Welcome. I'm E .G. Marshall. Welcome to the sound
of suspense. To the fear you can hear. For the
next 52 minutes I shall be your guide on a journey
over a strange terrain. Some people find their
names printed in the most unusual places. Let
me tell you about a man who was convinced that
his was written on a bullet. Get the password.
It's me, Jerry. It's me. Don't shoot. Paul? Yes,
Jerry. It's Paul. Paul? Paul, you're dead. How
can you... Yes, Jerry. I'm dead. But I shouldn't
be. I took your bullet. Our mystery drama, The
Bullet, was written especially for the CBS radio
mystery theater by Sam Dan and stars Larry Haynes.
I shall be back shortly with Act One. It's a
quiet little bar, paddy noonans. And Jerry Price
stops there every evening on his way home from
work. He's not looking for anything special in
the way of atmosphere, adventure, companionship.
And he has no intention of getting drunk. Just
a couple of beers perhaps to bridge a busy day,
to ease the fatigue, the strain on his nerves.
In the comfortable half -light of Patty Noonan's,
the world outside becomes vague, distant. especially
when old man O 'Rourke is holding forth. And
he lay there, his head against the barricade,
and the blood from him fallen soft upon the pavement.
I looked in his face and I could see his death
was upon him. Tis a bitter thing, I said, to
die at seventeen, and for a moment his darkening
eyes held mine. And with his last strength, he
said, "'Tis a sweet thing to die for Ireland."
Sweet indeed, Mr. O 'Rourke. Any calls for one
on the house? Aye, thank you, Paddy Noonan. Ah,
I see, Jerry Price. Excuse me. Good evening,
Jerry. Hi. I didn't notice you come in. Well,
when old man O 'Rourke's in form, you don't see
anybody, Paddy. The old man there, he carries
his war. I know I carry mine. Ever think of yours
Jerry? No, no never never don't the day I came
home from Vietnam. I put away the uniform I also
put away everything that went with it the army
the war like a snake sheds his skin All the past
is gone Patty. It's dead. So you forget it. You
go on to other things Hey, what's everybody drinking?
This round's on me set him up Patty. Mr. Edward
Clarke himself and what's the occasion? I got
a little announcement Guess what the old lady
tells me this morning. Number 10 is on its way.
Oh, that event around must be on the house, Mr.
Clark. Just a quick one, Patty. Hey, I got the
truck outside. What are you hoping for this time,
Ed? Boy or girl? I'll see. What do I got now?
Four boys and five... No. No, no, I got five
boys and four... Ah, who can keep them straight?
All I know is I'm always tripping over somebody.
Ten kids in 12 years. You can't tell me it isn't
exciting to hear there's gonna be a new baby.
Oh, yeah Yeah, I know it's gonna be a kid little
wet its pants and keep me up half the night That's
another mouth. I got a feed. Yeah. Well guys,
I got a ride. I'll see you tomorrow You know
Betty it's funny People who don't want kids can't
stand kids can't afford them can't raise them
They can help getting kids whereas Well, I guess
there just isn't any justice in this world there
may be no justice Jerry, but there's always hope
How long have you been married? Hmm right after
I get out of the army It'll be nine years the
fella used to come in here and they were married
15 years before they had their first Am I really
out of the army nine years? Tell me Patty. You're
an old philosopher. Where does it go? Huh? Down
the hatch and try another. Yeah, don't mind if
I do. Oh Wait on the paying customer first where
a fellow Standing at the end of the bar What
are you saying Jerry? There's nobody standing
at the end in the brown hat and a raincoat Now
Jerry, what do you say? No? That's Paul tell
me what's the matter Jerry Jerry listen to me.
There's no more He was just standing here. Where'd
he go? Where is he? Jerry, where is who? Are
you all right, Jerry? Yeah. Yeah, yeah, I'm all
right. But I saw him. Who? The guy I was in the
army with. The two of you. Were you close? He
was my buddy. Well, when was the last time you
saw him in person? The night he was killed. Have
you? Have you ever seen him again? Like you thought
you did just now? No. No, this is the first time.
Well, maybe you need a rest, Jerry. Patty, why
now? Why tonight after all these years? Well,
you say you saw him last the night he died in
battle. Well, the sight of him dead must have
stayed with you always. But that's not how I
just saw him, Patty. He wasn't in uniform. He
was in civilian clothes. You might have pictured
him as he looked at a happier time. I never saw
him in civilian clothes. We met in the army.
And Patty, I didn't see him as he was then. We
were both kids, about 20. I saw him the way he'd
look today, about 30. His face was more mature.
Jerry, are you sure he's dead? He is dead, Patty.
I just saw him. I know I saw him. Jerry, it's
after midnight. Oh, I'm not finished, honey.
I have to clean up these reports, Marge. Honey,
a new rule has just been passed in this house.
All paperwork shall be done in the daytime. Marge,
I have to call on customers. Be reasonable, huh?
Am I the kind of wife who makes idle criticism?
No, indeed. Constructive suggestions, that's
my motto. Northeast distributors can solve all
your paperwork problems by hiring a girl. Honey,
I'm lucky to have the job. No, Jerry. You're
not lucky. They're lucky. Well, everybody knows
you're a terrific salesman. Wait, you could get
another job tomorrow. More money, less headaches.
Honey, I couldn't walk out on Joe Keller. Why
not? Well, I'll never forget what that man did
for me. I came home from the army, a kid with
no experience. I needed a job. He took a chance
with me. Now he needs me. Well, I'm just worried
about you, Jerry. You look so tired all the time.
No, I'm in great shape. Will you go see Doc Steiner?
I did, today. Oh, well, it's about time. You
needed a checkup. Well, I didn't just go for
the checkup, honey. I went for the other thing.
Jerry... Well, he said some people, men... Well,
they're okay in every way, but it just doesn't
work out for them. Jerry, it's all right. No,
no, no, honey. It's all my fault. Honey... It's...
Well, it's just unlikely there can ever be any
kids. He said unlikely. What he meant was impossible.
We've got each other? Yeah. If only you didn't
want a child so badly. Now we'll definitely think
about adopting, okay? Yeah, okay. Sometimes that
works out even better. Come on, honey, let me
see you smile. Marge, Marge, Marge, I don't know
what I'd do without you. Oh, that makes us even.
I don't know what I'd do without you. Come on
get to bed. Yeah, I'll just have a cigarette
I mean watch it turn on the music to make sure
you don't try to sneak in some work. I know you
can't concentrate I'll just be a couple of minutes,
honey Let's hear that password. Paul, is that
you? Jerry. Hey, climb down the hole, make yourself
at home. Man, I'm so beat I can't even remember
the password. That's all right. I don't even
know what it is. Got a cigarette? What'd they
want back at the CP, Jerry? A patrol. You going?
Yep. But you went out yesterday. Well, maybe
I better write to my congressman, huh? I don't
have any more cigarettes. Here, finish this one.
Paul. Paul I don't know if I can go out again.
We're being relieved tomorrow. We were promised
a rest I just don't know if I can go out again,
but you ain't going out Jerry Didn't you hear?
I'm gone. Oh, no, no, I'll say you and I made
a trade Oh Paul, I can't let some other guy do
I'm not some other guy I'm your buddy What's
a matter Jerry? You never did it Can I have a
drag on that butt, Jerry? Paul. Paul, you're
alive. I'm alive, Jerry. I'm here with you. In
your living room. No, you can't be here. I went
out after it. I found your body. I carried it
back. Maybe it wasn't you. It was me. But you
were dead. You were killed. Yes, Jerry. I was
killed. Jerry, will you turn that radio off and
come to bed? Marge, he's here. Who's here? Can't
you see him? Jerry, I don't see anyone Paul.
Why can't she see you she will they all will
when later I? Have to go now Jerry. No, no Paul
Paul. Tell us you think I'm crazy Paul, but He's
gone much he's gone Jerry Honey, what's going
on here? He was here. He was right here. Now,
you've got to believe that. I'm not drunk and
I'm not crazy. I believe you. I believe you,
Jerry. Now, here, just sit down. Don't do anything.
Don't say anything. But can a doctor help what
ails Jerry? In a moment we'll return to Jerry
and Marge and Paul when we listen to Act Two.
And now, Act Two of the bullet. Let us trace
the path of the bullet. We have a worried Marge
a concerned dr. Steiner and a distracted Jerry
tell me about this man Paul you called in Jerry.
I said we were buddies doctor that tells it all
Jerry, please don't be so hostile Dr. Steiner's
only trying to help you were buddies You came
back alive, and he didn't yo There's an extensive
medical literature on the subject. Oh, I'm sure
there is I'm not being hostile Marge. I know
I saw Of course you saw him. Well, finally. But
that doesn't mean he was there. You see, Jerry,
the death of a wartime comrade remains an eternal
reproach. All who survive are sentenced forever
to feelings of guilt. No, no, no. Doctor, the
wars are fought by kids in foxholes. The literature
is written by doctors and officers. That's hardly
fair, Jerry. I'm the authority on war, Doctor,
because I was a kid in a foxhole and I don't
feel guilty about... about my buddy. You don't?
No. Tell me why. Oh, you wouldn't believe it.
Try me. All right. You see, there's a bullet,
and it's designed especially for you. And if
it's your bullet, it'll find you no matter where
you are. You can't evade it, you can't avoid
it. It was meant for you. It was meant to be.
You and the bullet. Both of you were dust, originally.
You were dust because the Bible says so. And
the bullet was also just dust in the ground.
Well that bullet was mined and refined and cast
into metal it was shaped into a slug and joined
with a shell It was one of billions of bullets,
but it was yours all yours and at the right time
At the right time there'd be a tremendous explosion
of gases in a narrow chamber And a bullet would
be torn loose from the shell case and spun around
the grooves of a gun barrel and hurled through
space This is the bullet you don't hear You don't
hear it, doctor. You don't hear it whine past
your ear or ping or for rock or thwack against
a tree. That's because it's your very own bullet.
It's coming to meet you, or you're gonna meet
it. It's been arranged, you see? It's an appointment
that can never be broken. The dust that had become
the bullet would encounter the dust that had
become you. And after a while, after a while
both of you would become dust once again and
return to the ground. Your original home. Jerry,
I know you're overworked, you're overwrought,
you're overtired. I keep telling him to slow
down. Okay, okay, I know I'm under a strain.
I know I'm working too hard, but what can I do?
Jerry, try to understand. Right now you're having
what is popularly known as a nervous breakdown.
This alleged visitor from another world. I say
he's an illusion. I say you have subconscious
feelings about him which you're not aware of.
And I say they burst through because of heavy
pressure on your nervous system. Yeah, I knew
you'd say that. Prove me wrong. How? Go away.
Get out from under. Rest a while. Relax. Oh,
honey, this looks like a good spot. You want
to stop here and try for some fish? Well, Morridge,
I think I'd like to go back and play nine holes
this afternoon. Great. I need more practice with
my irons. Honey, you know, you've been getting
a lot of sun. Maybe you'd better take it easy
for a few hours. And besides, you have an appointment
with... Oh, what's that name? Biscayne Appliances.
See, Jerry, I wasn't sleeping when you called
that number this morning. No, Morridge, I've
been good all month. I was just getting restless.
That's all. Look, they're a big chain down here.
If I can open them up, I'll justify the trip.
Justify? To whom? Why do you have to justify
anything? Isn't your health important enough?
Honey, Joe Keller was very nice about it. Joe
Keller had no choice. Marge... Honey, Steiner
was right. I was beat. I don't know how I managed
to drag myself along. So, I did the right thing.
I chucked it all. Now I'm fit, see? I never felt
better in my life, and I'm raring to go. Great.
In a month or two, we may think about going back.
I'm not used to being idle, honey. Neither am
I. But I am learning to love it. Oh, boy. Why
didn't I meet you when I was young? Young? Jerry,
you weren't even 21. No, I was already made when
we met. I had already become what I was going
to be. You know, I've got a certain amount of
ability. A tremendous amount, Jerry. But I'm
not confident, honey. I doubt myself. I guess
I didn't have very much encouragement when I
was a kid. You know, my brother was a great athlete.
My sister was a great beauty. I was kind of clumsy
and funny -looking. Anyway, Frank and Alice were
sent to college. When my turn came, the money
had run out. Well, maybe they thought I wasn't
worth the effort That's why I enlisted when I
was 18. I had to get away from the house and
my father There was no place else to go You never
told me this honey. I decided if I ever had a
kid I'd never make jokes at his expense or tear
him down in any way. I Know how these things
cut inside where it doesn't show I would do everything
to build him up and give him confidence. I will
never, never have any real confidence, Marge.
Oh, yes, you will. No, no, no, baby. You won't
get it from a pep talk. I think we can go back
home now, Marge. All right, on one condition.
You'll just have to slow down. I promise. And
honey, there's only one way you can really slow
down. That's to get a partnership from Joe Kelly.
Don't you deserve it? Of course I do. Well, we're
going to adopt a child. Which means I'll quit
my job and you're not going to spend time on
the road. That kid will need both of us, won't
he? Yes. Yes, honey, he will. Then we need that
partnership, don't we? like a million bucks.
That's two percent for cash, of course. Yeah,
Joe. Hold it, hold it. Ramona, no calls. I'm
in a meeting. I can't be disturbed. Well, anyhow,
Joe, hello. I want you to take it easy for a
while, you hear? Yeah, I'm ready for action,
Joe. Oh, you think you're ready. Now listen,
I know you had a lot of expenses. I want you
to take this little check. It's only 500. I'm
strapped for cash this week. I had to pop for
a whole new computer center. But anyway, I decided
to increase your bonus to five percent that'll
amount of pretty sweet raise. Huh? No, Joe Don't
don't thank me kid. You're entitled to it. We
got to make sure you don't get sick again Joe
I have to talk with you. Well sure kid. What
about well, it's Personal and important. Well,
let me buy you lunch Well Jerry What are we gonna
talk about? I'm fresh out of polite conversation.
Joe... Joe, I want a partnership. No, you don't,
Jerry. But Joe... No, no, no. Don't interrupt.
You don't want one. You'd like one. Two different
things. I don't nitpick, Joe. You'd like a partnership.
Which means it would be swell. Great if you had
it. But want is something else. It means lack.
It means need. I know you'd like to own a business,
but you're not cut out to be an owner. Why? Because
an owner is an officer. And in your heart, you'll
always be an enlisted man. Tell me, could you
ever fire a guy because you could get someone
else cheaper? If an old customer, a good friend,
was getting slow paying bills, could you cut
him off? Thousands of guys like you go bankrupt
every year. Get nice sweet big -hearted But you
don't have the guts business need well, I'd like
to remind you of the value myself I know it to
the penny Jerry and you're well paid for well.
I'm worth more now you are You got a sweet raise
this morning Joe Joe don't don't think I'm not
grateful You gave me my first break, but I think
I can do better elsewhere Where anywhere? Consolidated
Freeman and singer should I go down the list?
Oh, they'd love to have you Jerry What do they
pay? They handle the nationally advertised brands.
What did you be there glorified or to take it?
They don't need your full selling ability so
they don't have to pay a full price for it Sure
with me you push out all the schlock. It's rough
But you get top dollar There's 20 outfits like
mine. They grab you tomorrow, but where's improvement?
They won't pay you more At least here you got
nine years equity in a pension plan You and me
are used to each other. Besides, I really like
you. Sometimes I feel like a father to you, Jerry.
It was a fiasco, Patty, a fiasco. And how do
I break it to Moritz? Oh, what's it all about,
Jerry? Well, at least I don't have to put up
with Ed Clark tonight. I think I'd punch him
right in the mouth. We'll be deprived of his
wonderful company in the next two weeks. He's
tooling that trailer into the southwest. Hello,
Jerry. Patty. Patty, is someone standing behind
me? No, Jerry. Paul, will you tell me why? I'll
tell you everything, Jerry. When? So... I think
maybe tonight... Paul, why do you keep popping
in like this? I don't know, buddy. I can't control
that. Yeah, but Paul... Paul... Paul... Patty,
don't you see anyone? No, Jerry. You didn't hear
anyone talking to me either? No. Patty Patty,
do you think I'm crazy? Maybe you should see
a doctor. I saw a doctor. Well, how about one
of them? Psychiatrist fellas, I never even told
my wife. I did see a psychiatrist But after a
while I figured why pay him 50 bucks an hour
when I can come in here and talk to you for nothing
Well, there must be more to them fellas than
that. Oh sure He said that the roots of my problem
go back to my unhappy childhood But Patty, I
have a brother, Frank, who feels terribly insecure.
He goes to a psychiatrist, too. Why? He had a
happy childhood. Well, put it this way. If you
see someone, and I don't, the floor can be in
me and not in you. Drink? No, no. I better go
home and face the music. Let's go someplace and
talk. Where? Let's go to the parking lot and
sit in your car. It's cold. That won't bother
you, will it? Not yet. Turn the heater on for
yourself. When will everyone else be able to
see you, Paul? In two weeks. That's great. No.
It ain't. Why not? Because... You'll be dead.
Because you'll be dead. Cold words from a warm
friend. The chill inside the car becomes intense,
but Jerry knows there's no point in turning on
the heater. We'll rejoin these two friends when
I return shortly with Act 3. And now we return
to the final act of the bullet and a reunion
of two war buddies who haven't seen each other
in almost nine years. Jerry Price, who is alive,
and Paul Gardner, who is dead. The heater in
this car doesn't do much good. You're shivering.
Why am I gonna be dead, Paul? Remember the night
I went out on the patrol? Yeah. I'll remember
that night as long as I live. I completed my
job. I was headed back. And then I felt something
smash against my head. And I knew. I knew I just
met the bullet. You know, the bullet we used
to talk about? I bet you don't remember. No,
I remember. I remember. I felt it slam into me.
And then... I didn't know anything anymore. When
the guys told me, I went out to get you, Paul.
Yeah, I might have known you would. One minute,
I was moving through a rice paddy. And the next
minute, I'm sitting in an office. And I knew
a lot of time had gone by. Don't ask me how,
I knew, that's all. A man was talking to me.
What kind of man? You know, the type that's a
clerk in the government or a big corporation,
fussy, self -important. Everything's got to be
in the right place. He doesn't even look at me,
he's got a piece of paper. He says, Paul Gardner,
you're going back. You should not have died that
night. The computation was for you to survive.
The plan was for you to marry a girl named Marjorie
Stone. I married Marjorie Stone? Yeah, I told
the guy. I want no part of it. And he gives me
a look, this clerk does. Like he couldn't care
less about me or you or anybody else. And he
says, come with me. He leads me to a door. It
opens. And all I can hear is a hum and a clicking.
And all I can see is a computer. I mean, there's
no end to the thing. That's all you can see is
computer. And he says, there it is, friend. City
Hall. Go fight it. By this time I'm shaken. That
machine scared the pants off me. You couldn't
see the top nor the bottom of it. There was no
end to it. Just the machine wherever the eye
could see. Well, uh, then what happened? This
clerk, he tells me there's a plan. A capital
P plan. It calls for me to come home. Not you.
Yeah, well, maybe that's fair, Paul. You were
always the better man. No. You got more on the
ball. You never got a break, that's all. I had
the chance to go to school, become somebody.
I could have gone into the old man's business,
become the biggest hardware dealer in Atlanta.
You and me. We both run away to join the Army.
You because you had nothing. Me because I had
everything. But why are you coming back? Because
Marge and I are supposed to have a boy. A certain
kind of a boy. He'll grow up... I don't know,
discover something, create something, or be somebody
the world needs, real bad. They wouldn't tell
me what. Anyhow, 40, 50 years from now, he has
to be here. And of all the millions of men and
women, he could only be born to me and Marge.
Where... when am I leaving? I told you. In two
weeks. How? Nine o 'clock at night a trailer
truck will go past patty noon and saloon just
as You're crossing the street, but why does it
have to be like that? because You don't know
how careful these things are figured you could
get killed a million ways, but the plan calls
for a truck Driven by a guy named Ed Clark. I
know it Clark. He doesn't have a good record
So it'll be easy to prove he's a careless driver.
He works for a big outfit, so Marge will have
a good settlement. But why? I still don't understand.
She'll need the money. You see, I won't be a
good father. Not as good as you, for sure. Oh,
I'll love the kid. I'll love Marge, but I won't
be there a lot. You know me. I have to keep moving.
But if you know how important it is for the kid...
I won't know. Once I'm alive, I won't remember
any of this. And you say it's all figured out,
maybe not. The human element. How can the machine
predict Marge would go for you, huh? With all
due respect, Jerry. Did I ever have any trouble
landing any dame I had my sights on? With all
due respect, I can't see Marge falling for your
line of chatter. She will, Jerry. I'll be there
when she's having a bad time. She'll be all alone.
She'll need somebody. Things will take their
natural course. Sure, she'll see through my line,
but after a while, she'll get to like it. I'm
different. You're quiet. I raise hell. You let
things eat at your insides, not me. I pop off.
Maybe my way's no better in the long run. And
she's married to you, and she loves you. But
deep in her heart, she loves my way better. She'll
fall in love with me. Jerry, you have to believe
I don't want to do this. But it was your bullet,
not mine. Jerry? What are you thinking about?
A guy downstate wants to cancel a carload of
refrigerators. So I'm figuring an approach. Didn't
we agree no more work at home? Well, honey, this
is just thinking did you talk to Joe Keller about
the partnership? Yeah, and he said no Did you
give him notice? He gave me a raise Okay Marge,
why don't you mix us a drink honey aren't you
gonna say anything? Mm -hmm. Don't put in too
much ice March, please. You don't understand.
I understand I Married a certain kind of man
and you're stuck with him. No I'll stick by him,
because I love him. Would you have wanted a guy
who'd barge into Joe Keller's office and say,
Joe, either give me half the joint or I'll open
up across the street and run you out of business?
Oh, come on, Sharon. Answer me, Marge. I have
to know. Well, maybe I did. Why didn't you marry
him? He never showed up. So you settled for me.
That's what's known as falling in love. Come
on, honey. Take me to the movie. No, no, I don't
want to take you to the movies Let's go downtown
and see a play, but that's a lot of money. Are
you gonna worry about money? Look this weekend.
Would you like to fly out to say Snow Valley?
Yeah, how about Las Vegas? What's gotten into
you honey? We're gonna have two weeks of the
most fantastic Why two weeks? Oh what what's
so special? you me I just want to spend the rest
of my life having a ball with you. Well, hello,
stranger. Haven't seen you. Why, it must be weeks.
Where have you been? Oh, giving Morge a good
time. Well, I must say it's done wonders for
you. You look so calm. Do I? Do you ever see
the little guy who wasn't there? No, well, that's
good. Let's drink to it Jerry if I'm not being
forward What did he want from you? You wouldn't
believe it Patty. Do you believe it? Well, I
just dropped in to say hello Patty and goodbye
Jerry. Yeah Something's the matter with you.
Well, I I understand Ed Clark is due back here
tonight. I don't want to run into him. I just
don't want to talk to him. Well, if that's how
you feel, I'll bar him from the joint. Now, Jerry,
something's wrong with you. No, no, no, nothing,
Pat. Now, look, I'm an old soldier, Jerry. I
can tell. No, it's really nothing. Really is
it? No, Jerry, you've got a look on your face.
What kind of look? I've seen it before in the
war. I've seen it on men who go out on the impossible
mission. The look of men who know they're not
coming back. The resigned look. What are you
resigned to, Jerry? You have a vivid imagination.
I have an imagination. Jerry, whatever it is,
don't be resigned to it. Fight it. You can't
fight city life. I knew it. You're in a fight,
Jerry. Well, you can fight anybody. You're an
ex -combat soldier, and you weren't afraid of
anything. When you were out there, you faced
up to death, hunger, despair. What happened to
you, Jerry? Where did you lose it? Face up to
it now Whoever he is spit in his eye Patty. I
can't do anything Jerry I'm gonna throw you out
of here for your own good now leave leave town
Go far away for a while fight it Jerry fight
it Patty Patty wherever I go listen told Patty
just take off Don't you see there's a plan who
cares put up a fight. Why are you so upset Patty,
huh? I don't know but listen to me fight now
I'll get out of here It's Jerry. I decided to
fight it. Good boy, Jerry. You know, Patty, there's
something about your place. I don't know how
to say it, but I feel stronger, better, away
from it. Well, I don't mind. So I'm gonna fight.
What have I got to lose, huh? Why should I do
what he tells me? Why should I believe him? I
don't know what it is, but I agree. I'll see
you around, Patty. Who you calling Jerry Marge
I have to Jerry Don't do it this way There'll
be a hundred other people on that plane do it
the way it has to be done Paul I have to fight
you why because it isn't fair Was it fair for
me to stop your bullet? Come on Jerry Ed Clark
will be tooling by patties in less than an hour
I'll help you buddy Hello? Hello? What is it,
Mr. Noonan? I called you and I hope it wasn't
out of turn, Mrs. Price. It's about Jerry. What
about Jerry? He's sitting back there in a booth.
Now, wait. Don't go to him yet. He's in trouble.
Why, it can't be. We've had such a glorious two
weeks. He's in trouble. Well, what kind of trouble?
I don't know. We have to help him somehow. Isn't
that Buddy? I think so. Well, the time has come
to lay that nonsense to rest once and for all,
and I'm going to... That won't work. Agree with
him. Show him anything he wants is okay with
you. Don't fight him. All we can give him is
love. Hi, honey. Hi. Buy me a drink. Oh, sure.
You know, I never knew you had those little gold
highlights in your hair. Oh, I'm using a different
bottle this week. I love you. I love you, too.
And I want you to be with me always. Come on,
Jerry. Let's start. No, not yet. Are you talking
to me? The plan calls for it. How do I know there
is a plan? Ask anybody. Ask Marge. Jerry, what
are you talking about? Marge. March do you believe
there's a plan that determines the actions of
everybody in the whole world? No, you sure I'm
sure how do you think things work out? every
which way Come on Jerry. It's time. No. No, I
won't go where won't you go then March as far
as you're concerned There isn't any plan. Oh,
well Well, I what do you think Jerry? No, that's
not important. What do you think well? You can
yes that you started me thinking there has to
be a plan Otherwise you and am I we just never
would have met Remember that day. Yeah. Yeah,
you were taking cash at Ryman's drugstore. That's
the only reason I walked in there Well, I'd already
given notice. I was going to leave and Then you
walked in and asked Doc if you could open a charge
Then and there I decided to stay and where Where
were you going? Oh, away. Pull up stakes. Why?
Well, my folks were gone. My friends were married.
The neighborhood had changed. The girl I went
to school with had a father, a construction engineer.
He'd been transferred. Well, she took a job in
his new office and she wrote and said she found
a nice crowd. They needed secretaries down there.
She could fix it up. Well, why not? I was set
to go. But it was not to be. You came wandering
into Rymans. Obviously, there's a master plan
that rules our lives. And where was this wonderful
place you almost went to? Atlanta. Atlanta? Oh,
what's so remarkable about that, Jerry? It was
definite you were going. Well, sure. And only
because I... Only because you met me. Only because
I met you. Otherwise, I'd have gone to Atlanta
and married a southern millionaire. But evidently
something had been planned for me. Aren't you
flattered? I met you. And it changed my whole
life. Are you ready to go now, Jerry? George,
will you come with me? Yes, Jerry. Where do you
want to go? I have to do something. I'll come
with you. No, no, wait here, darling, please.
It's time, buddy. Just like going out on a patrol
Jerry where are you going? That's all right Patty.
It's all right. I didn't want this buddy. I know
I know I Don't want you to take my bullet either
Goodbye Jerry. Yeah, goodbye. Take care of her
for me. You know I will Let me throw this coat
over you. She's gonna fade. It's all right. I've
got her. We'll bring her into that bar where
it's more warm. Give her a little stimulant.
It's all right. Everything will be all right.
Everything will be... It'll be all right. So
many people preface what they believe with, it
is written. It is written in the stars. It is
written on the wind. And for so many like Jerry,
it is written on the bullet. I'll be back shortly.
I remember an old soldier once told me he wasn't
worried about the bullet. that had his name on
it. What really bothered him was the bullet marked,
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