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Tale of the Tomorrow.

Presented by Maslin, Beautyblend, Drogon.

Tonight's tale of tomorrow, The Bitter Storm, starring Arnold Moss.

Good evening.

Well, now that the holidays are over and we're sort of settling down into our

everyday routines, I'd like to read you a little editorial that I thought was

particularly timely.

As usual, it's here in the shuttle, this little magazine put out for and by the

people that work in the Maslin Mills. And it goes like this.

The Christmas season is undoubtedly the loveliest time of the entire year.

People walk through the streets looking friendlier, more relaxed, anticipating

happy family gatherings.

Bus drivers smile more often.

Strangers engage in conversation more readily.

Life seems very much worth living.

But let's not pack away all this goodwill with our Christmas tree

ornaments not to be taken out again until next year at this same time.

The time to love our fellow man, to think happy thoughts about one another,

is not just when sweet carols fill the air.

It's all the time.

Each one of us can do our part to make this world we live in a better and

happier one, if we'll try to keep our Christmas spirit alive throughout the

whole year.

Now don't you think that's something we all ought to try to do?

I do.

And now...

Let's look at act one of tonight's Tale of Tomorrow.

The Bitter Storm, starring Arnold Moss.

I'm beginning to get a bit concerned about Pat.

This thing, I can't understand it.

The storm seems to be getting worse.

I hope they stay over in the mainland.

It's much too rough to try to make it back in the launch in this weather.

Where's that interference again?

Why, why, why?

It couldn't be happening. I've checked and rechecked every detail.

Leland.

Leland. Huh?

Would you like your tea now?

Tea? Oh, tea, yes, that'll be fine.

Oh, listen to that wind howl.

What's the matter with this thing?

Can't you find out what's wrong with it, Leland?

I'd rather not say.

I'm sorry, Madeline.

I don't really mean to be difficult.

I guess that it's just been that I've been living alone on this island too

long.

Madeline, do you like living here?

Well, of course I do, Leland.

And Leland, it was wonderful of you to take Pat and me in like this after

Charles passed away.

You were the only one we could turn to.

Well, it was the least I could do for my own sister.

Madeline, I know that I'm not easy to get along with.

Well, I must confess there are times when your behavior is, well, a bit

different from what I'm accustomed to.

It's silent.

I've been very lonely, Madeline.

Very lonely.

Then why did you stay out here so long?

To be as far away from them as possible.

To be safe.

Safe?

From whom?

Trying, cheating, selfish people.

What do you mean? I should have been a rich man by now. Others have made

fortunes out of my work, but not me. No.

All I have is this old house on an abandoned island.

Hi, Ray.

How are you?

Just slightly drenched, that's all.

Well, thank heavens you're back.

Horatious. Your children must be fools. Well, Steve's worse.

He had to mow the lawn down the channel and row back to shore.

Miss Weather, you're mad.

You didn't want your boat pummeled against the dock, did you?

It's really starting to blow out there. It really is.

Oh, Mother, can we have some of that hot tea? Well, of course.

Say, that looks good.

Aren't you going to join us, Professor?

Huh? Oh, no, no, not right now. Thank you.

What's the matter with Uncle Leland?

I think I'll go upstairs for a little while.

If you don't mind.

Of course, Leland.

Gosh, he's a strange man.

Lovely to hear you.

He's just upset about his work, that's all.

That thing?

What is it anyway?

Well, you can tell me.

No, we can't really.

We don't know.

Leland's very secretive about his work.

You mean you've been in the house with this thing all these weeks and you don't

know what it is? That's right.

You know, I've been dying of curiosity, too.

One night last week when everybody was asleep, I almost turned it on.

Pat, you didn't.

No, I didn't.

I just thought about it. That's about as far as I got.

Well, he's upstairs now. Why don't we try it? Steve, no.

Well, Mother Uncle Leland will never know.

He might hear.

Oh, he won't hear us.

Go ahead, Steve. Turn it on.

Well, let's see.

Well, here it goes.

Nothing yet.

You don't suppose it'll blow up, do you? Really?

Oh, Vincent, this building must be crazy.

My mother... He's worse. He had to moor the launch out in the middle of the

channel and row back to shore. In this weather, you're mad.

You didn't want your boat pummeled against the dock, did you? It's really

starting to blow up there.

Uncle Leland.

I knew I couldn't trust you.

My own family.

It was all my fault. It was my idea. I don't want to throw you all out of this

house right this minute. It was only innocent curiosity, Leland. We didn't

mean any harm. Innocent curiosity when I asked you not to touch it?

Isn't there anybody I can trust?

I wish you'd let me apologize, Professor Russell.

After all, we aren't trying to steal it from you.

Leland.

Leland, you must be a little more trusting.

Have a little more love for your fellow man.

Oh, can't you ever forget that you were once married to a pastor?

Leland, there are some things you have to believe in, you know.

You can't go through life being so suspicious of people. What am I supposed

to do?

Have a little faith in people, Leland, that's all.

Should I have faith in a Rutherford who stole my new vacuum tube and is still

collecting awards?

On my work? Should I, Madeline?

Or should I have faith in a Bennington who paid me $60 a week to work in his

laboratory while he pocketed thousands a week in royalties from my inventions?

Is that the kind of people you want me to put my faith in?

No, Leland, but you're destroying yourself with bitterness.

All this was long ago.

Maybe I ought to put my faith in my family who tampers with a delicate

mechanism that's taken me over five years to perfect.

I guess it's some sort of a recorder.

Is that it, Professor?

Recorder?

It's nothing quite so simple.

Well, then what is it, Leland?

After all, we've heard it now.

Surely you can tell us about it.

Or maybe, maybe some other time.

Uncle Leland, please tell us about it. Please.

Well.

You heard your own voices because this is a machine that picks up and

recaptures the sounds of the past.

What kind of sounds?

Well, voices, for one thing.

There's no limit to the voices that you can hear on my machine so long as

they've once been spoken on Earth.

You mean any voice that's ever been spoken, no matter when?

Exactly.

You see, sounds, sounds never really die.

but they continue to agitate the air molecules about us.

This machine picks up and recaptures those sounds.

I will show you.

I ought to get more clearly than that.

Sounds like Gallicucci.

Yes, I believe it is.

But that's impossible.

She hasn't sung for, well, for years.

Where do you keep your records, Uncle Leland?

There are no records, Pat. This electronic device actually picks up

sounds of the past. Now listen.

I've been getting that interference now for weeks.

Oh, wait. I'll try something else.

Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is

fear itself.

The time dial indicates that was about 19 years ago.

This is fantastic.

Do you realize the possibilities of this thing? Yes.

In this time, no one's going to steal it from me.

Oh, if I can only eliminate that interference.

The time trial.

It's swinging way back in time.

Way past the Middle Ages.

What's that sound?

Madeline, Madeline, what are you doing? Wait a minute.

This is Barnett.

Do you understand it, Mother?

We don't look so surprised. It's really very easy to associate this drum major's

baton with C.H. Maslin and Sons.

After all, they've been leading the way in the carpet parade for a good many

years, not just by weaving outstanding carpets and rugs, but also by starting

many of the new floor covering trends that are absolutely traditional in the

field today.

Now, for the past several months, it's been my privilege to bring you many of

the lovely carpets and rugs that have helped to uphold Maslin's leadership in

the carpet and rug field.

I thought it might be an appropriate occasion tonight to review some of them.

After all, this might be just the right time for you to brighten up one of the

rooms in your home with a new Beautyblend broadloom. So, shall we take

a look?

First, let's look at New Ballerina, one of Maslin's loveliest textured

broadlooms. Its rhythmic high-low pattern blends with both modern and

traditional furnishings.

Next, delightful all-wool cantata.

Now this sculptured Wilton with a dramatic tone-on-tone pattern is

cantata. And cantata makes any room look warmer and exceedingly elegant.

And of course, we have to include exciting new nubbinay. And here it is.

The entirely different all-wool broad loom that's woven with these random nubs

of brilliantly colored saran plastic.

Nubbinay is just about the easiest carpet for color planning that you could

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And now, let's join the trend to cotton.

Cotton especially suited to smart modern interiors. This is Maslin's Carioca.

A cotton broad loom with a textured twist pile.

It's beautiful, it's long wearing, and it's completely washable.

Carioca comes in a breathtaking range of decorated colors.

Among them are lipstick red, jasmine yellow, and quartz green.

Now these of course are just a few of the many beautiful Maslin Beautyblend

broad looms that are waiting for your inspection.

at your Maslin Dealers shop.

On television, we try to show you pattern and weave.

But let's face it, to really appreciate the full line of Maslin Beautyblend

broad looms in all their glorious colors, you've got to see them for

yourself. So visit your Maslin Dealers soon.

As a matter of fact, tomorrow would be a good day, wouldn't it?

And now, let's return to the second act of The Bitter Storm, starring Arnold

Moss.

Easy, Pat.

I'm all right, Pat.

I'm sorry.

I didn't mean to upset you like this.

What was it, Madeline? What happened?

I've got to know. She's in no condition to talk.

No, Mother. Mother, lie back.

No, you mustn't get up, Mrs. Barnett.

Please.

Leland.

Madeline. Madeline, you've got to tell me while it's still fresh in your mind.

No, please, Madeline, try, try.

What were those sounds?

Most dreadful.

The most glorious sounds I ever heard, Leland.

The most... Oh, Leland, I can't find words. No, please, Madeline, try, try.

No, Leland.

I think you are the one who must try.

I heard and understood.

And now you must look into your own heart to know why those sounds

were only noise to you.

I'll ask you again when you've come to your senses.

Keep her quiet for now, Pat. I'll be right back. I want to talk to your

uncle.

I'm worried about that storm.

Hello?

Operator?

Hello? Operator?

Hello?

Phone's dead. The line must be down.

Steve, where are you going?

Look. Look, Professor. Look at those trees.

The wind's reaching hurricane velocity.

What do we do?

Those trees can't stand it much longer. The wind's ripping everything apart.

The trees are beginning to crack and smash the house. We've got to try to

make it to shore.

In this weather, we'd be drowned in five minutes. This old house can't stand that

beating. And those trees will come down any minute.

It's just a matter of time.

Well, how are we going to get away?

The launch is out in the middle of the channel.

Where are those sounds you heard on the machine?

Can't you tell me?

Not even you, Pat.

But you know, I think.

It's a message no one can escape, who will only listen.

What message?

Later, Pat.

Pat.

Read to me a while, please.

What would you like?

The Bible, Pat, please.

The way your father used to read it.

Open it any place, Pat.

Seeing the multitudes, he went up into the mountain.

And when he was set, his disciples came unto him, and he opened his mouth and

taught them, saying, Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the

kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted.

Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they

shall be filled.

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall seek God.

He's gone, Pat.

Steve!

Steve! Pat!

Steve! Pat, come back here.

Pat, we've got to leave the island.

Steve has gone to get the launch.

We've got to stop him. We can't. It's too late. He's already started.

But he'll never make it out there. What did he go for? I don't know, Pat.

There, I can't look. I can't see him.

Maybe he can fight his way through those winds.

Blessed. are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God.

I can't, I can't save him anymore.

You'll be all right. I'm sure of it, Pat.

Oh, look, there he is. There, I can see him.

Pat, Pat has made it. Look.

Look, he's reached the launch.

Rejoice and be exceeding glad, for great is your reward in

heaven.

Pat, she's calling you, but don't say anything to her until we're at the

beach. Pat? Pat?

Yes, Mother, what is it?

Pat, do you remember any of the Aramaic lines your father taught you?

The words of the Bible as Christ spoke them in his time?

Only a little, Mother, of Christ's words at the crucifixion.

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken him?

We've got to hurry and get out of here.

Do you think we've got a chance?

We'll take the channel back. The island will block us from the wind most of the

way.

I can't understand it.

I can't understand it.

Understand what, Uncle Leo?

He actually rode out through that storm to get the launch.

Well, what else could I do?

I didn't have much choice.

Mr. Steve, you risked your life in order to help us.

Steve, I'm beginning to realize what Madeline meant.

I'm beginning to understand.

Mother, I'm ready.

Good. Pat, grab a few things, quick.

Professor?

How can I abandon five years' work in a single moment? Except for one small

thing, it's perfect.

Madeline, you were right.

I hear it.

I hear it and the interference is gone.

I understand every single word. Hurry, the storm's getting worse. No, no, no,

wait. Wait, listen, just listen.

And the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to

death.

And the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall and gathered

unto him the whole band of soldiers.

And they stripped him and put on him a scarlet robe and... And when

they had plaited a crown of thorns...

They put it upon his head and a reed in his right hand.

And they bowed before him and mocked him, saying, Hail, King

of the Jews.

And they crucified him and parted his garments, casting

lots.

He set up over his head the accusation, this is

Jesus, the King of the Jews.

You have forsaken me.

Madeline.

Madeline, what was that?

What was that?

Behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom, and

the earth did quake and the rocks rent.

Lama Shaktan.

Stay here until you hear the motor start and the launch.

I won't go with you.

Come on, Madeline.

We've got to leave the island.

We're going to try to make the mainland. But your work, Leland.

Don't worry, Madeline.

It won't be lost.

My work has a new meaning now.

Those sounds meant nothing to me until I had faith in people.

But now, at last, I know what I'm working for, what I'll always work for.

And so we end tonight's Tale of Tomorrow, brought to you by C.H. Maslin

and Sons, makers of Maslin Beautyblend Broadloom carpets and authentic hunting

and fishing clothes.

This is the last time that Maslin will bring you Tales of Tomorrow. The show

will continue, of course, but with another sponsor.

We've been very happy over the past year to bring you this fine series of

dramatic shows, and we hope that you've enjoyed them.

And Masland has asked me to thank all of you for your many fine letters and

comments.

Shortly after the New Year, Masland returns to television with two daytime

shows, very popular ones, top-notch entertainment that we know you're going

to enjoy. For further details, we suggest that you consult the television

sheet of your local paper.

After a short vacation, Tales of Tomorrow returns on Friday, January the

16th. At that time, just three weeks from tonight, our new cycle begins and

we will continue to bring you the most startling and the most entertaining

adult science fiction stories.

Until then, may I say good night and good luck for C.H. Maslin and Sons,

makers of fine rugs and carpets since 1866.

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