1
00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:35,520
Welcome to the Great Detectives of Old
Time Radio from Boise, Idaho. This

2
00:00:35,759 --> 00:00:40,159
is your host, a Adam Graham. If you have a comment, email

3
00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:45,640
it to me Bocks thirteen at Great
Detectives dot net. Follow us on Twitter

4
00:00:45,679 --> 00:00:51,679
at Radio Detectives, and check us
out on Instagram, Instagram, dot com,

5
00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:56,399
slash Great Detectives. If you're enjoying
the podcast, please follow us using

6
00:00:56,479 --> 00:01:00,520
your favorite podcast software. Today's program
is brought to you in part by the

7
00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:04,200
financial support of our listeners. You
can support the show on a one time

8
00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:10,959
basis using the Zell app to Box
thirteen at Great Detectives dot net, and

9
00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:15,159
I want to thank Carl for supporting
the podcast that way. Thank you so

10
00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:19,799
much for your support. You can
also become one of our ongoing Patreon supporters

11
00:01:19,799 --> 00:01:23,840
for as little last two dollars per
month by going to Patreon dot Great Detectives

12
00:01:23,879 --> 00:01:30,239
dot net. We are continuing our
round robin Christmas Crossover, where we're all

13
00:01:30,359 --> 00:01:37,319
appearing on each other's programs and commenting
on each other's episodes. By and two

14
00:01:37,439 --> 00:01:42,120
others are guest on I Love Old
Time Radio hosted by Benny. Check that

15
00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:46,680
out on the I Love Old Time
Radio. We'll have that in the show

16
00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:52,400
notes. But now let's get into
this week's episode of Dangerous Assignment. The

17
00:01:52,519 --> 00:01:59,040
original air date December the twenty fourth, nineteen fifty two, and the title

18
00:01:59,319 --> 00:02:20,000
is apturin Professors Dangerous Assignment transcribe.
Sorry, Brian, don my bes,

19
00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:40,680
Steve Mittel, Yeah, danger is
my assignment. I get sent to a

20
00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:44,400
lot of places I can't even pronounce. They all spell the same thing,

21
00:02:44,439 --> 00:02:46,319
though, trouble. But when I
walk into the Commissioner's office, I don't

22
00:02:46,360 --> 00:02:50,919
realize this assignment's going to wind up
with me getting the best Christmas present I've

23
00:02:50,919 --> 00:03:00,960
ever had. Right while I'm staring
down the barrel of a gun, good

24
00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:05,120
morning, Commissioner just stopped in to
say goodbye, good bye. Sure,

25
00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:08,039
my vacation starts this morning. I
remember I'm running up to New England for

26
00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:12,199
Christmas. Snow on the ground,
fire in the fireplace, and the little

27
00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:15,280
lady I'd most like to eat a
boiled dinner with. Sorry, Steve,

28
00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:16,879
Do you mean because you're not going? No, I mean because you're not

29
00:03:16,919 --> 00:03:20,800
going Now, Lord, I've got
an assignment for you, and I can't

30
00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:23,520
wait, Commissioner. For the last
three years, I've been trying to get

31
00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:25,719
Christmas off. So what happens?
One year I'm in Alaska. Next it's

32
00:03:25,759 --> 00:03:30,439
Africa, last year it was India. This year you promise. So I've

33
00:03:30,479 --> 00:03:32,479
got to break that promise, Steve. And it looks like you get another

34
00:03:32,599 --> 00:03:38,400
Christmas spoil. Okay, what's the
deal? Have a here of international lecture

35
00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:39,639
tours. Now, Look, don't
tell me I'm supposed to get up on

36
00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:43,759
a soapbox and lecture on the Christmas
spirit. No, you won't be making

37
00:03:43,759 --> 00:03:46,479
any speeches, but you'll be investigating
a few people who do. This is

38
00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:51,879
an organization of six European professor,
Steve. They lectured at universities all over

39
00:03:51,919 --> 00:03:54,360
the world, including the United States. What about them? We've had our

40
00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:58,919
eye on them for quite a while. We've suspected that one of them was

41
00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:02,800
using his lectures up front, that
actually he's picking up secret information from contacts

42
00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:06,120
in this country and taking it back
to Europe. With Which professor is it.

43
00:04:06,479 --> 00:04:10,599
We don't know what doctor Gerber does. He's one of the professors,

44
00:04:10,599 --> 00:04:13,639
and he's waiting down the hall to
talk to you. Find out what you

45
00:04:13,639 --> 00:04:15,720
can from them, Steve, Then
go anywhere and do anything necessary to smash

46
00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:21,759
this spiry and incidentally, try to
have a halfway decent Christmas. Well,

47
00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:42,639
that's it, You've got your assignment. Merry Christmas. The National Broadcasting Company

48
00:04:42,680 --> 00:04:46,279
is presenting Dangerous Assignment, starring Brian
don Leave in the role of Steve Mitchell,

49
00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:50,959
colorful two fested government agent. At
all those places of the world where

50
00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:56,319
danger and intrigue walk hand in hand, There you will find Steve Mitchell on

51
00:04:56,399 --> 00:05:01,000
another dangerous assignment. If you aren't
all a ready acquated with NBC's great Sunday

52
00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:05,399
lineup of stellar radio programs, you're
missing some of the finest programs on the

53
00:05:05,439 --> 00:05:10,120
air. Theater Guild on the Air
is one of the great shows aired on

54
00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:15,279
this station every Sunday evening. Featuring
stars of Broadway and Hollywood in fine dramatic

55
00:05:15,319 --> 00:05:20,279
works. Theater Guild offers the best
in radio entertainment and comedy on Sunday.

56
00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:25,600
Wouldn't be complete without the Phil Harris
and Alice Fay Show. Now we think

57
00:05:25,639 --> 00:05:30,079
you'll agree that Phil and Alice joined
forces to present one of the funniest programs

58
00:05:30,199 --> 00:05:34,399
on the air. So be sure
to tune to this NBC station this Sunday

59
00:05:34,439 --> 00:05:48,800
and every Sunday for our stellar program
lineup. Sure I've gotten my assignment,

60
00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:53,720
and go poke my nose into an
international spiring and have a merry Christmas.

61
00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:57,160
I've gotten uneasy hunch. What kind
of a Christmas present I'll get on this

62
00:05:57,279 --> 00:06:00,120
deal? Probably a gift wrapped bullet. Go down the hall to the room

63
00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:03,160
where doctor Gerber, one of the
members of the International Lecture Tours, is

64
00:06:03,199 --> 00:06:06,839
waiting for me, and he tells
me he knows who the foreign agent in

65
00:06:06,879 --> 00:06:11,959
the organization is, and that he'll
tell me on one condition. I must

66
00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:15,120
have protection. Mister Mitchell, I
has no problem. You're safe in this

67
00:06:15,199 --> 00:06:18,720
country, Doctor Gerber. You don't
understand. I don't mean protection for myself.

68
00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:27,959
Here this picture little boy. Yes, it's my son, Kurt,

69
00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:31,800
ten years old. He's the one
you want protection for. Yes, I

70
00:06:32,199 --> 00:06:36,360
know only too well the measure of
retaliation which might be employed against the boy

71
00:06:36,399 --> 00:06:40,720
if I were to reveal the information
I possess. Okay, so we got

72
00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:44,600
a bodyguard for him. But Kurt's
not with me. He's in the school

73
00:06:44,639 --> 00:06:48,480
in Stockholm, Sweden, school run
by an englishman, or Sweetfield. I

74
00:06:48,560 --> 00:06:54,319
had to relieve Kurt. His mother
passed away three years ago and he has

75
00:06:54,399 --> 00:06:57,959
no other relatives. Oh, we
could have somebody from our consulate there pick

76
00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:00,720
him up. No, no,
I'm sorry, that's not good enough.

77
00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:06,959
Curtis registered under his mother's name at
school. In school, no one must

78
00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:13,439
know his true identity until he's absolutely
safe. I see, okay, doctor

79
00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:15,839
Gerber, I guess i'd better hop
over there and get your boy myself.

80
00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:20,519
Oh that's what I hoped you would
say, mister Mitchell, when you are

81
00:07:20,519 --> 00:07:24,839
attorn with Kurt, I'll give you
the name of the head of the spiring.

82
00:07:31,360 --> 00:07:34,800
So I grab a plane for Stockholm. Doctor Wakefield school is out of

83
00:07:34,839 --> 00:07:39,079
the city a little way. As
I approach his office, a little girl

84
00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:43,879
with long curls comes out and wanders
off towards the other children. I show

85
00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:47,560
my credentials to doctor Wakefield and ask
him to see Kurt. Mister Mitchell,

86
00:07:47,639 --> 00:07:51,680
Curtis disappear. Well, yes,
that little girl who just left my office

87
00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:55,959
was Ilsa, a playmate of his. I've been questioning her, but she

88
00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:59,279
has no idea where he is.
I'm worried, sick. When did he

89
00:07:59,319 --> 00:08:01,920
disappear? I'm not sure, really, what do you mean? When last

90
00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:05,439
evening a woman came to see Kurt. She told me she was his arm.

91
00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:09,600
Kurt's father told me Kurt had no
other relatives. How was I to

92
00:08:09,639 --> 00:08:11,399
know that? She said she was
his aunt, and I saw no reason

93
00:08:11,399 --> 00:08:16,319
to doubt her. Go on,
I sent her to his room. I

94
00:08:16,360 --> 00:08:20,639
believe she left when regular visiting hours
were over. That would be at nine

95
00:08:20,639 --> 00:08:22,800
o'clock last evening. What do you
mean you believe she left? Aren't you

96
00:08:22,839 --> 00:08:26,839
sure? Well? As a matter
of fact, I turned in rather early

97
00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:30,720
last night, had a splitting headache. Sounds like a pretty careless waiter on

98
00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:33,559
a boarding school, Doctor Wakefield,
I resaid that, mister Mitchell, ordinarily

99
00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:37,320
I exercised the greatest of care and
supervision, but with this headache I had,

100
00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:41,480
I was obliged to go to bed. I see. And you don't

101
00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:46,320
have any idea when Kurt actually disappeared. No, all I know was that

102
00:08:46,440 --> 00:08:48,840
he was missing this morning. Oh
great. I haven't telephoned the police yet,

103
00:08:48,879 --> 00:08:50,559
but I think i'd better right now. No, no, wait a

104
00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:54,000
minute, but it seems obvious the
boy's been kidnapped. For he has.

105
00:08:54,039 --> 00:08:58,519
I think it's to ensure somebody will
keep his mouth shut. That means he's

106
00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:01,919
safe as long as the kidnappers don't
feel any pressure on them. Now,

107
00:09:01,039 --> 00:09:03,360
this has got to be done on
the cover. Let me see what I

108
00:09:03,399 --> 00:09:07,559
can find out very well, if
you think it best that to mister Mitchell.

109
00:09:07,679 --> 00:09:11,159
Incidentally, are you familiar with an
outfit called International Lecture Tours? Oh?

110
00:09:11,559 --> 00:09:15,840
Yes, they have an office here
in Stockholm on Doctic, Scotland,

111
00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:26,080
I believe. Oh well, never
mind, I'll find it. Hi,

112
00:09:26,720 --> 00:09:31,759
what can I do for you?
This is the headquarters of International Lecture Tours?

113
00:09:31,879 --> 00:09:35,080
Sure is you in charge? Where
I'm the legman and I guess you're

114
00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:37,639
the boy I want to talk to. My name is Mitchell, Saunders is

115
00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:41,279
mine. I'm always glad to meet
anyone from the States. You say you're

116
00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:43,440
the leg man for the outfit?
What does that involved? You name it

117
00:09:43,519 --> 00:09:48,279
the works? Shagging around the world
in front of the wise men, scheduling

118
00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:52,080
lecture dates, making hotel reservations,
keeping them in toothpaste. Sounds like quite

119
00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:54,759
a job. Well, there are
probably easier ways of making a living.

120
00:09:54,799 --> 00:09:58,960
How'd you get into this racket?
I was stranded here in Sweden Broke.

121
00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:01,960
I heard these professors need of the
nurse maid, so here I am.

122
00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:07,279
Look, I'd like a little information
on these professors. Here are my credentials.

123
00:10:07,919 --> 00:10:09,799
Well, looks pretty official. What
do you want to know, miss

124
00:10:09,799 --> 00:10:13,519
Mitchell? There are six professors in
the circuit, right right? How well

125
00:10:13,519 --> 00:10:16,960
do you know them? How well
can you know these birds? They live

126
00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:20,759
in an ivory tower all their own. Yeah, where are they all?

127
00:10:20,919 --> 00:10:26,960
Now? This chart shows the setup
Stelter's in Bombay, du Valves in Toronto,

128
00:10:28,519 --> 00:10:31,240
chum Lee's and Cape don bout Chicks
and Copenhagen who are really keepting spread

129
00:10:31,279 --> 00:10:35,080
out? Yeah yeah, Gerber's in
the United States. Aren't any of them

130
00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:39,720
anywhere near? Yeah? Yeah?
Doctor Friedrich right here in Stockholmer. Yeah.

131
00:10:39,879 --> 00:10:43,039
As a matter of fact, I'm
expecting him any minutes. He's got

132
00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:46,159
some sort of beef as usual.
He's a real fireball. I'd like to

133
00:10:46,159 --> 00:10:48,320
meet him. Well, stick around. He ought to be here any minutes.

134
00:10:48,639 --> 00:10:52,720
He is that kind of a booking
agent, are you? That's a

135
00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:56,960
good question. How many times have
I tell you I must not now just

136
00:10:58,080 --> 00:11:01,480
taking these? He doctor Friedrich?
And he says, and then don't come

137
00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:05,360
upstairs with his clumb clumb all night
while I work on my lecture notes.

138
00:11:05,399 --> 00:11:07,080
How much could a man stay?
Well, there you've got me, if

139
00:11:07,080 --> 00:11:11,440
you'll just rell why you scheduled be
in stack on this time of year,

140
00:11:11,480 --> 00:11:13,200
and you know I would rather be
in the United States. I did that

141
00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:16,879
because you and doctor Gerbert don't seem
to get along too well, and I

142
00:11:16,039 --> 00:11:18,559
like to keep you apart. How
come you don't get along with them,

143
00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:22,799
doctor Friedrick? Ah, because the
theories he bleps about in his lecture sta

144
00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:28,360
inconnect they contradict my theories. Hey, what business is this of yours?

145
00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:31,919
Young man? This is Steve Mitchell, a newspaper reporter. Doctor friedriy mind

146
00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:35,759
telling me where you were last night
working at my lecture notes. But that

147
00:11:35,879 --> 00:11:39,919
clumb clumb clump on my head?
How could the man work? You know?

148
00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:41,639
That's funny? Funny? He says, it's an outree. Well,

149
00:11:41,679 --> 00:11:45,240
I mean I called your hotel about
a lecture date last night and they told

150
00:11:45,279 --> 00:11:50,679
me you were out. Oh yes, I forgot and I had an engagement

151
00:11:50,799 --> 00:11:54,360
for a while. Was she nice? Nice? She was Welsh? See

152
00:11:54,360 --> 00:11:56,759
here this none of your business.
Turn us. I leave you with two

153
00:11:56,759 --> 00:12:01,200
words, get me back the rooms
with no day and no glump clump clump

154
00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:09,360
overhead, or I greet the too
goodbye. So now you've met doctor Friedrick,

155
00:12:09,840 --> 00:12:20,399
I sure have. Well, I'll
check with you later. Saunders back

156
00:12:20,399 --> 00:12:22,960
in my hotel room. I go
over the deal in my mind. It's

157
00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:26,120
starting to take shape. Last night, a woman visits Kurt. This morning

158
00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:28,799
he's gone. Friedrich doesn't like Kurt's
father, and Friedrich was out with a

159
00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:33,519
woman last night. Yeah. On
the surface, the pattern looks good,

160
00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:35,600
but I've got an uneasy feeling.
It could fall apart as fast as a

161
00:12:35,639 --> 00:12:41,799
smoke ring and a draft. Yeah. This is Saunders Mitchell. I got

162
00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:46,279
mad him. You might be interested
in shure all lat five minutes after you

163
00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:48,799
left the office in Walls's doctor but
check. Wait a minute, Bucheck is

164
00:12:48,799 --> 00:12:52,039
supposed to be in Copenhagen. That's
right, So I asked, how come

165
00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:56,120
what? The good doctor says something
about being tired. When did but Check

166
00:12:56,240 --> 00:13:01,120
arrived there? You got me?
You want the address? Yeah, hotel?

167
00:13:01,519 --> 00:13:03,080
Okay, thanks Anders. I think
i'd better go over there and give

168
00:13:03,159 --> 00:13:22,759
doctor but check the double check.
Yes. Well, Hello, I'm Steve

169
00:13:22,799 --> 00:13:26,480
Mitchell, newspaper reporter from the United
States. I'd like to see doctor but

170
00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:31,840
check. I am doctor, but
chick. You seem surprised. I am.

171
00:13:31,879 --> 00:13:37,120
I thought doctor Bucheck was a man. I'm sorry to disappoint you.

172
00:13:37,279 --> 00:13:45,679
This is a disappointment current. What
can I do for you, mister Mitchell?

173
00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:50,279
I understand you canceled your lecture tour
suddenly and returned her to Stockholm.

174
00:13:50,559 --> 00:13:52,399
Yes, I wish to spend Christmas
with my friends. When did you get

175
00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:56,720
in? I blame landed this morning, not last night, but of course

176
00:13:56,799 --> 00:14:01,840
not. I just told you you
also sure you weren't out at doctor Wakefield

177
00:14:01,919 --> 00:14:05,840
School last night. I've never heard
of the place. See here, mister

178
00:14:05,879 --> 00:14:11,080
Mitchell, I'm quite certain that you're
not a newspaper reporter. I'm also quite

179
00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:18,360
certain that my activities are none of
your business. Well, thanks to the

180
00:14:18,399 --> 00:14:22,919
interview, I can check up on
your arrival time. You know. Please

181
00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:35,240
do a word with you, sir? Huh? Who are you? I'm

182
00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:39,480
mostcare I'd like you to meet my
friend or laugh right, I don't see

183
00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:43,720
any This is all that's gone in
your back is the strong, silent type,

184
00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:46,919
but he has a very nervous trigger
thing. Look what's this all about?

185
00:14:46,399 --> 00:14:50,879
You shouldn't have bothered the young lady
doctor you check? Now we have

186
00:14:50,919 --> 00:14:54,720
to go for an ice ride,
A short one, no doubt for us,

187
00:14:54,799 --> 00:14:58,440
yes for you, such a long
ride. I don't think you will

188
00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:01,960
ever look if you think I'm gonna
here and let you not expect you to

189
00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:20,519
stay O. L. Steve Mitchell
will continue his dangerous assignment. In just

190
00:15:20,559 --> 00:15:24,600
a moment, twenty seconds from now, a fire will break out somewhere in

191
00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:28,360
the United States, causing untold misery
and devastation. More than eleven thousand persons

192
00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:31,600
are killed annually by these fires.
Many more are injured, and more than

193
00:15:31,639 --> 00:15:35,720
seven hundred million dollars worth of property
is lost. The most tragic part of

194
00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:39,440
this statement lies in the fact that
more than ninety percent of all fires in

195
00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:45,080
the home start through sheer carelessness and
could be avoided. Here are a few

196
00:15:45,080 --> 00:15:48,320
simple rules of safety which will help
you to protect your home and your loved

197
00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:52,840
ones from the ravages of fire.
First, do not smoke in bed or

198
00:15:52,879 --> 00:15:56,840
discard lighted cigarettes carelessly. Second,
clean out old newspapers, magazines, and

199
00:15:56,919 --> 00:16:03,639
other inflammable debris. Third, promptly
repair all effective wiring and electrical equipment.

200
00:16:03,279 --> 00:16:07,039
If a wire looks sprayed or worn, replace it at once. Fourth,

201
00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:11,919
use only those cleaning fluids which will
not burn. And Fifth, be careful

202
00:16:11,919 --> 00:16:15,000
with matches, keep them out of
the reach of small children. You can't

203
00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:29,480
afford to gamble with fire. The
odds are against you every time. Now

204
00:16:29,559 --> 00:16:42,679
back to Dangerous Assignment and Brian don
Laville Steve Mitchell. I don't know how

205
00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:45,080
long I've been out, but when
I start coming to, I realize that

206
00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:48,120
dragging me out of the car,
I open my eyes a crack and take

207
00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:51,480
a guarded peak. Then I see
they're carting me to the edge of a

208
00:16:51,559 --> 00:16:53,799
cliff. I wait until they get
me right to the brink. Then I

209
00:16:53,960 --> 00:17:00,000
twist an arm loose and built the
big guy ole right over the oscar yanks.

210
00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:04,599
There's gun in his pocket, eye
flatting him front of the car,

211
00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:07,680
jump in and dig out along the
road. The fronts near the edge of

212
00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:11,960
the cliff. So car, so
good, and I hear the shots.

213
00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:15,880
I twist my head for a quick
look. Oscar's got into his feet and

214
00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:19,440
his pumping lead after me, always
shot towards the bull's eye on one of

215
00:17:19,519 --> 00:17:22,319
the tires. The car slows around
it starts cleaning towards the edge of the

216
00:17:22,359 --> 00:17:26,119
cliff, out of control. I
managed to get the door open and dive

217
00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:37,519
out just as it goes over the
edge. I land on a ledge about

218
00:17:37,519 --> 00:17:40,440
twenty feet down from the top.
While there in the brush, just as

219
00:17:40,480 --> 00:17:42,480
the Car bounces down to the bottom
and bursts into flames. After a few

220
00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:45,200
moments, Oscar sticks his head over
the top of the cliff and looks down

221
00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:48,279
at the burning wreck with a big
grin on his face. He figures,

222
00:17:48,279 --> 00:17:52,079
I'm getting a king size hot foot
about now. Finally he turns and leaves.

223
00:17:52,319 --> 00:17:56,799
I give him a few minutes,
and I dragged myself together and head

224
00:17:56,799 --> 00:18:02,680
back into town to the lecture tour
office. Hey, you look like you've

225
00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:04,799
been dragged through the well known not
hole, Mitchell, you're so well known

226
00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:08,079
ride. Hey, look, do
you have a picture of doctor but check

227
00:18:08,119 --> 00:18:15,119
around here anywhere? Sound it?
Sure? H, here's a publicity still

228
00:18:15,119 --> 00:18:18,000
we send out to the papers.
Will it do very nicely? Thanks?

229
00:18:18,519 --> 00:18:22,400
She kind of made a hit with
you, Yeah, big hit. So

230
00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:30,640
now I'm going to return the compliment. I'm so glad you came, mister

231
00:18:30,680 --> 00:18:33,960
Mitchell. Something has happened that you
should do about. What is it,

232
00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:37,240
doctor Wakefield? You remember I told
you a woman posing his Kurtsum came here

233
00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:38,720
to the school to see him the
night before last. Sure, the night

234
00:18:38,799 --> 00:18:41,839
Kurt disappeared. What about it?
That same woman was back here this morning

235
00:18:41,839 --> 00:18:45,319
by yes, not an hour ago? I wasn't in my office at the

236
00:18:45,319 --> 00:18:48,319
time, but my secretary told me
this woman in quiet about Kurtie King.

237
00:18:48,359 --> 00:18:52,839
Wait a minute, that means they
don't have Kurt. Whose they I think

238
00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:55,519
I know who one of them is
here. Take a look her name is,

239
00:18:55,519 --> 00:18:59,240
but check what's about her? Isn't
that the woman who was asking about

240
00:18:59,319 --> 00:19:00,960
Kurt Wright? No? What I've
never seen the woman in this picture be

241
00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:04,480
fault in my life? You sure
about that? Course? Oh fine,

242
00:19:04,599 --> 00:19:10,759
My one lead blows right up in
my face. Come in, Oh you

243
00:19:10,759 --> 00:19:15,680
go, hello, well, doctor
Friedrich. Eh oh the nosery part.

244
00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:19,640
Yeah, I gather you were expecting
him in Doctor Wakefield. Of course you

245
00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:22,440
go and I our old friends.
He drops in for tea, and she's,

246
00:19:25,400 --> 00:19:29,400
ah, you a move us.
No, I guess it's my move,

247
00:19:29,519 --> 00:19:34,119
gentlemen. I go outside, and
I'm really stumped. I've got to

248
00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:37,039
find Kurt and find out who's behind
the deal, but I'm fresh out of

249
00:19:37,160 --> 00:19:41,480
leads. Then, as I'm walking
through the school grounds, I spot the

250
00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:45,799
little girl with the curls Felds,
a Kurt's playmate. She's just slipping out

251
00:19:45,799 --> 00:19:49,079
a side gate with a little package
under her arm. A sudden hun hits

252
00:19:49,119 --> 00:19:52,559
me and I follow her. She
takes off through the woods and then down

253
00:19:52,599 --> 00:19:56,160
the road. I keep out of
her side. Finally she disappears into an

254
00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:57,839
old, deserted barn. A couple
of minutes later, she comes out empty

255
00:19:57,880 --> 00:20:03,400
handed until she's out of sight.
Then I go into the barn as a

256
00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:08,880
blond kid sitting in a feed box
munching on a sandwich. Hello, Hello,

257
00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:12,920
Kirk, did you come to help
me? Yeah, my father sent

258
00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:17,640
you. That's right, that is
good. I have been praying for help.

259
00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:19,640
I knew it would come. Oh
yeah, what happened? Kirk?

260
00:20:21,079 --> 00:20:23,160
A woman came to see me at
the school. She tried to make me

261
00:20:23,200 --> 00:20:26,240
go away with her. She said
she was a friend of my father's,

262
00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:30,279
but I knew she was lying to
me. Go on, Oh, I

263
00:20:30,319 --> 00:20:33,400
asked her to wait outside my room
while I packed. As soon as I

264
00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:36,640
was alone, I climbed out the
window and ran away. You see,

265
00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:40,960
I'll bet you're tired of eating sandwiches. Huh, My girlfriend Eels has when

266
00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:44,160
bringing them to me. How'd you
happen to pick this barn to hide in?

267
00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:45,519
Well? I knew it was the
right place as soon as I saw

268
00:20:45,559 --> 00:20:49,240
this manger. Manger, Yes,
I rid about a little boy and a

269
00:20:49,319 --> 00:20:55,599
manger. Once I see, well, I guess you couldn't have picked a

270
00:20:55,599 --> 00:20:59,559
better place, kurk, particularly on
Christmas Eve? Will you take me to

271
00:20:59,599 --> 00:21:11,240
my father? Wait? Hey,
two guys, Oscar and well what do

272
00:21:11,319 --> 00:21:14,920
you know? So I finally find
out who's my boy in this deal and

273
00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:18,039
it's too late. It's never too
there will be if I can't come up

274
00:21:18,039 --> 00:21:23,240
with something real fast. My eyes
click around the barn looking for something anything,

275
00:21:23,319 --> 00:21:26,519
Curtis on his knees and the manger
praying. Then I spot a light

276
00:21:26,519 --> 00:21:30,079
bulb dangling from the end of a
wire. By yanked the wire loose in

277
00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:33,359
the bulb and sled behind me,
holding it in my left hand by the

278
00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:37,960
insulated part. Then heading against the
stall, kurts in and just wait.

279
00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:40,519
I take a quick look at him. His eyes are closed and his lips

280
00:21:40,519 --> 00:21:48,480
are moving a little. Yeah,
hello Mitchell, Hello Saunders. So you're

281
00:21:48,559 --> 00:21:52,799
the big boy. I'm the big
boy, but some guys will do for

282
00:21:52,799 --> 00:21:55,759
a buck. Huh. You sent
me chasing after that? But check woman,

283
00:21:55,839 --> 00:21:57,960
so your two stooges with nowhere to
pick me up? Huh? Incidentally,

284
00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:02,160
where's your other stude? The woman
who tried to get Kirt at the

285
00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:04,720
school. She's waiting at my office
until I take care of this little deal.

286
00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:08,839
Thanks for leading us here, don't
mention it. I'm afraid you've kind

287
00:22:08,839 --> 00:22:12,160
of complicated things, Mitchell. Originally
I was gonna grab Kurt and keep him

288
00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:15,519
so Gerbert wouldn't fill about me.
But now you know the deal, so

289
00:22:15,599 --> 00:22:18,920
that means I got to get rid
of both of you. I'm sorry,

290
00:22:18,279 --> 00:22:22,559
that's the way it is. His
gun starts swinging in my direction. It's

291
00:22:22,599 --> 00:22:25,200
now or never. I whipped the
electric wire out from behind my back and

292
00:22:25,279 --> 00:22:27,960
lash of his gun with it a
sort of flame wrapped around the gun.

293
00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:32,440
Sers dropped it and grabbed his hand. I give him a pistol us for

294
00:22:32,519 --> 00:22:36,759
diets for the gun, but I'm
waiting for him to him up with her

295
00:22:36,799 --> 00:22:41,039
belts and I turned the Kurt.
He's still sitting in the manger, looking

296
00:22:41,079 --> 00:22:44,440
at me calmly. Is it all
over, mister Mitchell? It will be

297
00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:47,759
as soon as we pick up Saunder's
girl at the lecture office. I prayed

298
00:22:47,759 --> 00:22:52,240
that something would happen to deliver us. It happened, well, you see,

299
00:22:52,279 --> 00:22:55,079
I sort of made it happen,
Kirt, did you. I prayed

300
00:22:55,079 --> 00:22:56,920
for a bolt of lighting. Mister
Mitchell, Well, I guess you could

301
00:22:56,960 --> 00:23:00,720
call that electric spark a bolt of
lightning, but it was man made lightning,

302
00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:03,599
was it? How did you happen
to think of it? Oh?

303
00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:08,880
I guess I just sort of.
I mean I saw the light. Yeah,

304
00:23:10,079 --> 00:23:15,680
I guess I sure did you see? Yeah? Yeah, I see.

305
00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:18,000
I'm the last guy in the world. Do I get the point?

306
00:23:18,039 --> 00:23:22,759
Believe me, Funny, I was
the one who was screaming that my Christmas

307
00:23:22,839 --> 00:23:26,680
was spoiled. Thanks great for what
for one of the best Christmases I've ever

308
00:23:26,759 --> 00:23:45,720
had. Come on, you're going
home to your father. Our star Brian

309
00:23:45,799 --> 00:23:48,720
don Levey will return in just a
moment. On New Year's Day, the

310
00:23:48,839 --> 00:23:53,799
NBC Radio Network will send you away
to important football games from Dallas, Texas,

311
00:23:53,799 --> 00:23:57,119
home of the famed Cotton Bowl.
NBC will broadcast the game between the

312
00:23:57,200 --> 00:24:03,440
University of Texas Longhorns and the University
of Tennessee Volunteers. Mike's side for NBC

313
00:24:03,559 --> 00:24:07,559
at Dallas will be Lindsay Nelson and
Bob Murphy to bring you every exciting play

314
00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:11,079
as Texas Southwest Conference champions and Tennessee, one of the fine teams of the

315
00:24:11,119 --> 00:24:15,480
Southeast clash in this traditional New Year's
Day Bowl game, and then following the

316
00:24:15,519 --> 00:24:19,839
Cotton Bowl game, NBC will switch
controls to Pasadena, California for the granddaddy

317
00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:23,640
of all bowl games, the Rose
Bowl. A'l Helper and Braven Dyer will

318
00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:29,359
handle the Rose Bowl play by play
broadcast between the University of Southern California Trojans,

319
00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:33,880
the Pacific Coast Conference champions and the
University of Wisconsin Badgers, co holders

320
00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:37,640
of the Big Ten Championship. So
here's our invitation to you to be set

321
00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:44,160
side on New Year's Day when NBC
broadcasts both the Cotton Bowl and the Rose

322
00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:59,480
Bowl football games to night and tomorrow. As all of us throughout our great

323
00:24:59,519 --> 00:25:04,519
country celebrate Christmas with our families,
trees, and gifts, let's not forget

324
00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:07,680
that it's the giving, not the
getting, which is a true celebration.

325
00:25:08,599 --> 00:25:12,359
And let's remind ourselves of the one
gift we can all give, the gift

326
00:25:12,680 --> 00:25:18,799
which costs us nothing to give.
Thanks and now from all of us on

327
00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:41,599
dangerous assignment to all of you,
a very merry Christmas. This is John

328
00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:45,880
Storm speaking and saying, be with
us again next week at this time for

329
00:25:45,960 --> 00:26:03,319
another transcribed Dangerous assignment. This is
NBC The Night Before Christmas, Welcome Back,

330
00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:11,279
a car chase, an explosion,
festicuffs, getting the cutcussion, and

331
00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:18,799
electrocuting your enemies. Truly the best
Christmas ever. Now, this was made

332
00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:23,559
as a non Christmas episode for both
radio and television, and it's odd that

333
00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:29,119
it wasn't always a Christmas story and
it only took a few tweaks to get

334
00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:33,720
there. As we're missing the Christmas
episodes for both nineteen fifty and nineteen fifty

335
00:26:33,759 --> 00:26:41,599
one, we don't really know if
the Christmases Steve referenced were actual plots on

336
00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:48,240
the radio program where Steve attempted to
have a nice Christmas and was spoiled by

337
00:26:48,279 --> 00:26:52,079
the commissioner, but perhaps it is
a clue to those lost episodes. Now,

338
00:26:52,160 --> 00:26:56,759
I will say that I will never
not be annoyed by the headmaster getting

339
00:26:56,839 --> 00:27:03,559
all defensive that Steve questioned his competency
and that of his school. Look,

340
00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:08,440
people aren't perfect. They make mistakes. It happens and there needs to be

341
00:27:08,559 --> 00:27:15,400
some understanding. But be apologetache you
lost someone's kid, I had a headache.

342
00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:21,880
Isn't it offense, particularly when you're
some super expensive boarding school. We

343
00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:26,640
provide the best care money can buy, but all bets are off if I

344
00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:33,400
get a headache. Also, Steve's
investigative techniques were not great. He focused

345
00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:36,799
on the fact that a woman came
for the boy, and without even getting

346
00:27:36,839 --> 00:27:41,480
a description, reached the conclusion that
he was looking for a woman or for

347
00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:45,000
someone who had at some point been
associated with a woman, thus limiting his

348
00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:51,079
suspect pool to half the population of
Stockholm as well as the other half.

349
00:27:51,319 --> 00:27:57,359
And Steve acted like he had a
lead that was ruined when the headmaster saw

350
00:27:57,440 --> 00:28:03,400
a picture of the professor and said, that's not her. I've never seen

351
00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:08,119
this woman before. Didn't have a
leads, you just had speculation. The

352
00:28:08,279 --> 00:28:15,279
most ironic part of this episode is
that the woman who took the boy does

353
00:28:15,359 --> 00:28:21,359
not actually appear on stage in all
seriousness. Aside from that, I think

354
00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:26,839
that this was a pretty solid Christmas
episode for Dangerous Assignment. I enjoyed the

355
00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:33,559
man called X special on a Starlet
Hill more than most, but something that

356
00:28:33,759 --> 00:28:38,599
metaphysical wouldn't work for Dangerous Assignment.
That sort of story would not be a

357
00:28:38,599 --> 00:28:45,440
great deal for Steve, who's a
far simpler and direct person than Ken Thurston.

358
00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:51,799
The theme of the story ties into
the after episode message. While you

359
00:28:51,839 --> 00:28:57,319
can definitely appreciate Steve grousing about his
spoiled Christmas plans, he did actually get

360
00:28:57,359 --> 00:29:02,960
something great out of it. He
saw an illustration of simple faith and also

361
00:29:03,039 --> 00:29:08,400
received insight. The idea that Steve
seeing the wire was inspired didn't in sold

362
00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:14,039
his intelligence or quick wit, but
rather gave him the gift of gratitude that

363
00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:18,400
for all of his escapes and time
saving the day over the years, he

364
00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:23,200
really did have something to be thankful
for. Now we turn to listener comments

365
00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:29,039
and feedback, and we start out
on YouTube with a comment from Rhinser,

366
00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:36,000
who writes in regarding the episode a
nursery rhyme. Lamont Cranston, who sounded

367
00:29:36,039 --> 00:29:41,240
a lot like Orson Wells, used
the tipewriter trick in an episode of The

368
00:29:41,279 --> 00:29:45,880
Shadow from nineteen thirty seven or thirty
eight. I wonder if some criminal was

369
00:29:47,079 --> 00:29:51,240
actually caught that way. Well,
thank you so much for the comment,

370
00:29:51,359 --> 00:29:57,880
rhyn Sir. You'll find a lot
of Hadio episodes and short stories where the

371
00:29:57,920 --> 00:30:03,720
mystery plot and the way it solved
are very similar to each other. For

372
00:30:03,759 --> 00:30:11,680
example, there was a sand hog
story on the Shadow, and there was

373
00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:15,880
also one on Box thirteen and let
George to it, and they're all very

374
00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:25,599
similar in terms of whether finding the
right typewriter has been used in criminal cases

375
00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:30,680
to catch someone. I can answer
pretty definitively that, even if it's not

376
00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:37,920
quite as dramatized, Yeah, that
sort of thing did happen. I took

377
00:30:37,279 --> 00:30:44,039
criminalistics and forensics when I was in
college back in the early two thousands.

378
00:30:44,119 --> 00:30:48,720
By no means am I an exhaustive
expert on the subject. I think the

379
00:30:48,799 --> 00:30:56,720
course I took was kind of good
basic knowledge about the field and the ways

380
00:30:56,799 --> 00:31:02,279
that crime scene investigations happened. And
that was my science credit. And it

381
00:31:02,359 --> 00:31:07,640
definitely came up in the course that
this was the sort of evidence that place

382
00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:12,400
used, that finding the tope writer
that actually produced to note could be a

383
00:31:12,559 --> 00:31:19,359
vital part of the investigation. And
of course there are all sorts of thermolar

384
00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:25,920
things like tool marks, and it's
not just a crowbar was used, but

385
00:31:26,039 --> 00:31:30,920
can we match it back to the
specific crowbar that was used. Obviously,

386
00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:37,200
with some tools, it's not anywhere
close to a one hundred percent man,

387
00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:44,279
particularly if you don't find physical evidence
remaining on a tool, Although it can

388
00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:51,960
be added to your evidentiary record we
apprehended this suspect, and there are so

389
00:31:52,039 --> 00:31:56,480
many points that connect him to the
crime as the actual suspect, and among

390
00:31:56,599 --> 00:32:02,960
those points is that he possessed a
crow bar of the type that was used

391
00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:09,759
in the commission of the crime.
Typewriters were interesting as evidence because they tended

392
00:32:09,839 --> 00:32:17,200
to have different where patterns. They'd
have little errors when you pressed a certain

393
00:32:17,319 --> 00:32:23,000
key that would be distinct. It's
not like no other typewriter in the world

394
00:32:23,359 --> 00:32:30,319
would have that sort of error,
but it would be typewriter has a particular

395
00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:37,240
error when you press the lower case
L. It's off just a little bit

396
00:32:37,319 --> 00:32:40,079
in the same way that the letter
was written. And if you have a

397
00:32:40,160 --> 00:32:46,440
couple of different vaults that match,
that really becomes indicative. Oh yeah,

398
00:32:46,480 --> 00:32:53,240
that sort of thing definitely was used
as evidence. And then we have a

399
00:32:53,359 --> 00:33:01,079
comment. It's signed Ken Thurston,
who writes regarding by stating the site called

400
00:33:01,359 --> 00:33:05,759
X. I know it's formally Twitter, but every time you say it it

401
00:33:05,839 --> 00:33:10,599
makes me smile. Well, thanks
for the email, and of course Elon

402
00:33:10,799 --> 00:33:15,920
Mosque, who owns Twitter, renamed
it X. But I think it's safe

403
00:33:15,920 --> 00:33:21,319
to say that the name has not
taken with the general public. Myself,

404
00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:25,440
I tend not to like these sort
of changes. It took me, I

405
00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:31,119
don't know, like six months a
year to get used to Apple podcasts in

406
00:33:31,160 --> 00:33:37,599
what we're supposed to say rather than
iTunes. When telling people to subscribe and

407
00:33:37,720 --> 00:33:43,079
with X, I think that the
vast majority of people, unless they are

408
00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:46,000
you know, journalists who are trying
to be very precise, will refer to

409
00:33:46,039 --> 00:33:52,240
it as Twitter and so like,
when I am doing the openings and closings

410
00:33:52,279 --> 00:33:57,319
for social media, I will say
Twitter because I don't think X registers with

411
00:33:57,400 --> 00:34:00,000
the majority of the public. But
yeah, when I say the site called

412
00:34:00,039 --> 00:34:04,119
acts, if you didn't know what
I was talking about, now you know.

413
00:34:04,799 --> 00:34:07,360
Well, now it's time to thank
our Patreon supporter of the day,

414
00:34:07,519 --> 00:34:10,920
and I want to go ahead and
thank Ron. Ron has been one of

415
00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:16,199
our Patreon supporters since May of twenty
twenty, currently supporting the podcast at the

416
00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:22,559
Detective Sergeant level of seven dollars and
fourteen cents or more per month. Thank

417
00:34:22,639 --> 00:34:27,039
you so much for your support and
that will do it for today. If

418
00:34:27,079 --> 00:34:31,960
you are enjoying the podcast, please
follow us using your favorite podcast software and

419
00:34:32,119 --> 00:34:38,559
be sure to rate and review the
podcast wherever you download it From Dangerous assignment

420
00:34:38,679 --> 00:34:45,199
will return in two weeks. Join
us back here tomorrow where are round Robin?

421
00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:52,960
Christmas crossover culminates tomorrow as I am
joined by three other old time radio

422
00:34:52,079 --> 00:34:59,760
podcasters, and together we'll be listening
to Mister Chameleon. Where say wasn't on

423
00:34:59,840 --> 00:35:02,159
the case. I've never met any
of them. I would like to do

424
00:35:02,239 --> 00:35:06,679
that, Commissioner, meet them,
m hm. Reopen the case if I

425
00:35:06,679 --> 00:35:10,000
feel it should be reopened. I
think I know how to make the killer

426
00:35:10,039 --> 00:35:14,519
stick his neck out if I'm convinced
the killer is still lose, well and

427
00:35:14,719 --> 00:35:19,039
question them by all means. Take
the surgeon Dave Honold with you. John

428
00:35:19,119 --> 00:35:22,119
Drake and his sons are living in
the mother's house. His brother Horace and

429
00:35:22,199 --> 00:35:25,239
his wife Sonya with him too.
Any sevens who are with Missus Orlando Drake,

430
00:35:25,559 --> 00:35:30,360
her housekeeper, I believe, and
Missus Sterling. It was Missus Sterling's

431
00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:35,159
testimony which convicted Helen Drake. I
see you know, as sending commissioner.

432
00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:38,519
Wouldn't it be nice if I could
get Helen Drake released from prison in time

433
00:35:38,559 --> 00:35:42,880
for Christmas? Are you kidding?
I hope you'll be with us then.

434
00:35:43,239 --> 00:35:46,280
And as I mentioned at the top
of the podcast, A self and two

435
00:35:46,320 --> 00:35:52,760
other old time radio podcasters will be
guest on I Love Old Time Radio with

436
00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:58,679
Benny and he'll be playing an episode
of suspense and we'll be talking about it

437
00:35:58,719 --> 00:36:02,039
and I will be for five minutes
of that after I sign off, And

438
00:36:02,119 --> 00:36:05,639
if you want to go listen to
the whole thing, just go over to

439
00:36:05,760 --> 00:36:08,880
I Love Old Time Radio. In
the meantime, do send your comments to

440
00:36:09,039 --> 00:36:15,159
Box thirteen at Great Detectives dot net, follow us on Twitter at Radio Detectives,

441
00:36:15,199 --> 00:36:20,920
and check us out on Instagram,
Instagram, dot com, slash Great

442
00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:52,239
Detectives from boiseidohol. This is your
host, Adam Graham signing off. Kathy,

443
00:36:53,079 --> 00:37:00,639
Katy, Honey, come on,
wake up, wake up. It's

444
00:37:00,719 --> 00:37:04,960
the day before Christmas. Oh that's
so much, miss Buff. It's light

445
00:37:05,039 --> 00:37:08,199
out already. He said, you
were going to wake me really early today

446
00:37:08,440 --> 00:37:12,119
so we could go to the airport
and meet them. Come on up,

447
00:37:12,199 --> 00:37:15,679
you get let's get your dressed,
Buffy. They're going to be waiting for

448
00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:22,000
me and you didn't wake me.
I know what's they're home already, Kesey,

449
00:37:22,519 --> 00:37:31,119
Mommy, Daddy, where are you? Daddy? Mommy, Buffy?

450
00:37:31,159 --> 00:37:36,559
They're not in their bedroom. Where
are they, Cassy? I know,

451
00:37:36,920 --> 00:37:46,400
I'll bet they're in the kitchen already
having the coffee. Mommy, this buff

452
00:37:46,440 --> 00:37:51,119
they're not home, I know,
Honey. The o'clock in the kitchen s

453
00:37:51,119 --> 00:37:53,000
at eight thirty. Catty here,
put this on here. You told me

454
00:37:53,039 --> 00:37:57,000
you wanted to wear this dress today, so that's why I ironed it for

455
00:37:57,079 --> 00:38:00,000
you. Yes, do you?
Why? Oh, they'll be here.

456
00:38:00,639 --> 00:38:05,079
But when I talked to mommy on
the telephone yesterday, she said she would

457
00:38:05,119 --> 00:38:07,679
be here at six this morning.
Then I promised her i'd meet her at

458
00:38:07,679 --> 00:38:12,239
the airport her and dad, and
Daddy said he had a surprise he was

459
00:38:12,239 --> 00:38:15,800
bringing for me all the way from
Paris. It's say thirty, Buffy,

460
00:38:16,679 --> 00:38:20,760
let's go out to the airport now. But there's so many things to do.

461
00:38:20,840 --> 00:38:22,639
First, you've got to get your
breakfast, and we have to finish

462
00:38:22,679 --> 00:38:27,199
decorating the tree, and oh,
there's so many things I want you to

463
00:38:27,239 --> 00:38:30,079
help me. Thinking, wait,
Buffy, Sorry, I promised to meet

464
00:38:30,159 --> 00:38:34,840
them. No, dear, why
not? Buff? Well, I think

465
00:38:34,880 --> 00:38:39,280
we'll wait for them here, Cassie. Yeah, you remember what you promised

466
00:38:39,320 --> 00:38:43,599
your mommy and dad? Did you
do everything I ask you while they were

467
00:38:43,639 --> 00:39:09,239
away? Yes? Then we wait
for them here. All right, Buffy,

468
00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:15,880
it's snoon, Buffy, I know. Don't you think they might have

469
00:39:15,079 --> 00:39:19,320
called and told us they'd be late. Oh, I'll go and make our

470
00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:22,199
lunch. You must be very hungry. No I'm not. Oh you didn't

471
00:39:22,199 --> 00:39:24,440
need your breakfast, Kathy, Miss
Buff, I'm not hungry. Look.

472
00:39:25,159 --> 00:39:29,840
Oh look it's snowring Honnie. We'll
have a nice warm lunch, and then

473
00:39:29,880 --> 00:39:32,280
we'll go out for a long walk. We should have called. I'll tell

474
00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:36,440
you what, Kathy. We'll take
our walk first. We'll see the shops,

475
00:39:36,880 --> 00:39:38,960
we'll visit. We'll go and see
Johnny and your aunt and uncle.

476
00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:42,159
Maybe, if it snows hard enough, we can all build a snowman.

477
00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:45,679
Wouldn't you like that? Yes,
that would be fun. We'll go get

478
00:39:45,679 --> 00:39:49,480
your coat and heavy goloshes to you, all right, and when we come

479
00:39:49,519 --> 00:39:52,079
back, mommy and daddy you'll be
home. Well, you go get your

480
00:39:52,119 --> 00:39:55,599
things now. Oh, I'll get
it. I'll get it, Buffy,

481
00:39:57,039 --> 00:40:02,840
Mommy, Oh, who's this?
Daddy? You done all from a newspaper?

482
00:40:05,039 --> 00:40:08,360
I see it's a man, Buff. He says he wants to talk

483
00:40:08,400 --> 00:40:14,960
to an older person here. Hello, Yes, this is the half of

484
00:40:15,039 --> 00:40:19,840
residence. I'm a housekeeper. I
well, just a moment, please,

485
00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:23,000
Keavi. It is someone wants to
talk to me. Honey. Will you

486
00:40:23,079 --> 00:40:28,000
go get your things? No?
Who are you talking to? Never mind?

487
00:40:28,039 --> 00:40:32,639
You go and get your things.
No, no, I won't hello.

488
00:40:35,719 --> 00:40:40,119
I see yes, yes, I
saw the papers. Yes, yes,

489
00:40:40,159 --> 00:40:45,840
that was the daughter, Yes,
the only child. No she doesn't

490
00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:52,519
No, no, no, I
wish you wouldn't. Please don't hear.

491
00:40:52,599 --> 00:40:58,960
No, who was It was just
a man, honey? Who was from

492
00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:04,320
the newspapers? Why what did he
want? Nothing he asked about me,

493
00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:07,880
didn't he Why? Honestly, honey, it was nothing. It was about

494
00:41:07,920 --> 00:41:15,400
mommy and daddy. Or wasn't anything
important? Yes? Do you? I

495
00:41:15,440 --> 00:41:21,360
don't know. Look at that snow
coming down, Kathy, get your things,

496
00:41:21,400 --> 00:41:22,000
dear, go on