Poison Is Quicker
The Whistler · December 3, 1945 · 29 min · 4,433 words
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The Signal Oil Program? The Whistler? That whistle? Is your signal for the Signal Oil Program? The Whistler? And the Whistler? And I know many things for I walk by night.
I know many strange tales hidden in the hearts of men and women who have stepped into the shadows. Yes, I know the nameless terrors of which they dare not speak. Yes friends, it's time for the Signal Oil program, the Whistler, rated by independent research the most popular program on the West Coast.
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And now the Whistler's strange story. poison is quicker. Most men lead lives of quiet desperation, said Thor-O. Quiet desperation. How well little Alfred Smith is, who never read a word by Thor-O in all his life, knew the meaning of that phrase. All the nagging dullness of a hum-rum existence and attires some wife. Yes, the saucy little servant girl, Alfred had married in London so many years
before had become a lazy, slovenly housewife who's untidy little home and miraculously survived the Blitz. Now with the coming of peace, Gracie Smithers sat in her dingy front parlor night after night reading murder mysteries in yawning, while Alfred gazed blankly at his daily express, and wished he were rid of her.
Wished it with all his heart and did nothing about it. Oh, well, that's another one after my docket. Play fair though. I still don't see how that little what's his name could have been the Crimson Hangman.
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