The Shadow 039 - Death Is Blind

Who knows what evil works in the hearts of me. The Shadow node. Your local blue. Coal dealer presents the shadow. These half our dramatizations are designed to forcibly demonstrate to old and young alike that crime does not pay. Before the Shadow's adventure begins, here's news that no homeowner can afford to mince. When you order fuel, remember that there's a tremendous difference between various kinds of anthracite, and remember that there's only one trademarked anthracite blue coal. Blue coal is a superior quality fuel, a guaranteed product of the world's largest hard coal producer. So when you call and ask for a blue coal by name, you are assuring yourself of better heat and less cost. Why not order your supply from your nearest blue coal dealer to morrow. The Shadow, mysterious character who wads those in distress and. Helps the forces of. Law and order, is in reality the mont Cranston, wealthy young man about town. His friend and companion, Margot. Lane, is the only person who knows to whom the unseen voice belongs, the only one who knows the true identity of that master of other people's minds. The Shadow to Day's story. Death is blind any then your young I have you infected at a lit rybn tig. A prize, pumped and tie. I think I'll stay seen anything. Yeah, it's offen. Dignify the mark Prince. It would go crazy about the county stairs. Oh monga, you don't be grudge relaxation, do you? Relaxation? This enough? You're leaving tonight for a week's hunting for you by yourself. I should think that would be enough relaxation for anybody. Well maybe you're right at that. Wait a minute, now, the month just the shooting gallery. You see shooting galleries before. You can just. Encourageable, All right, I'm with you. Hey, watch your shoot got a shot? Shooters shut out, shot hunting back to the ptography, shut over shoulder looking in the mirror of port. That's something chock. What's going on? I can't see over these people. You need to get into today, mango, Come on, let's try to get process. Heaven shot a crowd squeeze in the Yeah that's right now, can you see? Yes, perfectly. You must be the boy standing by the counter there who's been doing this miracular shooting. Look, look he's gonna shoot again. The man behind the crowd is handing him another guy. I would you like to find another shot? And gee, I don't believe so. I'm sorry, but Walter, do not go Doctor Leydon, I didn't know you were here then in. The crowd watching. I'm proud of you, Walter, but I've just seen is a credit to my teaching. Lad The old man with a hunchback, the one the boy calls doctor lady? Yes, what about it? I don't know. There's something. I think it's his eyes. You know who he is, don't you should? I who is pictures on the papers occasionally. That's doctor Franz Layton and of the research laboratories at the Jordan Process. Company of the Stone. I don't care who he is. That's face it. It's evil and Marty. He gives me the shivers. Let's go quiet. I want to give yes, but doctor Leydon, I ought to go home. You see my mother doesn't it's Walter. Did I understand you to say, sir, that you're responsible for this boy's remarkable skill with a pistolic. Yes, I think I can say I am in a way. He had the naturally instincts himself with pass. But I have tin developed. You see, Walter has not only the perfect eye, but the perfect year. It is a gift year. What's the heir? I gotta deal with Mark trip. I will demonstrate. No, no, please, doctor, you will do as I say? Yes, doctor leading, Now I take this handkerchief so much. He's thankful. Now he is completely blindfolded. He can see nothing. Can you water, no, Doctor, Lennon. The boy will now give you a demonstration of marksmanship. That I adventure you have never seen before and no will see again. Give him. We have conducted this experiment safely many times before. Well, all right, here's the gun. Take it, Walter, that's right now, this blindfolded boy unable to see anything at all. We'll shoot once and hit the bullet eye of that toplin. Have you arm yourselves, everybody? There is no danger. How's it going on? All which direction to shooting? That's where the ear comes in, and we take this kN of fine stand by the target. When I give you the signal, strike the gun in the center of the target of the king. The sound of the gun will give after his cue, his year will give him the direction and he shots will hit the bull tye on your life. The guy's good, but I don't know he's that good. Doubt my words? Well, mister, I don't say I doubt it. But if he's gonna play, will you tell it? Can do it with somebody else? You are cowards, all cowards. I would strike the coup, I said, are you yes, I'm ready. I would strike the bump. And you see what? Did I tell you? He struck the bull time lion founded. No, let's go. It's about time you realize how powerless the Shadow would be against a boy like that, just to shoot. Did you see that old man? He was trembling in his face? Was fine at the mark? Yes? I noticed that. Definitely not nice. I don't know this way, muggle. No, you are the. Ones in a hurry. Penny, time to get back to Tom and Peck. The Fay doesn't leave the house past nine. I know I may have something else I want to do first, something else what I knew? Definitely, I tell you, mor though offhanded, looks as if. The shadow the shadow now the not When you agree to take this hunting trip, it was to be an absolute rest, and. You promise me you forget all about the Shadow for a week at least, I know that's just what I intend to do. But before I go, yes, well, before I go, I think the shadow is going to imitate our young friend Water back there and take a shot in the dark. Doctor Layton. Hey, I just wanted to ask whether you need me here in the laboratory anymore tonight. Alter. Don't you know enough not to talk to me when I'm engaging in an experiment. I'm sorry, sir, I just thought, don't pay attention to me, my boy, when I have stopped in my work. I'm paid, baby, I. Do my best service. I know, I know great water picking, especially from over a thousand applicants to train in de sense. Right, I'm sorry sir if I interrupted your experiment. That's all right, my boy. The param it is worth anyhow, and run along, hold and don't think too hoshit with me for my lit out think. Oh, I won't say you no, I won't. It's been wonderful to me giving me. This opportunity to study under your direction. I only hope that I don't worry, my boy. Is I just said, thank you much you need I think in the future you're going to be more so. I appreciate that. Good night talkt to late good night, my boy. No, I'd do anything in the world for you and short oh me, the John Company, the Jordan Company. I'm very happiness to think off some of this rings. If it hadn't been for me, there would have been no Jordan process. I made the Jornton Company, and they take it away from me because they have money and. I have done. They have the fine arms and the expensive cause. While I'm looking for up in this labor party went up. Money ever comes. Nobody even knows I'm here, but soon soon many things and no good good sister? And what is it? Who? Laughs? Don't you know me? Doctor? Lebon? Know you? How should I know you? Why? Many people would like to know doctor, but for one of a better name. They call me the shadow shadow? What is this chilish hocus pocus? Others have called a childish hocus pocus in the past, doctor, they have lived to regret it. Are you trying to threaten me? No? Doctor, not friend? What is the better word to find? Wainst what? I believe? You know what? As I do? You know nothing? You can't. Don't try to dub me. I don't know what? Perhaps not doctor, but don't forget I shall be watching you, my I shall be watching you. Everybody is acted me there spying. I mean I must hurry, it would be too who's there me? Doctor way passing the door? My way on? I thought I heard you say something? Are you calling me against Walter? Oh, I'm mad. You're stand here and you thid you would be need to go home right away after all. Yes, there's a particular experiment I want to make. I was going to put it off for a few days, but I think i'd better do it tonight before I forget. Wouldn't do to forget? You faltered, sir. Yes, right, you're a good boy, Walter, A very good boy. Now let me see a little this powdered in the retort. Then the pinch of the lies the duncent burner. Walter, Yes, there were almost ready. We feel the retort with this nick with it. Now we put it over the flame. Watch this water when it boils, let me know, I will prepare the other ingredient. Is there anything else I can do to help doctor light home? No? No, thank you, my boy. That's what. I want to know. As soon as it boils, Yes, sir, I'm watching. It's boiling now, Sir, good. Now, the success of this experiment depends and what do you want me to do. I've had here a second powder. I want you to keep this powder, and when I give you the word, that's wait. Now, that is not hard. I want you to serve those needs. But changes are clad of the difference. Well, that doesn't sound very good than you think. Because of my calculation, got part, those changes will be very much age, hardly visible to the naked eye. My eyes are bad. That's why I want you to watch, watch very carefully, sir. My eyesight's very good, almost as good as your hearing. Now, when I give you the word, drop the powder and don't shake your eyes off that liquid on, sir, go ahead, you want more lies. We continue with the second part of the Shadows Thrilling Adventure in just a month meantime. A question, then, wouldn't. You like to wear those tiresome trips of the furnace for your wife or other members of the family. 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Call your blue coal dealer tomorrow. You'll find his name listed in the ratified section of your classified telephone directory under the words blue coal. Please sake, don't take chances with ordinary anthracites. Save me with blue coal. The only trademark and for site. It's a solid fuel for solid comfort. Order your supply tomorrow. Who is it? It's come in sorry about you with all like this, Doctor Layton, but I wanted to see you about that unfortunate boy, Walter Dunn, who was injured in your laboratory several days ago, and what about him? Well? As personnel manager of the Jordan Company, I am especially concerned about the boy. I understand that the hospital if the poor fellow they totally blind for life. Too bad, that accidents will happen. We're paying all his hospital and doctor's bills for us. And in addition, the directors had a meeting today and they thought it was only right for the company to make some position for the boy's future. And mister More, the president of the company, thought that perhaps you could suggest what's the best thing. Mister Gilmore thought that didn't when mister Gates, I will tell you what I had advised the company to do in the case of Walter done. And what's that exactly nothing? But doctor Laydon, surely you suppose I were to tell you that what had done was a wetless, no good scoundrel. But I can't even increasing the various things I was working on here in the latter toy with the intention of saying them to our competitors for you. You can't be serious. He never was more serious in my life. The boys Fi and me, spy and me. I tell you, luckily I discovered to before I could do any good dig. Well, of course what you told me alters the situation considerably, Doctor bon Yes, I thought, and I hardly think it would necessary for the company to take an a further responsibility done to the boys trouble. After all, my first loyalty is to the jord company agent, the officers of a splendid group of men. Thank you afterward, time for life offer. You must try to be as. I'm blind. Yes, the kind of plate is going to be that to get me wrong with your mother of the company to the bas provision for your future. After all of the had surprised the laboratory with inferior chemicals. That explosion never would have had you. Threw me all up before. And you know that what you're going to. Do, what I'm going to do the dress exactly. Remember, I've went to Mischi in war the president and to the directors myself and greeted with them. But to know again they absolutely refused to help you, refuse. To help me. I'll show them, I'll show them. Nice boy, where are they? I'll show them surprise a longer any he generally walks home and listen this day about this time, I'll show them. Ah, yeah, come stumble now it is mister the man who wouldn't tell you. Now, I just and don't forget to put the gun in his hand, off to the I'll forget. Good God, pardon me, young man? Could you please on me the time I'm blind to see him the live for Hey, aren't you watered? R? I won? Hello? What's the idea of waking me up at this? What that Gillmore committed suit time? Good lord? Special directors meeting tonight? That the Jordan company. Yes, yeah, I'll get that and come right down hill shrub himself. Yeah, believe it? Right where the tap on the window? Imagination? I guess, oh will whether that's my shoes? Hold on, give me something at the window. I can't see anything. Oh, I'm coming. I don't think no, impatience, Well, what won't put done? What? Uh? Ago? Well, I'm glad to see you take this. Yeah, if you're gonna wait. Here instead of just I feel that way myself. Well, then out of the ordinary, that happened, nothing like you. Said the stranger penical suicide in the different directors of the company all got tired of right at the same time. Epidemic. It's nothing in a chance that Jordan Poston? Why why? Yeah? How did you know? What? Can't be fair? And old hunchback with a faceboo like the boys Thompson? Oh why what's any of them? You know about the suicide Marco? Was there any significant fact connected with all of them? School suicide. Bago a week ago? The shadow warned the center man on the telephone. I see now that one warning was not enough. Your sure sides were not suicides. I mean this, Muggle, when a. Man is going to shoot himself, he doesn't do it, shoot him out. There's certaining about looking into the black muzzle of a gun. It seemed to say, even unbalanced by one of these men might be that way. He's certainly not all. No, Mago, they didn't commit suicide. They were murdered. Let me see Mago to a L street. This must be the place to stop the car. That's right, money, Yes, do you wanna come in? Blind boy? Yes? Mother, I guess this thing's appelled. What do you does? Water? Don live here and it's not. You don't know where I could find. No, I don't. He's probably off somewhere with that lady. Man, do you mean doctor Ledon? That's the one. Everything he gets that hurts or road is always with him. It seems like he or you from the company. No, I'm a newspaper that in the city. Well, I can't pay anything, that's all. Yeah, she's been trying the moder. We're all readswold. Yes, he's probably stiff. Bring as much as water. Margo, don remember that afternoon of the pair what you said about doctor Laydon. I said he had an evil feat. Lots of people at evil faces, I mean to Martly nice people. Sometimes Doctor Leyden is not a nice person, Margo. I knew that when I saw him. He has the face of a man suffering from an inner torture. The tortures are all consuming that when he's not on God, it shows through his eyes thoughture. And hate the under the doctor. Lady. I don't don't tactics, haven't. I don't forget Mago. These murdered men were all shut in the mouth. Well, if you were blind and had to rely on sound to guide you to the target, and a man. Spoke to you. You will shoot him in the mouth. What are you going to do? I'm going to pay a little call on the eminent doctor Leby as the shadow. The market lady. If water is written your invisibility, it won't help you for the militant sea if he killed. The other I fully realized that possibility. Margo the Shadow must take that chance, Walter. Things are coming along, splimt doctor laden with all the executives meeting suicide out of a special brand, which suicide they won't? The company started dupping nothing soon I will have control, I doctor Browns laden with despies, don't kink uppring around in his net a party start the country. Police are stupid. I suspect nothing. If it's so wonderful scheme, Walter, A brilliant scheme. And nobody could see thirty nobody don't the leaden who's speaks while that the door is open? I close it. I'm sure I close it. Don't I'll close it against Yeah, who is the doctor laid? I don't know. I can't see him. I can't assume. Are you blowing too dull? Now? No, I'm a blind but you can't see me? Is that it don't. I don't know what it happens. And someone in this room is then not just start. He's standing right near you, his boy. Who are you a buddy? We have talked before, doctor Laydon. I am the shack shadow. Though you cannot see me, I am here doctor. I'm afraid your little game is. This man, this dust lay shocking? Yes, but only the art man vision orders to me. Doculus Laden lied when he told you the county wouldn't take care of you. They planned to provide for you and your mother for life. No, I don't believe it. Don't shoot. I'm telling you to toot. Doctor Lane has toocked you from the beginning, has deliberately part of the you commit the crimes he and the nerve to carry out himself. Dy what chemist is Brilly? Does doctor Layton have. An accidental aboratory explosion? Do you not to believe me? He deliberately kind to you. You can have reclinded me off the water. I want a water water? No, I believe you trusted him. I shot you. I have not bad What are you gonna do? Read? I'll have sense. Don't know the best way. It's Eustace as the triumph at the game. It's horrible that a fine young boy like water done. You have to come under the influence of a man like Lee. But the near guilty must suffer with the guilty law, and the border must prevail. In just a moment, you will here reprieve you of next week's fighting shadow adventures. Foot an important message from your old friends Goop fools eating experts, John Button. Thank you, Ken Roberts, and good evening friends. There are still many homeowners who make the mistake of leaving. The fire door of the burnish opens in order to check the fire or to bank the fire. At nine. That is not only unnecessary, but it's fast practice. In Boss commons, gas is given off by a burning coal to go up the chimneys. The fire door has left open, these gases escape and are waiting. That's why I urge you always to rely entirely on your furnished tampers, not only to regulate the speed of your fire, but when you're banking it as well. Never open the fire door except when read purely you want to retard your fire. Simply closed, They asked, pitt tamper and open the check tamper in the fruit pipe. This is the correct way to check your fires quickly and safely. Remember that your Blue Coal dealer will be glad to send a John Barklay serviceman to inspect your furnace dampers and see that they are in proper working condition. John Barklay men are crane heating experience. They will be. Glad to assist you in properly heating your home without any obligation on your part. I think. Next week's Shadow story is one of the most unusual Blue Coal has ever presented. We I'll give you a scene from the startling proma today. Look not dead, not dead. Listen to her. Look at us. It was yellow and look the color coming back with Hi is their opening. He seems to be growing young. I he better? Do you mona? Do you more? Look at her, She's sitting up in dat She's alive, helping. It is a fas am I am, I'm younger. Look at my own it is warm and alive. My cheeks a brown fighting five years ago. Oh you're fainting, young, young. What is the secret of its amazing rejuvenation? Be sure to find out next week in the Shadow's newest adventure, Fountain of Death. Today's program has been a dramatized version of one of the many copywriting stories which appear on The Shadow magazine. Now on sale to your local newsstand. All the characters in all the places named are fixtician, and a similarity to the person's living or dead is purely coincidental. The weed of crime bears a proof crime does not pay the Shadow Lord. Next week, same time, same station, Blue Coal, America's finest stand Precise will again present the Shadow. 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