WEBVTT 00:00:17.189 --> 00:00:23.769 Come in. Welcome. I'm E .G. Marshall. Won't you 00:00:23.769 --> 00:00:27.050 join me once again for an adventure in mystery 00:00:27.050 --> 00:00:30.390 and suspense, where space is as boundless and 00:00:30.390 --> 00:00:34.179 as unlimited as your imagination and time is 00:00:34.179 --> 00:00:37.200 measured by the beat of your heart most of us 00:00:37.200 --> 00:00:41.020 know who we are but how many of us know why we 00:00:41.020 --> 00:00:45.159 are rich man poor man beggar man thief is each 00:00:45.159 --> 00:00:48.619 man's lot ordained from the beginning and fated 00:00:48.619 --> 00:00:53.240 to be or not to be or is it all a random throw 00:00:53.240 --> 00:00:58.500 of the dice a casual flip of a coin do we tamper 00:00:58.500 --> 00:01:07.939 with fate at our peril. Who is it? Police. How 00:01:07.939 --> 00:01:10.040 do I know? You've got a chain lock, lady. Just 00:01:10.040 --> 00:01:11.659 open the door a couple inches. You can see my 00:01:11.659 --> 00:01:20.519 badge. Oh, my goodness. What a relief. Please, 00:01:21.140 --> 00:01:27.980 come in. I saw this man. He was... prowling around 00:01:27.980 --> 00:01:32.780 in the dark, outside in the back. I was so frightened. 00:01:32.959 --> 00:01:37.540 Can you describe him? Well, he was tall. How 00:01:37.540 --> 00:01:42.599 tall? Tall, about like you are. What else? And 00:01:42.599 --> 00:02:21.620 he had broad shoulders, like you have. for the 00:02:21.620 --> 00:02:25.080 Mystery Theatre by Sam Dan and stars William 00:02:25.080 --> 00:02:30.159 Redfield. I'll be back shortly with Act One. 00:02:39.020 --> 00:02:42.419 Consider Napoleon. Historians agree that his 00:02:42.419 --> 00:02:45.620 doom at Waterloo had been ordained some three 00:02:45.620 --> 00:02:48.439 years before in his costly victory at Borodino, 00:02:48.840 --> 00:02:51.750 a tiny village on the road to Moscow. They say 00:02:51.750 --> 00:02:54.930 that at Borodino, he lost the flower of his army. 00:02:55.750 --> 00:02:58.310 And why did he lose so many of his best soldiers? 00:02:59.110 --> 00:03:02.650 Because he was unable to think clearly. The reason? 00:03:03.210 --> 00:03:07.330 He was suffering from a severe cold. Why? Well, 00:03:07.569 --> 00:03:09.629 we know that his orderly had gotten drunk the 00:03:09.629 --> 00:03:12.189 day before, and thus neglected to have a pair 00:03:12.189 --> 00:03:14.849 of dry boots ready for the great general. And 00:03:14.849 --> 00:03:18.289 so, in a very real sense, this unnamed, unknown, 00:03:18.469 --> 00:03:21.560 obscure military servant Change the course of 00:03:21.560 --> 00:03:25.599 history. Those are the facts. We may ask, why 00:03:25.599 --> 00:03:29.819 was the orderly drunk? Did it just happen? Or 00:03:29.819 --> 00:03:33.319 was it all part of a plan? Is every single action 00:03:33.319 --> 00:03:35.919 on the part of every living thing prescribed, 00:03:36.240 --> 00:03:40.039 ordained, decreed? We don't know. We're just 00:03:40.039 --> 00:03:44.099 asking. As will some of the people you're about 00:03:44.099 --> 00:03:49.180 to meet. All Area 4 units proceed to 160 South 00:03:49.180 --> 00:04:12.389 left. But I tell you, I have nothing. Easy. If 00:04:12.389 --> 00:04:15.150 you hit him any harder, you'll kill her. Now 00:04:15.150 --> 00:04:19.420 listen, grandpa, be smart. Take my money. He's 00:04:19.420 --> 00:04:22.620 in the drawer. Take my money. We don't want your 00:04:22.620 --> 00:04:25.879 money, Grandpa. All we want is that little statue. 00:04:26.180 --> 00:04:28.600 Now, you got it here somewhere. Get it. Please, 00:04:29.160 --> 00:04:34.079 don't. You hand it over, Grandpa. You hand it 00:04:34.079 --> 00:04:37.540 over. Hold it right there. Not those guns. Sure, 00:04:37.740 --> 00:04:46.319 but sir, do a thing. You okay, sir? I think so. 00:04:46.740 --> 00:04:49.279 This... I know, I know. Take it easy. Greenway. 00:04:49.800 --> 00:04:52.980 What happened? I... I guess they're dead. Hey, 00:04:53.040 --> 00:04:55.800 Red. Get on the radio and get us an air. Sergeant, 00:04:55.860 --> 00:04:58.420 they both had guns. One was pistol -whipping 00:04:58.420 --> 00:05:01.699 this old man. Sir, we'd better get you to a doctor. 00:05:02.300 --> 00:05:04.899 I'm sorry to have caused you so much trouble. 00:05:04.899 --> 00:05:06.720 They started to shoot as soon as they saw me. 00:05:06.839 --> 00:05:09.759 I guess I was luckier than both of them. Yeah, 00:05:09.819 --> 00:05:13.879 you did a good job. I... Greenway, what is it? 00:05:14.000 --> 00:05:16.810 I've been a cop for eight years. You know, it's 00:05:16.810 --> 00:05:19.529 the first time I ever had to throw the gun out 00:05:19.529 --> 00:05:22.990 of the holster. Can you drive? Drive? Oh, sure. 00:05:23.129 --> 00:05:25.209 Sure. I don't think so. I'll get Smitty to take 00:05:25.209 --> 00:05:27.810 your car. You come back with me. Write up your 00:05:27.810 --> 00:05:32.610 report. Now? Sure. Right now. While it's fresh. 00:05:40.389 --> 00:05:43.949 Tom? Yeah. Yeah, it's me. I heard about it. It 00:05:43.949 --> 00:05:45.750 was on the radio. That's going to be on the TV 00:05:45.750 --> 00:05:47.470 news, too, before we could even get out of the 00:05:47.470 --> 00:05:50.870 place. Everybody was there. Microphones, cameras... 00:05:50.870 --> 00:05:58.430 Two men are dead. And... And what? Well, nobody 00:05:58.430 --> 00:06:02.430 seems to realize that... Tom, everybody knows 00:06:02.430 --> 00:06:05.129 they're dead. Look, honey, I can't explain it. 00:06:05.129 --> 00:06:08.110 These two men, they're dead. Their lives are 00:06:08.110 --> 00:06:11.379 finished, see? I ended the world for them. They 00:06:11.379 --> 00:06:13.759 don't exist anymore. That's what being dead is. 00:06:14.079 --> 00:06:16.360 Don, you had no choice. I know. It's part of 00:06:16.360 --> 00:06:20.459 your job. I know. I guess I never looked at that 00:06:20.459 --> 00:06:23.279 part of the job. I always had the idea I was 00:06:23.279 --> 00:06:27.480 a cop because I wanted to help people. You helped 00:06:27.480 --> 00:06:30.199 that poor old band today. You saved his life. 00:06:30.220 --> 00:06:32.360 I understand, honey. I know all the arguments. 00:06:32.519 --> 00:06:36.939 Then what is it? I just never thought I'd have 00:06:36.939 --> 00:06:42.220 to go for the gun. Don. I feel as if... as if 00:06:42.220 --> 00:06:47.100 something... some part of me is gone. What? I 00:06:47.100 --> 00:06:49.740 don't know. When I saw those two men dead on 00:06:49.740 --> 00:06:52.220 the floor, I felt that some part of me simply 00:06:52.220 --> 00:06:55.279 disappeared. Something... something in my mind. 00:06:56.439 --> 00:07:00.699 Something like... what? I don't know, but it's 00:07:00.699 --> 00:07:03.079 something that I felt was very special and important 00:07:03.079 --> 00:07:07.860 to me, and now it's just... it's gone. It's disappeared. 00:07:08.680 --> 00:07:12.160 What you did was absolutely necessary. I agree, 00:07:12.379 --> 00:07:15.100 but it doesn't change the basic fact, which is 00:07:15.100 --> 00:07:22.480 I killed. Listen, how about dinner? I didn't 00:07:22.480 --> 00:07:24.579 know how you feel, so it's why I don't go. Okay, 00:07:24.740 --> 00:07:27.300 let's go out. Sure. Dress up. I'll take you to 00:07:27.300 --> 00:07:29.959 Ferretti's. Oh, we're gonna make this an occasion. 00:07:30.000 --> 00:07:32.379 Well, it is an occasion, I guess. Maybe it marks 00:07:32.379 --> 00:07:55.209 my coming of age. Yes, yes, Sergeant. Your wife 00:07:55.209 --> 00:07:57.310 wants you to call her on your coffee break. Something 00:07:57.310 --> 00:07:59.949 wrong, Sarge? Why don't you take your break right 00:07:59.949 --> 00:08:07.410 now? He said he wants to entertain both of us 00:08:07.410 --> 00:08:10.430 this evening at his home. Are you sure? He said 00:08:10.430 --> 00:08:13.009 his name was Mr. Sanchez, the one whose life 00:08:13.009 --> 00:08:14.850 you saved. Oh, I thought it was something important. 00:08:29.040 --> 00:08:32.000 I'll pour you some more wine. It's delicious. 00:08:32.740 --> 00:08:35.559 My dear friend, I am so sorry I could not thank 00:08:35.559 --> 00:08:37.840 you earlier. Look, it's not necessary to thank 00:08:37.840 --> 00:08:40.519 me. I did my job, nothing more. Unfortunately, 00:08:40.600 --> 00:08:43.000 I have been in the hospital for the past week, 00:08:43.519 --> 00:08:46.299 so I have been unable to show my appreciation. 00:08:48.120 --> 00:08:50.559 And tomorrow my business takes me abroad for 00:08:50.559 --> 00:08:54.340 an indefinite period, and so it must be tonight 00:08:54.340 --> 00:08:59.480 or never. What do you mean? Consider this. Tiny 00:08:59.480 --> 00:09:05.440 statue. Oh, it's beautiful. Hardly six inches 00:09:05.440 --> 00:09:10.299 tall, and it's pure gold. It's exquisitely made. 00:09:10.440 --> 00:09:15.320 See? The figure of a woman entwined around her 00:09:15.320 --> 00:09:21.740 is serpent. Now, why do I show you this? Because 00:09:21.740 --> 00:09:25.899 this is the object those two thugs were after. 00:09:26.240 --> 00:09:29.299 Ah. But why? I mean, what do they know about 00:09:29.299 --> 00:09:33.240 it? Probably nothing. Perhaps someone had paid 00:09:33.240 --> 00:09:37.179 them to get it. Who? It could be anyone. That 00:09:37.179 --> 00:09:40.559 is, anyone who might be aware of the legend that 00:09:40.559 --> 00:09:44.580 surrounds this statue. A legend? Oh, darn. It 00:09:44.580 --> 00:09:49.100 is said that whoever owns this statue will be 00:09:49.100 --> 00:09:54.440 granted three wishes. Oh, no. Oh, don't mind 00:09:54.440 --> 00:09:57.320 him, Mr. Sanchez. He's always skeptical about 00:09:57.320 --> 00:09:59.559 everything. Now, do you know what year this is, 00:09:59.580 --> 00:10:01.820 Mr. Sanchez? All that went out with the Arabian 00:10:01.820 --> 00:10:04.539 Nights. John, can't we have a little romance? 00:10:04.559 --> 00:10:06.620 You say that the statue will grant you three 00:10:06.620 --> 00:10:08.659 wishes. So why didn't you use it to save yourself 00:10:08.659 --> 00:10:12.460 when those woods were beating up? I did. Oh, 00:10:12.460 --> 00:10:16.799 you mean you did? I wish to be saved. And? And 00:10:16.799 --> 00:10:20.279 you arrived. Mr. Sanchez, I arrived because I 00:10:20.279 --> 00:10:23.809 got a call on the police radio. But you arrived, 00:10:24.850 --> 00:10:29.230 and it was their two guns against your one. And 00:10:29.230 --> 00:10:34.110 they fired first, yet you killed them both. How? 00:10:34.970 --> 00:10:38.269 What are you getting at, Mr. Sanchez? Everything 00:10:38.269 --> 00:10:44.690 or nothing. Now, I wish to make you a gift. Oh, 00:10:44.690 --> 00:10:48.070 no. No, no, no. I couldn't. Of this statue. Don't. 00:10:48.730 --> 00:10:50.750 Please, that's out of the question. Besides, 00:10:50.870 --> 00:10:52.529 why would you want to give it away since you 00:10:52.529 --> 00:10:55.649 seem to be convinced that it works? Because when 00:10:55.649 --> 00:10:59.870 I asked to be saved, that was my third wish. 00:11:00.830 --> 00:11:02.629 Mr. Sanchez, I appreciate what you want to do, 00:11:02.629 --> 00:11:04.830 but it's illegal for me to accept payment for 00:11:04.830 --> 00:11:07.409 performance in the line of duty. This is not 00:11:07.409 --> 00:11:13.149 payment. It is a token, a gift. Look, I am leaving 00:11:13.149 --> 00:11:16.450 the country for an indefinite period. I am an 00:11:16.450 --> 00:11:20.690 old man. I cannot make any long -range plans. 00:11:21.889 --> 00:11:24.629 I may never see you again. There is no way to 00:11:24.629 --> 00:11:26.909 slice this to make it come out differently, Mr. 00:11:27.149 --> 00:11:29.830 Sanchez. Are you saying that there is no way 00:11:29.830 --> 00:11:32.450 I can show you my appreciation? No way beyond 00:11:32.450 --> 00:11:34.330 the thank you, and I've already received that. 00:11:34.830 --> 00:11:38.190 Ella, look, it's getting late. But Don, Mr. Sanchez 00:11:38.190 --> 00:11:41.149 is very sincere. I know he is. It's still getting 00:11:41.149 --> 00:11:46.169 late. Before you go, consider in the ordinary 00:11:46.169 --> 00:11:49.639 way... I should be dead. That was the obvious 00:11:49.639 --> 00:11:54.240 way. Fate was working. However, by means of this 00:11:54.240 --> 00:11:58.360 statue, I changed it. In doing so, I also changed 00:11:58.360 --> 00:12:02.320 your life. You're a different man because of 00:12:02.320 --> 00:12:05.259 me. I'm the same man I always was. You don't 00:12:05.259 --> 00:12:09.139 realize it yet. So, take this statue. Look, I'm 00:12:09.139 --> 00:12:13.179 very sorry, sir, but I... You may need it. You 00:12:13.179 --> 00:12:17.360 may even now be headed for a fate. That you may 00:12:17.360 --> 00:12:19.679 wish to change mr. Sanchez. Thank you for an 00:12:19.679 --> 00:12:21.360 excellent dinner and a very pleasant evening 00:12:21.360 --> 00:12:24.820 Ella tomorrow's an early day for me then It is 00:12:24.820 --> 00:12:35.360 nothing I can say to you. I'm afraid not Wow 00:12:35.360 --> 00:12:39.059 honey, this is a spread I thought you'd be hungry 00:12:39.059 --> 00:12:43.440 tonight look at that steak You even baked a pie. 00:12:43.679 --> 00:12:45.740 Yes, I did. Look, I'm gonna have to start losing 00:12:45.740 --> 00:12:50.620 weight soon. Don, I have to tell you something. 00:12:50.740 --> 00:12:53.940 Sure, what? Well, at first I thought maybe I 00:12:53.940 --> 00:12:58.840 could keep it a secret, but... Hey, what is it? 00:12:59.539 --> 00:13:05.220 Look up there, on the shelf. On the... statue? 00:13:05.620 --> 00:13:08.879 Before you say another word, it's mine. Yours? 00:13:09.139 --> 00:13:12.200 Listen, Don... He stopped off here this afternoon 00:13:12.200 --> 00:13:15.240 on the way to the airport. He asked me to accept 00:13:15.240 --> 00:13:18.120 the statue. Couldn't you tell him that I can? 00:13:18.120 --> 00:13:21.419 I told him. I even told him I couldn't accept 00:13:21.419 --> 00:13:23.399 it as a gift either. Well, so how does it happen 00:13:23.399 --> 00:13:26.179 that it's sitting there? Well, he said, let me 00:13:26.179 --> 00:13:30.220 sell it to you. Sell it? Let me sell it to you, 00:13:30.220 --> 00:13:34.000 he said, for $50. $50? It's worth at least $1 00:13:34.000 --> 00:13:37.220 ,000. Don, he convinced me we might need this 00:13:37.220 --> 00:13:42.549 statue one day. Honey, for what? Anyhow, it's 00:13:42.549 --> 00:13:45.309 my statue. I have the bill of sale made out to 00:13:45.309 --> 00:13:51.049 me. Here it is. Now, what would you like me to 00:13:51.049 --> 00:13:54.649 wish for? Nothing. Nothing? Nothing. And Ella, 00:13:54.750 --> 00:13:56.570 I want your word of honor that you will never, 00:13:57.029 --> 00:13:59.750 never use that statue to wish for anything. But 00:13:59.750 --> 00:14:01.970 don't. I want your promise. But you can't be 00:14:01.970 --> 00:14:03.870 serious. Look, I'll tell you how serious I am. 00:14:04.149 --> 00:14:07.889 If you ever make a wish on that statue, I will 00:14:07.889 --> 00:14:12.000 break up our marriage. Now can I have your promise? 00:14:16.659 --> 00:14:20.700 Why is Don so upset? Is it such a bad thing to 00:14:20.700 --> 00:14:23.759 have a wish come true? Well, it is, according 00:14:23.759 --> 00:14:26.360 to both Aesop and James Russell Lowell, because 00:14:26.360 --> 00:14:29.779 both of them said, granting our wish is one of 00:14:29.779 --> 00:14:33.879 fate's saddest jokes. Even so, and with all due 00:14:33.879 --> 00:14:36.379 respect to those two great men, wouldn't most 00:14:36.379 --> 00:14:39.440 people jump at the chance to get a wish gratified? 00:14:39.950 --> 00:14:42.990 The proposition will be tested when I return 00:14:42.990 --> 00:14:57.750 in a few moments with Act Two. It's a tiny statue, 00:14:58.149 --> 00:15:02.350 perhaps six inches high, made of the purest gold 00:15:02.350 --> 00:15:05.889 and the finest workmanship. It's the figure of 00:15:05.889 --> 00:15:08.470 a beautiful woman with a serpent coiled about 00:15:08.470 --> 00:15:11.679 her waist. It is said to have the power to grant 00:15:11.679 --> 00:15:15.179 its owner three wishes. And would you believe 00:15:15.179 --> 00:15:17.679 that it's the source of a violent argument between 00:15:17.679 --> 00:15:20.960 Don and Ella Greenway in this day and age of 00:15:20.960 --> 00:15:24.139 electronics and jets? Don, wouldn't it be something, 00:15:24.340 --> 00:15:26.879 though? Wouldn't what be something? If it were 00:15:26.879 --> 00:15:30.080 all really true. If we could get three wishes 00:15:30.080 --> 00:15:32.200 out of them. Ella, I meant what I said before, 00:15:32.399 --> 00:15:38.720 no wishing on that statue. Don! Do you mean you 00:15:38.720 --> 00:15:44.759 believe the old man? Well, do you? What's the 00:15:44.759 --> 00:15:47.500 difference? But, Don, how could... Ella, remember 00:15:47.500 --> 00:15:49.620 what he said last night about how I happened 00:15:49.620 --> 00:15:52.200 to be there? Yes, but... When I pulled up in 00:15:52.200 --> 00:15:54.220 the squad car and jumped out, I couldn't see 00:15:54.220 --> 00:15:57.059 inside that shop. Do you know what I mean? No. 00:15:57.059 --> 00:15:58.860 There's a window display. It blocks your view. 00:15:59.200 --> 00:16:01.220 The door was closed, and it's a heavy wooden 00:16:01.220 --> 00:16:04.259 door. What are you trying to tell me? Listen, 00:16:05.340 --> 00:16:08.059 the call came in, you see? It was relayed to 00:16:08.059 --> 00:16:11.279 Sergeant Carter. The assumption was some passerby 00:16:11.279 --> 00:16:13.379 had seen the holdup. That has to be what happened. 00:16:13.759 --> 00:16:16.440 How? How could anyone on the street have seen 00:16:16.440 --> 00:16:19.720 anything inside the shop? Maybe someone passing 00:16:19.720 --> 00:16:22.000 by heard the old man scream. No, no, no. See, 00:16:22.000 --> 00:16:23.399 I was there at the height of it. I didn't hear 00:16:23.399 --> 00:16:25.700 a thing. I didn't see a thing. Until I threw 00:16:25.700 --> 00:16:28.159 that door open. Well, but... Well, but what? 00:16:28.600 --> 00:16:30.980 I got there first because mine was the nearest 00:16:30.980 --> 00:16:33.200 card of the scene. Each of them got off a shot 00:16:33.200 --> 00:16:39.379 at me before I could even fire. Please I don't 00:16:39.379 --> 00:16:41.480 even like to think about Ella. I didn't even 00:16:41.480 --> 00:16:44.080 want to shoot would you believe it? I had to 00:16:44.080 --> 00:16:47.659 force myself to pull the trigger Still when the 00:16:47.659 --> 00:16:49.500 smoke clears there. They are they're dead. I'm 00:16:49.500 --> 00:16:54.259 alive Could there have been? Oh Fate or whatever 00:16:54.259 --> 00:16:58.139 you call it involved there On the other hand 00:16:58.139 --> 00:17:01.919 it could just be The way things happen sometimes 00:17:01.919 --> 00:17:04.960 right that's right. So let's let things determine 00:17:04.960 --> 00:17:11.839 themselves right or better Or for worse. How 00:17:11.839 --> 00:17:17.380 would it be if I wished you made sergeant? I'm 00:17:17.380 --> 00:17:21.440 gonna make sergeant anyhow. That's true. How 00:17:21.440 --> 00:17:23.420 about money? No, Ella, I want you to listen. 00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:26.339 Forget that statue. I don't wish for a million 00:17:26.339 --> 00:17:29.680 dollars. Look, Ella, I'm telling you. All this 00:17:29.680 --> 00:17:33.789 is extremely practical and justified. Look. We 00:17:33.789 --> 00:17:37.089 owe $12 ,000 on the mortgage. Ella. $1 ,500 on 00:17:37.089 --> 00:17:39.769 the car. I don't want to go into all this again. 00:17:39.809 --> 00:17:43.869 That's $13 ,500. We owe $400 for the new roof. 00:17:44.349 --> 00:17:46.150 And you'll have to have that dental work done. 00:17:46.170 --> 00:17:49.670 That's another $600. And we've been promising 00:17:49.670 --> 00:17:51.589 ourselves an air conditioner for the bedroom. 00:17:51.650 --> 00:17:54.609 Honey. And our washing machine is 10 years old. 00:17:55.309 --> 00:17:59.269 Comes to, say, $15 ,000. I don't want to hear 00:17:59.269 --> 00:18:03.920 anymore, Ella. Don, it's my stuff. Please, Ella, 00:18:03.920 --> 00:18:08.779 I... What is it, Don? All right. All right, I'll 00:18:08.779 --> 00:18:13.980 admit it. I... I'm scared. Of what? I don't know. 00:18:14.839 --> 00:18:16.420 Ever since that shootout, I've had all kinds 00:18:16.420 --> 00:18:22.299 of... crazy ideas. Crazy ideas? Well, not crazy, 00:18:22.339 --> 00:18:25.700 so much as mixed up, and I... I don't even know 00:18:25.700 --> 00:18:28.660 if they're ideas. They're more like... like feelings. 00:18:28.940 --> 00:18:33.720 Can you...? No. No, I can't describe them. Honey, 00:18:34.220 --> 00:18:36.720 just please listen. Don't do anything right now 00:18:36.720 --> 00:18:40.880 to upset me, okay? You need a vacation. I'm all 00:18:40.880 --> 00:18:42.779 right. I'm all right. Let's just let everything 00:18:42.779 --> 00:18:46.059 sit for a while Hey, what time did it get to 00:18:46.059 --> 00:18:48.740 be after signing at five? Goodbye, honey. Bye 00:18:48.740 --> 00:18:55.640 darling. Ella, just humor me, will you? I mean, 00:18:56.319 --> 00:19:07.099 promise. I promise. I promised. And I probably 00:19:07.099 --> 00:19:10.160 would have kept that promise. But I was loading 00:19:10.160 --> 00:19:18.420 the dishes. I turned the knob, and nothing happened. 00:19:18.920 --> 00:19:21.400 I kept clicking the knob, and nothing happened. 00:19:22.259 --> 00:19:25.140 I was so angry, so frustrated, I thought I'd 00:19:25.140 --> 00:19:32.319 kicked it. But nothing happened. All we wanted 00:19:32.319 --> 00:19:36.109 was to live nicely. Comfortably. It would take 00:19:36.109 --> 00:19:39.029 fifteen thousand dollars to put us ahead of the 00:19:39.029 --> 00:19:44.670 game. Would that upset fate? I looked at the 00:19:44.670 --> 00:19:48.789 statue. I remembered the words that Mr. Sanchez 00:19:48.789 --> 00:19:51.930 had spoken when he left here. You look at the 00:19:51.930 --> 00:19:57.329 statue. You say to the statue, I wish for... 00:19:57.329 --> 00:20:08.859 I wish for... I wish for... I wish for fifteen 00:20:08.859 --> 00:20:37.450 thousand... It's a hold -up. Merchants Federal, 00:20:37.650 --> 00:20:40.849 North Main. Preparators escaping in Blue Station 00:20:40.849 --> 00:20:44.329 wagon headed toward Interstate Highway. At 21. 00:20:44.390 --> 00:20:49.130 21. Head south to Washington and Cunowon. All 00:20:49.130 --> 00:20:52.089 cars toward Washington and Interstate Highway. 00:20:52.910 --> 00:20:56.509 21. 21. You turn east on Washington through a 00:20:56.509 --> 00:20:59.170 wagon headed toward Collins Intersection. Uh, 00:20:59.170 --> 00:21:01.829 21, if alleyways open past Jefferson, I can shortcut 00:21:01.829 --> 00:21:16.900 through there. 21, they just went by me. 21, 00:21:17.119 --> 00:21:18.900 they turned left into Turnbull. I'm following. 00:21:46.910 --> 00:21:52.650 Sergeant Carter. Where is he? They just brought 00:21:52.650 --> 00:21:55.210 him down from the operating room. Just tell me. 00:21:55.529 --> 00:21:59.529 Don't try to break it slowly. I have to know. 00:22:00.490 --> 00:22:03.910 As of right now, he's still alive. Oh, thank 00:22:03.910 --> 00:22:07.930 God. We had him trapped. They tried to turn around 00:22:07.930 --> 00:22:11.710 and get by him. It was a head -on crash. I want 00:22:11.710 --> 00:22:24.009 to see him. What will he? We're doing everything 00:22:24.009 --> 00:22:26.569 we can. He's surrounded with intensive care. 00:22:27.789 --> 00:22:30.369 But... But will he? Mrs. Greenway, there are 00:22:30.369 --> 00:22:32.349 different methods of handling a thing like this. 00:22:33.210 --> 00:22:37.309 I could build up your hopes over a... You can 00:22:37.309 --> 00:22:39.990 tell me the truth. I can tell you what appears 00:22:39.990 --> 00:22:46.509 to be the truth. To us. At this time. He's not 00:22:46.509 --> 00:22:53.279 going to make it. The outlook is not good. It's 00:22:53.279 --> 00:22:56.660 been an unbelievable shock to his system. Yes. 00:22:57.279 --> 00:23:00.160 There's been some, not very much, but a little 00:23:00.160 --> 00:23:04.900 brain damage. The nurse maintained the indicated 00:23:04.900 --> 00:23:07.740 levels of fluids and oxygen and report even the 00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:10.740 slightest changes immediately. May I stay here 00:23:10.740 --> 00:23:13.460 for a while? I promise not to get in anybody's 00:23:13.460 --> 00:23:18.200 way. Of course. Excuse me. Mrs. Greenway, if 00:23:18.200 --> 00:23:20.940 there's anything any of us can do... Thank you, 00:23:20.980 --> 00:23:25.420 Sergeant. It's guys like him. God, what's the 00:23:25.420 --> 00:23:28.079 use? It's usually guys like him who'll get it. 00:23:29.000 --> 00:23:32.920 You know, it's funny. You might have had a premonition 00:23:32.920 --> 00:23:36.640 about it. What are you saying, Sergeant? Oh, 00:23:36.660 --> 00:23:39.299 I... I don't know. I was just thinking aloud. 00:23:40.039 --> 00:23:45.279 No. No, tell me. Tell me what you mean by a premonition. 00:23:46.599 --> 00:23:50.059 Well, it's just how things work out, you know? 00:23:50.799 --> 00:23:53.460 Couple of months ago. We got this new benevolent 00:23:53.460 --> 00:23:56.819 league special insurance and Don never paid any 00:23:56.819 --> 00:24:00.440 attention to it But this morning before going 00:24:00.440 --> 00:24:04.700 on duty. He said to me hey Sarge Hand me a form. 00:24:04.940 --> 00:24:12.160 I'll sign up He signed up for special insurance 00:24:12.160 --> 00:24:19.380 this morning, yeah How much insurance how much? 00:24:20.079 --> 00:24:24.779 Let's see if I can remember. Oh, sure. It was 00:24:24.779 --> 00:24:35.700 the same as mine. $15 ,000. This morning, Ella 00:24:35.700 --> 00:24:39.099 Greenway stood before a tiny gold statue and 00:24:39.099 --> 00:24:43.859 wished for $15 ,000. Taken by itself, we could 00:24:43.859 --> 00:24:47.819 call it an act of superstition. Now, 14 hours 00:24:47.819 --> 00:24:51.400 later... Her husband is dying, and we find he 00:24:51.400 --> 00:24:55.839 has just insured his life for, you guessed it, 00:24:56.279 --> 00:25:00.740 $15 ,000. Rarely is superstition so scientifically 00:25:00.740 --> 00:25:03.799 supported by mathematics. We'll have another 00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:06.240 set of numbers when I return shortly with Act 00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:20.440 3. If you could have three wishes, would you 00:25:20.440 --> 00:25:24.480 take them? Ella Greenway was warned, stay with 00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:27.000 what fate has planned, accept destiny, don't 00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:30.299 improvise. But all she wished for was a modest 00:25:30.299 --> 00:25:32.859 sum of money to keep up with the cost of living. 00:25:34.079 --> 00:25:36.140 However, it turns out the price she must pay 00:25:36.140 --> 00:25:40.140 for the money is her husband's life. One wish 00:25:40.140 --> 00:25:46.680 down, two to go. I don't want the money. I don't 00:25:46.680 --> 00:25:49.819 want that. Mrs. Greenway? Huh? Mrs. Greenway? 00:25:50.059 --> 00:25:56.359 What? Oh, where am I? Are you all right? Are 00:25:56.359 --> 00:26:01.640 you all right now? Oh, I had a dream. I dreamed 00:26:01.640 --> 00:26:06.960 I was called to the hospital because Don had 00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:13.680 been killed. And no, no, it wasn't, it isn't 00:26:13.680 --> 00:26:23.500 a dream. I can understand why it's been a terrible 00:26:23.500 --> 00:26:30.339 shot. Dr. Morris? Huh? Very well, I'll be right 00:26:30.339 --> 00:26:33.980 up there. Doctor, that was about Don, wasn't 00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:36.619 it? Yes. I can tell by the tone in your voice. 00:26:38.440 --> 00:26:41.359 It's not good. I never told you it was good, 00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:44.400 Mrs. Springway. But now it's worse. He's getting 00:26:44.400 --> 00:26:48.569 worse. He's sinking quickly. It could be a matter 00:26:48.569 --> 00:26:53.170 of minutes! Please tell me! Yes. He could die 00:26:53.170 --> 00:26:55.250 at any time. Sergeant Carter, take me home! But 00:26:55.250 --> 00:26:56.750 don't you want to know... Take me home! Take 00:26:56.750 --> 00:27:27.519 me home as quickly as you can! I'm all right. 00:27:28.599 --> 00:27:31.339 You had me worried the way you were. Yeah, I'm 00:27:31.339 --> 00:27:36.420 fine. And about Don, well, maybe the doctors 00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:40.079 don't know everything, you know? Maybe there 00:27:40.079 --> 00:27:43.740 will be something though. Don, Don will be all 00:27:43.740 --> 00:27:46.920 right. Just remember, if there's anything, anything 00:27:46.920 --> 00:27:53.759 at all... Oh, Miss Scream, aren't you going to 00:27:53.759 --> 00:28:24.069 answer it? Answer? almost say it's a miracle. 00:28:24.549 --> 00:28:27.349 Why not say it? One thing for sure, Mrs. Greenway 00:28:27.349 --> 00:28:30.890 never gave up hope, never lost faith. Look at 00:28:30.890 --> 00:28:33.650 that man, he's got his color back. Respiration, 00:28:33.750 --> 00:28:36.609 pressure, heartbeat, everything, everything is 00:28:36.609 --> 00:28:40.210 perfectly normal. I still can't believe it. Don? 00:28:41.430 --> 00:28:48.930 Don? Ella? Ella, is it you? It's Ella. Where 00:28:48.930 --> 00:28:55.109 are you? I'm here, Don. You're going to be all 00:28:55.109 --> 00:29:07.829 right. You're going to be all right. Hi, honey. 00:29:08.349 --> 00:29:11.890 Don! Tell me, how was it? Well, I'd been away 00:29:11.890 --> 00:29:13.690 for a while, you know. I was kind of nervous 00:29:13.690 --> 00:29:17.910 that first day back. But how did it go? It just 00:29:17.910 --> 00:29:21.089 went. I was worried about your going back so 00:29:21.089 --> 00:29:23.049 soon. It's been more than a month, honey. Besides, 00:29:23.210 --> 00:29:24.769 the doc wouldn't have held still for it unless 00:29:24.769 --> 00:29:29.309 I checked out 100%. Don, did you tell the doctors 00:29:29.309 --> 00:29:33.289 about the... The, uh, the headaches? Well, uh... 00:29:33.289 --> 00:29:35.990 Did you? Honey, everybody gets headaches, and 00:29:35.990 --> 00:29:38.569 these just come and go. But yours can get very 00:29:38.569 --> 00:29:41.089 severe. If they don't stop, I'll talk about it 00:29:41.089 --> 00:29:43.349 next time I see it. Listen, what would you like 00:29:43.349 --> 00:29:46.230 to do tonight? How about a movie? Sure. Don, 00:29:46.369 --> 00:29:49.339 what's that on your blouse? Uh, wh -where? All 00:29:49.339 --> 00:29:52.779 over your sleeve. Was it blood? Blood? What? 00:29:52.779 --> 00:29:55.779 What killed my sleeve? Well, it looks like blood. 00:29:56.099 --> 00:29:58.339 I can't imagine. Maybe... Well, maybe it's paint 00:29:58.339 --> 00:30:00.160 or some kind of stain or something. You know, 00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:02.039 I might have brushed up against something. I 00:30:02.039 --> 00:30:03.799 better send it to the cleaner's first thing. 00:30:03.940 --> 00:30:06.140 How could it have... If you haven't started on 00:30:06.140 --> 00:30:08.799 dinner yet, let's eat out, huh? All right. Hey, 00:30:09.619 --> 00:30:11.900 you know what you forgot to do when I walked 00:30:11.900 --> 00:30:15.019 in just before? What? You forgot to give your 00:30:15.019 --> 00:30:20.099 old man a kiss. Oh, Tom. Well, you've got to 00:30:20.099 --> 00:30:22.220 shape up around here. Can't let you get into 00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:27.859 bad habits. Don, you still have a headache? Headache? 00:30:28.099 --> 00:30:32.640 No, it's gone. Completely gone. Maybe it'll never 00:30:32.640 --> 00:31:04.769 come back. calling in twenty one calling in i 00:31:04.769 --> 00:31:09.730 think i should come in i think i'm starting to 00:31:09.730 --> 00:31:13.670 get a headache thirty one hundred block on north 00:31:13.670 --> 00:31:16.269 sheridan well this is on your way just check 00:31:16.269 --> 00:31:21.390 it out woman apartment three a five sixty shyam 00:31:21.390 --> 00:32:12.160 that's two blocks west Just tell me. You ride 00:32:12.160 --> 00:32:14.380 around in your car and you think you do a day's 00:32:14.380 --> 00:32:16.759 work. Please, madam, just tell me. I pay my rent. 00:32:16.900 --> 00:32:22.359 I pay my taxes. Just tell me. Oh, my head. Will 00:32:22.359 --> 00:33:43.619 you just tell me what you saw? I'm here. That 00:33:43.619 --> 00:33:46.019 was enough to kill her she was lying there. I 00:33:46.019 --> 00:33:48.119 could see she was dead or close to it So then 00:33:48.119 --> 00:33:51.119 I called in then what did you do? Oh? I had a 00:33:51.119 --> 00:33:54.339 look around the back anything nothing from what 00:33:54.339 --> 00:33:56.859 I can see here She tried to put up a little bit 00:33:56.859 --> 00:34:00.660 of a fight anyhow see yeah Slight trace of blood 00:34:00.660 --> 00:34:03.200 under this finger now. She might have scratched 00:34:03.200 --> 00:34:07.519 him well done write it up Okay, then you can 00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:12.119 go home. Oh Yeah, didn't you ask to come in because 00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:14.239 you had a headache Oh, yeah, but I don't have 00:34:14.239 --> 00:34:23.659 one now. I... I feel great. Oh, sweetie, I'm 00:34:23.659 --> 00:34:25.719 sorry I was so late for dinner. I heard about 00:34:25.719 --> 00:34:28.760 the murder on the news. Yeah, I know. Oh, she 00:34:28.760 --> 00:34:32.380 wasn't a pretty sight to see. Why? Why was she 00:34:32.380 --> 00:34:36.219 killed? We don't know. Well... Did you get a 00:34:36.219 --> 00:34:38.719 chance to see anything? No. I got the call to 00:34:38.719 --> 00:34:40.599 go to the address because she complained about 00:34:40.599 --> 00:34:42.900 a prowler. The next thing I knew, I was in the 00:34:42.900 --> 00:34:47.380 apartment. She was dead on the floor. Don, what 00:34:47.380 --> 00:34:51.059 do you mean? The next thing you knew. Well, the 00:34:51.059 --> 00:34:52.880 next... Well, because that's the next thing that 00:34:52.880 --> 00:34:54.619 happened. You know, that's how you write your 00:34:54.619 --> 00:34:57.340 report. You go from one fact to the next. Listen, 00:34:57.460 --> 00:35:00.340 honey, let's not talk about it, please. I never 00:35:00.340 --> 00:35:02.900 wanted to be a guy who brings his job home. Don, 00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:05.690 what did you do to your face? Huh? Where? It 00:35:05.690 --> 00:35:08.550 looks like a scratch. Just below your right ear. 00:35:09.530 --> 00:35:11.829 I don't know. How did you...? You sure there's 00:35:11.829 --> 00:35:15.050 a scratch there? It looks like one. I might have 00:35:15.050 --> 00:35:18.510 gotten it from shaving this morning. But you 00:35:18.510 --> 00:35:22.250 don't shave there. Look, it doesn't bother me. 00:35:23.150 --> 00:35:24.650 But how did you...? And if you worry about every 00:35:24.650 --> 00:35:27.090 tiny little scratcher... Honey, what are you 00:35:27.090 --> 00:35:29.829 looking so serious for? I can't even feel it. 00:35:30.650 --> 00:35:32.130 All right, if it makes you feel better, I'll 00:35:32.130 --> 00:35:39.989 put some antiseptic on it. Hello, what's wrong? 00:35:40.969 --> 00:35:49.110 Oh, nothing. I'm just tired. I feel so worn out. 00:35:53.269 --> 00:35:59.969 Taxi! Taxi! Take me to the 500 block on Cheyenne. 00:36:05.829 --> 00:36:15.369 554. 556. Five, five, eight. Five, sixty. Outside 00:36:15.369 --> 00:36:23.710 entrance. Inside door, and it's locked. Locked. 00:36:24.030 --> 00:36:27.469 Why, hello, Ella. Sergeant Carter. Oh, what are 00:36:27.469 --> 00:36:30.750 you doing in this neighborhood? Oh, just shopping. 00:36:31.409 --> 00:36:35.889 There's some very fine shop. Ella. Yes, Sergeant. 00:36:36.030 --> 00:36:38.929 Tell me, since Don's been home from the hospital, 00:36:39.110 --> 00:36:43.590 has he? Well, have you noticed anything unusual 00:36:43.590 --> 00:36:49.150 about him? Unusual? In what way? Oh, I don't 00:36:49.150 --> 00:36:52.789 know. He has complained of headaches. Headaches? 00:36:53.849 --> 00:36:55.849 No, he may have come back to duty just a little 00:36:55.849 --> 00:36:59.090 bit too soon. Although I must say, it hasn't 00:36:59.090 --> 00:37:01.210 interfered with his performance of duty. He's 00:37:01.210 --> 00:37:12.059 a great cop. Well, see you around. Where have 00:37:12.059 --> 00:37:14.159 you been? I've been home for about two hours. 00:37:14.519 --> 00:37:17.639 Oh, I was... Out? It's okay, it's okay. I made 00:37:17.639 --> 00:37:19.400 supper. Chilly. What do you think? Pull up a 00:37:19.400 --> 00:37:24.099 chair and enjoy a treat. Huh? Don, how do you 00:37:24.099 --> 00:37:26.519 feel? Right now? I feel fantastic. I've never 00:37:26.519 --> 00:37:30.519 been in better shape in all my life. I look at 00:37:30.519 --> 00:37:35.780 you and... I don't know how to begin. Begin what? 00:37:38.579 --> 00:37:41.670 Don... The cleaner said you had blood on your 00:37:41.670 --> 00:37:46.489 sleeve. That was the other day. And the other 00:37:46.489 --> 00:37:50.750 day, there was a knifing. Some old tramp had 00:37:50.750 --> 00:37:53.070 been there. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait 00:37:53.070 --> 00:37:55.909 a minute. What are you saying? And yesterday, 00:37:57.130 --> 00:38:01.050 you went to the scene of another killing. You 00:38:01.050 --> 00:38:04.530 had a scratch, as if someone had... Ella, is 00:38:04.530 --> 00:38:07.150 this your idea of a joke? Hear it all first. 00:38:08.489 --> 00:38:13.050 You went to this lady's apartment. Now, if she 00:38:13.050 --> 00:38:17.809 was already dead when you got there, how did 00:38:17.809 --> 00:38:22.010 you get in there? The door to the hallway is 00:38:22.010 --> 00:38:30.230 locked. You have to ring the bell. Donald, how 00:38:30.230 --> 00:38:35.650 did you get in there? How did I get in there? 00:38:36.610 --> 00:38:39.760 Look. How do you think I got in there? I rang 00:38:39.760 --> 00:38:44.099 the bell. No. Listen. No. What are you making 00:38:44.099 --> 00:38:47.840 it so complicated for? I rang the bell. She sounded 00:38:47.840 --> 00:38:52.579 the buzzer. She let me in. She let you in. Well, 00:38:52.579 --> 00:38:54.619 who else would have let me in? She lives all 00:38:54.619 --> 00:38:59.760 alone, doesn't she? But Tom. Oh, Tom. Look, I 00:38:59.760 --> 00:39:03.699 got this headache again. Tom, listen to me. I 00:39:03.699 --> 00:39:07.860 have to lie down. Something. terribly wrong but 00:39:07.860 --> 00:39:12.500 I get this headache I can go crazy it was murder 00:39:12.500 --> 00:39:20.119 you didn't know I knew when I feel this way I 00:39:20.119 --> 00:39:25.179 can kill Carter he was there again today for 00:39:25.179 --> 00:39:27.880 the same reason I was he suspects will you shut 00:39:27.880 --> 00:39:36.269 up you need help darling darling don't Don't 00:39:36.269 --> 00:39:41.429 look at me that way. Don't look at me that way. 00:40:56.969 --> 00:40:59.010 The supernatural powers of the little golden 00:40:59.010 --> 00:41:02.489 statue or the sudden rallies and collapses that 00:41:02.489 --> 00:41:05.449 still defy the best thinking of medical science. 00:41:06.110 --> 00:41:10.409 Random accident or predestined fate. We always 00:41:10.409 --> 00:41:14.090 have something for everybody. As usual, I'll 00:41:14.090 --> 00:41:16.650 have something for you when I return shortly. 00:41:28.400 --> 00:41:30.059 I could tell you what happened to the little 00:41:30.059 --> 00:41:33.800 statue, but I can't. Ella Greenway's house was 00:41:33.800 --> 00:41:36.639 robbed a few years ago, and the little statue 00:41:36.639 --> 00:41:39.460 was part of the loot. It may have been stolen 00:41:39.460 --> 00:41:42.500 by someone who knew its powers. On the other 00:41:42.500 --> 00:41:45.460 hand, it may be kicking around some antique or 00:41:45.460 --> 00:41:49.460 gift shop. Remember, if you see it, it's a beautiful 00:41:49.460 --> 00:41:52.980 lady with a snake twined about her waist. And 00:41:52.980 --> 00:41:56.659 if you should see it, would you buy it? Hmm? 00:41:58.030 --> 00:42:01.269 Our cast included William Redfield, Suzanne Grossman, 00:42:01.530 --> 00:42:04.769 Sam Gray, and Dan Ako. The entire production 00:42:04.769 --> 00:42:08.170 was under the direction of Hyman Brown. This 00:42:08.170 --> 00:42:10.690 is E .G. Marshall inviting you to return to our 00:42:10.690 --> 00:42:13.809 mystery theater for another adventure in the 00:42:13.809 --> 00:42:19.510 macabre. Until next time, pleasant dreams.