Suspense! Tonight Columbia brings you as a guest star, Peter Lorre, one of the screen's past masters of the art of suspense. Suspense is compounded of mystery and intrigue and dangerous adventure. In this series, our story is calculated to intrigue you, to stir your nerves to offer you a precarious situation, and then withhold the solution until the last possible moment. Tonight, for instance, Mr. Lorre plays for us a doctor, a husband, with something dark and terrible on his mind. Was it murder? And if so, can this at last be the really perfect crime? We trust that while you are wondering, we shall keep you in suspense. For Suspense Tonight, CBS presents Till Death Do Us Part by John Dixon Carr, starring Peter Lorre. Late one night in December of 1941, a man and his wife sat beside the fire in their country cottage. This man, look at him. A professor of mathematics, stout, middle-aged, guileless as a child. In the remote corner of England where he lives with his pretty English wife, they say of him... Jolly decent fellow, you know, for a foreigner. Isn't he? Always a smile for everybody and so polite. That's why it's such a shame about his wife and that young American. There hasn't been anything between them yet, I'm almost sure. But if the American stays here much longer...  His cottage in the country is rather isolated, three miles from the nearest house, no electricity or central heating or telephone. And on December nights like this, a great wind comes rushing off the Sussex Downs. It rattles at the windows, growls in the chimney and makes unsteady the oil lamp on the table.  A domestic scene. A very domestic scene. Oh, my pet, this is wonderful, isn't it? Oh, so nice and cozy.  It's a pleasure to be indoors on a night like this, isn't it? Yes. Did my darling have a good day? Just about as usual. No adventures, huh? Not exactly. I walked into the village. Warped. Oh, I really blame myself for burying you out here. I ought to get your car. That's not necessary, thanks. Come now, come. Did something happen to upset my little pet today? No, no, no.  You marvel at what?  Yes, with a skin so fair and a conscience so transparent that she can actually blush. I wasn't blushing about... About what? About anything you might be thinking. It's your horrible habit of putting everybody else in the wrong. Oh, but the neighbors don't think that about Papa Kraft. The neighbors don't have to live with you. I do. And you mustn't scratch either. Not when we are so snug here, so cozy, in a kettle on a fire nearly boiling, and no rum is ready under lemon juice and a sugar for her medicine. Oh, and must I drink that stuff? I don't like rum. But you have a cold, darling. I haven't got a cold. Really, I haven't. Now, darling, twice today I heard you cough. You are going to take your medicine Cynthia, and take it here and now and not offend your clumsy old husband by refusing. Why do you keep on treating me like a girl of 16? I love to treat you like that, Cynthia, because I cannot fathom your thoughts.  And that is a dangerous English habit. You see, thoughts accumulate and won't be stifled. And sooner or later, when you least expect it. Well, look out. The kettle's boiling over. So it is. Oh, and please, lift it down from there. Of course. I apologize. I apologize, my darling. There.  I frightened you? I suppose it's foolish. Well, here we are, my dear. Here we are. Now, see, I put two tumblers on the coffee table. And now a spoon in each so that the heat doesn't crack them. I see. And must you give me so much rum? Can't I have the small one? But we have to cure that cold of yours, Cynthia. Yeah. Now comes the lemon juice. Yes. And now comes hot water to the top. Here we are. And two lamps of sugar for each of us. There you are, darling. Now let's drink up, huh? Owen. I didn't hear anything. I did. It came from that cupboard over there. It sounded like your accordion. Oh, that's nonsense, darling. That's nonsense. There. There it is again. Well, that's only the wind or perhaps a rat that got into the cupboard. Oh, and I'm terrified of rats.  Oh, you really sit very heavy labors my sweet for one of my weight. Well, well, if you insist, I'll take a good heavy poker from the fireplace. And of course, it means a little trip through the cupboard. Owen, never mind. You haven't changed your mind, have you? It had probably run out across the floor. Come back. Wouldn't run very far, I'm sure. Well, again, if you insist. Can't think what's the matter with me tonight. No? No.  Certainly not. How about this young American that, uh, fledgling doctor with his name? You mean Dr. Craig? That's it. Dr. Craig. Dr. Craig. Didn't someone see he was leaving today for London and then back to the States? I believe so. That's what Lady Randolph told me. And you didn't see goodbye to him? Certainly not. Well, that wasn't kind of you, darling. That wasn't friendly. What's the matter? Don't you like my nice hot rum drink? No. But you would give me no peace till I do drink it. That's right, darling. That's right. Now, take it down like a good girl. I'm keeping you company. See? Oh, how pretty she looks with her yellow hair in the firelight and her red mouth and the light little hands. Very pretty. Oh, there is just one other thing, Cynthia. I gave you a letter to post this afternoon. Did you post it? Yes. Registered? Yes. And did you notice to whom the letter was addressed? Everybody notices the address on an envelope. It was to some Mr. Hathaby at Market Shepherd. That's right. But I don't know who he is, if that's what you mean. Oh, Mr. Hathaby is the coroner of this district. The coroner? That's right. That's right. But is there any reason why you should be writing letters to the coroner? Well, there will be tomorrow morning. We have been just drinking poison, my love. Why do you drop your glass, darling? I don't believe you. No? This will interest you, Cynthia. You were a trained nurse and weren't you a... You see, the poison was aconite. Mung shield. No. Yes. Homegrown in our own little garden. You know, one sixteenths of a grain has been a fatal dose. There's no telephone here. No car, not even a neighbor. Exactly, my angel.  Let me get up. No, my pet. In about five minutes, you see, the first symptoms will come on. Symptoms? Yes. Our throats will grow dry. Our eyesight will turn dim. No. And presently we'll lose the use of our limbs. Well, there are convulsions before the end, I believe, but we won't feel them. Let me up. If you try to hit at me, angel, you'll upset that lamp.  We don't want to burn to death, do we? Irwin, why are you doing this? Why are you doing it? Why? Do you think all proper craft is blind, my pet?  You mean Jim Craig? So it is Jim Craig. That was nothing. My tongue slipped. A cynic would seem my dear that your foot slipped. Do you think I don't know what happened the other night at the schoolhouse? Schoolhouse? Yes, the market shepherd's schoolhouse. At Lady Randolph's little concert in aid of the war relief. Nothing happened. I swear it didn't. No? No. Oh, then it was coincidence, I suppose, that you and that Dr. Craig didn't arrive until the concert was nearly over. Yes, yes, it was. We didn't go there together. No? We met in the little hall outside the auditorium. It was just as you were finishing your number on the accordion. I beg your pardon. It's so dark here I almost bumped into you. Isn't that Mrs. Craig? Yes. Good evening, Dr. Craig. We... we seem to be late. Very late, I'm afraid. I... I was detained on a case. Then I didn't see like coming here at all. Well, just a moment before I open that door for you. Won't it look a little funny or arriving here together? Funny. Why should it? No reason at all, only Cynthia listened to me. Do you know, Dr. Craig, that's the first time you ever called me by my first name. I did want to have a word with you somehow. Of course, you've heard the news. What news? Well, on the radio for the past couple of days. We're too far out to get much news. My husband isn't interested. He isn't interested? He isn't interested in anything but himself. I'd rather you didn't talk that way about my husband. I'm sorry. Would you push the door open a little? And in conclusion... Lady Randolph is saying something. I'm sure we've all enjoyed our friend Professor Cross's musical numbers on the accordion. And the victor's conjuring trick. Little Miss Lynshaw's spirited recitation. It only remains for me to tell you that the collection for this little entertainment will amount to the... We guess Colonel Thompson. What is it? Colonel Thompson's going across the platform in rather a hurry. Looks like an announcement of some kind. Ladies and gentlemen, your attention. We have just received some late news by the Nine O'Clock Fullerton. I think I can guess what it is. Following yesterday's declaration against Japan, the Congress of the United States today declared war against Germany and Italy. No applause please. I think I can say that these things go too deep for applause. We entered a war lightly and we have learned. But before the victor ends this meeting, I shall ask the orchestra to play us the song numbered 83 in the book. A song we know is dear to the hearts of all Americans. Close the door, Cynthia. Jim, this doesn't affect you. Naturally it does. You won't be leaving England. Probably in a very short time. You'll be needing doctors. But does a formal declaration of war make any difference? What does it mean to you? What does it mean? I can't explain it, Cynthia. It's all in that song. If they're going to need me, I'll go back. But can't you do just as much good here in England? I don't know. That depends on what the army says. And doesn't anything depend on what I say? We haven't got much time, Cynthia. That crowd will be out in a minute. Yes. And we both admit it, will we? Admit what? Admit how we feel about each other. I haven't said... Nor I. I was only talking about what we were thinking. No, we won't admit it. You say you can't explain about the war. I can't explain about this. Don't try. It's better this way. Owen's been very good to me.  Yes, everybody likes him. Oh, he has his temper. And he's not easy to live with sometimes, in spite of what they think. But I can't do anything to hurt him. Because he'd never do anything to hurt me. Never. Never. Never in the world. A very fair estimate of my character, too. That's exactly what I said about you. So you are in love with that fellow? I admit it now. Yes. Tell me, darling, do you feel anything yet? Feel anything? I mean, dryness, muscular contraction of the throat. Yes. Oh, well, I thought so.  I won't. And how do you propose to stop yourself? Your only chance would be to reach the village infirmary. And I'll see to it that you don't get there. But what if the poison takes you before it takes me? Then you can't stop me. But it won't, darling. You seem terribly sure of that. You see, the amount I gave you, as you perhaps noticed, was more than I gave myself. I'm going to follow you, my little pet, into the dark, where there are no Dr. Jim Craigs. But not too quickly. I shall still have most of my faculties, Cynthia, when your convulsions are already beginning. I wonder, if you will. Why do you say that? Your legs don't seem any too steady. I don't know. It must be the heat of the fire, perhaps, so it's very hot in this room. Cynthia, Cynthia, darling, listen to me. Yes, Irwin? There is a copy of Taylor's medical jurisprudence on the there over on the shelf there. Please, please get it for me. I'm afraid you'll have to get it for yourself, my dear. And is it if you can? I'll get it. Oh. Mind the lamp, Irwin. We don't want the house of fire, just as you said yourself. Oh, mind the lamp. Listen to me. You know, some people's systems are intolerant to poisons. They experience in minutes what ought to take hours. Does it hurt, Irwin? Does it hurt? But you'll find out soon enough, my pet, because, because you'll never make three months to the village. Never. You think not? I know it. And, and just remember, I shall be waiting. Waiting? Out in the dark and cold, where there is neither marriage nor giving in in marriage. I'll be waiting for my little pet to...  I love you. I'm afraid of you, but I don't want you to die because of me. I'm not going to join you. I've never prayed much, Irwin, but I'm praying now. Whatever comes over my wits and makes my senses weak, give me strength enough to get to the village. Just give me strength enough to get to the village. An empty room now, except for the motionless figure by the fire. The great wind enters through an open front door and makes the lamp shake dangerously on the tables. The whole house creaks. Otherwise, it is very quiet. Suddenly, the corpse sits up. Professor Kraft looks pleased, doesn't he? Very pleased, very alert as he moves over to a certain cupboard door. Well, and now I think the real fun can begin. Patience, patience, patience, my friend, while I open the cupboard door. Well, there we are. I hope you haven't been too uncomfortable, Dr. James Craig. I'm all right, thanks.  I managed to, yes, just now. I'm too late. Well, you are still securely tied up, I'm glad to say.  Did I?  You know, she shows very good sense sometimes. I could hear both of you talking, thanks very much. Of course, you could, of course, excuse me. Please, I forgot that. Yes, I could see you too through a crack in the door. Well, you were intended to see it. But now, come on, first of all, I'll drag you down. Yes, Charles, let me take you. Yes.  How much aconite did you give Cynthia? How much? Or about two grains? Two grains? Well, then she can't possibly... No, she can't possibly live until morning. But she can live long enough to testify that she saw me die. And how much poison did you take yourself? I? None. None at all? No, none at all. But you mixed those drinks out of the same materials I saw you do it? Well, but there wasn't any poison in a rum, young man. You see, two lumps of sugar steeped in aconite were dropped into sinker's glass. I marked them, and I didn't make a mistake. Can you see the beginnings of Puppercrafts? You see, Cynthia left the door open, my friend, and there is a very strong wind blowing tonight. Well? Just observe, I'd lift the table covers, flutters the magazines, makes the lamp tremble. I shouldn't be surprised, you know, if one of those lamps blew over, a fine crash in a sheet of flame, huh? And when they come here tomorrow morning, after Cynthia's testimony in my letter to the coroner, they'll expect to find at least a few charred bones among the ruins, and of course, they must find some remains. Whose remains? Yours. Yes, you've got me tied up pretty well, haven't you? And now you see. Now comes the time. You were last seen going towards the railway station, to London, and then to America. Nobody, nobody will inquire after you. Except Cynthia. That's right, except Cynthia, who will be dead. That I wail at you and brought you here while Cynthia was in a village will not be known to our good coroner, and I shall disappear. What do you think of it, young man, huh? I think it's rather good, huh?  Yes, and I shall enjoy the necessity. By the way, too bad you missed my performance at Lady Randall's concert. It was very nice, but then I think you were otherwise occupied. You could call it that. Occupied, I think, in making love to my wife. You hurt my vanity, young man, and you are going to suffer for it. I never made love to your wife. No? No. But I don't suppose you could possibly believe that. Are you already begging for mercy? Now, come on, now, come on. Are you begging for mercy? No, I think not. Dr. Craig, I don't like the way you're taking this. I really don't. Don't you? No. You ought to be afraid. All decent people are afraid of you. And no man is heroic when he sees death coming. But you are as white as a plate.  You seem to be expecting something. Maybe I am expecting something. You know? Well, I think I can persuade you to tell me what's on your mind, my friend. If I use the poker out of the fire, huh? You see, you see, I'm a mathematician. I leave nothing to chance. Do you hear that, Professor Kraft? A car has stopped out in front. Well, they won't come in here. But of course they will. That's probably the home guard.  Don't be childish. Do you think you upset me with that? Something's upset you. Take a look at yourself in a mirror. No. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing can upset my plans now. Everything is ready. My clothes and my money are in the stable. This place, this pretty little college will be a furnace. All I have to do is... All I have to do is pick up that lamp. You see? Like this and... Something is wrong with me! You're not acting this time, are you? You're not pretending now. You! You swine! What have you done to me? I have done nothing. You... You have done something to me. I... I can feel it. There... There is sweat all over me. My... My throat's... Chalky. This way, big friend. Through the gate and up the gate. That... That sounded like... That sounded like... That's my wife's voice. It was Cynthia's voice. What is wrong with finding there was nothing wrong with you? What... What it can be... It isn't partial. Oh, but it is. You see, your plans didn't include the fact that Cynthia doesn't like rum. Remember, you poured a very large drink for her and a small one for yourself. And you filled both glasses with hot water. Oh, remember when she got... Got you to leave her come over to this cupboard? She changed the glasses then. You're the one who swallowed the poison. Two grains of aconite. No. No. Help me. Please. Help me. Nothing on Earth can save you. Help me, please. In the name of... Please. Please help me. Nothing on Earth can save you. Please. No. You won't. Then... Then I'll show you. I'll... I'll take you with me. I'll take everybody with me. Where are you going? I'll... I'll get that lamp. I'll take you with me. I'll look at you. You can't even see. You're blind. You're staggering straight into that cupboard. I'll... I'll take you. I'll take you with me. What are you doing here? Come in, Cynthia. Come in and take a look at the man who died twice. And so ends till death do us part. Starring Peter Loré. Tonight's story of... Suspense. Columbia presents these tales of mystery and intrigue and dangerous adventure for your relaxation and enjoyment. Next Tuesday there'll be another in this series. Same hour. 9.30 Eastern wartime. Mr. Loré was starred as Professor Kraft. He was supported by Alice Frost as Cynthia. David Garthard as Dr. Craig. And Mercedes McCambridge as Lady Randolph. William Spear, the producer. John Deets, the director. Bernard Herman, the composer-conductor. And John Dixon, the author. Our collaborators are... Suspense. This is the Columbia Broadcasting System.


Hello and welcome to NewsClick. Today we have with us Siva Mustafa, senior journalist and also closely watching the Kashmir issue. The SHRC has given its report, the State Human Rights Commission, and it seems to be quite an explosive report that it has said the more than 2,700 unmarked graves, there are 2,156 bodies which have been found which are unidentified. It's really come down, made clear what has been known in Kashmir for quite some time. There have been a number of people who have disappeared over the last 20 years of insurgency. What is the government response going to be? Well, it should have responded a long time ago. There has been no response, unfortunately. You haven't heard anything about those mass graves from the central government, except a few remarks, stray odd remarks just yesterday from Chidambaram and nothing really from the chief minister except that he's reiterated what he's been saying for a long time about a truth and reconciliation commission and which at some point in time which he says should be formed along with Pakistan, so India and Pakistan first have to agree on this commission, then it will be appointed. So, it's just the usual rhetoric slipping away. Of course, some compensation has been announced. But then the fact is that in these graves, only 500 odd people have been identified. What about the thousands who haven't? Not just in this lot of graves, but so many mass graves that are unearthed every now and again in Kashmir? This is really four districts of North Kashmir. There are 20 districts of Kashmir. There are four districts in Jammu which could also see such unmarked graves, though the Poonj Rajori and so on. So, do you think now the State Human Rights Commission would go into these areas also? I think there will be a demand for it and they have to go for it. See, it's very important this report because it's really confirming what a lot of individuals like Parveena, Ahungar, other groups, civil rights people have been saying for a long time that people have disappeared, hundreds and thousands have disappeared. In Kashmir you have this whole concept of half widows. Women are still waiting for their husbands to come back. So, you know you're really in that kind of a position where people just are picked up from their homes and they disappear without trace. There was an 80-year-old boy who just disappeared in this whole thing. So, I think it is very important now for the State Human Rights Commission to really look into the people's complaints and to get really aggressive about this whole issue. You know, the one simple issue of course is immediately DNA matching because there are families who have been claiming that their people have disappeared, the 10,000 missing according to their reports. So, effectively what needs to be done is to look at these people, match the DNA tissues within the capability of the Indian government. Why do you think that no announcement, no such immediate measures have been taken? Considering the SHRC itself has actually made this recommendation. Because it's Kashmir. Somehow anything that happens in Kashmir is you know you have this complete indifference from the center and from of course unfortunately also the state government. I mean we had not so long ago when Rahul Gandhi had a press conference about the village in UP and he talked of mass graves. I think he just got his geography wrong. He was talking of a village in UP where there were no mass graves and there was a press conference and you had teams of the Congress rushing to the spot where they didn't find anybody. Now the same direction could have been given to them for Kashmir but I think that's where the government, the Congress and the state government, the national conference government have just decided that they are not going to do anything. Though it's not the final report. On the 16th September they are giving chance to all the agencies included, including the government agencies to respond to their interim report. Doesn't look like they can really reverse this because it seems to be a very well investigated and well documented case that they have brought out. Yeah absolutely. You know it has a ring of authenticity. I think all of us who have been dealing with reports and documents for so many years now, you know when there is an air of authenticity. So of course there will be questions asked. There will be even the State Human Rights Commission will have to further prove it but the point is that it seems to be completely legit. So instead of 2800 odd bodies I think they've said it can be 2600, it could be 3500 but the point is that these mass graves exist and if these have been found in four districts of North Kashmir then there could be so many else in the rest of Kashmir and like you said in Jammu. Now coming back to the issue of you know the fact that Kashmir has now seen at least documented cases accepted by an independent body like the State Human Rights Commission of such a large number of unidentified bodies. The impact on the rest of the country has also been very muted. If you really look at the media that also almost covered everything under the Anna garb at that point of time. But this is really huge and these numbers are very large. I mean during those days you had television channels, 24 hour television channels reporting the Anna Hazare fast 24 hours. It was as if there was no news, no other news in India or internationally. We had Libya happening, you had so much happening in West Asia and then you had this absolutely sensational report about Kashmir. I don't think there was a word on it on many channels. In the newspapers also it was buried inside. There have been no questions asked of the government. If reporters ever come across Chidambaram, the Home Minister now and again they ask him everything but Kashmir. There is this whole conspiracy of silence and on top of it you have the BJP putting more and more pressure on the Congress and the Congress sort of succumbing to that pressure insofar as taking rightful action in Kashmir is concerned. Insofar as ensuring justice in Kashmir is concerned. Insofar as stopping human rights violations in Kashmir is concerned. The whole agenda seems to be dictated by the BJP. The SHRC report could also be used imaginatively by the government as an opportunity to really put a closure to the people's anguish, take an initiative and I think Kashmir in that sense could be right for such an initiative. But they really in that sense a complete inability to understand the political dynamics of Kashmir seems to be what the central government is doing. Forget the state government but even the central government. Every opportunity is getting lost and then when the boys come out the young people who are really people who have been born in conflict, a generation that is born in conflict when they come out in anger as stone pelters. First they are described as terrorists, then they are killed and then the government attacks the people and those who are supporting them. Instead of using all these opportunities to mend fences, to build trust and confidence and to assure the people that at least there is some people in Delhi and in the government in Kashmir, Jammu in Kashmir who are going to listen. Do you think that independent initiatives are the kind that you have been taking. There is a place to try and actually explore a possibility of a larger reconciliation or at least if not a political settlement. See our initiatives at the end of the day are really a drop in the ocean. The way I see them is maybe we are able to release some of the pent up anger and we are able to maybe focus attention on what is going wrong in Kashmir which is just about everything. But we do need government action because the scale is so large. You need political action. Civil society groups like ours even though we are tying up with political parties can do so much and know more until parliament awakens to Kashmir where until the voice of the Kashmiris is heard inside the Indian parliament. And the whole issue is taken up on a war footing that is not happening. Given that BJP of course does not want Congress to settle Kashmir. If it comes to power then of course it might argue that we will settle it. The Congress seems to be completely comatose politically at least on Kashmir. Do you think that is a possible political space for others to intervene and try and get some kind of reaching out to Kashmir? I think there is a tremendous space. I mean if the rest of the opposition parties, the secular parties, the more progressive parties together make Kashmir an issue and ensure that all these problems that we are talking about just even the Human Rights Commission report is raised in parliament. The discussions are held and the government forced and compelled to at least form a parliamentary committee that will visit Jammu and Kashmir for dialogue with all sections of society, not just the society which the government wants to recognize. I think that can be done and if that is done that will be a major step forward. So the SHRC report damning as it is of what has happened could be also an opportunity in the sense of reaching out to the people of Kashmir and saying okay we really now taken board what is happening, it is proven, it is shown to be true and addressing it could be an opportunity in the sense. Yes because the political parties now do not have to say oh when we visited Kashmir Parvina Angar told us, others told us or the separatists told us they now can say that here is the document by a body which is appointed by the government which has the signature of the government and now it is your own report what are you doing about it. So you actually have authenticated document or something which everyone in Kashmir has been talking about for years and decades and about which nobody and I include the entire political system in Delhi has been listening. So there has to be a change. Thank you very much. Let's follow Kashmir as it unfolds. Thank you.


Narcissists are heavily dependent on people. Everything the narcissist does is designed to regulate their emotions and boost their self-esteem. Everything they do is designed to make them feel good. For them to feel good, their false self must be progged up. They need people to make them feel good because the false self is something that only exists on the surface. There is no real human within the narcissist because they have considered their true inner self as being worthless and ineffective at getting their needs met. The false self was invented as the replacement of their true inner self. Because the false self isn't real, it is very fragile and breaks easily under any pressure. It cannot support itself on its own energy or self-validation. The narcissist desperately tries to ensure the survival of their false self. Because it is all they have left, it is the only thing forming a barrier against the empty, meaningless void of their true inner self. The narcissist needs outside power and energy to survive.  That is the only way that they can survive. They could also be compared to vampires.   They're not really alive. They need to keep sucking and draining from those who are alive to sustain their false existence. Narcissists are already dead. There is no human being that exists within them. All you see on the surface is the false self which is just bits and pieces that they have taken from other people or movies. The narcissist's actions really have nothing to do with them on a personal level as there is no real person within them. There is no person to act for. Everything the narcissist does revolves around obtaining energy to ensure the survival of their false self. For this reason, the narcissist's actions revolve around their target. Their actions determine whether or not they are going to be able to extract energy from their target. So their actions revolve around their target. This can be a very empowering thing to understand. Although the narcissist may act as though they are powerful, they are actually completely powerless. They are heavily dependent on other people to provide them with the power and energy they need to sustain their false self.  For the narcissist to sustain their false self, they need constant attention, admiration and praise. They need to feel as though they are superior to those around them. They need to feel strong emotions that make them feel as though they are something significant. This confirms the existence and the validity of their false self.  It makes the false self feel as though it exists and as though it is powerful and in control. A lower grade source of supply might be one where the narcissist is able to project their own self-hatred, self-rejection and insecurities onto someone. This takes the pressure of the narcissist and provides them with some relief to continue the delusional fantasy of their false self existing. The narcissist has such inner, intense self-hatred and self-loathing that they need to constantly target the vulnerabilities, weaknesses and insecurities of other people. They make it their right to punish people for not reflecting back how impressive and real their false self is. They expect you to constantly feed their false self by giving it your power, energy, attention, admiration and praise which it constantly needs and requires to silence the inner, empty, meaningless void as it tries to consume them. If you cannot do this, they will automatically target your vulnerabilities, weaknesses and insecurities in an attempt to avoid being consumed by the empty, meaningless void within them. Everything the narcissist does is designed to obtain power, energy, attention, admiration and praise from the people around them. If you do not reflect back how impressive and real their false self is, they will make it their right to punish you and try to extract negative attention from you. They will enjoy tormenting you, causing you to experience severe mental, emotional or physical suffering. Whatever it takes for them to feel as though their false self exists and as though they are powerful and superior to those around them. The narcissist has no real power, solidity or actuality. They are inciting you to give them your attention and energy to make them feel as though they exist. Only you can put an end to narcissistic abuse by taking your energy off the narcissist and putting it on yourself. If you take full responsibility for your vulnerabilities, weaknesses and insecurities, it leaves the narcissist with nothing to hook into or feed from. They will be left to fall back into the empty, meaningless void of nothingness and powerlessness where they belong.  They have to trick you into giving your power to them but if you see through their lies and illusions and you're no longer giving your power away, they're forced to return to their natural state of nothingness and powerlessness. Then you will be able to source your power authentically from within. The only person you have the ability to change is yourself. The only person you are responsible for is yourself. Thank you for watching. I hope this video resonated with you. Please like, comment, share and subscribe. Click the bell icon to receive notifications for my future videos. If you would like to donate, my PayPal link is in the video description. For coaching inquiries, you can email me at narksfarvecoaching at gmail.com. Check out the new merchandise in the Narksfarve store where you can purchase your own Narksfarve t-shirt, tank top or mug. The link is in the video description. Thank you for watching and I'll talk to you soon.


The Scottish Government presented the Scottish Parliament with a proposed law to怯 the Community Empowerment Scotland Bill aimed at making it easier for people to improve their communities. The Scottish Parliament gave the local government and regeneration committee of which I am convener the task of scrutinising much of the bill and identifying what would make it work. The first stage of this process, Stage one involved consulting people throughout Scotland. Y Bydd sefydal has produced its findings and wants the banks to be even more robust in helping people through the maze of bureaucracy. We have highlighted the fact that top-down scenario's put in place by community planning partnerships are not necessarily the best thing and what we actually want is bottom-up ideas and communication. That is why in the report itself we have talked about community planning partnerships and other public felly sy'n cyfnoddol yn gwleidio'r cymuned i'r ystod y gallu'n meddwl y byw. Fydda'r cysylltu'r cyfnoddol yn gweithio'r cyfnoddol yn cyfnoddol yn gwleidio'r cyfnoddol, mae'n gwirionedd o'r peth yma, y llwyddo'n cyfnoddol yn cael ei wneud y llwyddo'r llwyddo'n cyfnoddol yn llwyddo'n cyfrif. Mae'n gweithio'r cyfnoddol yn y llwyddo'r cysylltu i'w gweithio'r cyfnoddol yn cyfnoddol. When we and the committee got involved, the council had some very difficult questions to answer. Now, as one of my committee colleagues, John Walson has discovered, the whole situation has been unlocked. The lease has been granted and work has finally started on this worthwhile community project. What was the attitude of officers following that meeting? We felt that there was communication problems within the council and we have fallen foul of some of those perhaps. I think after the committee meeting, things were a bit more focused and it all caught together a bit better and people seemed to move more on it. Everybody seemed to understand what we were doing and what the process had to be to get us to this stage. It was still a long process but we're here now and it's just terrific to be at this stage finally. Amy, when you gave evidence in front of the committee, what do you think it was worthwhile giving? Definitely, it will give people with different difficulties more confidence if they work here. That's what we're hoping to achieve anyway. Can I, on behalf of the committee, wish you all the best for the future? I think the evidence that you provided us with on the day clearly opened our eyes to some of the problems that are faced by many community groups throughout Scotland. But I'm glad that you have come from amateurs to being semi-professionals and professionals in the field of community empowerment because I think the example that you've given us today and the example that you're putting forward for Dumfries is examples that can be replicated throughout Scotland. I hope that as well as sorting out matters for one group that our findings will help many others across the country and that we can ensure that the legislation is robust enough to take account of matters which may have been difficult in the past. Hopefully we can iron all of that out now. This part of the process will conclude with the full Scottish Parliament debating the bill and our report before it can move on.


Are people who grew up in the Asian bubble Enclave usually more closed-minded or not? Well guess what David there's a debate going on on Reddit. Let's see where it goes. Yeah this thread was uh quite a few responses long of course there was a range of opinions. Some people said yes maybe no we're gonna get into the comments our own takeaways. Make sure you like subscribe turning your notifications into real quick. We have to address the ASEAN Enclave culture that was referred to in the Reddit thread as like I don't know if these people who are into these things are open minded. May I refer to you as ASEAN's listening to EDM driving JDMs wanting to be a ABG or ABB singing at Nori Bongs or KTVs watching animes 88 rising listening to kpop drinking boba in the morning soju at night time and vaping having hype beast clothing and bare bricks and asianic theme tap twos they want to spend their time with clubs drugs and b want to be r&b thugs sounds pretty lit sounds like a good flushing night or a 626 or uh oh see you know Bay Area the guy a little bit of this man uh yeah I mean dude honestly all those things you named if I wasn't Asian I would think that that was almost like a different language you know what I mean but anyways guys we're gonna get into it because those are the general traits of the ASEAN Enclave as of right now or as of at least even the past 10 12 15 years 20 30 really dude they've been raving forever I mean I think rap was in for a little bit it's back to raves yeah so let's talk about it guys because there's a number of responses I thought there's some pretty good perspective in this thread obviously we are not from the bubble but we did live in the bubble over in the San Gabriel Valley for a number of years I enjoy the bubble I'm not of the bubble but I enjoy sampling the taste of the bubble it was we lived in the bubble for some years all right so this was a response Andrew from somebody who grew up in the ASEAN or Asian Enclave saying it's not closed-minded it's just growing up around more people with like-minded upbringings so basically you just don't have to explain a lot of things that you would have to explain to other people so it's no it is not closed-minded it's just growing up with like-minded people it's great it's the best yeah I don't know closed-minded has such a connotation to it so but I what I will say this is when you live in the Asian bubble oftentimes you're essentially consuming a lot of culture from Asia in America so that means part of your life is literally being lived in Asia not most of it but part of it is versus if you live outside of the Enclave maybe like almost none of your life is being lived in Asia but if you surround yourself with so much Asian content Asian culture Asian people Asian faces yeah then it's almost like somebody who you know goes to Asia or grew up in Asia and only consumes American but it doesn't mean that your Asian friends within that like one percent of America America's 330 million people let's just say the people you can ping with if you keep it super Asian is 3.3 million that's one percent of the distribution of the population of America it doesn't mean that one percent doesn't have a variety of different personalities that you could learn from though yeah they have a different interest your Asian friend that's in the trucks your Asian friends that's in the sports cars yeah absolutely also by the way when you talk about Asian enclaves that doesn't mean that the neighborhood is a hundred percent Asian actually in the San Gabriel Valley a lot of the neighborhoods are are quite significantly Latino right but I will say that although there is some mixing between individuals I wouldn't say the communities as a whole are mixed together yeah somebody said listen man I get what you're saying but you are only referring to SoCal Asians when you were referring to the vaping AZM JDM ABG ABB culture all right so this is where I kind of slightly disagree I do think SoCal culture embodies that to the T to 100% no to the 10 out of 10 level if you go to SoCal specifically in my opinion OC maybe San Jose you're gonna see this lived out to a 10 out of 10 level I would say the San Gabriel Valley decent amount but they're saying SG 626 is a little bit almost like Taiwan like Asia Asia right um all right so what I'm gonna say is this I looked at the statistics guys and the cities or the counties with the highest Asian population are actually in the Bay area this is outside of Hawaii of course but yeah 25% of the population in San Mateo Alameda and Santa Clara counties is Asian now let's talk about SoCal San Diego and Orange counties also have a significant number of Asians each comprising about 24% so that's even higher than Los Angeles County right right right but it does variable because you know you can live your life in one city for example and I know Mark Keppel High School which is in Monterey Park I believe is like 75% Asian as a high school so there's ones there's certain cities even within that that like over index like super high like 80% Asian like Hawaii numbers but I guess in the Bay area I know kids who went to like I don't want to say if it's Fremont or Santa Clara High but these some of these high schools are like 85% Asian yeah it's complicated because Stuyverson High School in New York is 90% Asian but you would never say that you're living in an Asian bubble you just say that building is an Asian bubble right right um and what do you think about somebody saying yeah you're just talking about the party Asians of course there's going to be church Asians athletic Asians volunteer Asians even though church Asians and the athletic Asians seem to get mixed together often as you can see in Netflix's beef you know there was like the basketball Asians mixed with the church Asians in one tribe right so wait they're asking who is the most like no this guy was saying that like you can be in the enclave and not necessarily be about Boba vaping AZN JDM yeah that's true for sure for sure but I would say that those things that we name the the ABG JDM stuff that is that is very distinct to those areas not necessarily that they make up 60 or 70% of the people but those are the distinct traits traits that other non-onclaves might not have as somebody said I'm Filipino and I grew up in an Asian enclave in inland empire and we were all Asian acting but we still drove monster trucks because we also took on traits from inland empire so here's the thing about enclaves guys there is no set size to what an enclave is it's all about your mindset whether you live in the bubble the bubble around you could be literally a hundred people that's a bubble technically if you just spend most of your time and you buy into that system and you run by the kind of the social norms of and the culture of those hundred or 200 people right right right like you're saying that you know you you kind of decide the the size of your own bubble yes like I remember people at church I mean I'm sorry at my high school that were like super religious Jehovah's Witnesses they were almost like living in a bubble within our city even though the other people around us we didn't even know anything about that I knew we knew Mormons at school and there was like a Mormon community it's not like they were like pinging with the rest of the school at the same rate they'd go back to their Mormon world after school and stuff like that so it's very complicated somebody said it's not as closed-minded as much it is just your comfort zone um yeah any but any type of personality can emerge from anywhere I don't like saying that closed-minded people come from the enclaves and open-minded people come from outside of the enclaves I would agree with that to an extent I would say that you know if you're raised in Europe as a basketball player there's a chance you could be a ball hog if you're raised in America there's a chance you could be fundamental non-flashy and team-minded however there are patterns of coaching though I thought this one comment made a good point they said you know what though actually a lot of that SoCal Asian population that you're referring to contributed a lot to the general Asian-American culture in bridging the gap between Asia and America so although it sounds kind of frivolous like how you make it sound they actually are kind of leading the way as far as Asian-American culture that's actually a good point that is fair it is fair because listen listen back in the days of Asian YouTube you know I'm going to say six seven years ago at the peak that was like very SoCal Asian but but what do you think about the argument that all the people that are quote-unquote pushing Asians forward in politics and media I would say nine out of ten do not come from the bubble like maybe 19 out of 20 of them don't come from an Asian enclave right but it's true because being raised in an Asian enclave it's like it's just a different skill set it's not going to necessarily prepare you to like rise the length ranks of like a white or a black system every day right yeah yeah I know what you mean obviously for sure politics I think media is a little bit easier to be from the enclave nowadays but yes typically a lot of the Asians who want to join these fears and rise up the ladders of the non-Asian systems were not from the enclaves because they were not stuck in their comfort zones because their comfort zones don't have those many levels that's it right yeah somebody said all the Asians subgenres seem to be melted into one internet culture in 2023 I remember there used to be rocker Asians artsy far to see creative Asians the outdoor Asians the hipster Asians and nowadays it's all just one thing that's on subtle Asian traits that's been mixed together yeah no obviously we used to do the different types of Asian girls and different types of Asian guys and but no I mean do you agree with this I don't think it's true I think that it's that's the meme culture that's kind of being pushed but that doesn't change how all the kids are obviously even all different types of people are still consuming the subtle Asian traits memes I do think that there's a lot more genre mashing between identities or personas in 2023 though because if you look at rock music that completely as a persona has like gone away right it's been folded into hip hop now there's like rock-centric hip hop and emo center but I'm gonna say this even whether you identify as an Asian rap guy or an Asian rocker guy or an Asian fob guy everybody can enjoy like a rice cooker meme right you know I mean everybody can enjoy a meme about your parents being fobby or your parents wanting something traditional and obviously that's why those memes are so out you know overly successful yeah yeah but obviously the typically when you imagine a person who is consuming subtle Asian traits memes you can you you imagine like some young boba kid all right man we got a real quick bring in Fred who is half Latino he's half Mexican half Korean he's gonna give us some insight onto different uh bubbles whether they're closed minded or open minded right joining us today we've got Fred you're a half Mexican you're half Korean but you grew up near both a Latino enclave as well as an Asian enclave Fred is it safe to say you're familiar with both bubbles yes they're familiar might have lived a bit more than the other but they're both there which one did you live more in I would say recently the Asian enclave bubble can you can you describe your Asian enclave just give it a shout out you know just the casual fo you go out to eat go out to eat fo bubble tea a lot of kbbq head out to karaoke nrb that was basically how I lived for most of my life right I guess have you also have your heavy exposure to the Latino enclave life not as prominent as my Asian enclave life just because uh that part is only from my family side and I kind of live separately from my family side but the only times I go there is when it's a family gathering birthday party but you have had you have like swung out of pinata many times right as a kid yeah let's just be clear here you got your Mexican card you're very fluent in Spanish but I want to ask you because have you heard anything from each side from each enclave or people from each enclave or bubble that would lead you to believe that they're like more closed-minded than others you know like something maybe from your Asian friends and they just say something like ignorant you're just kind of like because you're mixed so you've seen multiple worlds we're talking about people who have only grown up primarily in one world yeah yeah yeah I think it is closed-minded like whether or not if you want it to be or not it's just it's just there it's the same thing as being ignorant right you don't want to be ignorant but sometimes you are ignorant what what is something that you went oh man that's a little bit closed-minded not that I hate you guys for it but it you know I from my perception that's a little closed-minded of maybe the food spots we go to or something yeah um for my case a lot of my friends we only go to Asian restaurants not really more of the Hispanic side just because you know they're not familiar with the cuisine not even tacos taco trucks is beginner level man the only thing they've gone was probably Taco Bell and that's probably it oh yo Taco Bell doesn't count um so I guess what do you think it is like do you think there's anything wrong with saying hey man you grew up in an Asian bubble you're probably closed-minded is that is that wrong is that a wrong accusation to make because that's obviously what this reddit post was sparking I mean it is to a certain extent like it is kind of rude to call someone closed-minded but it's you know sometimes it's not their fault but you are sometimes at fault because you choose not to try it out yeah you know there's a cuisine out there but you don't want to try it out because you're more comfortable with your own food you have no desire or curiosity exactly well you know what it is guys I'm looking up the definition of closed-minded ignorant okay and they're a little bit different so I don't like to use them as synonyms for each other so closed-minded is having or showing rigid opinions or a narrow outlook that's the first definition okay and then of ignorant it means lacking knowledge or awareness in general uneducated so I think that in a way even though both sound negative ignorant is in a way more understandable if you grow up around one single type of person closed-minded is actually and you're actively cutting off other things you're actively looking at the word the world through a narrow lens and I think that's why closed-mindedness is different I think a lot of people grow up ignorant you're saying it's almost more naive yeah or just ignorant versus being aggressively closed-minded has a certain connotation that may be too extreme yeah no closed-minded definitely has that connotation where you're actively like seeing things how you want to see it versus I'm just ignorant I don't know so if you tell me you're on Fred's like hey bro like why don't we go do this and they're just like oh I never thought of it that way thanks Fred for like opening my mind I guess I guess I'm open to it if you lead the way can you speak Spanish to the waiter are you going to order the tacos thanks man so could you say a person can be closed-minded and ignorant yeah you probably can be both too you probably can be a mix yeah yeah if you both you're just being stupid but I do think a lot of people are born ignorant for sure because we're all raised in our own bubbles right uh would you say that like people on the Latino side in the town you're from would they be in their own bubble and not know about the Korean bubble or Asian bubble well okay the the reason why I say this now is yes I do believe just because that's their only way of working right so like a lot of the Hispanics work for a lot of Asian restaurants that they probably have to like mix themselves into the Asian bubble oh okay right right right so you're saying there's some sort of integration due to occupation yes do you think in their off time after they get off work and they're like you know they were making like the kimchi or whatever but like they're off work and they're like hey man I'm going back to the Latino like bubble man like that's it I'm sure but they do eat a lot of Asian cuisine yeah that's their lunch break you know no I'll give it to you man I think a lot of Mexicans I mean I'm not to assume everybody's Mexican but like the Latinos they're very open minded though yeah generally to food especially the food they will I've seen Latinos at like every restaurant yeah almost so hey man shout out to Latinos um I would say this man I think just seeing other worlds makes you more interesting you look at Drake raised rich suburban Jewish in Toronto hood Memphis lifestyle on his dad's side the travel between the two made him a very interesting artist made him the most successful rap artist of all time right I mean I'm just going to say like having access to two disparate bubbles that are worlds apart and learning them both at like an 8 out of 10 or 10 out of 10 level makes you an interesting person I'm not saying that people necessarily from the bubble are not interesting I got a lot of friends from the bubble that I think are super interesting but I'm just saying obviously everybody's life does shape them to become who they are but also it's not just like oh I'm from the bubble or I'm not from the bubble it's your own individual statistics and your own individual like curiosity yeah and I don't think everybody who is open minded and knows a little bit about every culture that doesn't necessarily make them automatically interesting sometimes very interesting people do come from the bubble because they have a certain perspective that you're like oh I didn't know that's how you see things or I didn't know that's how that world is like so they can have access and appear into a different world which to me is so interesting so I think like when it comes to the bubble and stuff again like you said it just matters on what you're trying to do in life right if you want to know about everything then I want to know what the bubble's like I want to know what outside of the bubble's like but anyways guys any other last takeaways I just have a story from reddit there's somebody says I have a bunch of different cousins boys and girls that grew up in the bubble and when they went to college about half of them got really diverse multiracial friends and half of them just stuck with whatever they grew up with thank you so much for watching you guys let us know in the comments down below what you think about the bubble does it make you closed-minded does it make you ignorant those are two different things let us know and uh yeah let us know if you grew up in the bubble or if you want to raise your family in the bubble maybe you want to move to the bubble maybe the bubble is more comfortable oh I got one last thing somebody said I have a story from church and I always felt like the Asian churches I went to were way more into my life and toxic than the non-Asian churches I went to and I said yes that's probably true but it's also probably because they cared a lot more about your life at the Asian church too that's my general opinion yeah if you guys don't want people to know about your life and be nosy then just be around a bunch of non-Asian people because they won't ask you any questions all right everybody thank you so much please hit that like button check out other episodes of the hot pot boys until next time we out peace


The Minister of Finance, Budget, National Plan and Zeynabar Med has said that the government may not be able to make provisions for Treasury-funded capital projects in the 2023 fiscal year. According to her, the budget deficit for the 2023 fiscal year may run between 11.30 trillion naira to 12.41 trillion naira, depending on the government's choice on the issue of subsidy payment on PMS. Our correspondent Emmanuel Hygiene filed in a report. The minister stated this while presenting the 2023-2025 medium-term expenditure framework and fiscal strategy paper before the House of Representatives Committee on Finance on the need to aggregate the expenditure of the government for 2023 at 19.76 trillion naira. The medium-term expenditure framework and fiscal strategy is a major feature on the annual budget presentation cycle. She used the opportunity to appraise President Mohammad Buwari's administration as well as its foresight in putting in place several social reforms aimed at putting food on the table of the ordinary Nigerian. We will need to all focus on improving tax administration and collection efficiency. Good all production challenges also need to be addressed as PMS subsidy that has been deducted by NNPC has actually constituted a significant threat to the achievement of our revenue growth targets in the oil and gas sector as seen in the performance of 2022 and even in the projections for 2023. In the collection from the value-added tax, the minister said that 298.83 billion naira and 102.97 billion naira, representing 99 percent and 98 percent of their respective targets, were received. She also disclosed that Nigeria spends over 8.7 billion naira on pipeline maintenance and oil theft from April till date. Despite higher oil prices, oil revenue has been underperforming due to the significant lower oil production shortfalls and the main reasons as I reported earlier on had to do with pipeline vandalization and theft and also which has resulted in oil production short ins by most of the major oil producing entities. There is also high petroleum subsidy cost which is due to the higher lending cost of imported refined petroleum products into the country. Other revenues according to the minister amounted to 664.64 billion naira of which independent revenue was placed at 394.09 billion naira within the period under review. Earlier before the arrival of the minister of finance, the committee had been drilling some agencies of government that were noted for flaunting government policies in terms of remittances. That's your section 22 says that the money, whatever money you realize from there used to pay salaries and whatever, but government has taken over the responsibility of paying salaries, they pay you overhead, they pay your capital and so it is expected that the revenue you generate is limited to 100%. You have a legal department there, you have. So what you have done is willful, you decided on your own to disobey the law. The aggregate expenditure for 2022 is estimated at 17.32 trillion naira with a pro rate spending target of 5.77 naira at the end of April, but the committee urged the minister to create economic opportunities in the country where ordinary persons on the street can have food on their table. The medium term expenditure framework and fiscal strategy paper meeting continues with other relevant ministries, departments and agencies expected to appear on Tuesday.


A fiery horse for the speed of light, the cloud of dust, and a hardy high old silver, the lone ranger. With his faithful Indian companion, Toto, 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. The lone ranger and Toto rained up on the crest of a small hill overlooking the town of Rockwood that nestled in the valley. Now, Toto, it doesn't look like a bad town, but it is. It's the most lawless community in this part of the country. And the outlaw there? The outlaw's rendezvous. The government has sent five marshals there in the last five months. Everyone's been killed. Your friend there now. That'd be him clean up town. Anyone can clean up the town. Jim Larraby is the one to do it. Him know you one way to help? No, Toto. How long him there? Oh, Larraby's only been there for about three weeks. Toto, I want to know something about the situation before I go into town. You go ahead, find out, huh? Find out where Jim Larraby is living. Then find out anything you can about the men who control the town. I'll, uh, make camp over there among the cotton woods and wait until you join me. Ah, you go now. Go ahead.  Come on, Silver. It was dusk when a masked man found a desirable campsite beside a stream that meandered through the woods. He dismounted and was about to untie his blanket. And he froze, stood motionless. The faint sound that had claimed his attention sounded like a six-gun being caught. Yeah, Silver, I heard it. Can't tell what's to it.  Get him up or I'll shoot. Well, at least you're not going to shoot me from ambush. I'm not a dry goatee like some of you crooks. You think I'm a crook? If you're wearing a mask, that's enough for me. My dad can decide what to do with you. Your dad? Name is Larraby. I guess you heard of him. Jim Larraby? That's right. Yes, I have heard of him.  You bet he is. Aren't you pretty young to be his deputy? I can handle this gun, mister. You must be about 15, aren't you, Dave? Nearly 16. I, uh, how'd you know my name? I told you I'd heard about your father. He heard quite a bit about him and his family. Maybe you know something about the shooting. If I thought you were the one that drilled him, I'd- What's that? You've been shot? Yeah. That won't lick him. Made him all the more determined to get rid of your kind. I'd like to see your father. You'll see him all right. I'm taking you to him right now. So this is your home, huh, Dave? Just open that door and walk right in. Slow. Very well. Dad, I brought a prisoner for you. Hello, Jim. Take it easy. Don't try to get up. How badly are you hurt? Uh, skunks got me in the chest. I'll get better. Hey, Dad.  Dave, put that gun down. What, that mask? Mask. Underage, isn't it? When I told you stories about the Lone Ranger? The Lone Ranger? Well, golly. It's all right, Dave. I was on the way here to see your father. And I drew a gun on you. Golly, you just let me capture you. You could have jumped me anytime you wanted to. I wouldn't like to try it, Dave. You hold a steady gun.  I told you not to go manhunting on your own. I wasn't. I just happened to be in the woods when a man came along. I saw he wore a mask. Man, you talked to him. Oh, yeah. And you still thought he was a crook. Dad, where did you got to learn to judge me? You got to learn who to trust and who not to trust. Jake Hammer and Café don't wear a mask. Would you trust him? Oh, no. The law's got nothing on Jake Hammer. Yet, he's as crooked as a snake in a cactus patch. First time I ever met this masked man, I sized him up as being on the level. I trusted him. By so doing, I got help in rounding up a mighty bad outfit. What? I'm sorry, Dad. Well, don't make no such mistake again. Jim, uh, do you want me to look at your wound? No, Doc's taking care of it. I'll be all right. But I got to lie quiet for a time. I see. Is the situation in Rockwood really bad? It's even worse than I thought. It's a hangout for all kinds of crooks. There's a lot of tin horns, as well as a number of big operatives. Someone's coming. Yes, it's Tonto. Seems to have found Sylvan brought him along. What happened? Teddy Tonto, Teddy, it's all right. Hi there, Tonto. Oh, you, Larabee. And this is Dave Larabee, Tonto. He captured me and put me here. Well, I didn't mean to. Uh, he stalked the woods. See Sylvan on way here. You follow him. You saw the horse? He was coming here? That's right. But I tied him to a tree. Sylvan's been taught to work with ropes, Dave. Golly. Uh, sit down, Tonto. Let's talk about the situation here in Rockwood. During the next few days, strange things happened in the town of Rockwood. Things that puzzled a Jake Hammer owner of the cafe. Each evening, found one more of Jake's friends missing. Hank, Tuttle, Scar Bates, Trigger Newton. It was a week after the Lone Ranger and Jim Larabee met. Jake Hammer looked around the cafe, then eyed an empty chair at a corner table. Baldy Belden's usual place. Hey, Joe. You seen Baldy? Not since last evening, Jake.  What happens all these tin horns? He's the fourth one that's disappeared in the past week. Hey, boy. Anyone seen Baldy Belden? All right, go on with your games and drinks. Suppose these critters are running out on us? I don't know what to suppose. Hey, Jake. He was asking about Baldy. What about him, Pete? Do you know anything? I seen him when he left here last night. So did I. Oh, lots of us seen him last night. What about it? Just this. I happened to see him outside at the hitch rail. He was met there by a troll, Jim. The same one has been around town for the past week. The two of them rode away together. They did? Hey. What's the matter with you, Joe? Listen, Jake. I'd before last I was outside getting a breath of air when Trig Newton left. He was met at the hitch rail by that same Jim. Yeah. You sure of that, Joe? Yeah, sure. I didn't think anything of it at the time. There was no call to connect the stranger with the fact that Trig disappeared. But if the same Armory talked to Baldy last night and now Baldy's gone... Hey, Jake. Help me. It's Baldy. It's a matter with him. Amber, you gotta help me. You gotta save me. From what? What are you talking about? He's a tall stranger. He's working for Larabay. Larabay? What do you mean? He's captured all the others. He got me. He made me talk. Talk about what? Make me squeal. Tell all I knew. Hide me, Jake. Hide me in case he comes after me. Joe, you and Pete take him into the back room. I'll be there in a minute. Come on, Baldy. This way.  That tall Armory we've seen around town during the past week shows up in here. Get him and bring him to me in my office. Now, don't let him get away. You got that straight? Yeah. Just sit tight. When I get through with Baldy, I'll give you all the details. Sit down there, Baldy. Yeah. Joe, you watch the window. Pete the door. I don't want anyone to disturb us. All right. Now, Baldy, you start talking. Wait. It happened when I left here last night, boss. I went up to the hitch rail to get my horse. And that tall stranger was standing there in the dark. I noticed when I got close that he wore a mask over his face. A mask? Yeah. Then I saw that he held a gun in his hand. Keep your voice low and take it easy. What? Why, what do you want of me? The same thing we got from a few other tin horn friends of Jake Hammer. Don't sell me. Well, then, first of all, you've got to get one thing through your head. Jim Larabee is going to clean up Rockwood. The Marshal? Yes. He's laid up. He's hurt. I'm helping him. I want you. Now, now, wait. See here, I'm only a small friend. I know all about you. You're not in a class with the killers by women who take orders from Jake. Nothing like that. That's why you're going to get a chance. A chance? To what? A chance to help Jim Larabee in the law. You'll be allowed to tell all you know about Hammer and his pals. Squeal. That's right. You're going to squeal. Then you're going to sign statements. I can't do that. Ellen, get this. Ever men have already squealed. Women are going to. Those men who help the law will have a chance to save their necks. You're either with the Marshal or against him. I'm not up and come with me. I had to tell a few things, Jake. I didn't have no choice. So you squealed, huh, Baldi? Jake, what can I do? Just how much did you tell the Marshal and that mask man? I couldn't tell very much, Jake. I don't know an awful lot. I ain't been in on the bigger deals that have been pulled. You knew about the bank robbery in three pines. Yeah? You told about that? Well, I... Did you squeal on me and Joe? Well, boys, I...  Boys, listen to me. I came here to tell you. I got away from them. I came here so you could do something about it. I'll do something about it all right enough. Oh, look at me like that, Jake. Please don't. How much information does a Marshal have? I don't know. He must have plenty. The men that went before me could tell a lot. And they probably did. I'll get them and deal with them if it's the last thing I do. But as for you... Jake, don't kill me. Think it over, Jake. All right. I am thinking it over.  Maybe I'll give you a chance to square yourself. Oh, thanks. Thanks, Jake.  Yeah. All right. I got a hunch that maybe we can get them sworn statements away from them. He's got them locked up somewhere. That won't matter. I think his son will know where they are. Son? You mean that kid? Dave Larabee is old enough to serve my purpose. What's he got to do with it? What's this, Baldy? He's going to get me every shred of evidence his old man's collected against the boys. But how are you working? I'll tell you how. He'll either do what I want or he'll be arrested by his own father for murder. Dave Larabee? A killer? Yeah. I didn't know you had anything like that on him. Who'd he kill? No one. Not yet. Well, who? He don't do what I want. He'll hang for your murder. Now, here's what you got to do. It was late at the same night. Dave Larabee slept in his own room in the rear of the house. He was wakened by a soft tapping on the open window. Just a minute. Open the window wider. I heard you'd escape. Yeah, Dave, but I come back. Listen, where's that mask man in that Indian room? In another room. What about it? Are you as interested in getting evidence as they were? Oh, yeah, why? And you come with me. That's all I got to say. Just you come with me. Are you willing? Yeah. Let's give me time to get dressed, and I'll be with you. The curtain falls on the first act of our Lone Ranger story. Before the next exciting scenes, please permit us to pause for just a few moments. He climbed out of his bedroom window and joined Baldy Belden in the darkness. He didn't suspect that Belden acted on orders from Jack Hammer. Hey, look, Belden, maybe it'd be better if I called the mask man in town. No, no, Dave. Don't do that. I already talked with those two. Oh, I know it. They aimed to have me right out of here for other parts, like those other gents they captured had to do. I don't want to leave Rockwood. I don't understand. That's why I came to you. I can get a lot of information that'll help your pause case against Hammer and his crowd. But you've got to help me, not that mask man. All right, then. Where are we going? To Hammer's Cafe. What time is it now, Jake? 12.15. It's time Baldy got back. It's been gone long enough to get that kid. He'll be here, Joe. Take it easy.  You oughta. We went over it enough times.  We will. Now, here comes Baldy and Dave now. Now, Dave, don't pay no attention to anyone. Just come right through to the back room with me. All right, Belden, but I hope you know what you're doing. I know. Don't worry about that. Go on in. This looks like an office. It is an office. It's Jack Hammer's office. Step inside.  Jake, how long do we have to wait outside the door? Baldy plays it like I told him it won't be long. Hey, what's the idea? It's starting. No, no, let go. No, no, don't shoot me. Baldy! That's it. Hey, what's this? Oh, Baldy, look at Baldy. Baldy! Baldy, what the... Joe, Pete, come inside. Hey, you boys. You ain't seen or heard a thing. Go on back to your table to drinks around the house.  You're covered, Larby. Don't move. Now, wait a minute. Listen to me. Pete, take a look at Baldy. See how bad he's hurt. Right. He must have gone local. He drew a gun. I grabbed him. Get up for a minute. Better give me that gun you're wearing. Here, Joe, take care of it. Right. How about Baldy? Jake, afraid the poor galoot's done for. Oh, he pulled his gun on me. We struggled for it. His finger was on the trigger. He fired at that. Ah, that's too thin. Joe and Pete and I all heard Baldy yell out. That's right. He asked you not to shoot him. He begged for his life. Maybe he made a few mistakes or were it against the law. But that don't say you can kill him for it. The dog gone right you can't. Well, I didn't shoot him. I swear I didn't. Yeah, let me look at it. Get back there. Found it all the way. The thing like this have to happen in my office. Been having enough trouble without this. But I... I didn't... There's some way you could hurt something up. Don't do us no good to have a killing here. I don't know. I suppose I could hush it up. Why should I? Larabee's been gathering evidence to jail me. Let's see what it's like to jail his own son. Probably killing him. Yeah, ain't that too bad. Mr. Hammer, I... I don't know what to say or do. All right, Jake. Maybe you could make some sort of a deal with Larabee. What do you mean by that, Pete? Well, it stands to reason he won't want his own son to hang. You see how he can do anything about it? Well, he didn't have no family or anything. Maybe if you could get rid of the... the remains. If Larabee'd hand over all that evidence he's collected. Dad wouldn't stand for any such deal. Of course he wouldn't. I wouldn't even approach him with the offer. Hey, maybe Dave would be willing to listen to reason. What do you mean? Yeah, Joe, what are you getting at? Just that, Jake. You'd help hide the murder if... Dave would make it worthwhile, wouldn't you? I don't know. Dave's old man has evidence against... that is, against friends of ours. I suppose you know where it's hid, don't you, Larabee? Well, your father's got evidence against us. But we got evidence that'll hang you.  We'll save yours. That's the way it stands, Larabee. Looks like we got a lucky break when Baldy went loco. By thunder, we'll make the most of it. You want me to steal the evidence from my father? Is that it? Right.  Dave had little sleep that night. He worried about his predicament and considered the proposition that had been made. The next day, he kept apart from his father and his father's friends, the Lone Ranger and Tonto. Late afternoon, found him beside the stream in the Cottonwoods where he had first met the masked man. He sat watching the rippling water, so lost in thought that he didn't hear the Lone Ranger's approach. Dave. Huh? Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you. Oh, that's all right. Mind if I sit down there beside you? Mind what? No, of course not. Thanks. Nice here in the woods. Uh-huh. Your father will be able to go back to work on a day or so. Yeah, I know it. That's great. Tonto should take and find care of him. You'll be able to close in on Jake Hammer and his partners. So you have evidence against Ed Bunch? Yes, Dave. He has enough to prove that Hammer planned a number of robberies for men like Joe and Pete and several others. Well, that's not all he has. No? No. A number of men in Rockwood who are wanted by the Lone and other communities. Your father has a lot of facts about those men. Well, he can thank you for that. You sure made some of those crooks tell plenty. Well, most of them took advantage of the chance to clear out. Most of them? I think Bull is still around. Oh, why do you think that? Well, uh, let's just call it a hunch, huh? Oh, I see. Something bothering you, Dave? Bothering me? Well, no, I guess not. Care to tell me about it? I said there was nothing bothering me. I see. By the way, Tonto's gone for a couple of your father's friends over in Carter City. They'll be here to take part in the showdown. They will, huh? Mm-hmm. Tonto's a great help to me. A mighty good friend, too. I don't know what I'd do without a friend like Tonto. No matter what kind of a problem I have, you can talk it over with him and he'll understand. Mm-hmm. You have problems? Oh, yes, Dave. I've had some very tough ones. But somehow they never seem as tough after I share them with Tonto. Uh-huh. I guess it's a lot like carrying a heavy pack. 100 pounds would be a heavy load for one man to carry. What if he has a friend to share the weight? The load's reduced by half. Oh, yeah. That makes sense. Dad said I should learn to judge men. That was good advice. I wonder. That evening, found Jake Heimer in his office with Joe. He glanced at a large clock on the wall. Ten o'clock. Time young Larabee was here. What'll you do if he's late? I'll handle him. Got a few cards up my sleeve. Do you think he'll play our game? He'll play it one way or the other. Oh, I get it. That's probably him. I guess I'm just about on time. Good thing you are. Step into the office. Well, Larabee, what sort of evidence the Marshal has got? Yes, I did, Mr. Heimer. He's got enough to send you in about ten of your pal's to jail or to the hangman. It's downright interesting. How soon can you get that evidence for me? I'm not getting that evidence for you. What's that? I said I'm not getting it. I heard what you said. You know what it means? I think so. It means you'll hang for the murder of Baldi Belton. You can't charge me with murder unless it's a dead body. Oh, so that's it. I think we can't prove anything, because we already disposed of the dead body, huh? Well, get this, you young upstart. You're making a big mistake. A mistake that'll hang you. And what's more, I'll prove it. Bring him along, Joe. Come on, Larabee. Where to? He'll take him out this back door, Joe. Where you taking me? To a shack a little away from here. I'll show you the dead body that'll hang you. Open up, Pete. Anything wrong? Got him, huh? Going in, Larabee. Inside. Baldi Belton. Hey, Jake. Why'd you bring him here? You'll see. Oh, he's not dead at all. It was all a trick. Sure it was a trick. He had a blank cartridge in his gun. And you thought you could hang me for murder? And we can. Jake, just a minute. Good thing we kept you here, Baldi. We need you. Please. I tried to put the deal over without killing you. But we need a corpse. Can't put Dave in a hang-on spot without one. Dave. Dave, don't let him shoot me. Promise him you'll get that evidence. Don't let him do this. You help him frame me. But I had to. You could have left town like the others that gave dead information. Final word, Larabee. You've had it. No, please. Stand up, Baldi. No, Jake. Please, don't let them shoot me. Don't do it. Sorry, but I got to have something so as I can talk to the Marshal. Maybe he'll resign for he has to hang his own son. Now stand up. There you are, Baldi. Look out. Anyone else want to draw? Well, Baldi, you're in a bad spot. Dad. Marshal Larabee. Looks like we've got something to add to the record, who you critters. Marshal, Marshal Larabee. Hold it. Just say what you got to say.  Line up on that wall, all of you. You too, Billen. Yes, sir. Charlie's dead. I didn't think you'd be able to meet. The lone ranger told me that tonight was a showdown. I had to get back in harness, Dave. Tutto, bring in the other lawman. What other lawman? Here, plenty of the other lawman. Yeah, over all these men. As soon as they've roped you crooks, they're going to the café to pick up the rest of the men on the Marshal's crime list. Hold it. All of you. Stand where you are. Cover that side, Tutto. You got him? The Marshal. That man's man. What's this mean? Where's Jake Hammer? Quiet down and listen. I'm here to make some arrests. Pete, Joe, Baldy and Hammer are already in custody. There'll be company for them. You'll come quiet or we'll get rough. Golly, Dad, what a roundup that was. You got every crook in town. Yeah, it was a big evening, son. Big evening. Rockwood will be a different place from now on. By the way, Dave, I'm particularly proud of you. Oh, Dad, I... The Lone Ranger told me how you shared your problem with him in the woods this afternoon. He said you made up your own mind to defy them scheming pogats. I didn't know what to do, Dad. The Lone Ranger said I should do what I thought you'd do in the same situation. Yeah, he told me about it. Said we'd better keep an eye on things to see what Hammer'd do when you defied him. Tell me, Dave, how'd you happen to trust the masked man far enough to put your problem up to him? Oh, Dad, I... I remember what you said. What was that? You said I should learn to judge men. Yeah. Well, I... I judged that the Lone Ranger was a man I could share a problem with. Son, I reckon you're a fair judge of men at that. Yes, sir. A fair judge of men. The story you have just heard is a copyrighted feature of the Lone Ranger Incorporated.


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