1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:21,000 And now, tonight's presentation of Radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 2 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:25,960 Tonight we bring you a story of jealousy and hatred in a circus aerial act. 3 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:27,560 We call it, Galardo. 4 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:46,800 So now, starring Victor Perrin, here is tonight's Suspense play, Galardo. 5 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:51,680 I am not sure just when it was that I first knew I must kill Nicky. 6 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:56,440 But when I knew, I accepted it and waited. 7 00:00:56,440 --> 00:01:01,120 This night, as always before our turn, we had been out in our coveralls and slapshoes 8 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:06,640 for our last minute check of the rig, testing the guy lines, tightening the screws. 9 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:10,600 We did our work, but now it was not the same between us. 10 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:13,040 We did not meet with our eyes. 11 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:17,000 When we passed each other in the dressing room, we did not speak. 12 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:24,440 Parted down the entrance tunnel to the ring, I saw Nicky slow a moment to wait for feather. 13 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:29,440 Then he put his arm on her shoulder and leaned over to whisper to her. 14 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:34,440 I saw her smile for him. 15 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:53,560 Ladies and gentlemen, the Galardo, the sensational world famous aerialist with her daring, dazzling, 16 00:01:53,560 --> 00:02:07,080 and death defying performance of the Flying Jump Bees. 17 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:10,240 And the waiting was over. 18 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:13,280 This night I would kill Nicky. 19 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:17,640 I went up the ladder and took my place in the catch trap. 20 00:02:17,640 --> 00:02:21,520 Then I watched while feather climbed to the pedestal board. 21 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:25,720 So graceful, so lovely, so cruel. 22 00:02:25,720 --> 00:02:29,680 I shut my eyes tight with the pain of loving feather. 23 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:36,800 And I thought of that day she joined us. 24 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:37,880 Just call me feather. 25 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:39,320 I am Nicky. 26 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:40,920 This is Rudy, Galardo. 27 00:02:40,920 --> 00:02:41,920 Brothers? 28 00:02:41,920 --> 00:02:43,320 We are the same as brothers. 29 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:44,540 You don't look alike. 30 00:02:44,540 --> 00:02:46,160 I am ugly. 31 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:47,160 Nicky is beautiful. 32 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:48,160 Oh, I didn't mean that. 33 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:49,160 There now. 34 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:51,280 I do not mean to embarrass you. 35 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:53,600 You see, I know I am ugly. 36 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:55,920 And I have great pride in Nicky's beauty. 37 00:02:55,920 --> 00:02:57,440 Rudy, stop that. 38 00:02:57,440 --> 00:02:59,760 I was raised with Rudy by his family. 39 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:01,760 I caught Nicky's first leap. 40 00:03:01,760 --> 00:03:03,920 When I was six and he was nine. 41 00:03:03,920 --> 00:03:08,080 Even at nine, one could see I had the shoulders for catching, but could never be a flyer like 42 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:09,640 my father before me. 43 00:03:09,640 --> 00:03:11,000 Circus family, huh? 44 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:15,160 In the circus, there have been Gallardos for over 100 years. 45 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:17,760 I joined the circus to get away from a farm in Nebraska. 46 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:19,600 You are recommended by Concello. 47 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:22,440 Yeah, I toured with the big show last season. 48 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:24,000 An act with six girls in Delamie. 49 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:25,000 He was the principal flyer. 50 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:26,000 He is good. 51 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:27,000 Yeah. 52 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:29,640 Now, here is the set up of our act, Miss Feather. 53 00:03:29,640 --> 00:03:30,640 Oh, just Feather. 54 00:03:30,640 --> 00:03:32,840 I left my real name in Nebraska. 55 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:33,840 I see. 56 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:39,080 Now, we open with you doing a seat jump, then a fliffy and maybe a double. 57 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:40,080 You do the double. 58 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:41,920 Well, I will have to work on it. 59 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:42,920 You will practice. 60 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:44,280 Then we do some passing leaps. 61 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:47,200 I do a double full twister, a cutaway maybe. 62 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:48,200 We will work it out. 63 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:49,840 And of course, I finish with the triple. 64 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:51,520 Oh, I've heard about your triple. 65 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:52,520 Oh, you have? 66 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:53,520 I've heard you're as good as Cordona. 67 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:54,520 Oh, no, no. 68 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:57,080 Cordona was the master. 69 00:03:57,080 --> 00:03:58,400 Maybe someday I shall be as good. 70 00:03:58,400 --> 00:03:59,800 He is better than Cordona. 71 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:01,200 He is the best ever. 72 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:06,120 Rudy, if I am that good, it's only because I have the best catcher ever. 73 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:09,440 The flyer is only as good as his catcher and you are the best. 74 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:12,880 You boys have quite a mutual admiration society going, haven't you? 75 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:14,880 But this is true. 76 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:18,360 The net is there and Rudy's strong wrists right there when I need them. 77 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:19,840 You use a net, of course. 78 00:04:19,840 --> 00:04:21,320 The net is there, yes, but... 79 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:23,640 The net is nothing in Nicky's triple. 80 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:27,400 After the third spin on the breakout, so fast he comes, he would overshoot the apron every 81 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:28,400 time. 82 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:31,080 But we never think about that. 83 00:04:31,080 --> 00:04:40,160 There will always be Rudy there to catch me. 84 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:44,840 Nicky had climbed to the pedestal board and was dipping into the rosin. 85 00:04:44,840 --> 00:04:47,800 Feather reached for the fly bar ready for her first leap. 86 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:52,800 As she started her swing, I locked my legs in the uprights and hung head down to catch 87 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:56,600 her. 88 00:04:56,600 --> 00:05:03,680 On the catch, I thought of that day we started rehearsals, the first time I caught Feather. 89 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:08,840 It was the first time there had ever been bad words between Nicky and me. 90 00:05:08,840 --> 00:05:12,480 I remembered that and the things that came after. 91 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:14,080 That's terrible! 92 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:15,360 Come down here! 93 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:16,360 Wait, Feather. 94 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:17,360 What's that? 95 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:18,360 I said come down here! 96 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:19,360 Feather! 97 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:20,360 You too, Rudy! 98 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:21,360 What's eating him? 99 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:22,360 We will see. 100 00:05:22,360 --> 00:05:24,400 But don't try a come down drive in the net. 101 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:25,400 Take the rope. 102 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:28,400 Hey, why do you get a spirit level on that long bar? 103 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:29,400 The frame looks stock-eyed. 104 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:32,400 Here, I will help you. 105 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:33,400 Thanks. 106 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:38,000 You handled that net up there like it was a mattress. 107 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:41,560 No, the net is never friendly. 108 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:43,320 But it is better now than in the old days. 109 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:48,040 In my father's time, the nets were made by fishermen and they had knots at the joints. 110 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:49,040 What's the trouble, Nicky? 111 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:50,900 Why did you call us down? 112 00:05:50,900 --> 00:05:54,520 Because I thought it might be interesting to find out from Feather here just what she 113 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:56,600 calls that stunt she favored us with. 114 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:57,600 Well, I'm sorry. 115 00:05:57,600 --> 00:05:59,880 It was a flyer we wanted, not a clown. 116 00:05:59,880 --> 00:06:01,280 I know it was bad. 117 00:06:01,280 --> 00:06:02,280 Bad? 118 00:06:02,280 --> 00:06:05,200 Never saw such a belt of arms and legs going in all directions. 119 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:06,480 Well, the first try is... 120 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:08,080 I thought you were a flyer. 121 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:09,080 I'll do it again. 122 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:12,400 Yes, you'll do it again and again and again. 123 00:06:12,400 --> 00:06:15,600 You will please not make me sick with such a performance as I just saw. 124 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:17,920 Nicky, do not be so hard on her. 125 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:18,920 Anyone can get rusty. 126 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:20,960 We've got three weeks to get this act ready. 127 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:23,240 You will please not boss my act. 128 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:24,680 Your act? 129 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:25,680 Feather will rest. 130 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:26,680 You will rehearse. 131 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:28,280 Get up on the fly bar. 132 00:06:28,280 --> 00:06:29,440 You cannot order me around like this. 133 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:30,440 Get up on the fly bar. 134 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:31,440 I'm sorry, Rudy. 135 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:33,920 I guess we better call this rehearsal off. 136 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:35,360 You do not make the decisions. 137 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:37,120 I am Gallardo. 138 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:38,840 Just the same. 139 00:06:38,840 --> 00:06:42,720 I am going to my dressing room. 140 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:49,560 Come in. 141 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:56,320 Nicky, what have I done? 142 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:58,880 Rudy, what's the matter with you? 143 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:00,320 I do not know, truly. 144 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:01,320 I do not know. 145 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:03,160 I never saw you so touchy. 146 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:06,760 To think I would talk to you like that, just the same as my own brother you are. 147 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:08,360 I'm sorry, Nicky. 148 00:07:08,360 --> 00:07:09,840 That's all right. 149 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:12,520 But Rudy, watch it. 150 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:14,080 It's no good for a catcher to get jumpy. 151 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:17,800 It is just the last few days since that woman has been here. 152 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:18,800 Feather? 153 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:19,800 Yes. 154 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:22,320 Did you ever see anything so beautiful? 155 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:23,320 And yet there is something. 156 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:25,200 I do not know. 157 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:27,040 I cannot explain it. 158 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:28,840 You cannot reach her. 159 00:07:28,840 --> 00:07:29,840 Like her eyes. 160 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:30,840 Have you noticed her eyes? 161 00:07:30,840 --> 00:07:31,840 Well, of course. 162 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:35,520 They are big and yellow like the eyes of a cat. 163 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:41,800 And you look into them for a deepness that should be there and see only that they are 164 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:42,800 big and yellow. 165 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:43,800 No, come now, Rudy. 166 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:44,800 That's... 167 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:49,180 And you wonder if maybe the deepness is not for you to see. 168 00:07:49,180 --> 00:07:54,040 So you look again and again and it becomes a frantic searching for something that should 169 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:55,320 be there. 170 00:07:55,320 --> 00:07:58,320 I'm afraid I don't understand. 171 00:07:58,320 --> 00:08:02,720 I guess I do not understand either, but she bothers me. 172 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:05,560 Rudy, she's only been here a few days. 173 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:08,000 Yes, that is it, Nicky. 174 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:10,800 It is because she is new. 175 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:25,840 My friend, Feather is as old as Eve. 176 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:30,440 Rudy, don't jump like that. 177 00:08:30,440 --> 00:08:32,480 I'm not going to bite you. 178 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:34,800 You startled me. 179 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:36,920 I was thinking about that cat. 180 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:39,080 I think you're scared of me. 181 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:41,880 We've been on the road for over a month and you've hardly talked to me. 182 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:43,480 No, it is not that. 183 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:44,480 Maybe you're shy. 184 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:45,480 Is that it? 185 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:46,480 Maybe. 186 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:49,480 Oh, Rudy, you're cute. 187 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:55,560 Hey, I've seen you staring into that cage before. 188 00:08:55,560 --> 00:08:56,560 What's the fascination? 189 00:08:56,560 --> 00:08:58,760 I do not know. 190 00:08:58,760 --> 00:08:59,760 She's lovely. 191 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:02,440 I think you're in love with that cat. 192 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:06,600 Did you know a black panther like that one killed Nicky's father? 193 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:07,600 No. 194 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:09,480 Not many people work with black panthers. 195 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:13,000 Nicky's father had eight tigers and the panther, which he loved. 196 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:14,880 A beautiful animal. 197 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:18,000 One night in the ring, the panther ripped him open. 198 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:23,720 When they brought him to the dressing room already dead, Nicky's mother looked at him, 199 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:28,160 and took a gun to the menagerie and shot each cat between the eyes. 200 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:30,360 Then she turned the gun on herself. 201 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:33,480 That is when my mother took Nicky to raise. 202 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:35,160 Oh, that's horrible. 203 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:37,800 That is life. 204 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:38,800 Things happen. 205 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:42,880 But why do you come so often to stare into this cage? 206 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:44,880 I do not know. 207 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:45,880 She's so beautiful. 208 00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:49,560 I cannot figure out her treachery. 209 00:09:49,560 --> 00:09:53,200 You're a strange one. 210 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:54,200 We're moving tomorrow. 211 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:57,200 Yeah, I know. 212 00:09:57,200 --> 00:10:02,200 Rudy, don't you think I'm beautiful? 213 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:03,200 Oh, yes. 214 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:06,560 Well, what's the matter? 215 00:10:06,560 --> 00:10:08,600 Don't you like me? 216 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:12,200 Rudy, don't you like me? 217 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:13,680 Feather. 218 00:10:13,680 --> 00:10:21,800 Well, that's better. 219 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:23,200 I don't like to be ignored. 220 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:26,200 It bothers me. 221 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:27,200 Feather. 222 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:28,200 Beautiful feather. 223 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:29,200 Rudy, you're cute. 224 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:30,200 You're real cute. 225 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:31,200 Hey, Rudy, hand me that towel. 226 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:32,200 Catch. 227 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:33,200 Thanks. 228 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:34,200 Well, it's a good show tonight, huh? 229 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:54,680 Yes. 230 00:10:54,680 --> 00:10:56,040 Your best clothes are up. 231 00:10:56,040 --> 00:10:57,840 I'm going into town tonight. 232 00:10:57,840 --> 00:10:58,840 We're moving tomorrow. 233 00:10:58,840 --> 00:10:59,840 I know it. 234 00:10:59,840 --> 00:11:00,840 Where are you going? 235 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:01,840 What are you going to do tonight yourself? 236 00:11:01,840 --> 00:11:06,560 I think I will go play pinnacle with Princess Olga. 237 00:11:06,560 --> 00:11:07,560 Princess Olga? 238 00:11:07,560 --> 00:11:08,560 She's over 70. 239 00:11:08,560 --> 00:11:14,200 Rudy, why don't you get yourself a girl and have a little fun, huh? 240 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:15,200 You have a girl, Nicky? 241 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:18,200 I'm taking Feather into town. 242 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:19,200 You're taking Feather? 243 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:20,200 Yeah. 244 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:22,440 I'm going to have a little fun. 245 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:23,440 You like Feather? 246 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:25,720 Oh, she's quite a girl. 247 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:27,600 Are you in love with her? 248 00:11:27,600 --> 00:11:28,880 No. 249 00:11:28,880 --> 00:11:30,440 Maybe I am. 250 00:11:30,440 --> 00:11:32,040 I love her. 251 00:11:32,040 --> 00:11:34,040 What? 252 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:36,480 I love Feather. 253 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:38,720 But you hardly talk to her. 254 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:40,400 What do you mean? 255 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:42,880 I guess I have loved her from the first time I saw her. 256 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:45,160 Today she followed me into the menagerie after matinee. 257 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:46,300 I kissed her. 258 00:11:46,300 --> 00:11:47,300 She wanted me to. 259 00:11:47,300 --> 00:11:49,040 Oh, Rudy, she was teasing you. 260 00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:50,040 Don't say that. 261 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:51,040 All right, all right. 262 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:52,040 Don't get sore. 263 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:56,380 But look, she's my girl. 264 00:11:56,380 --> 00:11:58,000 Why should you have everything? 265 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:00,400 What's the matter with you, Rudy? 266 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:01,400 I'm jealous. 267 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:05,200 You know, lots of times I don't understand you. 268 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:07,600 Right now I don't understand you at all. 269 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:08,600 This is silly. 270 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:11,520 There shouldn't be this trouble between us. 271 00:12:11,520 --> 00:12:13,560 You are right, Nicky. 272 00:12:13,560 --> 00:12:20,720 It is not good. 273 00:12:20,720 --> 00:12:27,440 But the trouble was there and it grew until now, this night, when I knew that I must kill 274 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:28,440 Nicky. 275 00:12:28,440 --> 00:12:31,920 I knew how it must be done, in the triple. 276 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:34,280 Then there would be no mistake. 277 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:37,760 Just a little higher on my backswing. 278 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:41,680 Just a little slower coming in, a part of a second. 279 00:12:41,680 --> 00:13:04,800 And then, after the third spin, on the breakout, Nicky would reach and I would not be there. 280 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:11,440 You are listening to Gallardo, tonight's presentation in Radio's outstanding theater of thrills, 281 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:12,440 Suspense. 282 00:13:12,440 --> 00:13:23,520 Now, a public service message from CBS Radio. 283 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:29,080 In time of flood or fire or other disaster, feeling sorry for the victims is not enough. 284 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:33,200 When disaster strikes, someone must be on the spot and on the job to help. 285 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:35,760 With your support, the Red Cross will be there. 286 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:40,200 Join and serve your local Red Cross chapter now. 287 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:47,600 And now we bring back to our Hollywood soundstage, Victor Perrin, starring in tonight's production, 288 00:13:47,600 --> 00:13:48,600 Gallardo. 289 00:13:48,600 --> 00:14:02,840 A tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 290 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:06,520 We were midway through the act, preparing for the passing leap. 291 00:14:06,520 --> 00:14:11,720 It is a flashy thing, not difficult, but our timing had to be perfect. 292 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:16,120 I sat on the bar of the catch trap and checked the tape on my wrists. 293 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:18,860 Feather and Nicky dipped into the rosin. 294 00:14:18,860 --> 00:14:27,880 I waited for the signal and I remembered. 295 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:32,320 I remembered we'd been out about three months when we hit the storm. 296 00:14:32,320 --> 00:14:35,400 Rain, rain day and night. 297 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:38,840 We played to empty houses and lived in mud. 298 00:14:38,840 --> 00:14:43,420 Then came the wind that ripped the canvas and splintered the king pole. 299 00:14:43,420 --> 00:14:44,420 We had to cancel. 300 00:14:44,420 --> 00:14:49,560 We could not move on because a washout had closed the roads to all but emergency traffic 301 00:14:49,560 --> 00:14:52,140 and our wagons could not get through. 302 00:14:52,140 --> 00:14:59,600 This is not good for circus people to sit and wait. 303 00:14:59,600 --> 00:15:03,120 Allow me to remind you again, Princess Olga, it was your trick. 304 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:04,120 You draw. 305 00:15:04,120 --> 00:15:06,120 Oh, oh yeah. 306 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:11,840 Roger, for goodness sake, stop that drumming with your fingers. 307 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:13,360 Sorry. 308 00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:15,120 And what is that, please? 309 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:16,120 My melt. 310 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:18,280 You melt before you draw. 311 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:20,080 You have already drawn a card. 312 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:23,120 Rodolfo Gallardo, I have had enough of your susanus. 313 00:15:23,120 --> 00:15:28,040 I have been playing pinnacle for twice as many years as you have been born now. 314 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:29,040 Mind your manners. 315 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:30,040 I am sorry. 316 00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:31,040 I should hope so. 317 00:15:31,040 --> 00:15:32,040 Forget the cards. 318 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:35,040 I will make us some tea. 319 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:39,640 I visited the stables this morning. 320 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:42,760 My horses are as ill-tempered as the rest of us. 321 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:44,400 Ah, it is this waiting... 322 00:15:44,400 --> 00:15:47,880 This circus must move to breathe free. 323 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:53,800 I will have tea ready soon. 324 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:54,800 Roger. 325 00:15:54,800 --> 00:15:55,800 Yes? 326 00:15:55,800 --> 00:16:04,160 I have known you since you were born and your parents before you. 327 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:05,760 Nicky too. 328 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:07,760 I was on the show. 329 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:12,200 I remember so well. 330 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:14,600 I was ready for my turn. 331 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:18,240 Waiting in the tunnel. 332 00:16:18,240 --> 00:16:21,080 That night the panther... 333 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:29,200 Well, anyway, I am not just a meddlesome old woman. 334 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:31,080 Is it true what I hear? 335 00:16:31,080 --> 00:16:32,080 What is that? 336 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:35,120 That Nicky is running with that woman and drinking. 337 00:16:35,120 --> 00:16:37,240 A flier does not drink during season. 338 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:43,440 They are saying that Nicky goes into the towns with that woman and comes back drunk. 339 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:44,440 You didn't, no? 340 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:45,440 No. 341 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:48,720 No, I guess Nicky has not had much time for me lately. 342 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:49,720 No, that woman. 343 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:50,720 She is bad. 344 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:51,720 The feather? 345 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:52,720 That genicum lately. 346 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:53,720 She doesn't belong. 347 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:54,720 She is not certain. 348 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:56,440 She is a good flier. 349 00:16:56,440 --> 00:16:59,320 She is a perfect machine. 350 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:04,560 The precision of her movements is like a mathematical truth, but there is something missing. 351 00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:05,560 What, heart? 352 00:17:05,560 --> 00:17:06,560 Heart? 353 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:07,560 She has no heart. 354 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:08,560 She is beautiful. 355 00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:09,560 Ah! 356 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:10,560 Well, all right. 357 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:11,560 So she is. 358 00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:12,560 This is no reason for Nicky to lose his head. 359 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:13,560 Let him have his fun. 360 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:14,560 He is a beautiful man. 361 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:15,560 Yes, he is. 362 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:21,000 But drinking at late hours is not for a flier, not during season. 363 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:22,560 I will talk to him. 364 00:17:22,560 --> 00:17:24,560 Do that, Rudy. 365 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:38,520 I don't want to meddle, but do that. 366 00:17:38,520 --> 00:17:40,120 I have been looking for you, Nicky. 367 00:17:40,120 --> 00:17:41,280 What are you doing? 368 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:43,040 I had some money locked in my trunk. 369 00:17:43,040 --> 00:17:44,040 I wanted to get it. 370 00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:45,040 I'm going into town. 371 00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:48,680 Whitey has permission to take a truck through to get supplies. 372 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:49,680 I'm going with him. 373 00:17:49,680 --> 00:17:51,920 This waiting is driving me crazy. 374 00:17:51,920 --> 00:17:53,920 Are you taking Feather? 375 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:55,080 No. 376 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:57,600 What difference would it make if I was? 377 00:17:57,600 --> 00:17:59,600 No difference, I guess. 378 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:02,960 Rudy, why don't you try minding your own business? 379 00:18:02,960 --> 00:18:03,960 What do you mean? 380 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:06,480 You're always clucking around like an old mother hen. 381 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:07,480 No, I am not. 382 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:09,520 I have hardly talked to you lately. 383 00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:11,200 The way you look at me, I don't like it. 384 00:18:11,200 --> 00:18:12,960 What are you saying, Nicky? 385 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:17,240 I haven't seen enough of you to even know if what they are saying is true. 386 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:19,360 They are saying? 387 00:18:19,360 --> 00:18:21,080 Tell me, what is it that they are saying? 388 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:22,720 That you have been drinking. 389 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:24,440 Is it true? 390 00:18:24,440 --> 00:18:25,440 Is it true? 391 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:26,440 I am not a child, Rudy. 392 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:28,760 They say you take Feather into town and that you come back drunk. 393 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:29,760 That's it. 394 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:30,760 You are jealous. 395 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:31,760 No, I am not. 396 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:32,760 You are. 397 00:18:32,760 --> 00:18:34,640 You're jealous because Feather prefers me. 398 00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:36,120 That is not what counts now. 399 00:18:36,120 --> 00:18:38,080 A flyer does not drink during the season. 400 00:18:38,080 --> 00:18:39,280 I do my act, do I not? 401 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:40,280 I'm good. 402 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:41,280 The triple? 403 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:42,280 I'm as good as Codona, you say so yourself. 404 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:45,880 You are splendid, Nicky, but you can't afford one mistake. 405 00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:46,880 You make me sick. 406 00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:47,880 I know you, Rudy. 407 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:49,160 You are jealous of that too. 408 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:50,160 What? 409 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:52,120 That I am the flyer while you hang in the catch trap. 410 00:18:52,120 --> 00:18:55,040 Yes, you are gayado, but the applause is for me, huh? 411 00:18:55,040 --> 00:18:56,040 Oh no, Nicky. 412 00:18:56,040 --> 00:18:57,040 Come on, be honest, Rudy. 413 00:18:57,040 --> 00:18:58,040 You hate me. 414 00:18:58,040 --> 00:18:59,040 Nicky, no. 415 00:18:59,040 --> 00:19:00,040 Oh no. 416 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:01,040 Hi. 417 00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:04,600 Oh, I've got to have somebody to talk to. 418 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:07,880 I don't know how you boys feel about it, but if we don't move out of this soggy dump pretty 419 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:09,320 soon I'm going nuts. 420 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:10,320 Hello, Feather. 421 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:12,480 Hey, Nicky, you're all dressed up. 422 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:13,480 Where are you going? 423 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:14,480 Into town. 424 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:15,480 Whitey's taking a truck in. 425 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:16,480 Take me with you? 426 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:17,480 I'm afraid I can't. 427 00:19:17,480 --> 00:19:18,480 Oh, please, Nicky. 428 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:19,480 I want to get away from this place. 429 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:20,480 It's not possible. 430 00:19:20,480 --> 00:19:21,480 Nicky, please. 431 00:19:21,480 --> 00:19:22,480 No. 432 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:23,480 Nicky. 433 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:27,560 Well, how do you like that? 434 00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:31,040 Feather, your clothes, they are wet. 435 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:32,380 What else? 436 00:19:32,380 --> 00:19:34,480 In case you'd like to know, it's raining. 437 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:37,720 Look at these shoes, soaked. 438 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:38,720 No. 439 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:39,720 What's the matter? 440 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:40,720 Your shoes. 441 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:41,720 Well? 442 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:42,720 On the makeup shelf. 443 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:43,720 So? 444 00:19:43,720 --> 00:19:44,720 Take them off. 445 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:45,720 What? 446 00:19:45,720 --> 00:19:46,720 Take them off! 447 00:19:46,720 --> 00:19:48,080 Rudy, what's eating you? 448 00:19:48,080 --> 00:19:49,640 It is bad luck. 449 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:52,720 Oh, I think this rain's driving everybody nuts. 450 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:55,440 In a tent, show shoes on the makeup shelf bring bad luck. 451 00:19:55,440 --> 00:19:56,960 All circus people know that. 452 00:19:56,960 --> 00:20:01,040 Honestly, if that isn't the silliest thing I ever heard, you circus people. 453 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:02,040 Never mind, Feather. 454 00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:03,040 Forget it. 455 00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:04,040 Oh, Rudy. 456 00:20:04,040 --> 00:20:05,040 You're cute. 457 00:20:05,040 --> 00:20:12,520 Why don't you come over to my wagon and keep me company? 458 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:14,600 I have some wine. 459 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:15,600 Thank you, Feather. 460 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:16,600 I do not drink. 461 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:17,600 That's all right. 462 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:19,600 Come and keep me company anyway. 463 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:21,600 I don't want to be alone. 464 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:22,800 This rain. 465 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:24,520 I would like that. 466 00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:25,720 Oh, wait. 467 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:26,720 My shoes. 468 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:27,720 Here. 469 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:30,560 Here, let me help you. 470 00:20:30,560 --> 00:20:32,560 What's the matter, Rudy? 471 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:33,560 Matter? 472 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:35,240 You're shaking. 473 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:36,240 What? 474 00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:37,240 Why, I... 475 00:20:37,240 --> 00:20:38,240 Okay, Rudy. 476 00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:39,240 Well, come on. 477 00:20:39,240 --> 00:20:51,280 I don't think I'd like that nifty going off like that without me. 478 00:20:51,280 --> 00:20:58,320 There, now. 479 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:04,560 That little wine didn't hurt you, did it? 480 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:05,560 Now we'll have one together. 481 00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:06,560 Here, let me fill your glass. 482 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:07,560 No, no, no. 483 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:08,560 I don't think so, Feather. 484 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:09,560 No more. 485 00:21:09,560 --> 00:21:10,560 Don't be silly. 486 00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:18,840 I feel much better since I got those wet clothes off and into something comfortable. 487 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:19,840 Come on, Rudy. 488 00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:20,840 We'll drink a toast. 489 00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:21,840 To us. 490 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:22,840 To us? 491 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:25,840 To you and to me? 492 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:26,840 Feather. 493 00:21:26,840 --> 00:21:30,480 Rudy, for heaven's sakes, quit mooning at me like that. 494 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:31,480 Don't. 495 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:34,000 Do not make fun of me. 496 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:35,000 I love you. 497 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:36,000 Oh, Rudy. 498 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:38,720 Please, Feather. 499 00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:42,480 I love you, but you are Nicky's girl. 500 00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:43,480 Nick? 501 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:47,720 Say, who does he think he is going off like that without me? 502 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:49,920 I would never leave you. 503 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:52,760 No, I guess you wouldn't. 504 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:57,120 But Nicky leaves and then you are here with me. 505 00:21:57,120 --> 00:21:59,520 He can't get away with that stuff with me. 506 00:21:59,520 --> 00:22:02,760 Without Nicky, there would be you and me. 507 00:22:02,760 --> 00:22:04,960 I ought to show him a thing or two. 508 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:05,960 No, Nicky. 509 00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:06,960 Who does he think he is anyway? 510 00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:08,760 Just us. 511 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:09,760 More wine. 512 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:10,760 Who does he think he is? 513 00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:11,760 Feather? 514 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:12,760 Feather? 515 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:13,760 Huh? 516 00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:14,760 What? 517 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:15,760 More wine. 518 00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:18,640 I want to drink again. 519 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:19,640 To us. 520 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:20,640 You are right. 521 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:23,560 You aren't used to this stuff, are you, Rudy? 522 00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:24,560 It is nice. 523 00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:25,560 Yeah. 524 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:31,360 It is nice to be warm inside and happy with us. 525 00:22:31,360 --> 00:22:32,360 No, Nicky. 526 00:22:32,360 --> 00:22:33,360 Just us. 527 00:22:33,360 --> 00:22:34,360 Not Nicky. 528 00:22:34,360 --> 00:22:38,880 To you, my beautiful panther. 529 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:39,880 What? 530 00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:42,760 You are beautiful like the panther is beautiful. 531 00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:45,920 Well, I've been called a lot of things. 532 00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:48,200 Yellow eyes like the panther. 533 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:49,200 You're tight. 534 00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:50,200 What? 535 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:51,200 You're drunk. 536 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:52,200 Is that it? 537 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:53,200 It is nice. 538 00:22:53,200 --> 00:22:58,400 Oh, Rudy, you're cute. 539 00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:01,800 I have not known much happiness such as this. 540 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:06,160 To sit comfortably with a woman as lovely as you. 541 00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:09,040 To be warm inside. 542 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:10,040 It's good. 543 00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:11,040 It is very pleasant. 544 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:12,040 Hey, Feather. 545 00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:14,600 If you can be ready in three minutes, you can go into town. 546 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:16,560 We'll be down by the cook tent. 547 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:17,560 Three minutes now. 548 00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:18,560 We don't wait. 549 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:19,560 Nicky. 550 00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:20,560 What? 551 00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:21,560 You aren't going with him. 552 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:33,120 Of course I'm going with him, you clown. 553 00:23:33,120 --> 00:23:34,660 The storm passed. 554 00:23:34,660 --> 00:23:36,360 The roads cleared. 555 00:23:36,360 --> 00:23:40,440 And we moved on to the next town and the next and the next. 556 00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:48,080 And always with me was the memory of the warmth and pleasantness of that moment with the woman. 557 00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:51,440 The cruel and beautiful woman. 558 00:23:51,440 --> 00:24:00,240 And the knowing that as long as there was Nicky, this... this could not be for me. 559 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:07,400 Until finally this night when I knew Nicky must die. 560 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:10,600 We passed the signal to time the passing leap. 561 00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:16,760 Feather reached for the fly bar and I locked in the uprights ready for the catch. 562 00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:21,680 Feather, then Nicky, then Feather, then Nicky. 563 00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:23,080 Feather, Nicky. 564 00:24:23,080 --> 00:24:26,120 Faster, faster, Feather, Nicky. 565 00:24:26,120 --> 00:24:28,920 Like a juggler, like a crazy juggling act. 566 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:29,920 Feather, Nicky. 567 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:31,920 But wait, something was wrong. 568 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:35,000 Feather, Nicky, it was Nicky. 569 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:36,000 His timing was off. 570 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:37,000 Nicky! 571 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:40,640 He came in too fast at the end of his swing. 572 00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:43,960 I felt that my arms were tearing out but I held. 573 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:50,120 And in that second I knew Nicky, my brother, my friend, I could not hear Nicky. 574 00:24:50,120 --> 00:24:53,320 What madness had been on me it was that woman. 575 00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:54,320 She did not belong. 576 00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:55,320 She was not Circus Feather. 577 00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:56,320 Nicky, Nicky was taking too much lift. 578 00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:57,320 He was going to... 579 00:24:57,320 --> 00:25:26,240 Ladies and gentlemen, Hansa, direct from the continent of Europe, with her unequaled, 580 00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:43,320 unique question, Interloaf. 581 00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:45,800 That is how it happened. 582 00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:47,960 We were off rhythm. 583 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:50,080 Nicky took too much lift. 584 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:54,920 He came in high and crashed me. 585 00:25:54,920 --> 00:26:02,320 In the circus for over 100 years there have been Gallardos. 586 00:26:02,320 --> 00:26:11,600 I am the first Gallardo to tend the cats, the lions, the tigers, the panther. 587 00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:14,560 I find it pleasant enough. 588 00:26:14,560 --> 00:26:20,600 But of course I often think how fine it would be to climb the ladder, to take my place in 589 00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:27,680 the catch trap, wait for the signal, lock in the uprights and get ready for the catch. 590 00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:31,480 Perhaps even in the big show with Nicky and Feather. 591 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:35,400 Now there is nothing but to watch them. 592 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:40,800 And this brace, I must wear this brace for always. 593 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:44,860 Since that night Nicky crashed me and I fell. 594 00:26:44,860 --> 00:26:49,160 I no longer have the shoulders for catching. 595 00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:53,920 There, that is life. 596 00:26:53,920 --> 00:27:01,160 Things happen. 597 00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:13,920 Suspense. 598 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:19,880 In which Victor Perrin starred with Tony Barrett in tonight's presentation of Gallardo. 599 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:25,360 Next week we bring you the story of a day in the life of a woman who awaits an execution. 600 00:27:25,360 --> 00:27:27,880 We call it the murderous. 601 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:43,880 That's next week on Suspense. 602 00:27:43,880 --> 00:28:04,240 Tomorrow night over most of these same stations the FBI in Peace and War takes you along when 603 00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:06,520 they crack open another crime case. 604 00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:10,520 And though you're just an innocent bystander, you'll be in on every single thrill in this 605 00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:14,760 fast moving demonstration of the law in action. 606 00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:20,960 Don't miss the excitement as the FBI in Peace and War goes out to get its man at this time 607 00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:23,120 tomorrow night. 608 00:28:23,120 --> 00:28:27,960 Stay tuned for five minutes of CBS News to be followed on most of these same stations 609 00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:35,480 by the Jack Carson Show. 610 00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:59,000 Thursday nights there's action in the 21st precinct on the CBS Radio Network. 611 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:18,980 6