Borrowed Byline

And now stay tuned for the program that has rated tops in popularity for a longer period of time than any other West Coast program in radio history. The Signal Oil Program? The Whistler. The famous Go Farther gasoline invites you to sit back and enjoy another strange story by the Whistler.

I am 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.

And now for the signal oil company, the Whistler's strange story, borrowed byline. The trip from Calcutta to Hong Kong had been hot and dull, and Craig McElvey was glad when the slackening of the ship's engines told him they were moving through Lyemun Pass into Hong Kong roads.

At the railing outside his state-room door, he could see the lights of Victoria rising from the jam-packed Esplanade to the luxurious villas high up on the peak, and off to the starboard other lights marking Kowloon Point on the mainland.

He was glad now that he'd taken the bulb of the horns and come here. Calcutta was a fine place for a year, even two. But six years had been too much. And when the opportunity for some quick money had come, he decided to take it, and come to Hong Kong.

Orders are no orders. Five minutes after the gangplank had been lowered to the dock, there was a knock at his state room door. Craig McKelvey smiled as he turned to open. Cylendrum hadn't changed a bit. Still as prompt as ever.