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Escape is an American radio drama. It was radio's leading anthology series of high-adventure radio dramas, airing on CBS from July 7, 1947 to September 25, 1954.
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00:01getting impatient for baseball season to start
00:04have a touch of spring fever
00:06want to get away from it all
00:08we offer you
00:09escape
00:22you are in mid-ocean
00:25aboard a jinx ship
00:27already nine men have died
00:28and you know that some malignant force is aimed at you
00:33from which you cannot escape
00:45escape
00:45designed to free you from the four walls of today
00:49for a half hour of high adventure
00:56tonight
00:58we escape to the north atlantic in the year 1900
01:01and to a sailing ship whose very name struck dread in sailors hearts
01:05as joseph conrad told it in his famous story
01:09the brute
01:22you could never tell it just by looking at her
01:24proud and strong
01:26and beautiful on the outside
01:28you couldn't see the black heart inside of her
01:30and you'd never know
01:31she'd killed at least a dozen men
01:33and maybe more
01:34but i knew her
01:36knew her for the murdering she devil she was
01:39i saw the day she killed her first one
01:41and i was there too
01:42when she finally made a big mistake
01:45and killed the wrong person
01:47but that was a long time later
01:50well she had a name all right
01:51but after that first day
01:53her first killing
01:54nobody but the family ever used it again
01:56everyone else from that day on
01:58would look at her
01:59half afraid
02:00and half snarling
02:02and they called her
02:03the brute
02:14i remember i was fourteen
02:15the day my father took me down
02:16to the south thames boatyard
02:17to watch the launching of the ship
02:19my brother charlie was there of course
02:21eight years older than me
02:22and very proud of his one gold stripe
02:24now that he'd be made an officer
02:26in the apse line
02:27charlie and father were talking
02:28i just stood and listened to them
02:30and didn't say much of anything myself
02:32look at her dad
02:34ever see a ship in your life
02:35with lines like that
02:36i bet she'll outsell any clipper
02:38in the china trade
02:38well that remains to be seen charlie
02:41how soon are they going to launch her
02:42any minute now
02:44i'd give it a lot to be sailing on her
02:45instead of on the malcolm apps
02:46well the malcolm's a good ship son
02:48as good a ship as any
02:50the apse family owns
02:51i'm not kicking
02:52i'm glad enough to be through
02:53apprenticeship and get my commission
02:55but even at that
02:56i'd almost rather be a bosun
02:57on this ship
02:58than third mate
02:59on the malcolm
02:59i understand that colchester's
03:01to be her captain
03:02yes that's right
03:03oldest commander
03:04with the absent son's line
03:05look at the size of her dad
03:07she's a full two thousand tons
03:10less half a ton charlie
03:11oh good morning mr german
03:13hey mr wilmot
03:14hello ned
03:14how do you do sir
03:15no charlie she came to
03:17one thousand nine hundred ninety
03:19nine and a half
03:20when we measured her up
03:21well two thousand tons
03:22a night mr german
03:22you'll never build a better ship
03:24than this one
03:25i don't know charlie
03:26i built her the way
03:28mr ops wanted her
03:29she's big and she's stout
03:31but
03:32i don't know
03:32and what's your reason
03:34for saying that sir
03:35no reason that makes any sense
03:37about the devil's own time with her
03:39cabin doors jamming when they shouldn't
03:41edge covers that wouldn't fit
03:42after they'd been measured up
03:43blocks fouling for no reason at all
03:47i don't know mr wilmot
03:49but if she were a human being
03:52i'd say that maybe she's insane
03:54oh come now
03:54you've been working too hard
03:55mr german
03:56better take a vacation
03:57now that she's finished
03:58well i could certainly use
04:00i say
04:01that's maggie colchester up there
04:03the captain's niece
04:04is she going to do the christening
04:05that's right charlie
04:06and i'd better get down below now
04:08my own men are going to knock
04:09the stays loose
04:10and let her slide down
04:11into the water
04:11oh good luck mr german
04:13thanks mr wilmot
04:14come on board for the celebration
04:16after she's lodged
04:17bring the boy
04:17fine thank you
04:18we should be there
04:19now let it go any minute now
04:20dad
04:22i'm going to sail on that ship
04:23someday
04:24oh you'll probably sail on a lot
04:25of apps line ships
04:26before you're through charlie
04:28look
04:29look they're giving maggie
04:30the champagne now
04:30and she's going to christmas
04:31yes listen
04:32i christen the
04:33the apps family
04:35the apps family
04:37so that's what they're naming
04:38her eh
04:39all right
04:39mince
04:40knock out the stairs
04:41let her go
04:45look dad
04:45she's starting to move
04:46there she goes
04:47yes and look at that speed
04:48i never saw her
04:49german look out
04:52good lord
04:53he fell right into the waves
04:54and she
04:54she went over him
04:55he didn't fall
04:56a timber rolled off the deck
04:58and knocked him under
04:59she slid right over him
05:00mr german
05:00the man who built her
05:01she's launched in blood
05:02if that means anything
05:04she's a brute
05:05to the murders now charlie
05:07still think you'd like to sail on her
05:08it was an accident
05:09it doesn't mean anything
05:10perhaps not
05:11i'll sail on her someday
05:13sooner or later
05:13i will sail on her
05:23well the way things worked out
05:24i was the one to sail on her first
05:26instead of charlie
05:27he'd gone on out to the orient
05:29aboard the malcolm
05:30and six months later
05:31when i started my apprenticeship
05:32i found the company
05:34had assigned me to report
05:35to captain colchester
05:36on the apse family
05:38or the brute
05:39as everybody was calling it privately
05:44there was some kind of mix up
05:45on the sailing orders
05:46and by the time i came on board
05:47a tug already had a line
05:49on the big sailing ship
05:50and was starting to ease her stern first
05:52out into the channel
05:53all right now
05:54he's ahead there
05:55take up the slack
05:57captain colchester
05:58was at the taproom
05:58shouting orders
05:59to the tug captain
06:00and the mates were forward
06:01somewhere
06:01handling the check line
06:02you've got the slack now
06:04all the way
06:05i stood at the waist
06:06waiting for a chance
06:07to report in
06:07and watching a young fellow
06:08about my own age
06:09who was doing something
06:10or other upper loft
06:11on the mizzenmast above me
06:12the tug had drawn
06:13the line out taut
06:14but the ship
06:15hadn't started to move yet
06:16you've got no way
06:17on her yet
06:18turn your engine
06:19up to full speed
06:20the tug was churning
06:22the water to froth
06:23and the hosser
06:23was tight as a bowstring
06:24but we still didn't move
06:26keep that up
06:27hold that up
06:28first the buckles
06:29then suddenly
06:30the ship gave a lurch
06:31and started back
06:31like a bucking horse
06:33the men forage
06:34had no chance
06:35to ease the kick-check
06:36cable
06:36and a second later
06:37it snapped
06:39the ship plunged
06:40down back
06:40and then sheared off
06:41with a smash
06:42against the pier head
06:42that knocked me
06:43sprawling on the deck
06:44and at that moment
06:47the lad who'd been
06:48working aloft on the mast
06:49crashed down
06:50onto the deck
06:51not ten feet
06:51away from me
06:52and he lay there
06:53without moving
06:54give a hand up
06:54here on my waist
06:55plate
06:55young hawkers
06:56just fell out
06:57of the tops
07:00that's too bad
07:01is he
07:02is he dead
07:03captain corchester
07:03he's dead boy
07:05you gotta hold
07:06to yourself
07:06don't stand
07:07a trembling
07:07you never seen
07:08anybody die before
07:09yes sir
07:10on the day
07:11they launched
07:11this ship
07:12oh
07:12germane eh
07:14you're a young
07:15Ned Wilmot
07:15I suppose
07:16the new apprentice
07:16yes
07:17and no doubt
07:18you may have heard
07:19this ship
07:20called by
07:20an unpleasant name
07:21once in a while
07:22yes
07:22the brute
07:23well you'll be kind enough
07:24to remember
07:25while you're aboard
07:26that her name
07:27is the apse family
07:28and she's had her share
07:29of accidents
07:30the same as any other ship
07:32is that quite clear
07:33yes
07:33get along forward with you
07:35and stow your gear away
07:36on the folks
07:37you'll take over
07:38young hawkins duties
07:39for the time being
07:41yes sir
07:48i sailed aboard the brute
07:50for the next four years
07:51and watched her kill
07:52nine men
07:53during the time
07:54we got so
07:55we tried to outguess her
07:56try to figure out
07:57how she'd do it
07:58the next time
07:59but no matter
08:00what we think
08:01we never were right
08:03and it wasn't
08:04only the killing
08:04it was everything
08:06most ships
08:07have little ways
08:08all their own
08:09and you'll learn about them
08:10and allow for them
08:11ah but not her
08:13she was like
08:14a crazy woman
08:16you never knew
08:17what she'd do next
08:18i remember once
08:19off the gold coast
08:20she ran before a gale
08:21for two days
08:22as pretty as you please
08:24and then broached
08:25two
08:25twice
08:26the same afternoon
08:27flung the helms
08:28and clean over the wheel
08:29the first time
08:29and the second time
08:30swamped herself
08:31fore and aft
08:32and split out
08:33every stitch of canvas
08:34and after we got
08:36the decks cleaned up
08:37we found one seaman
08:39had gone overboard
08:41he was her fifth
08:42i guess it was
08:43or maybe
08:44the sixth
08:47oh she was beautiful
08:49the apse family was
08:50big and proud
08:52and beautiful
08:53and along with it
08:55a killer
08:56a black-hearted
08:58sea-going brute
09:06my brother charlie
09:07was on the china run
09:08all that time
09:09first on the malcolm
09:10and later on the loosey apps
09:11but we never happened
09:12to hit port
09:13at the same time
09:14finally the time
09:15of my apprenticeship
09:16was up
09:17we boomed into london
09:18at the end of the trip
09:19and i went before
09:20the board
09:21for my papers
09:23i guess they figured
09:24anybody who could
09:25stay alive
09:25for four years
09:26on the brute
09:27must be a seaman
09:29anyway
09:29i passed
09:30and mr apps
09:31handed me
09:32my sailing orders
09:33along with the commission
09:33i was assigned
09:35as third mate
09:36to captain colchester
09:37on the apps family
09:43well
09:44congratulations
09:45and i'm glad you're going to stay with us
09:47thanks captain colchester
09:48you've been a hard work on a practice
09:49and i've no doubt
09:50what you'll be a good officer
09:51in fact we have a man on board
09:54who'll make sure of that
09:55why
09:55what do you mean captain
09:57got a new first mate
09:58on this trip
10:00come in charlie
10:01charlie
10:02well hello there youngster
10:04i say you've been doing
10:05a bit of growing
10:06in the last five years
10:06charlie i didn't even know
10:08you were in port
10:08been in for a week
10:09down country though
10:11i hear you fooled the board
10:12careful man
10:12you're talking about
10:13your own third mate
10:14so they tell me
10:15and you'll be jumping
10:17lively on this trip
10:18me boy
10:18easy easy
10:19don't forget
10:20i know this ship
10:20and you don't
10:21and i'll learn it quick enough
10:22been wanting the chance
10:23for a long time
10:25and between us
10:26i think we can even
10:27break this jinx
10:28lads there'll be no talk
10:29of a jinx on this trip
10:31at least not in the cabin
10:33as long as maggie's
10:34going along
10:34maggie
10:35who's maggie
10:36ask your brother
10:37i think he's the one
10:38who talked her into the trip
10:40although she claims
10:41it's for her health
10:43i'll leave you two
10:44to get acquainted
10:45we'll be about ten days
10:46loading if you've got any plans
10:48what's he talking about charlie
10:50who's maggie
10:51his niece
10:51maggie colchester
10:53you remember her
10:54the girl who christened the ship
10:55of course
10:56holly
10:57well he has not
10:57dad told you
10:58where i've been spending
10:59shore leaves for the last
11:00year and a half
11:00no charlie
11:01i didn't know anything
11:02about it
11:02well then let me show
11:03you something
11:04here
11:05now if i have my way
11:07maggie will be wearing
11:08this before the trip's over
11:09here take a look
11:11blimey
11:12that's all right
11:13yes i bought it
11:14in cape town
11:15it's a blue white diamond
11:16set in platinum
11:17is it big enough
11:18to go on a finger
11:18oh it's big enough
11:19all right
11:20and that's where it's going
11:21if i can talk her into it
11:22and who's going to talk
11:24who into what charlie
11:25uh maggie i was
11:27um saying that um
11:29um
11:30i hoped i could talk you
11:31into going ashore for dinner
11:33with me
11:33oh where you now
11:35you big liar
11:36oh maggie this is my brother
11:38ned ned this is
11:39maggie
11:39how do you do
11:40and are you one of the
11:41officers too
11:42i'm the
11:43new third mate
11:44well i certainly hope
11:45you're more truthful
11:46than your brother
11:47maggie
11:47who's invitation to dinner
11:49i am accepting
11:50with pleasure
11:51oh really
11:51see you both later
11:53all right char
11:53about an hour
11:55charlie
11:57she's
11:57she's lovely
11:58she's more than that
11:59ned
12:00she's
12:02everything as far
12:02as i'm concerned
12:03well
12:03in that case
12:04good luck
12:05i hope you get her
12:06we'll see about that
12:07anyway with maggie
12:08aboard we've got to
12:09make sure this
12:10jinx ship
12:10stays on good behavior
12:11for once
12:12it'll be the first time
12:13if she does
12:14when it's the first time
12:15we've had both the
12:15Wilmots on board together
12:17we'll tammel down ned
12:19we'll make it calm
12:20and peaceful
12:20as an old workhorse
12:21just you wait
12:23and see if we don't
12:32and the strange part
12:33of it was
12:34he was right
12:36we stood out
12:37past gravesend
12:37and made the passage
12:38to the china coast
12:39in a hundred and twenty
12:40one days of the finest
12:42weather you could ever
12:43hope to meet
12:43and for the first time
12:45in a bloody life
12:46the old ship
12:47settled down
12:47and sailed herself
12:48as meat as you please
12:51charlie and i
12:52had talked about it
12:53sometimes
12:53when maggie wasn't around
12:54and he'd always laugh
12:56and say the brute knew
12:57when she'd met her match
12:58that she didn't dare
12:59try to buck the two of us
13:01well i
13:02i was more ready
13:03to give the credit to maggie
13:04to think maybe
13:05she'd charmed the old
13:06murderess
13:07the way she'd charmed
13:08all the rest of us
13:10from the second day out
13:11maggie was the secret
13:13darling of every man
13:14on board
13:14she was all over the ship
13:16here there
13:17and everywhere
13:18with red tam
13:19and her bright blue eyes
13:21never still a minute
13:22and having the time
13:23of her life
13:24if she'd come along
13:25for her health
13:25she'd found it
13:27before we passed
13:28gravesend
13:33we raised a storm
13:34on the passage back
13:35and ran four days
13:36in a heavy gale
13:37i stood by
13:39and held my breath
13:40ready for anything
13:41and nothing happened
13:43the old lady
13:44app's family
13:45held up her head
13:46and sailed along
13:47like a seagull
13:48any time before
13:50she'd have buried
13:50her gunwale
13:51in the quartering seas
13:52but now
13:53all the water
13:54she shipped
13:55you could put
13:55in a teacup
13:56a hundred and nine
13:58days from hong kong
13:59we raised the dungness
14:00light
14:00and early the next
14:01morning
14:01picked up a tug
14:02of shearers
14:03for the long
14:04tow upriver
14:05to london
14:09the ship
14:10followed along
14:10on the tow line
14:11like a puppy
14:11on a leash
14:12and we moved
14:13slowly up the river
14:13past gravesend
14:15all of us
14:15were glad to be home
14:16but maggie
14:18most of all
14:18i think
14:19because she'd
14:20never been at sea
14:21so long before
14:22i had to smile
14:23at the way
14:23she danced around
14:24in the bows
14:25picking out
14:25one landmark
14:26after another
14:27as we came to them
14:28sometimes standing up
14:29on the spare anchor
14:30we'd taken in
14:30on the foredeck
14:31in order to get
14:33a better look
14:33at the riverbanks ahead
14:35she wasn't wearing
14:36the ring yet
14:36but i knew
14:37she was going to
14:38and was only
14:39teasing charlie
14:40as long as possible
14:44what's wrong ned
14:45that tug stopped
14:46her engines
14:47collision up ahead
14:47in the channel charlie
14:48looks like a yawl
14:49and a schooner
14:50fouled together
14:50oh yes
14:52well
14:53looks like they're
14:54clearing it up now
14:55guess we can move
14:56again in a couple
14:57of minutes
14:58maggie
14:58why don't you
14:59go on to the
15:00after deck
15:00you're on the way
15:01up forward there
15:02oh i'm all right
15:03charlie
15:03stop worrying
15:04we're almost home
15:06better save your
15:07orders for the crew
15:08charlie
15:09she outranks you
15:09i'll take orders
15:11from her any day
15:12yes
15:13we are almost home
15:14ned
15:15we've had a lucky
15:16voyage
15:16it's the first
15:17halfway peaceful
15:18trip i've ever made
15:19in the old brute
15:20oh i told you
15:20we'd tear her down
15:22she's turned over
15:22a new leaf
15:23ned
15:23well
15:24it won't last long
15:25if she keeps on
15:26shearing off there
15:26and drifting back
15:27down the channel
15:28huh
15:30oh yes
15:31and we're heading
15:32straight for those
15:33fishing smacks
15:33better have the tug
15:34start up and hold
15:35a toward line on her
15:36i've seen her do
15:37this before
15:37yes
15:38ahoy the tug
15:40take up the slack
15:41and get her straight
15:42in the channel
15:43hold it against the
15:44current
15:48any other ship
15:49would have held steady
15:50for the two or three
15:50minutes we stopped
15:51but not the old
15:53rep's family
15:53and now when the tug
15:55tightened up in the
15:56halza pulling at an
15:57angular truss of
15:57bows she wouldn't
15:58respond wouldn't
15:59budge the old girl
16:01wanted her own way
16:02she was just as
16:03stubborn as ever
16:04ahoy the tug
16:05we're still drifting
16:07open up to full speed
16:12confounder
16:13never saw a ship
16:14act like this
16:15the heavy halza
16:16was pulled so tight
16:17it was humming
16:17and tug's pedals
16:18with her engines
16:19full whipped up
16:20the water
16:20like a mill race
16:21and then
16:21it happened
16:22the heavy towing
16:23chalk tore loose
16:24from the deck
16:26the halza began
16:27sliding across the bow
16:28ripping out rail
16:29stanchions like
16:30matchsticks
16:30then my soul
16:31was going to
16:32sweep under the
16:32fruits of the
16:33spare anchor
16:33the anchor
16:34that maggie
16:34was tending on
16:35maggie
16:41she tried to
16:42jump clear
16:43but she was too
16:43late
16:43the great anchor
16:45had tipped up
16:45on its side
16:46clasped her about
16:47the waist like
16:47a monstrous arm
16:48of steel
16:48it had carried
16:49her with it
16:50and swung down
16:51and over and
16:51smashed against
16:52the side of the
16:52ship
16:52she went into
16:53the water
16:53take charge of
16:54the deck
16:55ned i'm going
16:55in after her
16:56ned
16:56ned was that
16:57maggie
16:57yes sir
16:58she's she's
16:58overboard
16:59captain
16:59corchester
17:00maggie
17:00oh that
17:01dirty murder
17:03and brute
17:03now it's
17:04women she's
17:04killing
17:05let go
17:06the port
17:07anchor
17:07hold the ship
17:08mr years
17:08and get
17:09the boats
17:09over
17:11i hadn't
17:12told charlie
17:12and i didn't
17:13say anything
17:13about it
17:14to captain
17:14corchester
17:14but i stood
17:16there
17:16and i knew
17:17it wasn't
17:17any use
17:18because i'd
17:19seen the way
17:20the heavy
17:20anchor had
17:20carried her
17:21over
17:21and then
17:22swung in
17:23to smash
17:23her against
17:24the bow
17:24before it
17:25dropped her
17:25into the
17:26water
17:27and i'd
17:28seen the
17:28way that
17:29water beneath
17:30the bow
17:30was all
17:32coloured
17:33red
17:39they found
17:40her at
17:41late afternoon
17:41when the
17:42tide turned
17:43and she
17:43floated clear
17:44of one of
17:44the mooring
17:45boys
17:45and the
17:46next morning
17:47we tied up
17:48in the
17:48london docks
17:48the men
17:49had been
17:50happy at
17:50coming into
17:51their home
17:51port
17:51but now
17:52they remembered
17:53how she'd
17:54been happy
17:54too
17:54their own
17:55darling
17:57i'd never
17:57before seen
17:58a crew
17:58leave a
17:59ship so
17:59quietly
18:00and some
18:01of them
18:01when they
18:02reached the
18:03wharf
18:03turned back
18:04and cursed
18:05her under
18:06that breath
18:11finally it
18:12was only
18:12charlie and
18:13i
18:13alone on
18:14the quarter
18:14deck
18:15and captain
18:16colchester was
18:16below somewhere
18:17in the
18:17cabin
18:19she never
18:19wore it
18:20ned
18:21the rain
18:23she never
18:24wore it
18:24but she
18:25she would
18:26have charlie
18:26i know she
18:27meant to
18:27she was just
18:28having a little
18:28fun with you
18:29that's all
18:29with all of us
18:30on board
18:31why did the
18:31brute have to
18:31go for maggie
18:32why
18:32i guess there's
18:34not much
18:35answer for
18:35that
18:36she's everything
18:37i wanted
18:38everything
18:39yes charlie
18:40i know
18:41i talked her
18:42into making
18:42the voyage
18:44it was my
18:45idea
18:45it's no good
18:47charlie this
18:47kind of
18:47thinking
18:48i guess
18:49you know
18:49that
18:49i don't
18:50know
18:51she's everything
18:52i wanted
18:52charlie
18:53over here
18:55captain
18:56i'm going
18:57ashore
18:58shipkeepers
18:59come aboard
18:59now the
19:00two of you
19:00free to go
19:01whenever you
19:02like
19:02thanks sir
19:03charlie
19:04i
19:05nothing
19:07i'm resigning
19:07command in the
19:08morning
19:08i'll never sit
19:09foot on board
19:10her again
19:10as long as
19:11i live
19:12i feel the
19:12same way
19:13sir
19:13well
19:14come into
19:14the company
19:15office in a
19:15day or two
19:16and sign out
19:17for the log
19:18good day
19:19gentlemen
19:23charlie
19:24we'd
19:25better go
19:26ashore too
19:26we're done
19:27here
19:29yes i
19:30i suppose we
19:31are
19:31i'll arrange to
19:32have our gear
19:33picked up later
19:34there's no use
19:35of uh
19:35captain
19:36look out
19:38missed him
19:40but
19:41but yardarm
19:42off the
19:42mainmast
19:42fell right
19:43behind him
19:43ah
19:44you missed
19:45me
19:45you murdering
19:46brute
19:46and that
19:47was your
19:48last chance
19:48ned
19:49ned that
19:50yard was
19:50made fast
19:51to dunganus
19:51and now it
19:52falls out of
19:53the tops
19:53with the
19:53ship lying
19:54still at
19:54the wharf
19:55yes charlie
19:55come on
19:56let's go ashore
19:57wasn't the devil
19:58satisfied for
19:59one trip
20:00there's no way
20:01of stopping
20:01her
20:01how many more
20:02does she
20:03want to kill
20:03charlie
20:17charlie was
20:18ten years
20:18older by the
20:19time we
20:19reached home
20:20and it
20:21was two
20:21weeks before
20:22he'd do
20:22anything more
20:23than sit
20:24in his room
20:24and stare
20:25at the wall
20:26saying nothing
20:28captain
20:28colchester
20:29carried out
20:29his threat
20:29and resigned
20:30from the
20:31company the
20:31morning after
20:31we docked
20:32and i filed
20:33my application
20:34for a transfer
20:36the apps
20:37family was
20:37reloaded and
20:38ready to
20:38sail but
20:40she stayed
20:40on lying
20:41at the
20:41wharf with
20:42nobody to
20:42take her
20:43out and
20:44that's the
20:45way things
20:45stood for
20:46two weeks
20:47until one
20:48morning a
20:49bombshell
20:50dropped
20:57hello ned
20:58charlie i
21:00wondered where
21:01you went
21:01this morning
21:02and i
21:03left the
21:04house
21:04early
21:04how do
21:05you feel
21:05fine
21:07ned
21:09mr
21:10apps tells
21:10me you've
21:10applied for
21:11a transfer
21:11another ship
21:12well
21:14yes i did
21:15as a matter
21:16of fact
21:16you saw
21:17all man
21:17apps
21:17yes i
21:17stopped
21:18into the
21:18office
21:18this
21:18morning
21:20ned
21:21it's
21:22up to
21:23you of
21:23course
21:23but
21:24i hope
21:25you'll
21:25change
21:25your mind
21:26not a
21:26chance
21:26the ship
21:27sails
21:27tomorrow
21:28morning
21:28oh
21:29so they
21:30finally found
21:30somebody crazy
21:31enough to
21:31take her
21:32out
21:32yes they
21:33did
21:34me
21:34you
21:36you're going
21:37to skip
21:37with a brute
21:38that's right
21:38ned
21:39but i
21:39i thought
21:40it's a short
21:40voyage
21:40north atlantic
21:41run
21:42you're awfully
21:43glad to
21:43have you
21:43along
21:44somebody i
21:44could depend
21:45on if
21:45you feel
21:47like signing
21:47on again
21:48charlie
21:49of course
21:49it's
21:49up to
21:50you
21:53all right
21:53charlie
21:55i'll sign
21:55on again
21:56be glad
21:57to
22:05we boomed
22:06out past
22:06the shearer's
22:07light and
22:07headed north
22:08hugging a
22:08lee shore
22:09in the
22:09stiff breeze
22:10the ship
22:11drove ahead
22:12as steady
22:12as a barge
22:13with scarcely
22:14a roller
22:14or quiver
22:15but in spite
22:16of the smooth
22:17and easy
22:17way she
22:18handled
22:18i couldn't
22:19help feeling
22:20uneasy
22:21i could sense
22:22the black
22:22spirit of her
22:23brooding
22:24somewhere
22:24down inside
22:25mocking
22:26and taunting
22:27us with her
22:27bloody
22:28memories
22:28and waiting
22:29for a new
22:31chance
22:32by nightfall
22:34we were running
22:34hard in along
22:35the kettling
22:35coast where
22:36those rocky
22:37headlands
22:37break at
22:37intervals out
22:38of the
22:38shelving
22:39sandy beaches
22:40the onshore
22:41wind held
22:41steady in
22:42our quarter
22:42and the sun
22:43sank down
22:44behind the
22:45land some
22:45three miles
22:46away
22:55it wasn't
22:55quite full
22:56dark yet
22:56when charlie
22:57sent for me
22:57i came up
22:58to where he
22:59was standing
22:59alone near
23:00the wheel
23:01that you
23:02ned
23:02right charlie
23:03bosan said
23:03he wanted
23:04to see me
23:04yes
23:05i did
23:06send
23:06for you
23:06ned
23:07got a
23:08steady
23:08as you
23:08go
23:08as close
23:09to the
23:09wind
23:09aye
23:09sir
23:11i've been
23:12standing
23:12here
23:14thinking about
23:14maggie
23:15ned
23:16while she
23:16scrambled
23:17around over
23:17the decks
23:18making friends
23:19with everybody
23:21having the time
23:21of her life
23:22charlie you've
23:22got to stop
23:23it
23:23no i'm
23:24all right
23:25i like to
23:26think about
23:26her
23:26it's this
23:27ship and all
23:27the memories
23:28around it
23:28it's what i
23:29was afraid
23:30no no it's
23:30all right
23:33ned
23:34i want you
23:35to take
23:35charge of
23:36the crew
23:36and give
23:36an order
23:38of course
23:38you'll
23:39question the
23:39order
23:40but you'll
23:40carry it
23:41out anyway
23:42do you
23:42understand
23:43what's
23:44what's the
23:45order charlie
23:46have all
23:47hands prepared
23:47to abandon
23:48ship
23:48what
23:49why there's
23:50nothing wrong
23:50mr wilmot
23:53it is not an
23:53officer's place
23:54to question
23:54an order
23:55by the
23:55captain
23:56you'll
23:57do as
23:57your
23:57tone
23:59yes sir
24:01you can
24:01give the
24:01order now
24:02mr wilmot
24:02charlie i
24:03can't
24:04let you
24:05very well
24:06captain
24:08all hands
24:08on deck
24:10stand by
24:10the boats
24:12prepare
24:12to abandon
24:13ship
24:16all right
24:17helmsman
24:18find your
24:18place in the
24:19boats i'll
24:19take over
24:19the wheel
24:20aye sir
24:20you don't
24:21know what
24:21you're doing
24:22charlie we're
24:22in no danger
24:23there's no
24:23reason to
24:24abandon
24:24ship
24:24you're
24:25always in
24:25danger
24:25aboard this
24:26black-hearted
24:26brute
24:27i'll put on
24:28the quarter
24:28now
24:29get the
24:29boats
24:30in the
24:30water
24:30when she
24:30yields
24:30hurry
24:31on
24:31steady
24:33going on
24:34the quarter
24:35is he
24:35on
24:37all right
24:38now
24:39hold
24:39hand
24:41lower
24:42boat
24:44we shouldn't
24:45have any
24:45trouble running
24:46ashore to
24:46that beach
24:47there of
24:47the south
24:48hey
24:48what about
24:49you
24:50i'll hold
24:50her steady
24:51until everybody's
24:51clear
24:52you'd better
24:53go over the
24:53side
24:53your boat
24:54standing there
24:54oh no
24:55not until you
24:56do i'm staying
24:56with you charlie
24:57you'll be a
24:57fool
24:57ned
24:58i'm doing
24:59this alone
24:59no charlie
25:00not while
25:00i'm here
25:00mr wilmot
25:02you will
25:03abandon ship
25:03and take
25:04charge of
25:04the boats
25:04in the
25:05water
25:05and that's
25:05an order
25:05charlie
25:06i can't
25:06mr wilmot
25:09very well
25:10captain
25:11that's the
25:12spirit
25:12lad
25:14learn to
25:15obey orders
25:15and step
25:16lively
25:18and you'll
25:18be a
25:18seaman yet
25:20good luck
25:21ned
25:22thanks charlie
25:23stand by
25:24for you
25:24in the
25:24boat
25:24of course
25:25lad
25:27fine
25:28bye
25:31i slipped
25:31over the
25:32gunwale
25:32and dropped
25:32down into
25:33the boat
25:33that trailed
25:33alongside
25:34on a line
25:34from the
25:35rail
25:35i'd hardly
25:36hit the
25:36bottom
25:36when the
25:36line
25:37slackened
25:37my new
25:38charlie
25:38had cut
25:38us loose
25:39from the
25:39ship
25:39he was
25:40alone
25:40on an
25:41owl
25:41alone
25:42in the
25:42night sea
25:43with a
25:44black
25:44brute
25:49look
25:50sir
25:50look
25:50he's
25:51laid
25:51it
25:51over
25:51away
25:51from
25:52the
25:52wind
25:52charlie
25:53had put
25:53the
25:53helm
25:53over
25:53hard
25:54with a
25:54terrible
25:54shudder
25:55of her
25:55dark
25:55sails
25:55and a
25:56smother
25:56of white
25:56foam
25:57from her
25:57bows
25:57the great
25:58ship
25:58heeled
25:58about
25:59in a
25:59sharp
25:59turn
25:59and then
26:00began
26:00to drive
26:00ahead
26:01like some
26:01mad
26:01thing
26:01before
26:02the
26:02wind
26:02straight
26:03before
26:03the
26:03wind
26:04and
26:04straight
26:04toward
26:04the
26:04shore
26:05look
26:05sir
26:05the
26:05rocks
26:06on
26:06the
26:06headland
26:06she's
26:06going
26:07to
26:07smash
26:07herself
26:07faster
26:08and
26:08faster
26:08she plunged
26:09her head
26:09through the
26:09weltering
26:09seas
26:10faster
26:10and
26:10faster
26:11on the
26:11back
26:11of the
26:11gale
26:11while the
26:12black
26:12hearted
26:12spirit
26:13of her
26:13screamed
26:13in the
26:14rat
26:14lines
26:14look sir
26:15the rocks
26:15what in the
26:16name of
26:16heaven is he
26:17going to do
26:17and now
26:18for one long
26:18instant she
26:19hung poised at
26:19the top of a
26:20plunge and
26:20then drove
26:21smashing
26:21downward
26:22onto the
26:22down
26:23down
26:58We stood by as close as we dared for three hours
27:05while the killer ship pounded herself to bits of the surging sea.
27:10But we didn't find my brother Charlie.
27:13And from the first minute, I knew we wouldn't.
27:18Because just before I'd left the ship, there by the helm,
27:22in the light of the binnacle lamp,
27:25I'd seen the thing he was holding clenched tight in his hard brown fist.
27:33It was a tiny platinum ring set with a blue-white diamond.
28:00THE BRUTE
28:03by Joseph Conrad, adapted for radio by Les Crutchfield,
28:07featuring Dan O'Herlihy as Ned Wilmot, and Eric Rolfe as Charlie Wilmot,
28:12with Nina Carlton as Maggie, Jeff Corey as Captain Colchester,
28:17Wilms Herbert as German, and Parley Bear as the father.
28:21Music is conceived and conducted by Wilbur Hatch.
28:27Next week.
28:31You are far into the remote hill country of Afghan.
28:35Caught in an ambush by the fierce Pathan tribes.
28:39Trapped in a hopeless fight
28:40from which there seems
28:43no escape.
28:54Next week, we escape with Rudyard Kipling's gripping story,
28:58The Drums of the Foreign Aft.
29:00Good night, then, until the same time next week,
29:03when once again we offer you
29:04Escape.
29:06Escape.
29:11This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System.
29:14opt
29:15B alorseken
29:18t
29:188
29:18b
29:19Well,
29:22we in
29:23we
29:24don't
29:25get
29:26... Every
29:28You
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