.040 --> 22:36.080 They wouldn't have stopped it killing both of us if they'd had the chance. 22:36.080 --> 22:37.080 What are you going to do? 22:37.080 --> 22:39.680 What are you going to do now? 22:39.680 --> 22:45.880 I've got to get the money for evidence. 22:45.880 --> 22:47.600 What are you going to tell the driver? 22:47.600 --> 22:51.120 He'll ask where they are. 22:51.120 --> 22:52.360 Charlie? 22:52.360 --> 22:56.480 The driver's going to wonder where they are. 22:56.480 --> 22:59.280 Charlie, what are you doing? 22:59.280 --> 23:00.960 I've got to put them over the cliff. 23:00.960 --> 23:01.960 Oh, no. 23:01.960 --> 23:02.960 No. 23:02.960 --> 23:03.960 I've got to. 23:03.960 --> 23:04.960 Oh. 23:04.960 --> 23:07.960 Oh, no. 23:07.960 --> 23:12.960 Charlie, no. 23:12.960 --> 23:15.960 No. 23:15.960 --> 23:20.960 You can't, Charlie. 23:20.960 --> 23:27.960 Not her. 23:27.960 --> 23:31.960 No. 23:31.960 --> 23:36.960 All right. 23:36.960 --> 23:41.960 Come on. 23:41.960 --> 23:43.960 We got back from the bus. 23:43.960 --> 23:46.960 Neither of us said anything about the two we'd walked off with. 23:46.960 --> 23:51.760 I guess nobody had seen us together, and after waiting around for another half hour, the driver 23:51.760 --> 23:53.960 gave up. 23:53.960 --> 23:55.360 I'll drop their baggage in La Jolla. 23:55.360 --> 23:56.960 I'd better notify the police, too. 23:56.960 --> 23:58.960 It's screwy, all right. 23:58.960 --> 24:00.960 Okay, folks, sorry for the delay. 24:00.960 --> 24:02.960 You'd better go back to your seat, mister. 24:02.960 --> 24:03.960 Sure. 24:03.960 --> 24:24.960 I was starved when we pulled into the depot at La Jolla. 24:24.960 --> 24:28.960 I'd already made up my mind to lay over and take a detour on another bus. 24:28.960 --> 24:33.960 The girl wasn't going to be able to keep quiet much longer, and I had to get rid of her. 24:33.960 --> 24:39.960 Well, we got out of the bus, and two men were standing alongside, waiting. 24:39.960 --> 24:41.960 Just a minute, please. 24:41.960 --> 24:44.960 We're special agents for the FBI. 24:44.960 --> 24:52.960 Search them, Larry. 24:52.960 --> 24:54.960 Just gun and money. 24:54.960 --> 24:55.960 Where are the other two? 24:55.960 --> 24:56.960 The other two? 24:56.960 --> 24:58.960 They're dead. 24:58.960 --> 25:00.960 He killed them. 25:00.960 --> 25:02.960 Oh. 25:02.960 --> 25:06.960 We'll take those plans now, Mr. Rader, and don't do anything silly. 25:06.960 --> 25:08.960 There are four more men covering you. 25:08.960 --> 25:10.960 Okay. 25:10.960 --> 25:12.960 It's in my shoe. 25:12.960 --> 25:14.960 You want me to take it off now? 25:14.960 --> 25:15.960 Please. 25:15.960 --> 25:20.960 All right. 25:20.960 --> 25:22.960 I've got terrible balance. 25:22.960 --> 25:24.960 Mind if I lean on you? 25:24.960 --> 25:33.960 Thank you. 25:33.960 --> 25:34.960 Here we are. 25:34.960 --> 25:36.960 Thank you, Mr. Rader. 25:36.960 --> 25:39.960 This isn't worth anything, really, you know. 25:39.960 --> 25:43.960 We planted it in the factory in LA for someone to steal. 25:43.960 --> 25:46.960 What we wanted was to be led to the top man in New York, 25:46.960 --> 25:51.960 and when you sent that wire to him from Arizona, we got him. 25:51.960 --> 25:52.960 Uh-huh. 25:52.960 --> 25:56.960 We were worried about you, Julie, when you didn't call us from Albuquerque. 25:56.960 --> 25:58.960 I didn't get a chance. 25:58.960 --> 26:00.960 He was with me all the time. 26:00.960 --> 26:02.960 Is she... 26:02.960 --> 26:04.960 Oh, my. 26:04.960 --> 26:06.960 Is she... 26:06.960 --> 26:08.960 Are you playing spy, too, Julie? 26:08.960 --> 26:10.960 I'm working for the government, Mr. Rader. 26:10.960 --> 26:15.960 She's been following you since you stole the plans. 26:15.960 --> 26:17.960 Well, you fooled me. 26:17.960 --> 26:20.960 I bet you fooled Hutchinson and Nylan, too. 26:20.960 --> 26:23.960 It won't matter to them, though, will it? 26:23.960 --> 26:25.960 Well, that's the way it goes. 26:25.960 --> 26:27.960 Take him away, will you? 26:27.960 --> 26:29.960 I had to watch him murder those two. 26:29.960 --> 26:31.960 I didn't want to hear him laugh about it. 26:31.960 --> 26:33.960 Come on, Rader. We've got a car waiting. 26:33.960 --> 26:35.960 Sure. 26:35.960 --> 26:37.960 So long, Julie. 26:37.960 --> 27:05.960 Nice to have met you. 27:05.960 --> 27:12.960 Suspense, in which Parley Bear starred in tonight's presentation of Classified Secret. 27:12.960 --> 27:35.960 Be sure to listen next week for another presentation of radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 27:35.960 --> 27:40.960 Suspense is produced and directed by Anthony Ellis, who also wrote tonight's script. 27:40.960 --> 27:46.960 The music was composed by Lee Stevens and Lucian Morwick and conducted by Wilbur Hatch. 27:46.960 --> 27:54.960 Featured in the cast were Virginia Eiler, Charlotte Lawrence, Richard Beals, Howard McNear, Charles Seal, and Jim Nasser. 27:54.960 --> 27:57.960 Listen Friday night for the 21st Precinct. 27:57.960 --> 28:03.960 The hard-hitting 21st Precinct police will give us another graphic view of big city protectors at work. 28:03.960 --> 28:07.960 There's danger every minute, human interest every second, 28:07.960 --> 28:16.960 when metropolitan police try to unsnarl personal problems, hunt the missing, solve the crimes, protect the public, sometimes from itself. 28:16.960 --> 28:38.960 Remember, Friday nights on most of these same stations, hear the 21st Precinct. 28:38.960 --> 28:55.960 Thrill to gun smoke every Saturday and Sunday on the CBS Radio Network.