The Torch Carriers

Get this and get it straight. Crime is a sucker's road and those who travel it wind up in the gut of the prism of the grave. This time each carried a torch and each was burned by it.

They healed a hero-worshiper in the hot-bitten blonde. And all because of a woman already two days dead. From the pen of Raymond Tranfer, outstanding author of Crime Fiction, comes his most famous character in... The Adventures of Philip Marlowe.

In just a moment, tonight's story. But first, a message from the Ford dealers of America. Tonight, more than 110,000 enthusiastic motorists on New 1954s. Here's what Donald L. Gibson, a pilot from Kansas City, says about his 54.

As a pilot, I'm naturally interested in engines, and that's why I bought a 54. That V8 really ticks along, and ticks is just the right word because it's as smooth and quiet as the Swiss move in the good watch.

and it's not just the Ford engine that's fine. The ride is just like flying in smooth air and the car handles like a dream. Anyone who's thinking of buying a new car should certainly take a check ride in the 54th.

We, Ford dealers, are swamped with comments like that. But don't take anyone's word for this new 54th. Prove it for yourself. Look up your nearest Ford dealer in the classified phone directory, or perhaps you know him personally.

He'll arrange a test drive in the 54th. Test drive it for comfort, for power, for safety and for the quietness, which is its mark of quality. Yes, before you buy any car at any price.

Test drive the 54 at your Ford dealers tomorrow. Now with Gerald Moore, star to Philip Marlow, we bring you tonight's exciting story, The Torch Carriers. The eight hours that it just slipped away. Had been a noisy assortment of big people with little troubles that hadn't wanted their help.