On Wednesday May 23 2018 new VPN filter mirror targets at least 500,000 networking devices worldwide So this was from the folks over at Talos security researchers And this was an intro and I covered some of this because this is why the FBI decided that you should reboot your Routers especially because so many of these are consumer-facing routers that are affected but there are some commercial ones in the list as well and They took down what they referred to as the command and control server So after these routers get infected they reach out to the server and it gets their commands of what they should be attacking and we Thought this was a pretty big botnet when it is I mean 500,000 is nothing to shrug at and of course botnets are notoriously hard to stop because they're so scattered Especially when you're talking about consumer stuff It's not like they can go block them because they're located in this area of this region No, this is a global problem or globally connected. So now the problem has scaled globally And the research here is really interesting and I've read through it And it shows some of the peaks and they've seen some of the attacks that have been done on here and they have a breakdown of it then Coming on Wednesday, June 6 2018 VPN filter update This is another deep dive. So they shut down the command and control server But it doesn't seem to have stopped the whole broad campaign of the VPN filter exploit and they Dramatically increased the list now to note There's a few ones that kind of surprised me because when I seen these ubiquity devices on here I'm like what you know Someone had mentioned to me about this and being a big unified fan. It's like well, what did it was or something? I missed on these Here's the thing these are if you're not familiar with the NSM 2 and PBM 5 These are site to site devices that have routing capabilities. So I don't know the details of how they're getting infected But I can only imagine because one they have a default password to Anywhere we've installed any of these we've latest firmware You set up a separate management network and they're installed properly and we don't use the routing functions of them But they have routing functions So it leads me to believe that there's a handful of them public facing with public IPs on the internet probably with the default password from People who don't know what they're doing and misconfigured them. So They're not exactly like a threat we make sure we always have the latest firmware on the ones we're setting up for our clients We've used these devices But they're also not public-facing and the management side of them is not part of the network that they're transporting this is a Proper setup because even though we didn't know any threats at the time and now we obviously know one of them here And we'll be checking to confirm firmware one of the things you do when you set these up is the Network you're transporting should not have access to the management network that you use to set up your site to site General security practices here, which I feel as though probably we're not followed by many many people. I've seen some crazy configurations And it is also weird to see the QNAP in here So the QNAP and people running it says other QNAP NAS devices running QTS software Once again, we see people public-facing things all the time that probably should not be directly facing the internet So when you see storage devices on there kind of strange where I will dwell a little bit is of course I see all the consumer ones which has been surprising as many people buy these I'll plug them in at their house and Never do any further configuration that hey look it worked And they probably still have the default username and password on them the mirror tick devices are a little bit confusing to me Not well partly because I have not used them But there's a long list of money here and I'm under the impression and I could be wrong about this But I would did some reading about hardening their devices on their site And it sounds like they leave certain WAN ports open out of the box And I'm gonna just quickly talk about PF sense because as you many know I big fan of PF sense And this goes a lot for the unified equipment as well including your firewalls and just a lot of other firewalls in general in the commercial market By default PF sense has no WAN rules, which means they all are blocked You have to implicitly allow things open on the WAN So when people ask me about how to secure things out of the box out of the box There's nothing open on the WAN side. So you're good thumbs up You have to implicitly allow things and turn services on by default. They have the minimum amount of things even able on the land side Which is obviously a Tack factor but making sure everything is closed is important and this is the same thing goes for the unified They keep the WAN side closed and the land side open So if you plug things in by default and it's kind of in help to stupid proof things You're secure. So I'm not as clear on whether or not that's true with the mirror tech devices But if you have all of these devices because some of these I commented like it's probably time to replace some of these devices I didn't research each mirror tick one, but yeah, some of these are newer mirror ticks So hopefully does have a firmware update for them. I'm not clear if there's a firmware update for a lot of these I am clear though that if there's a firmware update for them because they don't auto load that many of the consumer grade ones will Stay infected until there's a reason not to be infected now here is all the signatures which they've listed which I think is pretty cool and Because Talos is part, you know partner with all the snort and all the rule updates for your intrusion detection systems There are ideas rules for those you're running intrusion detection systems that will find and see this But let's talk about the other part that they discovered which makes this very interesting So here is they did some breakdowns of the x86 version Which is really interesting because it turns out that while it's on some of these routers that have function Do this and god remember these routers have a lot of power. They have Processing inside them the running small Linux kernels so you can do extra things to them including HTTPS Downgraded hacks and they've been they found that these are looking for and trying to downgrade With a series of rules and what they refer to as injections into your system So these could be actively attacking the data that's coming across there So you think you're going to a secure website and they're looking for exploits in that to Exfiltrate data from your system So it's not only the risk of these being a botnet and a attack But it's also the added risk now that they are trying to actively gather Passwords are trying to actively gather information and they are creating different firewall rules and redirecting you to try to do this And I'm not going to cover every little piece in here. I'll leave you links. So you can read this It's just on the Talos blog if you're worried about just what the real deep technical details about it They're all here, but it's the bigger broader thing of if you have anything on this list If you have one of those routers, you should make sure you have the latest firmware wipe it reload it Make sure you have the default password set and if there is not a firmware update question Whether or not you should have it like you really about I think do you care at all about security? You should probably consider replacing it if there's not an update for it that Mitigates whatever the attack is now this also becomes complicated because we don't always know the how we just know the that it's happened So we as the researchers have been discovering the infected routers We don't always have all the details of how they got that way because Determining that because these keep very few logs is very hard to figure out what exploit was used to get inside of them So far they've not discovered any new zero days So it's not anything on the exploits. They do know when they got in there. It's not anything new It's all the same old exploit because once again so many people buy these they forgot about them And they never get updated so they you know potentially become targets of this type of malware But that's just the update from the VPN filter. It's an interesting read if you're into security research It also comes back to the question I'm asked a lot is which firewall should I get and one of the reasons I have the List of ones that I like and I just don't I have a hard time ever recommending any of the consumer ones This is part of the reason why so your pfSense ones once again They're not on a list but pfSense is a very different product because it's a software based very well But there's also a lot of other good software based firewalls that are not on there, you know There's other places like untangle. I have some friends that run that I've not had a chance to test it But I do know it's a very popular one same with the Sophos system. I've heard good things about it not used it So there's a lot of other firewalls out there are good in most of your commercial grade other commercial ones didn't make the list So your enterprise grade ones didn't seem to be on here either that being said, this is a little consideration when you start with the question Of what's the cheapest firewall I can get for my home? What's the risk factor on there, you know, how much time would it cost you for mitigating or In remediating a threat like this versus I could have spent a little bit more on my router and not potentially had the problem So just a big picture stuff to think about and of course, it's interesting read and the scale and scope of this is obviously Staggering and these attacks only get better. So it's five hundred thousand now and we're excited about it But you know two years from now, we're going to remember when we used to worry about five hundred thousand devices That's that's how the scale of these things go. 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You may have heard the expression knowledge is power. Well, today we're going to give you more power to control your diet and lifestyle by giving you the facts. Welcome to the Nutrition Facts Podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Michael Greger. It's time for the Nutrition Facts Grab Bag, where we look at the latest science on a whole variety of topics. In our first story, we ask, can the aroma of wood essential oils replicate the immune-boosting effects of walking in a forest? Studies on the effects of forest bathing, a traditional practice in Japan of visiting a forest and breathing its air have found it can induce significant increases in the number and activity of natural killer cells that can last for as long as a month.  OK, but how? I mean, why did the forest environment increase natural killer cell activity? What is it about the forest environment? One thought is that the boost may be related to reduction in stress.  Yes. So, I mean, that checks out, but drips some adrenaline on human blood cells in a petri dish and there does not appear to be any effect. I mean, the stress hormone cortisol, on the other hand, dramatically suppresses natural killer cell activity. So, you know, maybe the forest led to less stress, less cortisol, which released the natural killer cells under its thumb, and you get that big boost? Well, we know being surrounded by nature can decrease levels of cortisol in our saliva, but what about our bloodstream? A significant drop after a single day trip to the forest. But a week later, the cortisol was normalizing, and the forest effects sometimes appeared to last an entire month. I mean, anything else that could cause a longer-term immune system change? Maybe we've been missing some of our old friends. If you sample outdoor air, you can pick up an abundance of microorganisms floating around from the soil or water, which are absent in indoor air, which is dominated by organisms that either live on us or are trying to attack us. So maybe on a day-to-day basis, in terms of keeping our immune system on ready alert, it might not be sufficient to encounter only the kind of biased microbes of the modern, synthetic indoor environment that lacks some of the old friends, and probably bears little resemblance to the microbes we evolved to live with over millions of years. Or maybe it's the plants themselves. Maybe it's the aroma of the forest. Trees produce aromatic volatile compounds called phytoncides, like pineene, which you can breathe into your lungs in the forest. But do these compounds actually get into your bloodstream? One hour in the woods, and you get like a six-fold increase in circulating pineene levels circulating throughout your system. Okay, but to fully connect all the dots, the phytoncides, like pineene, I mean, these tree essential oils would have to then induce human-natural killer cell activity. And guess what? Phytoncides induce human-natural killer cell activity.  A combination of wood aromas improve the recovery of mice put through the ringer. But if we want to know if the magic ingredient is the fragrance of the forest, then let's see if we can get that same boost in natural killer cell activity, just vaporizing some essential oil from one of the trees into a hotel room overnight. And it worked! A significant boost in natural killer cell activity, though it just boosted their activity rather than their number. And being in the actual forest can do both, so maybe it's a combination of the tree fragrance and the lower cortisol levels working together. Ironically, these phytoncide compounds are part of the tree's own immune system, which we may be able to kind of commandeer. The researchers speculate these compounds may be playing some role in the fact that more heavily forested regions in Japan appear to have lower death rates from breast cancer and prostate cancer. Being out in nature has been found to be an important coping strategy among cancer patients. Turns out this could potentially be helping more than just with the coping, thanks to the fragrance of trees. And the next story, we look at the ideal waist size. There was a book originally published in the 80s, and then repeatedly republished. It's entitled, Dieting Makes You Fat. Since most people who lose weight go on to regain it, the concern is that there may be adverse health consequences of so-called yo-yo dieting. This idea emerged from animal studies that showed, for example, detrimental effects of starving and refeeding obese rats. This captured the media's attention, leading to a pervasive common belief about the dangers of weight cycling, discouraging people from even drawing. Even the animal data is inconclusive, though. For example, weight cycling mice makes them live longer. Most importantly, though, a review of the human data concluded that evidence for an adverse effect of weight cycling appears sparse if it exists at all. Bottom line, yo-yo dieting is better than none. Ideally, we'd get down to a BMI of 20 to 22, but body mass index doesn't take the composition of the weight into account. For example, body builders are heavy for their height, but can be extremely lean. The gold standard measure of obesity is percentage body fat, but an accurate calculation can be complicated and expensive. All you need to measure BMI is height and weight, but it may underestimate the true prevalence of obesity. The World Health Organization defines obesity as a body fat percentage over 25% in men or 35% in women. At a BMI of 25, which is considered just barely overweight, body fat percentages in a representative U.S. sample of adults varied between 14% and 35% in men and 26 and 43% in women. So you could be normal weight, but actually obese. Using the BMI cutoff for obesity, only about one in five Americans were obese back in the 90s. But based on their body fat, the true proportion, even back then was closer to 50% half of Americans, not just overweight, but obese. So just using BMI, doctors may misclassify more than half of obese individuals as being just overweight or even normal weight and miss an opportunity to intervene. The important thing is not the label, though, but the health consequences. Ironically, BMI appears to be an even better predictor of cardiovascular disease death than percentage body fat. I mean, that suggests that excess weight from any source, fat, or lean, may not be healthy in the long run. The lifespan of body builders does seem to be cut short. They have about a third higher mortality rate than the general population. The average age of death was around 48 years old. But this may well be due in part to the toxic effects of anabolic steroids on the heart. Preeminent nutritional physiologists, Ansel Keys, after which K-Rations were named, suggested the mirror methods. If you really want to know whether you are obese, just undress and look yourself in the mirror. Don't worry about our fancy laboratory measurements. You'll know. All fat is not the same, though. There's the pinchable superficial flap that you may see jiggling about your body, but then there's the riskier, deeper, visceral fat which coils around and infiltrates your internal organs. Measuring BMI is simple, cheap, and effective, but does not take into account the distribution of fat on the body, whereas waist circumference can provide a measure of the deep underlying belly fat. Both BMI and waist circumference can be used to predict the risk of death due to excess body fat, but even at the same BMI, there appears to be nearly a straight line increase in mortality risk with widening waistlines. I mean, someone with normal weight, central obesity, meaning someone not even overweight, according to BMI, but fat around the middle, may have up to twice the risk of dying, compared to even someone who's obese, according to their height and weight. This is why the current recommendations recommend measuring both BMI and waist circumference. This may be especially important for older women, who lose approximately 13 pounds of bone and muscle as they age from 25 to 65, while quadrupling their visceral fat stores. Men tend to only double. So even if a woman doesn't gain any weight based on the bathroom scale, she may be gaining fat. What's the waistline cutoff? Increased risk of metabolic complications start at an abdominal circumference of 31.5 inches in women and 37 inches in most men, though closer to 35.5 inches for South Asian, Chinese, and Japanese men. The benchmark for substantially increased risk starts at about 34.5 inches for women and 40 inches for men. Once you get over an abdominal circumference of about 43 inches in men, mortality rates shoot up about 50% compared to men with 8-inch smaller stomachs. And women suffer 80% greater mortality risk at 37.5 inches compared to 27.5 inches. The reading of a measuring tape may translate into years off one's lifespan.   Although it may take losing as much as 20% of your weight to realize significant improvements in quality of life for most individuals with severe obesity, your disease risk drops almost immediately. At 3% weight loss, just like 6 pounds for someone weighing 200 pounds, your blood sugar control and triglycerides start to get better.  Just a 5% weight loss, about 10 pounds for someone starting at 200 may cut your risk of developing diabetes in half. Finally today, if you're feeling like you need a cool, sweet and healthy treat, why not whip up some matcha ice cream? Here's how. This is Dr. Gregor in the kitchen, where I take the science and put it into practice. Today I'm going to share with you my new favorite dessert, matcha ice cream. Matcha is powdered green tea leaves. What's so great about green tea? It's consumption is associated with lower rates of heart attacks, strokes and premature death proven, and randomized controlled trials to prevent pre-cancerous colon problems from developing and pre-cancerous prostate lesions from turning into full-blown cancer, and so antiviral. There's an FDA-improved green tea compound ointment used to reverse warts caused by the HPV virus. That's why in my daily dozen checklist, it is one of the healthiest beverages, along with water and hibiscus tea. Matcha is probably the healthiest way to drink green tea, since you're drinking it as a whole food, whereas normally you just make a hot water green tea extract and throw away the leaves.  I think what proportion of nutrition you'd be throwing away, the same thing, with tea leaves. Matcha allows you to drink tea whole. That way you'll get all the nutrition, but also all the potential contaminants. China was late on the ban on lead and gasoline, resulting in higher than average lead levels in the soil on Chinese tea plantations. It gets taken up by the plant, but does not tend to leach out into the water when you just make tea the regular way. But if you eat the tea, like matcha, or if you throw tea leaves in a smoothie or something, I would recommend making sure your tea is sourced from Japan. So that's not a problem, though. Problem, however, with any matcha tea is the taste. Matcha has a strong grassy, earthy, mossy flavor. I figured why not put it into ice cream? It could be the spoonful of sugar that helps the medicine go down. Of course, traditional ice cream has way more than a spoonful of sugar, not to mention the saturated butterfat and the dairy proteins, actually can interfere with some of the beneficial effects of the green tea compound. So how about making a healthy matcha ice cream comprised entirely of whole foods? Just two whole foods, to be exact. Take two frozen super ripe bananas and put them in a food processor or blender, alongside with a half teaspoon of the matcha tea. Now, more if you can stand it, but it's pretty strong stuff. So why don't we start there and blend it up? Blended frozen bananas take on this perfect, rich, creamy ice cream texture. Now the more the riper, the better. You want lots of little brown spots on there. All right, I'm going to add a little maybe a little mint garnish here. The matcha actually makes the blended bananas taste better somehow. So we're talking just two whole plant foods. 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with the speed of light, a cloud of dust, and a hearty hyoseilver! The Lone Ranger! With his faithful Indian companion title, the daring and resourceful Masked Rider of the Plains led the fight for law and order in the early western United States. Nowhere in the pages of history can one find a greater champion of justice. Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. From out of the past come the thundering hoofbeats of the Great Horse Silver! The Lone Ranger rides again! Lone Silver! Let's go big fellow! Are you still there? The town of Springville was in the heart of the cattle country. For months there had been an undercurrent of complaint by the ranchers in the community who resented the opening of rich pastureland to homesteaders. Houses of sod, dirt and logs dotted what had been the open range and fences were beginning to appear. The Lone Ranger and Tato had heard rumors of impending trouble. They had learned that the ranchers had pooled a large sum of money to be used by an agent named Deal for the purpose of buying out the farmers and persuading them to find homes elsewhere. Seeking further information, the masked man and his Indian friend rode to the homestead land, drew rain and dismounted in front of Jack Abbott's log house. The door of the house opened fast. Abbott came out holding a rifle. All right, you two, you're covered. Take it easy. I'll take it easy. I'll give you five seconds to clear out before I start shooting. Is it the custom of Missouri to shoot travelers who stop for a drink of water? No. A masked man and a red skin. You're not a killer, Abbott. You will not shoot us in cold blood. You call my name. You know I'm from Missouri. Yes, and I know you're a brave man, a good farmer and the leader of the homesteaders. Who are you? Consider Tato and me as friends. My friends don't wear masks. Do your enemies? Well, no, but we've had lots of engine trouble, and that man's an engine. Because of that, are you going to kill him? Well, I can't argue with you. Help yourself to water then clear out. It's over yonder near the shed. As a matter of fact, Abbott, I came here to talk to you as a friend. We have heard that the cattlemen were trying to buy you out. Me? All of the homesteaders. First I heard of it. They've always used this valley for ranged land, and they want to continue using it. They try to drive us out, we'll fight to the last man. I said they were hoping to buy you out. And I said I hadn't heard a thing about it. Several weeks ago, they held a meeting in Springville. Each cattleman chipped in cash in proportion to the size of his ranch. What? They collected thousands of dollars to be used to buy out you homesteaders. Well, of all the knowledge... Each of you was to be offered a fair price for the land and the work you put into improving it. A fair price? What's a fair price for a man's heart and soul? You think there's cash enough in the world to pay for what we went through to get here and settle this valley? No. Your dog gone right. We wouldn't sell at any price. Anyhow, no one made an offer. That's strange. Why? The cattlemen think Deal is making progress. He's assured them that you'll all be out of this valley before autumn. Did you say Deal? Yes, why? He stopped here a couple of days ago to talk to me. But he didn't say anything about the cattleman wanting to buy us out. He said the cattleman didn't like us being here. Which was no news to me. A couple of days ago? He was supposed to talk to you weeks ago. Well, he didn't. What did you tell him when he was here? I told him the cattleman couldn't drive us out. And the engines couldn't drive us out either. You have trouble with big bear crime? We've had plenty of trouble with those varmints. They've stolen our stock, done what they could to ruin our crops and set fire to a couple of buildings. And they'll be taken care of. I told Deal the army to take care of them. The army? Yeah. I sent word to the engine agent asking them to send for troops. Do the cattlemen know you've asked for the army to come here? Deal might have told them about it. I told him that the soldiers were coming to protect us against the engines. And they'll protect us against the cattlemen, too, if they have to. When will these soldiers arrive? I know they're coming, but I don't know when. You'll get here soon when likely to be wiped out. Then the cattlemen will get our land and they'll not have to pay for it, either. They've already paid for it. They've paid Deal. I wish I could believe that. It'd mean the cattlemen are willing to try to settle things peaceably. Masked friends speak truth. I figured they were the ones who set the engines against us. I'm sure you're wrong, Abbott. But someone's responsible for the Indian trouble. Big Bear has always lived at peace with the white man. Where are you going? To call on Cass Martin, the Indian agent. Easy, sir. Easy, sir. Get him up, scoundrel! The Indian agency was a 12-hour ride from the homestead sites. Late that night, as the mask man and Toto approached the isolated building on the northern side of Spring Mountain, they heard shots. Get him up, scoundrel! They raced through a forest of trees and underbrush and brought scout and silver to a rearing halt in the movement clearing in front of the Indian agency. He must be happy. They're following ground. Easy, big fella. Easy. He's been wounded, Toto. I'll do what I can for him. You go after the man who fired those shots. Get him up, scoundrel! Steady. You're mad. I'll try to help you. You get away. Go after him. Get him. Who shot you? His name is D.O.E. Cass Martin lost consciousness. A lone ranger carried him inside the office. He examined and dressed the bullet wounds. Several hours later, Toto returned with discouraging news. He tried to follow tracks or follow right-way and go through woods, then guide horse into creek. That means we're not able to find a trail until morning. That's right. This fella hurt man. One of the bullets grazed the side of his head, the other's in his back. Oh, him lucky to be alive. He's beginning consciousness. Maybe tell who shot him, huh? He named D.O.E.S. a man who shot him. D.O.E.L. Take it easy. You may ask him, Indian. We're friends. You help me. Who are you? Cass Martin, Indian agent. He must not be here. Maybe better him save strength, not try talk. Must talk? D.O.E. What about D.O.E.L.? He came here and stole papers. What papers? Like credentials. Copy of telegram to Washington. Troops are on the way here. I think he must be planning to meet Captain Spires in my place. Where? In meat army. Valley north of Red Rock, Canyon. Martin. Martin. He's lost consciousness again. It better him rest now. Keep us up. Yes. My deal shoot him. Take papers. With the stolen credentials, he'll be able to pose as the Indian agent. I don't know what kind of a game deal is playing, but the stakes must be high. Toto, stay with Martin. Where you go? To try to expose D.O.E.L. Why you do that? I'll go to the valley to see Captain Spires. Maybe Captain, I'll take word to mask man. Then I'll take off my mask and wear a disguise. Dawn was breaking as the Lone Ranger started for Green Valley. The use of makeup and the change of clothing. Gave him the appearance of a homesteader. As he traveled steadily to reach the distant valley. Where Captain Spires and his men had made a temporary camp. Shortly before noon, the man named D.O.E.L. presented himself at the encampment. Armed with the stolen credentials. He was taken immediately to Captain Spires.  That's right, sir. Here are my credentials. Here's a copy of the telegram I sent to Washington asking for help. It wasn't necessary to bring the telegram, Martin. I'm sorry I sent it in the first place, Captain. Sorry? Why? Because the army isn't needed here now. You mean the trouble between the Indians and the homesteaders has been settled? That's right, sir. Big Ben, the homesteaders are at peace. Be a waste of time for you and your men to stay around here. I want to see the Captain. What's going on? Corporal, who is that man? I don't know, Captain, but he insisted on seeing you. The homesteader approaching the Captain and D.O.E.L. was closely followed by armed guards. Neither Captain Spires nor D.O.E.L. realized that the homesteader was in reality the lone ranger, wearing a disguise. Captain Spires, I must speak to you. I'll see you as soon as I finish with Mr. Martin. That's why I'm here, sir. That man is not Cass Martin. His name is D.O.E.L. That's a lie. After stealing Martin's credentials, you tried to kill him. Why, you local... Hold it, Martin, hold it. Mr. that's a serious charge. He can't prove a word of it. Martin himself will prove it. You name you as the man who shot him. I'd like to see the critter who claims he's Cass Martin. Is that the Indian Agency? Why didn't you bring him here? He isn't able to travel, Captain. He's been seriously wounded.  If you come with me, Captain Spires, I'll take you to Martin. Listen, Captain, I've identified myself. You know who I am and I can tell you who this stranger is. I've been trying to catch him for a long time. That story is too thin, D.O.E.L. I'm not D.O.E.L. I'm Cass Martin. And you're the poor cat who started the trouble between the settlers and the Indians. Martin, are you sure of that? I'm sure of it all right. For years, Big Bear lived peacefully with the folks around here. And all of a sudden, the homesteaders and the Indians were at each other's throats. The homesteaders blamed the Indians for robbing them. The Indians claimed the settlers had murdered a couple of braves and stolen Indian ponies. I investigated and found that a white man was behind the trouble. This is the man who caused it. I'll take him back to Springville myself. Have he tried for inciting the Indians? We'll take him into custody until we make a thorough investigation, Martin. Corporal, disarm this homesteader. Yes, sir. Hold still, mister. Sorry, Captain. I have other plans. The Lone Ranger's fist flashed like sudden lightning. The surprise corporal took the blow on the chin. His knees buckled and he went down. Then Twin Colts were in the Lone Ranger's hands. But at that instant, a tall, heavy-set sergeant stepped forward. He stepped behind the Lone Ranger and rassed... There's a gun in your back, mister. Good work, Sergeant Aker. I saw the whole thing, Captain. This critter must be loco to pull his guns on the United States Army. I'll take those guns. Now, Sergeant, place this man under guard. Let me deal with him, Captain Spires. I'll take him back to Springville. Not necessary, Martin. My men and I have orders to establish permanent quarters near Springville. Come along, you. Put ropes on the sergeant so he can't escape. Oh, uh... There's a detail back to take care of this corporal here. Captain Spires, you mean you and the soldiers will be staying in these parts? That's right, Martin. In that case, you might like a power with Big Bear, the Indian Chief. Yes, I plan to talk to him. I'll go to his village now and make arrangements for the meeting. Why don't you make camp here until I get back? Good idea. How soon will you return? Tomorrow morning. I'll be looking for you. So long, Captain. Goodbye, Martin. Tied hand and foot, the lone ranger was left in an army tent. Sergeant Acre had just stepped out of the tent to summon men to guard the prisoner when he saw a deal striding toward him. The man posing as Cass Martin turned sharply as the sergeant said, Deal, huh? Talking to me? Yeah, you. You made a mistake, Sergeant. My name's Cass Martin. Save that for the Captain, do you? You and I both know that homesteader told the truth. The curtain falls on the first act of our lone ranger adventure. Before the next exciting scenes, please permit us to pause for just a few moments. Now to continue. The lone ranger's attempt to expose Deal had failed. But there was one man in the army camp who had not been deceived by Deal's stolen credentials. Outside the tent where the lone ranger was a prisoner, Sergeant Acre confronted the imposter. Listen, Deal, ten years ago I did time in territorial prison. I don't know what you were in for, but I remember you. Not so long. I didn't tell Captain Spires you're not Cass Martin because I figured you must be playing for big stakes.  All right, Sergeant, maybe I can use some help. What's your game? Well, you see, there's always been a hard feeling between cattlemen and homesteaders here. The cattlemen want an open range so they pooled a lot of cash to buy out the homesteaders. The cattlemen didn't want to go near the homesteaders' valley to talk business, so they made me their agent. To buy out the settlers? That's the general idea. But I drew up a written agreement with the cattlemen saying I'll get the cash to use as I see fit. The way it reads, it doesn't matter how the homesteaders are driven out, just so's they're out.  Only I didn't figure on your outfit moving in. That'll spoil your scheme. You're wrong, Sergeant. I'm going to call on Big Bear now. He knows me as a friend. He'll believe me when I say the Army's coming to attack them. Well, that's likely to start a massacre. I know what. The Army will have to go through Red Rock Canyon to reach Springville. When they're in the canyon, the Indians will cut them down. Then they'll attack the settlers. What do you want me to do? Keep an eye on the side buster you've captured. If you have a chance, put a bullet through him so he can't make any more trouble. Better than a bullet, I'll use a knife. I'll get him while he's sleeping. Then I'll cut his hands free and tell a story that'll convince the Captain that somehow he'd gotten hold of a knife and then attack me in an effort to escape. Any way you want to do it, Sergeant. Just as long as you get rid of him. The lone ranger heard the low voice conversation. He'd learned the reason for deals plotting, for the near murder of Cass Martin and for the outburst of trouble with Big Bear's peaceful tribe. But his knowledge was of little value. He was helpless, and his life was in danger. That night, Sergeant Acre volunteered to guard the prisoner. He paced before the tent until the camp was quiet. Then he moved inside. The lone ranger may believe he slept, but beneath his eyelids he could see the dark form approaching and he knew that Sergeant Acre held a knife. He tensed his muscles, ready to stake everything on one single desperate move. Sergeant Acre bent close and began to raise the knife. Then suddenly the lone ranger acted. He brought up his knees and shot both feet out hard. Sergeant Acre was struck with the impact of a battering ram. He staggered back and slumped to the ground. Hard boot heels had landed flush against his chin with knockout force. The lone ranger rolled toward the fallen man, ready to grip his throat in one hand, but the sergeant was unconscious. The lone ranger picked up the knife he had dropped and cut the rope from his ankles. Then he gripped it between his feet, laid up, and freed his wrists. Now Sergeant Acre turned to be tied and gagged. The lone ranger's guns were held by the captain, so he took the sergeant's weapon. After tying and gagging the unconscious soldier, he left the tent and moved silently through the darkness. He crept up behind the sentry, who was on duty at the edge of the camp. Sorry. Away was clear to a rope corral where Silver waited. It would be useless to try to warn the captain that the deal is setting up an ambush. The best thing to do is to go to Big Bear's village as he said Big Fellow, and we'll have to hurry. Come on, Silver! The lone ranger traveled steadily toward Big Bear's village. He avoided the deal by taking a short cut in order to reach the Indians in the shortest possible time. Who's Silver? Who is he? Is he Big Fellow? Once during the long ride, he paused beside a running stream to let Silver rest. Here he removed his disguise and donned his familiar clothing and mask. Then he resumed his journey. He reached the Indian village at daybreak and found the tribe preparing for war. To the sentries who challenged him, he made the traditional gesture of peace and was permitted to ride into the village with his hands raised.  The chief looked at him and said, Why mask man come to village? He not know my people prepare for war? Great Chief, for many years you and your people have lived at peace with a white man. White man no longer want peace. Who told you this? Friend tell of white man's plan. Cass Martin did not tell you this. Cass Martin no longer friend of Indian. He's always been your friend. Him plot with settlers to kill my people. So you believe deal? Deal, good friend of Indian. No one's friend. He's betraying the cattleman, the army, and he'll betray you and your people when it suits his purpose. Great Chief I come from far away. In my travels I have heard much of you and your people. What you hear? That you are great and honorable. Give me a chance to prove what I've told you. Though you wear a mask on face, this chief give you that chance. How you prove you speak truth. Send your men to the canyon if you wish. But you and I'll meet the army before the soldiers enter the canyon. That no good. Maybe soldiers open fire. The soldiers will respect the flag of truth. But of course if you're afraid... This chief not no fear. May go with you. That afternoon, deal and Sergeant Acre rode with Captain Spires at the head of the detachment of Croopers. They were approaching the entrance to Red Rock Canyon when the captain signaled a halt. Deal gasp and surprise when he saw a mask man astride a white stallion waiting on the trail ahead. With him was Chief Big Bear, wearing his war bonnet and ceremonial dress and holding a flag of truce. The chief raised his hand in a greeting of peace. Watch out for a trick. Martin, you said the Indians were peaceful. Why should I fear a trick? You were going to arrange a meeting between the chief and me. Captain Spires, this is Chief Big Bear. Oh, I'm delighted to meet the chief. But why does he come here with a masked outlaw? A man with a mask asked this chief to come here. What? Meet Captain. The mask man arranged the meeting? But I thought Cass Martin... Captain, would you be willing to ask the man you know as Cass Martin to dismount and step forward? Easy said to be... I see no harm in the request. Dismount, Martin. Him not, Cass Martin. This man is an imposter, Captain. His name is Deal. Chief Big Bear knows him as Deal. But his credentials... His credentials were stolen when he shot the real Cass Martin and left him for dead at the Indian agency. Cass Martin dead? He's alive, Chief Big Bear. He's been badly wounded. My Indian friend Tonto is at the agency with him. Don't believe this mask, man, Big Bear. I didn't shoot Martin. I told you Deal was no friend. That he couldn't be trusted. Cass Martin will identify him as a man who shot him. With the papers he took from Martin, Deal went to the army. He told the captain he was Cass Martin. Him lies. Yes. He lied to the army and he lied to you. Cass Martin was not planning to murder you and your people. Captain... Yes? Deal convinced the chief that you were coming to destroy his tribe. He succeeded in persuading the chief to station his men in the canyon. You and the rest of the soldiers were heading for an ambush. No, no. It's true. This is incredible. But what did Martin hope? I mean, Deal hoped again. The ranchers in Springville will tell you. You're that horse you're riding, mister. And your voice. What about it, Sergeant? You're the homesteader who escaped from the camp. You're the one who got away. You low coat jughead. We wouldn't be in this trouble if it hadn't been for you. I told you to get rid of that homesteader.   You're at the simplest part of the job but you bungled it. Sergeant Acre, were you working with Deal? Well, Captain... He knew all about my plans. He wanted me to cut him in. He wanted to expose me if I didn't. I told him everything and he agreed to kill that sod buster. In an effort to silence Deal, the sergeant reached for his gun but the lone rangers' draw was faster.  Well, you now, this chief, no crooked soldier, work with Deal, start war between Indian white men. Me take Deal back to village. My people punish for lies. No, no, Captain. Don't turn me over to the Indians. If the army will take charge of these two men, you may be sure they'll receive full punishment for what they've done. Corporal disarm Deal and Sergeant Acre. Yes, sir. You might also take this gun, Captain. It's the one I took from Sergeant Acre last night. Well, then he was right. You are the homesteader who came to the camp. The guns in your holsters were taken from that homesteader. Oh, your own holsters are empty. Those guns are mine, Captain. Well, then I'll return them I had hoped to keep them. They're the finest coles I've ever seen. Oh, thank you. I can't imagine a homesteader owning weapons like those. I didn't say I was a homesteader. No, I suppose you didn't, but we assumed that... Captain, I suggest you assure Chief Big Bear that you and your men are not here to make war. Of course. Chief Big Bear, my men and I did not come here to make war. We want peace with you and your people. That's good. Indian also want peace. What's he doing? He's telling his braves to go to the canyon and call off the warriors wedding in ambush. He says that you and the soldiers are friends. We owe our lives to you, sir. He's used to that big fella. I'm glad I was able to serve you, Captain. You mentioned the ranchers in Springville. Yes, they pooled money to buy out the homesteaders and delegate a deal to act for them. By tricks and lies, the deal caused the Indians to raid the settlers. He hoped to drive them out. Then the ranchers' money was stolen and drove them out. Then the ranchers' money would be his. Did the cattlemen know his plans? They hoped to buy an open range pieceably. I'm sure they knew nothing of deals conniving. I'll see that the ranchers get back their money. Then I'll talk to them and explain the situation. The ranchers must realize that civilization is moving west. The government wants it that way and will back the rights of the homesteaders. Warriors soon come from canyon meet soldiers. Now that this chief no truth, me plettissori learned Cass Martin Hurt. He'll recover with Tonto's care, Chief. You may be sure of that. I'm going to the Indian agency now. I'll tell Martin what you said. Well, adios, Captain. Adios, sir, and thank you. Monson! Chief Big Bear, who is that man? Him, have Indian friend named Tonto. You know Tonto? And me, no Tonto, friend of Lone Ranger. This is a feature of the Lone Ranger Incorporated, created by George W. Trenville, produced by Trenville Campbell Muir Incorporated, directed by Charles D. Livingston, and edited by Fran Stryker. The part of the Lone Ranger is played by Brace Beemer.


tired from a strenuous weekend spring fever give you the wanderlust want to get away from it all we offer you escape you are hanging by your fingertips on the sheer face of a nice cliff suspended a thousand feet above instant death with your strength running out and with no chance for escape escape designed to free you from the four walls of today for a half hour of high adventure tonight we escape to the cold loneliness of a glacier high in the Swiss Alps and to a man who learned much about death as told in CE Montague's grim story action I in the Swiss Alps well above 12,000 feet a man clings with desperation to the frozen glass wall of the shalioc glacier hands and feet jammed into shallow steps chopped and iron-hard ice cold wind drives a spray of dusty sleep along the overhanging wall and the sun has fallen away among the crags to the west darkness lies one hour ahead the man has climbed with painful care a thousand feet up the glaciers face from the broken moraine of the foot and is moved now on to the underside of a great bulge in the ice a part of the wall which breaks out beyond the perpendicular and the man is forced to hang from slots cut by his axe much as a sloth hangs from a tree branch 12 more feet lie between him and the brow of the overhang six more steps to be chopped out with the axe and a thousand feet to void space waits beneath him a man is unable to lift his heavy axe for even one more stroke he's tired and he's 52 years old no experienced mountaineer would ever attempt the west face of the shalioc glacier and yet this man is an experienced mountaineer but why why what strange events have conspired to bring him along the path of his life and leave him hanging now in peril on the brink of eternity through what shadows has that path led him and where are those who saw him pass can we ourselves move back along it move back step-by-step against the river of time move backward along the life path of Christopher Bell my name is Jean Valjour and I am a guide for all the mountain trails on the vice-hearn and the shaliorn I talked with mr. Bell this morning as he was leaving the village though of course at the time I did not know that was his name the season is over you understand winter will come in another week or two and most all the visitors are gone so you see I was very surprised to hear a stranger call out to me in English hello I mean a good morning sir good morning I'm glad to see there's at least one of the early riser in the village besides myself only a few people are left in the village sir it is the end of summer the end of summer how well I know it by the way which of these paths takes me to the foot of the shaliar the one on the left but you will find no climbing there sir one arrives very soon at the glacier and can go no farther except of course to climb up it the glacier that is impossible it has never been done course not it's never been tried well there is not anyone who would be so foolish it isn't that there are plenty of foolish people in the world but even they hold on to their margin of safety margin of safety yes the difference between the point where a man thinks he's reached his limit and the point where the limit really is good you have a lot of work I mean I'm afraid I do not understand all right but take a mountaineer such as yourself now you look at a slope you estimate the effort needed to climb it then you estimate your own endurance and if there isn't a good size safety factor you just don't make the climb but it would be foolish not to do so yes I dare say it's all tied up in the fear of death hmm take that out of a man for one instant there's no telling what he might be able to do well what limit he might reach and how should a man lose that fear he can't he can't lose it has to be done for him by by things he turned and left me then this this mr. bell walked up the path toward the glacier that was early this morning and I did not see him again his talk with me made no sense and I could not understand what he meant to do or why he was going to do it I remember thinking ah what a strange man but I know really nothing more about him I believe he arrived in the village only last night and took a room in the Zinal in it was greater the gospel and I'm staying out the week here in Zinal to close up the inn for the winter I have known mr. bell for the last 30 years always before he came in the summer season for the climbing and I was most surprised when he arrived last night I opened one of the rooms and found something for him to eat and then later we sat and talked in front of the fire in a big empty lounge this is very good coffee madame gaspar oh thank you mr. bell had you let me know I would have had everything ready for you just like all the other times like all other times this one's a little different madame gaspar you might call it a special visit it is all so different now from the old days then it was you and your madame would come here and it was gaspar and I and a summer seemed to last forever I thought everything would be forever when she was alive now I'm rarely alone in the world as I am it is not good to be alone it gives one little reason for living and makes one no longer afraid of dying yes but there are stronger reasons for that than just being alone mr. bell you look so strange is is there something troubling you I know not now well there may have been but not now I should be leaving quite early in the morning for for a climb so I think I'll go on to bed good night madame gaspar mr. gaspar left the inn this morning before I wake and I have not seen him again I've never known him to act so strange before I have no idea what the reason is or what he may be planning to do but I'm sure something is troubling him perhaps it may be something connected with his business back in London my name is Matthew Brough I've been chief clerk in Mr. Bell's London office over the past 25 years I've always found him to be a considerate and dependable employer I've never noticed anything you might call unusual about him until one day about three weeks ago mr. Bell entered the establishment a bit late as I recall and passed immediately into his own office without acknowledging my customary greeting a little while after what he said for me well Matthew where do we go from here I can't say that I follow you mr. Bell and I mean the company's on a steady footing so if we use our heads at all we don't stand much chance of losing anything our position is quite secure on the other hand we can't expect to do any more growing were through expanding now on it's just a matter of operation almost endurable conditions up is it there's nothing more to look forward to nothing more to work for so as I said where do we go from here Matthew I'm putting you in charge of the business turning it over to you effective this week mr. Bell you you can't possibly mean oh yes I've just decided but what are you going to do I'm taking a trip I'm I'm going to Switzerland climb a mountain oh oh well then at least it's only temporary just for whatever time you're gone that's right yes for whatever time I'm gone just for whatever time I'm gone before the end of the week he had arranged all the necessary papers and had left London I haven't heard a word from him since who I presume he's somewhere in Switzerland actually however I haven't the faintest idea where mr. Bell may be right at this moment minutes pass on the glacier and the shadows grow longer from the jagged peaks to the west of the shalioc glacier and reach out with dark fingers toward the man who clings to the icy wall while his pounding heart beats out the number of his time on earth already those shadows have flowed into the awful depths below his swaying figure blurring the sharp points of the tumbled rocks a thousand feet down and making the harsh void seems soft and inviting the man's thoughts have grown as unwieldy as the heavy ice axe gripped in his hand he keeps trying to remember that he is Christopher Bell the human being and not a part of this free and empty space or he knows if he stops remembering that he may forget all else too and then let go there's been no reason for trying to locate mr. Bell since nothing of any importance has occurred during these three weeks I'm sure he's quite all right only one thing still puzzles me a bit the remarkable change in him on that morning three weeks ago I'd never heard him talk like that before and whatever the reason for it I'm quite sure it was something that happened that morning before he came to the office my name is John Haxford and I've been a conductor on the Westminster route for some 14 years now and during all that time mr. Bell has been a daily passenger of mine on the early morning in band as I recall it the first time anything you might say out of the way ever happened between us was one morning about three weeks ago I saw mr. Bell waiting at the usual place so I'll signal to the driver to stop good morning mr. Bell good morning I'll be right there yeah now let me come down and help you sir I'll make it if you just take my arm Mr. Haxford my arm please but I have taken your arms to me yes of course I'm sorry we go now there you are sir thank you I had a bit of a shock this morning I'm all right now well if it's all right now that's fine I say I take over the strap there now oh yes of course let me see I have the fair share somewhere oh yes here you are thank you sir and and thank you hi I'm afraid you brought something home to mine I don't understand what you mean sir well mr. Huxford have you ever had anyone take your arm and help you up a flight of steps no and I might say that I hope the day never comes when I well I'm sorry not at all thank you mr. Huxford thank you very much I don't rightly know what was wrong with him though it's certain that something was I haven't seen him for nearly three weeks now I can't imagine what it might have been what happened to him that morning before he got on the bus my name is Jenkins I've been Mr. Bill's personal valid for the past 12 years and seven months the master is traveling somewhere on the continent just a present been gone something over two weeks now decided rather suddenly I believe in fact I rather think something happened one morning about three weeks ago that caused him to make up his mind I really haven't faintest idea what it might have been I can remember noticing a very strange look on his face when he came down to breakfast that morning but thought nothing of it at the time good morning Jenkins good morning sir I trust you had a pleasant night's rest yes yes yes I did thank Jenkins having the usual I was just toast and tea no no I I want nothing except some coffee very well sir I'll bring it right away I can't let him find out I can't let anyone find out about it maybe it's a little better now maybe it's going away maybe I'm giving it too much importance but still there that same lack of feeling clear down the whole right side of my body I can move my arm and leg all right there's no feeling in the numb it's simply that at 52 years of age I've had a light stroke your coffee sir oh thank you Jenkins would you care for something more sir no no that's all if you're pardon me sir you don't even quite yourself this morning I do hope you're not here no no no I'm all right I hope you won't mind my saying this Mr. Bell but you don't take very good care of yourself any more oh please it's been years now since you had a checkup not since the mistress passed away in fact I'm quite all right Jenkins I'm quite all right yes sir I'm relieved to hear it sir I'll bring your paper now sir is this what a man slaves his life away for to end up helpless dependent on others to be wheeled about put out in the sun taken in like some great fat lava that's disgusting pardon me sir I didn't quite hear you nothing nothing Jenkins is your paper sir oh thank you please call if you need anything else sir I'd be in the pantry I'd rather not go on I've got to face it this stroke is the first warning there'll be others worse ones and in a short time I'll be helpless there must be some way out not suicide but some way there's got to be some way the icy wall hardens into cold vitreous steel as the dust born shadows chill its surface the merciless ice is beginning to freeze the cramped joints of the man's fingers now and the heavy axe swings idly at his belt tracing a fumbling pattern on the thin air of the void how much longer can he cling to those slots in the glaciers face how much longer does he have to live 30 seconds a minute what's the margin of safety now and what does a man think of while his pulse beats slower and he waits to die strange how I'm able to go on hanging to this slope clinging on to life I can't feel another ounce of strength left in me strange to hide seems I could stay here forever becoming part of the glacier itself looking down at the rocks below not across the peaks and the ice I was right dying isn't so bad really not when it's like this rather pleasant in fact it looks so soft down there the shadows and the snow the wind perhaps I could let go float out on the wind like an eagle I'll be blown along by it like drifting snow the sun's gone now it will be full dark in a few minutes maybe I can hold on that long but everything is dark even the snow and the ice and who knows perhaps I'll watch the sunrise tomorrow and set again and even beyond I can't last even one full minute longer I'm through I'm finished I can't even last a half chips of ice sliding over the edge it's funny how a glacier sheds off that way I suppose the difference in temperature between day nice acts it was an axe no other sound in the world like it fell from up above the overhang there I must be somebody up there on the slope coming down from the top there is wait that's six seven eight that's a mountaineer's call for help someone's dropped his axe and he's in trouble up there it's right above this bulge if I can only oh no no no my throat my throat's to dry well six more steps to cut to reach the edge there all right I was done in I was finished and now five more steps it's a woman there's a man upon the slope I'll be with you in a minute get easy there everything's going to be all right yeah easy now let's get a step out for your feet just below the overhang there I heard the fellow up above call out it's got quite a voice on him he's enough step out here in a second you can put your feet on it you get your breath then we'll tackle the slope all right and now I'll scrape his ice away easy now that's better isn't it oh yes oh you're all right now just when you feel like it will we'll go on up my name is Christopher Bell by the way thank you I thought we were done I was cutting steps down ahead on the slope and I slipped and dropped my axe the rope held me but neither of us dare to move you're all right now as soon as you rest up a minute we'll cut some more steps back up the slope you should have started down this way you you've never been able to pass that ball yes I can see that now of course it's harder to tell when you're moving down the slope yes I suppose it is you were coming up the slope weren't you yes I I came up from the foot alone and without a rope and you deliberately climb onto the underside of an overhanging wall let's just say we're both foolhardy is that what you call it now if you've got your breath back now suppose we start up the slow oh yeah like to take my axe and cut the first step you trust me with it after I dropped my own or anybody could make a mistake like that dropping an axe or climbing up under an overhang my name is Theodore Gordon and I'm the husband of the woman who slipped and fell on the wall of the glacier I'm a physician formerly of Harley Street London who I have practiced in Paris for several years now I met Mr. Bell when he and my wife reached the ice ledge where I stood waiting above them it's not immediately aware of his trouble but found out about it a short time later when we reached the rest hut at the top of the ridge while my wife heated water for tea at the far side of the room Bell and I fell into a much more personal conversation than strangers normally do but this sometimes happens when people have been very close to death at any rate Dr. Gerlin well you can see how it is the life of an Inverley doesn't seem very appealing tell me something Mr. Bell together you were pretty well done in when I called out there on the glacier you couldn't lift a hand then how do you account for being able to chop six steps into their ice in a matter of some five minutes I don't know exactly I was through I couldn't have lost a 30 seconds more when I realized someone was in danger and this numbness this lack of feeling in your right side it didn't bother you I didn't notice it isn't quite so bad now as a matter of fact and there's your answer Mr. Bell I don't believe I follow action when you were in action working because you had a reason living because you had to because somebody was depending on you then you were all right everything was back in its place again perhaps but a man can't spend all his time climbing up a mountain to save someone's life I don't mean physical action movement call it incentive if you like maybe that's a better way to put it incentive that's right the one top pressure that keeps life moving and growing and it's what you need well it's an interesting theory doctor it's only a theory I have the tea ready in a moment is anybody interested I am my dear lucky we brought it if no one minds I believe I'll have a turn outside while we're waiting of course not only be careful out there in the dark the ridge breaks off pretty sharply here oh yes I'll be careful oh um not to go if things were turned around I wonder if it would be any more than just a theory to you I'm over here Mrs. Gollum beautiful isn't it with the stars so clear and bright yes well there won't be any more clear nights before the winter storms it would be a shame to give it up you and I what do you mean I've got to say this quickly because I don't want my husband to know we're not the kind who commit suicide you and I but I think we understand each other well you you have to say more than that you deliberately climbed into a dead end out on that glacier deliberately extended your safety margin beyond all possible limits didn't you what do you mean we understand each other because I did the same thing I went ahead I picked that route down the slope but no please wait in 30 seconds I would have cut myself loose from that route oh we went to an awful lot of trouble so we wouldn't have to call it suicide didn't we I have a brain condition there's no point in going into it but it's incurable and sooner or later at any moment I shall go blind my husband doesn't know about it and I don't want him to mr. bell yes I'll make a bargain with you what sort of bargain I'm not brave really to go on living I need something to cling to I need to know all the time that there's someone else with courage too mr. Bell I'll go on living if you will I'd say you're amazingly brave if I were I could do it alone without having to make myself dependent on you and your courage that sort of thing could work both ways I wouldn't dare let you down nor could I you do you want to make the bargain shall we go on living mr. Bell as I said before I'm dr. Theodore Galen name it mr. Bell some three hours ago on the Shelley York glacier at the moment he's outside they had a few yards away talking to my wife I can hear the sound of their voices but I can't make out the words however I know what they're talking about what his answer would be my wife and I discussed that before she went out to join him you may have heard of my wife incidentally though it would likely have been under the stage name she uses in the Paris theater you see she's she's quite a talented actress escape is produced and directed by Norman McDonnell and tonight brought you action by C. E. Montague adapted for radio by less Crutchfield and featuring Joseph Kearns as Christopher Bell and Eric Rolf as the voice with Louis van Rooton as dr. Golan Marta Mitrovich as Greta Jeff Corey is broth Ray Lawrence as Huxford Barry Kroger as Jenkins and Joan Banks as Mrs. Golan the musical score was conceived and conducted by Wilbur hatch next week you are in mid-ocean a boarded jinx ship already three men have died and you know that some malignant forces aimed at you and you cannot escape next week escape with Joseph Conrad's great story the brute good night then until the same time next week when we again offer you escape this is CBS where 99 million people gather every week the Columbia broadcasting system