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when a man shuts himself off from his

neighbors when he conducts mysterious

experiments behind locked doors there's

bound to be torque there were those who

whispered that old dirkman Prince a

sorcerer and worse he might never have

been remembered at all had not his

research led him to the discovery of a

most unusual formula for making glass

Mr van Preen it's Mrs Ames what do you

want

leave silversmith left a package for you

just leave it leave it at the door

please

can I bring up your supper now Mr van

freeen never mind just leave the house

oh you ought to take something Mr van

Preen I'll fetch up some nourishing soup

before I go it's really no trouble

you haven't had a bite all day good

night Mrs Ames yes sir good night

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hanged himself before door

his story might have ended there if he'd

had the courage to smash those

spectacles

but like many another scientists he

couldn't bear to destroy his own

creation

too bad because years later others tried

them all in the cheaters uh story for

tonight the junk man named Joe Henshaw

played by Mr Paul Newland

a little old-fashioned lady named Marion

Alcott played by Miss Mildred dunnock

her nephew Percy Dean

Mr Jack Weston

and finally

a man who covered the real purpose of

the spectacle

Sebastian Grimm played by Mr Harry

Townes

what they saw through those yellow gold

lenses they never forgot

and neither will you my friends because

I sure as my name's Boris Karloff

this

is a thriller

thank you

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so you want to load up on more junk for

stores full of it now

I just have a lot of raggedy old clothes

and busted up Furniture that's what you

get

how much you bid

not much how much Joe

100

a hundred dollars

you promise we would unload this crummy

Place get into a decent business I give

it to take it easy the kids coming I

don't care who's coming how are you ever

gonna get out of here you can spending

every dime on more junk no more Maggie

not in front of the kid again you hear

no more Hey Joe hey mate come on Charlie

there's your mail

why don't you admit it Joe and get

yourself a pair of glasses

see what I need to see

yeah maybe we ought to leave it that way

sit down Charlie I'll pull you up some

coffee hey that's great I didn't get a

chance to get any breakfast you'll wait

on your own time go get the truck up

okay Joe where are we going

Joe's bought another blind lot from the

city Maggie paid a hundred dollars and I

bet no other Salvage operator bothered a

bit on it

but my Joe's got sporting blood my Joes

are Gambler hi Joe where is the stuff

the old Bleaker house The Bleak that

place is 200 years old why it's been bad

luck since before the first war will you

keep your mouth shut you just do your

job and let me run my business wait a

minute you oh I didn't say anything did

that did I say anything Maggie you leave

Charlie alone you wanna pick on somebody

pick on me I'm warning you not again in

front of the kid hey hey you two knock

it off huh maybe Joe's got a good idea

Fat Chance well I heard of a salvager

one time that found a half a million

dollars in war bonds in an old house

Confederate war bonds

Joe keep your eye on him Charlie

it's fine talk from a wife

Maggie will you listen I bid that place

because Della handed down a city hall

tip me off

tell her how to set up in the attic

there was some old furniture maybe

there's some real antique pieces

well he's waiting Maggie you got to take

a chance once in a while maybe your luck

will change from bad to worse look

what's happened to you Maggie ever since

I heard that kid you've been treating me

like dirt oh don't stop that again

all right

we're sinless later

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better

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it's gonna cost you money to haul this

stuff to the dump who asked you to worry

good

Ness

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awesome

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hey maybe the valuable stuff's in here

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look at all these old books maybe

there's some rare additions here

looks like another load for the dump

maybe we can get something for this old

desk

all right

some deal you ought to suit a city Joe

advice from you I don't need yeah

Maggie's gonna frothing from when she is

why don't you go and tell her go on get

out of here

get out

okay chill

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thank you

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what's all this

happy birthday darling but it's not my

birthday oh please don't spoil it Joe

dear I know your birthday was last week

and I forgot now I want to make it up to

you

and Joe I'm sorry for the way I acted

this morning

you're you're sorry

what's happened did that kid tell you I

found a basket full of diamonds or

something Charlie said it was nothing

but rubbish and all of a sudden I

realized how disappointed you must have

been how rotten I've been

rotten unselfish Joe and I'm sorry hello

you know maybe I've I've been so easy to

live with either okay go wash up now

gonna be ready in a little while

why'd you get those funny old cheetahs

Joe oh the bigger place

you ruin your eyes wearing somebody

else's glasses what happened to the

other letter Maggie there was four here

this morning

it's only a bill from the gas company

for you

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hadn't been too cheap to buy a pair of

glasses I might have lost the pleasure

of fleecing you

huh

if you hadn't been too busy to buy a

pair of glasses I'd have lost the

pleasure of spoiling you

enjoy it while you can Joe

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dead

what enjoy it while you can dear

tomorrow you'll be dead tired from

hauling all that rubbish

what did you say uh the other bill was

from from the gas company

they want to buy this property Joe a lot

of money happy birthday Joe I brought

you a jug of your favorite poison

and if this doesn't kill you I will hit

man and if this doesn't fill you up I'll

flip man because it cost me a bundle

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what's the matter Joe you're sick come

on what you needs a little drinky how

about a Maggie oh I don't know Charlie

the doctor said hey come on it's his

birthday just one then

hey

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you should have been an actress baby

fill his right to the top honey

quicker we get him drunk the quicker we

get him over to the old house hey come

on Joe

his pie in your eye many happy returns

darling

the three of us are going on a midnight

treasure hunt Joe

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you're gonna have a nasty accident

darling if I tumble down the stairs

don't kill you I'll climb you with a

board

you leave the same kind of marks

come on I have enough Charlie I said

just one oh come on don't be a party

pooper

this is one party I wouldn't spoil for

the world

You Beautiful Maggie in a few hours

you'll be all mine

I never thought it'd be so exciting

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uh Charlie you uh you've got an

education sure

what does a

v e r i

t-a-s what does that mean but it's

Veritas it's uh it's Latin it means

truth truth

foreign

you got your fancy clothes on

too bad

look what does he mean too bad I got my

fancy clothes on too bad

who knows what that stupid old coat

means

a minute honey wait a minute they're not

sure you're losing your nerve

oh it's only then it's only one

maybe maybe what you do to me

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she's put something into my tea

I'm not a complete fool no matter what

Olive and Ed would think I'd know when

my T's been drugged

because today is Thursday her Bridge

Club beats downstairs every Thursday and

every Thursday after lunch I get so

sleepy I have to stay in bed

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she's afraid I'll meet her friends

my mind

no I'm not ungrateful

I'm completely aware of the sacrifice

Olive and Edward

gone to come here and look after me

since Mr alcott's death but there's no

excuse for keeping me at prisoner in my

own home

I'm hungry Clarence

diet oh poor my heart's perfectly normal

it's just that I I get a little out of

breath sometimes

here she comes please promise me you'll

come back this evening ah bless you

bless you Clarence

at least I have one scent left

enjoy your lunch mother all gone

oh I see you drank all your tea

wouldn't you be disappointed if I hadn't

Dr Richards would be disappointed dear

you know what he said about keeping up

your liquid intake

sleepy no oh

can you try closing your eyes for a

little while if you can't nap you just

ring and I'll help you downstairs

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oh you'd be an asset to any party Mother

of God

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thank you

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um

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thank you

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may I help you is it lovely

I don't see the color I require

what color are you looking for yellow

bright yellow I'll see if we have any in

stock

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oh dear

no

there's a horrid Shades and

I'm afraid I'll have to inquire it

elsewhere

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all right

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how much are you asking for it Mr

Henshaw it's sold and my name's Bergen

henshaw's dead yes don't you read the

papers you brained his wife and her

boyfriend and the cop shot him the gas

company owns this place now they bought

it from henshaw's relatives they're

going to put up an office building so I

bought out his inventory I see do you

mind if I browse around a bit help

yourself lady

oh yeah see something you like lady yes

how much of these

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it's almost seven o'clock you know the

doctor said about you going out alone

where have you been if you must know I I

have been fitted for some glasses

why aren't they attractive

don't you think so Edward yes yes very

unusual

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Perfect Touch for that Halloween cat

just the perfect touch for the custom

look everyone's wearing

I see you've been shopping again

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whatever it'll have to return all the

junk you've stolen

it'd be the last time you'll make

trouble for me old girl

your next Triple B to the morgue

you look so pale mother Alcott let me

take you up to bed no no I I can manage

for myself

oh darling we're already late you won't

mind if Clarence brings up your tray to

you he phoned to say was on his way

we'll wait for him if it makes you

nervous being alone mother all God

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all right she'll probably make

her out

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and I goodbye mother all kind sweet

dreams

it'll be your last after tonight

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Miriam

Miriam it's Clarence

oh hell that was my best girl tonight

huh

I hear you were out in the town this

afternoon Clarence

they're going to kill me no no Miriam

that's no way to talk no it's true why

this looks delicious

as Trustee of my late husband's estate

it's your duty to listen to me now where

would you like to sit

but what's wrong with right here by the

fan

I mean I

I heard them think it I don't know but

something to do

after you've had your supper we'll go

downstairs

and watch TV

come along now young lady

come

on it's your last meal

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I know just the thing to which our

palate a little Brandy

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promise not to tell on me I'll go and

find Edwards decanter

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I'm going to need a drink

a drink of garlic

stick yes

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who inherits when I'm dead

what an odd question to ask Will you

know Edward and Olive provided they

maintain you in this house as long as

you live which won't be long Miriam

for arranging your fatal

now giving half to me

oh Miriam you're ill you do need a

stimulant I'll be right back

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you know there's one thing I've always

admired about Edward

keeps excellent branding it's a status

symbol for my spirit

maybe he never touches it himself

I've said it once I've said it a hundred

times

unbend a little Edward live live

well you're not going to let your

generation down are you Miriam you know

how to live

but you're overdoing it a bit you old

Shag

what's wrong Miriam aren't you going to

join me uh Miriam you're not going to

let an old friend drink by himself take

it I don't want any trouble pushing you

down the stairs

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friends Clarence

truth

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mm-hmm

it comes my Lord

Here Comes My Lady

himself a glass of wine

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you're not saying anything

dear sweet Clarence

always ready to listen

to no light is strong

my head's going round and round

and round

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thank you

but I still think we're rushing things

oh nonsense it's been nearly a year

since class and the old lady died people

have found other things to talk about I

wonder well they all accepted didn't

they well they'd come once out of

curiosity for no other reason

care less as long as Ferguson enjoys

himself

doesn't know it yet Adam but he's going

to sponsor me into the Gentry Club I

intend to be somebody in this town and

thorpinson will be my advocate that's

why I'm invited Sebastian grim and his

wife Sebastian Grimm that Ryder well

he's nothing but a

um

yes yes that's how dearest sweet mother

all cat would have characterized him

well he's a necessary evil to my plan

for the evening this bad mannered enough

to get bored with our party and suggest

the poker games

jorgensen's weakness but you hate

gambling nevertheless

I intend to show sorgensen that I know

how to lose like a gentleman

what

Edward

you know positively like Benjamin

Franklin the symbol of wisdom and

stability yes well that's exactly the

impression I wish to create

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now don't panic my dear

we have more money than most of them

have right now

won't be long before they'll be courting

our favor

your servant madam

the costume is very impressive Dean well

thank you very much I swear I was in the

presence of the industrious Benjamin

Franklin himself except for one floor

hey what's that Greer every Schoolboy

knows that Franklin wore spectacles

Ben Franklin without spectacles this is

like FDR without a cigarette holder

why don't we all go someplace where we

can indulge in thorgensen's favorite

form of last name

Edward why don't you men use the library

somewhere this white gentleman please

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sorry Dean Aces four well well

I was positive I had to beat that time

thorgason you lose your money like it

had smallpox oh it's the contest I enjoy

Grimm the give him the take

winning and losing secondary

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oh spoken like a gentleman I thought

your men might like something from the

buffet

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and Edward look what I found among

mother alcott's things

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well I'll be remarkable ah does that

satisfy your sense of historical

accuracy Mr Grimm Madame I'm

flabbergasted

can't see much

might improve your game do the card

stockings

I think I need more chips judge

delighted to take your money you fat

Little Fool

huh delighted

it'll take more than a Patriots costume

to cloak your intentions you tedious

little poser

oh here's a laugh

the word

Veritas is engraved across these

spectacles all right

Latin for truth no

probably made with his honor in mind

it is supposed to be your calling isn't

it judge fluger

and what exactly is your calling Mr

Grimm

I'm an unpublished author

unsung

unfulfilled

a soul in search of the Eternal

varieties of life

and a decent hand

hmm three nines that's more like it this

time I'll give them a run for their

money

huh

not even a miserable pair

I better stay in for one bit though

to make sarkinson think he's forcing me

out the jerks

are waiting for me to clobber them

if they only knew I've held out A Pair

of Aces from The Last Hand

aren't you going to look at your hand

Dean

wait till I tell the boys at the club

how the stupid little climber pretended

to lose like a gentleman I wonder if he

really did do away with the old lady

what's he staring at me for can he see

the cars under my arm yes

yes I see the cards under your arms

August and two Aces

what did you say you held them out from

the last hand

are you accusing Mr thorgensen of

cheating

I am simply stating a fact you'd better

retract that accusation Dean if you know

what's good for you it's all right judge

it's the liquor talking

let's get on with the hand no

nobody comes to my house and takes my

money and laughs at me oh no

because I see you all for what you

really are all of you

raise your arm Ferguson go on raise it

two cards under your arms

here they are

he hid them while we weren't lucky

what'd you say thorgensen

what can I say without becoming a bad

guest

you mean that Dean of course he gathered

in the cards last trick

he hid those two Aces because he wanted

to embarrass me I can't imagine why

that's not true you're lying am I

did you see me hide those cards under my

arm

no

nobody then how did you know they were

Aces

it's

these spectacles

I

I'm not certainly what there is about

him but I got just new

there you are judge I leave the verdict

to you I think we all know who the

teacher is

no he was the one that was holding out

the two cards

he's the cheater we'll admit it what to

tell them

tell them tell them tell them tell them

go tell them Jesus

I didn't mean to hit him so hard

we'll do something foreign

too late I'm afraid

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off the floor I was merely curious

and then the inscription Veritas

intrigued me and the exchange between

Dean and thorgensen when thorgensen

asked did you see me put the cards there

Dean said no thorginson asked and how

did you know that they were Aces what

did Dean say

these spectacles

I'm not certain what there is about them

but I just knew

Ellen I tell you I'm on to something

I know

it's just another of my hair brain

projects

I'll be bored within a few weeks

well you're wrong you're dead wrong look

a rough draft of my new book complete

except for the last chapter

Sebastian here is the villain or the

hero if you prefer

the cheaters that's going to be the

title of the book Ellen

the cheaters

a book about a pair of glasses uh

these are not ordinary glasses

I'm convinced

because these spectacles were misused

five people met violent deaths five

people and I have them all documented

do you remember the Henshaw murders yes

the police officer the shorthand Shaw

stated that when Henshaw came at him

with the Crowbar he was screaming the

cheaters the cheaters that was the

motive for the murders infidelity no

I don't think that Henshaw was referring

to his wife and her lover

the police officer

he was trying to destroy the cheaters

nonsense

nonsense

don't be so quick to reject the idea

I also looked up the inquest in the

ulcat murder

Olive Dean stated on the day the old

lady put the Hat pin in Clarence

Kramer's chest she'd been downtown and

among the things she brought back with

her was a pair of funny old glasses I

talked to the man that took over

henshaw's store he remembers selling

these very glasses to Miriam Wolcott for

25 cents

still don't see the significance of them

Sebastian you don't well I'll tell you

I believe that these spectacles

enable the wearer to know the naked

absolute truth

about anything or anybody

have you tried them no

why not

because they weren't intended for mind

reading

I think they were intended for seeing

the truth about oneself

that's the real purpose of these glasses

iron that's what van Preen was after

when he discovered the secret of this

funny yellow glass van print according

to our local Historical Society he built

the old house out on Bleaker Road

his neighbors called him a sorcerer

what do you suppose they'd have called

Edison or Einstein or family

know thyself put them away Sebastian

what's the matter

afraid I'll put them on and see you for

what you really are

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don't worry darling

when I put these on

and be for something important

go and get your food

where are we going going out to the old

house on Bleaker Road

oh atmosphere

I want the authentic atmosphere

when I report on band Prince's

experiment

by the way Ellen

that's going to be the title of my last

chapter

know thyself

please

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the city was supposed to tear this old

place down last year

nothing for me they didn't Sebastian

what happened to Van friend after he put

on the glasses what difference does that

make

I wouldn't know

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Sebastian you still haven't answered my

question what happened to Van print

his old desk is still upstairs and the

same mirror that he used you've been

here before

this morning

answer your question

he hanged himself

wait here

Ellen

I know you think this is a full thing

for me to do but

I have to

it's the only way I have of satisfying

my

Twisted sense of the dramatic you

understand that don't you but please

come this far you don't have to prove

yourself after me or anybody darling how

did look if I ended my book by saying I

lost my nerves

imagine that's what then friends

ignorant neighbors said it's Unholy

well

Satan's waiting up there

so be it

Ellen yes

do you know that the greatest man in

every Century have been hated and

ridiculed by men like

thorgins and a judge fluger

van print knew that oh it's the question

please calm down so he made the cheaters

to find out if he was one of the great

ones

evidently he was disappointed

wish me luck

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thank you

who's there

who's in this room

just you Sebastian Grimm

you're not afraid of your own voice are

you

no

so you want the truth about yourself do

you

yes the junk man the old lady and Edward

Dean read only the minds of others

think of the agony they suffered they

were afraid

they let their emotions get out of

control

you're different

you can master your emotions

you even dare to look into your own mind

yes very well then bring the light

closer

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thank you

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