Have a journey into the realm of the strain and terrify.

I hope you will enjoy the chable, that.

It will thrill you a little and kill you a little.

So settle back, get a good grip on your nerve.

Where are we going?

You'll find out when we get there.

On a light and it's ninety six thousand dealers present us night bottle Light brings you Christmas for Carol.

A suspense plays darring mister Dennis Day now with Christmas for Carol and the performance Dallas Day.

All the light hopes once again to keep you in our spend.

It was dark and silent.

The window in the house.

Glinted a little from the Christmas tree lights.

Rocky didn't move, He just stood there in the alley.

But I wanted to run fast, get away and put it behind me just a second.

We got the money, Rocky, What are we hanging around for?

Come on, let's get out.

Of here, I said.

We wait for the old coupley at die?

What for?

Why take chances?

Now we've got some money.

How don't we know it's all of it?

Maybe they split it and put it in two places.

I wait here and watch for them.

When they come in that tip it was eight thousand.

That's what he withdrew.

Us for this kid.

There was your tone.

We wait.

I couldn't help being scared.

This was my first job, my first to last.

I just wanted that money.

I wanted it pass in short, and I wanted to run away from.

It and forget it for one shot.

That's why I got a hold of Rocky career.

Lucky.

I had to be lucky, just this once for Carol, not for me.

It was for Carol, nothing else I cared about.

See, it didn't seem possible now that three days ago I hadn't known, Rocky hadn't needed them.

What is the doctor?

How about the baby?

Your wife mustream in and serious?

No, not serious.

But she's got to day flat on her back a nurse.

She should have a nurse with her all the time.

Oh but it's two months away.

Doctor.

It's just a question of keeping her relaxed and quiet and not letting her do any work around the house.

If things are even.

More okay, okay, doctor, and she'll be all right.

Well, there's one other thing.

She was quite worried when I told her about the nurse, and I get the feeling she's well afraid to have the baby.

Afraid not for herself.

I can't put my finger on it.

It's having a detrimental effect on the condition.

Then I know what it is, doctor money.

Oh let's see.

Well it might not be easy finding a nurse.

Only four days for Christmas.

I'll get one doctor, Thanks, I'll call you.

Yeah, thanks again, doctor, sweetheart.

It will be all right.

I'm going to get the nurse to take care of you.

I'll be able to get up and around the beer too.

Not if you want that, son, the doctor said.

Everything will be all right if you take it easy.

You're going to take it easy.

But a nurse.

Look, I've got to get back to the bank.

I'm holly on my lunch hour, sweetheart.

I'll make a few calls from there, and tonight we'll pick out the nurse.

How how much do they charge?

What's the difference?

How much?

It's a lot of money?

I know, fifty sixty a week.

We'll make out all right.

Now, there's nothing to worry about.

Paul.

Who's going to be a happy Christmas?

Now?

Yeah, a happy Christmas?

And this jump it's.

Funny, Paul.

Fifty dollars a week for a nurse for another two months.

It's money.

You make forty eight fifty at the bank, you'll have to pay the nurse more money than you earn.

Yeah, more money than I earned.

See you know how it is being a bank teller, feeling seeing handling money, taking in money, paying an app.

When I went back to work, I was seeing it for the first time with something more than a detached feeling, thinking I need this money.

I need this money.

I need this money.

How I need this money?

Put Carol and the baby.

It was almost three o'clock when they die the book.

He came in.

I asked and had a day yesterday, A big action in a few days.

Sat I need open.

Yeah, people like to throw their money away.

Hey, brolic I catch it heady and could I see you later?

You're ready to make a deal.

I want to talk to you.

What I need to throw five o'clock.

Meet you outside at five o'clock.

Eddie Garth Bookie included school in the seventh grade.

I held out and went through college and all.

These years he's tried to get me to go in with him.

Threw on his office do the bookwork.

He was waiting for me.

When I finished work, he went to a coffee shop and sat down, and all around us the loud speaker's reminding me what a happy Christmas it was.

Hush Carroll, Paul, not so good atdie.

That's what I want to talk to you about.

No more loans, Paul.

You need money?

Come with me.

Don't you ever give up?

What's so good at the bank?

Twenty five bucks for a Christmas bonus to look, Eddie?

Come in with me now, which Santa need opening?

I can work the outside.

Get no account, Eddie, and I'll give you ten percent of it was account call.

But I won't lend you the money.

I'd be a sucker.

I'll lend it to you.

I'll give it to you if you come in, but I won't lend you anymore.

Okay, Eddie, we'll forget it.

I'll get it some other way.

I don't get it.

What's wrong with my deal?

Ook, Eddie?

How many times have you been rousted by the vice squad?

And every time they book you and they.

Finger print you and take your picture?

So what they never have anything on me.

It's on your record, Eddie, as long as you live.

Sure, I need money.

Maybe I'm getting hold with the time when I'm not too choosy about the way I get it, but it won't be your way.

What what are you talking about?

If I ever break the law, it's going to be with the right guy, and it's going to be the right job.

I had dream and Paul, you'll still be in that cage ten.

Years from now.

I hit and run one job with enough out of it to make it worthwhile.

That's the way to be, Eddie or one shot.

There is no such thing for him.

You do something like that, you're stuck in it and you're worse oft than that.

You came with me, think about it for go home then and fix it in for Carol.

All the time thinking of the money and Carol and the baby and debts they worry, aating at me and thinking about what I said to Eddie.

Then the next morning, old man Forbes made a withdrawal.

First you'd ever made?

Hi?

Son?

Why poor?

Hello?

Support?

I'm gonna miss you, son, seems like we're good friends.

Left for all the years, miss me and take a look at the slip.

That's a lot of money.

Well, here's hard work, that's what that money means.

But you're taking it all out.

Yes, And I quit my job today.

What's your job?

Aid and me?

We've been waiting a long time for this Christmas.

We're moving out of the city.

Oh and we've had our eye on a little farm.

Now we can buy it.

You've got the papers drawn up.

Then you're you're leaving right away.

About a week.

But AIDA don't know you.

I'm going to surprise that kind of a Christmas pression.

But it's not safe to keep so much cash on you, especially.

I've got a perfect place to hide it down, knowing it.

Things to look there.

N I figured I've work too hard and too long to lose it now.

Oh no, so they wouldn't have it wouldn't be right.

It stayed with me, and it grew like a wheel spinning, gaining momentum, and this could be the right job.

Eight thousand dollars enough for that single shot.

It stayed with me all the time, growing growing.

Yeah, punches on n Paul, if you change your mind.

No, I called Eddie because I need your help.

Look kind of help.

Well, you can arrange.

For me to talk to someone maybe who is Rocky Pereira, Rocky Paraiya Are you kidding?

You?

Pitch yourself the right guy all right.

The cops don't even know what he looks like.

They never mugged him or printed him.

Yes, Eddie, that's right, you're crazy.

I tell you A million people want to talk to Rocky Peaia, including the cops.

No, no, Paul, I can't touch it.

You can, Edy if you want to, bad enough, please Eddie.

Oh right, let's see what I can do a day.

Do know someone and Eddie, it's gotta be soon.

You know you'll be taking a chance.

It better be good.

It is Eddie good enough to take the chance for.

That was two days ago, and this morning Eddie came through a certain friend, Rocky's only outside contact, told him to keep an eye in a house on Hoover Street.

Eddie gave me all the top what Rocky looked like, Howie'd act, what to expect in Earlier this evening, I told Carol I was going out for a while, that I'd borrow the money from Edian, but we wouldn't have to worry.

About paying it back for a while.

That's what I told her.

That wasn't the answer.

The answer was at the house on Hoover with Rocky Perea.

I waited there, hidden in the dark, corner behind the incinerator.

I kept thinking making excuses wasn't to me anymore.

It wasn't any other choice.

I needed money, desperately.

I needed help to get the money.

I waited more than an hour, and then I heard footsteps come up the alley.

He stopped before the open patch of light, just like it.

He told me he was careful, very careful, making sure no one was taking him.

I took a deep breath and hitched my weight forward.

He was kind of cut across the open for the back door.

I remember thinking, now, do it for Carol, for the rotten, miserable Christmas.

Do it now, Rocky.

He froze for a split second and almost fast, and I could see he jumped into a shadow and spun around.

The street.

Light didn't touch him, pinted on something metallic in his hand, and even from where I was standing, I could see he had a gun and pointed at me.

All the light is bringing you, mister Dennis Day, and Christmas or Carrol.

The nice production and radio is outstanding theater of thrills, sauce spend.

Now all the light brings back to.

Hollywood soundstage, mister Dennis Day in Elliot Lewis's production of Christmas.

Or Carol, A tale well calculated.

To keep you in suspend, Rocky, don't choose it.

Was a good thing, I said.

His gun was aiming front and center, and crouched there looking at me, his eyes flat and hard, and then his voice deep and tight and deadly.

I'm gonna come, Rocky.

I can see you better.

Sure, Rocky, I just want to talk to you.

You call me a Rocky.

You've been shocking to anyone.

I've been watching you.

I know you're Rocky Pereier.

You've been watching me.

What for?

You'll want it, Rocky?

And you need money?

Why where'd you come from?

That doesn't matter, Rocky.

This is a business deal.

I figured it out very carefully.

You need money, well so do I.

But I got a way to get it, just like that.

And Rocky, I'm not staying this is a one shot dealt.

There's no such thing.

That's the way it's gotta be.

We do this job together and went through.

We never see each other again.

I sure ain't gonna go looking for you.

But you won't quit.

Not if it comes off easy.

I'll quit, Rocky.

What's in this for me?

Yeah?

Four thousand dollars.

Oh, kids, you ain't dumb by any means.

Taking me out like there's almost not enough to be a coppa.

You get that still something?

You got a family.

There's no one to stopped me.

I have a job that doesn't pay enough.

This will raise my salary.

You want this warmer haul and it's back to your job?

Yeah?

Is it a deal?

What's the job?

I have a car.

I'll tell you on the way if you go through it, okay, if not, we could get the whole thing.

Okay, kid, listen, done, let's good driving.

I told him what I planned and why I needed them, and you agreed to come with me.

We drove to the Forbes's house, who was a small and bold house, just big enough for the two of them.

I drove down to the corner and parked and started back.

Oucky, there's no one on this train.

Let's go up the alley.

Yeah, Rocky, there's the backdoor.

Look, no life, they're not home.

Okay, go on take it to your baby, Rocky.

I'll have to break a window.

Yeah, you want me to hold your hand.

I'll wrap my jacket around my fist.

That'll keep the noise down.

How WoT you write me a book.

Okay, okay, I'm going.

I was lucky.

The side of the house was hidden from the street by a big tree, and was like to see it from the Christmas tree in the living room.

And wrapped the jacket around my knuckles, and a short, sharp jab broke through the window.

Sounded like a cannon, the street being so quiet before.

I was scared it would rouse the whole neighborhood.

Like I said, I was lucky.

I scrambled up the sill and dropped into the living room.

I was pretty clumsy.

I pulled out draws, looked behind pictures, hung the cushions.

I went in the kitchen and poked around the cabinets.

I looked in the cookie jar and I found a rolled up water bills.

There was money, all right, but only forty dollars, the old lady's secret treasure.

I put it back and went into the living room again, looking around nervous.

I stumbled on the Christmas tree and knocked it over.

And then I remember what the old man had said, a Christmas present for his wife, and I knew it was.

Somewhere on that tree.

There were Christmas stockings and favors and little red boots in and around the tintile and the lighted bulbs, and I found the eight thousand dollars getting deep.

In one of the stockings.

Got it, Rocky, let me say it.

It's there, Rocky, It's all there.

Yeah, they graham yess, how hold it?

Come on, let's go think it easy.

You're gonna stick around for a while.

Stick around?

What for?

We got some money?

How do we know it's all of it?

Maybe they split it and put it in two places.

We'll wait here and watch when they come in.

It was eight thousand.

That's what he withdrew us for.

This kid, Now, the wish you'd sold?

Well, wait, I couldn't help.

Being scared for my first job, my first and last one shot.

I wanted to get away fast, run and put it behind me.

But Rocky just stood there like he didn't have a worry in the world.

Listen, kid, they're ringing for us the wishness a merry Christmas, and they are.

They're locking the doughnuts, you know.

Happy.

The Christmas services were.

Some beautiful sure this year, Carvey, look the trees.

Here a burglar.

Burglar.

My cookie job got my house money.

Hit The old lady ran to the kitchen with Forbes.

Now way to look, and he knew it was gone.

Rocky was grinning.

His face lit up like floodlights.

Let's go, Rocky, we're seeing another.

It's all here, Harvey, I wondered what he was after.

It's gone.

All the money, all money, eight thousand dollars.

I took it all out of the bank.

You know, I put my job.

It was going to be a surprise, every penny.

We had in the world.

Oh, Harvey, Oh that money all right?

Twelve years you work so we can have something.

I can keep on working.

I'll do it all over again.

You can't work and in more, Oh, what's the person to believe?

It works so hard?

We do without things for twelve long years.

One minute some good for nothing foodlem takes it all away from it.

I looked at Rocky standing there next to me, his face split by the grin.

It's funny to him, something to laugh about, to gloat over.

That's why he stayed.

Suddenly I knew I couldn't go through with it.

Me, the guy who needed the money so bad, the guy with a bright one shot idea.

Quite a show, a kid, Come on, let's come.

He moved off a few steps, but I just stood there, knowing what I was gonna do.

Come on, I said, let's go.

Knowing when I was going to do.

Oh no, Rocky, we're not going.

I said, we're not going, And neither is the money.

Rocky.

I've got a gun too.

What's got into you?

I'm going to give that money back, Rocky.

I can't stomach this is my back.

You're crazy, No, Rocky, I just didn't see deep enough.

Oh people like this.

This was your idea.

I'm responsible for him, I know, Rocky, but I can make it right some phones.

I don't give you the money, then I'll kill you.

Rocky.

Okay, kidd, you've got the gun.

He gave me the money, all the hate showing in his eyes.

I turned started for the house and gave him my back for a target, and he didn't use it and knocked on the door.

Yes, who oh from the bay.

I just had a fight with a guy, mister Forbes.

So I'm junking the window.

I kaked after him.

You saw him, yes, ma'am.

I was walking past that kind of figured he just finished robbing you.

To catch him, well, I couldn't hold on to him.

He he broke away.

But not before I got this.

Why have the money?

Yes, Paul, bless you.

I'll forget it.

I'm only sorry I couldn't hold him.

You you say you fought with this burglar.

Yes, he broke away before.

We wanted to thank you.

Paul, forget it.

I'll be going now.

Oh wait, Paul, we wanted to give you a reward.

Oh no, no, I don't want to reward.

I'll I'll have to be going.

Yeah.

I stopped there on the porch for.

A minute, afraid to go back to Rocky, suddenly, terribly afraid of what he'd do to me.

The old couple was still talking loud, like all people did.

It all happened so fast.

I've always wonder about that boy.

What made him bring the money there?

He's honest, I know him from the bank.

He didn't fight with anyone.

What do you mean his clothes?

By the whole story.

He told us your young friend of the money in the first place, course time.

Right now?

What on earth made him change his mind like that?

It's Christmas, very Christmas.

She'd known it, the old lady had known all about and it didn't make any difference way.

She even offered to give me a reward.

Suddenly I felt something strange, like being clean inside, like being able to see something that wasn't there before, and the tightness the fear eased a little.

Well, let's go kidding the car, Rocky.

You did what you wanted.

You just forgot that half of that money was mine.

Now move, got it moving?

What was it just said?

You need me, Rocky, Rocky yep, I made a mistake.

I want to team up with your Rocky.

You need money.

I got away.

I was wrong.

Maybe the next job you won't get stopped in at.

There's not going to be a next one, Rocky, hunt through through you.

Think guys, spend Christmas evening with you because I like it.

I'm out four grand.

I'm sorry, Rocky, but there's not going to be a next time, I think, So stop the cume, all right, but I'll never see a different Rocky.

I found out tonight.

It's not these old people.

Then it's someone else taking it just as hard.

Yeah, sure, sure it's not Christmas doing this.

I'm sure it's not for me, Rocky.

H You know, I'm kind of glad it turned out this way.

You're what we are throwing.

You're going back to your job.

Yeah, Rocky, sure good.

And I figured it right.

What I didn't think you'd go through with him?

Say wait a minute, Yeah you're not Rocky Perea.

I said you were a smart kid, the way.

You acted so careful, sneaking in the alien.

Say who are you?

Wessman's the name police, Lieutenant Richard Weisman?

Gangster?

This one?

You're a cop.

But where's Rocky?

We picked him up this afternoon.

Kid.

He had a couple of guys working with him, and I thought maybe you were one of them.

Now I know them, cop, I don't expect I run into you again, kidd, So take care of yourself and very Christmas.

Lucky.

All the breaks and I was no better off this morning.

It was still money.

Two months paying the nurse was still a worry for Carol.

Oh, that's the same we've been expecting.

Congratulates doctor.

What's the matter?

Why nothing's wrong?

Quite the contrary, your wife, Just by Carol, she's perfectly all right.

Now's your daughter, Carol?

Oh, Carol Darling?

Are you all right?

I'm fine, Carols.

We won't have to borrow the money now.

Quote.

It's turned out for the best, after all, and it always will my dear, we have so much you and I, we have each other.

Now we've got a daughter, a fine, healthy little girl.

The rest will come.

Paul, Let's live the day we have your little girls over there.

Paul Taylor was very very happy she in the family, and wish her a merry Christmas.

Oh no, hechl say.

Was to serve for she.

In hes were they she.

Her?

We can.

Smiling Suspense presented by Auto Light Night Star mister Dennis Day.

Next week on Suspense, mister Cornell Wild a star of a Ring for Maria, and in weeks to come, you will hear such famous stars as Mickey Rooney, Ginger Rogers, Eve Arden, and Atsio Fiza, all appearing entails well calculated to.

Keep you in Suspense.

Suspense is produced and directed by Elliott Lewis, with music composed by Lucian Morroweck and conducted by Loud Bluskin.

Christmas for Carol was written for Suspense by David Brietman.

Dennis Day appears to arrangement with Colgate Palm Molly Peach Company and may be heard on his own program A Day in the Life of Dennis Day and Remember.

Next week on Suspense, mister Cornell wild in a ring for Maria