The Three Ghosts

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The Shadow.
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Five, six, seven, eight, nine. This is the hour, my dear.
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I can't stand it, I tell you. Always at nine
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o'clock it comes. But if I hear that horrible thing again.
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I'll go crazy. Oh, this awful house. But it's quiet,
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my dear. Way out in the country like this, I
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can install my laboratory here as soon as I get
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around to it. As for these strange sounds, well, haunted
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houses have always fascinated me. I've always wanted to meet
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a ghost, shake hands with him, invite him to tea.
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Stop talking like that. It's serious.
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Oh, I've tried to stand it for your sake, Arthur.
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But I don't know how much longer. My heart isn't.
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Strong and I.
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Hear it? But that's only the wind, isn't it?
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No.
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It always starts like that. You know it does. Don't move. Listen.
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Arthur, it's coming.
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It's coming.
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It's coming.
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Arthur.
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Ghost, eh? Well, we'll see. I'll meet him this time.
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I'll meet him halfway, too. Stop! Stop! Come. We'll both
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meet him. Give me your hand.
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No!
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Carolyn. Carolyn, it's stopped. Can't you hear me? Goodness me.
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Has the shock killed her? No, her heart still beats.
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She's only fainted again. Just part of.
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It.
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Turn the next corner, Lamont. It's that big house there
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on the hill.
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May I ask, Margo, the reason for this late call
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on Carolyn's knee?
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To know what's the matter with the poor woman. I
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got an awful shock when I saw her in town
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last week. She looks positively haggard. I never saw such
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a change come over a person.
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Married life may not agree with her. She was a
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spinster for close to 40 years, wasn't she?
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I know, but I think she was foolish. Carolyn has
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nearly a million dollars in her own name. She didn't
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have to marry.
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Yes, but right now I'm not the shadow.
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Remember.
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I'm just your patient chauffeur, darling. Lamont Cranston in need
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of a rest from my famous mystery man role. That
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large adventure took a lot out of me, you know. Well,
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a marriage problem is hardly.
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Seriously, though.
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Nobody knows anything about this man she married. He came
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into town six months ago, met Carolyn in some accidental
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manner at the county fair and proceeded to rush her
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off her feet. I've met him only once, but I
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don't like his looks.
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Hmm.
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Something sinister, I gather. Hence the shadow idea. Well, who
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is he, anyway?
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Professor Arthur Sneed, I believe he calls himself.
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He has a small office in town where he's supposed
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to be working on inventions or something.
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Well, here we are. Hmm.
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Usually pretty level-headed, Margot, but don't let your aversion for
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this man we're seeing be too apparent. Hmm. Dreary place,
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isn't it?
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I don't see any bell. I guess you're supposed to
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use the knocker. Here he comes. Well, who is... Oh,
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it's you, Miss Lane. Yes. Good evening, Professor Sneed. I
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hope we aren't too late. Too late? Too late for what? Why,
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I phoned Carolyn that we'd drop in just to say hello. Well,
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she didn't tell me. Carolyn isn't feeling well at the moment.
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I'm sorry. Good night.
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Oh, but please, I only want to see her for
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a moment. That is, unless it's something really serious.
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Well, it isn't as serious as she pretends to think
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it is, but.
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Well, come in. Thank you. This is my friend Lamont Cranston.
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Come in. I'm very happy to see Mr. Cranston. I've
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heard a lot about him.
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How do you do?
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You say Carolyn is ill? She didn't mention it when I...
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It came on suddenly. She's been in a nervous condition lately,
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but it's mostly imaginary. I made her go to bed. Well,
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would it be all right if I saw her? I
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suppose so. Go on up, if you like. Well, thanks.
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I'll only be a few minutes, Lamont. What seems to.
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Be the trouble with your wife, Professor Smeed?
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She's run down, I guess. Frightfully nervous. She has some
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absurd notion that this place is, well, haunted. Haunted? It's
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only the wind, of course, and the creaking of an
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old house. Ghosts. She keeps talking about ghosts. And I
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can't persuade her that there are no such things.
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Of course, old houses have a habit of getting themselves haunted, Professor.
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As for myself, I'm not so sure there aren't such
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things as.
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But surely, Mr. Cranston... Oh, not the.
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Conventional sort, perhaps, but... I mean people's spirits. Souls, whatever
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you want to call them. Haunting the places where they've
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been unhappy. Very interesting, I'm sure.
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But a lot of tosh. I put no stock in it.
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No? I'm just noticing that rather rare book on the table, Professor.
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Neurosis of death.
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What?
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If you're interested in that, I'm sure you must be
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interested in ghosts. I understand its morbid analysis of the
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factors of violent death are quite interesting.
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What do you know about it?
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Oh, I read all sorts of things, Professor.
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Professor Sneed. Oh, yes, Miss Lane? Carolyn wants her sedative. Oh, yes, yes.
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I'll go up and give it to her. Did you
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find her comfortable, Miss Lane? I think Carolyn is seriously ill. Yes,
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but more nerves than anything. Excuse me just a moment,
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would you? Lamont, there's something wrong here. I don't know
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what it is, but it's something terrible. What's the matter
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with Carolyn?
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Well, she hardly recognized me, and she talks like one
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in a trance, as though she were in the grip
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of some deadly fear. When I suggested sending the doctor over,
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she shook her head, but I'm going to just the same.
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I can't help feeling it's that man, her husband.
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Yes, he isn't very pleasant, is he? His skin has
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an odd color. You see it on men who've spent
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some time in prison. There are many little traits of
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his behavior that interest me as a psychologist. A remarkable man.
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But you don't mean... I don't know.
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But I think we'll investigate this more or less formally, Margo.
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I'll visit the professor tomorrow at his office in town.
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If there are ghosts involved here, perhaps the shadow can
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bring them to light. Hmm.
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Hello? Yes, Carolyn. Well, don't worry, my dear. I'll leave
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the office here at five and I'll be home before six. Yes. Yes,
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I understand. Goodbye, dear. Well, who is it? Is that you,
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Miss White? Who's opening that door?
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Don't get up, Professor. I'll close it after me.
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What?
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I thought I might find you in.
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Who said that? Who are you?
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Your conscience speaking, Professor. Or have you a conscience?
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I'll show you what I've got.
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Don't excite yourself. I'm only a voice. A voice they call... Professor,
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have you ever heard of the shadow.
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The shadow.
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Yes. You seem to have heard of me.
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What do you want?
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I've come to warn you, Sneed.
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Warn me? Warn me about what?
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I know what you're doing. What? And I know how
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it's going to end. The end is death.
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Death?
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I have something here I'll toss in your lap.
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There.
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Do you hear it?
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Why, you... Get out of here, I tell you.
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See it? Look. It's half of a playing card. The
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ace of spades. When you find the other half, that
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will be the end. Get out, then.
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Leave me alone.
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All right, Sneed, I'll go, but don't forget. The shadow knows.
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The shadow knows.
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Trying to frighten me with his tricks. Oh, coming back,
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are you? Oh, it's you, Miss White. There are two
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gentlemen here to see you, Professor Sneed. Two gentlemen? Well,
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I'm not expecting... I guess you may remember us, Professor Sneed. Spike.
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Your old friend Spike Collins and Mr. Wilson here.
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Yes, yes, of course.
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Please take those circulars on your desk, Miss White, and
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mail them at the post office right away. Yes, sir.
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Lock that door, all right? Okay. And what are you
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staring at, Sneed? We ain't ghosts. I thought you two
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were doing a stretch at Leavenworth. Yeah, we were. But
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we framed a getaway.
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And now we come to see an old pal.
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Now listen, Spike. I'd help you if I could, but.
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Nuts.
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We've been watching you and we know your game. We
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ain't got no time to stall. This old dame you
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married has got plenty of... I don't know what you're
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driving at. Well, you'll know if.
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We squawk about that dame you married out in Idaho
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that croaked without anybody knowing what was the matter with her.
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Cards on the table, Sneed. Has this one signed her
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money over to you?
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Yes.
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She fixed her will in my favor. Well, what are
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you doing to get it? Well, she has a weak
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heart and... I know.
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Playing ghost and scaring her to death, eh? That's too slow, Sneed.
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I got a better scheme. We break into the house.
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Stage of burglary, see? In a scuffle, the old dame
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gets shot.
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Dead. It's quick.
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No, no.
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You can't do that.
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No?
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You'll see.
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Spike Collins. Spike Collins. Wake up. Spike Collins.
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What?
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Who's that? Just a voice, Collins. The voice of your
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own thoughts coming to warn you. No one but you
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can hear me. Your friend Sneed is going to double-cross
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you tonight. Sneed is going to double-cross you. It's your move.
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Be there to prevent him. Be there in time. Six o'clock.
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Be there.
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The Shadow will return in just a few moments. While
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we're waiting, ladies and gentlemen, I want to tell you
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about the ever-increasing popularity of blue coal, America's finest anthracite.
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Blue coal is winning new friends every day among New
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England housewives. They not only like the superior heat of
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blue coal, but they find that it simplifies housekeeping. This
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is because blue coal is so clean. It burns completely
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and does not send any particles of unburned carbon through
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the house to be deposited on furniture or woodwork. The
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drudgery of daily cleaning is reduced to a minimum with
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this clean fuel. Blue coal is the largest single brand
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of solid fuel prepared especially for home use. Each car
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is laboratory tested at the mines for purity and size
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before shipment. Blue coal is Pennsylvania's finest anthracite. So that
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you can personally identify this excellent fuel, it is actually
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colored blue at the mines.
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Order it by name.
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You will find the name of your nearest blue coal
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dealer listed in the where to buy it section of
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your classified telephone directory under the name blue coal.
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Are you comfortable in that chair, Carolyn? Yes, thank you, Margaret, dear.
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And I do appreciate your coming out here and staying
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with me.
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Oh, I'm glad to do it. But it's six o'clock.
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Your husband ought to be coming home pretty soon, shouldn't he?
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He phoned just before you got here and said he
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was starting. He seemed very agitated. Oh, he's a strange,
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unaccountable man sometimes. There are things about him I don't
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seem to understand.
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Yes, I know, dear. He has the car, I suppose? Yes,
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he's driving. He's probably on his way now. I've got
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to think. I've got to think of something. I know.
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We leave town.
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You're driving rather reckless with me.
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You again.
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I'm going to haunt you. Try to forget that I'm
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here in the rear seat. If it annoys you, no,
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don't look under the seat.
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If I could only see you, get my hands on you,
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I'd show you how much it annoys me.
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Shut up. I'm the voice of your conscience, Mead. Perhaps
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you have a conscience. After all.
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I could choke that voice down your throat without any
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trouble to my conscience.
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If you only had the power of second sight... That's
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an invaluable gift, Sneed, being able to see things that
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other men can't. Some people call it mental telepathy. Some
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by other names. Remember, I can see the pictures you
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make in your mind. I told you about that.
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You can warn all you like. That's not evidence. Not
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in court. A lot of wild guesses that don't mean anything.
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Well, doesn't it frighten you a little, Sneed? I simply will.
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You not to see me. And you don't.
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Careful.
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There's a truck coming down the road. Let her sound
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your horn.
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Good Lord, the fool's taking up the whole road.
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It's going to hit you.
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Look out. Oh. Gone? There wasn't any truck there.
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No. I willed you to see it. And you saw it.
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No truck at all. Just hypnotism. Gosh, I'm having hallucinations.
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But that's the way to dispel hallucinations. Drive straight through them.
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Be careful. We're near your house. On this old mill road,
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it's tricky. What about it? Look, Sneed. There's a man
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in the road ahead of you.
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There is, eh? Really?
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Why, it looks like one of your two pals that
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called on you today. I knew he would be here, Sneed.
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Really?
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You're going to hit him if you don't watch out.
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More of your hallucinations. You think that I'll believe you again,
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don't you? Well, I won't. Look out!
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Ah!
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I hate him.
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This time, it was no hallucinations, Sneed. He was in
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front of you. Arnie Saban! Morning, Draven.
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It's convict Spike Collins found dead last night on the
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Old Mill Road.
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Spike Collins, wanted by the police, found dead.
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Here, son. I'll take one.
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Here you are, sir.
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What's it all about, Lamont? Found dead on Old Mill Road.
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But that's up at the same place.
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Yes, yes, I believe it is. Notorious criminal struck by
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automobile and killed. He was certainly struck by... automobile.
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I wonder if Snead knew anything about it. He acted
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very strange when he got home last night.
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Strange?
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In what way?
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Well, he was pale and shaky, and he hardly seemed
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to know I was there. He told Carolyn that he'd
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had a message from out of town, and they'd have.
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To pack and leave. Oh, did he say when?
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They thought they could get their trunks and things ready
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by this afternoon sometime. You're not going to let Carolyn
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go with him, Lamont?
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Not if I can help it.
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Let's see... Well, after nine, I imagine Commissioner Weston is
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rather startled by the morning's news. I think I'll have
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a word with Commissioner Weston.
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Commissioner Weston, they're sending Colin's body into the morgue.
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You went out there this morning and checked all the details, Captain?
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Yes, sir, I did.
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And whoever hit him certainly smashed him up good.
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His face was all out of shape and couldn't recognize him.
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But we found these in his pocket.
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Now, let's see.
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Letter from his girl out west, looks like.
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Insurance policy.
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Hmm.
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Library card of Leavenworth Penitentiary.
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And this ring, sir, that Collins always wore, with the figure.
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Eight on it.
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Oh, yes. Well, it's a good job done, whoever did it.
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Tag that stuff and file it.
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Yes, sir. Let me know when the wagon gets here.
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Yes, sir.
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Police Department.
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Commissioner Weston speaking.
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Good morning, Commissioner. This is your good friend, the Shadow.
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Oh, yes. Well, what the blazes do you want?
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To be of a little assistance, as usual.
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Yes, I see. I'm getting tired of this rigmarole, though
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heaven knows things happen when you phone. And what's the
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assistance today?
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Why didn't you investigate the ghost that haunts Sneed House, Commissioner,
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on the Old Mill Road? Well, you missed up on
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that one, Mr. Shadow. I don't put much stock in ghosts.
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But we went out there and checked up.
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Searched the house.
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There's no evidence.
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No.
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Go again today, Commissioner. And this time, I think you'll
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get your evidence.
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Is that the last trunk, Arthur?
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Yes.
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The expressman won't be here until four. Another hour yet.
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Why don't you go up and lie down a while, Caroline, hmm? Yes,
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I will. Try to sleep a little now that it's daylight.
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You told the milkman we wanted to pay him. He's
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coming back before we leave. Good. Well, that must be
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him now at the back door. Get back. Get back.
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What's the matter, Sneed? Did you get seen a ghost? Stop.
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Don't come near me.
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Nuts.
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Snap out of it, will you? This is me, Spike Collins.
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You?
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Alive?
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It wasn't me you hit with your car last night
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on that back road. I guess you wish it had been, huh? Who?
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Who was it then?
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It was Rat Wilson. Fool got a half pickle trying
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to get up his nerve for the job. Staggered out
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on the road before I could stop.
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Him and wham. It was all over. Wilson, eh?
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So there was my chance, see? Him and me about
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the same size, his face and hands all smashed flat.
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I put my stuff in his pockets, my ring on
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what was left of his finger.
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There I was, dead.
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And all that time you was giving me the double-cross.
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And maybe I am a ghost, but I can still
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deal with you, Sneed.
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Who is it, Arthur? Just a minute, Carolyn. Now listen, Spiker.
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There's only one way to see this thing through. You
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and I have got to stick together. The shadow is
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after us both. We've got to get out together. Away
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from this shadow. Don't kid me anymore about the shadow.
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You see this cat?
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I'm here on business and I'm going through with it.
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Put the old lady out of her misery. Good Lord.
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What's the matter? There.
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On the table. than put a torn playing card. He
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ate the spades, or half of it. You've got to
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stop it, Spike. You've got to stop it. Arthur, what's
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the matter? Who's this man? Carolyn, this is a friend
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of mine. A friend? Sure, a friend. But I don't understand.
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The pistol.
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Yeah, that's my way of doing business, lady. Your husband
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does it different. He's been scaring you to death, ain't he?
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Making you think the place was haunted. You know how
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he always does it?
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Stop it, Spike. He used to be like Twishes.
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He rigs up a sort of electric sound box with
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a remote control switch. He usually puts the switch over
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here by the door.
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Yeah, here it is. What's it all about, Arthur? The
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Ace of Spades. The end. Death. When he turns the switch,
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you hear the ghost dance. All you have to do
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is turn this knob. That's the way it works, lady.
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But I hear it. Arthur, I hear it. Turn that
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thing off, you idiot. What? I haven't turned it on.
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You haven't. Then what's making those sounds?
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I am.
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What's that?
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It's him.
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He's come. A shadow.
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A shadow. I am coming up these cellar stairs. I
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will enter and stand beside you.
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Where is he? Stand back or I'll shoot.
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When I enter, I will touch one of you on
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the shoulder.
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Stop him.
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Stop him. And that one... We'll die.
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Mr.
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Cops, come here, Steve.
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It's a plant.
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You called in the cops.
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No, don't shoot, Spike.
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The trigger's up.
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You're going to have to pull it. I was going
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to give you a wipe, you double-crossing skunk.
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You killed him. Come on.
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Go through that side room, boys.
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Stick him up. I've got him. I'll stand still around.
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Break your arm.
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Now, hand over that gat.
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All right.
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I'm through. You win. Spike Collins. Spike Collins? I thought
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he was... I thought you... Say, what is this?
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Who was that guy that got killed over here last night?
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Come clean, Collins. Whoever it was.
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I didn't do it.
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Who's that? Where are you?
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Don't be alarmed. I am here behind you in the shadow.
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Oh. So you're here, shadow, eh?
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Maybe you know who got killed here last night. The
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man killed last night, Commissioner, is a ghost. Oh, yeah?
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There are now two ghosts in this little adventure.
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Mr.
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Collins will probably make the third. You really should believe
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in ghosts now, Commissioner. And in shadows.
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And now, before today's adventure with the shadow comes to
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a close, John Barkley, Blue Coal's own heating expert, is
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here to give us another of his practical talks on
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automatic heating. Ladies and gentlemen, Mr.
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Barkley.
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Good evening, friends. In warmer Sunday night talks of mine,
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I've shown you the importance of having the temperature of
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the home properly controlled with the Blue Coal automatic heat regulator.
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That is, in terms of health and convenience. Now, tonight
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I'm going to give a third important reason for automatic heating, economy.
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Most societies will tell you that the proper degree of
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heat in the home is 70 degrees. Naturally, you can't
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by hand keep your fire from giving off more than
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70 degrees of heat, but the blue coal automatic heat
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regulator can and does. But here's how that saves you
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actual fuel dollars. Heating engineers have discovered that for every
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degree you raise the temperature above the desired 70 degrees,
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your fuel goes up in cost one and one-half percent.
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So you see, friends, by automatically shutting off that heat,
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that extra wasteful unhealthy heat, heat regulator automatically saves on
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fuel costs. Why not investigate this blue coal heat regulator further?
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Ask your local blue coal dealer.
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To give you a demonstration.
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The cost is.
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Only $ 18. 95 plus a small charge for installation. You'll find
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it well worth every cent of that and more. Moreover,
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if you have any heating problems, discuss these also. with
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your blue coal dealer. He is the best informed heating
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authority in your community and assisted by his John Barkley
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trained serviceman can, I'm sure, help you save money and
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have a more comfortable home this winter. This service is free.
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It costs you nothing. Thank you.
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The shadow adventure you have just heard is copyrighted by
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The Shadow Magazine. The characters in this story are entirely fictitious.
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Any similarity to a person's living or dead is purely coincidental.
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The weed of crime bears bitter fruit. Crime does not pay.
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The shadow knows.
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Extra!
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Extra! Hear all about it!
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Next week, same time.
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Same station. The Shadow's latest adventure.
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Extra!
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