080- The Sure Thing -William Conrad

Tired of the everyday routine, ever dream of a life of romantic adventure? What a getaway from it all. Escape, designed to free you from the four walls of today for a half hour of high adventure.

Tonight we escape to a lonely schooner sailing through the hot Caribbean night, carrying a fortune and the heedless passions of reckless men. As John and Gwen Bagne tell it in their exciting tale, the sure thing.

This way, Senor. Thank you. If you would please wait in here in the President's office. Fine. You understand, Senor, I have not the authority to handle the matter myself. Yes, of course I understand. You see, a bank draft of two million dollars.

It is a matter of such importance, Senor Jose Perez, the president of the bank. He is the only one. That's perfectly all right. I'll wait for Senor Perez. Gracias, senor gracias. Wait. Yes, I could wait.

I'd come this far. I could afford a few more minutes. And I wanted to think about it, to roll it over in my mind. Just as you roll a finely curbed over your tongue to enjoy the full realization of it.

It was hard to believe. Just a short while ago I had been ship's doctor on the SS Martina. The gilded ferryboat of the Caribbean. And now... I sat back in a comfortable chair and went over the whole thing again in my mind.

Just the way it happened from the beginning. We had just cleared the Straits of Yucatan on our way to Havana when the 23-word message came that started the whole thing. Same thing Doc, SOS landed to 23 North, 102, 85 West, accident case on board schoolness, sit down and we're out to the panic.