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this is the Oaks a house in the country

which I rented for the

summer as an author I write Tales of

mystery and murder but the things that

happened in this house were far more

fantastic than any story I've ever had

published I brought a staff of servants

from my city apartment and my maid

Lizzie Allen who had been with me nearly

20

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years

Lizzy yes Miss corelia is the car ready

it's at the

door look miss corelia them servants you

brought from the apartment are talking

about walking out on us

really I know they don't like it here

but I didn't think it was that bad well

they've been hearing things about the

killer that the police called the bat

and the murders that he committed here

this past

winter now people are saying that he's

back again well how can they be sure of

that has he committed another crime no

not yet but that ain't saying that he

won't here's something else you've heard

about the bats they have here animal

bats the kind that fly yes yes look what

it says in this magazine this is a

report from the State Health Department

and it says some of them bats is rabid

well and that ain't all now there's a

rumor going around that it was the bat

himself the killer I mean that released

the rabbit bats in this neighborhood oh

that's

ridiculous well the housekeeper The Cook

The Butler and the upstairs May don't

think so well I can't help what they

think if hysterical nonsense like that

can scare them out of their good jobs

it's their loss not mine come on Lizzy

I've got to get to the bank

drive directly to Zenith Bank Warner I'm

afraid we'll have to hurry it's near

cling time I'll get you there Mr

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vanord thanks

again miss vanc corter how are you doing

Mr bar how are you I'm very well thank

you you remember Lizzie Allen of course

hello miss alen you do so you're

spending the summer with us again yes

yes I've leased The Oaks the home of

your bank President John Fleming I heard

you had I was surprised why is there

something the matter with him no I was

surprised because Mr Fleming said he

would never rent it oh well I rented it

from his nephew Mark Fleming who has the

real estate office here he said his

uncle would be gone the entire summer

that's right Mr Fleming's in the

Northwoods now with his physician Dr

Wells oh pardon me Dale I want you to

meet my wife we were married at

Christmas time that must have been nice

believe me it was oh here she is my wife

Miss van Gord Miss alen how do you do M

how do you do Cornelia van gor yes oh

well I've read every murder mystery

you've ever written I just adored that

weird one the private morg of Dr X even

though it gave me the Shivers only the

Shivers scared hell out of me

oh well I I I really mean that Miss

corne killed them off in that one when

you refer to my books please don't call

me Miss corne pardon me Mr Bailey Mr

Hines is here to see you oh yes excuse

me please don't be strangers now no no

we won not oh so you're a bride well not

quite not since Christmas no I'm sure

I've seen you well I I used to be my

husband's secretary here in the bank of

course I

remember may I welcome our most

distinguished visitor back to Zenith oh

that's very Charming but

um Lieutenant Anderson Lieutenant

Anderson of course chief of detectives

of the Zenith Police Department this is

Miss alen Miss alen how do you do

Lieutenant Anderson is one of our

favorite citizens he's on the banks

board of directors not bad for a

policeman you must have made a good

thing

well I saved my money if that's what you

mean it's near closing time and I've got

some business in the safe deposit Vault

uh uh please come and see me Mrs Bailey

oh I'd love to and you lieutenant thank

you goodbye goodbye nice to meet

you my what a Charming woman she moved

into the Oaks just the other day that

house is a proper setting for a writer

of mysteries oh it certainly

is Vic what's the matter

come in here both of

you Andy we're in trouble Wendel Hines

came in to pick up

$350,000 worth of bonds that we were

holding as collateral for a loan they

were kept in our special Vault Mr

Fleming and I are the only officers of

the bank who have access to that Vault

so the Hines bonds are gone that's not

all other negotiable Securities are

missing

from what I can gather short of a

careful check the bank has been looted

of over a million dollars worth of

Securities you'll have to notify

fling wish I could talk to him

unfortunately he and Dr Wells are deep

in the woods they can't be reached by

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phone my is

it I thought I heard someone on the path

coming from the lake had an idea it

might be that guide of ours oh Sam won't

show up until morning it's a 20 M canoe

trip from here to

civilization five will get you 10 Sam

has a message for me I thought you told

him at the bank not to bother you I did

but they'll bother me

doctor yes

John what would you do for half a

million anything short of

murder why not

murder too messy too great a risk for

half a million

yes I pinched a million from the

bank well I'm not kidding I embezzled it

not that I think you wouldn't do it if

you thought you could get away with it

I got away with it I'm not talking about

currency I took negotiable Securities

that could be converted into cash I have

the cash in tens 20s and hundreds well

I'm your doctor not your lawyer why tell

me this you'll find out

why who's going to take the blame for

the robbery Bailey the cashier they'll

never suspect me I like Bailey well so

do I I love the guy I gave him his first

chance he has a lovely little wife

Charming girl was the best man where's

the

million in my family's tomb in Zenith in

the Crypt with my father's

casket I don't buy that

John no

no you forget that I had you in charge

when you were a very sick man when you

raved in

Delirium and I heard you talk about

about a hidden room now where else could

you put a hidden room except in that

Mansion you built that uh White Elephant

you call the

Oaks look everyone knows I have a bad

heart now who would doubt it if you

wired the bank directors that my heart

had failed that I had fallen from a

great height here in the woods and that

I was badly smashed up you could uh ship

the body back for burial and uh instruct

them not to open from the casket due to

the condition of its

contents well you realize of course that

we'd have to have a body to put in that

casket which means that we'd have to

deal with an Undertaker at this end of

course but where do we get a

body couldn't we provide one of our own

how about

Sam Sam our guide Sam weighs about as

much as I do he's practically a Hermit

he wouldn't be missed for a long time

the local Undertaker would know him not

if we made him look as if he'd been in a

serious

accident but if Bailey's going to take

the blame why'd he have to do this a

jury might AC quit him in that case I'd

be a logical

suspect I could disappear of course but

it's safer if they think I'm

dead what if I don't go for this

deal in that case it would be

too

bad you mean you'd kill me what else

could I do now that I've told you about

the million I'd say you were shot in a

hunting accident I'll look doctor if you

can find another body instead of Sam's

it's all right with

me there's half a million in it for

you I'll do my

best I smell smoke

so do I what's that

noise look doctor the woods are on fire

it's coming this way we've got to get

out of here out the back way we

will soon as I provide that body we were

talking about

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oh my goodness de dizzy is that you yes

Miss crevia there's a storm coming up

and it's going to be a snorter the wind

nearly blew the door off its hinges well

that noise blew my game higher than a

kite I think I've lost some of the cars

oh I'll get them for you oh I see you

found the paper Dr that paper boy

scooting by on his bicycle just chucked

it into a couple bushes and let it go

with

that for land sake Mr Vic Bailey's been

arrested

oh Victor Bailey vice president and

cashier of the Zenith Bank was arraigned

before United States commissioner Alvin

Fielding charged with the embezzlement

of over a million dollars

I can't believe VI Bailey had anything

to do with that

robbery oh well I see our landlord is

home again landlord Mr fing oh Dr

Malcolm Wells is back in town with the

body of John Fleming president of the

Zenith Bank who was killed in a forest

fire Mr Fleming will be laid to rest in

his family's tomb on Friday and I hope

he stays there but why shouldn't he this

is his house and ever since he died some

funny things have happened here for

instance the housekeeper the cook and

the butler said that they heard strange

noises at night and the upstairs maid

swore that she met a man without a face

coming up the back

stairs oh so that's why they quit and

left me to run this place without a

starve they didn't tell you miss corne

but the truth is they were scared to

stay but you still here Lizzy haven't

you seen anything no no and even if I

had I ain't afraid of

ghosts they're afraid of me honest Miss

Corney a spiritualist told me once that

ghost was allergic to

me but but this bat fell they keep

talking about the paper I I guess he'd

be different no I don't think you would

have the same effect on him

oh

dear what are they trying to do drive

people away from this part of the

country why what does it say about the

bat specialty seems to be killing women

my goodness two of them in one

night all his victims died the same way

like their throats had been ripped open

with steel

claws that's a charm little

Caper I'll have to try it

sometime in a

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book that ain't nothing just something

bumping against the

house that's just the wind banging a

door pay no attention to it listen to

this one of his victims who live for for

a moment after she was found described

the bat as a Man Without a Face honest

Miss corny I think that woman must have

been

exaggerating that's just that heavy

tapestry at the top of the stairs I know

I know I've heard it before on a windy

night but that sounds as if there was

someone on the

stairs I know there isn't Lee there

shouldn't be there ain't them's just the

noises you hear in any old house on a

windy

night it says here that the bat never

leaves no

fingerprints that's understandable

having no face he probably has no

fingers

either

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L and that I suppose is the cat dropping

its dentures

no no I don't think so but I think it's

something should be looked

into now who chucked him down here the

wind I

hope there must be a window open up

there no lizy let him lay let him sleep

it

off I hope the power lines don't go down

put the lights out I will'll check the

windows in the living room and draw the

curtains and then we'll go to bed yes

Ma I won't be a

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minute what

what oh I went to get the p

I turned the latch off I forgot to turn

it on again he's out there he was coming

in he might have got you oh but he

didn't and he's still out there thanks

to you now you hurry now and we'll call

the police no no I won't leave you miss

con are you

okay yes ma'am I'm I'm

okay okay

operator give me the Police Department

please Zenith Police Department this is

Cornelia vanor I'm living at the Oaks we

know about that Miss vanor just a moment

ago a man tried to force his way into

this house you're not alone there are

you what about your servants well I have

none except uh my chaur and he's away he

won't be back until the morning now

there's only two of us here tonight and

we're going to lock ourselves in my room

now uh if if any of your men see

anything will you have them call me I'll

send officers over there right away well

thank you very

much come on Lizzie we're going to sleep

in my

room well nothing can get at us in this

now think this door seems good and solid

like the door to a

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tomb uh I think that couch will be

comfortable there's some extra bedding

you know in the

closet let's see now

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oh

uhuh no bolt well that's not so

good what's

that my good woman is a booby

trap if anybody tries to open this

transom this will be knocked off and

we'll hear it

fall for

oh fiddles sticks I forgot my night

things my robe my gown and my slippers

I'll go get them now wait a minute

Lizzie I'll go with you now don't you

bother miss corelia my room's just down

M Li I told you to

wait it's all right I'll only be a

second get in here get in here

yes Miss vanorder yes Zenith Police

Department there's a police car just

outside your house and the officers in

it have reported that there's no sign of

a Prowler anywhere on the grounds well

the man's inside now he's in the hall

just outside my bedroom I have your men

break through the kitchen door and

search this place from top to bottom

okay Miss vangor sit tight I will I have

a gun and I know how to use

it oh relax relax Liz see the police did

a good job they couldn't find anybody in

here but we both saw him Miss Cornelia

all right all right so he got away but

there are men on guard outside so just

try and get some rest

there's nothing can get at us here

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oh miss caria miss carelia what's the

matter oh nonsense you've had a

nightmare maybe I did but there was a

bad in and it and it bit me and it flew

in that closet oh good gracious Lizzy

you're right

Operator Operator will you get me Dr

Malcolm Well's office

please no I don't know his number and I

have no phone book up here but this is

an emergency will you connect me with

his office please oh dear oh dear I'm

going to get the rabies hello hello Dr

Well's office this is a call service Dr

Wells is out at the moment but if you'll

give me your name and number I'll try to

locate well this is Miss van Gord of the

Oaks my maid has just been bitten by a

bat that may be rabid and she must have

treatment as soon as possible and I was

told the doctor Wells was the nearest

physician I'll try to find him for you

and if I can't I'll send you another

doctor oh well thank you very much oh

he's out on a Case oh oh I hope it's not

a delivery a baby I mean they can be

terribly complicated it never bothered

me none oh Lizzy you never had a baby of

course I didn't that's why they never

bothered me oh does it hurt huh little

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Dr Wells are you there Dr

well are you there Dr will this is the

operator

your call service is on the wire it's an

emergency this is Doctor Wells this is

your call service doctor oh hello I I

was just doing an experiment I left the

receiver off that's what I thought but I

kept trying miss van Gord at the Oaks

call and said that her maid had been

bitten by a bat and she's afraid it

might be rabbit what oh all right uh

tell her I'll be right over there

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EX

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who's there Dr

Wells come in good

evening oh I'm so glad they found you

Doctor well I reached my office shortly

after you called how is your maid is she

in any pain no no she doesn't seem to be

did the backat get away no I I believe

it's still in my bedroom oh good I want

to examine it there you go Miss alen now

you feel better doctor have I got the

rabies I can tell you better after I've

examined the bat's brain under a

microscope that thing's got a brain oh

you'd be

surprised where is it well I think the

little darling is in that closet

oh you know it's a pity you leas this

house Miss vanord why a Pity well my

dear lady I don't want to alarm you but

oh well after tonight nothing can alarm

me yes I understand it must have been

terrifying so many unexplainable things

have happened here there's something

about the place your servants must have

sensed it when they walked out on you an

apprehension of

disaster well let's

see aha yes there he is all right now

take it easy nobody's going to hurt you

quiet now

quiet he looks quite quite normal

doesn't seem to be sick at all oh ain't

that nice I've been worried about him

well you should be from his appearance

I'd say that he doesn't have any

infection in which case you've had a

narrow

Escape now you take one of those tablets

I left for you and I'll guarantee you a

good night and I'll drop in on you

tomorrow oh thanks for everything

doctor don't worry I can find my way out

oh I know you can but do let me help you

oh don't forget that once I'm gone

you'll have to climb those stairs alone

oh I'm all right I'm armed now can you

uh shoot one of those things without

shutting your eyes oh doctor there are

guns in every book I've ever written I

don't write about things I'm unfamiliar

with lock the door Lizzy good night yes

ma'am good night

doctor accident no no the wind blew him

down oh I think oh did you know that

young Mark Fleming leased you this house

without notifying his uncle no no I

didn't well it doesn't matter now John

Fleming is dead and marks his air but if

John were alive he would warn you to

leave here miss vanor really yes it's

been a tragic place for anyone who ever

lived in it well good night good night

Doctor Who's out there nobody you need

to worry about drct it's Andy that's

right oh good evening span Gord good

evening

Lieutenant somebody sick here uh my maid

was bitten by a bat

oh a rabbit bat well I'll know for sure

when I get to my lab I I caught the

bat it happened indoors in my bedroom

how' it get in well there many ways a

bat could get in a house you ought to

know I uh I spotted this hole in the

window the minute I got here why that's

where the two-legged bat got your door

open

Miss vangor told me that she uh phoned

headquarters had seen it yes I phoned

twice the second time was after the

prowler got in the house when

headquarters handy no but they contacted

me an officer came and searched the

house from top to bottom but they

couldn't find the bed you better have

this window fixed tomorrow oh yes I

certainly shall I i' better be going I

I'm do in surgery at 8:00 in the morning

good night good night doctor there will

be a man patrolling the grounds all

night Miss B thank you and nobody inside

Andy why should there be well how do you

know but what the bat is hiding

somewhere in the

house I'm quite sure he isn't in the

house doctor not

now good night good

hi Andy hello

Mark well

congratulations real estate business

must be picking up new office new

furniture New Deal how do you like it

looks

expensive are you squandering your

inheritance I haven't got it yet the

paper says John Fleming lift his entire

Fortune to you funny thing about that

entire Fortune is that we can't find

find it no kid well all Uncle John had

in his bank account was a couple hundred

doar and his safe deposit box was empty

if we don't find that missing million

mine will be empty too how come well all

my savings were invested in Zenith Bank

stock examiners won't certify the bank

is solvent until those stolen secures

are found so the stockholders have voted

an assessment that wiped some of us out

it's a sense those Securities have been

converted into cash if I can't find that

cash I'm sunk well where are you going

to look for it Andy here in Zenith your

uncle wouldn't take a million on a

hunting trip would

he you suspect Uncle John why Andy he

founded the zenth bank that' be like

robbing the family

too you think he wouldn't well besides

vix Bailey's fingerprints are all over

the Vault now they didn't find any of

Uncle John's fingerprints cuz he wiped

them off can the defense prove that

they'll try to Judy Hollander Bailey

secretary is a defense witness and they

believe her testimony will have a

powerful effect on the

jury well she has a powerful effect on

me jud's a

doll here's the book you mentioned Judy

your newest one yes it's just been

published you can have that copy if you

wish oh it's a first addition and you've

signed it yes of course thank you so

much

uh may I serve Tina Miss Ang yes please

do a Warner thank

you and I see you've engaged new

servants yes of course well how did you

persuade them to live in this house well

Jane Patterson my new housekeeper knows

this house better than you do doctor she

worked for John Fleming and Warner was

My

Chauffeur chauffeur turn Butler

incredible he can play any part at a

moment's notice uh did you uh did you

get a plumber Warner no we can't get a

plumber for 3 Days madam what about that

leaking pipe the basement will be

flooded in 3 days the pipe is no longer

leaking you mean it's dried up of its

own accord no not quite I packed the

elbow where the water was coming out

pack the

elbow where did you learn how to do that

well into each life a little Rain Must

Fall and a careful man learns to keep

himself dry now is there anything else

that you require Miss vanord no not at

the a moment Warner thank you

madam now there's a

character how long did you say that he

worked for you as chauffeur about three

months well I hope he doesn't have a

police

record my dear Deo it may interest you

to know that the last night of his life

John Fleming told me that he loved your

husband like a

son if Fleming were alive today he would

be fighting to prove Vic's

innocence could Mr Fleming prove his own

innocence Miss vanor can there be any

doubt about

it there will be when Miss Hollander

testifies at Vick's

trial

oh you know something that we haven't

heard yet

Judy something I saw with my own

eyes she's not permitted to say what it

was my dear girl I wouldn't think of

asking her but let's assume for a moment

that Fleming did steal the million now

what would he do about it where is it

hidden someplace where he could lay his

hands on it without getting caught in

the

act now if I was writing this instead of

living in the middle of it I'd hide it

right here in this spooky old house

under a loose floorboard or upper

chimney if Mr Fleming had the nerve to

steal a million he'd make his plans well

in

advance I'd say he'd prepare a place to

hide it

possibly when this house was being

built now I red this place from Mark

Fleming his nephew I

wonder I wonder if he'd have the floor

plans I'll ask him yes Lizzy will you

bring Mrs Bailey the phone you ask him

now his number is Summit uh Summit

7537 thank you Lizzie Summit 7537

not bad hey Andy that means new

business now you see somebody wants to

buy a

house Mark Fleming speaking oh hello

Dale well hang on a minute honey while I

see if I have him it's Dale Bailey all

excited Miss vanord wants to know if I

have the floor plans of the Oaks now

what would she want with the floor

plans well she's suggested to me that

your uncle might have hidden the bank

loot there are the plans

here there somewhere in the house

itself wait a minute there is a place

where Uncle Johnny might have kept those

blueprints what place well I heard him

talk about it a good many years ago I

can't be sure of the exact

location anyway I don't think the old

boy had the guts to steal a million but

if I find those plans I'll let you know

Andy hello Dale look honey I haven't

seen those plants since I was a kid but

I'll come over tonight maybe we can find

him thank you Mark we'll expect

you he seems to think they're here in

the house somewhere he's coming over

tonight well that's good Dale and Judy

are my house guests for the weekend

would you like to have dinner with us

tonight oh no thank you I I couldn't I

still have a few calls to make you know

if Judy's testimony is going to clear

Vic Bailey and implicate John Fleming

Others May get the idea that there's

buried treasure in this house don't even

mention your testimony until you're

actually on the stand oh I won't that's

a smart girl Judy and a very lovely girl

well good afternoon ladies

goodbye come on girls let's go

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so many unusual things have happened

here this

summer more think about

it the more I realize I should be

putting them down on

paper weren't you your husband's

secretary Dale yes I was if you take

Shand

mhm well my dear if you'd like to have

your mind

occupied I want you to work with me

while I write the story of this

fantastic

criminal the bat to

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wonderful din thank you it's

really a good dinner Lizzy as us

wonderful oh what a lovely piece of

silver it's an original isn't it yes

they still use them in England for

breakfast water in the bottom your

kippers hot your sausages and your

scrambled eggs interesting very useful

really nice

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that clock hasn't struck the hour in the

last 10 years if I'm to believe what M

Fleming told me why is it angled away

from the wall like that I don't know

somebody must have moved it Li he very

likely when she was dusting wait a

minute did you know there's a door in

this pan no no I didn't oh my gracious

so there is maybe it opens to a secret

passage certainly to a secret s who

knows girls be about to stumble on that

missing minion oh this is there a pound

there must be some gimmick to it there

always is moves it moves

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ites calling car 11 calling car

11 proceed to The Oaks and Xena's

Township immediately a homicide has been

reported okay

proceeding to The Oaks notify the county

carer Dr WS tell him to come to the Oaks

at

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once horrible as if his throat had been

torn by some creature with fangs or

claws that's his sign we found it on the

others he

killed I hoped those reports that he was

up to his old tricks again were Pure

Imagination but apparently they're based

on

fact he's come

back back to the scene of his

kills yes that's who I

mean that's who did

this the

bat who found Mark we all did and is

Dale and Judy and I Lizzie was in the

dining room this is my new housekeeper

Jane Patterson you know she worked for

John Fleming I know her where were you

Mrs Patterson in the kitchen cleaning up

I cooked the dinner tonight did you know

that the secret closet was

here no it was behind The Grandfather's

Clock well it was I who found it really

noticed the clock had been moved and the

door wasn't quite closed I'll get it

who is

it Mark

Fleming as carar you saw the same wounds

on the

others how long's he been dead oh I'd

say about a half an hour you believe it

was the bat that's a bat's

trademark perhaps he's still in the

house that's

possible why should he be because he's

looking for something and like you he

believes it's here well he's a

persistent killer I would advise you to

get out of this house as quickly as

possible not withstanding our expert

police

protection have you called the morg

they're on their way here oh good I want

to examine the body before they get here

um may we take it into another room yes

to the sun room in the back thank you

give me a hand excuse

me oh Warner where have you been well

Madam it what has been an accident

there's been a

murder Mark Fleming the young man from

whom I leased this place was killed here

tonight

they know who did it well they they

believe it was the bet I'm sorry I had

to use the front door Miss vanord but I

forgot my keys when I rang the bell at

the kitchen door there was no response

oh uh this is Warner Lieutenant he's my

butler he was My

Chauffeur why' you promote him well it's

very difficult to find a butler they

don't like service in the

country have you been a butler before

I've served in many capacities sir but

this was my night off and I forgot my

keys I heard that part what how time did

you leave the house tonight oh about

6:30 I had dinner at wy's Roadhouse can

you prove where you spent the rest of

the evening I can try try hard and don't

leave the house I'll get to you later

very good sir I shall be in my room as

van Gord if you need me yes

Warner surely you don't think

he's war and i' have met

before I can't recall where or when

but I

will they'll be a crew here shortly from

headquarters dusting for fingerprints

taking

photographs but in the

meantime Mrs Patterson you aren leaving

the house tonight are you no Lieutenant

don't I'll talk to you in the morning

good night good night sir good night

M

Dale I was with Mark Fleming this

afternoon when you talked to him about

the floor plans of this house

I heard him tell you he was coming here

tonight Deo called him at my

request she told me he was coming who

else should I tell you that Judy Lizzy

and that nice Dr Wells Dr

Wells there are a few Killers who kill

for the fun of it the bad very lik is a

mental case and I'm convinced that his

crimes are motivated by his menia for

personal gain that's a million dollars

at large and he's going to keep on

hunting for it until he lays his hands

on it now these young ladies are staying

here tonight yes they're my house guests

well when my crew arrives we'll be busy

for a while so I'd suggest that you that

we go to our rooms that's a very good

idea come on

girls what about a police guard for this

house tonight Lieutenant you've got one

I'm going to cover this place tonight

from the addict to the basement if the B

makes another call I'll have a little

surprise for

him who

uh who is he have you any

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idea he could be anybody so far there

are Clues to his identity but nothing we

could take before a

jury I am afraid we must look higher

than the criminal world he may be a

merchant lawyer doctor scientist one of

the pillars of his community

ladies lock your doors tonight stay

behind them I promise you you'll be safe

good night good night good night

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poor Mar yeah it's a Pity so

young well doctor do you agree it was

the bat in my report I shall say the

death was caused by the same technique

used in the other killings a paralyzing

blow to the throat followed by severe

last ER ation of the jugular resulting

in excessive

Hemorrhage in a Layman's language he

didn't know what hit him oh he

knew but he didn't have time to think

about

it you staying here tonight Andy until I

check the doors and windows but uh I'll

be back bright and early in the

morning neither snow nor rain nor heat

nor Gloom of night stays these couriers

from the Swift completion of their

appointed rounds a lot of people are do

for a shock When I close this

case yes I'm sure they

are good night Andy don't get

hurt good night doctor

you know I think we'd better let you get

some sleep oh Lizzie and I share this

room for Mutual protection you know one

night A storm blew the wires down put

the lights out and I went out the next

day and bought a half a dozen of these

things you better take one with you D oh

thank

you we'll go across the hall now are you

sure there's nothing else you need oh no

quite sure we'll be all right well if

anything bothers you you just sing out

and two strong women will come to your

restaurant oh nothing will bother us not

with any on the job good

night don't worry everything will be all

right good night good

night come on

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oh I don't think I'll sleep

tonight me

neither all I can see is poor Mark

flimming staring at

us I thought that when people died their

eyes closed as in sleep don't think

about it I'll bet you're thinking about

it no I was thinking of my poor husband

sleeping in jail

tonight oh Judy I love him so

much for

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oh

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is

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what's that

noise I don't know I kind of fell half

asleep for a moment I thought it was

something from a dream it's somewhere in

the house yes on the floor above not

directly over us probably a room

overlooking the driveway

should we call Miss vanor she'll hear it

how can she help but hear

it besides we don't want her to think

we're a couple of hysterical women well

I'm about to become one I had it for one

night Dale you're not going out in that

Hall I want to know what's happening up

there but Lieutenant Anderson said if we

stayed behind our locked doors we'd be

safe thck isn't safe locked up in that

jail suppose that stolen money is in

this house Mark Fleming seemed to think

it was maybe that's what somebody's

looking

for oh For Heaven's Sake don't you hear

that awful noise up

there now Lizzy Lizzy you just got to

stay awake the house phone and the

outside phone wires have been cut and we

can't get help where's that policeman oh

I don't know something must have

happened to him now go on get on your

robe oh Dale please don't go up there

I've got to think what it could mean to

VI now you stay here here oh no if you

go I

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go you stay here no no I won't let you

go up there alone you wait here I'm

going to see what it is oh please let me

go with you you warn me if anyone comes

I'll will give you a moment now wait

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w

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what

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doing see JY no no not

JY give her to me I'll look after you

with

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poor

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baby

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Judy the bat yes the bat he caught her

at the head of the stairs we saw him

rushing down the stairs as we came out

of the room I hurled that after him I

hit him I believe I'm going to cover

this place from attic to basement you

said well what were you covering when

that poor child was murdered where were

you I saw a man outside in the grounds I

went out there and hunted him I heard

him in among the trees and so I followed

the sound of him as far as the brook

down near the back road and then I lost

him I'd rather give my own life than

have this happen to

Judy but I told you to stay in your

rooms and lock your doors and stay there

what was she doing at the head of those

stairs that was my fault they heard a

strange noise heavy pounding in one of

the rooms on the third floor we all

heard it I wanted to see what it was

Judy you wish she wouldn't let me go out

by myself I made her stay on the balcony

what about your new Butler oh well he's

in his room I suppose oh Mrs Patterson

who yes did you know what happened here

no sir but I heard the screams I went to

call Warner we have rooms on the same

floor but he wasn't in his room his bed

hasn't been slept in if Mrs Pon heard

the screams Warner could certainly hear

them you're quite right sir I heard them

oh you did and where were you outside in

the grounds Miss Holland has been

murdered oh oh so you're surprised

shocked well I've seen better

performances I remember you now your

name's not Warner I've got a circular in

my office with your picture on it the

Chicago Police not so long ago were

hunting for you in connection with the

robbery you're right again sir and they

found me and they tried me and I proved

my innocence and I was acquitted that

could have been a lucky

break where were you when this child was

killed I told you before sir outside

what were you doing there I was

following you I saw you leaving the

house and it seemed that you were

hunting someone I thought you might need

some help oh yes sir I followed your

flashlight down through the trees then

it disappeared and then suddenly as I

was staring out into the darkness I was

struck by something on the back of the

head the next thing I knew I was lying

on the ground I realized I'd been

knocked out I wish you had been knocked

out but then we'd have found you with

your mask still on your face you were

hit here in this house with this poker

as you were rushing down those stairs

after that child was kill oh no sir you

can't pin this on me I'm not the bat

I've never killed I could kill

I won't take the rrap for this

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well doctor we have another case for the

County

coroner you see the bat came

back why did you come back

doctor well I I had an accident about a

mile down the road the right rear wheel

of my car came off and I plunged into

the ditch this was the nearest house so

I came here to call for help

I thought I'd find you around

Andy physician heal

thyself you must have been hit by

something on the back of your head I

told you I had an accident so you did

Doctor so you

did I could be

wrong but maybe I'm

not we shall see

all right dear let's start a new chapter

for days the murders held the

headlines Lieutenant Anderson grilled

us and rans sacked the house from top to

bottom Warner was not placed under

arrest but his every move was

watched at night except for a detective

on guard in the house the police and the

reporters left us alone and on one of

those nights without telling Lizzy or or

anyone else I pursued a secret

investigation of my

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own it was in an empty room on the third

floor where we kept our Trunks and other

things

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put him up

path it's a bright idea to kill me in my

own lab and let people think think that

I'm the bat but you had to kill me first

what was it to be

Ambush and clever as you are you're not

smart enough to do that nor were you

smart enough to find the money though

you came quite close to it but I know

where it

is and when you're dead with that sign

pinned on your chest I'm going to

collect it and live happily ever

after he destroyed himself how true that

will be well goodbye bat

here's a serum that will heal you

whether you're rabbit or not

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something's

wrong something's wrong

this

Cornelia this

Cornelia now where would she be going at

this time a night

well L

sake

never Mr Davin

Mr

Davenport A Fine Thing the door unbolted

the chain off and you asleep on the job

wait till Lieutenant Anderson hears

about this come on wake up what's the

matter with you I don't know I don't

know my head hurts my whole body's numb

here here take a sip of this try to snap

out of it I'll be back in a minute

hurry will you it's

Lizzy I'm terribly worried I can't find

Miss Cornelia anywhere and Something's

Happened to the policeman I don't know

what get Warner bring him to the drawing

room tell him we need

him are you all right now yeah I'll be

all right in a minute I remember now I

took a drink of wine from that DEC had

her there this vanor told me to help

myself she wouldn't put nothing in it

well somebody did somebody who knew I

was on duty here then it was somebody

that got Miss van gorter I can't find

her anywhere Upstairs Downstairs or in

the basement I told the housekeeper to

get Warner liutenant Anderson will want

to know about this hello yeah this is

Davenport at the Oaks we've got trouble

here well for one thing I was drugged

yeah but I must have been knocked out

because a mate tells me miss van Gord is

missing

well you better call Anderson let him

know he's not at home well where is he I

on a k what

case Dr

Wells what else did they tell you about

it oh hurry Willam we've got to find

Miss

corelia okay Lieutenant Anderson is out

on a Case Dr Wells was found dead in a

room next to his garage

murdered Dr Wales there's something

queer about the killing of Wells but

headquarters won't talk about it Lizzy W

isn't in his room there's no sign of him

anywhere and I was supposed to keep an

eye on that guy where's Miss corelia

that's what I want to know wait a minute

didn't you say that the chain and the

bolt were off of the front door I

certainly did well maybe Miss vanor went

outside oh she never would we better

look I can't I can't

breathe there's no a

Miss corelia oh miss van Miss Cornelia

Miss Cornelia Miss Vanner look there's a

light in that room on the third

floor were you up there tonight well of

course I was but I turned the lights out

before I came downstairs then miss

Cornelia might have turned them on again

that's why we're going to look first

come on

Miss

Cornelia Miss

Cornelia Miss

Cornelia yes lizy I'm here

right here come come to the mle

piece here we are Miss VOR what do we do

now over the mantle there are five

panels strike it with your

hand which panel did you say Miss vanord

oh

my I miss Van Gordon which panel we

couldn't hear you she said strike it

what difference does it make which panel

strike them

all

look oh it's all right now it's all

right dear Lizzy's here

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feeling better yes much better we'll

take you to your room oh no you won't

I'm going to stay right here I'm quite

all right oh how bessard it is to

breathe without an effort you know no

one knows how sweet the air can taste

until someone shuts it off for a moment

that room is just like a box when the

mantle piece closed it seemed like all

the air was drawn out of it look there

it goes again let it close I can open it

from in here

there's a control panel behind this

blueprint electric motor under the trap

door here once the door is open you can

keep it that

way I believe that the fireplace in this

other room opens the same

way and it

does for good sake I tried to find this

but I couldn't find it yeah was back at

this blueprint here well it's it's quite

a

setup too bad we can't open that safe in

the same way take an expert to crack

this box or a shot of nitro well maybe

maybe that's what the bat had in mind

could be seems he's on the prow tonight

miss van Warner has disappeared and Dr

Wells has been murdered Dr Wells

Lieutenant Anderson's on that case right

now he'll be here any minute

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what's that

noise this G the garage is on fire SC

look at that put that light out the

other room now where you going to report

the fire where you just stay right here

miss go to the garage well let it burn

you watch the stair can't you see that

fire was set to get us out of the house

out of the H were you talking about the

yes yes I'm talking about the bat now

that the lights are out he'll think his

trick has worked and we've gone he'll be

here any minute well so Lieutenant

Anderson I I hope so but the battle to

hear first and he'll kill again if we're

in his way we've got to be as clever as

he is

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but you'll be safer downstairs I'll take

care of you well the others can go but

I'm going to stay right here all right

but get out of sight

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let's face it ladies and get it over

with others have seen my face before

they died but I'll have to deny you that

pleasure this would make make a good

scene for your book Miss vord but I'm

afraid you'll never write

it but that is Warner I could

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tell you misjudge me Miss Ellen

what I don't like being a murder suspect

Miss

vanord I was headed for a plane but

halfway to the airport I changed my my

mind and came

back I'm glad that I

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did why it's Lieutenant

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Anders yes it was

Anderson he discovered the secret of the

history room and was waiting to get into

it and open up the

safe we found the money in it a little

over a million in tens and 20s and

hundreds good old

Andy with all his ill gotten gains

invested in Bank

stock it's rather a clever way to hide

stolen money in the open as it were and

so respectable

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but don't try

it no matter how clever you

are you can't hide

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murder

well that's it

d That's the End

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