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<v Speaker 1>Unsolved mysteries. Out of deference to people who may still

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<v Speaker 1>be living. Character names in some of these unsolved mysteries

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<v Speaker 1>have been changed. No tale from beyond the frontier of

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<v Speaker 1>Mysterious Tibet or from the depths of Dark Africa is

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<v Speaker 1>more weird than Tonight's unsolved mystery. Laid in California, a

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<v Speaker 1>mystery which, for downright eeriness rivals the imaginative writings of

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<v Speaker 1>an Arthur Conan Doyle. The scene is a famous war

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<v Speaker 1>correspondence home in Hollywood, California. A group of guests, seated

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<v Speaker 1>comfortably on the wide verandah, watched the twinkling lights of

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<v Speaker 1>the film colony, and every so often the stabbing finger

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<v Speaker 1>of a giant searchlight cuts the deep blue of the

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<v Speaker 1>sky and loses itself in the unfathomable spaces beyond.

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<v Speaker 2>A prominent motion.

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<v Speaker 1>Picture director sweeps his arm over the scene as he

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<v Speaker 1>turns from the veranda rail to.

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<v Speaker 2>Face the group.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh. I know everything swell in Hollywood, but sometimes I'd

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<v Speaker 3>like to get away from it all, go someplace to

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<v Speaker 3>rest where no one would ask any questions, and where

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<v Speaker 3>I could be alone, and where no one would say

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<v Speaker 3>yes yes instead of being asked questions and telling people

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<v Speaker 3>what to do. I'd like to ask a few questions myself.

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<v Speaker 3>But would you like having someone tell you what to do?

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<v Speaker 3>You've been an important director for a long time now

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<v Speaker 3>taking orders from someone else might not be so easy. Well,

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<v Speaker 3>I'd like to try it. It's getting late. I guess

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<v Speaker 3>we ought to be letting you get the bed. Bill.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, don't mind me. After all, I can get up

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<v Speaker 2>when I like. I don't have to be on a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of dawn. But we really ought to be going.

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<v Speaker 2>Come on, Bob, I'll get your wrap right behind him.

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<v Speaker 2>And when the others are gone down right, Oh, good.

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<v Speaker 3>Night vin as always with us, swell at.

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<v Speaker 2>Time, good night bell saddle. Well, why so serious?

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<v Speaker 3>Bill?

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<v Speaker 2>I want to talk to him? Yes, listen, O man,

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<v Speaker 2>If you don't let up, you're going to crack. You

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<v Speaker 2>can't go on the way you've been doing, working almost

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<v Speaker 2>night and day, turning out super colossal. So I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>being sarcastic. Everybody knows that you're be directed. But even

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<v Speaker 2>genius must have a rest. Hey, yes, Bill, you're right,

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<v Speaker 2>But I you said a few moments ago that you'd

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<v Speaker 2>like to go somewhere where you'd do the questioning where

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<v Speaker 2>you'd be ordered about m and I mean it.

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<v Speaker 3>I wasn't just talking.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I'll tell you where to go, but you must

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<v Speaker 2>make me a promise.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, I'll promise.

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<v Speaker 2>When I've told you, you must go, and you must

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<v Speaker 2>go with no idea of personal profit or gain, no

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<v Speaker 2>idea of using what you may find for picture material. Else,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know what might happen to you, I promise.

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<v Speaker 2>Several years ago I read a book called A Dweller

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<v Speaker 2>on Two Planets. The man who did the physical writing

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<v Speaker 2>claimed that one whom he called the Master, stood by

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<v Speaker 2>his shoulder and dictated the entire book. I checked into

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<v Speaker 2>the thing and found that the author was only a

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<v Speaker 2>young boy at the time the work was done. He

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<v Speaker 2>would have hardly had the necessary experience to write such

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<v Speaker 2>a book. So I investigated further. I've read the book

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<v Speaker 2>written by Philos, Yes well. I also saw an article

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<v Speaker 2>printed in a prominent Metropolitan daily. The writer had gone

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<v Speaker 2>to the slopes of Mount Shasta and had discovered there

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<v Speaker 2>the same type of people that Philos had written of

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<v Speaker 2>in his Dweller on Two Planets.

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<v Speaker 3>Seems to me that I read something in the Times

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<v Speaker 3>about strange, unaccountable lights being seen from the region of

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<v Speaker 3>Mount Shasta, right.

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<v Speaker 2>And so all in all, and being a newspaper man

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<v Speaker 2>and of an inquisitive turn of nine, I went there,

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<v Speaker 2>you did, Yes, I got a dunsmere in northern California

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<v Speaker 2>about ten in the morning. Soon after begin making my

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<v Speaker 2>way towards the slopes of Mount Shast, I had a

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<v Speaker 2>strange feeling, the feeling of expectancy. There was a deep

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<v Speaker 2>silence except for the singing of birds and the sound

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<v Speaker 2>of a waterfall. I had been sitting on a rock. Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know how long, when.

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<v Speaker 4>My son, do you seek knowledge? I?

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<v Speaker 2>What? Where are you at your side? Oh? Now I

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<v Speaker 2>see you. What is that you said?

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<v Speaker 3>It is of no matter. You are a newspaper man.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes I am, But you would also seek the truth. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>to be quite frank, I read quite a bit about

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<v Speaker 2>the masters of Mountchaster, and I wanted to find out

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<v Speaker 2>for myself.

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<v Speaker 3>That was known to us. I have come here to

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<v Speaker 3>speak with you.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, certain things will be disclosed to you, but you

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<v Speaker 4>must not use these disclosures in your newspaper work for the.

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<v Speaker 3>Benefit of mankind. You may use them, but for profit. No,

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<v Speaker 3>it is a testament between us.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, I swear it.

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<v Speaker 3>We go now to the temple, temple or temple, the

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<v Speaker 3>Temple of enlightenment. It is before you, But.

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<v Speaker 2>There is no temple. There was no temple. I can't

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<v Speaker 2>believe my eyes. There it is all gleamy white.

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<v Speaker 4>Come, my son, my son, many things cannot be explained.

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<v Speaker 4>You would have to stay among us for many years.

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<v Speaker 2>But at least tell me this. Who are you and

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<v Speaker 2>where did you come from?

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<v Speaker 3>We have been here always. That's why don't other people

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<v Speaker 3>see Other people do see us, my son.

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<v Speaker 4>The visitors, the vacationists to the mountain see us. But

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<v Speaker 4>to each is disclosed only what he wishes to see.

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<v Speaker 4>To the tourist looking for the barefoot hermit, I am

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<v Speaker 4>the barefoot hermit. To him who looks for a man

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<v Speaker 4>grown old among the mountains.

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<v Speaker 3>That is what I am. To the seeker after truth,

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<v Speaker 3>I am a guide, the servant of the mast.

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<v Speaker 2>But that still doesn't tell me.

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<v Speaker 3>Who you are, or um foolish one think that we

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<v Speaker 3>are descendants of the lost tribes of Atlantis. We were

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<v Speaker 3>before Atlantis? Was you you mean that, your centuries old,

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<v Speaker 3>that you never die? Death, my son, is but an illusion.

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<v Speaker 3>Your friends in Hollywood who cannot see you. To them,

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<v Speaker 3>you might as well be dead.

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<v Speaker 2>But they know I'm not. They know I'm away on

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<v Speaker 2>a trip.

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<v Speaker 3>And should you decide to forsake the world and stay

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<v Speaker 3>with us, what then would your friends think.

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<v Speaker 2>They'd think, well, that I'd suffer a lapse of memory

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<v Speaker 2>or something.

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<v Speaker 3>And should the years pass and still you did not return,

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<v Speaker 3>they would then think you dead, But you would not be.

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<v Speaker 3>You would be with us.

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<v Speaker 2>I see what you mean. Things are comparative, aren't they,

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<v Speaker 2>yesterday to day to morrow.

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<v Speaker 3>They are one in infinity, in the great scheme of things.

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<v Speaker 3>They are not separable. Look, if you would understand the more. Really,

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<v Speaker 3>look in the pool, in the pool, yes, at your feet. Well,

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<v Speaker 3>I'll be my house, and Val sitting there on the verandah.

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<v Speaker 2>He's talking to someone, but there's no one there.

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<v Speaker 3>He is talking to you, my son, But I'm here.

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<v Speaker 2>But he believed that you are there. Oh, I see now, Yes,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm there, and the friends of the other evening the

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<v Speaker 2>night I made up my mind to come here.

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<v Speaker 3>But a bare moon pass. If you can do that,

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<v Speaker 3>let me see into the future. No, my son, I'm

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<v Speaker 3>not afraid. No, I have spoken. Come.

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<v Speaker 5>There is much to see.

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<v Speaker 2>M It's impossible to tell you of everything I saw

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<v Speaker 2>was told while I was there. Time meant nothing, but

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<v Speaker 2>I had left behind me, and Hollywood meant nothing. I

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<v Speaker 2>remember sitting thinking and then looking up to find myself

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<v Speaker 2>seated on the same rock I'd been sitting on that day.

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<v Speaker 2>The master first spoke to me.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, you were woke to find yourself seated at the

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<v Speaker 3>same spot.

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<v Speaker 2>Awoke?

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<v Speaker 3>What do you mean, Well, wasn't the whole thing a

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<v Speaker 3>dream brought on by what you had anticipated? That's what

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<v Speaker 3>I thought, at first, an extraordinarily vivid and realistic dream.

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<v Speaker 3>But when I returned to the hotel, if you surprisedly

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<v Speaker 3>awaited me, yes, In the first place, I found that

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<v Speaker 3>i'd been gone ninety days. What the hotel people told

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<v Speaker 3>me that I'd returned to the hotel, paid my room

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<v Speaker 3>for ninety days and told them I was going away

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<v Speaker 3>for a time. Was that when you sent me word

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<v Speaker 3>that you wouldn't be back in town as early as

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<v Speaker 3>you expected.

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<v Speaker 2>I never sent you any word.

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<v Speaker 3>But Bill, you sent telegrams to Watkins.

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<v Speaker 2>To Ruth, to Simpkins and me. You mean that you

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<v Speaker 2>all received telegrams, but I didn't send them.

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<v Speaker 3>It's impossible, man, fantastahaps.

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<v Speaker 2>That you go to Shasta or the duns Muller and

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<v Speaker 2>look at the Telegraph Company's files. You won't find any

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<v Speaker 2>originals there. And here, let me show you something, but

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<v Speaker 2>this check Look at it. It's the check the hotel

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<v Speaker 2>people said that I gave them. It looks all right

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<v Speaker 2>to me.

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<v Speaker 3>Your signature, All right?

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<v Speaker 2>Did you ever see ink as black as that? Well? No,

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<v Speaker 2>check up to the light. Can you detect any signs

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<v Speaker 2>of the scratch of a pen?

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<v Speaker 3>No?

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<v Speaker 2>I admit that a check val was never taken from

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<v Speaker 2>my check book. I didn't write it. It's a sample

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<v Speaker 2>of the Master's powers and materialization. But there must be

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<v Speaker 2>some explanation. Yes, I think there is, and I'll try

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<v Speaker 2>to give it to you.

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<v Speaker 1>In just a moment, you will hear a solution to

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<v Speaker 1>the Mount Shasta mystery.

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<v Speaker 3>Ladies and gentlemen.

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<v Speaker 1>Inasmuch as any solution must have necessity be supposition, liberties

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<v Speaker 1>of time, place, and characters have been taken in this

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<v Speaker 1>solution for what you've been waiting?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, Bill, what about that explanation in the first place?

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<v Speaker 2>Do you think it's possible to think of the impossible?

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<v Speaker 3>Let me see if I follow you can I imagine

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<v Speaker 3>the impossible. No, I don't believe I can. The very

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<v Speaker 3>fact that I can think of something makes that something possible.

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<v Speaker 2>If you believe in the power of mind over matter, well.

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<v Speaker 3>As far as I'm concerned, mind is all powerful.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, let's look at biology for an instant. Every so

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<v Speaker 2>often a specimen is found that it is a definite

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<v Speaker 2>link between some animal alive today and some other animal

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<v Speaker 2>that's been extinct for centuries. I see your drift.

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<v Speaker 3>You mean that these people are a link between us

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<v Speaker 3>and some long dead people who possess powers we don't

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<v Speaker 3>know how to use.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes. If you read Colonel Churchward's book on You, you

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<v Speaker 2>will find logical arguments in favor of the theory that

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<v Speaker 2>the Lemurians migrated to the North American continent.

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<v Speaker 3>And that some of them landed to the south and

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<v Speaker 3>became the ancient Mayas.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, and the ancient Mayas certainly had something that we

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<v Speaker 2>don't possess, as did the ancient Egyptian as.

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<v Speaker 3>We're all too inclined to think of America as a

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<v Speaker 3>land inhabited by nothing but warlike Indians before it was settled.

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<v Speaker 2>Only the other day, a skeleton was found near the

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<v Speaker 2>Lobray Pitts of Los Angeles, and scientists agree that is

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<v Speaker 2>not less than fifteen thousand years old. So isn't it

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<v Speaker 2>possible that descendants of these ancient people still live in.

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<v Speaker 3>Isolated parts of the country and not liking our modern civilization,

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<v Speaker 3>they simply withdraw from it.

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<v Speaker 2>That's it. After my experience, you can hardly blame me

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<v Speaker 2>for believing that a strange people do live on the

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<v Speaker 2>slopes of Mount Shaster

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<v Speaker 3>Are