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<v Speaker 1>Tired of the every day grind, ever dream of a

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<v Speaker 1>life of romantic adventure, want to get away from it all.

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<v Speaker 2>We offer you.

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<v Speaker 3>Escape, Escape, designed to free you from the four walls

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<v Speaker 3>of to day for a half hour of high adventure.

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<v Speaker 2>You are alone in a giant forest, seeking away of escape,

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<v Speaker 2>while around you gaining with your every step, the relentless enemy,

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<v Speaker 2>which is fire, is closing in from every side until

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<v Speaker 2>there will be only one way out, and that way

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<v Speaker 2>is death.

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<v Speaker 3>So listen now as Escape brings you Anthony Ellis's exciting

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<v Speaker 3>story The Red Forest.

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<v Speaker 1>The trail that led from a lumbered town along a

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<v Speaker 1>washboard road and into the forests. I'm no woodsman, but

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<v Speaker 1>in the daylight I found the place, and then I

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<v Speaker 1>started back to the car. But something was different, maybe

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<v Speaker 1>the tall shadows, and there wasn't a trail any more,

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<v Speaker 1>only streams where there hadn't been before, trees that were

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<v Speaker 1>the same but weren't, and sounds sounds that when you

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<v Speaker 1>were a kid on a hike with fun, and now

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<v Speaker 1>they schedule. I'd thrown my last cigarette away three four

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<v Speaker 1>hours before, and that's when the fire had started, and

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<v Speaker 1>it was then that I started to run, running. It

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<v Speaker 1>was nearly dark when I found the road. I'd come

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<v Speaker 1>to it about a half a mile below where i'd

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<v Speaker 1>park my car. A half hour later, on the outskirts

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<v Speaker 1>of a little town, my headlights picked up a girl

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<v Speaker 1>standing by the side of the road. She carried a

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<v Speaker 1>cheap paper suit case, and she was summing a ride.

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<v Speaker 4>Can I get a ride?

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<v Speaker 5>Mister?

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<v Speaker 6>Sure?

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<v Speaker 7>Put your case in the back.

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<v Speaker 4>Not many cars on the road.

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<v Speaker 7>Didn't I no, been walking one.

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<v Speaker 8>Uh huh on my way to Missoula. My last ride

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<v Speaker 8>dropped me a mile or so back.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, you live around here. No, I don't guess you'd

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<v Speaker 4>be going as far as Missula.

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<v Speaker 5>Sure, jeeve. That's so.

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<v Speaker 8>I got a job there starting tomorrow. Kind of broke,

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<v Speaker 8>if you know what I mean. Buses cost money.

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<v Speaker 7>I know what you mean.

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<v Speaker 4>Hey, your face, bun, you've been hurt. You're all scratched up.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh right, I was hunting. I got lost just the

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<v Speaker 1>other side of town. If you want to take a nap,

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<v Speaker 1>it's okay.

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<v Speaker 6>We got about a.

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<v Speaker 7>Hundred miles to go.

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<v Speaker 4>Thanks.

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<v Speaker 5>M gee.

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<v Speaker 8>It's nice out here, kind of lonely. How much of

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<v Speaker 8>a road smells good? When what that is over there? What?

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<v Speaker 5>Well?

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<v Speaker 7>Right?

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<v Speaker 4>Like see.

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<v Speaker 8>Could almost be Seattle from a long ways off. I

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<v Speaker 8>had a boyfriend used to take me driving at night,

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<v Speaker 8>and when we came back, you could see a glow

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<v Speaker 8>just like uh.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh oh, I knew what it was, that glow in

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<v Speaker 1>the sky. It was on our right, and there's the

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<v Speaker 1>road twisted through the trees that fell behind us, and

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<v Speaker 1>then to our left, and then circled until it was

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<v Speaker 1>straight ahead again.

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<v Speaker 2>The girl had fallen asleep.

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<v Speaker 6>Very quickly.

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<v Speaker 1>I saw her face in the light from the dash, thin,

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<v Speaker 1>pretty and peaceful. It was about fifteen minutes after I'd

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<v Speaker 1>picked her up that I saw the lights on the road,

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<v Speaker 1>and then closer the figures.

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<v Speaker 4>Waving are there already? I just got sleep.

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<v Speaker 7>No, there's something wrong. There's a cop coming this way.

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<v Speaker 7>What's the trouble?

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<v Speaker 6>What we want you? Mister?

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<v Speaker 2>Wait?

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<v Speaker 1>You want me.

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<v Speaker 6>Fire bad one. We gotta have every man we can find.

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<v Speaker 6>We can use her too.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh well, well, look i'd like to Oh okay.

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<v Speaker 6>Rose the forest ranger. He'll explain.

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<v Speaker 7>Look, I'm sorry, but I'm on my way to mansoula night.

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<v Speaker 5>You're not.

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<v Speaker 9>I've got authority to do this. Mister. I'm sorry, but

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<v Speaker 9>we need you and I haven't got You couldn't get

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<v Speaker 9>much farther anyway. The road's kind of the mountain's gone

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<v Speaker 9>up like a torch. If it spreads there, three town's

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<v Speaker 9>gonna go too. Come on, I got some clothes and

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<v Speaker 9>boots for you.

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<v Speaker 5>Hey, what about me?

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<v Speaker 4>I gotta get to Missoula. I got a job in

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<v Speaker 4>the morning.

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<v Speaker 6>Sorry, sister, you got a job serving coffee here.

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<v Speaker 9>You cop five dollars a day, a day or longer

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<v Speaker 9>it depends. Let's go.

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<v Speaker 1>There was nothing else to do, so I got into

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<v Speaker 1>the clothes the ranger gave me, then stood around and waited.

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<v Speaker 7>I wasn't tired anymore, just scared, scared.

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<v Speaker 2>Of going into that forest again.

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<v Speaker 1>The wind came up a bit, and with it the smell,

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<v Speaker 1>smell of burning, smell of death. A long way off,

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<v Speaker 1>but closer than the glow at ben we could see

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<v Speaker 1>flickering against the sky, and it was in a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of places. And then suddenly it was too warm and quiet.

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<v Speaker 9>All right, you guys, the telephones burned out. I've made

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<v Speaker 9>contact with a short wave, said you, mister, what's your name?

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<v Speaker 2>Pindel?

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<v Speaker 9>Pindell? Ever use one of these?

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<v Speaker 2>Got a walkie talkie? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 7>Sure, I was in the signal court.

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<v Speaker 9>Okay, you'll carry it and now listen.

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<v Speaker 5>This is bad.

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<v Speaker 9>It's real bad. The fires got behind us. We can't

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<v Speaker 9>get any more in through here for several hours. They've

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<v Speaker 9>got to come around from the other side. That's thirty miles.

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<v Speaker 9>Let's get out, Crowbar. Yeah, I'm putting you in charge.

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<v Speaker 9>You know what to do. Get in as close as

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<v Speaker 9>you can of the river instead of backfire. Sure, I

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<v Speaker 9>gotta stick here with the transmitter. I'll let you know

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<v Speaker 9>what's happening.

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<v Speaker 5>Sure, you stay here with the pretty girl.

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<v Speaker 10>We go and get fried.

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<v Speaker 9>Shut up, Hanson, you'll have to go with them. Threes

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<v Speaker 9>not enough?

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<v Speaker 6>Sure, Well, the CoP's gonna do something.

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<v Speaker 9>You better take along some food and canteens. Now, step

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<v Speaker 9>on it.

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<v Speaker 4>Hi, got a couple of sandwiches I made up here.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks.

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<v Speaker 4>This sure is something, isn't there?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 5>You scared?

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<v Speaker 6>Scared?

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<v Speaker 4>Why your face is why you're scared.

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<v Speaker 7>I'm from the city.

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<v Speaker 8>I know what you mean. Those trees give me the

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<v Speaker 8>willies too dark?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, sure, that's it.

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<v Speaker 4>You'll be all right.

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<v Speaker 7>Listen, kid, If.

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<v Speaker 1>If anything happens, you take my car here, here are

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<v Speaker 1>the keys. Well, if I don't come back, h keep

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<v Speaker 1>the car.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's the registration.

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<v Speaker 4>You're kidding, you're coming back?

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah, yeah, so long.

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<v Speaker 4>Hey, my name's Jan.

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<v Speaker 2>What's yours, Wally?

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<v Speaker 4>You'll be careful, Wally.

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<v Speaker 7>We went under the.

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<v Speaker 1>Forest, men with spades, men against fire and terror. There

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<v Speaker 1>was the man they called fat, three hundred pounds of

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<v Speaker 1>ungainly body, topped by a tiny and almost disgustingly childlike face.

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<v Speaker 1>There was Crowbar, a big dark man, quiet and filled

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<v Speaker 1>with the knowledge of the woods. Handsome the state trooper,

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<v Speaker 1>thin and wiry, his natty khaki shirt stained with sweat

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<v Speaker 1>and dirt.

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<v Speaker 2>And me.

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<v Speaker 1>We'd gone about a mile when we first heard it.

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<v Speaker 1>It came in gusts with a wind high above us.

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<v Speaker 11>Wait a minute, Oh, shut up, about three miles. I

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<v Speaker 11>think it's coming fast.

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<v Speaker 6>About that far from the river, are we Yeah, yeah.

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<v Speaker 10>Listen you guys, and it's crossed the river with some

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<v Speaker 10>blitz dinner.

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<v Speaker 9>Yeah, get wrong, It's coming this way pretty fast.

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<v Speaker 5>Look far up there, Look your fast parts. Fire.

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<v Speaker 1>Dull calling row, and dull calling row over, Row, This

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<v Speaker 1>is roll over. We're still about three miles from the river.

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<v Speaker 2>We can hear it over.

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<v Speaker 9>You can't backfire now the wind's changed.

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<v Speaker 2>You better come back over right, he says, go back.

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<v Speaker 10>That's okay with me, boy, come on, he.

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<v Speaker 6>Listen to that.

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<v Speaker 1>I wanted to run again, that same feeling i'd known before,

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<v Speaker 1>the fear all around us, closing in and down.

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<v Speaker 2>There was no sky above.

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<v Speaker 1>Only blackness tinged with red, pressing and behind the living

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<v Speaker 1>forest running overtaking.

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<v Speaker 2>And passing us.

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<v Speaker 1>When we reached the road again, the sound was steady,

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<v Speaker 1>but I had a strange feeling of relief when I

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<v Speaker 1>saw the forest stranger and the girl jan It was

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<v Speaker 1>like coming home. I think it was then that I

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<v Speaker 1>stopped being afraid.

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<v Speaker 5>Come on, row, we can't do no good.

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<v Speaker 9>Now, we gotta try and join up at the others.

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<v Speaker 9>What do you mean the fires on three sides of us.

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<v Speaker 9>That means we head southeast.

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<v Speaker 7>Oh, can we take the road back?

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<v Speaker 9>No, it's cut off. There's two hundred men trying to

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<v Speaker 9>give a path open for us. We've got to make

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<v Speaker 9>five miles and in a hurry. Bad is that it's

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<v Speaker 9>worse If we don't get there in time and they

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<v Speaker 9>can't make a fire break, we're gonna be smack in

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<v Speaker 9>the middle and there's not gonna be any way out.

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<v Speaker 3>We will return to escape in just a moment. Lightning

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<v Speaker 3>may strike more than once in the same place, but

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<v Speaker 3>it can't begin to compete with men when it comes

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<v Speaker 3>to starting forest fires. For one fire caused by lightning,

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<v Speaker 3>supposedly rational humans caused nine by trifling carelessness with matches,

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<v Speaker 3>cigarettes and bonfires. We need our forests for timber, to

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<v Speaker 3>conserve our water supply, to add beauty to our lives.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's not burn them up. And now back to escape.

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<v Speaker 1>We didn't carry anything but canteens. It was hot, and

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<v Speaker 1>because it was hot at major thirsty even when you

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<v Speaker 1>didn't need water. The going was rough, and we could

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<v Speaker 1>only head on what we thought was the general direction

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<v Speaker 1>of safety. It was at the ridge that we lost

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<v Speaker 1>the first man. Wind's changing again, crowbar which way? You

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<v Speaker 1>can't tell? It's haywire with this fire?

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<v Speaker 6>Do we go straight ahead?

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<v Speaker 9>Might as well wait a minute.

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<v Speaker 6>You see that ridge?

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<v Speaker 9>Yeah, I'm going up there.

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<v Speaker 6>Shouldn't take more than ten minutes. I'll be able to

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<v Speaker 6>get a better look.

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<v Speaker 5>Give me the flash.

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<v Speaker 9>I'll signal to you.

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<v Speaker 6>I don't know. I haven't got much of a start

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<v Speaker 6>with fires behind us, and a lot faster.

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<v Speaker 9>Better than walking toward it. Remember it's on three sides. Okay,

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<v Speaker 9>make it fast, good luck than what way to just

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<v Speaker 6>But listen, you're the range of white.

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<v Speaker 9>Krowbaf he's fought fires before, he knows he's a better

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<v Speaker 8>Sure will it's fine. I guess I'm not used to

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<v Speaker 7>Ow you take it easy.

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<v Speaker 4>My feet feel like they.

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<v Speaker 8>Did once in the dancer went to some big lunk

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<v Speaker 7>I guess you want have that chop in Missoula.

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<v Speaker 8>If I get out of this, that's all I care about.

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<v Speaker 8>Ye Hey, Wally, I'm scared. Give me a hand, will you.

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<v Speaker 1>She held on tight to my hand. It wasn't the

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<v Speaker 10>Now.

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<v Speaker 1>That wasn't darkness anymore, but a yellowish red light that

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<v Speaker 1>came from everywhere. It was another kind of fear, fear

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<v Speaker 1>of something.

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<v Speaker 7>You could see here.

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<v Speaker 1>And with every minute feel more and more. We waited

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<v Speaker 1>there ten minutes, eleven twelve, and then.

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<v Speaker 6>You hear something.

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<v Speaker 9>He yeah, it seemed to come from over there, from

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<v Speaker 9>the ridge maybe maybe.

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<v Speaker 6>Listen, you think something got crowpo line or something.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll go up.

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<v Speaker 9>No, what do you mean?

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<v Speaker 8>No?

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<v Speaker 9>No, time we waited too long. It may be hurt.

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<v Speaker 9>I know that, but it'll make you longer than it

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<v Speaker 9>took Crowbar to get there.

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<v Speaker 6>Come on, No, you couldn't find him in the dark.

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<v Speaker 6>Who says he's hurt? Anyway, We'll move on. He'll catch

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<v Speaker 7>I say, we go after him, all right, put it

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<v Speaker 7>to a boat.

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<v Speaker 9>Hurry up, Hanson, We go on.

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<v Speaker 6>Let's get out of here, and.

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<v Speaker 9>I say, go on.

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<v Speaker 7>That leaves you, miss, I'm staying with Wally.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, We'll go with you. We never saw crow

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<v Speaker 1>Bar again. Maybe a lion got him, maybe it got lost.

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<v Speaker 7>We never saw him again.

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<v Speaker 1>The ranger went ahead, finding trails somehow keeping us moving.

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<v Speaker 1>We began to climb, and after a while we were

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<v Speaker 1>on another ridge and for the first time we could

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<v Speaker 1>see the fire. It stretched out for miles like a

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<v Speaker 1>huge red sea, and it was all around us.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh gee, Wally, yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I know, kid, I know.

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<v Speaker 4>Will it hurt much?

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<v Speaker 7>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 9>Take a breather. I'm gonna try the walkie talkie again.

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<v Speaker 4>He's not scared, is he?

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<v Speaker 7>I guess not.

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<v Speaker 4>Is that because he's a ranger? Rue because he's very brave?

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<v Speaker 7>Jan Roll, you're a funny girl.

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<v Speaker 1>No, I'm not, hey, R Holly or sure?

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<v Speaker 7>Why did you want me to do that?

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<v Speaker 9>Rh Holly?

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<v Speaker 4>I don't know. You're a nice fella. I'll miss you.

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<v Speaker 7>Listen, Jane, I wanna tell you something. What if we

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<v Speaker 7>get out?

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<v Speaker 6>Well?

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe yeah, look I I I'm alright.

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<v Speaker 7>I mean.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe we could have fun together. I know, well, I

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<v Speaker 1>did something wrong once sing I killed a man. Why

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<v Speaker 1>he framed me?

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<v Speaker 7>He got me put away for something I didn't do.

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<v Speaker 1>We were driving in the east and ran over a woman.

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<v Speaker 1>He was at the wheel, but he ran off and

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<v Speaker 1>left me. Well you didn't do it, that's what I say.

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<v Speaker 1>But i'd been drinking and went to sleep. When I

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<v Speaker 1>woke up, I was behind the wheel. He'd put me

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<v Speaker 1>there and that's how the cops found me. I got

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<v Speaker 1>five years.

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<v Speaker 5>Ah.

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<v Speaker 1>I was married, I lost my wife, my job, my friends,

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<v Speaker 1>and I saw i'd get my pal and I did.

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<v Speaker 1>He knew I was after him and he ran but I.

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<v Speaker 2>Caught up with him.

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<v Speaker 7>I don't care, don't you. I don't know why I

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<v Speaker 7>told you that. Maybe because if we do get out.

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<v Speaker 4>Sure, I knew it's okay.

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<v Speaker 6>I'm on Gondel the rangers moving off.

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<v Speaker 7>It was the state trooper Handsome.

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<v Speaker 1>I worried how much he'd heard, but there wasn't time

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<v Speaker 1>to worry about it. Then Row thought he'd seen a

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<v Speaker 1>break in the fire, and we headed for it. And

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<v Speaker 1>when we got down in the trees again, I began

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<v Speaker 1>to get a feeling that had been there before.

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<v Speaker 7>It was nothing I could recognize, but just a feeling

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<v Speaker 7>a couple of one hundred yards long.

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<v Speaker 2>I knew, why hold.

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<v Speaker 5>Up, there's a shack.

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<v Speaker 6>Looks like someone is living there.

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<v Speaker 10>Better have a look.

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<v Speaker 9>Ye, doors open.

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<v Speaker 5>Hey, it's a man.

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<v Speaker 9>Give me a hand here. Sure he's been shot.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, a few hours ago. From the looks of it, you.

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<v Speaker 9>Think the man who did this might have started it?

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<v Speaker 7>Well, what do you mean?

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<v Speaker 9>The fire started a few miles north of here. We

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<v Speaker 9>figured somebody got careless with a match. Maybe it was

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<v Speaker 9>the killer running away.

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<v Speaker 6>I'd like to get the fellow who did that. Maybe

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<v Speaker 6>I will me too.

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<v Speaker 9>Well, we can't do anything here. Come on.

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<v Speaker 1>From there on, nobody talked. It was hard enough to

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<v Speaker 1>lift your feet. Chan was nearly through. I have carried

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<v Speaker 1>a if Roe knew where he was leading us. He

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<v Speaker 1>didn't say we followed and knew that sooner or later

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<v Speaker 1>we'd stop because we were too tired to go on.

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<v Speaker 7>Fat was the first.

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<v Speaker 5>It's you've gotta go on.

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<v Speaker 12>There's still a channel, all right, just for non Please

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<v Speaker 12>want get up?

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<v Speaker 5>I can't. Okay, you stay, No and come on to

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<v Speaker 5>you can't. I'm sorry, catch.

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<v Speaker 1>Up to stay on the train, come on channel.

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<v Speaker 5>We have to don't. Don't leave me. That's the word.

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<v Speaker 5>Can we helping? We're almost ourselves.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know whether it was because none of us

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<v Speaker 1>lack daim or because we knew that we couldn't do anything.

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<v Speaker 1>Funny how you can lose a man and know he's

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<v Speaker 1>gonna die and you buddy out of your mind.

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<v Speaker 7>Perhaps we wanted to.

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<v Speaker 1>Live so badly we figured the fire would take time

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<v Speaker 1>out from us to attend a fat.

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<v Speaker 7>Hanson was next.

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<v Speaker 6>I've finished.

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<v Speaker 9>Oh you're not.

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<v Speaker 10>We can still don't get through? No, No, you go ahead.

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<v Speaker 6>Save the girl.

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<v Speaker 9>I'm sorry, Hanson.

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<v Speaker 5>I go on.

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<v Speaker 6>Maybe I can catch up, but I gotta rest you.

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<v Speaker 12>Wally, There'll be a favor what I lost my gun somewhere,

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<v Speaker 12>you know what I mean? It's a bit quicker that way.

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<v Speaker 12>You you got one?

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 6>Thanks one bullet fire.

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<v Speaker 5>Eh, that's what I wanted to know.

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<v Speaker 6>Okay, pindell, I've got enough rest. I can keep up

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<v Speaker 6>with you. Now. I feel a little safer with this

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<v Speaker 6>on me.

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<v Speaker 10>All right, go ahead, I'll walk behind you.

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<v Speaker 1>He knew, he knew what I'd done, but I didn't care.

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<v Speaker 1>Now it wasn't important anymore. Right now, all I wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to do was get the chain out of this. That

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<v Speaker 1>it was behind us.

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<v Speaker 13>It sounded like Handsome, come on, come on, but watch

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<v Speaker 13>that remin. He must have fallen. There's no time we

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<v Speaker 13>got to Oh he didn't help fat?

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<v Speaker 5>Why him? I don't know?

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<v Speaker 9>Please?

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<v Speaker 5>All right, all right, stay here, answer.

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<v Speaker 1>That, sir.

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<v Speaker 5>I can't call me that, okay, I why can you

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<v Speaker 5>get up?

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<v Speaker 10>It's broken?

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<v Speaker 6>I guess.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, Handsome, you know about me, don't you?

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<v Speaker 10>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, I know.

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<v Speaker 10>I heard you killing the girl.

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<v Speaker 5>She won't say anything.

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<v Speaker 6>No, I guess not.

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<v Speaker 5>The fella had a comment, toy.

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<v Speaker 10>I wouldn't know.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm a cop.

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<v Speaker 10>Yeah, yeah, it's getting hot.

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<v Speaker 5>Put your arm over my shoulder.

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<v Speaker 12>No, you you can't get me up there, but I

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<v Speaker 12>can try then?

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<v Speaker 10>Come on, hyeah, low good. We can't make it.

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<v Speaker 5>I'll get wrong. I'll come back.

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<v Speaker 10>There, there's no time.

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<v Speaker 12>Go on, we'll get out of here. Well, like, go on,

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<v Speaker 12>I got your gun. Nobody you ever know? Lesten, I'm sorry, Like,

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<v Speaker 12>get out of here.

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<v Speaker 1>Somehow I made it up the trail again. I thought

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<v Speaker 1>I heard a shot, or maybe it was a burning

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<v Speaker 1>tree going down. John was waiting for me. We caught

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<v Speaker 1>up with Row and went on until the trees began

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<v Speaker 1>to thin out, and we heard the shots of men.

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<v Speaker 5>But I don't remember anything else.

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<v Speaker 1>Because I passed off for a long time. When I

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<v Speaker 1>woke up, Jan was sitting by my bed and it

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<v Speaker 1>was cool again.

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<v Speaker 7>Hi, Jana, Jan? Did they get handsome?

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<v Speaker 5>Not?

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<v Speaker 8>No?

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<v Speaker 1>No, listen Joanna about what I told you back there?

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<v Speaker 1>You know the man I killed?

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<v Speaker 10>Yeah, well I.

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<v Speaker 1>I I'm not sorry. I mean it was alright about him,

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<v Speaker 1>but not handsome, crowbar and fat. That was my fault,

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<v Speaker 1>you know. Yeah, Well, I want you to call the

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<v Speaker 1>cops now.

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<v Speaker 2>Listen.

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<v Speaker 7>I've I've been dreaming about it. It's no good, and

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<v Speaker 7>I'd be a good kid.

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<v Speaker 8>And call the cops. I don't have to outside in

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<v Speaker 8>the cordon. What do you mean, Roset for him.

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<v Speaker 4>You told what you did while you were unconscious.

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<v Speaker 7>I told, Oh, that's good. That's good. I'm glad.

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<v Speaker 4>You want me to hang around.

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<v Speaker 7>Well, that's up to you.

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<v Speaker 4>I guess, I guess it is. I'll hang around.

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<v Speaker 3>Escape has brought you the Red Forest, written and directed

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<v Speaker 3>by Anthony Ellis, starring William Conrad as Wally and Georgia

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<v Speaker 3>Ellis as Jam. Featured in the cast were Parley Bear,

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<v Speaker 3>John Dayner, Jay Novello, and Tom Tully. The special music

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<v Speaker 3>for Escape was composed and conducted by Leith Stevens.

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<v Speaker 1>Next week, you are in a lighthouse off the steaming

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<v Speaker 1>coast of French Guinea, while around you, frightful in its fury,

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<v Speaker 1>a nightmare of terror and violence is closing in on you,

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<v Speaker 1>a nightmare from which there is no.

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<v Speaker 5>Escape.

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<v Speaker 3>So listen next week, when by popular request, Escape repeats

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<v Speaker 3>one of its most unusual stories, Three Skeleton Key by

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<v Speaker 3>George two Doos. Those favorites of millions yours truly, Johnny

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<v Speaker 3>Dollar and Mister and Missus North make for highly exciting

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<v Speaker 3>listening as Johnny prowls the world for adventure, and the

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<v Speaker 3>Norths meet murder merrily. Now most of these same stations

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<v Speaker 3>also bring you twenty first Precinct, great stories based on

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<v Speaker 3>the world's largest police department. Consider this an invitation to

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<v Speaker 3>excitement and adventure. Tuesdays on CBS Radio. This is George

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<v Speaker 3>Walsh speaking. And remember Jean Herschel stars as kindly doctor

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<v Speaker 3>Christian every Wednesday evening on the CBS Radio network
