Four Hours to Kill
Suspense · January 12, 1950 · 29 min · 4,302 words
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The Spence! Auto-light and its 96,000 dealers present Mr. Robert Taylor in Four Hours to Kill, a suspense play produced and edited by William Spear. Oh, there, Mr. Wilcox. I am Jay Ham-Hock McBeth of the Legitimates Theatre.
I've just been signed to announce a new show, Relax. Okay, let's hear you do something with famous auto-light resistor spark plug. Of course, I might begin thusly to be or not to be. That is the question.
No, no, no, no. The only question is how soon auto light resistor spark plugs will be demonstrating their advantages to every car owner in the land. But I... You see my friend, auto light resistor spark plugs with their exclusive built-in 10,000 oh-moto light resistor, let your engine idle smoother give better performance on leaner
gas mixtures. Actually save you gas. What's more... Bit but high... Auto light resistor spark plugs have 200% longer electrode life. Cut down spark plug interference with radio and television. I'm so see you. You're a friendly auto-light dealer, and have him install a set of the new Auto-light Resistor Spark plugs in your car.
Remember, you're always right with Auto-light. And now with four hours to kill and the performance of Mr. Robert Taylor, Auto-light hopes once again to keep you in... ...suspense! So you want to know what's the matter, what's wrong with me?
Okay, sit down on that bench over there. Make yourself comfortable because this takes a while to tell, and I want to get it all of my chest. You know, now that it's over, I can look back and see everything in perspective.
Clear back to the days when my brother Walter and I were kids in Vermont. And I can see now that my life's divided into two halves. The first 34 years, and the last four hours.
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