(94) Escape - The Sure Thing - (Anthony Ross)

Summary

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Podcast Summary: Harold's Old Time Radio

Episode 94: Escape – "The Sure Thing" (Anthony Ross)

Air Date: August 12, 2026
Podcast Host: Harold's Old Time Radio (This episode is a rebroadcast of a 1950s radio drama; no host commentary is present during the dramatization.)

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Overview

This episode presents a classic suspense radio drama from the Escape series, titled "The Sure Thing." Set on a schooner sailing the Caribbean, the story revolves around a shipboard accident, a suspicious gunshot wound, and a tangled web of greed and deception among a small group of characters. As a physician answers a distress call, he becomes embroiled in a murder plot centered on a hidden $2 million fortune and learns that trust can be as dangerous as the sea.

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Key Discussion Points & Story Breakdown

1. Opening Setup (02:55–03:52)

• Setting: A bank in Havana, where the protagonist waits with a $2 million draft, reflecting back on the events leading him there.
• Narrative Device: The story unfolds in a flashback from this moment.

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2. A Medical Distress Call (03:52–04:55)

• The SS Martina receives an SOS requesting medical aid for an "accident case" aboard the schooner Sidon.
• Quote:
  • "SOS latitude 23 north, longitude 85 west. Accident case on board schooner Siddon en route Havana. Urgently need doctor. Can you board us?" (03:52)

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3. Suspicion from the Start (04:55–06:28)

• The Doctor boards the Sidon and is greeted by Felix, the owner, who is protective of the injured man, Joseph.
• The wound looks suspiciously like a bullet injury, but the man's secretary, Stephanie, insists it was a marlin spike accident.
• Quote:
  • Doctor: "I've dug out too many bullets not to recognize the kind of mess they make." (06:03)

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4. Mounting Dangers Aboard the Boat (07:38–11:05)

• Tensions rise, with Felix and Stephanie acting cagey about what happened.
• Doctor discovers the schooner is not heading for Havana as claimed, but southwest; Felix is caught cleaning his gun in the dark.
• Quote:
  • Felix: "You shouldn't tack, Doctor, when a man's cleaning his gun." (11:05)
  • Doctor: "Cleaning your gun in the dark, in the middle of the night?" (11:08)

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5. Web of Lies and Confessions (13:55–17:35)

• Stephanie admits under duress that Joseph is actually Joseph Ingram, a supposedly dead industrialist who faked his death to escape prosecution and run off with millions.
• She confesses Felix shot Joseph in a fit of anger but now depends on the doctor to keep him alive.
• Quote:
  • Stephanie: "He'd been subpoenaed to have his war contracts investigated. He was guilty as sin ... We got off the plane at Albuquerque to answer a wire. The radio and newspapers obituaried him to death." (15:41–16:20)

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6. Betrayal and Violence (17:35–21:14)

• Doctor’s missing hypodermic needle is used to drug him, orchestrated by Stephanie and Felix in hopes of extracting Joseph’s secret about the money.
• A violent confrontation follows: Felix is thrown overboard and lost at sea during a chaotic struggle for control of the boat.

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7. Double Cross and Climactic Showdown (21:19–23:16)

• With Felix gone, Stephanie tries to recruit the Doctor as her new partner in crime.
• The wounded Joseph staggers onto deck, confesses the hiding place of the $2 million (in the heel of his shoe), and attacks Stephanie. Both fall overboard and perish.
• Quote:
  • Joseph: "In the heel of my shoe, in my cabin, is a draft on the National Bank of Venezuela for $2 million, payable to bearer." (22:44)

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8. A Sure Thing or a Trap? (24:43–27:45)

• The Doctor brings the bearer draft to the Havana bank, contemplating a fresh start ("Venezuela? The choice was simple. There was no risk at all. It was a cinch. A sure thing."). (24:43–24:59)
• Joseph’s wife unexpectedly arrives, accuses the Doctor of murder, and the puzzled Doctor is detained.
• Quote:
  • Mrs. Ingram: "Joseph wasn't on that plane. He boarded the Sidon in Florida. ... Will you call the police? I accuse this man of murdering my husband." (25:52–26:21)

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Notable Quotes & Dramatic Moments

• Felix (regarding ship’s course):
  "That's a woman for you. You can't trust them behind the wheel of a car. And they're no better behind the wheel of a boat." (11:20)
• Stephanie (revealing motives):
  "I saw a chance to go further with Joseph than with any other man." (17:16)
• Doctor (coming to realization):
  "Three people had died over $2 million ... It had looked like a sure thing. I was trapped, not with $2 million, but triple murder. Payable to bearer." (27:33)

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Important Timestamps

• 02:55: Arrival at Havana bank, flashback begins
• 03:52: SOS message received
• 06:03: Doctor identifies bullet wound, not accident
• 11:05–11:18: Discovery of false course and Felix's ominous gun-cleaning
• 15:41–16:20: Stephanie confesses Joseph’s true identity and their escape plot
• 18:55: Doctor is drugged with missing hypodermic
• 21:10: Felix is thrown overboard during struggle
• 22:44: Joseph reveals location of the $2 million draft
• 23:26: Final struggle as Joseph and Stephanie go overboard
• 24:43: Doctor at bank, attempts to cash draft
• 25:52–26:21: Joseph’s wife exposes the true plan, Doctor accused
• 27:33: Doctor’s final reflection on being trapped in a web of murder

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Language & Tone

• The episode’s tone is classic noir: tense, suspicious, and fatalistic, with sharp, clipped dialogue and a sense of impending doom.
• Characters often speak guardedly, with dry wit and fatalistic resignation.
• The narration by the Doctor (protagonist) is reflective, wry, and often bleak.

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Summary

"The Sure Thing" is a tightly-woven tale of greed, betrayal, and mistaken trust, set against the evocative backdrop of Caribbean intrigue. Every character harbors secrets, and as their duplicity is revealed, the Doctor finds himself not only fighting for survival but trapped in a web of suspicion and deadly consequences. The episode closes with an ironic twist: the "sure thing" of a massive payday turns into an inescapable accusation of murder, proving that in matters of greed and crime, there truly is no escape.

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For fans of suspenseful old-time radio, this episode stands out as a fine example of golden-age radio drama’s capacity for tension, intrigue, and dark irony.

Transcript

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[D]

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[B]

This way, senor. Thank you. If you would please wait in here in the President is office. Fine. You understand, senor, I have not the authority to handle the matter myself. Yes, of course, I understand. You see a Bank draft of $2 million. It is a matter of such importance. Senor Jose Perez, the president of the bank, he is the only one. That's perfectly all Right. I'll wait for Senor Perez. Gracias, senor. Gracias. Wait? Yes, I could wait. I'd come this far, I could afford a few more minutes. It was hard to believe just a short while ago I'd been shipped docke on the SS Martina, the gilded ferryboat of the Caribbean. And now. Now I sat back in a comfortable chair and went over the whole thing again in my mind, just the way it happened from the beginning. We had just cleared the straits of Yucatan on our way to havana when the 23 word message came. That started the whole thing.

[C]

That's the Same thing, Doc. SOS latitude 23 north, longitude 85 west. Accident case on board schooner Siddon en route Havana. Urgently need.

[D]

Doctor.

[C]

Can you board us?

[B]

That all? No answer as to the type of injury.

[C]

I don't get it, Doc. She's standing just off to starboard. And they still keep sending the same message. Lifeboat's ready, Doctor.

[B]

Coming.

[C]

Got all your gear?

[B]

All set. Let's go. As we pulled away from our ship, I could just barely make out the schooner ceiling to a wandering current in the growing dusk. She was a 42 footer, and from a high bow she sloped away neatly in a sweeping sheer line to a trim, square stern. The sit. The name seemed to fit her, aloof and aristocratic. As we pulled alongside, a huge, swarthy fellow helped me aboard.

[C]

Watch your step. Easy.

[B]

Thanks. Now, where's the patient?

[C]

He's below. What'd you bring that stretcher for?

[B]

Who are you?

[C]

I'm the owner, Felix Eau Rouge. You can't take him off this boat.

[B]

He's too weak. I'll decide that. Come on, Olson.

[C]

Coming, Doc.

[B]

We went below, and in the forward stateroom I found my patient, an old man, and with him a girl.

[D]

Oh, Doctor, thank heaven you're here. He had an accident. He's terrible. I've been so worried.

[B]

Bad shark pulse. Pretty slow.

[D]

You're not going to take him away, are you?

[C]

No way. No, no. Can't.

[B]

Easy now. Have you enough oil board to reach Havana if the wind doesn't hold?

[D]

Yes, I think so.

[B]

Okay. Olson.

[C]

Yeah, Doc.

[B]

You go on back. This man is in no condition to be moved.

[C]

What about you?

[B]

I'll meet the ship in Havana. We ought to be there sometime tomorrow.

[C]

Yeah, but the skipper.

[B]

I'll take the responsibility.

[C]

Okay, you're the doctor.

[B]

All right, let's have a look here. Easy now. No, no, no. Don't try to talk. How long has he been this way?

[D]

Two days.

[B]

Two days?

[D]

Doctor, the wound. I'm Afraid that.

[B]

Yes, it's badly infected. Who did the surgery on him?

[D]

Surgery?

[B]

Who probed for the bullet?

[D]

Bullet? There was no bullet. He was injured splicing a backstay with a marlin spike.

[B]

He was what?

[D]

You see, he was carrying the marlinspike in his hand. When Felix had to come about, it threw him off balance and he fell.

[B]

I've dug out too many bullets not to recognize the kind of mess they make.

[D]

It was a marlin spike.

[B]

Yes, well, you can yell marlin spike all the way to Havana, but it isn't going to change my report.

[C]

Report? No.

[B]

No bullet. Marlon. Spike. Marlon. Lie back now. This won't hurt. What? What is it? Just a hypodermic.

[C]

No, no, no. No dope. I don't want it.

[B]

But I've got to probe. You can't take it if you're conscious. No anesthetic, Only brandy.

[D]

Doctor, give him the anesthetic.

[B]

Oh, no. You'd like that, wouldn't you? Stephanie?

[D]

You're out of your mind. Joseph. I just want to save you the pain. And the doctor.

[B]

Get in the brandy.

[D]

The doctor?

[B]

It's his body. If that's what he wants, that's the way you'll have it. Now get the brandy. Oh, thank you. And Doctor? Yes? Send Stephanie away. Don't wander around me. She went away, but she didn't like it. And I got to work. For the next couple of hours I was pretty busy. It was well after 10 o' clock when I felt it was safe to leave the old man and go up on deck to catch a smoke. Halfway up the companionway, I ran into Felix on his way down.

[C]

Well, Doc, how's the old boy? Is he gonna kick off?

[B]

I'm sorry to disappear, but I think he's going to be all right.

[C]

You think or do you know?

[B]

I'm only a doctor. I've done everything I can for him. Wait a minute. Where are you going?

[C]

I want to see him. I gotta talk to him.

[B]

I wouldn't advise him.

[C]

Since when are you giving the orders around here?

[B]

Since I came aboard. I don't want him disturbed. He needs to rest.

[C]

Oh. You got any objections if I get myself a cup of coffee?

[B]

No, so long as you stay away from my patient.

[D]

Oh. Oh, I didn't hear you come up.

[B]

You handle the wheel like an old salt.

[D]

Oh, I don't know much about it. I just do what Felix tells me. How's Joseph? You've been down there such a long time. I thought that maybe that he died. That's a horrible thing. To say? Of course not.

[B]

Who is Joseph? Your husband?

[D]

No, I'm his secretary.

[C]

Ah.

[B]

Then this is a business trip.

[D]

In a way. Doctor. What are you getting at?

[B]

Did you shoot him?

[D]

Why would I shoot him and then call for a doctor out here in the middle of the ocean?

[B]

I don't know. And after tomorrow, I won't care. You realize, of course, that my report to the authorities in Havana will be according to my own findings.

[D]

I suppose so. I don't imagine that there is any way of changing your mind, is there? Dr.

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[B]

This is a beautiful schooner. Belong to your boss?

[D]

Yes.

[C]

I wonder.

[B]

Mind if I take the wheel for a while?

[C]

It's been a long time.

[D]

Do you know how to sail?

[B]

Used to, back in Maine.

[D]

All right, go ahead.

[B]

Ah.

[C]

Feels good.

[B]

She sure handles like a dream. Uh huh. Just as I thought.

[D]

What's wrong, Doctor?

[B]

Look at that pinnacle. We're not headed for Havana. We're headed in the opposite direction. The Siddon was racing along with sails full. But she wasn't sailing due east to Havana. The compass said she was sailing southwest, away from Havana, as fast as wind and sail could take her. I laid her on the starboard tack and started to bring her above. The sails bellied out, catching the wind as it shifted across the bow. And then as they started to fill away, the maintenance boom swung over. Just as I ducked to avoid it, I shot my hand. I put up my hand to steady myself against the main boom. And there in the wood, right where my head would have been if I hadn't ducked, was the bullet. Across the deck, silhouette and the light, the companionway stood Felix, polishing his Gun with a handkerchief.

[C]

You shouldn't tack, Doctor, when a man's cleaning his gun.

[B]

Cleaning your gun in the dark, in the middle of the night?

[C]

Yeah, I suppose it is dangerous. I see you don't like our course.

[B]

I was under the impression this craft was bound for Havana.

[C]

That's right, Doc, we are.

[B]

Then why are we sailing southwest?

[C]

Southwest? That's a woman for you. You can't trust the behind the wheel of a car. And they're no better behind the wheel of a boat.

[D]

Oh, no, Felix. You don't blame me for that. I don't know a thing about it. Course I did what you told me.

[C]

Now why didn't you do it Right?

[D]

If I'm so incompetent, maybe you'd better handle it yourself.

[C]

Maybe I will.

[B]

I didn't know what that game was. The lies, marlin, spike, nocturnal gun cleaning. Change of course. But one thing was certain. I intended to get to Havana if it was the last thing I ever did. And to make sure it wasn't the last thing. This was one night I wouldn't sleep. I went down to the old man's stateroom where I'd left my bag to get some Benzedrine. While I was there, I checked on him. He was sleeping quietly. He wouldn't need me. I opened the bag, took the tablets and suddenly my hand stopped in midair. My hypodermic needle, loaded with the anesthetic that Joseph had refused was. Go.

[C]

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[B]

Very commendable. Mind if I take the wheel awhile?

[C]

No, I don't mind at all. Keep a due east, Doc. I want to get to Havana.

[B]

I watched his truculent brought back as he moved across the deck and disappeared below. The moon was as bright as day and as reassuring. And then the sail swung out, covering it, throwing the deck into blackness. That's why I didn't realize at first anyone was approaching until I saw the glow of the cigarette. I tensed myself. My hand clutched at something in the cockpit. It was a wrench. The cigarette moved closer. I waited. The sail bellowed back. And I saw her full in the moonlight.

[D]

I have to talk to you.

[C]

Go ahead, talk.

[D]

I'm afraid I haven't been very honest with you.

[B]

I'm afraid you haven't.

[D]

I lied to you. And I realize now how foolish it was. But, Doctor, I'm afraid of Felix.

[B]

Are you trying to tell me it was Felix who shot the old man?

[D]

Yes. And he made me lie about it.

[B]

Like you lied about the course.

[D]

You'll never get to Havana. He's letting you think that you're going there now. But he'll figure out something.

[B]

I'm sure he will. If that target practice a few moments ago was any sample.

[D]

Oh, he wasn't trying to kill you. Felix wouldn't kill you now. Not as long as Joseph needs you.

[B]

I mean, you're not making sense again. Felix wants me to keep Joseph alive and. And yet Felix shot Joseph.

[D]

It was just a fit of anger, an argument. Felix has a terrible temper. Why, he'd be a fool to kill Joseph.

[B]

What makes Joseph so valuable?

[D]

Well, I suppose I should tell you all of it.

[B]

It might be a good idea.

[D]

I told you the truth about one thing at least. I am his secretary. Only his name isn't just Joseph. It's Joseph Ingram.

[B]

Ingram? No wonder his face was familiar. He's the big aviation tycoon. But Ingram was killed two weeks ago. I read it about it in the papers. A transcontinental airliner crashed into a mountain.

[D]

That's the luck of Joseph Ingram. We were on our way to Washington. He'd been subpoenaed to have his war contracts investigated. He was guilty of sin. And the public was really worked up about us. He was a cinch to be indicted. And his wife, who'd Put up with his selfishness and greed through 20 years of marriage. Couldn't take it anymore and left him. We had got off the plane at Albuquerque to answer a wire from his attorney.

[B]

But the radio and newspapers obituaried him to death.

[D]

I know. That's how things happen for him. Apparently, there was just no record of us leaving the plane. And they only found half of the survivors. Some of those they couldn't identify.

[B]

Go on.

[D]

Well, when Joseph realized that he was officially dead, he saw the way out. He'd been looking desperately for a chance to disappear, and now he had it. He phoned Felix in Florida to have the sitting ready. And we took a train down and boarded her there.

[B]

I see.

[D]

So why do you think I'm on this boat? Do you think I wanted to come? Do you think I wanted to leave my whole life behind? I was forced to come. I was the only one who knew that Joseph was still alive. And now you know.

[B]

What about Felix?

[D]

Felix is Joseph's handyman, so to speak. And Joseph owns Felix body and soul, just like he owns everyone who works for him.

[B]

And you?

[D]

I saw a chance to go further with Joseph than with any other man.

[B]

Then maybe the needle isn't meant for Joseph.

[D]

Needle? What needle?

[B]

A hypodermic needle loaded with anesthetic. It's missing from my bag, and it looks now like it's meant for you.

[D]

Oh, no. No, he can't. He wouldn't.

[B]

I'm afraid we'll have to be more realistic. We? If you'll forgive the pun. I'm afraid we're both in the same boat. There was desperation in her face. I felt sorry for her. She was in this mess up to her neck, and she was afraid. And yet, it was good having her beside me there in the cockpit. It was pleasant to be with her. Just the two of us. The moon and the sea. Well, anyway, the hypodermic needle was the farthest thing from my mind when I took her in my arms. Then it happened. I felt the sting of it pierce my flesh.

[D]

Oh, the needle. You. What are you talking about? The needle.

[B]

You stuck me with it.

[D]

Needle. Sorry, it was just my brooch. It's always coming up.

[B]

Brooch. Oh. Oh, I thought.

[D]

Oh, silly. Here, fasten it for me, will you, please?

[B]

Yeah. Yes, of course.

[D]

Why, you're shaking.

[B]

It's that missing hypodermic. It has me rattled. I've got to get it back.

[D]

You'll get it.

[B]

Yes, but when? How?

[D]

Right now, Doctor. Like this.

[B]

She used the needle deftly in one motion. Plunged it in my arm and tried to struggle to my feet. Her face was mocking me. I grabbed for her. But the drug was warm and deadening. And after a blurred moment, I was gone. I could hear them from a long ways off. Came too slowly, and I lay there listening.

[D]

I only did what you told me. You're the one who bundled it.

[C]

It's a good thing I.

[B]

They were both standing over me, working on me, doing everything they.

[D]

A lot of trouble to use that needle. Now you've spoiled everything. Why did you have to rush things?

[C]

You want to know what our money is, don't you?

[D]

Well, you haven't found out. Now maybe you won't. If you'd only left Joseph alone. But no, no, you couldn't wait. As soon as the doctor wasn't conscious, he had to work him over. If Joseph dies now, we'll never find out where he hid it.

[C]

It's on this boat. I know that.

[D]

Oh, you know, I didn't hurt him.

[C]

I just pushed him around a little.

[D]

Oh, that stupid temper of yours. That awful impatience. You'd think you could have waited for $2 million.

[B]

$2 million. Now it began to make some sense. Now everything made sense as long as Joseph needed a doctor and wouldn't tell where the money was. But if I couldn't keep him alive.

[C]

Get on your feet, doc.

[B]

Come on, doc. Up on your feet.

[D]

Felix.

[B]

Evie, since what are you getting so touchy?

[C]

Come on.

[B]

All right, all right. I'm on my feet.

[C]

Welcome back, doc. Now get below the old man, E. G. He's had a relapse. Stephanie, take the wheel. Boy said get below, Doc.

[B]

I'm not in the mood to take orders. Maybe this will put you in a moose. He creased my chin with a sore cab. My knees buckled. I swung at him and missed. I saw another one coming. This time I ducked and connected with him with a round house on the side of his head that sent him wheeling along the wet, narrow deck. I started after him just as the boat came about violently heeling over with a lee rail under. I wildly grabbed the guy line just in time to see if he had thrown backwards into the sea. I whirled around. The girl had done it, spinning the wheel like crazy. I dashed back to the cockpit, tried to grab it away from her. She flocked me like a tiger. But I finally pushed her off right in the boat and went her about. But Felix was nowhere in sight. We tacked around searching for him, but it was useless.

[D]

It was an accident.

[B]

He's gone. You killed him.

[D]

You ought to Be glad he's gone.

[C]

Why?

[D]

Well, it was either you or him.

[B]

Your concern touches me.

[D]

Besides, we don't need him. Don't you see? You know how to handle a boat, and you're a doctor. You could keep Joseph alive until we make him talk. And when we find out where his money is, we can get rid of him.

[B]

And sail away into the sunset.

[D]

That's right. Just you and me.

[B]

Yeah. No, thanks. I'll play the original handout in Havana.

[D]

I don't think so, Doctor. I'm setting the course now. And if you're interested, I'm a much better shot than Felix. I won't hit the boom.

[B]

The gun glittered in the moonlight and she was smiling at me. And then I wasn't looking at her, but beyond her. First I wasn't sure. I just sensed the movement. And then I saw him. Joseph Ingram, barefooted and in pajamas, pulling himself painfully up the companionway, forcing his body to make the effort.

[D]

Joseph.

[B]

You ordered too much. Stephanie. My money and Felix's youth.

[D]

Felix is gone. He had an accident.

[B]

Like mine, I suppose. If only you hadn't been so greedy. If only you'd waited, you'd have gotten your share.

[D]

Joseph, you're sick. You.

[B]

You are such a little fool. Stephanie. In the heel of my shoe, in my cabin is a draft on the national bank of Venezuela. But $2 million per will to bear her.

[D]

So that's where it is. Thank you, Joseph. That's very generous of you.

[B]

I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't been watching a bullet in the stomach. Yet he kept coming at him. Lumbering barefooted across the deck like a wounded bear in blue silk pajamas.

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So easy.

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She backed away from him, emptying her gun into him. But he kept coming.

[D]

So easy. No, Joseph.

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As he collapsed against her, his heavy arms and a death grip around her like a cartwheel. They swung together over the side into the inky blackness of the sea. $2 billion in the heel of a shoe. It was in the heel of the shoe, all right. I went below and found it. Just a piece of that. Three people had died over $2 million. Certified backwards and forwards, payable to Baron in just a few hours. It would be daylight. I could be in Havana by noon. Back to the Martina. Back to the dispensary. Back to the endless round of seasick pill, the hangover remedies. And when I'm lucky, maybe a sprained ankle. Or Venezuela. The choice was simple. There was no risk at all. It was a cinch. It was a sure thing. It was payable to Baron.

[C]

Good afternoon, senor.

[B]

Sorry I have kept you waiting. You presented this bank draft for payment, senor? Yes. Are you Senor Perez?

[C]

That is right.

[B]

I am president of the bank.

[C]

This draft, it is quite a large sum.

[B]

There's nothing wrong with the draft, is there?

[C]

Oh, no.

[B]

Seniority is in all that. Good. And you wish us to transfer this money to your bank in the United States? No, no. As a matter of fact, I wish to open an account here.

[C]

Oh, but certainly, Gomez.

[B]

You will make the arrangement for the senor. See Senor Parrish at once. And now there is a lady, a countrywoman of yours waiting to see you. Please to step his way, senor. Say me? But who?

[D]

Oh, Joseph. I've been waiting so long. Senor Perez, is this the man who presented the draft for payment?

[C]

Eh, si, senora, but he isn't.

[D]

And what has happened to Joseph?

[B]

Whom? Joseph Ingram, of course, Senor Perez.

[C]

Who is this?

[D]

Senor, I heard the Sidon had come in this morning with only one person aboard, so I rushed right here to the bank. But you've cashed the draft. What have you done? Killed Joseph for it.

[B]

Look, madam, I don't know what you're talking about. Just who are you anyway?

[D]

I'm Joseph Ingram's wife, Mrs. Ingram.

[B]

Oh, well, then surely you know he died in that plane crash back in the States.

[D]

He didn't and you know it. Joseph wasn't on that plane. He boarded a sit in Florida.

[B]

Now look, madam, all the newspapers.

[D]

Jonas and I planned the whole thing. Those highly publicized statements about our divorce were just a cover up so nobody would watch or care where I went. He told me from Albuquerque when the plane crashed that he'd meet me here with a certified draft.

[B]

He was to meet you here.

[D]

And I know he would have if he was still alive. Senor Perez, will you call the police? I accuse this man of murdering my husband.

[C]

If you wish him, call him at once.

[D]

He must not get away.

[B]

I will ring for the guard. Just a minute. I, I, I didn't kill him. She killed him.

[D]

She?

[B]

Stephanie. His, his secretary.

[D]

Where is she?

[B]

She's dead. He killed her.

[D]

Oh, this doesn't make any sense. Then where is Felix Larou?

[B]

You see, Felix, he was killed when he. Yes, you see, it was it.

[C]

That is the girl, senor, waiting outside the door.

[B]

Under these circumstances, Venezuelan law requires me to hold up payment on the draft pending investigation. And Senor, it is my duty to turn you over to the police. Now look, look, those people I had nothing to do with Their murders. Have you any proof, senor? Have you any witnesses? They were staring at me. They didn't believe me, of course. No one would ever believe me. And it had looked like such a sure thing. I was trapped on a charge of triple murder. Not $2 million, but triple murder. Payable to bear her.

[C]

In just a moment, a word about next week's exciting story of escape. But first, a message from your local Ford dealer. More than 140,000 delighted motorists are already driving the new 50 Ford. Here is what J.B. spurlock, a salesman, says about his 50 Ford.

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[B]

Next week

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you are trapped with a lovely but dangerous woman on your own island of paradise. Trapped by overpowering greed for a huge buried treasure. And from the woman and the greed, there is no escape. Next week we escape with John and Gwen Bagney's exciting tale of a lost paradise, Treasure Incorporated. Goodbye. Then until this same time next week when once again we offer you escape. This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System. Stay tuned for Pursuit 10:00pm B U L O V A Boulevard Watch time for her. Choose the very Latest Lady Bolivar Only 42.50 General Omar and Bradley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Harvard University President Dr. James B. Conant discuss a vital educational issue just 30 minutes from now. WCBS AM&FM.

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