1 00:00:31,730 --> 00:00:34,500 Good evening. 2 00:00:34,530 --> 00:00:38,930 I've been on Mars, where I went for the opening of a new television station. 3 00:00:38,970 --> 00:00:40,970 It's all part of a scheme 4 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:44,940 to take the best of our cultural advances to the Martians. 5 00:00:44,970 --> 00:00:48,380 Or Martinis, as they prefer to be called. 6 00:00:48,410 --> 00:00:50,850 They are highly intelligent 7 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:54,220 and my attempts to educate them were quite successful. 8 00:00:54,250 --> 00:00:57,220 Within a matter of minutes, they were able to spell out, 9 00:00:57,250 --> 00:00:59,920 "Earthman, go home" 10 00:00:59,950 --> 00:01:03,060 using my two companions to form the letters. 11 00:01:03,060 --> 00:01:05,660 It was very gratifying. 12 00:01:05,690 --> 00:01:08,130 As you have doubtless already guessed, 13 00:01:08,960 --> 00:01:11,070 tonight's play is entitled 14 00:01:11,070 --> 00:01:13,800 "Martha Mason, Movie Star." 15 00:01:30,520 --> 00:01:33,090 (ALARM RINGING) 16 00:01:44,500 --> 00:01:46,200 Henry! 17 00:01:46,230 --> 00:01:48,270 Coming right up. 18 00:01:48,300 --> 00:01:51,170 Sorry, my dear. I'm afraid I overslept this morning. 19 00:01:53,610 --> 00:01:55,940 The lodge lasted till all hours. 20 00:01:55,980 --> 00:01:58,680 Reading of the treasurer's report. 21 00:01:58,710 --> 00:02:01,720 It was very interesting though. 22 00:02:01,750 --> 00:02:05,050 Well, that may be interesting to you, but I don't want to hear about it. 23 00:02:05,050 --> 00:02:09,590 You'll feel more like talking when you've had your coffee. 24 00:02:09,620 --> 00:02:13,230 I wonder how people faced life every morning before coffee was invented. 25 00:02:14,330 --> 00:02:15,630 Silently. 26 00:02:17,500 --> 00:02:19,630 That's pretty good. "Silently." 27 00:02:21,300 --> 00:02:24,470 I must remember that one. 28 00:02:24,510 --> 00:02:27,480 How was your evening? I hope you didn't get too lonesome, my dear. 29 00:02:27,510 --> 00:02:30,510 Oh, I managed. 30 00:02:30,550 --> 00:02:34,820 You know I don't like going away and leaving you alone like that, 31 00:02:34,850 --> 00:02:38,620 but it's only once a week and the lodge is important. 32 00:02:38,650 --> 00:02:40,420 Why don't you join another one then? 33 00:02:40,460 --> 00:02:43,090 Oh, no. No, no. I wouldn't want to do that. 34 00:02:44,730 --> 00:02:47,660 Belonging to a lodge is every man's civic duty, 35 00:02:48,860 --> 00:02:52,270 but joining two would be selfishness. 36 00:02:52,300 --> 00:02:55,240 I'm not the type of man who'd neglect his wife and his home. 37 00:03:07,420 --> 00:03:08,320 Well, what's for breakfast? 38 00:03:09,780 --> 00:03:11,750 I don't know. Why don't you see what's down there? 39 00:03:13,390 --> 00:03:16,590 Couldn't you fix something for yourself this morning? 40 00:03:16,620 --> 00:03:19,160 Now, you wouldn't want me to go to the office with indigestion. 41 00:03:19,190 --> 00:03:21,900 Making coffee is the extent of my skill. 42 00:03:21,930 --> 00:03:24,070 But I don't feel well, really. 43 00:03:24,070 --> 00:03:26,530 I really should sleep in. 44 00:03:26,570 --> 00:03:29,840 But you said you were going to get up early this morning, remember? 45 00:03:29,870 --> 00:03:32,940 There's a new movie with that actress. That... 46 00:03:32,970 --> 00:03:35,210 Oh, what's her name? 47 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:36,810 You know, the... 48 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:38,750 one you look like? 49 00:03:41,580 --> 00:03:44,990 You think you're so smart. 50 00:03:45,090 --> 00:03:47,920 I'll bet you keep the lodge in stitches. 51 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:51,490 Martha Mason, of course. 52 00:03:51,530 --> 00:03:54,600 I don't know why I have so much trouble remembering her name. 53 00:03:57,530 --> 00:04:00,270 No, sir. I just don't see any resemblance. 54 00:04:00,300 --> 00:04:01,740 Oh, get out of here. 55 00:04:01,770 --> 00:04:03,200 All right, my dear. 56 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:04,410 You call me when breakfast is ready. 57 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:06,640 I'll be down puttering around in my garden. 58 00:04:40,840 --> 00:04:41,880 (TIRES SCREECHING) 59 00:04:41,910 --> 00:04:42,880 Hey! 60 00:04:42,910 --> 00:04:43,950 (EXCLAIMS) 61 00:04:46,510 --> 00:04:48,350 You almost ran over me. 62 00:04:48,380 --> 00:04:50,090 Well, why don't you look where you're going? 63 00:04:50,090 --> 00:04:52,590 I will, if you're gonna drive that way. 64 00:04:52,620 --> 00:04:53,690 How was the movie? 65 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:55,090 It was all right. 66 00:04:55,090 --> 00:04:56,490 And your favorite actress? 67 00:04:56,520 --> 00:04:59,430 Oh, well, she is always wonderful. 68 00:04:59,460 --> 00:05:03,570 There was one part... I wanted to scream. 69 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:06,670 The police came to give her the bad news 70 00:05:06,700 --> 00:05:09,400 and she just stands there for the longest time without saying anything. 71 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:10,340 And then... 72 00:05:11,170 --> 00:05:13,040 She faints. 73 00:05:14,880 --> 00:05:16,040 Cut! 74 00:05:16,750 --> 00:05:18,550 What? 75 00:05:18,580 --> 00:05:22,050 Cut! Isn't that what they say in the film studios when they finish a scene? 76 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:24,850 Oh, well, if you're going to be so smart... 77 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:29,490 I'll have you know that when I was coming out of the movie, 78 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:32,460 everybody was turning to stare at me. 79 00:05:32,490 --> 00:05:34,300 HENRY: Why? You look all right to me. 80 00:05:34,330 --> 00:05:36,330 Oh! 81 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:39,070 Oh, you mean they thought you were Martha Mason? 82 00:05:43,300 --> 00:05:45,240 MABEL: What's that? 83 00:05:45,270 --> 00:05:49,810 This is fertilizer for the garden. It's a new kind. 84 00:05:49,840 --> 00:05:52,110 They say it'll make anything grow in any type of soil. 85 00:05:52,150 --> 00:05:54,680 Why do you waste your time in that silly old garden? 86 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:58,250 I'm not wasting my time. This is a new system. 87 00:05:58,290 --> 00:06:00,820 You see, you dig down several feet. 88 00:06:00,860 --> 00:06:03,560 Then you put this underneath the plants. 89 00:06:03,590 --> 00:06:06,330 You've never been able to make anything grow out there yet and you never will. 90 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:08,500 This is guaranteed. 91 00:06:08,530 --> 00:06:10,900 And I'm making some frames too. Come on, I'll show you. 92 00:06:10,930 --> 00:06:13,170 Oh! I can't stand the smell of that stuff! 93 00:06:27,180 --> 00:06:30,950 (HENRY HAMMERING) 94 00:06:45,630 --> 00:06:47,540 Henry! 95 00:06:47,570 --> 00:06:49,840 Will you please stop that pounding? 96 00:06:49,870 --> 00:06:53,070 It's not good for my nerves! 97 00:06:53,110 --> 00:06:55,310 HENRY: All finished! Come on out and see it! 98 00:06:55,980 --> 00:06:58,210 I don't want to see it. 99 00:07:04,020 --> 00:07:06,690 Come on out and take a look! I've really got something this time. 100 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:10,030 (SIGHING) It'll only take a moment! Please come out! 101 00:07:10,060 --> 00:07:12,160 Oh, shut up and leave me alone. 102 00:07:13,700 --> 00:07:17,170 HENRY: Mabel. Did you hear me? 103 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:21,340 Yes, I heard you! I don't want to see your silly old garden. 104 00:07:21,370 --> 00:07:23,770 I've got something special to show you! 105 00:07:23,810 --> 00:07:25,170 HENRY: Mabel! 106 00:07:25,870 --> 00:07:26,910 (EXHALES) 107 00:07:43,660 --> 00:07:44,830 All right, I'm here. 108 00:07:44,860 --> 00:07:46,830 Well, what do you think of it? 109 00:07:46,860 --> 00:07:48,960 All I can see is a hole in the ground. 110 00:07:49,060 --> 00:07:50,400 I built these frames. 111 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:55,070 Now I can cover the plants with glass in the cold weather. 112 00:07:55,070 --> 00:07:57,310 What plants? Nothing's going to grow here. 113 00:08:00,140 --> 00:08:02,540 You just don't take much interest in anything I do. 114 00:08:02,580 --> 00:08:05,410 But you don't do anything interesting. 115 00:08:05,450 --> 00:08:08,450 Henry, I suppose it just never occurs to you 116 00:08:08,480 --> 00:08:10,620 that being married to you is pretty dull. 117 00:08:10,650 --> 00:08:12,450 Too late now to do much about it. 118 00:08:12,490 --> 00:08:13,890 We could get a divorce. 119 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:14,920 No. 120 00:08:16,390 --> 00:08:19,290 No, Mabel, I don't approve of divorce. 121 00:08:19,330 --> 00:08:21,030 And you know you don't mean it. 122 00:08:23,700 --> 00:08:26,030 You've got a nice house, a new car, all the clothes you need. 123 00:08:27,370 --> 00:08:30,040 You're much better off than you realize. 124 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:33,810 I could sue for divorce and there isn't anything you could do about it. 125 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:36,040 And what would you live on? 126 00:08:36,040 --> 00:08:39,610 You wouldn't get any alimony, I'm afraid. You have no grounds. 127 00:08:39,650 --> 00:08:42,880 And my friend Judge Dubbins doesn't approve of divorce any more than I do. 128 00:08:44,050 --> 00:08:46,420 Well, maybe I could change his mind. 129 00:08:46,450 --> 00:08:49,320 After all, I know a few tricks for the witness stand. 130 00:08:50,860 --> 00:08:52,960 Oh, now I get it. 131 00:08:53,060 --> 00:08:55,600 That movie today. Martha Mason must've been on the witness stand. 132 00:08:57,670 --> 00:09:00,400 Well, my dear, life isn't like the movies and I'm afraid 133 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:02,440 you don't look any more like Martha Mason 134 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:04,340 than I do. 135 00:09:41,310 --> 00:09:42,540 (THUDDING) 136 00:09:44,050 --> 00:09:45,150 (EXCLAIMS) 137 00:09:53,390 --> 00:09:55,290 MABEL: He drove me to it. 138 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:58,060 I begged him to release me, 139 00:09:58,090 --> 00:10:00,500 to give me my freedom. 140 00:10:00,530 --> 00:10:04,270 He refused. He taunted me. 141 00:10:04,300 --> 00:10:07,440 He was cruel and inhuman. 142 00:10:07,470 --> 00:10:10,540 I couldn't stand any more. 143 00:10:10,570 --> 00:10:12,840 I did what any woman would have done. 144 00:10:12,870 --> 00:10:14,940 I killed him, 145 00:10:14,980 --> 00:10:17,010 and now I'm free. 146 00:10:18,550 --> 00:10:19,450 Free! 147 00:10:20,950 --> 00:10:22,050 Free! 148 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:38,370 (ALARM RINGING) 149 00:10:44,770 --> 00:10:47,110 (TELEPHONE RINGING) 150 00:10:50,050 --> 00:10:51,410 Henry! 151 00:11:00,420 --> 00:11:01,260 (GRUNTS) 152 00:11:03,530 --> 00:11:05,160 Hello? 153 00:11:05,190 --> 00:11:07,530 Mabel? This is Mr. Abernathy. Where's Henry? 154 00:11:09,100 --> 00:11:12,600 Henry? Well, he's not here. 155 00:11:12,630 --> 00:11:14,840 Well, he's not in his office, and he should be. It's... 156 00:11:14,870 --> 00:11:16,300 It's 11:00. Now, where is he? 157 00:11:16,340 --> 00:11:17,540 MABEL: I don't know. 158 00:11:18,740 --> 00:11:20,280 What? What do you mean? 159 00:11:20,310 --> 00:11:21,880 What's wrong? Is he sick? 160 00:11:21,910 --> 00:11:25,210 (STAMMERING) He's gone. He's left me. 161 00:11:25,250 --> 00:11:26,650 What? What are you talking about? 162 00:11:27,350 --> 00:11:29,450 It's true, Mr. Abernathy. 163 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:31,620 Henry's left me for another woman. 164 00:11:31,650 --> 00:11:33,360 He's run off with her. 165 00:11:33,390 --> 00:11:35,820 And after all I've done for him. 166 00:11:35,860 --> 00:11:38,090 (SOBBING) 167 00:11:38,090 --> 00:11:40,360 All right, Mabel. All right. Now, calm down. 168 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:43,160 Now, you and Henry had a fight. That happens in every family. 169 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:45,100 But that doesn't mean he's walked out on you. 170 00:11:45,130 --> 00:11:48,400 But he has. He's gone. 171 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:51,510 He left a note. He said he was never coming back. 172 00:11:51,540 --> 00:11:53,410 A note? What's he say? Have you got it there? 173 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:56,780 Yes. It's right here. 174 00:11:56,810 --> 00:11:58,610 Well, read it to me. 175 00:11:59,710 --> 00:12:01,520 (CRYING) 176 00:12:01,550 --> 00:12:03,050 He said... 177 00:12:03,050 --> 00:12:05,320 He said he was running away with her. 178 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:09,720 Mabel, you told me that. Read me what he says. 179 00:12:09,760 --> 00:12:12,760 (MABEL CRYING) 180 00:12:12,790 --> 00:12:15,460 Never mind. Never mind. Just sit tight. I'll be right out. 181 00:12:31,350 --> 00:12:34,080 (CAR APPROACHING) 182 00:12:56,200 --> 00:12:58,010 (DOORBELL RINGING) 183 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:22,500 (DOORBELL RINGING) 184 00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:34,840 (DOORBELL RINGING) 185 00:13:45,190 --> 00:13:49,220 Oh, Mr. Abernathy. 186 00:13:49,260 --> 00:13:52,930 Now, don't go to pieces, Mabel. We've got to keep our heads. 187 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:54,000 Now, where's the note? 188 00:13:54,100 --> 00:13:55,460 Over there. 189 00:13:55,500 --> 00:13:56,800 On the desk. 190 00:14:09,710 --> 00:14:14,050 "Dear Mabel, I have never been worthy of you and I know it, 191 00:14:14,050 --> 00:14:16,750 "so I am taking the coward's way out of everything. 192 00:14:16,790 --> 00:14:18,490 "I am running away with another woman..." 193 00:14:18,520 --> 00:14:19,620 (CRYING) 194 00:14:24,530 --> 00:14:27,560 "...another woman who I am not worthy of. 195 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:29,930 "She is not as beautiful or as charming, 196 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:31,770 "and she doesn't look like a movie star." 197 00:14:33,500 --> 00:14:35,200 Movie star? What the devil's he talking about? 198 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:36,640 He means... 199 00:14:37,740 --> 00:14:39,470 He always said 200 00:14:39,510 --> 00:14:41,880 that I resembled Martha Mason, the movie star. 201 00:14:46,650 --> 00:14:47,420 (CLEARS THROAT) 202 00:14:48,220 --> 00:14:50,850 "Since I am unworthy of you, 203 00:14:50,890 --> 00:14:53,690 "I want to let you be free to lead your own life. 204 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:56,590 "I shall always love you. Henry." 205 00:14:56,620 --> 00:14:58,430 Oh, rubbish! That isn't Henry. 206 00:14:58,460 --> 00:15:00,700 But he signed it. That's his signature. 207 00:15:00,730 --> 00:15:03,470 Well, I know that. But that isn't the real Henry. 208 00:15:03,500 --> 00:15:07,040 Why, there's no one in town as steady and as responsible as Henry. 209 00:15:07,070 --> 00:15:09,840 A responsible man doesn't desert his wife. 210 00:15:09,870 --> 00:15:12,540 Well, Henry's just at that dangerous age. 211 00:15:12,570 --> 00:15:15,140 What is he, 47? Mmm-hmm. 212 00:15:15,180 --> 00:15:18,450 He's having a fling. Well, you know what I mean, Mabel. 213 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:20,520 He's going through that restless period. 214 00:15:21,820 --> 00:15:23,620 Now, in a week or so, he'll come sneaking back home, 215 00:15:23,650 --> 00:15:25,690 mighty ashamed of himself. 216 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:28,890 Oh, I don't think he'll ever come back. 217 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:31,290 Oh, of course he will. 218 00:15:31,330 --> 00:15:36,060 But the best thing to do is not talk about it. 219 00:15:36,060 --> 00:15:39,530 Now, if anybody asks, just tell them that... 220 00:15:39,570 --> 00:15:41,440 Well, that I sent Henry to Chicago on a business trip. 221 00:15:44,840 --> 00:15:47,510 Now, Mabel. You've got to act like nothing's happened. 222 00:15:48,810 --> 00:15:51,880 Keep your spirits up. Go shopping. 223 00:15:51,910 --> 00:15:55,150 Nothing like a new hat to cheer a woman up, they tell me. 224 00:15:55,180 --> 00:15:56,890 You take my word for it. 225 00:15:56,920 --> 00:15:58,690 In a week or two, 226 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:01,820 Henry will be puttering in that garden as big as life. 227 00:16:01,860 --> 00:16:03,190 You just watch and see. 228 00:16:03,220 --> 00:16:06,290 (SOBBING) 229 00:16:11,330 --> 00:16:12,700 (DOOR CLOSING) 230 00:16:35,220 --> 00:16:37,160 Mr. Abernathy! 231 00:16:37,190 --> 00:16:39,660 Oh, hello, Mabel. Here, let me help you with that. 232 00:16:39,690 --> 00:16:41,560 Oh, well, thank you very much. 233 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:43,370 Mabel, come over here a minute. 234 00:16:45,970 --> 00:16:49,700 I've just been admiring Henry's garden. These lilies. 235 00:16:49,740 --> 00:16:52,240 That fertilizer he put on must have been good stuff. 236 00:16:52,270 --> 00:16:54,680 Well, he tried everything. 237 00:16:54,710 --> 00:16:55,880 Finally found something that worked. 238 00:16:57,110 --> 00:16:59,280 Yeah, that proves he'll be back. 239 00:16:59,310 --> 00:17:02,880 A man doesn't work this hard and then just walk out and leave it. 240 00:17:02,920 --> 00:17:06,050 Don't you want to come into the house, Mr. Abernathy? 241 00:17:06,090 --> 00:17:08,320 Yes, I would. I want to have a talk with you, Mabel. 242 00:17:08,360 --> 00:17:09,920 Oh, well, yes. 243 00:17:15,100 --> 00:17:16,400 Thank you, Mr. Abernathy. 244 00:17:16,430 --> 00:17:19,400 Uh, Mabel, I... 245 00:17:19,430 --> 00:17:21,040 I might as well be blunt about this. 246 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:23,870 You're in for a bad time. 247 00:17:23,910 --> 00:17:25,270 What? 248 00:17:25,310 --> 00:17:27,140 Well, I don't know how it happened, 249 00:17:27,180 --> 00:17:28,740 but word leaked out somehow. 250 00:17:28,780 --> 00:17:30,450 People all over town are whispering 251 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:32,050 about Henry running off with the other woman. 252 00:17:32,710 --> 00:17:33,880 Oh. 253 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:35,150 Yes, I know. 254 00:17:35,180 --> 00:17:37,320 Oh, you've already heard about it, have you? 255 00:17:37,350 --> 00:17:39,150 I'm sorry. 256 00:17:39,190 --> 00:17:42,360 I've done the best I could to talk it down. 257 00:17:42,390 --> 00:17:44,860 I've been telling people I sent Henry to Chicago on business, 258 00:17:46,360 --> 00:17:47,630 but it doesn't seem to do any good. 259 00:17:47,660 --> 00:17:49,360 Well, everybody knows what he's done. 260 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:51,930 There just isn't any use in lying to people. 261 00:17:51,970 --> 00:17:55,370 Well, it makes it all the harder for Henry when he comes back. 262 00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:57,170 Now, we've got to do something about it. 263 00:17:57,210 --> 00:17:58,910 Well, I am doing something. 264 00:17:58,940 --> 00:18:00,840 I'm carrying on the best I can. 265 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:02,380 It hasn't been easy, I can tell you. 266 00:18:03,610 --> 00:18:05,750 Well, I appreciate that, Mabel, 267 00:18:05,780 --> 00:18:08,150 but we've got to think of Henry. 268 00:18:08,180 --> 00:18:10,090 Well, Henry didn't think of me. 269 00:18:10,120 --> 00:18:12,190 He's made his bed, now he... 270 00:18:12,220 --> 00:18:13,920 Well, I mean, he can get out of it the best he... 271 00:18:15,890 --> 00:18:18,230 I mean, why should it fall on my shoulders? 272 00:18:18,260 --> 00:18:20,730 Well, now, Mabel, there are two sides to everything, you know. 273 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:25,030 A husband doesn't run away from a happy home. 274 00:18:25,030 --> 00:18:27,600 Now, maybe you haven't been the wife you should be, hmm? 275 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:30,840 Why, that's a terrible thing to say. 276 00:18:30,870 --> 00:18:33,840 Why, you don't know what I've had to put up with. 277 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:35,540 You're on his side because he's a lodge brother, 278 00:18:35,580 --> 00:18:39,110 but I'm his wife, and he ran off and deserted me. 279 00:18:39,150 --> 00:18:41,620 Why, I could bring charges against him... Now, simmer down, Mabel. 280 00:18:41,650 --> 00:18:44,250 ...for desertion and non-support. I could have him arrested. 281 00:18:44,290 --> 00:18:46,450 All I have to do is to pick up that telephone. 282 00:18:46,490 --> 00:18:48,220 Well, you do that and you'll never see him again. 283 00:18:48,260 --> 00:18:51,460 That's just fine with me! I wouldn't have him back on a bet. 284 00:18:51,490 --> 00:18:53,660 Mabel, put down that phone. 285 00:18:53,700 --> 00:18:55,660 Mabel, I'm warning you. 286 00:18:55,700 --> 00:18:57,530 If you go through with this, I'll wash my hands of the entire affair. 287 00:18:57,570 --> 00:18:58,970 Oh, you don't care about me anyway. 288 00:18:59,070 --> 00:19:00,900 It's that priceless lodge that you're worried about. 289 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:02,600 That is not true, Mabel. Hello? 290 00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:07,840 This is Mrs. Henry McKay. My husband ran off and left me and... 291 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:10,150 I want him arrested. Mabel. I'm warning you, Mabel. 292 00:19:10,180 --> 00:19:11,450 Yes. 293 00:19:13,250 --> 00:19:14,880 Oh, well, 294 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:17,690 could you send an officer over to my house? 295 00:19:17,720 --> 00:19:20,020 (DOOR BANGING) I'm just not well enough to go out. 296 00:19:21,460 --> 00:19:23,730 Yes, thank you. What? 297 00:19:24,730 --> 00:19:27,760 Oh, oh, yes. 840 Landing Street. 298 00:19:30,170 --> 00:19:32,100 I had no warning at all. 299 00:19:32,130 --> 00:19:35,340 I just woke up one morning and found this note. 300 00:19:35,370 --> 00:19:36,170 Thank you. 301 00:19:39,540 --> 00:19:41,040 When was this? 302 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:42,810 About ten days ago. 303 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:45,180 If you'd reported it at the time, Mrs. McKay... 304 00:19:45,210 --> 00:19:46,650 He's probably out of the state by now. 305 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:48,620 Well, I... 306 00:19:48,650 --> 00:19:50,290 I had to be sure that it wasn't just a... 307 00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:52,690 A fling, you know? 308 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:55,620 You see, he's a great deal older than I am. 309 00:19:55,660 --> 00:19:57,630 The restless age. 310 00:19:59,460 --> 00:20:00,930 I thought that if it was just 311 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:02,760 something he had to get out of his system... 312 00:20:03,500 --> 00:20:05,930 Yes, ma'am, I understand. 313 00:20:05,970 --> 00:20:08,740 Not many wives would look at it that way. 314 00:20:08,770 --> 00:20:11,610 It's a lot more than he deserves. 315 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:14,380 No decent man runs away with another woman when he's already married. 316 00:20:14,410 --> 00:20:17,110 Thank you, Officer. 317 00:20:17,150 --> 00:20:18,910 Now, if you've got something with his signature on it. 318 00:20:19,750 --> 00:20:21,550 Well, it's on the note. 319 00:20:21,580 --> 00:20:24,450 Yes, ma'am, but I'm supposed to check, 320 00:20:24,490 --> 00:20:26,550 just in case he was kidnapped or something like that. 321 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:28,390 Oh. 322 00:20:28,420 --> 00:20:30,660 Oh, well, yes, I... 323 00:20:30,690 --> 00:20:34,230 I think I saw something with his signature on it this morning. 324 00:20:35,900 --> 00:20:36,730 Yes. 325 00:20:37,370 --> 00:20:38,730 Here it is. 326 00:20:46,810 --> 00:20:48,810 Yep, no question about it. 327 00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:50,180 That's his signature, all right. 328 00:20:51,410 --> 00:20:54,080 We'll sure do everything we can. 329 00:20:54,120 --> 00:20:56,550 And don't you worry, Mrs. McKay. 330 00:20:56,580 --> 00:20:59,690 I've heard talk in town and everybody's on your side. 331 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:02,460 Everyone has been so kind. 332 00:21:02,490 --> 00:21:05,460 I try not to let it get me down. 333 00:21:05,490 --> 00:21:07,130 OFFICER: Yeah, not many women could do it. 334 00:21:08,730 --> 00:21:09,860 Thank you, Officer. 335 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:14,070 Officer, 336 00:21:14,070 --> 00:21:17,540 do you ever see Martha Mason, the movie star? 337 00:21:17,570 --> 00:21:20,080 Sure. My wife drags me to all her pictures. 338 00:21:20,110 --> 00:21:21,110 Why do you ask? 339 00:21:22,810 --> 00:21:24,980 Well, no reason. I just wondered. 340 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:42,700 Mrs. McKay? Excuse me. 341 00:21:45,770 --> 00:21:47,240 Good afternoon, Mrs. McKay. 342 00:21:47,270 --> 00:21:49,100 I'm sorry to bring you down here. 343 00:21:49,140 --> 00:21:51,710 I'm more than happy to do anything I can. 344 00:21:51,740 --> 00:21:53,780 Well, I have the forms right here. 345 00:21:53,810 --> 00:21:55,910 If you'll just fill these out, it'll make everything official. 346 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:01,150 (SNORING) 347 00:22:07,790 --> 00:22:08,820 OFFICER: Thank you very much. 348 00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:28,940 (LIGHTER CLICKING) 349 00:22:40,420 --> 00:22:41,690 OFFICER: Mrs. McKay. 350 00:22:42,690 --> 00:22:43,790 Mrs. McKay. 351 00:22:45,190 --> 00:22:46,760 Would you step over here a minute, please? 352 00:22:53,970 --> 00:22:56,170 I haven't finished filling out these forms. 353 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:58,370 Well, that's all right, ma'am. It isn't necessary. 354 00:22:58,410 --> 00:22:59,840 Oh. Oh. 355 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:03,810 We think we've found your husband. 356 00:23:03,850 --> 00:23:06,480 Oh, well, it couldn't be Henry. 357 00:23:06,510 --> 00:23:09,720 I mean, he's run off with some girl off the street. 358 00:23:09,750 --> 00:23:11,150 No, ma'am. 359 00:23:11,190 --> 00:23:13,820 Henry didn't run anywhere. 360 00:23:13,860 --> 00:23:16,620 How can you say that? Why, you haven't even looked for him. 361 00:23:16,660 --> 00:23:18,260 Well, who says he didn't run away? 362 00:23:19,290 --> 00:23:20,260 I told them he didn't. 363 00:23:22,830 --> 00:23:24,500 Well, what do you know about it? 364 00:23:24,530 --> 00:23:26,400 I know Henry didn't run off with another woman because... 365 00:23:26,970 --> 00:23:29,440 I'm the other woman. 366 00:23:29,470 --> 00:23:34,080 When we found out about her, we figured maybe Henry was still at home. 367 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:35,810 So some of the boys went out to your place 368 00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:37,780 and as soon as you left the house, 369 00:23:37,810 --> 00:23:39,480 they started to look around. 370 00:23:39,510 --> 00:23:41,420 (STAMMERING) 371 00:23:41,450 --> 00:23:43,850 You're not going to listen to this woman, are you? Why... 372 00:23:43,890 --> 00:23:45,890 She doesn't even know my husband. 373 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:48,390 Oh, yes, I do. 374 00:23:48,420 --> 00:23:50,990 Every Thursday night when he was supposed to be at his lodge, 375 00:23:51,090 --> 00:23:53,600 Henry was visiting me. 376 00:23:53,630 --> 00:23:56,200 And he wouldn't go off anywhere without taking me along. 377 00:23:57,570 --> 00:23:59,630 Why, she's lying! 378 00:23:59,670 --> 00:24:01,040 OFFICER: No, ma'am. 379 00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:04,310 The boys saw how well those lilies were doing, 380 00:24:04,340 --> 00:24:06,040 so they dug them up to see why. 381 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:08,380 And there was Henry. 382 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:09,940 Hold her for murder. 383 00:24:13,580 --> 00:24:15,050 (SIGHING) 384 00:24:32,870 --> 00:24:34,500 Poor Mabel. 385 00:24:34,540 --> 00:24:37,070 I'm afraid she just didn't have a green thumb. 386 00:24:38,070 --> 00:24:41,240 That concludes tonight's entertainment. 387 00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:44,380 Next time we shall be back with another story. 388 00:24:44,410 --> 00:24:46,410 Meanwhile, I'm off to another planet. 389 00:24:47,380 --> 00:24:49,880 I've always been curious about Venus. 390 00:24:56,890 --> 00:24:58,130 Good night.