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I promised the sheriff in Ha City I'd have you there by noon tomorrow. All right, let's go. Mount up. Ain't you gonna take the cuffs off? Huh? At noon tomorrow, and I get up in that settle and. Chester. Yes, sir? Don't take things too easy, huh? Oh, yes, sir, I. No, sir, I won't. All right. Bye. Mister. Was that the marshal? Just rode Off? Yes, it was. Oh, what time will he be back? What time? Well, if you'd ask me what day, it'd be a better question. This is serious, young man. How long will the marshal be out of town? Well, I expect him back of a Wednesday or Thursday. Oh, I'll probably be dead by then. Dead? Look, Mr. Arm. Mr. Jones. System. And if you're in trouble anyhow. Are you good with a gun? Well, sure. Oh, I may not be as good as Mr. John, but I do all right. Sure feel better telling all this to the marshal. Oh, what? You ain't told me nothing yet. I have to trust you. Can we talk inside? What's this about? Here's my card. Professor Albert Cramston, Doctor of mta. Metallurgical Research. Oh, what? Sounds pretty important, but it don't sound very dangerous. Well, believe me, son, it is dangerous if the syndicate has put a price on your head. Syndicate? The silver syndicate in San Francisco. You know, all those millionaire fellas who own the mines. Oh, them fellas. Well, why should they want you dead? I don't want to tell you too much because it'd be dangerous information for you to have. But I will tell you this. They've hired eight killers to track me down. And the one who catches up with me gets $10,000 for the job. Well, is any of them eight men in Dodge now? I don't know. I don't know who they are or what they look like. I just know they mean to get me. There ain't anything I can do, Professor. Thank you, son. And I just want to say keep your gun close by because the welfare of your country and mine may be resting in your hands. Where? Delmar. Wilbert. Somehow I never thought I'd see you two drinking at the same table. Sit down, Miss Kitty. Sure. Join us for a farewell drink. I'd love to, but only if you'll let the Long Branch stand this round. Sam, two whiskeys, one beer. Right away, Mr. Kitty. I understand Mr. Durgum bought out your shop, Wilbur. That's right. For $1,500. And you're leaving Dodge in the morning. You're right again for San Francisco. And to be perfectly honest, about the only thing I'll miss is dropping in here to the Long branch. Here's your drinks, Miss Kitty. Thanks, Sam. Miss Kitty. See that little old fella by the bar there? Stovepipe hat. The kind of fussy looking little man. Yeah, yeah. What about him? He keeps borrowing dimes from the customers. Sam, you know we don't allow panhandling in here. But he pays him back, huh? Yeah. Three times now I've seen him. He borrows a dime, leaves, comes back, buys a drink with a silver dollar, takes his change and pays back the dime. Well, you worry about it, Sam. I'm going upstairs for a while. I got some bills to go over. Excuse me, boy. Sure, Miss Kitty. 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Maybe we can see him through there. That lantern. You suppose he's planning to sleep in there? I don't know. What's that thing on the back counter? I didn't leave nothing like that. Taking the COVID off. Looks like some kind of machine. There's something crooked here. And we're gonna get us a reward. Let's get the front door grabbed him. When he comes out, you get on that side and I'll stay here and we'll wait for him to come out. That's Chester. We gotta get rid of him. Why? Because if he's in on it, there won't be no reward. Oh, you know what Durgum and got me. Chester. Yep, Chester. Just taking a last look at the old shop. Oh yeah, that's right. You're leaving town tomorrow. Well, I sure do wish you luck, Wilbert. Thanks, Chester. Well, Chester, I suppose you have to get on with your rounds, being a peace officer and all. Things is kindly quiet tonight. So mostly what I'm doing is get me a little exercise before I go to bed. Well, good night, Chester. Good night. Good night, Chester. We grab this fella. Try to cover his mouth so he can't yell. He's coming. Get ready. Hold him, Gatsby. Hold him. I got him. Back into the shop, Wilbur. We got him, Chester. Come on in and we get the reward. There. That's Professor Crampson. Let him go, Wilbur. Don't you do it, Wilbur, till he agrees about the reward. Reward? You can have it. Let him go. His face is turning blue. You said you protect me. Now you Shoot him. You shoot him. Whose side are you on, Shutter? Now look, professor, these two fellers ain't killers and they ain't that syndicate thing. They're just Mr. Durgum and Mr. Gatsby. Oh, well, that's certainly a relief. Well, what. What about him? Who's he? Professor Albert Cramston. Gentleman, late of San Francisco. Oh, pleased to make your acquaintance. Howdy. Howdy. We were watching through the window there. You sure looked suspicious to us. Oh, well, I can certainly understand that. And since you've stumbled onto part of my secret, I guess you're entitled to know the rest if you want to. I sure do. Me too. I'm kind of curious about this myself. But first I have to ask you, are all of you natural born citizens of the usa? Well, of course, none of you are in the employ of a foreign government. You mean like Europe or France or one of them towns? That's what I mean. What? Now that's silly. Well, I won't even have nothing to do with furnace. Me neither. Well, I got to ask those questions. And one more. If the good of our duly constituted government depended on your keeping a secret, would you die instead of revealing it? Sure. Of course. All right. Now I want you to watch this carefully, gentlemen, so you'll be convinced in your own minds of the importance of this little device. I'll explain it to you step by step as I go along. And if you have any questions, don't hesitate. You just speak right up. Well, and this is awesome. Like, what does that thing do? You won't Believe your eyes, Mr. Proudfoot. Would one of you contribute a dime to this demonstration? I got one. I got one. Here. I'll take all three of them. And then you each have a permanent memento. A reminder that you were among the first to witness the results of my discovery. I'll use your dime first, Mr. Chester. Oh, all right, Chester. Now put the dime in this funnel here at the top. Now you count to three, slowly. One, two, three. Fine, fine. Now, I give the crank four complete turns. I turn this little spigot to admit three drops of mercury. That's quicksilver. And turn the crank one more time and there we are. Now, you see that lever there, Chester, on the bottom, toward the front? Yes, sir. What am I. Reach over and pull it. Well, now, I. Ain't you got pull it? Well, I know, but. No. Well, I do declare. That's a silver dollar. I told you you wouldn't believe it. You can take that cartwheel to the bank tomorrow and they'll tell you it's real. Oh, it's real enough. But I. But how is it done? It's really very simple. Once you understand the physical principle. It has to do with what I call induced porosity. Once you make that dime porous like a sponge, all you have to do is introduce a little quicksilver to fill in the holes. And the chemical process of expansion is automatic. Well, that's clear enough. Oh, yeah, sure. But why do you have to use dime? I'm glad you asked that question. You see, the ratio of the weight of one dime to three drops of mercury produces an expansion of exactly 10. Follow me. That means this particular formula in this machine extends silver in size and weight in multiples of 10. So the logical raw material is the little thin dime. Why, if you used half dollars or even quarters, the end product would be clumsy, large and bulky. Besides, whoever heard of a five dollar silver piece? Why, a couple of those would weigh you down like a pack. Oh, you're sure? Right there. No, you. You couldn't have many bigger than a dollar. Well, anybody can see that. Now. Anything else you don't understand? Oh, no. How about you, fellow? No, it's real clear to me. Me too, but. But. But what? I would like to see that thing work again. So would I. All right. But this time you Turn the crank, Mr. Gatsby, four times. Yes, but not till I tell you to. You ready? Yep. And I put in the dime. One, two, three. Now what? Now turn it. Turn it. That's right. Now three drops of quicksilver. Yeah, and I turn the crank once more. Right. You boys catch on fast. Is it ready now? It should be. Pull the lever. I'll be doggone. I did. It sure is surprising. It sure is. It sure is. Can I try it now? I haven't had a turn. Can I try the whole thing? I'd like to accommodate you, but I think I'd better cover it up and put it away before some untrustworthy person finds out what we're doing in here. Well, why don't you come have a drink with us, Professor? Yeah. We'd be proud to have you at our table. 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Oh, I doubt that. I couldn't do nothing about it even if it would. You don't suppose he'd consider $1,500? 50,000 be more like anyway? I don't think so. Oh, gentlemen, I can't tell you how glad I am that you're still here. What's the matter? Something's come up. May I sit down? Please? Of course. Go right ahead. What's coming up? I just got word that they know where I am. The Silver Syndicate? The Silver Syndicate and their killers are closing in. How many are they? I don't know. Could be just one. Could be all of them. Oh, I sure do wish Mr. Dillon was here. But he isn't. So I've had to come to a decision. I'm taking the train east early tomorrow, 8 o' clock. But I need your help. All of You. What do you want us to do? I want you gentlemen to destroy the Silver Extender. Destroy it? You mean bust. I mean blow it to bits. So there isn't the slightest chance of anyone piecing it together and figuring out how it was made. That'd be a terrible thing. Sure would. Just a minute, gentlemen. I understand your concern, but it's not quite as bad as it sounds. How's that? Well, if I get to Washington alive, I can build another. If I don't, not only will I be dead, but my discovery will be lost to the government. I begin to see what you mean. Yeah, if you can make up another, and when you get there, you'd be an awful lot safer traveling without this one. Then I can count on your help? Oh, sure. In what way? Well, I've told you, I want to destroy the machine. But when you're dealing with Washington, you can't do things just like that. No, sir. Now, see if you can understand my problem. Now, let's say you're the government. You know I have this machine. I've told you I'm bringing it to you. Then I show up without it. You ask me where it is, and I say, I blew it up. And you say to me, prove it. Prove you didn't sell it to somebody. But I can't prove it. So you convict me of treason, put me up against a wall facing a firing. That's the end of Professor Granston. That'd be awful. Why, it sure would. But what can we do? You can be witnesses. Witnesses? If three honest citizens signed an affidavit that they saw the machine blown up, they'd have to believe me. Would you be willing to do that? Certainly not asking very much. No. Especially since you were so nice about sharing your secret. Well, I. I was planning to pull out early tomorrow, but there ain't no reason. I can't wait till we're finished witnessing. You can wait that. Now, there's one other thing. What's that? Well, I've got it all created, and only the four of us know where it is, so I'm sure it'll be safe there till morning. Can I count on you? Of course you can. We'll do it just like you said. I don't know how to thank you, gentlemen. But when I tell the government what you've done for your country, you can be sure the US treasury will find some way of rewarding you for your services. Well, I'll be at the Dodge House if any of you need me. This ought to be far enough. From town. Just pull off the trail there and we'll unload it. All right, Chester? Yep, and that's good. You get that tailgate open, Wilbert, and I'll slide the crate back to you. Just a minute. Let me help you fellas. That's far enough. You and me can lift it down, Chester. Oh, yeah. I got the dynamite all bundled in under the seat here. Yeah. Now look, we can just pop up one end this rock and slide the bundles right underneath here. Oh, that should work just fine. Yeah, fits real nice and snug. If you want to uncoil a roll of fuse, Wilbert, I'll turn wagon around, drive back down the trail. All right. I figured 20ft of this would give us plenty time to get out of the way. Oh, sure. String it out. We'll light it and keep right on the move. Me? That guest is far enough for a wagon. Yeah. Yeah, that's good. Yeah, it's all of it, Chester. You ready to move? Anytime. Here goes in. Come on. I'm come. You got plenty of time. Oh, you keep a good hold on them horses. There's good five feet left for you. Blows Smither rings. Yep, that did it. I jing. Ain't nobody going to get the professor's machine now. He sure won't. Well, all I have to do is get back on the dodge, sign that paper, get on up on the wagon, Wilbert. We'll get going. Let's go. I'll ride alongside you fellas. We can stop by the office. Professor Shore will be happy it all went so good. Yeah, I sure hated to do it, though. That machine it up. You see where that come from? Up there on that rise. I'm hit. You fool. You get Wilbur in the docks. Haul right after him. He'll never catch you. I can try. You get going. I'll meet you in town. Well, I'm not blaming you, Chester. The professor has taken in people a lot brighter than you are. Well, if he'd have tried to sell that machine, I would have got suspicious. But he didn't. I don't. A thing like this, people sell themselves. And you can be sure he got through to somebody or Gatsby and Durgan wouldn't be laying up in Doc's office with each other's bullets in them. Well, it all sure went over my head. Machines like that have been fooling people since the first day men stopped trading buckskins for flour and started using money. As long as there's a man alive looking for something for nothing, it'll go right on Working expose. Matt. Yeah, Docs. If you want to talk to Durgam, you better do it now. All right. Come on, Chuck. What about Gatsby? He never came out of it. Died a half an hour ago. Oh, my. Yeah. Sure doesn't make much sense, does it? Few killings do. Oh. That you, Marshall? Yeah, that's right. You're not laughing at me, are you? No, I'm not laughing. Something you want to tell me? Not much to tell. The stakes were big, but I lost. Just what were the stakes? Didn't Chester tell you? And he told me about the silver extender. He said you blew that up. That's what Chester was supposed to think. That's what I was supposed to think. But I knew better. Then it wasn't in that crate. Nah. Just scrap iron. Gatsby had the machine. What? Sure. After we left the long branch last night, Gatsby snuck back and made a deal with the Professor. Bought that machine with my money. Wouldn't go partners. Use the money. I get him. And wouldn't go partner. Why, Marshall? A hundred men could have got rich with that thing just using it. An hour a day. He had to have it all. Couldn't share. Where is it now? If I tell you, will you promise to blow it up? Is that what you want? That's what I want. It's under the work counter in the back of my store. You know, a thing like that may be all right for the government, but it ain't for the people. The professor should have knowed that. I think maybe he didn't. What do you mean? Nothing. Anything else you want me to know? That's about all. Except about the gunman on the hill that hit Gatsby. What about him? I didn't hire him. Gatsby did. To shoot me. He just picked a man with a bad aim. So Gatsby got it in the shoulder. I think that's kind of funny. Gatsby tell you this? He did. When? Soon as Chester rode off. After the gunman. Pulled his own gun to do the job himself. Then you shot himself defense? You might say that, yeah. But I'll be honest with you, though, Marshall. Yeah? I was planning to kill Gatsby anyway. You. You won't forget your promise? No, I. I bought the machine. You want me to send Doc back in? No reason to. Yeah. So long, Marshall. So long, D. Did you tell him what you're doing? About the silver extender? No. Chester. I didn't have the heart. I don't think I would either. No. Even when he's wrong, If a man has to die, likes to feel he's died for something and if he dies for nothing I don't want to be the one to let him know. Get the really light refreshment. This is where I talk. Hey, get the really light refreshment. That's Pepsi Cola, of course. I just wanted to say be sociable, Charlie. Of course, kay Be sociable have a Pepsi on the road or at home it always, always refreshes without filling Pick up extra cartons Now Pepsi is so delicious it goes fast that's why you should keep plenty of Pepsi. Maybe I'd better sing Be sure to say keep Pepsi handy Yes, Charlie, but the song says it sociably Be sociable look smart, keep up to name with Pepsi Drink light is refreshing Pepsi Stay young and get a m Be sociable, have a Pepsi. What gay means is get plenty of Pepsi next time you shop yes Gun Smoke produces and directed in Hollywood by Norman McDonald stars William Conrad as Matt Dillon, U.S. marshal. The story was specially written for Gunsmoke by Vic Paron with editorial supervision by John Meston. Featured in the cast were Joseph Kearns, Vic Paron, Harry Bartel and Jack. Molly Bear is Chester, Howard McNear is Doc and Georgia Ellis is Kitty. This this is George Walsh inviting you to join us again next week when CBS Radio presents another story on Gun Smoke. 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