John Barbey and Son
Suspense · March 29, 1959 · 24 min · 3,427 words
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Thus Spence, and the producer of radios outstanding, theater of thrills, the master of mystery and adventure, William N. Robeson. In the most banal cliche, in the most tiresome platitude, there is a hardcore of truth.
The sickening saccharine cult of mama-ism is built upon the solid eternal fact that there is no substitute for a mother. Fathers just aren't capable of coping with the problems which mothers daily face and solve.
Our story concerns one such a father and a problem much, much too big for him. Listen, listen then as Mr. John McIntyre stars in John Barbie and Son, which begins in just a moment. We have together ample capacity in freedom to defend freedom.
This is NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. NATO nations trust each other, proof? Well, since the advent of NATO, the amount of information which member governments exchange, concerning their armed forces and their economic and financial positions, is greater and more detailed than any which allies have ever before exchanged whether in time of war or peace.
The United States of America is a part of NATO. You should be aware of and alert to the objectives and programs of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. And now, John Barbie and Son, starring Mr. John McIntyre, a tale well calculated to keep you in, suspense.
I'm afraid, Mary. For the first time since you've been gone, I'm afraid. I'm going to have to break my promise. I've tried, I've kept him out of sight like you told me to. I did just like you used to do when you were here, Mary.
But it was the kitten that wandered onto the place today. Carl didn't mean no harm. What he did, he didn't mean to do. It was just that he'd never held one in his arms before.
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