Fragile-Contents Death

And now, tonight's presentation of Radio's Outstanding Theater of Thrills, Suspense. Tonight, we bring you a story of a postmaster and his desperate search for an unwelcome package. We call it fragile, content's death. So now, starring Victor Perrin, here is tonight's suspense play, Fragile, content's death.

All it took was a phone call. Until it came that morning, everything at the post office was the same as it had always been. I was just another postmaster, 40 years old, with a postal problem of some 80,000 people to look after.

All it took was that call to make things a nightmare. As I said, the day was just a day. I remember I was making up my mind to get busy on the stuff piled on my desk. It was 915.

Hmm. Morning, Mr. Jordan. Oh, morning, Hartley. I'm just going to send for you. Don't tell me all this... this heat is for me. That's right. Well... Didn't anybody weed it out? It's been weeded, Mr. Jordan.

Well, if I must, I must. Even a parcel I see. Yeah, yeah, it's marked personal. Um, Paxton and Brown, something earlier, Broadway, New York. Oh, I remember. Sure, this must be that new type of long sprinkler I ordered.

for the wife. You should have had a cent to the house. Put it over there. Would you all take it along when I go home? Here. That's fine. Post office. This is Jordan. Jordan at Postmaster Jordan. That's right. What can I do for you?

Bloody. You got a bomb someplace in the mail down there. Is this a joke? Listen carefully. This is no joke. A guy I know sent another guy a bomb, a time bomb. It'll be delivered here in town.