The Shadow 016 - The Bride of Death

Who knows bod evil looks in the hearts of men. The Shadow knows again. Blue Cold Deers present radio's strangest adventurer, The Shadows, mystery man who strikes terror under the very hearts of shops of lawbreakers and criminals. Today Blue Coal brings you the Shadow's latest adventure, The Bride of Death. The Shadow begins an exciting adventure in just a month. Meanwhile, I'd like to make a suggestion to order you homon to protect your family's health and save real money in the bargain burn Blue Colt or Blue Cold gives you uniform, helpful, economical heat all with her long It's Palmers blue coloring is your guarantee of better heat at less prop So when you're buying fuel, insist on Blue Cold. It's Pennsylvania's finest hard cold. Order a trial turn from your nearest Blue Coal dealer. Tomorrow, Claudia, I do you want to count the money at the top of the night? May I come in all right? I'm the Reverend Covid from the fishing village below. I want to see missus Zachary. She has retired. Come tomorrow. I must see her. Tonight by my daughter Isabella is here. He's Missus Zachy's companion. But I've come to take her home. Ah, because Isabella she does not wish to leave, I've come to catch her. I'm a man of the cloth, a man of peace. If I will not leave without her, let me buy Adah did not stap him after you command. Let's call me. Take your hands off me, Eventervils, for you're not. If you're not pay Missus, I will see him. Are there? You're breaking to my house this way, Reverend calls me. Because I will not have my daughter stay in a house that harbors evil. To us, Missus Ackley, there's talk in the village of heathen rights performed by this man who calls himself prophet of the ancient one. This man you brought to a Christian place from some asiatic sinkhole of the godless. Be careful how you speak in the presence of the prophet. You mean that man there? Yes, Minister, I am the rapid Prophet. Where is my daughter Isabelle? She is leaving this house on the cliff tonight. Tell Reverend Korby. She does not wish to go. I tell him, Missus Ackley. Doffrey Isabelle does not wish to go. Good night, Reverend called it. I do not believe you. Let me see her. Let's not tell me herself. She does not wish to see you. Get beyond the hand gets quickly, for in five minutes my servants will release my train, Guardian. I'm not afraid of that unholy pack of black panthers of yours. They are dangerous, minister trained in my native land, training to hunt and kill animals or men. No, now, very well, I'm going, but I'll be back. I'll be back, habits. Why why did the panther scream. It is an hormon? I'm dead? Who's death? Tell me it's your care. It's so plain to you. Tell me who is going to die? I see the minister, reverend call Me, standing in the pulpit of his church, turning these simple fishing fox against you. Missus Zacklay, Reverend calls is going to die? But how perhaps that the ancient one will strike. Him down with a voice of thunder and the tongue a fire. Three days ago this night, I went to Missus Hacliff's. House on the cliff to bring my own daughter is about colbe home. I could not see her could not stick to us. She is lost to me. And therefore let my own sorrow do you all. To those of you in this village whose sons and daughters may go to that house of the devil, to this man who does desecrate the name of Prophet. Now let us offer a prayer for the mistress of Casamanni, so rich in worldly goods and worldly knowledge, and so long one of us kindly and generous until of late, and now ailing in mind and spirit, who hath turned from God to follow the pathway of a disciple of Satan. Let us pray, we beseech THEE have mercy on this poor lost one who has strayed from the full way. And so in the midst of those who perished with him and whom he loves so well, we will return the body of our beloved minister. Ever, when Colby returned him to the earth, ashes unto washers, dust unto dust. Well, here we are margot, yes, but where la monsters I can't achieve. This is the little village where the Reverend Colby and ten of his thurisheners were killed by a mysterious explosion in his church. Oh, it was horrible but Lamart, it happened days ago. What can we do? Murderers then committed margot wholesale murder, and the killer or killers are still at live it. According to the newspaper report, Yes I know. The papers said the authorities had been unable to uncover a possible motive. Investigation is hampered by the refusal of the fisher folk of this quaint little village to coofferate. Perhaps they're afraid to talk. Lamon's surprising what superstition can do. What about this rich missus Acney? You were talking about La Monk. Where does she fit into the picture? I don't know, Margo. All I know is that about three months ago she returned from the Faris to the man who calls himself the Prophet. This man claims to be the leader of a cult worshiping a deity known as the Ancient ones Is a I was, but it was stamped out then it five centuries ago because its ceremonies and rituals included human sacrifice. Human sacrifices. Oh, how horrible. Don't you think there is a connection between the so called prophet, the destruction of this Christian church and the murder of Reverend Colby. Margo, I don't know. I'm going into that cottage down the road. There are some Christians all wait in the car. Awful fog horn me the queen. You'll be safe here, Margot, But don't get out of the corn all right now, the Mount Cranston and the Shadow are going to find out something more about this mystery of the house on the cliff. Yes, then why not, Marty? I think it's a ghost from the marshes or the devil from the cliffhouse. Who's there? The door way in the floor, one road to the main. I'll leave this to me, Marty. Where where are you heading for the stranger? Tell me how to get to missus Ashley's place cause of Mana. Yes, I could, but I won't wait. Don't close the door. I'll ask a few questions. Questions, Eh, we'll ask him, but I'll not worrying an answer to anybody going to that house. You're needn't be afraid of me. I am captain, said fifty years. I've sealed before them, and I'm not a fear of the man devil of the sea. Who'll be I'll tell you that much. Captains there are here to put an end to the thing that made your wife afraid to let you open this door. They can't see you up here in the. Dark, but yes, her tens they come down to dil it again. What who's are they? The prophets step into the house stranger, He'll tell a man to pieces what heal? Is your mercy the blue light? To see him coming in the gate? He always carries it. See him, the one that calls himself the proper? Let him come getting the house, stranger? Mercy is nobody here? Where is that for the gun? He was here a second ago. I don't know. Maybe he'll run for it. Yes, but do you suppose that prophet tele wants of us? Get away from the door, marthy, I'll deal with him good you think my good capt stop were your bee? I'll not have the like for you and my your house. A stranger came here. His car is down the road. The spirit of the ancient One told me of his coming. Who loves the stranger? Where has he gone? Lawyer questions, I'll give you one answer. Get your hole and beasts and your heathen godless self back to the house of the cliffs, or a brellier to the very door of eighties. No man spating and get out very well, captain, Then you will not tell me. I will find him, I saidn't to watching his car. We will find him. He will need all the illnessly powers you clim to find him. In this book the good Night, I'll find him. He can't be far away. No, not far away, but close to you. In the dark shadows and the swirling myth who speaks, I am looking for a man with blood on his hands, the blood of a minute, the ten innocent people he murdered. You, a man hiding in the park. Do not try so hard to pierce the fog you cannot see me, or I should do the shadow a voice without physical presence, only a voice, No, my friend. In my native India, such things are known, but not here. The powers of mesmerism have spread beyond the gray monastic walls of the Yogi priests. Modern science has advanced. They're ancient art perhaps, But I am still stronger than you, strong enough to do what I have set out to do. What is that? I will not tell you, shadow, And no one, not even you with your bared towers, shall stand in my way. For I I am the prophets prophets of the ancient one class of anger. He turns to the automobile, But the young woman. They're waiting for him, So got it? The shadow that you are this strange? We seek that your companion waits for you. Yes, pfeically, I will follow see the girl. She will be useful to us, very useful. If I cannot reach the shadow, I can reach his companions. Yes, maca macaw on the pants. Do you hear shadow here? Save how that you can? You say you are a man? If that is true, then my panthers will smell you up, whether they can see you or not. Says the car. I can see the girl. The girl, Hello, take her to the house on the cliff. We will keep up with it. Abelle Colby. She shall be top chat until she tells us what she knows. That's the beginning of this program. I made you a suggestion to protect your family's health and save real money. In the bargains burn blue coals. Here's the reason for blue coal superiority. This fine home fuel is selected Pennsylvania anthracite, an American product mined by the glen Alden Coal Company, and anthracite supplies clean, uniform, healthful heat from summer to attic burns steadily completely down to a fine powdery ah. So you see anthracite combined all of the essentials necessary for perfect heating results. 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Why does the COVID servants bring you here to missus ass heart? Why does he pursuing you? And why they hitting you locked up in this room? I'm Isabel Coby. My father was Revan Coby, ministers a little fishing Ville had done. On the cove. He's dead, is murdered, Yes, I know, but you why are you here? I used to be missus Achli's companion, infested. Her for she brought this man in the prophet of the house. But now that. Hindu has some sort of hold over over her mind. He calls her a high priestess, and she let him lock me up into here. Oh how terrible, Missus Colby. What's happening in this house? And missus Aclandy you know, I don't know. It has something to do with a ceremony that the prophet says he and missus Acklin must performed, the climax of some strange religious ritual. They go through day after day in missus Aclid's private chapel. He's changed it or looks into a place he calls the temple of the Ancient Ones. This morning he came here and said I am to be what he calls the bride of death. They're going to take me to that temple tonight. You know why? Yes, to kill me? Oh no, miss exactly is the high priests is going to sacrifice me to that horrible deenity they worship. Don't give up, hopefully, well there's still a chance will get out of this place one of us. Oh, Mama, laud, why don't you come the boy It's too late. I can't. I locked it off, Isabel called me. The time has come. The High Priestess is waiting to perform health ceremonies in the temple of the Ancient Yes, xt, the girl is about to be Shine. The High Priestess to prepare the girl than ourselves for the wedding of death. Come, my master commands about your head up at I kill her now? No, next, the girl is about to de shine waked up on me. Prepare the sacred fires, pureify the sort of the ancient ones, the factory the loss that is ready, and death is waiting for his bride. Yes, my pow, you're going to mad anything like you've read it my now, strange girl, I will deal with you, no profit, you will deal with me the shadow. Thank you, you you the shadow. Yeah, how there are panthers changed every door. It was easy, prophet hungry, the shadow would come. I knew he couldn't be fire away. Oh you do know this shadow is thinking power? Do fears to show himself? Oh? Hi's him stuck in the shadow. Shadow, the prophet is going to kill Reverend Colby's daughter. He's going to make into thattly killing come fantastic ceremony. In a few minutes, you will be dead and you cannot stop it. Clever scheme, you've come the failing mind of missus actor with drugs. Mayn't do your will kind of fortune over to you. Your knowledge will not help you now, Shadow plan to admitted Dactui commit further, turn her over to the police, blame her for the death of Reverend Colby. With a fortune in your hands, discard your role of profit into the pier. You are clever, shadow yees, that is my plan. It is a pity that you mind. The shows will soon be lost to the wild within an hour up after missusacle as obligingly made at the girl Isabelle, this housebile burns. I thank you Katharine and the tellibant explode, and this will be the funeral fire of the Shadow and his beautiful young companions. But I'm a gone now. They are waiting for me. You are not going through that door? Is luck you die? It is haha. They cannot hear you. They're waiting for you in the temple, and I have the key to the door. You are not too clever a shadow. Give me the key to the door. I shoot the girl. Take that gun away from my head. Rout the key upon that table quick, you're give him the keys. I got a tag. I shall count the three shadows. If I don't get the key, it's a pity. But the beautiful girl shall die one two. So you are why shadow? You are English table. I'll show you the Shadow can do more than ah oh olman. Are you all right? Yes? But I'm afraid I not the profit out cold margot, take that key, get out of here, down the hall as the door. Take a prophets gun right to that cottage I visited tonight. Gets Captain's death to call the villagers, tell them they can help to avenge the murder of their friends. What are you going to do? Then they kill you the bell before I can get help. Never mind, you hurry and get help, all. Right, I'll go up. I'll get Captain jack around with the people of the village, and then I'll come back. Very well, Margot, I may need your help. Come back to this room. I'll be back in a. Few minutes the month. Yes, Margot, I saw Captain's dead. The people of the villager coming. He's calling them together. You can't wait for Margo. Beyond that door at the head of the stairs, death is waiting for Isabel Colby. The prophet's followers are there awaiting his appearance. That's the prophets. Still I'm here, I'm conscious on the floor, utheless. He will not disappoint them. Mother, I don't know this, Mole. I'm going to ask you to do a very dangerous thing. I want you to put on the prophet's robe, cover your face with a hood, and walk in there as a prophet. Very well, I'll do anything I can. You know that you'll not show your face till you reach the altar. Don't speak, keep close to it about Kobe, watch miss exactly and lead the rest of me. Yes, Mama, I understand, I met is. Let time all Let's see Colla, tell mad time all five time are our ancient one. Turn of that ton of life. They are my all time. The your fl made and white, thy ancient sons have set it over me. I'm so by norms our blood, this pledge, how fall of fine matina law I see allah ladam ark. All live in readiness, Master the power look both wood covers the martal space. We all has come for the ritual to begin. See after the girl is the vella's last to the author of the Ancient One. The sacred fire burn and the jewel touch us. All live in readiness. Master, All as you have commanded the tower bring mister Beckley re tell her to make the sacrifice. I I am ready ready to do the will of the prophet. It's plenty of that sort into the girl's hurt that I am afraid. Help me. Give me the sacred dog to give me strength the will did the thing you're telling me. I'm it's you if I. Am to be high preached to the ancient One. Look for the tower. It is strange they muster speak. That's not answers. He goes through the shine alone. Wait, he turns. He is lifting the hood of his robes. Look, it is not the prophet. It is a beautiful girl. It is a strange girl. They want the Master filled the road to question about this shadow. What has happened to him? After? Why do you wear the robes? Or the prophet? Are our? You have been great? The man? You turn a gun in the row an a voice that is not the voice of the prophet. It is not a strange girl speaking. See her lips have not moved in the voice of the shadow. The shadow. The Master wants to be aware of the shadow. Matawa. The Master must be dead, for shadow has killed him. Drop it. The time has come. I'm a guy, the dog into the heart of the. Bride of death. I will not say, don't do it. You're kicking you liking murder me, and I'll kill you. No. No, I shall be a high free, I shall live forever. Like to stop it, like the ancient one. Drop that sword, Drop that sword, but drop it, I said, yes, drop the stor oh okay, I call this shadow has broken the master power and that woman can free free the fellow. What I shot? You throw over the Master when I first, when I get away, you will never get away, never leave the towers. I got the power, the prophet my own r nice get up here like come on your No, no prophet, we'llbey you. No my life, howbey it you're take take up till say you are the truth, perfect of the ancient One. You're define it, not the dip see the blood run Kenny plain, he cannot he cannot die. No, we can't see the first Oh now the shallow will destroy you head. The Shadow spoke the truth and the power. He was not the true prophet, the true prophet of the anciant one. What was blessed with life? Every last thing were right. Cocker quick, we must get away away from the Shado. For your sin, I will find you welcome. I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I must remain anonymous until my work is finished. I will have to continue being known only as the Shadow. You I've just heard a dramatized version of one of the many copyrighted stories which appear in the Shadow magazine. All the characters and all the places named are petitions, and a similarity to the person's living or dead is tarly coincidental. As you so evil, so shame crime is not day a Shadow, Next week, same time, same fiction, Blue Coal Anerica's finance, Anthracite will again present another thrilling adventure of the Shadow. Be sure to listen, and be sure to burn blue coal, a solid fuel for a solid comfort