Dead Ernest
Suspense · March 24, 1949 · 29 min · 4,428 words
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Now, auto-light and its 60,000 dealers and service stations present... Suspens! Tonight, auto-light brings you petobrion in... Dead earnest. One of the most famous of suspense plays, produced and directed by Antonim Leader. Friends, officially, spring has sprung, and you'll want a spring pep for your winter-weary car.
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Remember, you're right with auto light. And now auto light presents Pat O'Brien in the tail well calculated to keep you in suspense. Accident report to police inspector Blandin from Lieutenant S. Healy, place 15th Street and 4th Avenue. Time, 2.45pm, March 11th.
Remarks. Ernest Bowers, age 34, was crossing the intersection as the signal light changed from green to red. A car driven by a third or 12, made a legal right turn from 15th Street into 4th Avenue. Hey, guys, how cool? He's bleeding!
Let's have a look. Has he hurt bad eye? I didn't see him. I honest, I didn't. I had the right away. He's passed out. Oh, one of you people call for ambulance. Yeah, yeah, you there.
Okay, move back, move back. Oh, look, he's bleeding. He's bleeding. Here, I'll prop up his head. Yeah, here, use his jacket. Here, I'll hold him. Golly, he's limp. He feels just like he's dead. Yes, Ernest Bowers felt like he was dead.
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