Against The Storm 40-05-16 (x) Reed And Kathy At Train Station

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Podcast Summary: Harold's Old Time Radio – "Against The Storm 40-05-16 (x) Reed And Kathy At Train Station"

Episode Information

• Title: Against The Storm 40-05-16 (x) Reed And Kathy At Train Station
• Host/Author: Harold's Old Time Radio
• Release Date: June 19, 2025
• Description: Relive the charm of the Golden Age of Radio with timeless stories and engaging characters. In this episode, follow the heartfelt interactions between Reed Wilson and Kathy Reimer at a New York train station.

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1. Setting the Scene

The episode opens in the tranquil study of Professor Jason McKinley Allen and his colleague, Mark Scott. The house is quiet, with Kathy Reimer temporarily away in New York. The peaceful ambiance is punctuated by the gentle sway of elm tree branches outside.

Narrator (Ralph Edwards) [04:16]:
"The house is very, very quiet. In the professor's study, he himself is entrenched behind a semicircular mountainous range of books."

2. The Distraction: A Brown Thrush

Professor Allen and Mark Scott engage in a scholarly discussion that is frequently interrupted by their fascination with a brown thrush bird outside their window.

Mark Scott [04:16]:
"What kind of a bird is that?"

Reed Wilson [04:37]:
"A brown thrush. Oh, yeah. Handsome fellow, isn't he?"
(04:35)

Mark Scott [05:00]:
"Why, this is terrible."
(05:22)

Their distraction highlights a recurring theme of balancing professional responsibilities with personal interests.

3. Enter Margaret Allen

Margaret Allen, the professor's wife, arrives to discuss matters related to their joint work. Her entrance shifts the focus back to their scholarly endeavors.

Margaret Allen [05:46]:
"May I come in for just a second, please?"
(05:51)

4. Planning Dinner: A Gentle Intervention

The conversation takes a turn towards domestic arrangements as Kathy Reimer's upcoming visit becomes a point of discussion. Concerned about Kathy dining alone, the professors decide to invite her to join them for dinner.

Kathy Reimer [07:00]:
"I think I'd better bring my sewing up here and keep the wheels of progress in motion."
(07:06)

Reed Wilson [07:49]:
"You come along to the mill for dinner. That's the way to do it."
(07:49)

This decision not only showcases their consideration for Kathy but also sets the stage for deeper interactions.

5. Kathy's Departure: At the Train Station

The scene transitions to the bustling Pennsylvania Station in New York, where Kathy is preparing to depart for Hawthorne. Reed Wilson accompanies her, leading to a pivotal moment between them.

Narrator (Ralph Edwards) [08:29]:
"Kathy's immediate future had been arranged in Hawthorne by Professor Allen. She was standing at the steps of a Train in the Pennsylvania Station, New York, talking with Reed Wilson."

6. The Heartfelt Confession

Amidst casual conversation, Reed reveals a personal sentiment that hints at his deeper feelings for Kathy.

Reed Wilson [09:23]:
"Maybe next time you come up to New York, I'll tell you about a dream I had last night."
(09:23)

Reed Wilson [10:37]:
"Listen, I dreamed last night that I asked you to marry me."
(10:37)

Kathy Reimer [10:50]:
"It wasn't a dream."
(10:50)

This confession adds emotional depth to the narrative, exploring themes of love and vulnerability.

7. Resolution: A Pleasant Evening Ahead

Following the heartfelt exchange, the characters resolve to spend the evening together, strengthening their bonds and setting a hopeful tone for the future.

Reed Wilson [13:07]:
"I was beginning to be afraid you weren't on the train after all. I come down to fetch you for dinner."
(13:07)

Narrator (Ralph Edwards) [13:20]:
"Kathy wished it had been Mark's idea, but it soon doesn't matter because it turns out to be a very pleasant evening."

8. Conclusion

The episode concludes with a harmonious blend of personal and professional lives, underscored by the enduring friendship and budding romance between Reed and Kathy.

Narrator (Ralph Edwards) [13:13]:
"Kathy wished it had been Mark's idea, but it soon doesn't matter because it turns out to be a very pleasant evening."

Final Thoughts

Against The Storm masterfully weaves together elements of everyday life, professional dedication, and personal relationships. The interactions between characters are both relatable and heartfelt, capturing the essence of familial and romantic bonds typical of the Golden Age of Radio storytelling.

Notable Quotes:

• Reed Wilson [09:23]:
  "Maybe next time you come up to New York, I'll tell you about a dream I had last night."

• Reed Wilson [10:37]:
  "Listen, I dreamed last night that I asked you to marry me."

• Kathy Reimer [10:50]:
  "It wasn't a dream."

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Transcript

[Ralph Edwards]

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[Reid Wilson]

I dreamed about you last night, Kathy.

[Kathy Reimer]

About me?

[Margaret Allen]

Oh, because I talked so much yesterday, of course. What did you dream about me?

[Reid Wilson]

I'll tell you someday when you get back to New York.

[Ralph Edwards]

But at the last moment, Reid tells Kathy after all, in today's episode of against the Storm. Today we bring you another chapter of against the Storm, written by Sandra Michael and presented by the makers of Ivory Soap. Say, have you got a stray penny lying around anywhere? Yep. A penny. One cent. Think that when you got a hundred of them, you've got a dollar. Now, arithmetic isn't my strong point, so don't think I'm going to get mixed up in high finance here. Now, we're going to leave this penny just as it is, right here. Put it right here. No adding, no subtracting, no long division, no anything. I just brought it up because I want you to know that this little penny, this little copper fella here, is actually more than you need to wash your dishes three times a day with Ivory soap.

[Reid Wilson]

That's a fact.

[Ralph Edwards]

Ivory cost less than a penny a day for dishwashing. Now, if you've just been downtown shopping for a mink coat or a butler, just forget I said anything. But if you're like me, when you see a penny rolling under a chair, you know you get right down on your hands and knees and you scoot after it. Well, if you're like that, the fact that Ivory soap is economical for dishwashing is really going to cut some ice with you and say, listen, the people who make Ivory soap didn't stop here with this less than a penny a day business. Oh, man. They called out the accountants and the research people and they made tests. You know what these tests proved? They proved that it cost less to wash dishes with Ivory soap than with granulated soaps. You know those soaps you use on wash days? Now, maybe that surprises you a little, does it? But it's a fact. It really is. And here's another thing. If you use Ivory soap regularly every single day for your dishes, it'll help your hands stay soft and smooth. You see, Ivory is a nice, gentle, mild soap. In fact, it's pure. Pure enough for a baby skin. So look, why don't you give it a try? Get a couple of large size cakes of Ivory soap and use it regularly in your dish pan. You can't find out what using a Pure soap. Like ivory. Every day can mean to your hands if you don't try it. Can you? Professor Jason McKinley Allen has started work on his new book. He and Mark Scott have secluded themselves for the morning in the professor's study. At home, Mrs. Allen has issued orders to Penny and Siri that on no account are the two scholars to be disturbed. Kathy is still in New York. The house is very, very quiet. In the professor's study, he himself is entrenched behind a semicircular mountainous range of books. Mark, in a corner of the room, is sitting at a smaller desk. The windows are open. There isn't much wind, barely enough to stir the drapes, just enough to make the elm tree boughs lift and sway so gently you have to concentrate to be sure they really are moving. The fat green clusters of lilac leaves on the tall bush outside the middle window are thoughtfully still. Across the garden, a bird called. Very remarkable bird. Farther away, another one answers. What was that? A large brown bird swooping gracefully into the elm tree. Mark, who's been staring out at the green and yellow world, looks over at the professor.

[Reid Wilson]

What kind of a bird is that? Exactly what I was wondering. Would it be a thrushky spoon? Well, do they come as close to the house as that? Sometimes the thrushes might. No, look. That tail doesn't belong to any thrush. A thrasher, that's all he is. Of course.

[Ralph Edwards]

Of course.

[Reid Wilson]

A brown thrush. Oh, yeah. Handsome fellow, isn't he? Oh, beautiful bird. Beautiful. He's evidently looking for a place to build a nest. He's been flying around from tree to tree for half an hour now. Yes, he better make up his mind, too. Season's well underway. Oh, there he goes again. I trust he knows he's welcome to stay. And for the past half hour, you say you've been keeping an eye on that fellow's movement? Oh, half an hour, at least. Oh, I was just thinking. Our production schedule's been pretty heavy this morning. What? Oh. Oh, my God. I haven't made a note and written a line for the last hour. Well, it looks very much as if I've been turned to the same page in Plato all morning.

[Ralph Edwards]

Why, this is terrible.

[Reid Wilson]

I don't think it is, Mark. Little daydreaming never hurt anyone as far as I know. You better get yourself an assistant who can stick to business. But I need more than that. Someone to keep my nose at the grindstone. Never mind. I've had a very pleasant time looking out the window, and I don't Intend to regret a moment of it. Who's that? Hello, Jason.

[Margaret Allen]

It's only I, Margaret.

[Reid Wilson]

Yes. Yes, Margaret, what is it?

[Margaret Allen]

May I come in for just a second, please?

[Ralph Edwards]

Cross. Cross.

[Reid Wilson]

Come in. Hello. Hello, Mrs. Allen.

[Kathy Reimer]

No, I won't bother you a minute, Jason. I know how busy you both are, but I do have to ask you.

[Reid Wilson]

Yes, Margaret, but just one moment, my dear Mark, before we lose the trend of that idea. What was it you were saying about that portion of David Copperfield? You think we ought to include David Copperfield? Why. Why, I don't believe. Certainly you remember, Mark. Question was, should we or shouldn't we use the paragraph about thrushes versus Brown thrushes? Oh. Oh, yes, of course.

[Ralph Edwards]

Well, I gave it a lot of thought, professor.

[Reid Wilson]

So I noticed. Well, we can decide about that later. Now, Margaret, you were saying?

[Kathy Reimer]

I hate to interrupt like this, but.

[Reid Wilson]

Oh, my dear girl, you interrupted. Nothing more important than a bit of daydreaming.

[Ralph Edwards]

What?

[Kathy Reimer]

Day dreaming.

[Reid Wilson]

That's a fact, Mrs. Allen. Unfortunately, nobody has done a line of work for an hour, my dear. Why, Jake, we hope it's not too long until lunchtime now. Oh, just as if we deserved any.

[Kathy Reimer]

Yes, I must say, I think I'd better bring my sewing up here and keep the wheels of progress in motion.

[Reid Wilson]

Now, Ma, would we really haven't any room in here for mopping.

[Kathy Reimer]

Oh, don't worry, Jason. I'll run along right now if you'll just tell me what you think we ought to do about dinner tonight.

[Reid Wilson]

Dinner? I thought we were driving out to Dover Mill for dinner tonight.

[Kathy Reimer]

But, Jason, I completely forgot. Marcy's coming home tonight. Is she?

[Reid Wilson]

Well, that's fine.

[Kathy Reimer]

Yes, but, dear, I hate to think about being here alone for dinner.

[Reid Wilson]

Yes, alone. Well, nonsense. You go with us.

[Kathy Reimer]

Of course, Professor Allen. Our car holds six at the most. We'll be six as it is with Siri and the three mackenzies. Well, unless three and three don't make six anymore.

[Reid Wilson]

Wonder if they didn't. I have it, Mark. You come along to the mill for dinner. I. Now, look here. Of course. That's the way to do it. You come along with your car, and you can bring Kathy.

[Kathy Reimer]

Oh, Jason, that's a splendid idea.

[Reid Wilson]

Well, yes, but you had. Good. It's all settled. Margaret, will you please leave now and close the door?

[Kathy Reimer]

Definitely.

[Reid Wilson]

Jason, what with you and brown thrushes, we'll never get any work done here. Goodbye, Margaret. Goodbye.

[Ralph Edwards]

Sometime after Kathy's immediate future had been arranged in Hawthorne by Professor Allen. She was standing at the steps of a Train in the Pennsylvania Station, New York. Talking with Reed Wilson. He'd come down to see her off for Hawthorne.

[Margaret Allen]

Do you think I had better enter the train? There is not very much time.

[Reid Wilson]

Oh, you've got several minutes. All right. I won't let him go without you, though I'd like to.

[Margaret Allen]

Reid. You were so kind to visit us last evening. Grandpapa enjoyed it so much and. And also the movie.

[Reid Wilson]

You couldn't have enjoyed it as much as I did. You know, I don't have any family here, and I enjoy an evening like last night.

[Margaret Allen]

Then you must be sure to come and see us often when I come home this summer.

[Reid Wilson]

Well, look out now. I'm likely to do that.

[Margaret Allen]

Oh, I hope you will reap, for the train is not going to go.

[Ralph Edwards]

Oh, no.

[Reid Wilson]

Oh, don't worry. Still have to dance.

[Margaret Allen]

These people are still arriving. Quite out of breath.

[Reid Wilson]

You know, Kathy, maybe next time you come up to New York, I'll tell you about a dream I had last night.

[Margaret Allen]

Well, but tell me now.

[Reid Wilson]

I don't think there's time. Well, anyway, it was about you.

[Margaret Allen]

About me? You see, I talked too much last night, and all my talking was still in your mind.

[Reid Wilson]

No, of course, talking to you and seeing you had a lot to do with dreaming about you.

[Margaret Allen]

Was it an amusing dream?

[Reid Wilson]

Well, I'd say that all depends on the way you look at it.

[Margaret Allen]

Are you never going to tell me about it?

[Reid Wilson]

I don't know whether I should or not.

[Margaret Allen]

No, I must go. But you must remember to tell me when I see you again.

[Reid Wilson]

Okay, Kathy. And you better get aboard now. Yes.

[Margaret Allen]

Goodbye, really. And thank you very many times for your great kindness, good Grandpa, and for me.

[Reid Wilson]

Hey, don't be silly. I'm the one who thanks you. Careful.

[Margaret Allen]

Not essential. I wish you were going on the train, too. I think the ride will be pleasant today.

[Reid Wilson]

Yes, I do, too. Well, I may hop down, see you some fine day in Hawthorne.

[Margaret Allen]

Oh, I hope you will.

[Reid Wilson]

Reeve. Close the door halfway, though.

[Margaret Allen]

Thank you. Well, this is fine.

[Reid Wilson]

Yeah. Train boat full of Reeves.

[Margaret Allen]

You should not stand there and wait when you have work to do.

[Reid Wilson]

Oh, that's okay. I'm an old handkerchief waiver from Indiana. Way back. Hey, lean over and I'll tell you something.

[Margaret Allen]

Yes, what is it, Reid? Oh, the train is going.

[Reid Wilson]

Listen, I dreamed last night that I asked you to marry me.

[Margaret Allen]

Reed.

[Ralph Edwards]

What did you say?

[Margaret Allen]

I couldn't hear.

[Reid Wilson]

I say I dreamed I asked you to marry me.

[Ralph Edwards]

Oh, Reed, no, you didn't.

[Reid Wilson]

Bye, Kathy.

[Kathy Reimer]

It wasn't a dream.

[Reid Wilson]

I was thinking about it, Will you, Kathy?

[Kathy Reimer]

Will you think about it?

[Ralph Edwards]

Kathy hadn't heard his last words, but she laughed gaily and waved over the door of the train until the porter appeared to close it up. She thought that it was strange to see Reed Wilson, who was always so pleasantly self assured and not of all wistful, standing alone on a platform. Even he, like all people, left behind when a train pulled you away. Even he looked somewhat lost, and certainly wistful when she remembered what he'd said. Kathy Reimer stood still in the passageway of the train. Of course, he'd been joking. There's a satisfaction in seeing that the details of your daily life run smoothly, isn't it? That's why, when it comes to the daily task of dishwashing, so many women are happy about their choice of Ivory soap. They know that washing dishes with a soap that's pure enough for a baby skin is bound to help their hands look nice. They know they can help their hands keep this attractive smoothness by using Ivory regularly day in and day out. Of course, floating a big pure cake of ivory in your dish pan every day is a smart thing to do from the point of view of economy, too. It costs less than a penny a day to wash dishes with this pure soap. In fact, it costs less to wash dishes with Ivory soap than with those granulated soaps you use on wash day. Won't you get a supply of those thrifty large size cakes today and see for yourself how nice Ivory helps your hands look.

[Margaret Allen]

Hi, Mark. Hello.

[Reid Wilson]

Hi, Kathy. I was beginning to be afraid you weren't on the train after all. I come down to fetch you for dinner.

[Margaret Allen]

Me? For dinner? Why, Mark?

[Reid Wilson]

Well, don't blame me. It's all the professor's for. Oh, is this your luggage, Kathy?

[Ralph Edwards]

Kathy wished it had been Mark's idea, but it soon doesn't matter because it turns out to be a very pleasant evening. And so it does. Also, out in Arizona, in tomorrow's episode of against the Storm, this is Ralph Edwards saying good day for the makers of Ivory Soap and Ivory Flakes. Ivory Flakes are Ivory Soap in quick dissolving flake form. So if you use that big blue box of Ivory Flakes for dishwashing, you give your hands the protection of the same famous ivory purity you get in Ivory soap. 99 and 44. 100% pure. It floats, friends. The program that follows next on this same station is one that I'm sure you're all familiar with, the Guiding Light. So if you've enjoyed hearing against the storm today, Won't you stay tuned in? The Guiding Light will come to you in just a few seconds. This is the National Broadcasting Company.