WEBVTT 00:00:11.820 --> 00:00:32.780 The CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents... Come 00:00:32.780 --> 00:00:41.399 in. Welcome. I'm E .G. Marshall. Welcome to the 00:00:41.399 --> 00:00:46.140 sound of suspense. Welcome to the fear you can 00:00:46.140 --> 00:00:51.979 hear, but mostly to the world of terrifying imagination. 00:00:53.299 --> 00:00:55.880 The story you're about to hear concerns one of 00:00:55.880 --> 00:00:59.479 the most unusual killers in the annals of crime. 00:01:00.619 --> 00:01:04.379 A brutal murderer who carries not one but four 00:01:04.379 --> 00:01:09.099 deadly weapons wherever he goes. A huge monster 00:01:09.099 --> 00:01:12.700 of a creature weighing hundreds of pounds. But 00:01:12.700 --> 00:01:16.459 this isn't a horror story. In a way, it's a love 00:01:16.459 --> 00:01:20.500 story. It's called The Horse That Wasn't For 00:01:20.500 --> 00:01:24.079 Sale. And now that you've heard the title, you've 00:01:24.079 --> 00:01:27.159 already guessed the identity of our killer. But 00:01:27.159 --> 00:01:30.799 that doesn't mean you know what Stargazer is 00:01:30.799 --> 00:02:02.650 really like. The Horse That Wasn't For Sale was 00:02:02.650 --> 00:02:04.930 written especially for the Mystery Theatre by 00:02:04.930 --> 00:02:08.770 Henry Slusser and stars Mercedes McCambridge. 00:02:10.030 --> 00:02:26.169 I'll be back shortly with Act One. Our tale begins 00:02:26.169 --> 00:02:30.680 in an idyllic setting. Picture the gently rolling 00:02:30.680 --> 00:02:34.400 hills of a horse farm in the early days of autumn. 00:02:35.300 --> 00:02:38.319 The colors of the trees all red and rust and 00:02:38.319 --> 00:02:42.120 differing shades of amber. See the ranch house 00:02:42.120 --> 00:02:45.780 nestled comfortably in the valley. The long row 00:02:45.780 --> 00:02:49.740 of white stables. But now you may notice something 00:02:49.740 --> 00:02:54.139 unusual about this farm. The stables are empty. 00:02:55.099 --> 00:02:58.370 No horses, nay, and winnie in the paddocks. The 00:02:58.370 --> 00:03:03.349 only sound is the tapping of a typewriter. And 00:03:03.349 --> 00:03:06.229 at a desk in the front room sits a very handsome 00:03:06.229 --> 00:03:10.069 and very sad -looking young lady whose name is 00:03:10.069 --> 00:03:15.490 Chrissy Runyon. Judge Simmons, I thought it was 00:03:15.490 --> 00:03:18.750 only fair that I tell you the whole story about 00:03:18.750 --> 00:03:23.150 Stargazer so that at least you'll know the animal 00:03:23.150 --> 00:03:27.080 isn't entirely to blame for what happened. It 00:03:27.080 --> 00:03:31.479 began on the day my father was buried. And, of 00:03:31.479 --> 00:03:34.199 course, it began with our trainer, Clem Burnett. 00:03:35.360 --> 00:03:39.659 He was all alone at Runyon Farms that day. And 00:03:39.659 --> 00:03:43.180 he took advantage of the fact to sample some 00:03:43.180 --> 00:03:48.159 of daddy's best bourbon. Ah, shut up, you. Stand 00:03:48.159 --> 00:03:51.580 still if you want to get rushed. What's the matter 00:03:51.580 --> 00:03:57.520 with you? Stand still, you mangy beast. but I 00:03:57.520 --> 00:04:00.280 love how there goes the flash to phone now. We've 00:04:00.280 --> 00:04:02.259 got one job to do, it's another. All right, all 00:04:02.259 --> 00:04:07.020 right. All right, all right, I'm coming. Hello. 00:04:07.379 --> 00:04:11.259 Mr. Burnett, it's Chrissy Runyon. Oh, hello, 00:04:11.419 --> 00:04:14.740 it's Runyon. How is everything out there? Everything's 00:04:14.740 --> 00:04:17.879 fine, just fine. What about Bobalink? Is she 00:04:17.879 --> 00:04:20.860 still off her feet? Bobalink's fine, just fine. 00:04:28.680 --> 00:04:32.139 Tell me, how was the funeral? I'm calling to 00:04:32.139 --> 00:04:35.740 ask about the horses, Mr. Burnett. Is Stargazer 00:04:35.740 --> 00:04:39.220 still restless? Well, that horse ain't been nothing 00:04:39.220 --> 00:04:41.560 but restless since the day he was foaled. Well, 00:04:41.579 --> 00:04:44.060 then don't trouble him, Mr. Burnett. Do you understand? 00:06:14.160 --> 00:06:17.360 until she gets here. Miss Chrissy Runyon is the 00:06:17.360 --> 00:06:19.720 only one you ever cared for, right? Well, you 00:06:19.720 --> 00:06:22.019 can wait until she gets here and takes care of 00:06:22.019 --> 00:07:03.430 you, because I won't. better than I do, Judge 00:07:03.430 --> 00:07:07.089 Simmons. You viewed the remains of his body for 00:07:07.089 --> 00:07:09.910 the inquest. That was something I couldn't bring 00:07:09.910 --> 00:07:13.990 myself to do. I'm sure you remember the day after 00:07:13.990 --> 00:07:20.610 the hearing, when you asked me to dinner. Please, 00:07:20.769 --> 00:07:22.730 Judge, why don't you tell me what's really on 00:07:22.730 --> 00:07:28.250 your mind? It's about Stargaze, eh? Well, I appreciate 00:07:28.250 --> 00:07:31.100 your accepting this date. I know you're anxious 00:07:31.100 --> 00:07:33.279 to get back to the city. No, I'm anxious to get 00:07:33.279 --> 00:07:37.540 back to my home, Chuck. Yes. It's hard to think 00:07:37.540 --> 00:07:40.220 that Runyon Farms isn't your home anymore. Well, 00:07:40.220 --> 00:07:43.220 it hasn't been for years. You know that Daddy 00:07:43.220 --> 00:07:47.899 and I didn't get along. Yes, I know that only 00:07:47.899 --> 00:07:52.100 too well. Your father used to say the only thing 00:07:52.100 --> 00:07:54.800 that keeps Chrissy coming back is that horse, 00:07:55.480 --> 00:07:59.220 Stargazer. And you were right the first time. 00:07:59.819 --> 00:08:04.480 It's that horse. Yeah What about it? Well, I 00:08:04.480 --> 00:08:07.680 think you know Chrissy Even though I handed down 00:08:07.680 --> 00:08:10.360 the verdict I did about poor Clem Do you know 00:08:10.360 --> 00:08:14.540 what that man was doing to stargazer? As I heard 00:08:14.540 --> 00:08:17.100 testimony remember well, it's the truth judge. 00:08:17.100 --> 00:08:19.540 He was deliberately starving the poor animal 00:08:19.540 --> 00:08:22.420 He was depriving it of feed and water and that's 00:08:22.420 --> 00:08:26.540 why stargazer did What he did Chrissy? because 00:08:26.540 --> 00:08:29.339 he stopped thinking that animals are so aware 00:08:29.339 --> 00:08:33.120 of human motives. Now, I love horses too, but 00:08:33.120 --> 00:08:35.440 I don't give them that much credit. Well, they 00:08:35.440 --> 00:08:38.360 know cruelty from kindness. And you think it 00:08:38.360 --> 00:08:41.840 was merely Burnett's cruelty that made Stargazer 00:08:41.840 --> 00:08:46.419 stomp him to death? Yes, I do. Then what about 00:08:46.419 --> 00:08:51.539 Clayton? Well, what about him? Clayton wasn't 00:08:51.539 --> 00:08:54.360 killed. Are you telling me that he wouldn't have 00:08:54.360 --> 00:08:56.659 been killed if your father hadn't reached the 00:08:56.659 --> 00:09:01.500 stable in time? I didn't know that you knew about 00:09:01.500 --> 00:09:04.720 Clayton. Your father told me himself. I didn't 00:09:04.720 --> 00:09:09.259 realize you... He swore me to secrecy because... 00:09:09.259 --> 00:09:12.500 Well, because he knew how much you loved Stargazer. 00:09:12.840 --> 00:09:18.120 He's my horse, Judge. Daddy gave him to me. Yes, 00:09:18.120 --> 00:09:21.220 but he didn't know that he was giving you a killer. 00:09:21.480 --> 00:09:24.179 Oh, don't say that. You can be glad I didn't 00:09:24.179 --> 00:09:26.899 say it at the inquest, Chrissy. Now, I was tempted 00:09:26.899 --> 00:09:30.139 to, let me tell you. It was only the fact of 00:09:30.139 --> 00:09:33.299 you sitting there with those big blue eyes of 00:09:33.299 --> 00:09:36.519 yours filled with tears if I was crying for my 00:09:36.519 --> 00:09:39.860 father. Yes, yes, of course. But you were crying 00:09:39.860 --> 00:09:42.860 for your stargazer, too. Now, you're afraid the 00:09:42.860 --> 00:09:45.240 verdict would be against the animal and the... 00:09:45.279 --> 00:09:47.919 that somebody would have to put a bullet in that 00:09:47.919 --> 00:09:50.440 proud head. Judge, please don't say such things. 00:09:50.639 --> 00:09:53.879 Chrissy, you're not going to allow Stargazer 00:09:53.879 --> 00:09:58.279 to be sold, are you? Is that why you wanted this 00:09:58.279 --> 00:10:02.759 lunch, to ask me that? The horse cannot be ridden. 00:10:03.279 --> 00:10:06.039 Not even you would dare ride him again. A horse 00:10:06.039 --> 00:10:10.200 doesn't have to be ridden. Chrissy, your beautiful 00:10:10.200 --> 00:10:16.320 stallion is mad. Mad? Killer mad. The way some 00:10:16.320 --> 00:10:18.720 animals get when they're treated just a little 00:10:18.720 --> 00:10:22.159 too coolly. But Stargazer wasn't ever treated 00:10:22.159 --> 00:10:26.179 that badly. Between Clayton and Burnett and you, 00:10:26.220 --> 00:10:30.659 you're... Me? Yes, Chrissy. Yours was the greatest 00:10:30.659 --> 00:10:34.080 cruelty of all. What do you mean? Your horse 00:10:34.080 --> 00:10:37.720 loved you, child. And you left him. You went 00:10:37.720 --> 00:10:40.379 out of his life, and you stayed out of it. Well, 00:10:40.379 --> 00:10:44.549 I was in college. And afterwards... Well judge 00:10:44.549 --> 00:10:46.330 I did have a life to live I didn't want to live 00:10:46.330 --> 00:10:49.710 it under the thumb of my father yes Stargazer 00:10:49.710 --> 00:10:52.370 forgot kindness and learned indifference and 00:10:52.370 --> 00:10:57.309 cruelty and he went mad Now you have to do something 00:10:57.309 --> 00:11:00.309 for him judge. Please listen to me. I know he's 00:11:00.309 --> 00:11:02.990 valuable Chrissy I know your father left you 00:11:02.990 --> 00:11:06.230 with too many creditors and stargazer will Probably 00:11:06.230 --> 00:11:08.509 bring you a higher price than any other horse 00:11:08.509 --> 00:11:12.090 on the list eight maybe ten thousand from the 00:11:12.090 --> 00:11:15.350 start farm judge Simmons You needn't have worried. 00:11:16.070 --> 00:11:19.850 I made up my mind about that even before Stargazer... 00:11:19.850 --> 00:11:24.830 even before Burnett was killed. He's not for 00:11:24.830 --> 00:11:28.889 sale. You mean that, Chrissy? I'm putting every 00:11:28.889 --> 00:11:34.029 single horse up for auction. But not Stargazer. 00:11:54.350 --> 00:12:02.870 Just a moment. Good morning. Oh, hello. You remember 00:12:02.870 --> 00:12:05.789 me, don't you? Alan Collin from Wild Brook Farm? 00:12:05.889 --> 00:12:09.289 Yes, of course I remember you, Mr. Collin. Well, 00:12:09.289 --> 00:12:11.570 I thought you might have forgotten me. It's been 00:12:11.570 --> 00:12:13.389 a couple of years since we've seen each other, 00:12:13.470 --> 00:12:16.210 Miss Runyon. I remember you. In fact, I saw you 00:12:16.210 --> 00:12:19.710 at the auction. Well, well, I'm flattered that 00:12:19.710 --> 00:12:22.649 you noticed me. You bought three of my father's 00:12:22.649 --> 00:12:25.679 horses. Yes, yes, I bought three. I meant to 00:12:25.679 --> 00:12:30.860 buy four. Listen, do you mind if I come in? Oh, 00:12:31.019 --> 00:12:36.580 please do. I was really shocked when I heard 00:12:36.580 --> 00:12:39.919 he died. He wasn't a youngster, of course, but 00:12:39.919 --> 00:12:43.320 just the same. My father was 71. I always figured 00:12:43.320 --> 00:12:45.820 he was younger seeing as how he had such a young 00:12:45.820 --> 00:12:49.019 daughter. But I know it took Will a long time 00:12:49.019 --> 00:12:50.940 to get around to marrying. He was practically 00:12:50.940 --> 00:12:54.980 40 by then, wasn't he? But then, that's how your 00:12:54.980 --> 00:12:58.100 father was, always putting things off. Including 00:12:58.100 --> 00:13:02.460 paying his bills, huh? Is that why you're here, 00:13:02.460 --> 00:13:05.639 perhaps? I beg your pardon? No, I know that you 00:13:05.639 --> 00:13:07.620 were on my father's list of creditors. Well, 00:13:07.620 --> 00:13:11.039 but that's not the reason I came to see you. 00:13:11.639 --> 00:13:13.879 You see, I bought three horses at your auction, 00:13:13.919 --> 00:13:17.899 but I meant to buy four. The only reason I didn't 00:13:17.899 --> 00:13:21.039 was because the horse I really wanted wasn't 00:13:21.039 --> 00:13:27.399 for sale. Huh. You mean stargazer? Hey, I suppose 00:13:27.399 --> 00:13:30.740 you think I believe those rumors about the animal 00:13:30.740 --> 00:13:34.759 Well, I don't I've been around horses all my 00:13:34.759 --> 00:13:39.759 life a good thoroughbred doesn't go crazy overnight 00:13:39.759 --> 00:13:43.720 So any compunction you might have about selling 00:13:43.720 --> 00:13:47.679 him you're mistaken Stargazer was kept out of 00:13:47.679 --> 00:13:52.889 the auction at my request He's my horse And I 00:13:52.889 --> 00:13:56.870 don't want him sold. Well, I attended the inquest, 00:13:56.870 --> 00:14:00.309 you know. I listened to every word and I know 00:14:00.309 --> 00:14:02.909 Burnett mistreated the animal. That's why he 00:14:02.909 --> 00:14:05.889 got stomped. Mr. Burnett was a fine trainer. 00:14:06.009 --> 00:14:09.970 Oh, yes, yes, yes, indeed. The point is that 00:14:09.970 --> 00:14:12.830 I'm willing to take my chances, Miss Runyon. 00:14:12.909 --> 00:14:15.370 I won't ask you to cut the price because of a 00:14:15.370 --> 00:14:18.470 horse's reputation. There's no price tag on him. 00:14:18.509 --> 00:14:21.389 I'm sorry. I'm just writing, and you're still 00:14:21.389 --> 00:14:24.690 a sporting woman, aren't you? Would you be willing 00:14:24.690 --> 00:14:29.590 to make a little wager? What? Why, I've ridden 00:14:29.590 --> 00:14:33.090 horses with reputations five times worse than 00:14:33.090 --> 00:14:37.970 stargazers, and I can prove it. Now, if I do, 00:14:38.129 --> 00:14:46.669 will you talk about a sale? No. Oh, you're your 00:14:46.669 --> 00:14:49.590 father's daughter, all right. Everybody said 00:14:49.590 --> 00:14:51.570 Will ought to raise mules. It would have been 00:14:51.570 --> 00:14:54.909 more in character. Now look, you don't have to 00:14:54.909 --> 00:14:58.710 worry about me. I was born in a saddle. If anything 00:14:58.710 --> 00:15:01.809 happens, the responsibility will be all mine. 00:15:01.950 --> 00:15:04.830 Your responsibility? Do you really think I care 00:15:04.830 --> 00:15:07.710 what happens to you? Yeah, but nothing will. 00:15:07.710 --> 00:15:10.409 If you were at that inquest, you know what it 00:15:10.409 --> 00:15:14.809 means if Stargazer hurts anybody again. They'll 00:15:14.809 --> 00:15:16.990 destroy him. and they'll have the legal right 00:15:16.990 --> 00:15:19.129 to put him away. And I won't let that happen. 00:15:19.190 --> 00:15:24.649 But it won't be that way. It will. There is something 00:15:24.649 --> 00:15:27.870 wrong with Stargazer. I've known that for a long 00:15:27.870 --> 00:15:30.909 time. And I think Daddy knew it too, but he gave 00:15:30.909 --> 00:15:34.090 him to me thinking that I might win him over 00:15:34.090 --> 00:15:39.370 with kindness. Well, I failed, you see. And now 00:15:39.370 --> 00:15:42.870 when he feels that hateful weight on his back, 00:15:42.950 --> 00:15:50.309 he... Oh, please. Please. Go, Mr. Carlin, please. 00:15:51.809 --> 00:15:56.429 All right, Miss Runyon. I'm just so terribly 00:15:56.429 --> 00:16:04.350 sorry you won't let me prove you wrong. Oh, dear. 00:16:05.789 --> 00:16:10.110 I should start my packing. Feels like the whole 00:16:10.110 --> 00:16:14.980 morning is gone. Oh, no. I hope that man isn't 00:16:14.980 --> 00:16:18.659 bothering Stargazer. We must be out at the stable. 00:16:20.659 --> 00:16:24.240 Mr. Carlin, don't! Please don't! Mr. Carlin, 00:16:24.419 --> 00:16:47.000 don't! killer horse, but Mr. Carlin won't admit 00:16:47.000 --> 00:16:51.620 he can't win Stargazer's heart and perhaps win 00:16:51.620 --> 00:16:55.559 Stargazer himself. We'll find out what becomes 00:16:55.559 --> 00:16:59.279 of both of them when I return shortly with act 00:16:59.279 --> 00:17:28.710 two. to a rider's touch and knows when they resent 00:17:28.710 --> 00:17:32.630 it. But there are times when even the best horseman 00:17:32.630 --> 00:17:36.609 allows his ego to override his common sense. 00:17:37.569 --> 00:17:40.769 And Ellen Carlin is about to learn that his time 00:17:40.769 --> 00:18:55.589 is now. Oh, yes, Miss Runyon. This is Sergeant 00:18:55.589 --> 00:18:58.630 Beggs. Oh, Sergeant, one of my horses was removed 00:18:58.630 --> 00:19:03.410 from... I mean, uh... He ran away. Oh. I thought 00:19:03.410 --> 00:19:05.670 all your animals were auctioned off, Miss Runyon. 00:19:05.670 --> 00:19:08.769 No. No, there's one that wasn't sold. His name 00:19:08.769 --> 00:19:13.190 is... Listen, maybe he's still around the farm 00:19:13.190 --> 00:19:15.170 somewhere. Maybe I better just go out and look 00:19:15.170 --> 00:19:17.710 for him. Well, if you want to give me a description 00:19:17.710 --> 00:19:20.009 of the animal... No, no, no. It's all right. 00:19:20.509 --> 00:19:23.430 I just lost my... head permanent I'm sure he's 00:19:23.430 --> 00:19:25.789 around the property somewhere and I'll find him. 00:19:26.170 --> 00:19:30.670 Don't worry. Whatever you say miss. I'm sorry 00:19:30.670 --> 00:19:45.289 to have troubled you. Goodbye. Of course I knew 00:19:45.289 --> 00:19:49.470 that Stargazer wasn't around the farm. I knew 00:19:49.470 --> 00:19:53.000 where Stargazer was. Somewhere near the woods 00:19:53.000 --> 00:19:56.940 with Alan Carlin on his back if he was still 00:19:56.940 --> 00:20:00.380 safely in the saddle And I knew that I had to 00:20:00.380 --> 00:20:04.660 find them. I Saw Carlin's automobile park outside 00:20:04.660 --> 00:20:08.559 And I decided to take it instead of my own so 00:20:08.559 --> 00:20:12.440 that I could send mr. Carlin back where he belonged 00:20:12.440 --> 00:20:16.480 I Just hoped and prayed that I wasn't too late 00:20:25.319 --> 00:20:28.740 I hated driving. All my life I preferred a saddle 00:20:28.740 --> 00:20:32.440 to a driver's seat. But I drove Alan Carlin's 00:20:32.440 --> 00:20:35.960 car like a reckless idiot, taking every curve 00:20:35.960 --> 00:20:41.240 as if it was a race course. Stargazer must have 00:20:41.240 --> 00:20:43.740 been traveling swiftly because there was still 00:20:43.740 --> 00:20:46.900 no sign of them when the road ended and became 00:20:46.900 --> 00:20:49.440 a forest trail. Only a horse could travel that 00:20:49.440 --> 00:20:55.240 pathway. So I stopped the car. I wasn't afraid 00:20:55.240 --> 00:20:59.079 of the forest. I'd spent half my life on a trail 00:20:59.079 --> 00:21:02.420 that led into the deepest parts of it. But now, 00:21:02.539 --> 00:21:05.400 for the first time, I felt afraid of it. Afraid 00:21:05.400 --> 00:21:09.460 of what it might conceal. And then I heard a 00:21:09.460 --> 00:21:13.480 sound that froze me in my tracks. Star Geezer! 00:21:14.799 --> 00:21:37.180 Star Geezer, where are you? Star Geezer! He just 00:21:37.180 --> 00:21:39.480 won't be ridden. Nobody can ride stargaze. They're 00:21:39.480 --> 00:21:46.140 not even me. You're lucky. Oh, no. Oh, no. It's 00:21:46.140 --> 00:21:54.240 a head. Oh, no. You killed him. He's dead. He's 00:21:54.240 --> 00:21:58.539 sample to death. Oh, dear God. How could you 00:21:58.539 --> 00:22:02.700 let this happen? It isn't right. It isn't right. 00:22:04.039 --> 00:22:08.059 No, no, no, Stargaze. I'm not angry, not with 00:22:08.059 --> 00:22:13.779 you. My poor animal. No, it's his fault. It's 00:22:13.779 --> 00:22:19.700 all his fault. Oh, damn you, Colin! Why did you 00:22:19.700 --> 00:22:25.000 make this happen? Why? No, don't, don't worry. 00:22:25.720 --> 00:22:29.200 Don't worry, Stargazer. I'm not gonna let anything 00:22:29.200 --> 00:22:32.660 happen to you. That wouldn't be fair. It just 00:22:32.660 --> 00:22:37.890 wouldn't be. Only what can I do? They'll find 00:22:37.890 --> 00:22:45.309 out. Somebody will find out. I looked at Carlin's 00:22:45.309 --> 00:22:50.410 dead body. And I thought, what if I simply left 00:22:50.410 --> 00:22:53.730 it there? Just left it. To yesterday's dead leaves 00:22:53.730 --> 00:22:56.950 and this year's snow. By the time they found 00:22:56.950 --> 00:23:00.609 him, Stargazer would be safe with me in Washington. 00:23:02.569 --> 00:23:06.069 But then I realized that would never work. They'd 00:23:06.069 --> 00:23:08.910 see the hoof marks on his face. They'd know. 00:23:10.009 --> 00:23:12.150 That policeman I called would remember him. They'd 00:23:12.150 --> 00:23:15.769 come for Stargazer and they'd put a bullet in 00:23:15.769 --> 00:23:21.769 his head. No. No, I couldn't leave Alan Carlin 00:23:21.769 --> 00:23:24.890 there. Not with the story of his death so clearly 00:23:24.890 --> 00:23:29.309 marked on his face and his body. Or maybe there 00:23:29.309 --> 00:23:34.160 was something else I could do. What if... I obscured 00:23:34.160 --> 00:23:40.460 the story of that death. What if I just obliterated 00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:48.099 it? Yes, that was my answer. Helen Collins' automobile 00:23:48.099 --> 00:23:49.980 was only a hundred yards away. If I could get 00:23:49.980 --> 00:23:54.299 him there, I bent down and put my hands under 00:23:54.299 --> 00:23:59.700 his arms and I tried to lift him. He was so heavy. 00:24:00.859 --> 00:24:05.309 Dead weight. How could I drag him to the car? 00:24:06.890 --> 00:24:10.730 No, it was impossible. I could only move him 00:24:10.730 --> 00:24:14.690 a few inches along the ground. The slippery leaves 00:24:14.690 --> 00:24:18.529 beneath his body helped a little, but I just 00:24:18.529 --> 00:24:24.569 didn't have the strength. And then Stargazer 00:24:24.569 --> 00:24:28.849 gave me the answer. If I could manage to secure 00:24:28.849 --> 00:24:31.839 the body to his harness... if I could attach 00:24:31.839 --> 00:24:35.619 it somehow to the reins, or even to the stirrup. 00:24:36.140 --> 00:24:39.579 It was horrible, I knew that. But the thought 00:24:39.579 --> 00:24:41.819 of what might happen to Stargazer was even more 00:24:41.819 --> 00:24:48.460 horrible, more unbearable. And finally... Finally... 00:24:48.460 --> 00:24:53.039 I managed... I dragged that man's body out of 00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:56.980 the woods, using Stargazer as my strength. And 00:24:56.980 --> 00:25:02.359 I put Alan Carlin... into his own automobile. 00:25:03.619 --> 00:25:09.559 And I started the engine. There was only one 00:25:09.559 --> 00:25:13.019 logical place to take him. It was the canyon 00:25:13.019 --> 00:25:16.759 road, of course. I knew how steep that drive 00:25:16.759 --> 00:25:19.599 was, how dangerous it was, that's why so few 00:25:19.599 --> 00:25:22.940 cars traveled it. And I was lucky, for me, the 00:25:22.940 --> 00:25:25.579 fact that the road was empty, because it made 00:25:25.579 --> 00:25:29.279 what I had to do so much easier. It almost seemed 00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:31.339 like a sign from heaven that what I was doing 00:25:31.339 --> 00:25:36.319 was right. And then, at the beginning of a steep 00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:43.819 grade, I stopped the car. And I looked at the 00:25:43.819 --> 00:25:48.140 edge of the precipice. And then I looked at Alan 00:25:48.140 --> 00:25:52.380 Carlin's body. And for a moment, my nerve deserted 00:25:52.380 --> 00:25:59.259 me. But then I put down the parking brake. I 00:25:59.259 --> 00:26:04.359 shifted the car into drive, and I got out. And 00:26:04.359 --> 00:26:06.220 I reached below the dashboard and released the 00:26:06.220 --> 00:26:09.700 handbrake. And for a moment I thought I'd have 00:26:09.700 --> 00:26:11.900 to push the car to start it sliding down the 00:26:11.900 --> 00:26:14.819 grade toward the edge. But then gravity became 00:26:14.819 --> 00:26:18.099 my confederate, and the car began to move of 00:26:18.099 --> 00:26:21.720 its own accord. The door slammed shut as the 00:26:21.720 --> 00:26:24.420 wind caught it, and with gathering momentum it 00:26:24.420 --> 00:26:26.759 headed straight for the guardrail, straight for 00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:29.680 the canyon below. and the guardrail gave way 00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:33.559 and the car and the man and the whole horrible 00:26:33.559 --> 00:26:39.460 problem went over the edge and when it struck 00:26:39.460 --> 00:26:44.380 the bottom the impact was so shattering I knew 00:26:44.380 --> 00:26:47.599 that stargazer could never possibly be implicated 00:26:47.599 --> 00:26:55.319 in that man's death then I made the long walk 00:26:55.319 --> 00:26:59.910 back to the woods Back to my horse to my old 00:26:59.910 --> 00:27:05.390 friend who stood patiently tethered waiting for 00:27:05.390 --> 00:27:31.690 me Trusting Yes, Sergeant. Well, I just thought 00:27:31.690 --> 00:27:34.349 I'd call and see if you had any luck about finding 00:27:34.349 --> 00:27:40.250 your horse, I mean. Oh, yes, I found him. I was 00:27:40.250 --> 00:27:43.490 foolish to have panicked. He hadn't gone very 00:27:43.490 --> 00:27:46.309 far after all. Oh, good, good. Still on the property. 00:27:46.529 --> 00:27:49.130 Yes, yes, yes. Yes, he was. That was silly of 00:27:49.130 --> 00:27:52.069 me. He was just a short distance away. Well, 00:27:52.069 --> 00:27:53.690 that's fine. That's just fine. I'm glad to hear 00:27:53.690 --> 00:27:56.910 it. Better make sure you keep that stable door 00:27:56.910 --> 00:28:02.660 locked. Yes, I will. Thank you very much, Sergeant. 00:28:02.839 --> 00:28:09.539 You're welcome, Miss Runyon. Bye. Goodbye. I 00:28:09.539 --> 00:28:14.740 think I could use a drink. Oh, no! No, quit! 00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:20.579 Hello! Hello, is this Miss... Is it Runyon? No, 00:28:20.680 --> 00:28:35.400 the name is Runyon. Who is this? What do you 00:28:35.400 --> 00:28:38.380 want? Well, I was wondering if you were going 00:28:38.380 --> 00:28:41.460 to be home this afternoon, Mr. Runyon. A little 00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:43.619 something I wanted to talk to you about. No, 00:28:43.619 --> 00:28:46.259 I'm sorry. I have a great number of things to 00:28:46.259 --> 00:29:09.500 do today. I can't receive visitors. of what you're 00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:46.140 talking about. Percy Runyon has woven herself 00:29:46.140 --> 00:29:50.079 a tangled web and one in which she herself seems 00:29:50.079 --> 00:30:17.440 to be caught. It begins with a sound that strikes 00:30:17.440 --> 00:30:19.980 terror into the heart of young Chrissy Runyon. 00:30:22.039 --> 00:30:25.319 She hesitates before she answers it, afraid of 00:30:25.319 --> 00:30:30.299 the man who might be on her doorstep. Miss Runyon? 00:30:45.359 --> 00:30:47.940 Mr. Fryett, I've never seen you around here before. 00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:51.700 Well, I'm new, Miss Runyon. I come from out of 00:30:51.700 --> 00:30:54.460 state. I used to work in West Virginia at the 00:30:54.460 --> 00:30:57.539 Algonquin Farm. You know it? I heard of it. Well, 00:30:57.559 --> 00:30:59.680 I used to be a trainer there a long, long time 00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:03.000 ago. Then they had me doing grooming work and 00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:05.660 junk like that. I said, no more of that, I said. 00:31:05.660 --> 00:31:08.680 Mr. Fryett, will you please come to the point? 00:31:08.700 --> 00:31:13.140 What did you mean about Mr. Carlin? I don't know 00:31:13.140 --> 00:31:17.140 what you saw or think. You saw. I've seen you, 00:31:17.220 --> 00:31:22.200 Miss Runyon. I've seen what you did. Well, whatever 00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:25.960 you think you saw, you were mistaken. I didn't 00:31:25.960 --> 00:31:29.559 even know your boss, Mr. Carlin. And to accuse 00:31:29.559 --> 00:31:32.200 me of killing him... Oh, but that's what you 00:31:32.200 --> 00:31:35.839 did, all right. Now, you pushed that car over 00:31:35.839 --> 00:31:39.380 the cliff, and poor Mr. Carlin was in it. My, 00:31:39.779 --> 00:31:42.880 my, you must have really hated that man. Well, 00:31:42.880 --> 00:31:44.779 what'd they ever do to you? Did it get fresh 00:31:44.779 --> 00:31:47.579 or something? Mr. Fryett, you're completely wrong. 00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:51.000 I swear, you're mistaken. Well, alrighty then, 00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:54.319 I'm wrong. So you don't mind if I tell the police 00:31:54.319 --> 00:31:57.019 what I saw? Now, I figure they're not so dumb. 00:31:57.240 --> 00:31:58.960 They can go looking for footprints or something 00:31:58.960 --> 00:32:01.579 up there, like tire tracks and stuff like that. 00:32:01.660 --> 00:32:05.420 It was an accident. Of course, sir. I don't have 00:32:05.420 --> 00:32:07.920 to tell them what I saw. What do you mean by 00:32:07.920 --> 00:32:12.640 that? I wear what I sit. Ain't no law saying 00:32:12.640 --> 00:32:17.220 a man has to tell everything he knows and What 00:32:17.220 --> 00:32:21.839 would stop you? If I like the person no, that's 00:32:21.839 --> 00:32:24.299 not what you really mean is it now you take mr. 00:32:24.740 --> 00:32:27.220 Carlin Well, I only worked for the man a week 00:32:27.220 --> 00:32:30.079 and I could tell already that he wasn't such 00:32:30.079 --> 00:32:36.059 a nice fella I did not kill him. Mr. Carlin Miss 00:32:36.059 --> 00:32:39.180 Runyon, but you see, there I was in that canyon, 00:32:39.700 --> 00:32:42.319 taking a ride on the old mag they let me use, 00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:45.519 and I seen that car stop there. And now just 00:32:45.519 --> 00:32:48.140 for the heck of it, I put my field glasses on 00:32:48.140 --> 00:32:52.440 it. That's how I come to see it all. But you 00:32:52.440 --> 00:32:57.079 don't understand why I did it. Oh heck, I don't 00:32:57.079 --> 00:33:00.380 care why. Now I told you I didn't like the man. 00:33:01.230 --> 00:33:03.869 Sure could sit a horse though. Now I'll give 00:33:03.869 --> 00:33:06.289 him that. I swear to you he was already dead. 00:33:06.849 --> 00:33:09.130 People around here know that he treated your 00:33:09.130 --> 00:33:12.589 Paul pretty bad. Can't blame you for what you 00:33:12.589 --> 00:33:15.890 did. You must believe me. Mr. Collin was already 00:33:15.890 --> 00:33:18.170 dead when his car went over into the canyon. 00:33:18.650 --> 00:33:25.109 He'd been killed by... by an accident. I had... 00:33:25.119 --> 00:33:28.619 My reasons for doing what I did sure miss sure 00:33:28.619 --> 00:33:31.700 you did and you can just tell the police all 00:33:31.700 --> 00:33:36.799 about it No, no, they may not Understand yeah. 00:33:36.980 --> 00:33:39.279 Yeah, that's true enough. Yeah, they may not 00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:42.500 understand. I mean not the way I do But just 00:33:42.500 --> 00:33:45.640 the same they asked me questions about it. Now. 00:33:45.839 --> 00:33:48.920 I'd have to tell them what I know Well, unless 00:33:48.920 --> 00:33:52.039 of course sir. I wasn't around to tell him anything 00:33:52.039 --> 00:33:56.180 not around Well, with Mr. Carlin dead, there's 00:33:56.180 --> 00:33:58.740 not much point in me hanging around Wildbrook 00:33:58.740 --> 00:34:02.079 much longer. Maybe I ought to move on. He'll 00:34:02.079 --> 00:34:06.039 find me another job. If I did that, well, I wouldn't 00:34:06.039 --> 00:34:09.440 be here when the police came around. Understand? 00:34:09.519 --> 00:34:13.619 No, I'm not sure I do. If I could get me a steak, 00:34:13.760 --> 00:34:16.739 now I'd leave right away, tomorrow, maybe. That 00:34:16.739 --> 00:34:19.800 wouldn't take much. Four or five thousand maybe, 00:34:19.840 --> 00:34:22.880 huh? That ought to be enough. Don't you think? 00:34:22.980 --> 00:34:26.199 Oh, wait a minute. Better round it out to five. 00:34:27.519 --> 00:34:29.539 Five thousand would do her, Miss Runyon. Do you 00:34:29.539 --> 00:34:33.199 expect me to give you that money? Well, it would 00:34:33.199 --> 00:34:35.519 sure help if you did. But that's impossible. 00:34:35.639 --> 00:34:37.800 I don't have a penny. You know, auction must 00:34:37.800 --> 00:34:40.139 have given you plenty, Miss Runyon. Why, Mr. 00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:42.300 Carlin bought some of your stock himself. But 00:34:42.300 --> 00:34:45.460 every cent goes to my father's creditors. And 00:34:45.460 --> 00:34:47.800 even that won't be enough. Well, I don't know 00:34:47.800 --> 00:34:51.920 about that. All I know is 5 ,000 would do me 00:34:51.920 --> 00:34:54.599 just fine. Now, you think it over, Miss Runyon. 00:34:55.079 --> 00:34:57.360 I'll come back tomorrow afternoon. It won't do 00:34:57.360 --> 00:35:00.079 any good. We'll see. There's just no way I can 00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:02.519 raise that money, Mr. Frank. Oh, you'll find 00:35:02.519 --> 00:35:04.820 some way. Women these days, they can do just 00:35:04.820 --> 00:35:07.300 about everything. You know, fly airplanes, run 00:35:07.300 --> 00:35:11.619 companies, kill people. Well, you'll figure something 00:35:11.619 --> 00:35:15.849 out, Miss Runyon. Well... Oh, man. Mr. Fries, 00:35:15.929 --> 00:35:20.349 please. I'll see you in the morning. Oh, dear 00:35:20.349 --> 00:35:32.030 God. What am I going to do? And now, here's news 00:35:32.030 --> 00:35:34.929 on the local scene. The body of horseman Alan 00:35:34.929 --> 00:35:37.750 Winslow Carlin has been found in the ravine below 00:35:37.750 --> 00:35:41.429 Canyon Road. Carlin, the victim of an auto crash 00:35:41.429 --> 00:35:45.719 that complete... to be identified positively 00:35:45.719 --> 00:35:49.000 through examination of his dental records due 00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:51.619 to the condition of the body. An investigation 00:35:51.619 --> 00:35:58.880 by the State Highway Patrol is underway. Yes? 00:35:59.079 --> 00:36:01.579 Uh, Miss Runyon, my name is Sergeant Beggs. We, 00:36:01.579 --> 00:36:04.980 uh, spoke on the phone earlier today. Oh, yes, 00:36:05.199 --> 00:36:07.900 Sergeant. Could I please come in? Well, if you're 00:36:07.900 --> 00:36:10.559 still worried about my horse, I told you that 00:36:10.559 --> 00:36:13.280 I did find him again. Oh, yes. Yes, Miss, I know. 00:36:13.519 --> 00:36:17.719 Well, then, what's the trouble? Oh, nothing about 00:36:17.719 --> 00:36:20.300 the horse. It's about your neighbor, as a matter 00:36:20.300 --> 00:36:22.800 of fact. If I could just come in for a minute, 00:36:22.960 --> 00:36:28.360 please. Yes, of course. Thank you. I don't know 00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:32.699 if you know the gentleman. Name of Carlin? Oh, 00:36:32.699 --> 00:36:36.099 yes, I know who he is. Wild Brook Farnes. Yes, 00:36:36.099 --> 00:36:38.739 that's him. Matter of fact, I understand he bought 00:36:38.739 --> 00:36:40.840 some of your horses at the auction last week. 00:36:40.960 --> 00:36:44.690 Yes, he did, but I... Didn't handle the transaction 00:36:44.690 --> 00:36:47.670 myself the auctioneer did all of that. Yes. Yes, 00:36:47.670 --> 00:36:52.190 I understand well then What was it you wanted 00:36:52.190 --> 00:36:56.690 to ask me? You haven't been back home for some 00:36:56.690 --> 00:37:00.070 time. Have you it's close to two years. I Came 00:37:00.070 --> 00:37:02.449 here when my father died sudden. Yes. I know 00:37:02.449 --> 00:37:05.630 and so I guess you Didn't see Alan Carlin and 00:37:05.630 --> 00:37:10.690 all that time. No Why in the world should I oh? 00:37:11.519 --> 00:37:17.159 I was just asking. Oh, Sergeant, I think you'd 00:37:17.159 --> 00:37:19.679 better tell me what this is all about. Well, 00:37:20.139 --> 00:37:22.739 I've got something to tell you about Mr. Carlin. 00:37:22.900 --> 00:37:27.519 He's, uh, he's dead. He died in an auto crash 00:37:27.519 --> 00:37:31.500 this morning. Yes. I just heard that on the news. 00:37:31.559 --> 00:37:34.119 Oh, I see, I see. Well, it was pretty bad. He 00:37:34.119 --> 00:37:36.869 was halfway up the Canyon Road. heading for the 00:37:36.869 --> 00:37:38.349 leap. You know where the leap is? Sergeant, I 00:37:38.349 --> 00:37:39.889 was born and raised in this part of the country. 00:37:40.050 --> 00:37:43.070 Oh, yes, of course. Excuse me. Anyway, he went 00:37:43.070 --> 00:37:45.210 out driving that way, and he must have skidded 00:37:45.210 --> 00:37:49.610 or something. Car went over the edge, plowed 00:37:49.610 --> 00:37:51.869 right through the guard rail. Oh, that's terrible. 00:37:53.030 --> 00:37:55.909 It's such a dangerous road. Oh, yes, yes, it 00:37:55.909 --> 00:37:57.909 is a dangerous place. I would have thought Mr. 00:37:58.190 --> 00:37:59.989 Carlin would have had more sense than to take 00:37:59.989 --> 00:38:04.010 it at high speed or whatever it was he did. Anyway, 00:38:04.090 --> 00:38:07.099 the car went over. Totally demolished, of course, 00:38:07.159 --> 00:38:13.019 and that's a long way down. Oh, that poor man. 00:38:13.960 --> 00:38:18.659 I'm terribly sorry about Mr. Carlin. But I really 00:38:18.659 --> 00:38:21.679 can't take his loss very personally. I hardly 00:38:21.679 --> 00:38:25.800 knew the man. Uh -huh. Your father knew him well, 00:38:25.860 --> 00:38:28.840 though, didn't he? Yes. They were neighbors for 00:38:28.840 --> 00:38:33.570 many years. And friends. I suppose so. Only they 00:38:33.570 --> 00:38:35.989 had some kind of falling out about money, I understand. 00:38:37.469 --> 00:38:39.269 Well, what does that have to do with all this? 00:38:40.110 --> 00:38:45.269 Just curious, Miss Runyon. Are you trying to 00:38:45.269 --> 00:38:48.730 imply something? No, no, Miss, of course not. 00:38:48.750 --> 00:38:52.769 Why should I do that? Oh, there is just one more 00:38:52.769 --> 00:38:54.570 thing, though. One more thing. When Mr. Carlin 00:38:54.570 --> 00:38:57.590 left his place this morning, he told one of his 00:38:57.590 --> 00:39:01.230 servants that he was coming here to see you. 00:39:01.789 --> 00:39:08.809 Oh, that's right. He was here. Mm -hmm. What 00:39:08.809 --> 00:39:12.869 time would that have been? Oh, I don't remember 00:39:12.869 --> 00:39:17.349 exactly. Around 11, I think. Did he stay very 00:39:17.349 --> 00:39:22.230 long? No. Oh. No more than 10 minutes. I don't 00:39:22.230 --> 00:39:24.289 see the point of all these questions. Well, you 00:39:24.289 --> 00:39:25.969 see, we're just trying to understand what happened, 00:39:26.050 --> 00:39:29.239 Miss Runyon. Mr. Carlin... He was a pretty careful 00:39:29.239 --> 00:39:31.579 driver. He knew that mountain road as good as 00:39:31.579 --> 00:39:33.659 anyone else in this part of the country We were 00:39:33.659 --> 00:39:36.619 just wondering if he might have been well all 00:39:36.619 --> 00:39:41.480 let's say overtired or drinking too much or Depressed, 00:39:41.900 --> 00:39:46.699 you know anything like that How do you seem to 00:39:46.699 --> 00:39:53.679 you mmm, I I just don't recall I see Well, then 00:39:53.679 --> 00:39:56.780 I guess that's all for now What do you mean for 00:39:56.780 --> 00:40:00.039 now? Oh, the highway patrol is investigating 00:40:00.039 --> 00:40:01.960 the accident, too, and since you were the last 00:40:01.960 --> 00:40:05.539 person to see Mr. Carlin, they might be talking 00:40:05.539 --> 00:40:10.860 to you, too, Miss Runyon. Oh. Is that the horse 00:40:10.860 --> 00:40:15.619 out there? The one that got away? Yes. That's 00:40:15.619 --> 00:40:20.079 my horse. My, my, my. That's a fine -looking 00:40:20.079 --> 00:40:24.260 animal. I guess he's the only one you didn't 00:40:24.260 --> 00:40:27.420 sell off, huh? That's right, the only one, Sergeant. 00:40:28.760 --> 00:40:33.619 But, uh... I -I might not keep him, after all. 00:40:44.599 --> 00:40:49.659 Well, hello, Miss Ryan. Hello, Mr. Friar. Come 00:40:49.659 --> 00:40:56.679 in. Ah, thank you, thank you. Nice morning we 00:40:56.679 --> 00:41:00.559 had one, didn't it? I didn't notice. Sure glad 00:41:00.559 --> 00:41:03.880 it warmed up some. I had a walk over to Mr. Carlin's 00:41:03.880 --> 00:41:07.380 place. That old mag of mine finally broke down. 00:41:09.559 --> 00:41:14.239 Is coffee I smell? Yes. Would you like a cup? 00:41:14.760 --> 00:41:16.800 Well, I sure wouldn't mind. How do you take it? 00:41:17.019 --> 00:41:21.599 Black, just fine. Oh, thank you, Miss. That's 00:41:21.599 --> 00:41:30.309 real nice of you. I understand the police were 00:41:30.309 --> 00:41:33.369 around yesterday. You don't miss very much, do 00:41:33.369 --> 00:41:36.130 you, Mr. Fryett? Pays to keep your eyes open, 00:41:36.230 --> 00:41:39.469 I say. Oh, yes, I'm sure it does. Now, the question 00:41:39.469 --> 00:41:44.670 is, how much does it pay? Mr. Fryett, I don't 00:41:44.670 --> 00:41:49.090 have the money you want. Well, that's a real 00:41:49.090 --> 00:41:51.949 bad piece of news, Miss Runyon. I told you yesterday 00:41:51.949 --> 00:41:54.230 there's simply no way for me to get my hands 00:41:54.230 --> 00:41:56.949 on it. The money that came to the estate through 00:41:56.949 --> 00:41:59.250 the sale of the ranch and its stock went directly 00:41:59.250 --> 00:42:01.510 into escrow. And I wouldn't know about fancy 00:42:01.510 --> 00:42:03.909 words like that, miss. All I know is that... 00:42:03.909 --> 00:42:07.449 The estate has no money. And I have no money 00:42:07.449 --> 00:42:11.449 of my own. Well, that's really too bad. Of course, 00:42:11.630 --> 00:42:15.210 that means I can't leave. And if I can't leave, 00:42:15.650 --> 00:42:18.489 I might just as well tell the police what I saw. 00:42:18.710 --> 00:42:23.880 I'm hoping that you don't do that. Mr.. Fry it. 00:42:24.019 --> 00:42:27.019 Oh, I don't want to do it believe me miss Runyon 00:42:27.019 --> 00:42:30.599 But if there was just just something you could 00:42:30.599 --> 00:42:34.219 give me I mean It must be something your Paul 00:42:34.219 --> 00:42:37.079 left you know man like your daddy wouldn't die 00:42:37.079 --> 00:42:41.000 and leave his only child nothing at all well 00:42:41.000 --> 00:42:48.599 There is one thing Hey, what's that? It's the 00:42:48.599 --> 00:42:53.130 only legacy I have The most valuable thing he 00:42:53.130 --> 00:43:00.730 owned. Look. Out the window. That horse, you 00:43:00.730 --> 00:43:07.050 mean? Yes. His name is Stargazer. A thoroughbred. 00:43:07.929 --> 00:43:12.550 A champion. Yeah, oh, that's some stallion, all 00:43:12.550 --> 00:43:14.349 right. You said you were a good judge of horse 00:43:14.349 --> 00:43:16.590 flesh. How much do you think he's worth? Well, 00:43:16.590 --> 00:43:19.429 I wouldn't know for sure. I've been told he's 00:43:19.429 --> 00:43:25.199 worth... Between $8 ,000 and $10 ,000. Yeah. 00:43:26.639 --> 00:43:29.579 A man would be mighty proud to own a horse like 00:43:29.579 --> 00:43:35.800 that, right? Well... He's all yours, Mr. Frye. 00:43:36.840 --> 00:43:42.039 What? I'll transfer my ownership to you. Right 00:43:42.039 --> 00:43:47.159 this minute. You really mean that? Oh, why, that 00:43:47.159 --> 00:43:50.480 would be real fine, Ms. Runyon. That would be 00:43:50.480 --> 00:43:53.579 real kind of you to do that. It won't take more 00:43:53.579 --> 00:43:55.699 than a few minutes for me to prepare the papers. 00:43:56.500 --> 00:43:59.760 I'd really appreciate that, Ms. Runyon. You know, 00:43:59.760 --> 00:44:03.079 I'd sure like to take him out for one last ride 00:44:03.079 --> 00:44:07.900 before the sun goes down. And, of course, that's 00:44:07.900 --> 00:44:13.360 just what happened, Judge Simmons. Sam Fryett 00:44:13.360 --> 00:44:26.900 took Stargazer out. for his very last ride. Remember 00:44:26.900 --> 00:44:29.900 all the old cowboy movies that showed the lone 00:44:29.900 --> 00:44:34.539 rider heading into the setting sun? Well, you 00:44:34.539 --> 00:44:38.199 can picture old Sam Friott doing exactly that, 00:44:38.579 --> 00:44:42.280 only when the words that say the end appear on 00:44:42.280 --> 00:44:46.019 the screen. You can also be sure... They mean 00:44:46.019 --> 00:44:50.719 the end of old Sam Friott. I'll be back shortly. 00:45:01.400 --> 00:45:04.619 We hope you enjoyed this radio mystery story. 00:45:05.400 --> 00:45:08.360 We hope you're enjoying the magic of radio itself. 00:45:09.119 --> 00:45:12.420 Magic which produces the most gigantic stage 00:45:12.420 --> 00:45:16.699 of all. A stage large enough for one galloping 00:45:16.699 --> 00:45:21.159 horse? Or an entire herd of galloping horses? 00:45:23.179 --> 00:45:25.500 This is E .G. Marshall asking you to tune in 00:45:25.500 --> 00:45:27.980 right... Will someone please head those horses 00:45:27.980 --> 00:45:33.639 off at the pass? Our cast included Mercedes McCainbridge, 00:45:34.019 --> 00:45:36.960 Arnold Moss, William Redfield, and Earl Hammond. 00:45:37.539 --> 00:45:39.539 The entire production was under the direction 00:45:39.539 --> 00:45:49.280 of Hyman Brown. We got him out of the country. 00:45:49.480 --> 00:45:51.360 What's to keep him from coming back when he's 00:45:51.360 --> 00:45:55.440 broke or even threatening us from abroad? I gave 00:45:55.440 --> 00:45:57.800 him a thousand dollars in cash only a few days 00:45:57.800 --> 00:46:00.219 ago. When he was picked up in the bar he had 00:46:00.219 --> 00:46:03.400 only about 270 some dollars left. In a matter 00:46:03.400 --> 00:46:06.989 of two days it squandered over 700. But if he 00:46:06.989 --> 00:46:09.170 were made to understand that the sum agreed on 00:46:09.170 --> 00:46:12.329 was all he was going to get. Can I make you understand 00:46:12.329 --> 00:46:15.710 we're not dealing with a rational, honest man. 00:46:16.469 --> 00:46:19.670 He'll agree to anything. When his money runs 00:46:19.670 --> 00:46:23.150 out or he decides he wants more, he'll be right 00:46:23.150 --> 00:46:31.690 back. What can you do? There are only two things 00:46:31.690 --> 00:46:35.670 one can do about a black man. Keep on paying 00:46:35.670 --> 00:46:40.769 and paying forever and the other and the other 00:46:40.769 --> 00:46:43.429 Kill them radio mystery theater was sponsored 00:46:43.429 --> 00:46:46.690 in part by the Kellogg company makers of Kellogg 00:46:46.690 --> 00:46:50.610 special K cereal This is EG Marshall inviting 00:46:50.610 --> 00:46:53.429 you to return to our mystery theater for another 00:46:53.429 --> 00:47:00.230 adventure in the macabre until next time Pleasant 00:47:00.230 --> 00:47:01.190 dreams