The Shadow 034 - Gun Island

Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men. The Shadow knows. Your local blue coal dealer presents the shadow. These half hour dramatizations are designed to forcibly demonstrate to old and young alike that crime does not pay. Now before today's shadow story begins, Attention, hormoness. Wouldn't you welcome steady, helpful heat throughout your home this fall and winter. Wouldn't you like to end coals in your. Family caused by quick chibbing off of rooms and on and off variations of heat, Then order Blue Coals, America's finest for site. Your family will enjoy blue Coal's dependable. Even warmth. You'll appreciate its greater health protection and all around economy. Insist on blue coal, the solid fuel for salid comfort. Call your blue coal dealer tomorrow. The Shadow Lamont Cranston, a man of wealth, a student of science, and a master of other people's minds, devotes his life to righting wrongs, protecting the innocent, and punishing the guilty. Cranston is known to the underworld as the Shadow, never seen, only heard. His true identity is known only to his constant friend and. Aid, Margo Lane. Today's story gunn Island. Whether we come, the men are ready, Captain Joe. Even the sea works with us today, boodold carabean these waves. The poor pools will not know what we are doing until it is too lay cape see captin shoe, see cape tin Joe. Can you say nothing but see Captain Joe? What is there to say? What he's there to say? I make you reach a little sure at like you and. You have not even the brains, and they had to know what I do for you? I too good. Always what you tell me, capitain, No, no, you know what to do? Well say it's say. When you write boat come along, We light oil and bow in stern and in whole, so they think we are on fire. And the signal you capit these signals we send up the stress signals. And when the other ship she comes close, we take two boat. Now remember all you say, one mustake cons cut. Your throats easy. I do like you say, the. Door when everything she work, all lights put this soon We have fine boat for to have fawn you like big no boat for fun? Andy car Well, Well, well what. A ship, capitans, how about the ship. Give me the glass if you pull me no, look for yourself, capitals, and. It is the ship I wait for. See two hundred foot the lines clean like hand to run. After the rabbit. These these is the ship I wait for. Recall quick, give the order. Light the fire in the hole, oil plenty of it. Quick. We gotta be on fire in two minutes. Quick. I tell you, I cut your. Throat as I was saying, La month, These long sea voyages are boring, definitely positively bored. I'm afraid I can't agree with you, sir, John. My dear boy, are you pulling my leg again? First you tell me you possess powers of hypnosis, and now the subject is ocean voyagers and you tell me they're not boring. But I can't seem to agree with you about anything. I don't mean to be stubborn, sir, but I can't help feeling that there's a certain excitement about the water. My dear boy. Facts are facts. I've owned this shop for three years, sailed round the world on her. Outside of a few beastly storms, I might as well be riding on top of a London bus and Piccadilly. Second, where said John, I repeat, I don't agree with you. Take this part of the Caribbean Sea we're vacationing in now. Yes years ago, these waters were the happy hunting ground of Captain Kidd and Morgan and many other pirates. So what is about pirates? Hello Margot, Good morning, miss. Lady, Good morning, Sir John. If you and La mad were talking about pirates, I want to hear every bit of it. Perhaps you don't know if pirates are my favorite teapot? Look over there to start it, the moth. What is it? See smoke? Smoke, Yes, I see it. Fire a ship on fire, Prince. Scott, let's smoke. You must be at bladed from stem deercern our Captain Sina. So there isn't any more excitement left to see, ain't sa John? Say? You know, Sir John, I've got a hunch that during these next few hours, as we Americans say, you're going to eat those. Words the mar shall we go down and watch and take out of the crew board. Oh my, want to watch the ship go under? Oh it's horrible, isn't it? As if something living? We're done? Yes, what is the matter? I am wondering why that ship is sinking so quickly? Oh? The mart You've got the most suspicious mind. Here comes to John. He's bringing one of the survivors up here, isn't. He the strangest of menover? Saw so fat and really means so quickly? There you are a mount. Well, everyone who was on board that you have fifteen men is safe in accounted ball. Isn't that right? Captain sees? And you are we are more scretful. Oh, yes, of course I have made the introductions, have i, miss lane? Mister Carnton, This is captain Captain. My name is most difficult. He just called me Captain Joe. Indeed, Captain Joe. And speaking of captains, here comes our own captain, Well, Captain Neilsen. Everything all right, yes, sir John, but we are having a little difficulty with the rescued men. They apparently don't speak English, and they refuse to go. Below deck with the result. Look, it's thinking John, the final plan. There, she goes, Well, Captain Joe, your ship is gone. That is not right, Sen, What do. You mean, sir? He just went em But I got a new ship. Oh maybe I forgot to tell you, eh. What that is too bad? Well I tell you now, Sano Sanorita, this is my new ship. What are you talking about what did you hear what he's saying? Yes, I heard, but I think it's up to Captain Nielsen to handle this. Thank you, mister Granston. But I'm sure this gentleman is having a joke. After all, as a man of the sea, he knows there cannot be two captains on a ship. You make one mistake, and what is that? There is only one captain? And Denis lookout? Oh, and where you are the three of you? What does it mean? I tell you that shooting? It is my man arranging matters so that we do not have to big a crew. And my new bou murdering devil. Who's the John? Yes? So nah, he is dead? So maybe nobody talks so much? Eh and nah, as I go up and preach and take my new foot where I want to take her, I got him? What the business are the wors? My friends, steady, dear Sir John and Captain Nielsen dead? All is shooting. It's unbelievable. We're all at the mercy of this devil. Marvel for the present. When I find out a. Few things, what is there to find out? This beast is nothing but a pirate. I think this is more than piracy. This Captain Joe looks cunning. He knows a pirate on the high seas these days wouldn't have a chance, oh Margot. He wanted this ship for something else to carry, perhaps a strange cargo. And when I find out what it is, Captain Joe and his fellow murdering devils will meet the shadow. It's enough in the. Monk, yes, a very small one. I don't imagine it's even on the chart, the mark to look over the sign there loading everything valuable this ship had into the launch. If we're to go to the island, we won't be alone. You come, my friends quick. We are waiting for you. And may I ask where we're going. You have fucked enough? Come you and decend? Director, Come, will you go a shot to my island? Here I am the captain, There I am king. Here we are at my island. Come on, get out of the boat. You talk a loud all right, you don't have to wave that gun. I can see it. My motto. I'll help you. Sure you stand still, and here you try to run one step record he shut you down. All right, compray, I'll. Have to talk fast. I'm going to leave you. Now what are you going to do. I'm going into the shadows and find out what that fat sadistict devil is up to. Be careful he where is he? I don't know. Well you tell me where he goes? I don't know. I tell you, I don't know. I watch you all the time. One minute here then he not here? Where he goes? You tell me? Or I pid you have let them feed you. To No, don't you plea that I don't know where you? Hey, oop, my name. I'm over this way, this way for Cranston. So you run away When I turned my head, you head behind rocks. You think I chase you this way? This way? No me, I don't chase you Cranston. No, me and my crew we have good time. Forties soon, aren't you down like a wild peak? What you. Don't worry? I don't kill you. Yet, my forties, senor, I don't kill you yet. In a moment, the curtain rises on the second part of the Shadows Thrilling Adventure. But first, here are some important facts of interest to all householders. If you want dependable even heat during the coming winter, burn anthracite, and when ordering, be sure to insist on blue coal. The finest anthracite that money can buy. Blue coal is mined from Pennsylvania's richest hard coal deposits, but the glen Auden Coal Company. 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The blue coal heat regulator costs but eighteen dollars and ninety five cents plus a nominal installation charge, and it will pay. For itself in time and fuel saving. Senor told what Epith and Joe schaef for you to come out? All right? Here? She is capithin Joe, good morning. Lan from light your eyes? Ey? Oh, she's very dark in your new little lass underground there. My friend? What they what do you want? Through the night? We look for that mister Cranston all over the island. We look and you didn't find it. No, we didn't find What do you want with me? Well? I just think maybe if I start kill you, maybe mister Cranston come back. That's smart. No, So as soon as they done, I be back for you, all right. Rico, who there? Bad? You buggle? It's been pretty bad, hasn't it. Have you been here only since the captain told you that you were going to be a decoy to catch me and Aliston male hunt was right? What do you mean? What have I told you that Captain Jonas Cutthroats. Live like kings. I don't know, like kings. I tell you their living quarters, every conceivable luxury electricity, plumbing, furniture, rugs, everything the finest. And they are pirate. Oh no, Margo, not at all. Someone built and furnished this place for them, cutthroats living in luxury on an island in the middle of the Caribbean Sea. What possible significance has this place that someone should outfit and house these men here? Have been able to find what's back? Of all? No, I haven't yet. My hunt is stronger than ever that it's something big. Margo. You've got to help me. Anything you say when the Captain. Comes for you at dawn, get him to talk about this place, why he's here, what it's all about. If you can get him boasting, I might get a clue to work on. These men live in luxury here, Who put them here? And why? Margo? The shadow has got to find out Slane calm. Is it done? And I come for you myself, and come. I'll go with you, Captain. Jew that's plenty smart all right? Walk walk? Oh oh. Oh, this sand she's hard to walk through a scenery. Don't you worry? You don't walk far? Who keep walking? Keep walking? I got to tell me who is it? Oh schedule eh, that's Rico. Sure, captain is mister crank, my friend. You're bad for you, and then you'rege some of these sailor's report breking the port rico. He have fun killing women. Pard of your business too? Oh No, I like beautiful women, but I got much better business. You haven't got brains enough to be in business. No, you're just a cheap pirate, so perfectly obvious. Oh I suppose you'll tell me that you've got big plans and schemes and all the rest of it. But I repeat again, I don't think you've got a brain in your head to. Think up any plans. I ain't got no friends. Hey, you come over this way, I show you. I show you. All right, all right in here, smart girls in here. But there's no door. It's the blank wall into the hill. Sometimes wall. She's door to watch pressed little button soft swinging back, so I know God brands. Eh, all right, down the steps, go down. I tell you. Oh, it's so dark. After what you see is down there, it's going to be more dark for you. Keep walking. So we are here. Now, I show you who's got the friends. Now I make lie so oh no, smart girl, look look good, because when you finish, look you die. No piled high with bombs. So I bring them here everyone, the. Aerial bombs right row on, row on, and those over there to the torpedoes. Yes, smart girl, thousands of bombs and torpedoes. Why why did you want to know everything? Hey? Look at the name stamped on the bottom of the bombs. Look, I tell you, Oh, why should why should that country store bombs here? Still want to know everything? Eh? Well, I get kick out of telling you, Well, this island. She's not very far from United States. Easy, I mean, she is just a little jump compared to how far it is from your country to other countries. Maybe United States. She gets really up some day somebody want to drop bomb on New York. If they planes fly to these islands, then load and bums. It is very easy to fly to New York gays. So maybe I got prayed, he saida. Maybe you haven't kept it. We said that. Who is here? Who said that? They call me the shadow? Shutou? Shutou? What shutou? Who's talking? Why are you hiding? I'm standing right next to you. Nobody next to me, said Noriita, you hear somebody speak? You here? You lie can see nobody nobody can pop. I will you not to see me, and yet you hear me? Who are you? Who to semi come as the voice of conscience to some like you, the voice of justice. Seminary for you must tell me. You hear what he say too? Someone in this room. I don't see him. So this is a farmer torpedo depot, or a foreign power to use in case of a war with America? Where are you? If I could see you, I kill you? Empty brains can fly further. How convenient to. Have these bombs and torpedoes waiting here across the ocean. And you're in. Charge of it all, eh, Captain? Sure? Sure, I am in charge. The big bosses they give the orders from other countries. What they do no good without me. I know everything. I got good brain, figure out anything, figure out how to kill you? Shadow? If this is your business, custodian of death, why did you go out and capture her john ship? Because I get tired waiting here for something to happen. I got to have fun. My old thoughts towld so I go out and get no port. While a man he's got friends, he can always make money and have fun. And I have my fun now. So the door shut the door. I touch secret, button it shut and nobody nobody can open it. Shadow, She don't like I got my arm around them, But you see what is in my hand? They shadow a hand in it. What are you going to do? Maybe you don't like sea girls blow aparty? Shadow, that show you more than voice. Maybe you got soft dy my friends? Don't pull the lease ring? Well that or de pair. If you set that hand grenade off, you'll die too. You think maybe I am afraid to die? He Shadow, I know that if this bomb go up, everybody on island die when the rest of ammunition explode. And if you touch me, if you don't let me back up, slow to the door and get up sentinly. I swear it. I set the bomb up and we all blow the beach. Put that hand grenade down, Hey, uh you worry now? Hey, Shadow, put the grenade down on the floor. I am starting to back up out of your shadow. If your voice come close to me, if I feel you near me, I pulled the ring and blows all up. I swear it. Look ahead of you, Captain. You're getting sleepy? What you say, Shadow, You're getting sleepy? Captain sleepy? Sleepy, Yes, sleepy captain, so sleepy. What lets you talk? Sleepy sleepy? You're tired, sleepy, very sleepy y. You hit me tied, sleepy. The grenade in your hand is heavy, so very heavy. You put it down on the floor, carefully, very carefully, on the floor. On the floor. Now, now you will listen and do exactly as I tell you, exactly as I. Tell you, exactly as you tell me. That secret button that opens the door, Press. That button, press that what. Smart quickly let get out of here. No, the Captain is taking us out of here. Now listen to me closely. Captain, you will take miss Lane by the arm, miss Lane, the take her out of here, up the stairs and down to the pier. Out of here and down to the pier. Put her on board the launch, and you will order one of the john sailors to take her out to the yacht. You will do exactly as I say. Take her out to the yacht to exactly as you say. With the shadow still has. Work to do, heis, miss Lane. How long are we going to keep circling the island. Let's get out of Brady. We've got to wait to mister Cranton. Yeah, but those devils back there will be coming out after us. There was a miracle getting this far, that crazy captain Joe putting on the wait. I tell you take us bare, shoot us do like that did the rest. Let's hut out to say, let him do as he wants. More month. What do you say you can head out to see now? Okay, here we go. The month? You're letting Captain Joe, all of them get away. I've given them a chance to get away. I doubt if they'll take it. What do you mean? What time? I said, Boggo, My watch is stop. Went from swimming here almost five? What's going to happen in the month? I left the captain under hypnosis. The last thing I told him was to warners men to leave the island within five minutes. Apparently they think he's drunk or crazy. They're all down on the pier. They haven't left it. Why why should they go twelve seconds to go the month? What is it? Why should they go ten more seconds? Boggo, tell Grady to hold tight to the wheel and open the engine up? Pull bit? What don't ask questions? Tell him? Ready, hold tied to the wheel and I the engine up. Fourth, say ma'am. One more. Second, what is it who protectors? Born up the air with the Christman? Where'd it come from? What happened? I just climbed in the boat. I fused one of their bombs before I left the island. Everything on the island wiped out. I gave them that chance, maggo. They didn't take it better that way. The world can well afford to lose men who for money would jeopardize the peace of America, the peace of the world. They died the way they were willing others should die. The greed that treachery to men kind might have killed and made the gular. Some citizens crippled industries, laid waste, rape cities. Sometimes when there isn't justice in life, there is justice intent. And here's blue coal heating expert John Buckley with some helpful hints for every homeowner. Thank you, Ken Roberts, and good evening friends. There have been many unseasonably warm days during the last two weeks. Many householders allowed the fire and their heating plant to go out during this period, and will now find it necessary to start a new fire. This is a simple task if. You will follow these few suggestions. First, leave a thin layer of ash about two inches deep. Spread evenly over the grates, Close the check damper and open the ash pit damper. Remember that the turn damper and the smoke pipe should be open wide. Next, spread a two inch layer of coal over the layer of ash. On top of this placed the kindling. This kindling may consist of lightly wadded newspapers, Light dry wood, or charge. Light the kindling. When it is burning briskly, add. Another thin layer of coal a little at a time. The kinding will not only ignite. This coal, but the layer underneath it as well. By adding more coal gradually, you can build up a good deep fire bed in a short time. If smoke from the kinding escapes into the cellar, ignite a loosely wadded piece of paper, lift the check damper and insert it into the smoke pipe. This will heat the chimney and aid in carrying away the smoke from the kindling. Do not forget to place the dampers back to their correct position when the fire is built to its proper depth. I thank you. This has been a dramatized version of one of the many copyroted stories which appear in The Shadow magazine, now on sale at your local news stand. All the characters and all the places named are fictitious. Any similarity to person's living or dead is purely coincidental. The weed of crime bears bitter fruit. Crime does not pay the shadow nose. Next week, same time, same station, Blue Coal, America's finest anthracite, will again present another thrilling adventure. Of the shadow. Be sure to listen, and be sure to burn blue coal, the solid fuel for solid comfort.