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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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00:01You are lying helpless in a rude hut in the deep interior of China,
00:06not knowing how you got there or why.
00:09And before you, you see the face of a beautiful girl
00:12and the hard, ruthless figure of a guerrilla chieftain.
00:16And you know that in this room there is danger for you, perhaps death.
00:28We offer you Escape, transcribed to free you from the four walls of today
00:32for a half hour of high adventure.
00:35Today we escape to China and the story of a man who lost his memory and almost his life.
00:40As James Norman told it in his fascinating story,
00:44He Who Rides the Tiger.
00:55The figures and faces would come and go.
01:00Sometimes I seemed to be floating along with them through endless space,
01:03but more often I could feel myself lying on a hard bed and watching,
01:09not moving, with sick and fevered eyes.
01:13There was a big man with brown skin and close-cropped hair
01:17and an older man with a white coat.
01:20But best of all was the girl, a beautiful girl.
01:26Usually her face would dissolve into a great lotus flower
01:30that would hang for a moment in the air
01:32and then float slowly beyond reach of my thoughts and disappear.
01:39Part of this was a dream, of course, and part reality.
01:44But I was unable to separate one from the other.
01:52How long it went on, it's impossible for me to say.
01:55I had no sense of the passage of time.
01:58One morning, though, I opened my eyes and looked at the bare walls of the room.
02:02The white-haired man sitting by my cot,
02:04the other man sitting a few feet away smoking a cigarette.
02:08And then I knew that the dreams had gone away and would not come back.
02:14This was reality.
02:16Feeling better?
02:17Can you hear me?
02:19Understand me?
02:20Huh?
02:21Yes.
02:21Yes, of course.
02:22Good.
02:23Glad you're finally coming out of it.
02:24You've been a very sick man, you know.
02:26Where am I?
02:28At Fengyang Mission Hospital.
02:30We're about 600 miles south of Baiping.
02:31But that's impossible.
02:35How did I get here?
02:36I walked in.
02:37Dropped unconscious in the courtyard.
02:39Burning up with fever and suffering from malnutrition.
02:41Malnutrition?
02:42But I ate lunch yesterday in Baiping.
02:45I'm afraid I'll have to contradict you.
02:46You've been here for two months.
02:48I don't understand.
02:49Doctor, I wonder if I could ask your patient a question.
02:51Why, yes.
02:52Yes, of course.
02:53It's simply this.
02:54What is your name?
02:56Well, it's Armour.
02:58David Armour.
02:59Ah, yes.
02:59So you told us why you weren't delirious.
03:01But we could not be sure.
03:03And your business in Baiping, Mr. Armour?
03:07I'm a member of the International Committee on Chinese Art Treasures.
03:11We've been investigating the policy of the advancing Japanese armies
03:15toward protecting and preserving art objects in newly conquered territories.
03:19I see.
03:20And yesterday, you ate lunch in Baiping.
03:23Yes.
03:24At the Wagon Lee Hotel.
03:26I dropped my wife off at the...
03:30Adrian.
03:31Well, where is she?
03:32Where's my wife?
03:33Mrs. Armour is in San Francisco at present.
03:35San Francisco?
03:37Well, why should...
03:39What's this all about?
03:40Who are you and what am I doing here?
03:42Why have I...
03:43Mr. Armour, please.
03:44Mr. Quinto, I think any further questioning had better be postponed until tomorrow.
03:48Mr. Armour is in no condition for it.
03:49I quite agree with you, doctor.
03:51Farewell, Mr. Armour.
03:53Until tomorrow, then.
03:58Doctor, I don't understand.
04:00Who is this, Mr. Quinto?
04:01What does he want?
04:02Well, he's a powerful man among the Chinese.
04:04He's been following your condition very closely.
04:06I, uh...
04:07I don't know what he wants.
04:08If I could only remember what happened.
04:11I've got to send word to my wife, to Adrian.
04:14To the American consul.
04:16Uh...
04:17My wallet, my passport and papers.
04:19Do you have them?
04:20Oh, Mr. Armour, when you arrived here, you were wearing a cast-off uniform of the Japanese army.
04:24What?
04:25You have no papers or identification.
04:26There was nothing in your pockets except this.
04:29I haven't told Mr. Quinto about it.
04:32Uh...
04:32It's a little porcelain figurine.
04:35A rabbit.
04:36Yes, a rabbit.
04:38Does it mean anything to you?
04:39No, I never saw it before in my life.
04:40That's too bad.
04:41I was hoping it might help you remember.
04:43The last thing I remember is that lunch in Pei Ping.
04:46It seems like yesterday, and yet you told me it was two months ago.
04:49Oh, no, no.
04:50I said that you came here two months ago.
04:52Um, what was the date of that luncheon, Mr. Armour?
04:56Uh, it was, uh...
04:59September 23rd.
04:59Yes.
05:00Of what year?
05:021941, of course.
05:03What do you mean?
05:04What are you driving?
05:05Mr. Armour, apparently the last thing you remember is a lunch that you had in Pei Ping nearly eight years
05:11ago.
05:18I understand the doctor has brought you more or less, uh, up to date, Mr. Armour.
05:23Well, in a general way, yes.
05:24He told me about Pearl Harbor and the war and finally the Japanese surrender and the revolution in China and
05:30so on.
05:32Hasn't helped any as far as my memory is concerned, though.
05:35It's too bad.
05:36Uh, let me extend that memory by about 20 minutes.
05:40What do you mean?
05:41On September 23rd, 1941, you ate lunch at the Wagon Lee Hotel in Pei Ping with a Mr. Ficking, the
05:49Far East correspondent for an American newspaper.
05:52Yes, I know that.
05:53You left the hotel with Mr. Ficking and engaged the rickshaw, naturally.
05:57Two blocks away, it was bumped by a Japanese army truck and overturned.
06:02You were thrown out and struck your head on a curbing.
06:04But I don't understand...
06:05The companion became embroiled in an argument with the truck driver and a crowd gathered.
06:10And when the affair quieted down, you had disappeared.
06:14From that time until your appearance here at Fang Yang, two months ago, your whereabouts are unknown.
06:20But how did you find out about this?
06:24That is, uh, unimportant.
06:26I am concerned with what you did after that.
06:29A war was being fought in China.
06:31The whole country was under martial law by one side or the other.
06:35Yet, uh, I can find no record of you anywhere.
06:39What are you getting at?
06:40You were not with the American or Chinese armies.
06:42And neither the Japanese army nor the puppet government lists you as a war prisoner.
06:47You were not with the Chinese guerrillas.
06:50I was one of their leaders.
06:51I would have known about that.
06:54So, what were you doing, Mr. Armour?
06:58Collaborating, perhaps?
06:59With the Japanese?
07:00There would be no listing of your name in that case.
07:02They destroyed all such records before the surrender.
07:05And you were wearing a Japanese uniform when you came here.
07:08Ah, you're out of your minds.
07:10Then suppose you tell me what you were doing, hmm?
07:11I can't tell you.
07:12I don't remember.
07:14What do you want, anyway?
07:15What brought you into this?
07:17Two simple words that mean a million dollars.
07:20Huh?
07:21Even when they are whispered by a man in delirium.
07:25Tang bronzes.
07:27Tang bronzes?
07:28You've heard of them?
07:29Yes, of course.
07:30The only two pieces in existence are in the Buckingham Palace collection in London.
07:33But what have they got to do?
07:34No, no, not those, Mr. Armour.
07:36I'm referring to the four Tang bronzes.
07:39They are in existence in China.
07:41Well, they've been lost for centuries.
07:42Oh, no.
07:43A few Chinese in every generation have always known where they were.
07:46We were forced to move them for safekeeping several times during the war.
07:51The last time was a few days before the surrender.
07:54My men in charge of the job were ambushed and murdered.
07:59And the bronzes were stolen.
08:02By whom I've not been able to discover.
08:04Are you implying that I have...
08:05I learned they were being taken to Shanghai.
08:07I traced them past Nanking and lost the trail.
08:11But they did not reach Shanghai.
08:13Of that, I'm certain.
08:14So?
08:15Why do I come in?
08:16Well, from Tingsher's head in Delirium,
08:19I believe you have seen and touched those bronzes.
08:22Perhaps even you know where they are.
08:25If you could remember.
08:27I want them back.
08:28You want your memory back.
08:30Isn't it good to lose eight years with no accounting for one's actions, hmm?
08:34Just what are you suggesting?
08:35I suggest that I settle all suspicion by a public statement
08:39that you are a member incognito of my guerrilla forces during the entire war.
08:44Then the two of us will start from Shanghai and work toward Nanking,
08:48hoping that some scene or association may serve as a key to unlock your memory.
08:52When that happens, we both have what we want.
08:56I see.
08:59Well, there's only one thing wrong with it.
09:02I'm not going to do it.
09:06Too bad.
09:08What are your plans, then, Mr. Armour?
09:11The doctor says I'll be able to travel by the end of the week.
09:13I'm going to take a train to Shanghai and hop the first plane out to San Francisco.
09:17I'm afraid you're making a serious mistake.
09:20But, of course, it's a remount privilege.
09:23At least, I hope you'll carry this with you on your trip.
09:28Pistol?
09:29What for?
09:29Because somewhere there is a person who may not stop at anything
09:34to make sure you do not regain your memory at some inconvenient moment.
09:40Had you forgotten about that, Mr. Armour?
09:51Most of the long train trip to Shanghai was uneventful.
09:55I still carried the gun, mostly because I didn't know what else to do with it.
09:59But I had only one idea in mind, to get home to San Francisco and to Adrian just as soon
10:04as possible.
10:06At Nanking, the papers that came on board were carrying the story of my wartime association with Kinto's guerrilla forces.
10:13Apparently, he'd gone ahead on his own with that part of his plan.
10:17From Nanking on, I could hear the other passengers discussing me amongst themselves.
10:22And when some 50 miles out of Shanghai, a fat, smiling little Chinese merchant named Mr. Chen sat down in
10:30my compartment,
10:31began to chatter away about my heroism.
10:33It is most remarkable, Mr. Armour, most amazing,
10:37that one who served our country in such a glorious way
10:40is not able to remember a single one of illustrious exploits.
10:45Well, as I told you, Mr. Chen, I was injured nearly eight years ago.
10:48I've been suffering from amnesia.
10:49It was only last week that my memory came back to me.
10:51Oh, yes, it's a shame.
10:54And nothing, not one single hour of eight years can be remembered.
11:00No?
11:01All that I know is what Mr. Kinto tells me.
11:03Oh, it's true.
11:04Whatever Mr. Kinto say, he's a muchly important man, very great leader, very powerful fighter.
11:11Yes, yes, he is.
11:12You know where is Mr. Kinto now?
11:16No, he left Gang Fang three days ago.
11:18I think he went to Pei Ping.
11:20Oh, yes.
11:20And your honorable intention, Mr. Armour, they are what?
11:26To get a plane to San Francisco just as soon as possible.
11:29Oh, it's most excellent plan.
11:32Shanghai, very troubled city, very unsettled.
11:34Would cause great lamentation in land if action, accident happened to illustrious hero of our country.
11:43Accident?
11:43Ah, well, who can tell the ways of fate?
11:47In a city like Shanghai, many accidents can happen, even to brave fighters with loaded pistol and coat pocket.
11:56It's much better you go away on plane very quickly, Mr. Armour.
12:05In Shanghai, I took a taxi to the Cathay Hotel.
12:09When I started to check in, I got the first of several surprises.
12:13The clerk told me that I had a room already reserved and paid for, by whom he didn't know.
12:18At any rate, it was a nice room, one of the best in the house.
12:21Picked up the telephone, called the American Council.
12:24Then I started the hotel clerk working on an airline reservation.
12:28Sent my clothes out to be clean, clamped into a shower.
12:31And by the time I'd finished, a boy knocked on my door with an envelope.
12:35I opened it, took out the note.
12:37Humble token of appreciation for illustrious wartime services, Mr. Chen.
12:43Attached to the note was a plane ticket to San Francisco,
12:46and a seat reservation for noon the next day.
12:50I should have expected the second note delivered 15 minutes later, but I didn't.
12:55It read,
12:56Please do me the honor of joining me in the American bar downstairs at your convenience.
13:02Signed,
13:03Kento.
13:06But of course you was I who reserved the room, Mr. Armour.
13:09I knew you were planning to stay here at the cafe,
13:11and I was only too happy to assist you with a small favor.
13:14It won't do you any good, Mr. Kento.
13:16I told you in Feng Yang I'm going home right away.
13:19Hasty decisions are often reconsidered.
13:22Anyway, I think you may have helped some already.
13:25Oh?
13:26In what way?
13:26You were approached on the train by Mr. Chen,
13:29who urged you, if I am correctly informed,
13:32to leave Shanghai at once.
13:34He did more than that.
13:35He arranged for a reservation on tomorrow's plane.
13:37Well, Mr. Chen becomes more interesting by the minute.
13:41And did you know that he also arranged to have you followed from the railroad station?
13:46I don't care.
13:47I'm not interested in your game, his game, if he has one, or anybody else's.
13:51I'm flying to San Francisco tomorrow.
13:54What a pity.
13:55And without knowing a thing about a period of your life that covers nearly eight years.
14:00Well, whatever it was, it's over and done.
14:03What's wrong, Mr. Armour?
14:05That girl who just came in.
14:06The one who walked past our table.
14:09Oh, yes.
14:10What about her?
14:11Do you know her?
14:12I only wish I did.
14:13She's beautiful, isn't she?
14:15Can you find out who she is?
14:17Of course.
14:18Although for a man so anxiously hurrying home to his wife.
14:22Oh, well.
14:23Waiter.
14:25I sat there with my mind spinning madly
14:27while the waiter took the folded bill Kento handed him
14:29and went over to ask discreet questions.
14:32I was certain the girl had looked at me strangely as she passed the table.
14:35Even now, she glanced back from the bar before moving on through the room and out the door.
14:40To the best of my knowledge, I'd never seen her before in my life.
14:44And yet, the face I'd dreamed of so often in my delirium
14:49had been the face of this girl.
14:51Miss Lady live here in the hotel.
14:54It's known by name Etoile.
14:56Etoile, huh?
14:57Uh-huh.
14:57All right.
14:58Thank you, boy.
14:58I love you, my name is me.
15:00Was she by any chance who you thought she was?
15:04Uh, no.
15:05No, I was wrong.
15:06I mistook her for someone else entirely.
15:08I see.
15:08Merely a case of mistaken identity, hmm?
15:11Yes.
15:12That's very interesting.
15:13In view of this note.
15:15What?
15:15The waiter slipped this into my hand when he came back.
15:18It's addressed to, uh, Mr. Armour, so it isn't mine.
15:21But I don't...
15:22Why not open it and read it?
15:24Now, I, for one, am quite interested in finding out
15:27what a complete stranger has to say to you.
15:30While Kento stared at me thoughtfully
15:32through the smoke from his cigarette,
15:33I unfolded the paper and read the hastily written lines.
15:36And then crumpled it and thrust it into my pocket
15:39without showing it to him.
15:40The words danced in my brain.
15:43My dearest David,
15:45why would you not speak to me when I came to your table?
15:48Have you forgotten me?
15:50Do the six years we spent together mean nothing to you?
15:54Please come to me at once.
15:55As always,
15:58your adoring wife.
16:00Etual.
16:06Kento probed skillfully trying to discover
16:08the contents of the note Etual had sent me.
16:11But I had no intention of telling him.
16:13I left him still sitting there at the table
16:15and went to the lobby.
16:17Talked briefly with the room clerk
16:18and with the antique dealer
16:19who kept a shop in the foyer.
16:22Ten minutes later,
16:23I stepped into an elevator
16:24and rode up to the seventh floor.
16:28And an hour after I'd seen Etual in the bar,
16:32I was facing her again
16:33through the open doorway of her room.
16:36Her dark hair lay softly on her shoulders.
16:39Her skin was velvet and warm cream
16:42and the subtle scent of an amier perfume
16:46hung in the air
16:46like a tender challenge.
16:50She was lovely.
16:52She was supposed to be my wife.
16:54And I couldn't remember her.
16:57David, my darling,
16:59won't you please come in?
17:04I, uh,
17:05suppose you're Etual?
17:07Well, of course, David.
17:09And you did send me a note
17:11downstairs in the bar.
17:12But who else, my dear?
17:13I...
17:14Oh,
17:15it's the old trouble again,
17:17isn't it?
17:17Trouble?
17:18The sickness of forgetfulness,
17:19my doctor called it.
17:21So often you suffer from it
17:23at Su Chao.
17:24Weeks at a time.
17:25Su Chao?
17:26Don't you remember Willow House?
17:28The beautiful estate
17:29that Uncle Liu gave us
17:30when we were...
17:32Oh.
17:33That's why you did not speak
17:34to me in the bar.
17:36You've forgotten all of it.
17:38Even me.
17:40Yes, I...
17:41I'm afraid you'll have to bear with me.
17:44Etual?
17:44I don't mean to hurt you, but...
17:46Oh, it doesn't matter, my darling.
17:47I...
17:47I understand.
17:48I've been so terribly worried
17:50since you ran away from
17:53Su Chao four months ago.
17:55But now we're back together
17:57and everything is all right again.
17:59Etual?
18:00Tell me,
18:01when was it we were married?
18:03In the month of December 1941.
18:05See, I...
18:06I carry the paper with me always.
18:09Yes.
18:10We were married in the Chinese manner
18:12by Uncle Wang.
18:14And then Uncle Liu gave us Willow House.
18:17And we lived there all through the war?
18:19Well,
18:19why weren't we bothered?
18:21I mean, by the Japanese.
18:23Uncle Wang was very important
18:25in the puppet government.
18:25He was mayor of Su Chao
18:28before the guerrillas shot him.
18:30I see.
18:32Why not come with me
18:34to Su Chao tomorrow, David?
18:36Perhaps...
18:36Perhaps when you see Willow House again,
18:38you'll remember.
18:39All right.
18:41Uh,
18:42suppose we leave around noon?
18:43Anytime you say.
18:45Good.
18:45Then I'll arrange to hire a car.
18:47Uh,
18:48there is one thing, David.
18:50I think it is better
18:51you know now
18:52instead of remembering later.
18:54Oh?
18:54What's that?
18:55Uh,
18:55your job during the war.
18:57Uncle Wang arranged it for you.
19:00Well?
19:00Uh,
19:02you
19:03translated
19:04captured American documents
19:05for the Japanese army.
19:09Oh,
19:10great.
19:11You didn't realize
19:11what you were doing
19:12and
19:12and we had to live.
19:14I'm,
19:15I'm sorry,
19:15Etwil.
19:15I,
19:16I'd better get out of here.
19:17Uh,
19:18I'll call for you tomorrow.
19:20David!
19:21Even though you can't remember me yet
19:23as your wife,
19:25could you not at least
19:27kiss me goodnight?
19:30Well,
19:31I,
19:32I,
19:33uh,
19:36of course.
19:42David.
19:42David.
19:46Until noon tomorrow,
19:48darling.
19:49Goodnight.
19:53Early the next morning,
19:54I climbed into a hired car
19:56and headed out of Shanghai.
19:58Etwil was not with me.
19:59I had to face this
20:00for the first time alone.
20:02I felt I was
20:03heading into a showdown.
20:04Etwil's story
20:05was backed up
20:06by something else
20:06I'd learned the night before.
20:08The antique dealer
20:09at the hotel
20:10had told me
20:10he wasn't sure
20:11of the significance
20:12of the little porcelain rabbit
20:13the doctor at Feng Yang
20:15had turned over to me,
20:15but he was certain
20:17that it had
20:17come from Su Chao.
20:25A servant
20:26let me into the
20:27willow house
20:28and he left me alone
20:29in a large room
20:30furnished sparsely
20:31in the Chinese manor.
20:32I wondered about idly,
20:34still finding nothing
20:35that said to me,
20:37you've been here before?
20:39Until suddenly
20:40I came face to face
20:41with a crude poster
20:42looking very much
20:43out of place
20:44against the dainty
20:45lacquer screen.
20:46It was an offer
20:46of reward
20:47issued by the Japanese army
20:48during the war.
20:49The photograph
20:50on the poster
20:51was blurred
20:51beyond all likeness,
20:53but the wording
20:54was clear enough.
20:55Fifty thousand dollars
20:56dead or alive
20:58for the guerrilla general
20:59Emenes Kinto.
21:01It makes rather
21:02an interesting souvenir,
21:03don't you think so,
21:04Mr. Arm?
21:04No, do not draw
21:05the gun,
21:05you're covered,
21:06as they say.
21:07Well, welcome
21:08to my humble abode,
21:09Mr. Kinto,
21:09or is it the other
21:10way around?
21:11No, as a matter of fact,
21:13Willow House
21:13was an undercover
21:14guerrilla headquarters
21:15in this area
21:15during the war.
21:16And this whole business
21:17of being married
21:19and so on
21:19was another
21:20of your ideas?
21:21Is that right?
21:22I'm afraid so,
21:23Mr. Armour.
21:24It was a very
21:25capable operator,
21:26a guerrilla colonel,
21:27as a matter of fact.
21:28You were never
21:28married to him.
21:29Come on in, Louis.
21:30All right,
21:31you've fooled me
21:31into coming up here
21:32to sue Chaba.
21:33What good is he
21:33going to do?
21:34Can't tell you
21:35any more now
21:35than I could have
21:36in Shanghai?
21:37Perhaps not,
21:38but my little scheme
21:39also involves
21:39a certain Mr. Chen.
21:41If he has not
21:42followed you here
21:43already,
21:43I believe he
21:44will do so soon.
21:45Then you're
21:46putting your money
21:46on Chen
21:47as the man
21:47who stole
21:47the Tang bronzes.
21:49Is that it?
21:50His insistence
21:51that you leave
21:52China
21:52seems to me
21:53suspicious.
21:54I intend to question him.
21:55Couldn't you have
21:55done it in Shanghai?
21:56Not with his
21:57greater freedom.
21:57My questioning
21:58is always thorough.
21:59Well,
22:00that's your business.
22:00As far as I'm concerned,
22:01I'm heading back
22:02to Shanghai right now.
22:03I'm afraid
22:03that's impossible.
22:04Etual has already
22:05taken the liberty
22:06of paying off
22:06your chauffeurs.
22:07Etual?
22:08She rode up here
22:09with you
22:09under a blanket
22:10in the back seat.
22:11She's quite resourceful.
22:13Now look here,
22:13if you think
22:14for one minute...
22:14Please, Mr. Armour.
22:16There is an old
22:17Chinese proverb
22:18which says,
22:19he who rides
22:20the tiger
22:20finds it easier
22:21to get on
22:22than to get off.
22:24Louis,
22:24I think you'd better
22:25get the gun
22:26from our hot-headed friend.
22:27A most excellent
22:27suggestion.
22:28Is in this pocket,
22:30I believe.
22:30Ah, yes.
22:31Thank you, Mr. Armour.
22:32And look,
22:33General Quinto.
22:34He has been
22:35collecting souvenirs.
22:36One of the little
22:37porcelain rabbits, huh?
22:38Etual didn't tell me
22:39you had stopped
22:39in Suchar
22:40to go shopping.
22:41I didn't.
22:41I had that figurine
22:42with me
22:42when I stumbled
22:43into Feng Yang Mission.
22:44What?
22:44The doctor
22:45gave it back to me.
22:46Why did you not tell me
22:46these little figurines
22:47come from a temple
22:48right here in Suchar?
22:50They're given out
22:50to pilgrims
22:51during the annual festival.
22:52Mr. Armour,
22:53does the name
22:53May Ren Pagoda,
22:55Temple of the Moon,
22:56mean anything to you?
22:58Hey, Ren,
22:59Temple of the Moon.
23:01Now, wait.
23:03Yes, yes,
23:04it's coming back to me.
23:05And
23:06Mr. Chen, too.
23:07And the Tang bronzes.
23:08I remember now, Kinto.
23:10I can remember.
23:13It's muchly unfortunate
23:14that you can't,
23:15Mr. Armour.
23:16Mr. Chen.
23:17The gun,
23:17General Kinto,
23:18dropped at one.
23:21Other one,
23:22also.
23:23Aha.
23:24So, Mr. Armour,
23:26lost memory
23:27has returned.
23:28Yes.
23:30Yes,
23:30I only saw you
23:31a few times
23:32during the seven years.
23:33That's why
23:34I didn't recognize you.
23:35You were the abbot
23:37in the Temple of the Moon.
23:38After previous abbot
23:39was disposed of
23:40early in 1942,
23:42our temple
23:43served as excellent
23:44headquarter
23:45for operation
23:46of this lonely one.
23:47Also,
23:48a very amusing
23:49location
23:50being so near
23:51to your headquarters,
23:52General Kinto.
23:53And do I understand,
23:54then,
23:54that you were
23:55a collaborator?
23:56Quite so.
23:57Among other things,
23:58of course,
23:59even Kung Fu Tse
24:00say
24:01men must live.
24:02Yes,
24:03yes.
24:04I wandered here
24:05to the temple
24:05after that accident
24:06in Shanghai.
24:07The old abbot
24:08took me in
24:09without question
24:09and I became
24:10one of the brothers.
24:11I had no memory
24:11at all.
24:12It was out of my mind
24:12half the time.
24:13They called me
24:14the forgetful one.
24:16What about
24:16the dang bronzes,
24:17Mr. Armour?
24:17Well,
24:19one night I couldn't sleep.
24:20I wandered onto
24:21the balcony
24:21of the great hall
24:22of the temple.
24:23Chen was there
24:24with some other men
24:24who were showing him
24:25the four bronzes
24:26they'd just brought in.
24:27I had a vague feeling
24:29that they were
24:29very important.
24:31I guess that's why
24:32I raved about them
24:32later at Fengyang Hospital.
24:34Mr. Armour,
24:34you know what was done
24:35with the bronzes
24:36after you saw them?
24:37Yes,
24:37they were buried
24:39that same night
24:39under the tiles
24:40beside the seventh pool
24:42in the temple courtyard.
24:43Mr. Chen,
24:44are they still there?
24:45Oh,
24:45but of course.
24:46And in matter of moments,
24:48you may tell location
24:49to ancestors.
24:51Mr. Chen,
24:51by your own admissions,
24:53added to things
24:53of which I know already,
24:54you are apparently
24:55guilty of collaboration,
24:57theft,
24:57a number of murders,
24:58and various high crimes
25:00against China.
25:01Have you anything
25:02to say in your defense?
25:03Only to confess
25:05freely,
25:06much a satisfying feeling
25:07when confessor
25:09hold gun in hand.
25:10Then I find you guilty
25:11and the case is closed.
25:12Oh,
25:12it's most amusing,
25:13General Quinto.
25:14Colonel L'Etoile,
25:15you will carry out
25:16the sentence of the court.
25:17As you say,
25:17General.
25:20Excellent shooting,
25:21Colonel L'Etoile.
25:22Oh,
25:22not at all.
25:22The range was nearly
25:23point blank.
25:24Man should be designed
25:26with eyes
25:28in back of head.
25:29Man should not try
25:30to ride the tiger.
25:33This lowly one,
25:35muchly favored
25:36by having such
25:38beautiful executioner.
25:40Thank you,
25:41Little Chen.
25:42Mr. Armand,
25:42you have met it well before,
25:44under a false impression.
25:45May I now present her
25:46as my wife?
25:48Your wife?
25:50Last night,
25:51I thought she was my wife.
25:53Yes,
25:54such are the remarkable
25:55ways of fate.
25:56You didn't mind it,
25:58did you,
25:58David?
25:59Colonel L'Etoile.
26:02Oh,
26:02my,
26:02Jimenez.
26:03But come,
26:04we must round up the men
26:05and enter the temple
26:06as quickly as possible.
26:07We cannot afford
26:08to lose the bronzes now.
26:09You're quite right.
26:10Oui,
26:11take care of the late
26:11lamenter,
26:12Mr. Chen.
26:13Come at well.
26:15You have served well,
26:16Mr. Armand.
26:17My advice to you now,
26:19go to San Francisco
26:20at once,
26:21to your wife,
26:22your own wife.
26:24Adios.
26:25Come and see us,
26:26David,
26:27when we are
26:27the rulers of China.
26:29Au revoir.
26:32I stood there
26:33and watched her go,
26:35swinging along beside him,
26:38lithe and graceful,
26:39and a sudden,
26:42sharp feeling
26:42as loneliness
26:44came over me.
26:46Then the moment passed
26:47and I smiled at myself.
26:49She was only a part
26:51of all this,
26:53these stirring
26:54and exciting events.
26:56Nothing more.
26:59In San Francisco,
27:00the wife
27:01whom I loved
27:02was waiting for me.
27:05And Adrian, too,
27:08was a very beautiful woman.
27:16Escape is produced
27:18and directed
27:19by Norman MacDonald.
27:26Today,
27:27we have presented
27:28transcribed
27:29He Who Rides
27:30the Tiger
27:30by James Norman,
27:32adapted for radio
27:33by Les Crutchfield,
27:34with editorial supervision
27:35by John Dunkel.
27:37Starred as David Armour
27:39was Bill Conrad,
27:40with Barry Kroger
27:41as General Kinto.
27:43Featured in the cast
27:44were Maria Palmer,
27:45Jack Crucian,
27:46Ben Wright,
27:46and Edgar Barrier.
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28:09through the worldwide
28:09facilities of the United States
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28:12and Television Service.
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