Farthings for Your Thoughts

presenting Orson Welles as the Third Man. The Lives of Harry Lime. The fabulous stories of the immortal character originally created in the motion picture The Third Man with Zotherm music by Anton Carras. He died in a sewer beneath the end of the end of the end.

As those of you who know who saw the movie The Third Man, yes that was the end of Harry Lime. But it was not the beginning. He had many lives. I can tell you about all of them.

My name is Harry Larn. I have in my hand here a fathering. This is the smallest of small coins. In England, which is where they come from, a fathering won't buy you the second section of day before yesterday's newspaper.

In fact, you could hardly describe a fathering as money at all. Once upon a time, however, there was a fathering that was worth £20,000. It happened this way. You see, I have a girlfriend, beautiful and mad at the moon called Lady Fortune.

Well, I'm fairly intimate terms, the lady and I. I know I buy a maiden named Miss Fortune. She had a lot to do with a particular father I've been talking about. I haven't forgiven her yet.

I think it's mutual. Stick around if you're interested. I'll tell you about it. Three partings for your thought. Sitting in a pub, which is English for bar or...

Having myself a drink and mulling over a few little business possibilities. A young woman was talking rather arguing with the bartender. She seemed familiar and he seemed annoyed, brushed her aside. Then she drew a gun from her purse.

And I started to be a good deal more interested. Everybody. Everybody. Y'an's up. Empty your pockets and put the money on this table. Step forward quickly. Come on. One at a time. All right. Here you are.