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Summer Storm

Suspense · October 18, 1945 · 25 min · 2,843 words

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Thomas Storm, starring Mr. Henry Fonda, for use by Charles Bander. It's exciting when there's a storm, and strange things can happen. Now some people are sensitive to changes in the weather like me.

There's nothing odd about that. It's like people who talk to themselves. I talk to myself a lot. I think about things and I talk to myself about them. There's nothing odd about that. You get the suitcase packed.

Get out of here. Like that, I talk to myself. You know, just making up my mind because there's no one else around to talk to me. Just getting myself on the move again because the landlady wasn't taking care of the room.

She was away on a visit. Her husband, Mr. Waters, was slopin' around in a back row trying to run the place. He never makes the bed. He used the same towel for a week. It's time to get out.

Lock up the suitcase and get going. She can't sneak out without his seat. There's a mean man, Eddie. You can tell by his little eyes. All fat men aren't good-natured. Look at him. Stuffing himself with pigs and uncles or whatever they are.

Hello, Eddie. Morning, Mr. Waters. The pig and uncles don't taste as good as they did an hour ago. This little feed the rest of them, the grandma's dog. Oh, that'd be nice, Mr. Waters. You're taking your laundry out.

No, sir. These are clothes. I'm leaving, sir. You have what? Leaving. I'm sorry. What's the matter, Eddie? You know what you like from a place? Yes, sir, but I gotta get closer to my work.

Here's the keys before I forget them. Better wait a while, Eddie. Looks like we're gonna have a storm sometime today. time today. Oh I don't mind a storm Mr. Waters. I'm funny that way. Yeah well that'll be a lot better if you'd wait till the wife gets back won't be more than a couple of hours. You mean she'd blame you for my leaving? She might. Got a nasty

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