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Cistern

The Whistler · December 10, 1945 · 29 min · 4,328 words

The transcript of “Cistern”, an episode of The Whistler first broadcast December 10, 1945. 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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The Signal Oil Program? The Whistler? Whistler? Is your signal for the Signal Oil Program? 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. Yes friends, it's time for the Signal Oil program, the Whistler, rated by independent research, the most popular program on the West Coast.

Remember, let every traffic signal remind you. With new Signal Gasoline, you do go farther than ever. Look for the familiar big yellow and black circle sign that identifies those popular Signal Service stations in seven Western states from Canada to Mexico.

And now the Whistler Strange Story. The Sistern. There was murder on Ronnie Hartfield's mind long before he discovered the Sistern in Round Valley. But the discovery more than anything else made him decide to do it. The groundwork had been laid, of course. He was a partner with old Hank Murphy and the gold-bearing

ledge Hank had discovered on the shoulder of Sharp's Peak. A million dollars in rich ore. And Ronnie owned ten percent of it. It wasn't bad for a young metaller just fresh of college, but Rani wasn't the kind to think of his own 10 percent. No, his mind was on the other 90, and the inheritance clause in the partnership agreement. There

had to be other things, of course, like the casual conversation he had one afternoon with Sheriff Dawson, as they sat on the porch of the Sheriff's office, looking across the lake. But that ain't what makes a law enforcement out here so much tougher than in the city.

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