WEBVTT 00:00:17.870 --> 00:00:27.089 Come in. Welcome. I'm E .G. Marshall. Lend me 00:00:27.089 --> 00:00:32.229 your fears. It happens now and then that a man 00:00:32.229 --> 00:00:35.789 will vanish without warning, disappear completely, 00:00:36.570 --> 00:00:40.329 without leaving a trace, or a man will suddenly 00:00:40.329 --> 00:00:44.609 lose his memory. His body remains, but his mind 00:00:44.609 --> 00:00:48.759 has gone. What is essential in him leaves us 00:00:48.759 --> 00:00:53.280 and we are left perplexed mystified Frustrated 00:00:53.280 --> 00:00:58.179 all we have to go on is rumor speculation theory 00:00:58.179 --> 00:01:02.799 and Since we cannot explain it after a while 00:01:02.799 --> 00:01:07.040 we tend to stop thinking about it Until it happens 00:01:07.040 --> 00:01:12.340 again To somebody else. you're back. Oh my husband 00:01:12.340 --> 00:01:18.310 you're back What You won't even embrace me. Who 00:01:18.310 --> 00:01:22.489 are you? Who am I? What kind of question is that? 00:01:22.769 --> 00:01:25.450 How can you say you're my wife? We've been married 00:01:25.450 --> 00:01:30.290 for more than 15 years. No, we haven't. What 00:01:30.290 --> 00:01:32.310 are you trying to say? I'm trying to say that 00:01:32.310 --> 00:01:35.230 I'm not your husband. You're not my wife. I don't 00:01:35.230 --> 00:01:38.849 even know you. What's more, I'm not even standing 00:01:38.849 --> 00:01:43.010 here. How can I be? I haven't even been born 00:01:43.010 --> 00:01:56.719 yet. Our mystery drama, A Long Time to Die, was 00:01:56.719 --> 00:01:58.980 written especially for the Mystery Theater by 00:01:58.980 --> 00:02:03.480 Sam Dann and stars Mandel Kramer. I'll be back 00:02:03.480 --> 00:02:19.280 shortly with Act One. His name is Alfred Stewart 00:02:19.280 --> 00:02:24.659 Ainsley. He's 41 years old average height average 00:02:24.659 --> 00:02:29.120 weight average looks Nothing about his appearance 00:02:29.120 --> 00:02:32.939 to make him memorable Indeed he has never in 00:02:32.939 --> 00:02:35.599 his life done anything to bring him notice from 00:02:35.599 --> 00:02:38.259 beyond the circle of his immediate family His 00:02:38.259 --> 00:02:41.479 close friends and his rather esoteric profession 00:02:41.479 --> 00:02:45.639 His name was in the newspaper twice first when 00:02:45.639 --> 00:02:49.199 he was born and then 30 years later when he was 00:02:49.199 --> 00:02:52.860 married However, he is about to make up for it. 00:02:53.139 --> 00:02:55.979 Right now, his name is on the front pages of 00:02:55.979 --> 00:02:58.259 newspapers in every country of the civilized 00:02:58.259 --> 00:03:03.419 world. Alfred Stewart Ainslie, quiet, unassuming, 00:03:03.680 --> 00:03:06.319 has it in his power to shake the government of 00:03:06.319 --> 00:03:09.479 the most important country in the world, and 00:03:09.479 --> 00:03:15.699 perhaps alter the very course of history. Alfred, 00:03:16.479 --> 00:03:19.560 do you want a drink of water? Water? Darling, 00:03:19.780 --> 00:03:21.620 I know this is difficult, but... Feel okay, Al? 00:03:21.719 --> 00:03:24.300 No, Jerry. He's not feeling okay. Can't you see 00:03:24.300 --> 00:03:27.039 there's obviously something wrong with him? Al, 00:03:27.060 --> 00:03:29.800 what is it? He's pale. He's sweating. Look, Al, 00:03:29.960 --> 00:03:32.039 you're not the one who's being investigated. 00:03:32.460 --> 00:03:35.099 If you're not feeling well, we can ask for a 00:03:35.099 --> 00:03:39.639 recess. The chairman's just come in. The committee 00:03:39.639 --> 00:03:43.360 stands in order. Ms. Dainsley, we will resume 00:03:43.360 --> 00:03:46.520 with your testimony. We're still under oath. 00:03:47.020 --> 00:03:49.879 I would like to continue along a line of questioning 00:03:49.879 --> 00:03:53.659 initiated by Senator Selby. Would you turn, please, 00:03:53.699 --> 00:03:59.900 to page 684. Very well. Question. Is it possible 00:03:59.900 --> 00:04:02.819 that Congressman Carstairs could have forged 00:04:02.819 --> 00:04:07.039 the secretary's handwriting? Answer, Mr. Ainsley. 00:04:07.900 --> 00:04:10.800 Senator, I would have to examine more examples 00:04:10.800 --> 00:04:14.960 of both gentlemen's manuscript. Mr. Ainsley you 00:04:14.960 --> 00:04:17.439 were given these specimens to analyze overnight 00:04:17.439 --> 00:04:23.000 were you not? But were you not mr. Ainsley and 00:04:23.000 --> 00:04:26.959 you took those samples you examine them say yes 00:04:26.959 --> 00:04:33.100 Yes, very well now are you in a better position 00:04:33.100 --> 00:04:40.540 to answer my question Well, are you sir? you 00:04:40.540 --> 00:04:43.500 told me you would study them and come to a conclusion. 00:04:44.579 --> 00:04:48.800 I'll answer Adam's question. Counselor, is Mr. 00:04:49.040 --> 00:04:51.459 Ainsley having trouble understanding the questions? 00:04:52.459 --> 00:04:56.240 I know, sir. Mr. Ainsley, it's obvious that something 00:04:56.240 --> 00:04:59.939 is troubling you. Yes, sir. Well, then suppose 00:04:59.939 --> 00:05:02.439 we take a recess, give you a chance to rest. 00:05:03.220 --> 00:05:13.339 Committee will adjourn till 345. Well, Al, do 00:05:13.339 --> 00:05:17.720 you want to talk to me? I never saw that before. 00:05:18.300 --> 00:05:22.379 Saw what? A man makes smoke. The way you make 00:05:22.379 --> 00:05:26.639 smoke. Are you serious? We have pipes and we 00:05:26.639 --> 00:05:28.639 put the tobacco in the pipe and that's how we 00:05:28.639 --> 00:05:31.939 smoke, but you're holding something. What's that 00:05:31.939 --> 00:05:35.360 called? All right. I can play along if that's 00:05:35.360 --> 00:05:38.300 how you want it. This is called a cigarette. 00:05:39.279 --> 00:05:42.720 Cigarette? You mean you never heard of it. Oh 00:05:42.720 --> 00:05:47.240 Well, that's odd Right here in your pocket. Put 00:05:47.240 --> 00:05:49.500 your hand inside your shirt pocket. You have 00:05:49.500 --> 00:05:53.459 a pack of cigarettes How long do you want to 00:05:53.459 --> 00:05:56.360 play this game it isn't a game tell me what it 00:05:56.360 --> 00:05:59.620 is then Al You call me Al. I'm not out. You're 00:05:59.620 --> 00:06:02.959 not Alfred Ainsley. No. All right. Who are you? 00:06:03.139 --> 00:06:09.230 My name is Ma hot wiki Yes in your language It 00:06:09.230 --> 00:06:12.629 would be Running Beaver. That sounds like an 00:06:12.629 --> 00:06:16.990 Indian name. Indian. That word, Indian. Yes, 00:06:16.990 --> 00:06:19.649 yes. In this language, in your language, it would 00:06:19.649 --> 00:06:25.769 be Indian. You claim you're an Indian? Yes. Well. 00:06:26.230 --> 00:06:30.209 You don't believe me? Just tell me how you got 00:06:30.209 --> 00:06:36.509 here. I was sent to the North to scout the, uh, 00:06:36.509 --> 00:06:39.670 you would call them the Iroquois. Scout? Yes, 00:06:39.829 --> 00:06:43.329 to see if we should make war. War? Make war or 00:06:43.329 --> 00:06:46.889 become allies. I was on my way home to my tribe. 00:06:48.430 --> 00:06:50.589 I was at the place where the mist covers the 00:06:50.589 --> 00:06:54.949 rocks. I walked into the mist and there was a 00:06:54.949 --> 00:06:58.910 noise. What kind of noise? Loud thunder, a flash 00:06:58.910 --> 00:07:02.069 of lightning. It was as if someone had hit me 00:07:02.069 --> 00:07:06.089 over the head with a club. I knew nothing. Then 00:07:06.089 --> 00:07:08.829 I was sitting in a strange room in strange clothes 00:07:08.829 --> 00:07:11.410 and strange people were talking to me on a subject. 00:07:11.550 --> 00:07:15.050 I know nothing about You claim to be an Indian 00:07:15.050 --> 00:07:19.850 You talk about fighting and wars Well, that would 00:07:19.850 --> 00:07:22.209 be before the white men came to this country. 00:07:22.529 --> 00:07:25.350 I've never seen men like you and these others 00:07:25.350 --> 00:07:32.250 There is one small detail that troubles me How 00:07:32.250 --> 00:07:36.420 does it happen you speak English I don't know. 00:07:37.339 --> 00:07:41.160 You don't know? I don't know. I was returning 00:07:41.160 --> 00:07:43.800 to my people. They live near the banks of the 00:07:43.800 --> 00:07:48.660 Great River. The Great River? The Potomac. As 00:07:48.660 --> 00:07:51.560 I told you, something took place in the mist. 00:07:53.040 --> 00:07:56.600 I awoke. Now I am in a strange place. I find 00:07:56.600 --> 00:07:58.379 that I can speak the language, but I don't know 00:07:58.379 --> 00:08:02.459 what anything means. Where is this place? Who 00:08:02.459 --> 00:08:07.009 are you? I'm your doctor, your friend. My name 00:08:07.009 --> 00:08:13.069 is Carl Stitzer. And who am I? Al Ainslie. You're 00:08:13.069 --> 00:08:16.230 a collector of, and a dealer in, autographs. 00:08:16.569 --> 00:08:18.850 Historical papers. You're considered one of the 00:08:18.850 --> 00:08:21.329 top experts on handwriting. I don't know what 00:08:21.329 --> 00:08:25.350 any of that is. What is it that you know how 00:08:25.350 --> 00:08:30.750 to do? To track? To scout? To hunt? All right, 00:08:30.790 --> 00:08:35.230 Al. I've gone along as far as I can. Now let 00:08:35.230 --> 00:08:39.289 me tell you something. Your testimony can destroy 00:08:39.289 --> 00:08:42.009 Congressman Carstairs. I don't know anything 00:08:42.009 --> 00:08:44.509 about this, Carstairs. If you testify that in 00:08:44.509 --> 00:08:47.110 your opinion, Carstairs forged those papers, 00:08:47.570 --> 00:08:50.070 then not only will Carstairs be destroyed, but 00:08:50.070 --> 00:08:52.470 the principles he stands for will be discredited. 00:08:53.450 --> 00:08:55.950 You believe in what Carstairs stands for, Al. 00:08:56.009 --> 00:09:00.870 I am not Al! You're torn, Al. You don't want 00:09:00.870 --> 00:09:02.929 to examine those documents. I don't even know 00:09:02.929 --> 00:09:05.649 what documents are. Because if they are forgeries, 00:09:05.769 --> 00:09:07.950 you will put an end to Congressman Carstairs' 00:09:08.250 --> 00:09:10.370 political life. And you can't bring yourself 00:09:10.370 --> 00:09:14.409 to do that. I am a stranger in a strange land. 00:09:14.850 --> 00:09:17.129 I need a friend. You're afraid to find out if 00:09:17.129 --> 00:09:19.950 Carstairs is guilty. You can't face the consequences. 00:09:20.629 --> 00:09:22.809 When a man finds himself in such an intolerable 00:09:22.809 --> 00:09:26.970 situation, he tries to escape. You're a doctor. 00:09:27.470 --> 00:09:30.210 In my language, that means a medicine man, a 00:09:30.210 --> 00:09:33.629 magician. You've escaped to a remote past, to 00:09:33.629 --> 00:09:38.350 a long -gone, buried, forgotten world. You don't 00:09:38.350 --> 00:09:47.889 believe me. You don't believe me. Doctor, what 00:09:47.889 --> 00:09:52.629 is it? Think, John. Think carefully. How long 00:09:52.629 --> 00:09:55.080 have you and Al been married? Eleven years. And 00:09:55.080 --> 00:09:57.519 how long had you known him before that? We were 00:09:57.519 --> 00:09:59.879 kids in school together back in first grade. 00:09:59.980 --> 00:10:02.419 Then you've known him all his life? Just about. 00:10:03.519 --> 00:10:07.879 Has he ever been interested in Indians? Indians? 00:10:08.940 --> 00:10:11.039 No, not that I know of. You don't have anything 00:10:11.039 --> 00:10:13.919 in the house like, oh, handicrafts, weapons, 00:10:14.299 --> 00:10:17.360 books? That would have to do with Indians? Nothing 00:10:17.360 --> 00:10:22.590 at all. Does Al have a secret life? Doctor, I'm 00:10:22.590 --> 00:10:24.789 not going to answer any more questions until 00:10:24.789 --> 00:10:29.850 you tell me what you're driving at. Well, see 00:10:29.850 --> 00:10:32.009 that he gets plenty of rest. No visitors, no 00:10:32.009 --> 00:10:35.169 excitement. And please keep in constant touch 00:10:35.169 --> 00:10:37.570 with me. Doctor, can't you tell me anything at 00:10:37.570 --> 00:10:41.509 all? No. But I do have to ask you one more question. 00:10:43.350 --> 00:10:46.870 Does he know how to shoot a bow and arrow? What 00:10:46.870 --> 00:10:50.090 kind of a question is that? Just answer it. I 00:10:50.090 --> 00:10:56.220 would say no. Mm -hmm. Well, maybe we better 00:10:56.220 --> 00:11:07.860 find out. Morning, Jerry. Doc, I've been waiting 00:11:07.860 --> 00:11:09.600 for you. Is Al dressed and ready? Look, Doc, 00:11:09.759 --> 00:11:13.570 you've just got to talk to me. Why? Why? Why 00:11:13.570 --> 00:11:15.669 don't pretend to be living in a world of your 00:11:15.669 --> 00:11:18.809 own you read the papers you hear the news broadcasts 00:11:18.809 --> 00:11:22.759 How has to testify yes or no? Whichever way, 00:11:22.860 --> 00:11:25.720 it no longer matters, but he can't remain quiet. 00:11:25.960 --> 00:11:28.399 He's not the only handwriting expert in the world. 00:11:28.519 --> 00:11:30.299 The committee can call another. It's too late 00:11:30.299 --> 00:11:32.700 for that now. The rumors are out, he's been bought 00:11:32.700 --> 00:11:35.240 off, he's been scared off, and both sides are 00:11:35.240 --> 00:11:37.440 under suspicion. I admit it's an unfortunate 00:11:37.440 --> 00:11:39.059 situation. Now look, look, Doc, you can maybe 00:11:39.059 --> 00:11:41.220 stall the committee another day, maybe two, maybe 00:11:41.220 --> 00:11:43.259 even through the weekend recess, but that is 00:11:43.259 --> 00:11:45.860 about as far as you can go. I'm doing the best 00:11:45.860 --> 00:11:48.360 I can. Why can't he testify? I can't tell you. 00:11:48.440 --> 00:11:50.990 You can't or you won't? Both. Now, let me tell 00:11:50.990 --> 00:11:53.490 you what's gonna happen. The committee has the 00:11:53.490 --> 00:11:55.889 right to assign their own doctors to examine 00:11:55.889 --> 00:12:00.210 Al. I know. Well, how much time do I have? A 00:12:00.210 --> 00:12:03.289 week? That's really stretching it. I'm ready 00:12:03.289 --> 00:12:05.870 to go with you, Doctor. Al, how do you feel? 00:12:05.870 --> 00:12:09.110 Let's go, Al. Why can't I come along? Goodbye, 00:12:09.350 --> 00:12:21.750 Jerry. A fox has been by here. Is that so? You 00:12:21.750 --> 00:12:25.929 can see his tracks. Well, I can't. This valley 00:12:25.929 --> 00:12:30.470 looks familiar, and yet so strange. Where are 00:12:30.470 --> 00:12:32.950 all the animals? There's no sign of deer or wolf. 00:12:33.289 --> 00:12:36.230 Where are the animals? If you really are a running 00:12:36.230 --> 00:12:38.409 beaver, you wouldn't believe what's happened. 00:12:40.090 --> 00:12:47.029 Now, in this box is a bow. A bow? Yes. Here's 00:12:47.029 --> 00:12:51.340 the bow, strings, The arrows? I've never seen 00:12:51.340 --> 00:12:56.639 a bow like this one. How strong. And these arrows. 00:12:56.960 --> 00:12:59.679 I don't know the first thing about it. Is this 00:12:59.679 --> 00:13:03.120 mine? To keep? To be able to hunt with? Why don't 00:13:03.120 --> 00:13:07.399 you hit that oak tree? About 60 or 70 yards to 00:13:07.399 --> 00:13:11.059 the left. Oh, that's no shot. The tree is standing 00:13:11.059 --> 00:13:14.279 still. A child could hit that tree. What's moving? 00:13:14.360 --> 00:13:16.340 Is there a rabbit or a squirrel? A hawk? No, 00:13:16.340 --> 00:13:19.480 I'm sorry. There's nothing around. All right, 00:13:19.480 --> 00:13:23.139 then. I'll put this arrow into the center of 00:13:23.139 --> 00:13:26.440 the trunk of that small tree on the right. That 00:13:26.440 --> 00:13:32.460 maple. But that's almost 150 yards. It's an ordinary 00:13:32.460 --> 00:13:36.639 shot. I'm ashamed of it. But there's nothing 00:13:36.639 --> 00:13:44.620 else. Right in the center. Well, doctor? I don't 00:13:44.620 --> 00:13:50.750 know, running beaver. I don't know. How do I 00:13:50.750 --> 00:13:59.789 explain this? Someone, probably a seasoned politician, 00:14:00.149 --> 00:14:04.570 said once, when in doubt, tell the truth. That 00:14:04.570 --> 00:14:08.309 sounds great, in theory. But how would you like 00:14:08.309 --> 00:14:11.210 to have to tell this kind of truth to a sharp 00:14:11.210 --> 00:14:14.450 congressional committee? We'll have more of this 00:14:14.450 --> 00:14:17.830 kind of truth when we return shortly with Act 00:14:17.830 --> 00:14:32.870 Two. There's a beautiful stretch of countryside 00:14:32.870 --> 00:14:35.490 running along the boundaries of Washington D 00:14:35.490 --> 00:14:41.070 .C. and Maryland. Hilly, wooded, charming. It's 00:14:41.070 --> 00:14:44.990 the site of many lovely homes. Some five hundred 00:14:44.990 --> 00:14:48.710 years ago, it was just as hilly, just as charming, 00:14:49.289 --> 00:14:54.049 much more wooded, wilder, of course, filled with 00:14:54.049 --> 00:15:02.700 game, and inhabited by Indians. Stop! You're 00:15:02.700 --> 00:15:05.759 alive! For days, the Council has been waiting 00:15:05.759 --> 00:15:09.080 for you, Running Beaver. The Council? You're 00:15:09.080 --> 00:15:11.659 ill. You've just returned from a long, hard, 00:15:11.679 --> 00:15:14.759 dangerous journey. But you're the only one who 00:15:14.759 --> 00:15:18.500 could do it. Now what bothers you, Running Beaver? 00:15:19.240 --> 00:15:22.659 You act as if you don't even know me. I'm your 00:15:22.659 --> 00:15:25.440 friend, your blood brother, Eagle Wing. Come, 00:15:25.539 --> 00:15:35.929 we must go to the Council immediately. So the 00:15:35.929 --> 00:15:39.269 council sent Running Beaver and three companions 00:15:39.269 --> 00:15:42.929 north to the Iroquois nation to determine peace 00:15:42.929 --> 00:15:46.490 or war. And now Running Beaver returns alone 00:15:46.490 --> 00:15:50.590 and we ask him, where are your companions? And 00:15:50.590 --> 00:15:54.289 shall the Iroquois be our friend or foe? Speak 00:15:54.289 --> 00:15:58.470 to us, Running Beaver. Running Beaver, say something. 00:16:00.129 --> 00:16:04.509 I am very tired. The important question should 00:16:04.509 --> 00:16:07.269 not be answered by a man who needs sleep and 00:16:07.269 --> 00:16:10.950 food. Running Beaver shall return to the council 00:16:10.950 --> 00:16:22.009 after he has eaten and rested. Sit, my husband. 00:16:22.529 --> 00:16:27.049 I have meat, corn. I was so frightened, so afraid 00:16:27.049 --> 00:16:31.789 the Iroquois would kill you. Sit, rest, and eat. 00:16:33.189 --> 00:16:36.409 Now I will tell you the news about the boy the 00:16:36.409 --> 00:16:39.950 boy our son he's been chosen for the Wolf Society 00:16:39.950 --> 00:16:43.149 You always wanted that your mother brought him 00:16:43.149 --> 00:16:48.370 this bearskin rope You're not eating It's not 00:16:48.370 --> 00:16:53.129 cooked. It's the way you like it There's something 00:16:53.129 --> 00:16:58.110 wrong You don't look right perhaps you'd better 00:16:58.110 --> 00:17:02.190 see the medicine man the medicine man red bear 00:17:02.399 --> 00:17:06.700 He always liked you. There is something wrong. 00:17:06.740 --> 00:17:09.380 This is not like you, not to be hungry, to be 00:17:09.380 --> 00:17:14.559 so quiet. You're frightened. Why are you frightened? 00:17:21.039 --> 00:17:23.799 You wouldn't come to me, running beaver, so I've 00:17:23.799 --> 00:17:31.990 come to you. Leave us, white swallow. Now. What 00:17:31.990 --> 00:17:35.609 nature of evil spirit is within you? Was there 00:17:35.609 --> 00:17:38.009 a spell cast upon you in the Iroquois country? 00:17:38.569 --> 00:17:42.869 I wonder if I can talk to you. You wonder? Your 00:17:42.869 --> 00:17:46.769 father was my closest friend. I seem to understand. 00:17:47.710 --> 00:17:50.809 How, I don't know, but I seem to understand this 00:17:50.809 --> 00:17:55.670 language. Is that a surprise? This is your language. 00:17:56.549 --> 00:18:00.359 I don't know what I'm doing here. I don't know 00:18:00.359 --> 00:18:04.380 how I got here. A spell has been cast upon you. 00:18:05.059 --> 00:18:09.519 I'm sure you won't believe, but I am not Running 00:18:09.519 --> 00:18:15.319 Beaver. How can that be? My name is Alfred. In 00:18:15.319 --> 00:18:19.500 your language, it would mean a wise elf or wise 00:18:19.500 --> 00:18:24.799 council. Excellent name. I come from, well, perhaps 00:18:24.799 --> 00:18:29.660 it would be this same land, but I live... or 00:18:29.660 --> 00:18:32.480 shall live hundreds of years from now. I could 00:18:32.480 --> 00:18:35.339 tell you stories of great things, of great ships 00:18:35.339 --> 00:18:37.420 flying through the air, of enormous buildings. 00:18:38.140 --> 00:18:42.180 I don't even know where to begin. It must be 00:18:42.180 --> 00:18:46.500 a time of great magic. Unbelievable magic. What 00:18:46.500 --> 00:18:50.279 a happy time that must be. I couldn't say that 00:18:50.279 --> 00:18:53.700 it is all that happy. I find that hard to believe, 00:18:54.420 --> 00:18:57.059 with all that magic. At any rate, I was going 00:18:57.059 --> 00:19:00.240 to an important meeting of the committee. Never 00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:03.640 mind what that means. I decided to walk to the 00:19:03.640 --> 00:19:07.259 bus instead of driving my car. I'll explain to 00:19:07.259 --> 00:19:10.700 you what they are later. There was a mist near 00:19:10.700 --> 00:19:15.279 Rockledge. And I walked into it and something... 00:19:15.279 --> 00:19:19.559 Something seemed to explode in my head. And when 00:19:19.559 --> 00:19:23.299 I walked out of it, I... I was in these clothes. 00:19:23.970 --> 00:19:28.529 I was somebody else. I was frightened. I began 00:19:28.529 --> 00:19:32.349 to run. And suddenly someone stopped me. Yes, 00:19:32.789 --> 00:19:37.250 Eagle Wing. He is your friend. You don't believe 00:19:37.250 --> 00:19:42.269 a word of this. How can I? You are exactly like 00:19:42.269 --> 00:19:45.369 Running Beaver. Your body is his, your voice 00:19:45.369 --> 00:19:49.049 is his. I am not Running Beaver. What am I supposed 00:19:49.049 --> 00:19:51.890 to say to the council? You will have to appear. 00:19:52.240 --> 00:19:55.319 The tribe has been waiting for days. The life 00:19:55.319 --> 00:19:57.880 of every man, woman and child could depend on 00:19:57.880 --> 00:20:00.619 what you say. What am I supposed to say? The 00:20:00.619 --> 00:20:04.880 truth. The truth is what I just told you. Can 00:20:04.880 --> 00:20:08.859 I say that in front of the council? No. Then 00:20:08.859 --> 00:20:16.279 what can I do? Now, rest, sleep. Sometimes the 00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:19.299 spirits speak to us in dreams. I'll need more 00:20:19.299 --> 00:20:29.220 than a dream to get myself out of this. Running 00:20:29.220 --> 00:20:38.099 Beaver, my husband, are you awake? What a dream. 00:20:39.940 --> 00:20:45.000 Joan, you'll never imagine. Oh no, I'm still 00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:48.519 asleep. Running Beaver, can you eat something 00:20:48.519 --> 00:20:52.720 now? Cold. Here, wear this robe. Your mother 00:20:52.720 --> 00:20:57.339 made it. My mother? Please, can't you tell me 00:20:57.339 --> 00:21:00.480 what's wrong? Ronnie Beaver! May I come in? Who's 00:21:00.480 --> 00:21:03.839 that? Your oldest friend. Do you mean you don't 00:21:03.839 --> 00:21:05.940 know Eagle Wing's voice anymore? Ronnie Beaver! 00:21:06.460 --> 00:21:08.420 Ronnie Beaver, you must come to the council at 00:21:08.420 --> 00:21:10.539 once! But he's not well. I know, I know he's 00:21:10.539 --> 00:21:13.059 not well, but there's trouble. Trouble? There's 00:21:13.059 --> 00:21:15.819 talk all over the village. Now, what happened 00:21:15.819 --> 00:21:18.079 to the three men who went with you to the Iroquois? 00:21:19.079 --> 00:21:21.630 Did you kill them? Kill them? How could he kill 00:21:21.630 --> 00:21:23.789 them? They were all his friends. What passed 00:21:23.789 --> 00:21:26.910 between you and the Iroquois chiefs? Running 00:21:26.910 --> 00:21:30.289 Beaver, you must tell him. I don't know. I don't 00:21:30.289 --> 00:21:40.670 know. I tell you, all of you gathered here. I 00:21:40.670 --> 00:21:44.349 don't know. Running Beaver, in war and peace, 00:21:44.390 --> 00:21:48.069 you've been first among us. We sent you as our 00:21:48.069 --> 00:21:50.690 ambassador to the Iroquois. We entrusted you 00:21:50.690 --> 00:21:52.509 with the lives of three of our bravest young 00:21:52.509 --> 00:21:57.109 men. Where are they? Their families have a right 00:21:57.109 --> 00:22:02.470 to know. Speak. Chief, I will speak for him. 00:22:02.549 --> 00:22:05.549 No one can speak for a man before the council. 00:22:06.369 --> 00:22:09.190 Not even you, Red Bear. Running Beaver is ill. 00:22:10.410 --> 00:22:13.329 What kind of illness? He has lost his memory. 00:22:13.690 --> 00:22:15.930 A convenient loss of memory. Quiet! Where is 00:22:15.930 --> 00:22:19.410 my son? Where has he gone? I can't see him anymore. 00:22:19.509 --> 00:22:26.089 Quiet! He has lost his memory? Yes. Can you cure 00:22:26.089 --> 00:22:30.130 him, Red Bear? I can try. You have six days. 00:22:31.049 --> 00:22:32.809 At the end of that time, Running Beaver will 00:22:32.809 --> 00:22:38.289 talk to the council or else submit to justice. 00:22:44.619 --> 00:22:48.140 Why did we come out here? I'm so cold. Where 00:22:48.140 --> 00:22:51.859 is your knife running beaver? Knife running beaver 00:22:51.859 --> 00:22:54.099 always carries a knife. Well, I didn't think 00:22:54.099 --> 00:22:56.480 give him your knife eagle wing. Why do I want 00:22:56.480 --> 00:23:00.980 a knife? Eagle wing attack him attack, but everyone 00:23:00.980 --> 00:23:03.480 knows running beaver can't be beaten with a knife. 00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:07.740 Let's make sure I'll only do it if he keeps his 00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:10.279 knife in a chief now, you know how excited he 00:23:10.279 --> 00:23:12.460 gets even when we fight in fun attack him eagle 00:23:12.460 --> 00:23:15.009 wing Have your knife at the ready for running 00:23:15.009 --> 00:23:18.670 beaver. Look, are you ready running beaver now? 00:23:21.690 --> 00:23:26.230 What did you do that for Did I catch you off 00:23:26.230 --> 00:23:29.009 guard I am trying to tell you people I am not 00:23:29.009 --> 00:23:31.470 Eagle Wing go back to the village I do if I tell 00:23:31.470 --> 00:23:33.930 you I was never able to do go back to the village 00:23:33.930 --> 00:23:37.289 There is magic. Yes. Yes. I'm going I'm going 00:23:37.289 --> 00:23:43.079 What did I just see You saw a man knock me down. 00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:45.940 You don't know how to fight with a knife anymore. 00:23:46.059 --> 00:23:48.160 When did I ever know how to fight with a knife? 00:23:48.180 --> 00:23:52.119 I can't believe it. I was just a quiet kid when 00:23:52.119 --> 00:23:56.180 I was in school. And I suppose you can't shoot 00:23:56.180 --> 00:23:59.559 with the bow. No. Or throw the lance. I'm trying 00:23:59.559 --> 00:24:04.099 to tell you I am not your running beaver. Then 00:24:04.099 --> 00:24:08.339 we have magic. Call it what you want. But we 00:24:08.339 --> 00:24:19.160 have trouble. As Chief of this Council, I call 00:24:19.160 --> 00:24:22.880 upon Running Beaver to speak. Chief! Chief Star 00:24:22.880 --> 00:24:25.880 Trekker! I haven't called on you, Red Bear. I 00:24:25.880 --> 00:24:28.200 called upon Running Beaver. But Chief! The Council 00:24:28.200 --> 00:24:31.500 has given you six days, Red Bear, six days to 00:24:31.500 --> 00:24:35.299 cure Running Beaver. Let me talk. Gentlemen, 00:24:36.039 --> 00:24:38.480 I don't know how to make you understand. Be quiet! 00:24:38.579 --> 00:24:42.640 No, no, no! Let him talk. But he's mad! Let us 00:24:42.640 --> 00:24:45.869 judge! I am not who you think I am! I am not... 00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:49.680 running beaver I told you he was mad you say 00:24:49.680 --> 00:24:53.259 you are not running beaver no I am not I don't 00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:54.960 know how to convince you because I don't even 00:24:54.960 --> 00:25:01.099 know how it happened myself white swallow step 00:25:01.099 --> 00:25:09.259 forward yes is this man your husband yes she 00:25:09.259 --> 00:25:14.319 really does silence why do you deny are you tired 00:25:14.170 --> 00:25:18.690 Is there another woman? Oh, good Lord. You could 00:25:18.690 --> 00:25:20.789 have been living 500 years from now. You women 00:25:20.789 --> 00:25:23.250 never change. I thought you loved me. All of 00:25:23.250 --> 00:25:26.490 you, listen to me, please. I know it's hard to 00:25:26.490 --> 00:25:29.130 believe, but I am not running beaver. Who are 00:25:29.130 --> 00:25:32.730 you then? I am a man from a time... I don't know, 00:25:32.809 --> 00:25:35.930 and it must be hundreds of years from now. Silence! 00:25:37.109 --> 00:25:41.089 Silence! A spirit has captured him. This is the 00:25:41.089 --> 00:25:45.440 council. We'll have no disorder here. Running 00:25:45.440 --> 00:25:47.660 Beaver, have you anything more to say? I have 00:25:47.660 --> 00:25:49.400 plenty more to say, but I don't know how to say 00:25:49.400 --> 00:25:53.160 it. The Council will retire. We shall return 00:25:53.160 --> 00:26:03.539 with our decision. Red Bear, what are they going 00:26:03.539 --> 00:26:06.539 to do with me? Well... It's not good, is it? 00:26:07.640 --> 00:26:11.279 It will depend. Depend on what? Star tracker 00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:15.359 is a devout believer in magic. I Think he believes 00:26:15.359 --> 00:26:18.200 you well, then it can't be bad, but the people 00:26:18.200 --> 00:26:21.700 are angry and three young men are missing Probably 00:26:21.700 --> 00:26:25.960 dead The people feel it's your fault, but probably 00:26:25.960 --> 00:26:28.259 the council will declare that you have been possessed 00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:31.380 by an evil spirit It's all nonsense. I'm sure 00:26:31.380 --> 00:26:34.619 you know what you think But you asked me what 00:26:34.619 --> 00:26:39.329 I think What will happen? The evil spirit will 00:26:39.329 --> 00:26:44.130 have to be driven out of you. How? Or shouldn't 00:26:44.130 --> 00:26:50.690 I ask? By fire, by lance, by arrows. You mean 00:26:50.690 --> 00:26:54.509 they'll kill me? That's how we drive out the 00:26:54.509 --> 00:26:58.089 evil spirit. Is there anything I can do, Red 00:26:58.089 --> 00:27:12.039 Bear? I don't know, but I'll try to think. Stand 00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:15.380 before the council. You have been ordered to 00:27:15.380 --> 00:27:19.180 report. You refuse. I tried to tell you. Therefore, 00:27:19.359 --> 00:27:22.940 the council has decided to drive the evil spirit 00:27:22.940 --> 00:27:26.039 out of you. No! Tell them, Running Beaver, tell 00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:31.019 them! We must have silence. Tonight, Running 00:27:31.019 --> 00:27:33.299 Beaver, the council will drive the spirit from 00:27:33.299 --> 00:27:36.259 you. Wait! He has the right to ask for judgment 00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:39.019 by combat. What are you saying? Must I remind 00:27:39.019 --> 00:27:49.170 the council of the law? You've heard the challenge. 00:27:50.190 --> 00:27:54.609 Who will fight Running Beaver? Your reputation 00:27:54.609 --> 00:27:57.529 has just saved you. No one will dare to meet 00:27:57.529 --> 00:28:02.029 you. No one. No one will accept the challenge. 00:28:03.210 --> 00:28:08.630 Are we a tribe of trembling women? Must I, at 00:28:08.630 --> 00:28:12.069 my age, save the honor of the people? I'll fight 00:28:12.069 --> 00:28:15.049 him, Eagle Wing. You, you're his best friend 00:28:15.049 --> 00:28:17.990 now longer. After all... He denies he's running 00:28:17.990 --> 00:28:20.609 beaver, hasn't he? The council accepts the offer 00:28:20.609 --> 00:28:24.529 of eagle wing. May the one who is right win. 00:28:25.690 --> 00:28:30.089 Clear a space. Wait! The law says each contestant 00:28:30.089 --> 00:28:35.170 must fast and pray for three days. No! No! Silence! 00:28:37.490 --> 00:28:41.710 We shall obey the law. We shall meet again in 00:28:41.710 --> 00:28:45.549 three days. What did you get me into? I got you 00:28:45.549 --> 00:28:50.329 three days. What good will it do me? You could 00:28:50.329 --> 00:28:59.349 learn to fight with a knife. Well, you've been 00:28:59.349 --> 00:29:02.509 a quiet, unassuming handwriting analyst all your 00:29:02.509 --> 00:29:06.190 life. You've never so much as swatted a fly in 00:29:06.190 --> 00:29:10.609 anger. Now, suddenly... You have to fight to 00:29:10.609 --> 00:29:15.750 the death with knives, no less. And how is the 00:29:15.750 --> 00:29:19.089 other fellow doing? The one who has to face the 00:29:19.089 --> 00:29:22.450 Congressional Committee? We'll see how it all 00:29:22.450 --> 00:29:25.569 comes out when we return shortly with Act 3. 00:29:38.829 --> 00:29:42.450 Just as telephone wires can cross when they cover 00:29:42.450 --> 00:29:46.069 great distance, so can lives when they cover 00:29:46.069 --> 00:29:50.029 great spans of time. Two such lives have been 00:29:50.029 --> 00:29:53.890 disrupted. Running Beaver, an Indian who lived 00:29:53.890 --> 00:29:58.230 500 years ago, and Alfred Stewart Ainsley, who 00:29:58.230 --> 00:30:02.349 is a contemporary of ours. Alfred Ainsley is 00:30:02.349 --> 00:30:06.250 now talking to his lawyer. That is, his lawyer 00:30:06.250 --> 00:30:09.680 thinks it's Alfred Ainsley. We know it's Running 00:30:09.680 --> 00:30:13.920 Beaver. Al, level with me. Is this a stall? I 00:30:13.920 --> 00:30:15.460 keep telling you I don't know what you're talking 00:30:15.460 --> 00:30:18.180 about. I can't help it. I talk to the reporters. 00:30:18.319 --> 00:30:21.259 I talk to the committee people. Nobody understands 00:30:21.259 --> 00:30:23.980 you. You keep saying you're a friend of Al Ainslie. 00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:27.119 Yes, Al. We've been friends since college. Then 00:30:27.119 --> 00:30:29.920 you should know that I am not Al Ainslie. My 00:30:29.920 --> 00:30:33.359 name is Running Beaver. I'm an Indian. I'd lived 00:30:33.359 --> 00:30:38.490 about 500 years ago. I better get Doc Stitzer 00:30:38.490 --> 00:30:42.990 back here. Jerry, what are you doing here? I 00:30:42.990 --> 00:30:45.049 ordered complete rest for Al. You know what Al 00:30:45.049 --> 00:30:47.650 just told me, Doctor. He thinks he's an Indian. 00:30:48.029 --> 00:30:52.089 It happens to be true. It happens to be... Oh, 00:30:52.089 --> 00:30:56.390 I see. Yeah, I think I see. What do you think 00:30:56.390 --> 00:31:00.289 you see, Jerry? They got to you too, Doc. Who 00:31:00.289 --> 00:31:03.720 got to me? I don't know! But somebody doesn't 00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:06.220 want Al to testify. He's been bought off and 00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:08.140 so have you. Jerry, I resent that. The two of 00:31:08.140 --> 00:31:10.420 you concocted this ridiculous... It happens to 00:31:10.420 --> 00:31:13.099 be true. Do you think that you can sell this 00:31:13.099 --> 00:31:15.559 to Senator Adams, to the committee, to the news 00:31:15.559 --> 00:31:17.960 media? I only tell you what I perceive as the 00:31:17.960 --> 00:31:20.440 truth. Oh, they'll skin you alive. What is he 00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:22.380 saying, Doctor? Something very unpleasant. That's 00:31:22.380 --> 00:31:24.339 not the worst. You're gonna be finished, Al. 00:31:24.380 --> 00:31:26.920 Your career will be ruined. You won't have an 00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:29.799 ounce of credibility left. Jerry, enough for 00:31:29.799 --> 00:31:32.119 now. No, it's not enough. They'll get you on 00:31:32.119 --> 00:31:34.380 contempt. They can even pull obstruction of justice, 00:31:34.599 --> 00:31:37.920 conspiracy. Al, do you realize you can go to 00:31:37.920 --> 00:31:40.039 jail? Jerry, he doesn't realize anything of the 00:31:40.039 --> 00:31:42.160 sort. But it should be obvious to him. It would 00:31:42.160 --> 00:31:45.920 be, if he were Al Ainslie. Doc, are you crazy 00:31:45.920 --> 00:31:48.039 too? Jerry, Jerry, this is no time for anyone 00:31:48.039 --> 00:31:50.339 to lose his head. Okay, okay, okay, okay. Let's 00:31:50.339 --> 00:31:53.640 be calm. Let's be reasonable. How does a thing 00:31:53.640 --> 00:31:57.240 like this happen? There's no answer. I've done 00:31:57.240 --> 00:32:00.460 some research, consulted. And the best I can 00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:05.299 come up with is... Look, at the speed of light, 00:32:05.819 --> 00:32:08.900 there's no regular sequence of time. The past, 00:32:08.980 --> 00:32:10.700 the present, the future, everything is mixed 00:32:10.700 --> 00:32:15.119 and jumbled up. Everything becomes a storm of 00:32:15.119 --> 00:32:18.740 pure energy. Doc, what can I do to convince you 00:32:18.740 --> 00:32:22.960 guys? Sometimes, in rare cases, our thoughts, 00:32:23.240 --> 00:32:27.109 our... Ideas achieve such intensity that they 00:32:27.109 --> 00:32:30.509 too become a form of energy and carry our minds 00:32:30.509 --> 00:32:34.970 into this this raging storm and Minds can be 00:32:34.970 --> 00:32:37.930 mixed up and thrown from one body into another. 00:32:37.970 --> 00:32:40.170 I can't believe I'm sitting here listening Whatever 00:32:40.170 --> 00:32:43.809 the reason he's not Al Ainsley. I'll get a hold 00:32:43.809 --> 00:32:46.950 of yourself Jerry Now you can't excite him anymore. 00:32:47.009 --> 00:32:49.670 I'll throw you out of here. You may not have 00:32:49.670 --> 00:32:52.880 to throw me out. I want to leave Now, Al, in 00:32:52.880 --> 00:32:55.440 exactly three days, you'll have to appear before 00:32:55.440 --> 00:32:57.940 that committee. If you value your reputation 00:32:57.940 --> 00:33:02.339 and your freedom, please think up a better story. 00:33:03.059 --> 00:33:15.480 Or best of all, tell the truth. Are you awake, 00:33:15.579 --> 00:33:17.640 Al? I brought you some tea. This is the first 00:33:17.640 --> 00:33:21.619 chance I've had to talk with you. Darling, what 00:33:21.619 --> 00:33:27.220 is it? Are you my wife? I mean, his wife. What 00:33:27.220 --> 00:33:30.440 are you saying? I'm not your husband. Don't say 00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:34.240 that. It's true. I know you, darling. I've known 00:33:34.240 --> 00:33:36.960 you all my life. Who knows you better than I 00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:40.980 do? I am not Al Ainslie. There's someone else, 00:33:41.059 --> 00:33:44.640 isn't there? Another woman. Please. I knew you 00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:46.480 were timid, but I didn't think you'd go this 00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:52.640 far. I have a wife. Her name is White Swallow, 00:33:52.900 --> 00:33:56.319 and we have a son. Al, I don't know what your 00:33:56.319 --> 00:34:07.000 game is, but you won't get away with it. Gentlemen, 00:34:07.839 --> 00:34:11.320 this visit of yours is most unusual. I know it 00:34:11.320 --> 00:34:13.619 is, Senator Adams. I have no right to conduct 00:34:13.619 --> 00:34:16.940 committee business privately. Senator, we just 00:34:16.940 --> 00:34:23.180 wanted to acquaint you with certain facts. And? 00:34:23.180 --> 00:34:26.000 Well, please just listen. No matter what you 00:34:26.000 --> 00:34:30.219 hear, just listen. Then use your own judgment. 00:34:31.739 --> 00:34:37.860 Go ahead, Al. Senator, I am not Alfred Stuart 00:34:37.860 --> 00:34:44.579 Ainslie. You're not? I am Running Bear. I am 00:34:44.579 --> 00:34:49.469 a Potomac Indian. This is most unusual. Dr. Stitzer 00:34:49.469 --> 00:34:53.510 and I, we believe that I lived 500 years ago. 00:34:54.250 --> 00:34:57.110 Somehow I have occupied the body of Mr. Ainsley. 00:34:57.750 --> 00:34:59.590 But though I have his body, I have none of his 00:34:59.590 --> 00:35:03.889 skills. And? And that's all. And this is what 00:35:03.889 --> 00:35:06.849 you want me to believe, hm? It's the truth, Senator. 00:35:08.070 --> 00:35:10.130 You'll be at the committee hearings on Monday 00:35:10.130 --> 00:35:13.969 morning. Senator, didn't you hear... Doctor, 00:35:14.090 --> 00:35:25.940 I don't believe a word of it. It's no use. It's 00:35:25.940 --> 00:35:28.360 no use. Watch the knife. Watch it constantly. 00:35:28.719 --> 00:35:31.039 Don't look at your opponent's eyes. Oh, Red Bear, 00:35:31.300 --> 00:35:33.539 I'll never learn. You may not be running Beaver, 00:35:33.559 --> 00:35:35.639 but you have his great body, his strength, his 00:35:35.639 --> 00:35:37.699 agility. I'll tell you what I don't have, his 00:35:37.699 --> 00:35:41.239 desire to fight. Are you a coward? No, I just 00:35:41.239 --> 00:35:44.579 don't believe in violence. Strange. I can't kill 00:35:44.579 --> 00:35:52.880 anybody. The council has already decided, Red 00:35:52.880 --> 00:35:55.579 Bear. But this will be murder, Chief. He isn't 00:35:55.579 --> 00:35:58.039 running Beaver. He does not know how to fight. 00:35:58.139 --> 00:36:00.139 A man who doesn't know how to fight? Impossible. 00:36:00.260 --> 00:36:02.579 He is not one of us. He's from another time. 00:36:02.659 --> 00:36:05.000 Well, how does he happen to be here, then? There 00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:07.059 is a place, Chief, where the soul that belongs 00:36:07.059 --> 00:36:09.460 to each man is put into his body. Yes, we know 00:36:09.460 --> 00:36:11.860 that. It is the sacred, haunted place where the 00:36:11.860 --> 00:36:14.480 mist meets the rocks. There's always thunder 00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:17.440 there. Evil, malicious spirits have an opportunity 00:36:17.440 --> 00:36:22.039 to play tricks. I understand. I even believe. 00:36:23.079 --> 00:36:25.460 But the council has spoken. He does not know 00:36:25.460 --> 00:36:33.579 how to fight. He will have to learn. Keep the 00:36:33.579 --> 00:36:37.019 knife low and moving. It's no use. I just can't 00:36:37.019 --> 00:36:39.739 kill anybody. Even to save your own life? Suppose 00:36:39.739 --> 00:36:42.059 I kill Eagle Wing tomorrow, then what? At least 00:36:42.059 --> 00:36:45.320 you'll be alive. To do what? Tell about my life 00:36:45.320 --> 00:36:47.739 here in an alien place doing things that I hate? 00:36:47.980 --> 00:36:50.940 Fighting, hunting, killing? No, I'm better off 00:36:50.940 --> 00:36:57.900 dead! You'll have to testify before the committee. 00:36:58.099 --> 00:37:00.559 I can't. You'll be ruined. Well, if that's the 00:37:00.559 --> 00:37:05.400 only way... Relax. Think. Don't fight against 00:37:05.400 --> 00:37:08.519 Alfred Ainslie. Accept him. Let his thoughts 00:37:08.519 --> 00:37:11.340 flow into your brain. Let his knowledge come 00:37:11.340 --> 00:37:13.960 to you. Why? So you can get past the committee. 00:37:14.059 --> 00:37:17.159 And then? What do you mean, then? Then what will 00:37:17.159 --> 00:37:21.039 I do? Live here as Al Ainsley, away from my wife, 00:37:21.139 --> 00:37:24.239 my son, my friends, my people? Never to hunt, 00:37:24.360 --> 00:37:27.860 never to fight? To exist in this strange and 00:37:27.860 --> 00:37:30.119 terrible world, a place I can neither understand 00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:34.920 nor accept? No. Rather let me be disgraced. Why 00:37:34.920 --> 00:37:37.619 do you want to be disgraced? So I can die of 00:37:37.619 --> 00:37:46.239 shame. Wake up, running beaver. Wake up. It's 00:37:46.239 --> 00:37:48.539 time to start out for the fighting ground. So 00:37:48.539 --> 00:37:51.440 early? You still refuse to fight him as running 00:37:51.440 --> 00:37:55.679 beaver would? Yes, I refuse. Why? I told you. 00:37:56.480 --> 00:37:59.420 I want to die. I know why you would want to die 00:37:59.420 --> 00:38:02.340 in this life. But I don't understand why you 00:38:02.340 --> 00:38:06.280 would want to die in your other life. What are 00:38:06.280 --> 00:38:10.099 you saying? What troubled you? You are a man 00:38:10.099 --> 00:38:13.670 of trouble. I see that. When you walked into 00:38:13.670 --> 00:38:17.710 the mist, were you troubled? How did you know? 00:38:18.289 --> 00:38:22.389 I am only guessing. In your other life, did you 00:38:22.389 --> 00:38:26.789 also want to die? I'm not sure. Perhaps... Perhaps 00:38:26.789 --> 00:38:32.489 I did want to. Why? Because... Because I would 00:38:32.489 --> 00:38:37.670 have to say something that would... That... How 00:38:37.670 --> 00:38:39.329 you couldn't understand it. That would have to 00:38:39.329 --> 00:38:43.269 be something you hate? Yes. Yes, I would have 00:38:43.269 --> 00:38:46.550 to ruin a man that I had always respected. Did 00:38:46.550 --> 00:38:52.190 he... Does he deserve to be ruined? Yes, because 00:38:52.190 --> 00:38:55.690 he broke faith. And you did not have the courage 00:38:55.690 --> 00:38:59.929 to do your duty? I... In other words, you are 00:38:59.929 --> 00:39:03.530 an even greater coward than I thought. Maybe. 00:39:04.409 --> 00:39:06.650 Would you rather die under Eagle Wing's knife, 00:39:06.809 --> 00:39:14.730 or... Or what? Go back. Do your part as a man. 00:39:14.929 --> 00:39:20.730 Face your responsibility. Go back? Testify against? 00:39:20.849 --> 00:39:23.929 Isn't that what must be done? Isn't that what 00:39:23.929 --> 00:39:28.449 truth and justice demand? Yes. Then you'll go 00:39:28.449 --> 00:39:33.309 back. But how? How can I go back? Are you sure 00:39:33.309 --> 00:39:37.329 you want to? Yes. You'll do what's required? 00:39:37.409 --> 00:39:40.809 Yes. You believe it with all your heart? Yes. 00:39:40.989 --> 00:39:45.989 Yes, I believe it. Now I believe it. Then come 00:39:45.989 --> 00:39:51.489 with me. Where? To the place of mist. The sacred 00:39:51.489 --> 00:40:05.909 place where you became Running Beaver. Time to 00:40:05.909 --> 00:40:08.010 be leaving for the committee meeting. I'm ready. 00:40:08.190 --> 00:40:10.679 I decided to go with you. Let's get it over with. 00:40:10.940 --> 00:40:15.340 Tell me, something bothers me. It bothered me 00:40:15.340 --> 00:40:19.019 that first day when I thought that you had willed 00:40:19.019 --> 00:40:22.739 yourself into amnesia. I can see how Al Ainslie 00:40:22.739 --> 00:40:26.420 could have found life intolerable. But you're 00:40:26.420 --> 00:40:29.860 not Al Ainslie. No. Therefore my diagnosis was 00:40:29.860 --> 00:40:34.059 wrong. I don't think I understand. Why was life 00:40:34.059 --> 00:40:38.320 also intolerable for... Running beaver. Why were 00:40:38.320 --> 00:40:41.079 you trying to escape as running beaver? To escape? 00:40:41.579 --> 00:40:46.179 What was tormenting you? How did you know? Did 00:40:46.179 --> 00:40:53.019 I guess right? Yes. From what were you trying 00:40:53.019 --> 00:40:56.559 to escape? I had gone with three others to the 00:40:56.559 --> 00:41:02.039 Iroquois as an ambassador. The Iroquois promised 00:41:02.039 --> 00:41:06.929 peace. I knew it was a lie. My three friends 00:41:06.929 --> 00:41:10.389 were bribed. On the way home, they plotted to 00:41:10.389 --> 00:41:15.809 kill me. I was too smart, too strong. I killed 00:41:15.809 --> 00:41:19.570 them instead. If I told this to the council, 00:41:19.590 --> 00:41:28.130 I would make enemies. I was afraid. I see. Would 00:41:28.130 --> 00:41:31.769 you rather die like a man among your own people, 00:41:31.869 --> 00:41:34.989 if indeed you must die at all? Or would you rather 00:41:34.989 --> 00:41:39.130 die of shame here among strangers? I am wiser 00:41:39.130 --> 00:41:41.909 now, but it's too late. It's too late for me. 00:41:41.909 --> 00:41:44.750 I can't go back. Are you willing to face the 00:41:44.750 --> 00:41:51.070 Council? Face them? Defy them? Fight them? Let's 00:41:51.070 --> 00:41:54.070 go back to this place where the mist covers the 00:41:54.070 --> 00:41:59.710 rocks. And when we reach it, try, try to go back. 00:42:00.869 --> 00:42:11.710 All the way back home again. The committee will 00:42:11.710 --> 00:42:15.590 stand in order. Mr. Ainsley, are you finally 00:42:15.590 --> 00:42:19.769 prepared to report your findings? Yes, Mr. Chairman. 00:42:21.070 --> 00:42:23.670 I've studied all the relevant materials, and 00:42:23.670 --> 00:42:27.530 I am absolutely convinced I will stake my professional 00:42:27.530 --> 00:42:29.869 reputation on the fact that the signature is 00:42:29.869 --> 00:42:41.050 forged. I say this to the council. The tribe 00:42:41.050 --> 00:42:45.269 took bribes from the enemy. I alone refused. 00:42:46.530 --> 00:42:50.949 They tried to kill me. I killed them instead. 00:42:52.610 --> 00:42:57.070 I will answer for this deed with my life. If 00:42:57.070 --> 00:43:05.050 any man here thinks he can take it. At a certain 00:43:05.050 --> 00:43:09.570 speed, at a certain intensity, At a certain burning 00:43:09.570 --> 00:43:14.510 level of anxiety or desire, time, space, and 00:43:14.510 --> 00:43:18.170 spirit can be twisted out of shape or sequence. 00:43:19.170 --> 00:43:22.829 That's how we might explain it today. On the 00:43:22.829 --> 00:43:25.949 other hand, there are evil and mischievous spirits 00:43:25.949 --> 00:43:29.269 who delight in creating misery and confusion. 00:43:30.150 --> 00:43:33.929 That would be yesterday's explanation. Choose 00:43:33.929 --> 00:43:39.219 one or the other. Or... Supply your own. I'll 00:43:39.219 --> 00:43:55.260 be back shortly. And what's the moral of our 00:43:55.260 --> 00:43:59.820 little tale? Simply this. Whenever you're desperate 00:43:59.820 --> 00:44:03.639 for a means of escape from a problem, don't try 00:44:03.639 --> 00:44:07.769 too hard for an easy way out. You might just 00:44:07.769 --> 00:44:11.730 be unlucky enough to find it. Our cast included 00:44:11.730 --> 00:44:14.630 Mando Kramer, Grace Matthews, Arnold Moss, Nat 00:44:14.630 --> 00:44:17.909 Poland, and Mason Adams. The entire production 00:44:17.909 --> 00:44:21.289 was under the direction of Hyman Brown. This 00:44:21.289 --> 00:44:23.989 is E .G. Marshall inviting you to return to our 00:44:23.989 --> 00:44:26.889 mystery theater for another adventure in the 00:44:26.889 --> 00:44:32.269 macabre. Until next time, pleasant dreams.