Guilty Conscience

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. Signal the famous Go Father 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, we've 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. Guilty conscience. Sitting by the window of the streamliner as it sped through the night toward Los Angeles. Arthur Wilson seemed like any average middle-aged business man.

But there had been a time when Arthur Wilson was someone else. Jack Foley, convict. And though it had been 20 years ago, Jack Foley, now Arthur Wilson would never forget him. The plaintiff whale of the train whistle drifting back at him now somehow recalled that other time and place, exactly as if it were this moment.

Perhaps it was because another whistle had marked the time when it all began. The night that Jack Foley was given a chance to reach out, to grasp a new life. That night, twenty years ago, in a prison machine shop.

I saw you guys! We have a shop! Right! Not about does it? This truck's practically gone a new motor. Yeah, she's in fine shape, Foley. Yeah, well, come on, let's get this stuff cleaned up and then we've fallen.

Yeah. Ignition keys. Hand them over. Huh? Well, I don't want any trouble. Give me the keys. I'm getting out of here. You're not... Oh, no. Wait a minute. Get up. It's all set. Evans and Harris are at the delivery gate. I'm picking them up with this truck and we're going out.