Lights out for the Devil and Mr. Old. It is later than you think. Turn out your lights. Now. We bring you stories of the supernatural and the supernormal, dramatizing the fantasies and the mysteries of the unknown. We tell you this frankly so that if you wish to avoid the excitement and tension of these imaginative plays, we urge you calmly but sincerely to turn off your radio now. This is Mr. O. Arch Obler. Some call it the root of all evil and some call it the flower of all good. Ordinary people call it money, gelt, mesooma, or what have you. That's what our story is about today. Money, $3,000 worth. We begin after a short pause. And now, if you haven't already done so, turn off your lights now and listen to $3,000. Money, I tell you, Tony. That's what's wrong with the world today. Money. What are you talking about? Hey, look, Tony. Ain't that the pretty boat? Oh, and the devil with a boat. What do you say about money? Why, you said it, money. What was wrong with the world? The people get little money and then they want more of it. And then they get that and then they want more. And pretty soon, that's all they think about is money, money, money. Yeah? What do you think about? So what are you talking about? Oh, you don't understand, Tony. You don't understand yourself. All the time you talk, go away and let me alone. No, no, Tony. Don't get so... I was only talking. What you talk don't make no sense. Money is what's wrong with the world. You fool, you crazy in the head. No, I ain't crazy. All the time on the boat coming here to Frisco from New York, I'm thinking to myself, I'm thinking, Axel, for 13 years you're a sailor, working all the time. And what you got? Nothing. So I say to myself, Axel, why can't it be that when a man works hard, he can have what he wants, no matter if he ain't got money or not? No, you crazy fool, what are you talking about? It's a door that gets a guy what he wants. Sure, sure, that's the way things are now. But I tell you it ain't right, a man who works hard with his hands can't have what he wants to have. Yeah? What do you want to have, eh? A farm, Tony. A little farm. What do you say? Yeah, a little stock farm some place. Some nice place like Wisconsin or maybe Minnesota. I say something funny maybe. Farm? By golly, that's funny. No, it's not funny. For 13 years I've worked on the ship. I saved my money for farm. I don't like the money. I used to want a farm for my wife and my kids and then... No, then on the 31 that bank she's a go bust and you back away your start, eh, Axel? And I tell you, Tony, it ain't right. I work so hard. No, no, I tell you, you dumb square head. All this talk about kick money out and give a man what he work for. I tell you that's a bunk. Yeah, but Tony... Money, money, that's what a man need. All the money he can get is a Mitch on. And then he's got the world right by the neck. But I work so hard. So what? It ain't work what make a man rich. It's a break. Yeah, a break. Me, I'm best deep water diver in the whole Pacific. So what? I never get a break so I'm still eating slop and walking the docks. Yeah, Tony, that's what I say. All right, move on, move on. No bumming around the docks. Oh, yeah, yeah, officer. We go, we go. What's that? What's that you said? No, no, officer. He don't say nothing. This is Mr. Tony, officer. He's the best deep water diver in the whole Pacific. Yeah? Well, if he said what I think he did, he's gonna do all of his diving in the can for about 30 days. Now get out of town or I'll run you in. I cut his heart out. No, no, no, Tony, please, sir. Come this way. Come on, Tony, in here. We'll get a cup of coffee. That cop was shoving me around. Come on in. I pay. Nice and warm. What do you have, boys? Two cups of coffee. Maybe you like soups. They got nice, hot soups. No, we just want coffee, please. Yeah, and get a letter. Okay, okay. Two coffees coming up. So, only one doe for us to get a farm, eh, Swenson? Yeah, my wife, she... Oh, who cares about your wife? Farm. For 13 years I've worked... Okay, here you are, boys. Nice coffee. Thank you. Okay, here you are, boys. Nice coffee. There. Ten cents, please. Yeah. Coffee, she's good when you're cold, eh? Yeah. Yeah, that guy was winning. He don't drink coffee tonight, I bet you. What a guy. The guy was winning the sweeping stakes. The sale of sweeping stakes. You know, hear it? Oh, Swenson, what is this guy blowing about? I'm telling you, the sale of sweeping stakes. Everybody's buying a ticket. $3,000 first prize, you betcha. It's in the papers he's winning. Oh, lucky guy. So, who cares? Give me some more coffee. Okay, okay. No, no, no, no. Wait a minute, mister. Yeah? This fellow, what one? You say his name is in the paper? Yeah, yeah, sure. Here. I got it here. Get my coffee, you... No, no, wait, Tony. I want to hear. Read it, mister. Okay. It's a winner. First prize is somebody who gave name of Farmer. Farmer? What's the matter, you Swenson? I... Tony, quick. He's sick. Hey, hey, that's my paper. Tony, come on. Quick, come on. Hey, you crazy square head, wait for me. Wait. Wait, you crazy fool, you. What's the matter? Where you go, eh? Tony, Tony, listen. It's me, me. Me? What? What do you say? Farmer. That's the name I give the man when I buy the ticket. I'm rich, Tony. I can get the farm. You? You mean you? What he said in there? You? Yeah, yeah, me, Tony. Me. I buy sweepstakes tickets long time ago. I win. Me. I win. You crazy, you crazy in the head. No, no, I tell you, I win. Look. Look. Farmer. That's me, Tony. Oh, my wife and my kids, they be so happy, so happy. No, no, no, wait. In the right. I mean, look, give me the number here. Ticket number 6933. You got that number? I got it here. I got it, Tony. Let me see, eh? No, no, please, 13 years. What's the matter? You ain't gonna hurt her. I just want to see. Look, 6933. Just like it's in the paper. You, you did win. Yeah, Tony, I win. Me. Oh, my, Anna. Three thousand dollars. Oh, we wait so long. Three thousand a dollar. I quit the seat. I buy a farm. Oh, Tony, my Helga, my kids and me, we be the happiest people in the whole world. Three thousand a dollar. I buy the best farm in all Minnesota. Come on, Tony. I go get my money. No, no, no, wait. Don't go now. It's a pretty late. What about my money? Oh, but they're gonna be close. Yeah. Now, you come on. We go down on the dock and see what is the first boat. Sure, sure. So right away tomorrow, quick, when you get to the door for the ticket, you catch a boat home to the wife and the kids. That be good, eh? Yeah, yeah, Tony, yeah. That policeman. I wish you meet him now, eh, Tony? What's the matter? Why you want cop, huh? Oh, I show him we ain't no bums anymore. Three thousand dollars this ticket is worth. By him in here, man, there's no boom at three thousand dollars. No, no, you're right there. You bet your life you ain't. Oh, the water, she look pretty. Yeah, she's a deep right here. Oh, me, I don't care how deep the water is, as long as I'm on top. Thirteen years a sailor, and I can't swim. Yeah, the water, she's so dark and pretty. Swanson, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Welcome, Bruce Lee. Swanson. Yeah? Let me look at ticket. Ticket? Swipstakes. By him in here, you think maybe she ain't good, Tony? Yeah. I know she's good. Right away I hear that fellow say the farmer in. I know that's me. Here, here, Tony, here it is. See, it says farmer on it. That's me, see? Well, lean over just a little. I cannot quite see. Yeah, sure. You see numbers, it says six, nine. Tony, Tony, you. Tony, you what? My knife will shut you up good, eh, Swanson? So you gonna swim, eh, square head? Well, Tony is gonna give you a first to last. There. Oh, Swanson, wait. You forget the sweepstakes ticket. Hmm? Okay, I collect for you, farmer. Three thousand a dollar. Yeah. At last Tony, she's gonna break. We leave our The Devil and Mr. O's story of three thousand dollars for a message. And now back to our story of three thousand dollars. And now back to our story of three thousand dollars. You, you, you right boys, I'm a great guy. The plenty of dough and I know how to spin it, eh boys? Tony, you worry about the bride. Tony is all right, eh? You, you go home and let me go upstairs, eh? And maybe tomorrow night we go have some more fun, eh? Tony's a great guy now, eh? Sure, sure I'm a great guy. Everybody knows Tony's a great guy. Stairs. Tony, is that you? What's the matter? You waiting for somebody else? No, Tony, I've been waiting for you. Let me help you. No, go away. Don't need no help, not me. Tony, Tony, night after night. Go away, take your hand off of me. Great guy, that's me. Spending all your money on three drunken fools. Shut up, you mouth. Careful. I told you I don't need no help from nobody. Tony is a tech what he want. Shut the door. Yes. Now come here and give a great guy a kiss. No. Come here, you. No, no, wait, Tony, listen. Don't want to listen to nothing. But Tony, the man. Man? What man? The man that was here. He's been here a dozen times since midnight looking for you. Midnight? Who was he? What did he want? Well, he acted so funny. What do you mean funny? Well, he spoke so funny as if... As if what? As if his mouth was full of water. You try to make a joke of Tony. No, no, no, I'm not fooling. Really, I'm not. He said... Can you say something? That's what I'm trying to tell you. He said, tell him... Well, what? What did he say? Well, I could hardly understand him. He talked so funny, but I think he said... Tell him, tell him I was here and then I think he said the farmer. No, the farmer? Yes, that was he. Well, Tony, tell me what's the matter? What? What he look like? What's the matter, Tony? What he look like? Well, he was tall and he looked like a sailor. And I think his clothes were wet. Well, Tony, that's him again. That's the way he knocked before. Tony, don't stand there staring at the door like that. You're scaring me. Don't do it. You out there, go away. You dead. What? Dead, you hear me? Dead. I killed him six months ago today. What Tony? I throw you in the water a thousand miles from here, you dead. Tony, Tony, no. You scare my wife, but you don't scare me, you farmer. You are killing me again. Tony, no, don't you scare me, please. Swim, swim, go away, if not, don't shoot. Connie, Connie, I don't want to shoot you. I want to shoot him through the door. Connie, get up. Connie. Open up, open up in there, open up. Connie, I don't want to kill you. It was him, Connie, him. Come on, open up, please, Thomas. Open up in there. You, you, Swenson, you, you think you got me, eh? You think you got me in the hot seat, eh? No, no, not me, Swenson, you swear. You, you forget the fire escape. Oh, just no, me cop. You got to help me. You got to. Take it easy, Tony, take it easy. You, you want to get me out, eh? So far out, there ain't a copper in the world can get you. Listen, at midnight tonight, my ship is pulling out to go down through the canal. And over the coast of Ireland, I go hunting for gold. Gold? You crazy. Watch your tongue. I said gold and gold it is. When they were going under the sea for it. You heard me, under the sea. A million dollars in gold in the hole of the Tanya, sunk by a sub. The boys are going down there to dive for it. Yeah, and if you decorate the mahogany in front of me with every cent you got in your pocket, you'll be on board my ship. You'll hear that, Swenson, you diving for gold, a million dollars. And me, I'm going to be on board. You'll hear that, Swenson, you diving for gold, a million dollars. And me, I'm going to be on board. Get that door, you fool. You want to talk to me, Cap? Yeah, Tony, sit down. This is getting pretty rough, eh, Cap? Yeah, and that's what I want to talk to you about. Well, I'm listening. While you were sleeping before, the rest of the divers had a meeting. And they decided they ain't going to do no more diving. A white belly to a lot of divers. Wait a minute, Cap. You mean we're going to turn back? What else can I do? Three months out here in the open sea, and when we finally do locate the wreck, every mother's son of them turns chicken on me. So what's the matter you want to talk to me? Because even if you are a no good rat, you're the best diver of the lot. All right, keep talking. Tony, listen, under that buoy up the starboard is the Tanya, with a million dollars in gold bullion in it. So? Go down and get your hooks in it, whatever you get, half of it's yours. You mean, you mean a half? Sure, you got half, and I'll split the other half of the crew. A million bucks. Yeah, a million bucks. And you'll have half of it. You can do it, Tony, you know you can. Yeah, but the sea, she's getting rougher. Ah, Tony, you've gone down in rougher water. Yeah, but that water, she's a cold half an hour and I'm finished. Hey, at the room with the gold, who knows where she is? Tony, listen, I know just where that gold is stored. You're not trying to fool me, eh? This guy is my judge, I'm telling you the truth. Jake located the room on his last dive yesterday. He told only me about it. So? You'll see, Tony, chance of a lifetime. I got enough coal for one more day out here. Return back and we'll never locate that wreck again with the sea running as she is. Half a million dollars in gold for you, Tony, right under your feet. Don't be a fool, man. Take a chance and go down and try to get it. Well, will you do it? Yeah, get away from him. Him? Who are you talking about? Who's talking to you? Well, what are you sitting there for? Get me a rig, get the pumps going. Ready, Tony? Yeah, give me the headset. Yeah. Well, what are you standing there for? The helmet, give me the helmet. Okay, okay. Captain. Yeah? What's the matter with you? I told you to keep the deck clear, only the men I want. The rest get below or I don't die. All right, Tony, you men get below. Every white fellow is one of you. Come on. All right, hold up the helmet, but I want to try out the phone. Hello, hello, hello. Well, answer me. Okay, Tony, I hear you, okay. All right. Okay, I'm all ready. Put the helmet on me. Okay. Well, hurry up, you mugs, get them bolts tight, you think I got all day? That's it, Tony. Okay, okay, put them over the side and watch that pump rack come up and cut your heart out. Half a million dollars, half a million dollars, me, water cold, down, down, half a million dollars. All right, Tony. Sure, sure, I'm all right, let me alone. Okay. Down, down, water hard, it came to me, Tony, best diver, 50-50, half a million, half a million. Listen up there, I'm on the bottom, you hear me? Tony, listen, captain says hurry up, school coming up. Tell the captain if he's taking me up before I give signal, I'll cut his heart out. But Tony. Shut up and let me alone. Me, Tony, half a million, captain says go to his inside door, ADAC, half a million. Oh, the door, the captain said. Me and the cup, 50-50. What did he say, Art? He says to leave him alone, he doesn't want to talk to nobody. That's no good, Rat, I was a fool sending him down. He's in the bottom all right. But what's he doing? Has he found the gold? Has he found the strong room? How long is he going to stay down? Talk to him, Art, tell him he's got to answer. Captain said it'll be all right over. Chanteluccia the gold, Rome full of gold, I'm rich, all the money in the world, me, Tony, rich, rich. Yeah, all the money you want, eh, Tony? Huh? Who? Who's it talking? Answer me, who's it talking? What's wrong, Tony, anything wrong? You up there, I told you I don't want to talk. What's the matter, you don't listen to me? What do you mean all the money I want? What do you say that for, huh? I didn't say that, Tony, I've been standing by. Standing by, how will I get up there? I'll show you standing by, wait until I get the headset connection with my teeth. I'll fix it so you don't bother me no more. No, no, wait, Tony, Captain said that... So, now, talk a little one, you selfish me, I won't hear you. Me, I'll be alone with my gold. No, no, Tony, not so low. You up there, stop talking to me, stop, you hear? Stop? I am down here, Tony, with you. Who, who say that? A broken connection, nobody can talk to me, nobody, you hear? Nobody can talk to me. I will talk to you, Tony, so much to talk to you. Oh, it's in my head, that's what it is, it's in my head. Not in your head, Tony, look, look straight ahead. What are you talking, strange, Tony. You know me, Tony, and me in the water almost in you. Oh, no, no, no, no. Close to the window in your helmet. You don't like what you see, eh, Tony? My wife, my children, they wouldn't like it either. Would they, Tony? Go away, go away, go away, no. Oh, don't be in a hurry, Tony, we've got plenty time, plenty. I worked for 13 years, you remember, Tony? 13 years for fun. Now I don't work no more. I just wait for you, you. My hair, my hair. You take away my wife, my kids, my life. Now I take a little air, eh, Tony? Just a little air. Now I take off your helmet and come in with you, Tony. No, no. My friend, I come in. No, no. No, go away, Swanson, go away. No, don't come in, don't come in, Swanson. Go away, go away, no, go away. Is he getting air? Yeah, sure, plenty. Everything's okay. Talk to him, Mark, talk to him. He don't answer, just yelling. Signal on the lifeline. He's signaling us, Captain, since everything's okay. Want to be taken in? But he's yelling. He's still yelling. Call him in, quick. How about decompression? No, no, no, it's all right, Captain. We put him in the tanker, we get him up here. Something must be wrong. He's yelling bloody murder through the phone and signaling, okay, on the lifeline. Hurry up, you men, get him up. Call him in. Here he comes. He's not there. It's not him. It's something else on his line. Captain, look, his airline. It's been chewed through by teeth. It was chewed through by teeth, yeah. But, but what is it? What's tied to the lifeline where he was? It's Mother in Heaven. It's a bar of gold. This is Mr. O. Archoviller. You know, every time I see one of those Jacques Cousteau underwater television extravaganzas, I always hope that they'll really dredge up something interesting out of the sea, like the barnacle-encrusted skeleton of a toothy pirate or a bar of gold with your name on it. But let's talk about our next play. Do you enjoy auctions? I know I do, particularly the kind where you buy a pig and a poke, you know, packages, boxes, old trunks. Let's discuss that further after your station talks to you. This is Mr. O. again. Next week, a little old man goes to an auction with rather fantastic results. He buys that pig and a poke, only there's neither a pig nor a poke in the package. There's a, well, that is to say, all right, I will say it. That's next time when you hear all about that amazing purchase at the auction. Title, The Chest. It is later than you think. It is later than you think.
