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In this gripping episode, we delve into the mysterious double life of Delbert Casserole, a seemingly dedicated fire chief in Caswell's Corners. While he maintains a spotless record of fire prevention in his community, Delbert harbors a dark secret that unfolds on his nights off. As the story progresses, we uncover his hidden desires and the lengths he goes to fulfill them, leading to a shocking revelation that challenges his personal and professional life.

Amidst the backdrop of a suspicious fire and a tragic murder, Delbert's world begins to unravel. His wife, Rhoda, becomes increasingly concerned about his erratic behavior and the lies he tells to cover his tracks. As the investigation into the fire and murder intensifies, Delbert's carefully constructed facade starts to crumble, revealing the true nature of his inner turmoil. This episode explores themes of identity, obsession, and the fine line between duty and desire.

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On WFAA's   calendar of events,   Apache High School alumni and former students banquet will be held Thursday, 12/23/1976   at the Apache grade school cafeteria. Registration begins at   Pegasus.   And Fort Worth State School wants to share its first Christmas with you. The festivities include guest choirs, display tours, and, of course, Santa   himself. The campus, located just north of South Loop 820 on Campus Drive, will be open on December.  

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This is WFAA   Dallas Fort Worth.  

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Deployment of nuclear weapons in South Korea, violated the Korean armistice agreement, is calling for immediate removal of the weapons. I'm Mike Stanley reporting on the CBS radio network. The group of 22 Japanese scholars includes doctor Joshua Miyake, chairman of the nuclear committee of the Science Council of Japan.   He wrote to president-elect Carter appealing for immediate removal of all American strategic weapons from South Korea.   A similar appeal was sent to UN secretary general Kurt Waldheim.   The group says in the letters that The United States has deployed in South Korea some 700 nuclear warheads with a combined explosive power 1,000 times greater than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945.  

The head of the citizens lobby common cause, cause, John Gardner, warns that a congressional cover up of the Korean connection, the lavishing of gifts and campaign contributions on lawmakers by South Korean agents, if covered up, could be the most damaging congressional scandal of our lifetimes.   Interviewed on the CBS News broadcast sixty minutes, Gardner questioned whether the House Ethics Committee has the stomach to get to the bottom of the payoffs and called for appointment of a select committee to conduct the probe.   CBS News continues following this message.  



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There's not much oil coming out of that grounded tanker off Nantucket, Massachusetts anymore. The coast guard officials now say the contamination problem is bigger than earlier believed. It's estimated a million and a half gallons of heavy industrial oil has seeped from a crack in the hull and huge gobs of it, some a thousand feet square, are drifting toward the rich George's Bank fishing area. Coast guard captain Lynn Hines said guardsmen airlifted to the ship Sunday determined how much of the Argo merchant's seven and a half million gallon cargo had leaked out. The best estimates we have, which is still an estimate, of course, is,  

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about 20%   of the, product gone.   And this is on the,   basically on the tanks that we were pretty sure   that had been broached.  

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Coast guardsmen, Sunday, deployed one bow anchor and will return to the ship Monday to continue preparations for pumping its cargo into barges. It could be forty eight hours before the actual pumping operation gets underway.   A single engine plane crashed into the upper deck of Baltimore's Memorial Stadium Sunday afternoon, just ten minutes after that portion of the seats had been empty, the fans watching the Colts Pittsburgh Steelers National Football League playoff game. The pilot and two Baltimore policemen were injured, apparently none seriously. Colts business manager Ed Rosenblum told CBS News another plane also had buzzed the stadium during the game. We had informed the FAA of the original case, which had happened during the first half. We had reported that plane.  

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And, of course, this plane, we hadn't seen before during the game.   I was watching out, because there had been another plane circling that had not come too low, but this is a plane I had had not seen during the game.  

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Rosenblum says players complained about a plane flying low over Baltimore's Memorial Stadium during the week, but that he didn't know if it was the same one that crashed.   The retrial of ex boxer Ruben Hurricane Carter and codefendant John Artist on charges of committing a triple shotgun murder in 1966   is scheduled to go to the jury this week. Defense and prosecution are expected to present summations Monday, and the judge will then charge the jurors probably on Tuesday. Now  

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this.   From The United States Travel Service.  

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The mail has been delivered this weekend to the remote Bering Strait Island of Little Diomede for the first time in seven months, and villagers sent return mail and ballots from the November second election back to Nome. This time, it was by mail. Villagers last received mail, by plane rather. They last received mail seven months ago when a ship made its final call of the year at the island.  

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Mike Stanley, CBS News. The CBS Radio Mystery Theater is a presentation of ABC Dowland Sandblasting.  

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If you're lying awake because the exterior walls of your home or building are dirty and grimy, then you might as well get ready for a good night's rest. You see, ABC Dowland Sandblasting, the experts for cleaning dirt and grime off homes and commercial buildings since 1934,   is standing by to give you a free estimate without cost or obligation. Maybe you've never known the answer for having the exterior of your home beautifully clean. Well, you do now, and it's ABC Dowland Sandblasting.   When they get your home sparkling clean, it will stay clean and fresh for years because they seal and waterproof all stone, brick, and other types of masonry with a generous application of 5% silicone. This treatment is inexpensive, and it preserves the beauty of your walls while it protects them against deterioration.   Remember, for a beautifully clean home every time, it's as simple as ABC and d. With ABC Dowland Sandblasting, one sixteen West Commerce at North Beckley in Dallas. Phone 744065424   a day. That's 744-0654.  

Rely on ABC Dowland Sandblasting. Blasting. You'll find them listed on page 13 o three of the Dallas yellow pages. The CBS radio mystery theater presents  

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Come in.  

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Welcome.   I'm EG Marshall.   The optimist says   we are what we love.   The pessimist claims   we are what we hate.   The philosopher says   perhaps   we are a little of each. The idealist says there's a bit of good in the worst of us.   The cynic insists   there's a touch of evil   in the best of us.   All of which is just another way of saying that there are two sides to every story.   Especially the one you're about to hear.   You're laughing at me. Oh, no. No. No one must ever laugh at me. Do you understand? Oh, yes. Yes. Sure. I just You won't tolerate it. And you're still doing it. No. No. No. I'm not. Look in the mirror. Do you see that grin?  

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Look. And   look at me, please. Look in the mirror.   No. You're you're joking me, please. I'll destroy   that grin.  

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Our mystery drama, Don't Play With Matches,   was written especially for the mystery theater by Sam Dann   and stars Mandel Kramer.   It is sponsored in part by Buick Motor Division.   I'll be back shortly with act one. The standard engine is a v eight. Standard tires, steel belted radios. There are front and rear stabilizer bars, special springs and shock valving, fast ratio power steering, and a rally steering wheel.  

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If you're lying awake because the exterior walls of your home or building are dirty and grimy, then you might as well get ready for a good night's rest. You see, ABC Dowland Sandblasting, Blasting, the experts for cleaning dirt and grime off homes and commercial buildings since 1934,   is standing by to give you a free estimate without cost or obligation. Maybe you've never known the answer for having the exterior of your home beautifully clean. Well, you do now, and it's ABC Dow Land Sandblasting. When they get your home sparkling clean, it will stay clean and fresh for years because they seal and waterproof all stone, brick, and other types of masonry with a generous application of 5% silicone. This treatment is inexpensive, and it preserves the beauty of your walls while it protects them against deterioration.   Remember, for a beautifully clean home every time, it's as simple as a b c and d. With ABC Dowland Sandblasting, one sixteen West Commerce at North Beckley in Dallas. Phone 744065424   a day. That's 744-0654.  

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You can't tell the players without a scorecard,   and you cannot distinguish the actors   without the program.   These problems,   insofar as they arise at all, are easily solved in ballparks and theaters.   However,   what we might call the game of life   is played on a bigger   bigger arena.   And sometimes you can't tell who's who   until it's too late.   Consider mister Delbert Casserole.  

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The healthiest thing a man can have is a hobby.   Yes.  

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We have to be taken out of ourselves.  

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We have to try something different,  

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have a means of self expression.   Now  

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I have a job, a responsible job, and I perform it well.   I enjoy it,   but I can't wait for my day off.   Then I'm my my own man.   I get into my car.   I drive off somewhere.   A change of scene.  

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Another atmosphere.  

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Sometimes, I'll stop at a bar. Strike up a conversation with a stranger.  

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No. No. No. No. This one's on me. I insist. Well, thank you. Thank you kindly.  

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Parsons is the name. Peter Parsons. Well, I'm Jim Stacy. Oh.  

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What,   what business are you in, mister Stacy? Well,  

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I work for the city.  

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Is that a fact? Mhmm.  

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Well, I'm in the, newspaper game myself. I'm a foreign correspondent.  

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Of course, you know my name isn't Peter Parsons.   It's Delbert Casserole.  

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And I'm not in a journalism game or anything even there it.   But you see, when you go off by yourself,  

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you have an opportunity to live many lives,   to play a variety of rules, and it's no end of fun.  

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Thank you kindly for the drink, mister, Parsons.   Peter Parsons. Parsons. Peter Parsons.  

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But I have to leave. I promised this friend of mine I'd what did you say that your name was again? Stacy. Oh, a bartender?   The same way.   Just relax, mister Stacy.   I've interviewed the crowned heads of Europe.   Of course, you know, there aren't as many as there used to be, nor of generals and statesmen and wheeler dealers of all makes and sizes. I promised But they all had one thing in common, these great men.   They all knew how to relax.   Thank you, bartender.   Now, mister Stacy, here you go.   Relax  

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and drink up. Well, this is this is gonna be the last one.  

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Savor it, my friend.  

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Savor it, relish, enjoy.   Do you know what you're doing, mister Stacy?   You are doing something for you.   Do you understand that? No. Something for you.   Now almost all of your time,   all of your time and effort   is devoted to the well-being of other people.   Alright?   Your wife,   children, and then your labor for the banker, the butcher, the grocer, the oil companies, and that list is endless. Now you follow this? Well, I But when you drink,   when you eat,   these are actions that are performed for you and for you alone.  

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This is what you do for yourself, mister Stacy. Yes. Well, thank you, mister, Parson. Peter Parson. Yes. But I really must be running.   Good night.  

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Now, the evening has begun,   and I am properly primed.  

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I'm intellectually stimulated.  

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My mind is firing on all cylinders.   So, I'm ready for a good dinner.   I look for a fine eating place. A man should widen his outlook, broaden his taste as it were.   And tonight, I choose a Russian restaurant.   Now let me see.   The Cutlets Ki   Kiev or the Shashlik? Which do you recommend?   They're both good, sir. Well, I must say that that one should be better. Would you agree? They're both good. Oh, but all restaurants specialize now that the Shashlik is George and the Cutlets Kiev are Ukrainian. Now tell me, where does the chef come from? Kiev or Tiflis? I, I I think he comes from Dayton, Ohio.   Well, the menu is splendid. I haven't seen better even in Russia. Oh, you've been to Russia? Oh, many times. Many times.  

You see,   I'm a construction engineer. Oh?  

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I've never really known Russia.  

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My folks brought me here when I was just a little kid. Oh, it's a beautiful country. Yes? I've built railroads in the snowy Ural Mountains, constructed dams in the Donut's Basin,   oil refineries near the Black Sea City of Sebastopol in the Crimea.  

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And other face appears a look of wonder   mixed   with admiration.   I am someone unusual,   someone out of the ordinary.   I can see her eyes examining my expensive handmade suit, my custom tailored shirt,   and the hard glance of appraisal   dissolves into a soft look of invitation.  

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My folks told me a great deal about the old country. I could tell you more. Oh, could you?  

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Well, when they close this place tonight, we might go somewhere   that's quiet and   comfortable, have a glass of wine  

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and talk about Russia.   The motel is small.  

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It might be considered somewhat seedy.   But it's run by by a sleepy eyed desk clerk who doesn't ask a single question, doesn't look twice at the funny information you inscribed in a register, and waste no time taking your money and handing you your room key.  

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I don't even know your name. I don't know yours either. Anya.   Anya Petro. That's what my parents gave me. I call myself Anna Peters. Mhmm.  

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Well,   my name is,  

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Woodrow Wilson. Woodrow Wilson.  

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Woodrow   Wilson.  

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Oh.   We're distantly related. Our family name is Wilson. So Woodrow comes quite naturally. Oh, that was a long time ago, wasn't it? I mean, he was one of those World War one ish presidents, wasn't he? Yes.   Woodrow,   I hope you don't think I do this all the time. Do what? This.   Go to a motel with the man I just met   There's just something about you   so   different Different?   How? I don't know   I just feel you're an unusual person   That even what you're doing now is something serious and important to you.   It is, isn't it? Yes.  

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I'm very serious.  

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Oh,   and I'm very lonesome. I don't see why. No.   No. It's more than loathsome.   I'm lonely.   Do you know what it is to be lonely? I don't see why you should be lonely. You're a very beautiful woman. Oh, yes. Yeah. There are plenty of men who'd wanna be with me. But you're the first one, the only one,   whoever made me feel important.   Do you know what I'm talking about? Yes. Oh, Woodrow.  

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Hold me.   Kiss me.   All I knew was desire.   All I wanted was to take her in my arms.   And then then as I kissed her,   there was a feeling   of   there was a feeling of   let me make sure that I say this right. There was a feeling of nothing.   I felt nothing.   A moment before my heart had been pounding my pulse racing and now suddenly without warning,   the excitement was ended.   As if the frantic desire that had been surging within me had either died or disappeared.   And then   then did I hear a laugh,   a low mocking laugh.  

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What are you laughing at? I I I'm not laughing. Yes, you are.  

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Alright. I'm   laughing.   Why are you laughing? Oh, it's better than crying. Now cut that out. I'm sorry. Well, what what's so funny? Oh, I guess nothing. Then why did you laugh? Oh, I said I was sorry.   I wanna go home. Why? We shouldn't have come here. Why? You shouldn't have asked me. Because I'm somebody you can laugh at. Is that it? Please. I want to go home. You left at me. You you don't have to take me home. I I can get a cab. You're laughing at me. No. No. I'm not. I don't hear it in your voice. I swear. You have that grin on your face. I don't. Look in the mirror. Mirror. Please let go of me. Turn your head. Turn your head and look in the mirror. Let go of me. You see that grin looking obscene stealthy little rat?  

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nail. Off your face.  

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Wracks her body.   And now she becomes limp.   I take my hands away from my throat and she slides noiselessly to the floor.   I leave the room, close the door behind me.   There's no one in sight.  

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I get into my car, back out of the parking lot into the highway.  

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I floor the accelerator until the needle reads 90.   The night is cold, the sky is clear, the air is crisp.   I thrill to the chill of the wind that sweeps over me.   I'm am at peace  

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because I know now what it is I must do to find fulfillment.  

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Up ahead about a hundred yards, I see the lights of a gas station. I pull over to the side of the road and I get out of the car.   I approach the station on foot.  

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Can you help me? I ran out of gas a couple of miles down the road. I can give you a couple of gallons in a can. How many gallons that can hold? Five. Oh, you might as well fill it up. Be heavy to carry. No. I don't mind.  

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I'd give you a lift, but the kid's out with the tow truck. Oh, that's perfectly alright. If you're just a couple of miles down the road, you don't need five gallons to get back here.  

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Once bitten, twice shy. I just don't wanna run dry again. Okay.  

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Five years.   Very Very good now. What about with you? That's $2.70 for the gas, and I, gotta charge you a $3 deposit for the can. And,  

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just give me the $2.70. I trust you. You got a honest face. Well, thank  

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you.   I can't tell you how wonderful   you make me feel.   I'm a minister,   and to meet a man who, truly lives the word,   God  

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bless you. Well, thank you, reverend.  

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I walk back to the car.   I make a u-turn.   I tingle all over.  

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I know now that I am accepting the truth, and I shall be truly committed.   In a few minutes, I see exactly what I'm looking for.   I turn off the highway and I drive slowly,  

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cautiously,  

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because it's the most deserted part of town. Still, I must take no   chances. I pull up in front of the building. A large rambling two story warehouse made of wood, ramshackle,   old, obviously deserted.   I move quickly to the rear carrying the five gallon can. I have never felt so alive, alive, so vital.   I find a broken   window. In a moment, I'm inside, and the floor is covered with piles of rags and papers.   I pour the gasoline,   soak everything thoroughly.   Now,   I strike a match,   and I feel a shock run through my entire body.   There's a burst of flame.  



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I run to the window. I jump clear.  

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On the corner near my car, a firebox. I pull the alarm and I get back into the car. I drive down the block, park in a alleyway where I can watch. By now, the flames from the burning building are shooting up to the sky.  

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And here they come, the engines.  

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The engines, the gleaming red engines.  

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That cloud begins to gather. Where do they come from?  

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Why do they want to watch?   How do they like me?   How it's so warm, so pleasant,   so relaxing?   There's nothing like this. Nothing in the world.  

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I thought I'd wait up for you last night, Del, but I fell asleep.  

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What time did you finally get home? Oh, must have been close to three, Rhoda. Where were you? I tried to reach you at Frank O'Malley. I never got there. I was on the Pleasantville Road, and I stopped at a diner. Oh, Porgies?   I remember that I was supposed to see Frank next week. As long as I was out that way, I decided to, drop in on Joe Stevens. Well, that's 40 miles further up the road. Oh, I just thought I'd surprise him, but there was no one home. Oh, that whole drive for nothing. And then on the way back, I had a flat. Oh, I guess it just wasn't your night. That wouldn't have been so bad except that I didn't have that,   oh, you know, the thing you need to change the tire.  

You you mean the jack? Jack? No. No. The the lug wrench. You know, there it was pitch dark miles from anywhere, and I'm trying to flag down cars. Oh, poor death. Anyway, finally, somebody stopped, and I was able to change the tire. Oh, what a night.  

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Why did you try to reach me at Frank O'Malley's? Oh, I didn't have a moment's peace last night. As I said, that phone wouldn't stop ringing. Well, couldn't you tell people it was my night off? I mean, everyone's entitled to a night off. Oh, yes, dear. Everyone but you. Evidently, you're not supposed to have one. Why? Because   you're the fire   chief.  

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is that what he does for a living?   Well, you must admit he has the strangest hobby for a man in his position.   Yes. And you must also admit, you need a most colorful crop of strange characters here.   But this is only the first act.   Give our characters a chance to ripen   in act two,   which I shall bring you in just a few moments.  

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Do you realize you're slowly becoming part of the fastest growing minority in this country? What? Would you mind standing up for a minute?   Hey, hey, hey, where you going with my rocker? Are you willing to take old age sitting down? Sitting. You are going to be old someday, and you're going to have to face the same problems older people face today. What is this, some kind of joke? If you think it's funny   now, wait a few years. I don't understand. The older you get, the fewer opportunities you'll have. You might even be deprived of your ability to make your own decisions. What can I do about it? Change your attitudes about aging. Try and imagine what you'll want to do, what you'll want to contribute. Oh, alright. Alright. But you didn't have to take my rocking chair to prove your point, did you? You have to get off your rocker and stand up. Stand up. Or be prepared to sit back and rock your life away. Oh, I see what you mean. Now this message has been brought to you as a public service by this station, the advertising council, and the National Council on the Aging. Thank you.  

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If you're lying awake because the exterior walls of your home or building are dirty and grimy,   then you might as well get ready for a good night's rest. You see, ABC Dowland Sandblasting, the experts for cleaning dirt and grime off homes and commercial buildings since 1934,   is standing by to give you a free estimate without cost or obligation.   Maybe you've never known the answer for having the exterior of your home beautifully clean.   Well, you do now, and it's ABC Dowell Land Sandblasting. When they get your home sparkling clean, it will stay clean and fresh for years because they seal and waterproof all stone, brick, and other types of masonry with a generous application of 5% silicone.   This treatment is inexpensive, and it preserves the beauty of your walls while it protects them against deterioration.  

Remember, for a beautifully clean home every time, it's as simple as a b c and d. With ABC Dowland Sandblasting, one sixteen West Commerce at North Beckley in Dallas. Phone 744065424   a day. That's 744-0654.   Rely on ABC Dowland sandblasting. You'll find them listed on page 13 o three of the Dallas yellow pages.  

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Well, obviously,   what we're concerned with here is what might be called   the double life of Delbert Casserole.   We've shown you Delbert on his day off,   away from home, relaxing,   enjoying himself.   Now we would like to show you the serious workaday Delbert   as an important member and a concerned citizen   of his community.  

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Good morning. I'm Jerry Behagan, and this is the program where you meet the people who make the world go round. Today's guest is a man you never think about until you need him.   But when you do need him, you simply can't think of anyone else. He is fireman.   Actually, he's the fire chief of Caswell's Corners, Delbert Casseralt.   Well, how are you this morning, chief Casseralt? Just fine, Jerry. Just fine. The chief has a most unique distinction.   Casserole Corners has the lowest number of fires per capita of any community in The United States. How do you count for that, chief? Well, I guess it's because Well, we'll find out in just a few moments. First, I have some fascinating news for all our viewers.  

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Andy,   this is Rhoda Casserole.   Oh, fine.   Did Eddie tell you? I left the car at the garage this morning after I dropped Del off at the TV station.   He's being interviewed.   Oh, look. The commercials are on now, so just let me tell you quickly. He had a flat late last night, so I guess the tire had better be fixed. He never thinks of those things. He just puts on the spare and throws the flat tire in the trunk.   Andy, can you have it by noon?   Oh, great. Thanks a lot. I have to get back to the show.  

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Now chief,   according to the records, there wasn't a single residential or commercial fire in Castle Of Corners during the past year. That's correct. Well, how do you account for it? Prevention, Jerry.  

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Very strict, comprehensive system of prevention. Oh, well, can you explain that?   Well,   unless you're dealing with an act of God, and that doesn't occur too often, you get a fire because, a, someone was careless,   b, someone's violating a rule,   or, c, a combination of both. As for how about d? Those people who deliberately start fires, arsonists. Well, there you have unfortunate   sick people,  

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and there's nothing a fire department can do about them. They belong to the psychiatrist. That's well, I raise the point, chief, because not too far from here over in Dawson County, there was a fire late last night that was definitely a suspicious origin according to the authorities. Yes. I read about that in the morning paper. A huge old deserted warehouse. You know, six firemen were injured and three rather seriously.   Now what should be done to people, to arsonists who do Jerry, I feel too strongly about  

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it to be quoted on the air, frankly. The only words that I could possibly use would have to be censored. As well, now about your program of prevention. Yes. Well, now we have Oh, I'm sorry. I must interrupt again. We'll be right back with chief Castro, but first  

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and now before we return to chief casserole, a message of fantastic importance.   Are you the manager here? Yeah.   Lieutenant Stacy, Homicide.  

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What can I do for you, lieutenant?  

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First, you could turn off that sad. Oh,  

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you, wanna ask about that girl that was murdered here last night.   I already talked to other cops.   I don't know nothing. Believe me, nothing. You never saw the girl before? Nope. And when I tell you I don't know nothing, it ain't because I don't happen to know nothing. With me, it's delivered.   The man who was with her. I'm the kind of business where if you don't know nothing, you're better off. The man. I never seen him before either.   He signs a register, John Smith. Did he show any, identification?   He paid cash. He didn't have to. Well, can you describe him?   Tall, thin,   kinda whitish, blonde hair. Mhmm. Dressed?  

Blue sport jacket, gray pants.  

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And now wait wait wait wait wait a minute. He, looks familiar. Well, if you never saw him before, why should he look familiar?  

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Why should he look familiar?   Let me think.  

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You were about to tell us there are practically no fires in Castle Corners, Chief. We have a program of rigid inspection, Jerry, for all commercial  

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Yes. And a very comprehensive  

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safety program in the schools. I see. Prevention, Jerry. That's the key word. Well, this may be a silly question, but doesn't it get boring? I mean, here are all you firemen sitting around the firehouse, and you never get to go to  

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a   fire.   Hello?   Yes. This is missus Casteroll.   Oh, Andy.   Yes?   What's that?   What do you mean which tire do I want you to fix? The one that has the flat in it.   But that's impossible. Dover said he had a flat.   Oh,   well, I I   well, maybe I made a mistake.   I'll be by to pick up the car.  

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Why does this guy look familiar?  

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I,   I know I seen him someplace, lieutenant. Where? Oh, it'll come to me.   Crazy. Turn the tip of my tongue.  

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It's all kind of slender guy with whitish blonde hair. Make that grayish blonde. That's funny. Yeah? What's funny, lieutenant? Sounds like a guy I think I saw myself.   Where?   You say you've seen this guy too, lieutenant? Now look. You keep thinking. And when you remember where you saw him, call headquarters.   We were asking chief Delbert Casserole if life didn't get boring around Firehouse.   Well, chief,   does it? No. No. No. Not a bit. Well, don't you miss the excitement of racing down the streets full speed? You know, with the sirens screaming, the bells clanging? No. No. And the thrill of conquering the fire itself,  

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of subduing the flames, the, adventure of rescuing trapped people from burning buildings. No. No. No. No. The greatest excitement a fireman can experience, Jerry, is the quiet excitement of sitting in the firehouse   and knowing that all is well,   all is safe in the city.  

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I am Lieutenant Stacy. Homicide? No. It's homicide.   Look. I told the other cops I went. What are the cops? The arson cops.  

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What arson cops? Oh, Oh, they had this fire last night. I don't know if I'm at a gym or not. Which fire? Over in Southland. The old McGruder warehouse went up like a roaming candle. Well, that's not what I'm here for.  

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I'm looking for a guy who might have stopped off to buy gasoline here.   He spent the night at Plumb's Motel down the line. Well, how would I know? He was a tall, thin guy with whitish blonde hair. He could have worn a A blue sport jacket with gray pants. Yes. That's the one.  

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Tell me about him. What make car was he driving? I don't know. This guy said he was a preacher.   How could he have been a preacher? Well, anyhow, he says he run out of gas. So I fill him up a five gallon can, and he got such a honest face, I don't even ask him a deposit. You know, like, keep telling me about him. What can I tell you? Next I know, the arson cops are here. This can, this five gallon can of gas turns up, guess where,   in the burnt out ruins of the warehouse. Were they sure it was the same can? Oh, yeah. It was kinda twisted out of shape by the flames and all, but you could read where I scratched my name on it. Paul's service station. This tall, whitish, blond haired guy with a blue sports jacket and gray pants. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's him. You mean, he done something else last night?  

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Chief Castro, now in conclusion, do you have any parting words for our audience? Well, Jerry, I'd just like to say  

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that fire can be the most tragic loss of all  

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because it's the most needless. Well, thank you, chief.   Folks, our guest this morning has been chief Delbert Caswell of the Caswell Corners Fire Department, a fireman who very rarely gets a chance to go to a fire.  

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Rhoda, I'm home. Yes. Did you catch the show?  

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Yes. How'd I do? Well, people kept calling the office all day. You know what they said? They said I look sensational.   What'd you think?  

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Well, what did I think?   About what? What about the show? How did I come over? Oh,  

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very nice. Very nice? Is that all? I mean, people kept calling all day. They said I was a born TV personality.  

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Hey. Let me get that.   Hello?   Oh, Frank. Yeah.   How you saw it?   Sure. Oh, thanks a lot. Thanks, Frank.   Frank. That,   that was mayor Frank Halton born himself. Said the show was absolutely the greatest.   How come you, you thought it was just nice? Well, it was alright. Well, what was wrong? What do you mean wrong? I mean, why didn't you like it? Well, I didn't say I didn't like it.   I wrote it something's bothering  

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you. Now what is it? Oh, I I don't know.  

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Now something's bothering you. Look, wrote it. We've always been absolutely honest with each other, haven't we? Have we?  

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What are you saying?   Albert,  

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at first, I didn't know if I should bring this up.   Then I knew if I didn't, it would just fester and grow bigger and uglier. What are you driving at? Let me finish.   It's hard   enough. And now that I've decided to do it, I don't know how to put it. Will you get to the point for crying out loud? I'm not sure what the point is.   Bill, we decided when we got married that each of us would have a night alone.   Well? Friday.   Well, I never really go anywhere Friday. I sit home and read, and I relax.   I might watch TV. Rota,  

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where is all this headed?  

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Where do you go, Delgort?   I know we're supposed to respect each other's privacy, but where do you go?   Where, for instance, did you go last night?   Last night? Why did you say you came came home late because you had a flat tire? Why? You said you had to wait hours to flag down a motorist to borrow a lug wrench,   but we have one in the trunk. I looked. Well, I I might have kept this guy's by mistake. No.   It's ours.   Anyway, you didn't have a flat tire. Andy at the garage told me all the tires were okay. The same spare he sold us was in the well.   Del, look at me.  

Where do you go on Friday nights?  

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Where do I go?  

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Where were you   last night?   I don't know. And what did you do last  

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night? I don't know. Tell me, Del. Tell me. I don't know, Rhoda. I swear to you, I don't know.  

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Alright.   That's an answer.  

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He either does or he doesn't know.   We, however, do know.   And the portrait of chief Delbert Casserole   slowly but surely begins to emerge.   A little fire seems to have started in the chief's own house,   and we'll see if it can be put out  

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in the third act. If you're lying awake because the exterior walls of your home or building are dirty and grimy, then you might as well get ready for a good night's rest. You see, ABC Dowland Sandblasting, the experts for cleaning dirt and grime off homes and commercial buildings since 1934,   is standing by to give you a free estimate without cost or obligation. Maybe you've never known the answer for having the exterior of your home beautifully clean. Well, you do now, and it's ABC Dowell Land Sandblasting.   When they get your home sparkling clean, it will stay clean and fresh for years because they seal and waterproof all stone, brick, and other types of masonry with a generous application of 5% silicone. This treatment is inexpensive, and it preserves the beauty of your walls while it protects them against deterioration.  

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It is accurate,   if how   many people   could actually tolerate   them?   How many people could actually tolerate them.   And so   people make little adjustments   to keep peace and harmony.   But  

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sooner or later Do you mean you have no idea where you go on Friday night? Rhoda, please. Don't keep Don't keep what?   Prying. Probing. Alright.   Tell me it's none of my business. Tell me you have a right to a secret. Tell me anything at all, Dale, but don't tell me you don't know. It's the truth. And you you don't know where you were last night either? I've already told you that.   And the story of the tire, the flat tire,  

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that was a lie. Alright. It was a lie.  

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Why? Why? I don't know. I just thought I'd give you a reason why I was so late. Where were you last night? You're beginning to sound like a broken record. But where? I don't know. There are some things we'll never know. There are mysteries.  

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Daryl, I want you to go to the doctor. I went to the doctor.   Golden says there's nothing wrong with me. You know the kind of doctor, I mean.  

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No.   Why not? You know why not. I can't afford it. You have to go. A man who holds public office the way I do cannot afford to go to a psychiatrist,   period.   And we're not going to discuss it either. If we're not going to discuss this,  

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we're not going to discuss anything, anything at all.   We'll have no relationship   of any kind.   We'll never even see each other because I will get a divorce.   Rhoda. There's something wrong with you, Del.   We don't have very much of a life together as it is. What are you talking about? You know what I'm talking about.  

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Well, look.  

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I I I get home late. I mean, there there's so much to do. I'm I'm I'm so tired. That's why you have to see a psychiatrist. Rhoda, honey, please.  

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Please.   Give me a chance to work my own way out of this, will you? Still, you need a doctor. Now look, Rota. I'll get home earlier.   I'll even cut out the Friday nights altogether. Alright? We'll we'll try to work it out together.   Come on, Rota. Please. Let let's at least try.  

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Was she going with anybody?  

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No. I never seen her with Iman.  

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But friends.  

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No. Not so many friends.   Last night here in the restaurant. Well, she had lots of moods. You know moods? Women,   they did they have moods? Did anyone pick her up after that? I was always in the kitchen. I could never figure her out. Did she say anything about where she was going? I don't know. My brother and his wife, they're both dead now.   They brought her here from from Russia. She was a baby.  

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I've known her all my life. Did you see anyone who might have gone up? Quiet girl, kept to herself,  

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stays home in her little apartment.  

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They find her dead in the motel room. Why?   How?   Does she have some secret life I know nothing about? Last night in this restaurant, did you notice a tall, thin man with blondish white hair and a blue jacket with   gray slacks? Did I notice?  

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Why, of course.  

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Of course. Why, didn't you ask me in the first place? Of course. The place was crowded last night. The biggest crowd in in our own time. So ask me, how would I remember a man Okay. Okay. How?  

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Because he was a single.  

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He came in here alone.  

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Most people, they come couples, a party of four, a party of six. You understand? But here, he was the only single all night. Where would you have seated him? Over there in that small little table. And did Anya Petrov wait on him? Sure. Why not? It was her stage. Have you ever seen him before? No. Well, did Anya ever speak of anyone who,  

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may have looked like him? Told you she never talked about anybody. It's alright. Alright.   This   this person, this this man,   do you think he's the one who  

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Thank you for your help.   Homicide. Lieutenant Stacey speaking. Lieutenant,  

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this is Marvin Plumb of Plumb's Motel?   Yes. Yes, mister Plumb. You said I was to call if I ever remember where I've seen that guy before.  

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You know, the one who Yes. Yes, mister Plumb. Well, lieutenant,  

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what's the hardest thing in the world to find? I don't know. Something that's been right under your nose all along. About the man? Yes.   Yes. The thing it wasn't where I'd seen him before. That's what threw me. I'd never seen him before. Then why did you say you'd seen him before? It was where I'd seen him since. Since? Since the murder. But the murder had only taken place the night before. This was the next morning.   Now where would you have seen him since? He was right in front of my eyes. Where?   He'd have been right in front of your eyes too if you'd have been facing the TV set. He was on the program.   Who? This guy who is a dead ringer for the one you're looking for. The guy who checked into the motel.  

The guy who killed the waitress.   Who? It's got to be his double or his twin brother.   He was on the show. He's the guy, the fire chief over at Kasimov's Corners.  

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You haven't touched your dinner, Del. I'm not hungry. But you should eat something. But I am not hungry.   Delbert, this is exactly what we talked about.   You have to lead a more calm, a more relaxed, a less pressure filled life.   Okay. I'll try. Darling, I'm trying to help you. I know. I know.   Oh, I still think you should see a psychiatrist.   Let's not talk about it right now. But when should we talk about it? Tomorrow. Now I have to go out. Where?  

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Where?  

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It's Friday night. We never ask each other about Friday night. Wait a minute, Del. We agreed there would be no more Friday nights. When did we agree? Last week. Don't you remember?  

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Well, I I I just thought I'd go out for a drive and relax and have a few drinks. No, Del. No. You're going to stay home and relax from now on. Rhoda, we agreed when we got married that Del, you're in trouble.  

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You won't let a psychiatrist help you. And if you won't let me help you, I'll walk out. No, Roda. No. Now we're going to spend a quiet,   relaxing evening   at home.  

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Homicide, Lieutenant Stacy.   Oh, yes. I know, inspector. Yes. It's a bad time for the department,   the waitress killing, the arson,   but I'm doing the best I can, sir.   No. No. I I don't don't have a thing. Well, no. No. Okay. Okay. Maybe I do, but it's so far out. I mean,   I could have a suspect.   No. But it it's impossible. It just simply couldn't be this guy.   No. No. I won't tell you who he is either because you'll drop me over at the Nuthouse.   What do you want me to do?   Go to the public library?   Yes.   And read what?   Story about Sherlock Holmes called The Sign of the Four?  

And now, inspector, is this a gag?   Oh, well, yes, sir. Yes, sir, if it's an order.  

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Now, darling,   isn't this pleasant?  

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Yeah. I just,   You just what? No. I'm just not used to being home on a Friday night. That's all. Why?  

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Why do you find it so necessary to go out? I don't know. Well, try to think.   There is something lacking in our relationship   that you have to find it elsewhere?  

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Is something lacking?   Well?   Yes.  

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You know what it is. Delbert,  

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I'm willing to be patient.   And perhaps if both of us try No, Rota. It isn't that.  

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Why do you women always think that that it has to  

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do with with   Then what else is lacking? It's something that   Yes?  

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And I think he said it. Who said it? The one on the program, Jerry, whatever his name is. He said it. Well, what did he say? I can hear him. I can hear exactly how he said it. Doesn't do that ever get boring? I mean, here are all you firemen sitting around the firehouse and you never get to go to a fire. Now don't you miss the excitement of racing down the street, sirens screaming? Bells clanging and the thrill of conquering the fire itself, of subduing the flames, the adventure. But I also heard what you answered, Del.  

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The greatest excitement a fireman can experience is the quiet excitement   of sitting in the firehouse and knowing that all is well, all is safe in the city. If I said that, I lied. Tell. Because I miss  

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it. I miss it.  

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I need it. What? What do you need? The fire. What fire? The fire.  

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The fire shooting up into the sky.   The searing flames, the billowing smoke, smoke,   the   shots of the firemen, the police, the crowds, and the flames.   Oh, those flames.   Have you ever seen the rest of the street, the other houses, how the shadows play over them, the shadows of the leading flames? And you can almost feel those houses and building shudder and mourn with fear and dread and apprehension.   Shall they be destroyed or shall they be saved? Del, don't say anymore.  

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Just sit here with me.  

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Let me put my arms around you. No. That won't help.   She tried that. They all try that. It's the same as it is with you. It's no good. A doctor.   Dell, you'll have to see a doctor. No.   A fire.   I wanna see a fire.   You know, you never see a fire in this town, and it's my fault because I'm too good a fire chief. That's why we have no fires because I'm too smart, too conscientious. I'm being cheated. Let me go get you something. I need a fire. That's what I need. You understand a fire, any fire, in here. Where's my cigarette lighter? No. See, I light up this pile of newspapers. Silver. Let's not scatter them around the room. Oh, we're going to have a fire in here. We're going to have a real fire. The boat. The boat. Silver.  

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The  

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Let go. A new experience for you. I've watched so many fires from the outside.   Now we shall see one from the inside. Just the two of us. No. Shut up. We'll be burned to death. I said be quiet.  

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You're  

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doubting me. Good lord. It is you. What are you doing in my house?   I'm not your end. It's you, the white haired guy. You're a maniac. Go over. Let me help.   Let's get out of here. Let's go over before we all get killed. This place is going up. Now let's go.  

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Oh, the house.  

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Oh, it's a dream. Take it easy, ma'am. Take it easy. Oh, hold on. Oh, I remember now. My husband's there. I'm sorry. I was able to get you out. I was not able to make it back for him.  

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He he tried to kill me.  

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What's going on? I don't know. I don't know. I thought I'd come here on a fool's errand like   I guess the inspector was right. He set fire to the house.  

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Oh, I can't believe he'd do such a thing. Neither would anybody else, ma'am. Neither would anybody else. Oh, what is it's impossible.  

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Impossible. Yes. That reminds me. I I have to make a call.  

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I  

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guess you are right, inspector.   What it said in that book,   when you have eliminated the impossible,   whatever   remains, no matter how improbable,   must be the truth.  

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What is the impossible?   Is it something that cannot happen   under any conditions?   Or is it something that we believe   cannot happen?   The longer we live,   the less firm we are in our beliefs   about the impossible.   Soon,   who knows?   That very word impossible   shall disappear   from our language,   but I won't disappear.   I shall return shortly.  

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What was it we asked at the very beginning?   Oh, yes.   Are we what we love,   or are we what we hate,   or   are we a mixture   of each?   Is each of us a formula of highly volatile chemical properties   which can explode   suddenly, violently,   unpredictably?   Yes. It is an unpredictable   world,   and the only certainty   you can claim to   is the knowledge that we, at least, shall be here seven nights each week.   Our cast included Mandel Kramer, Joan Shea, Earl Hammond, and Gilbert Mac. The entire  

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tale. Tonight, I couldn't get to sleep. I I I couldn't relax. So I decided to come over here and tell you. I know it's a terrible thing to face, but at least it's the truth. Yes. I know.   And, Matt, I appreciate it. I really do. I always   wanna know the truth. I always have, Matt. Do you you know that? Well, it isn't the kind of thing you want to tell a patient, any patient. But   when the patient is an an old friend like   you, then it's a hundred times as hard. It's damn near impossible.   But I mean, it tears you apart. Matt,   Matt, don't upset yourself.  

You see, I've,   I've known this for quite a while. Oh, you couldn't, but I Believe me. I did. I I may die tomorrow. I know that. Tonight, maybe. Today. Now you just just run along home and get some sleep. You did the right thing. Tell me about the aneurysm. You just backed me up from what I knew already.  

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Now you just run along home and don't worry about a thing.   This is E. G. Marshall inviting you to return to our mystery theater   for another adventure in the macabre.   Until next time.   Pleasant   dream.  

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On   WFAA's calendar of events,   Fort Worth State School invites you to share in holiday excitement from 06:30 to 09:30PM   beginning December 15.   Visit with Santa and take a drive through tour of Christmas displays at the school just north of South Loop 820 on Campus Drive.   And cancer is a highly curable disease when detected in its early stages. The American Cancer Society encourages South Dallas residents to visit the cancer mobile detection unit for a free cancer screening at Martin Luther King Center twenty nine twenty two Forest Avenue.   Hours are from 05:00 until 08:00 Monday through Wednesday   and from nine through noon on Saturday.  



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