The Whistler · June 6, 1954 · 22 min · 3,385 words
The transcript of “Round Trip Tickets”, an episode of The Whistler first broadcast June 6, 1954. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). The Whistler plays The Whistler free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.
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presented by the United States Air Forces in Europe. I'm the Whistler, and I know many things, or I walk by map. I know many strange terror, getting 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. Same story, round-trip tickets, standing at the window of the Chimp hotel room, and looking out over the outline of lights and neon that was Kansas City after sundown, Eve Benton fell depressing in the sense of concern that the condition was passed in a second.
Eve managed before she was managed again, somewhere. But she wasn't thinking of that now. Eve Benton was being sorry for herself, forgetting her good points. The quiet rest was beauty in her face, the sullen attractiveness of her peaches.
He was annoyed at the city and the world. Her action of raising the windows seemed almost a preparation for the voicing of her resemblance. The words never came. He said other voices nearby caught her interest.
I thought, 30 thousand, that's the deal. A lot of money. A lot of money. Thirty thousand and no questions asked. That's what the insurance company says. Yeah, that's what they said. Your smile strangely, don't you, E?
Listening and I run into 30,000 one of the men next door to it. They're talking in thousand. Why, you stand so close by wondering where you'll get the money to pay your hotel, girl. You start to close the window, and the voice that grows suddenly louder and raised in anger.
You'll work! You don't go away with anything like that. I worry about that, fudge. You just worry about this! You're free to the spot, don't you, E. You're outstretched hands touching the window sill, remains fixed and rigid like a spatula.
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