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2. You unlock this door
with the key of imagination.Copy !req
3. Beyond it
is another dimension-Copy !req
4. a dimension of sound,Copy !req
5. a dimension of sight,Copy !req
6. a dimension of mind.Copy !req
7. You're moving into a land
of both shadow and substance,Copy !req
8. of things and ideas.Copy !req
9. You've just crossed over
into the twilight zone.Copy !req
10. I have an appointment
with mr. Feathersmith.Copy !req
11. Oh, yes, mr. Deidrich,
he's expecting you, sir.Copy !req
12. Right this way.Copy !req
13. Oh, wow.Copy !req
14. I could just
see him now.Copy !req
15. That big, happy grin
on his faceCopy !req
16. just before he
draws the blood.Copy !req
17. "Have a cigar, mr. Deidrich,
before I rip you to pieces.Copy !req
18. "But I must have my
little fun first.Copy !req
19. Have a cigar."Copy !req
20. Have a cigar, mr. Deidrich.Copy !req
21. Thank you, no,
mr. Feathersmith.Copy !req
22. You asked me to come here
at 2:00; it is now 2:00.Copy !req
23. What did you have
on your mind?Copy !req
24. Hmm, you never have
cared for my habitsCopy !req
25. have you,
mr. Deidrich?Copy !req
26. Whether I do
or don'tCopy !req
27. is not at issue,
mr. Feathersmith.Copy !req
28. But the extent of time
you keep me hereCopy !req
29. is, on the other hand,
of considerable import.Copy !req
30. I'm a busy man,
let's get on with it.Copy !req
31. We've come a pretty far route,
haven't we, the two of us?Copy !req
32. So?Copy !req
33. So, it's odd
how our livesCopy !req
34. seem to crisscross
back and forth.Copy !req
35. I owe you a great deal,
mr. Deidrich, I really do.Copy !req
36. I remember vividly one afternoonCopy !req
37. when you called me into your
office, and said:Copy !req
38. "Bill feathersmith,
I like your style, boy.Copy !req
39. I want you in with me."Copy !req
40. You remember that afternoon,
mr. Deidrich?Copy !req
41. I shall never forget it.Copy !req
42. I have given it
a good deal of thoughtCopy !req
43. in the ensuing yearsCopy !req
44. and shall never cease
to regret it.Copy !req
45. You never did like me.Copy !req
46. I wouldn't say that,
mr. Feathersmith.Copy !req
47. I wouldn't say that I...
never did like you.Copy !req
48. I have disliked
and detested youCopy !req
49. with great cordiality.Copy !req
50. I have found you to beCopy !req
51. from the moment
you came into my officeCopy !req
52. a predatory, grasping...Copy !req
53. conniving, acquisitive
animal of a man.Copy !req
54. Without heart,
without conscienceCopy !req
55. without... compassion.Copy !req
56. Without even a subtle hint
of the common decencies.Copy !req
57. Shall we go on from there?Copy !req
58. I give you this, mr.Copy !req
59. You never were one to toady
around with phony euphemisms.Copy !req
60. You always did speak your mind.Copy !req
61. And you, mr. Feathersmith,Copy !req
62. this is perhaps the singular
compliment I can dredge up:Copy !req
63. You've always been a man
to speak yours.Copy !req
64. So why don't you?Copy !req
65. All right, then.Copy !req
66. I'll dopreciselythat.Copy !req
67. This... is my empire,
mr. Deidrich.Copy !req
68. Mining, steel, electronics,
lumber, railroads,Copy !req
69. minerals, manufacturing...Copy !req
70. it's been a step-by-step,
piece-by-piece building upCopy !req
71. of an industrial complexCopy !req
72. that I take
pardonable pride in.Copy !req
73. But there is one...
piece... missing.Copy !req
74. That is to say, therewas
one piece missing...Copy !req
75. the deidrich tool
and die companyCopy !req
76. employing 13,000 men.Copy !req
77. A good and
substantial plantCopy !req
78. in operation
some 40 years.Copy !req
79. Not always perfectly managed,
but adequately managed.Copy !req
80. Sufficiently well-managed to
make you move heaven and earthCopy !req
81. to try to buy it on the first
monday of each month.Copy !req
82. But thank heaven I won't
live to see the dayCopy !req
83. when you stick your greasy-ham
fists into it.Copy !req
84. You call it well-managed.Copy !req
85. You're speaking comparatively,
of course.Copy !req
86. I'm speaking of
that little matterCopy !req
87. of your financial problems.Copy !req
88. I happen to know for a factCopy !req
89. that you secured a loan
for $3 million...Copy !req
90. a loan payable on demand.Copy !req
91. Here is the note.Copy !req
92. I bought up that
note, mr. Deidrich.Copy !req
93. I paid an exorbitant
amount of money for it...Copy !req
94. more than it was worth.Copy !req
95. But it was, well, shall I say,
an excellent opportunity-Copy !req
96. an opportunity for our lives
to crisscross again.Copy !req
97. So, to the point:Copy !req
98. It reads, "payable on demand."Copy !req
99. So, mr. Deidrich,
on demand, it is.Copy !req
100. I am calling
this note.Copy !req
101. I want it paid...
$3 millionCopy !req
102. not tomorrow...Copy !req
103. not this evening
around suppertime...Copy !req
104. now, mr. Deidrich,
this moment!Copy !req
105. I want your personal check
in that amountCopy !req
106. or I'll have to send
a few sign paintersCopy !req
107. out to the deidrich tool
and die companyCopy !req
108. and have them cross
off the name deidrich!Copy !req
109. Feathersmith...
if you call that note...Copy !req
110. you'll bankrupt me.Copy !req
111. You'll kill off
everything I have.Copy !req
112. Everything I own...
everything.Copy !req
113. Witness a murder.Copy !req
114. The killer is
mr. William feathersmith,Copy !req
115. a robber baron whose body
composition is made upCopy !req
116. of a refrigeration plant
covered by thick skin.Copy !req
117. In a moment, mr. Feathersmith
will proceedCopy !req
118. in his daily course of conquest
and calumnyCopy !req
119. with yet another
business dealing.Copy !req
120. But this will be one
of those bizarre transactionsCopy !req
121. that take place
in an odd marketplaceCopy !req
122. known as... the twilight zone.Copy !req
123. Miss pepper, miss pepper!Copy !req
124. Yes, sir?Copy !req
125. Take me down,
young man.Copy !req
126. Take me all
the way down...Copy !req
127. if there's anyplace
lower than this floor.Copy !req
128. Excuse me, sir, uh, I
didn't know you were here.Copy !req
129. Well, I am here, lafayette.Copy !req
130. I am most assuredly here.Copy !req
131. Andhereis the mountaintop.Copy !req
132. High rung on the ladder,
way up on the mountaintop.Copy !req
133. Like, now, what... let's see,
what was his name...Copy !req
134. genghis khan?Copy !req
135. Genghis...Copy !req
136. khan...Copy !req
137. feathersmith?Copy !req
138. What's the matter
with me?Copy !req
139. Who are you, anyway?Copy !req
140. Hecate, sir, custodian
of the top three floors.Copy !req
141. And so, you're hecate,Copy !req
142. custodian of the top
three floors, hmm?Copy !req
143. You... have
a drink, hecate,Copy !req
144. custodian of the top
three floors.Copy !req
145. Thank you, no sir,
but I appreciate that.Copy !req
146. Tell me, how long
have you beenCopy !req
147. performing this
illustrious task?Copy !req
148. 34 years, sir.Copy !req
149. I've been in this building
for 34 years.Copy !req
150. I got a... got a gold watch
last year.Copy !req
151. A gold watch...
34 years in the building.Copy !req
152. Your aggressive self-assurance
unnerves me, hecate.Copy !req
153. That's practically as long
as I've been in the building.Copy !req
154. But I didn't start
here, hecate.Copy !req
155. No, indeed, I started
in a little townCopy !req
156. called cliffordville.Copy !req
157. Cliffordville, indiana.Copy !req
158. You ever hear of it, hecate?Copy !req
159. It's a coincidence, sir,
I was born in cliffordville.Copy !req
160. I grew up there.Copy !req
161. Well, well, well,
we're very much alike.Copy !req
162. Both from cliffordvilleCopy !req
163. we both put on our pants
one leg at a timeCopy !req
164. and there,
the similarity ends.Copy !req
165. Cliffordville,
hmm?Copy !req
166. Well, that was areal
town, wasn't it, hecate?Copy !req
167. A real place.Copy !req
168. When a man could go up to the
moon if he had a mind toCopy !req
169. and the legs to carry himCopy !req
170. and fingers
to stretch out and grasp.Copy !req
171. Hmm, not like
now.Copy !req
172. Hmm...Copy !req
173. no...Copy !req
174. not like now at all.Copy !req
175. Genghis khan...
feathersmith, hmm.Copy !req
176. Alexander the great...
feathersmith.Copy !req
177. I've got everything
there is to get...Copy !req
178. but I'm still hungry.Copy !req
179. He cried because he had
no more worlds to conquer.Copy !req
180. What?Copy !req
181. That was alexander the great.Copy !req
182. He cried because he had
no more worlds to conquer.Copy !req
183. I guess...Copy !req
184. I guess maybe he was... kind
of like you, mr. Feathersmith.Copy !req
185. You know something, hecate?Copy !req
186. I wish I could go back
to cliffordvilleCopy !req
187. and begin again, I mean
start all over.Copy !req
188. You see, getting it,
that was the kick...Copy !req
189. getting it, not having it.Copy !req
190. Good night, mr. Hecate,Copy !req
191. custodian of the top
three floors.Copy !req
192. Don't forget
to wind your gold watch.Copy !req
193. Just one minute.Copy !req
194. You left me off
at the wrong floor.Copy !req
195. This isn't the lobby.Copy !req
196. How do you do, sir?Copy !req
197. Who are you?Copy !req
198. Devlin, first name's
not important.Copy !req
199. I own this building.Copy !req
200. I'm aware of that,
mr. Feathersmith.Copy !req
201. I'm aware of that,
but I'm not awareCopy !req
202. of you having an office
here, whoever you are.Copy !req
203. Oh, I just opened it up.Copy !req
204. As a matter of factCopy !req
205. I've opened it
foryourconvenience.Copy !req
206. Won't you sit down?Copy !req
207. Why?Copy !req
208. Why, because, we've
got some businessCopy !req
209. to transact,
you and I.Copy !req
210. And there's no reason why
we shouldn't be comfortable.Copy !req
211. Go on, mr. Feathersmith,
you were saying?Copy !req
212. Hmm? Oh, the name of the town
was cliffordville.Copy !req
213. Ah, yes, cliffordville.Copy !req
214. And it was a pleasant town?Copy !req
215. Of course it was pleasant.
It was better than pleasant.Copy !req
216. There was a girl there,
name of gibbons.Copy !req
217. Father was president
of the bank.Copy !req
218. Beautiful girl.Copy !req
219. And you enjoyed this,
didn't you, mr. Feathersmith?Copy !req
220. I didn't have time to enjoy
anything. I worked! Worked!Copy !req
221. I dug, I scratched, I pushed,
I drove.Copy !req
222. I went up... up!
You understand that?Copy !req
223. And now you're up.
You're all the way up.Copy !req
224. And... you're simply bored.Copy !req
225. That's what you are,
mr. Feathersmith, plain bored.Copy !req
226. It's worse than bored.Copy !req
227. I'm ruthless now.Copy !req
228. I... just have no purpose,
no plans.Copy !req
229. I have no drive because there's
no place to go.Copy !req
230. What about this...
stuff on your door?Copy !req
231. A very succinct suggestionCopy !req
232. of the services I render,
mr. Feathersmith...Copy !req
233. travel... time travel.Copy !req
234. Miss devlin...Copy !req
235. let's you and I
talk something over.Copy !req
236. Indeed, mr. FeathersmithCopy !req
237. I had intended
that we should.Copy !req
238. Let me suggest
a possible transaction.Copy !req
239. You say you're bored, you've
got everything you want.Copy !req
240. The pleasure's not
in the possessionCopy !req
241. it's in the desperate struggle
to possess.Copy !req
242. That's the sense of it,
isn't it, mr. Feathersmith?Copy !req
243. Go on.Copy !req
244. Let's do this:Copy !req
245. Let's send you
back to cliffordvilleCopy !req
246. the cliffordville
of years ago.Copy !req
247. You can start
all over again.Copy !req
248. Acquire, build, consolidate-
how does that sound?Copy !req
249. Miss devlin, you are not
dealing with a fool now.Copy !req
250. I am not one of yourCopy !req
251. "sell your soul
for a nickel"Copy !req
252. country bumpkins.Copy !req
253. Try this.Copy !req
254. Send me back in time
to cliffordville.Copy !req
255. But I want to look exactly
as I did then...Copy !req
256. that's number one.Copy !req
257. Agreed.Copy !req
258. Number two:Copy !req
259. I want to have a memoryCopy !req
260. of everything that's occurred
in the last 50 years.Copy !req
261. I don't want that memory
impaired one bit!Copy !req
262. Check again,
mr. Feathersmith.Copy !req
263. I want that town
exactly as it wasCopy !req
264. with the same people
that I remember.Copy !req
265. Allveryeasily arranged.Copy !req
266. Anything else?Copy !req
267. I want it
to happen right away.Copy !req
268. Time is of absolutely
no essence.Copy !req
269. You name the hour...Copy !req
270. that is the hour
you shall have.Copy !req
271. Now, as to the price.Copy !req
272. Yes, mr. Feathersmith,
as to price.Copy !req
273. Well, I suppose
thestandardpaymentCopy !req
274. is, um, well, I guess you'd
call it the soul.Copy !req
275. On occasion,
mr. FeathersmithCopy !req
276. that is
part of the transaction.Copy !req
277. But in your case,
we got a hold of your soulCopy !req
278. some time ago, I believe.Copy !req
279. Let me check this.Copy !req
280. Ah, here it is.Copy !req
281. There was the crash of the
trans-mississippi debentures,Copy !req
282. the company you'd bought
and then manipulated.Copy !req
283. You ruined several hundred
people with that chicanery.Copy !req
284. There were four suicides
as a result.Copy !req
285. I believe the bulk
of your soulCopy !req
286. went over to us
shortly thereafter.Copy !req
287. There are several
other items hereCopy !req
288. under private life,
volume nine.Copy !req
289. Business transactions...Copy !req
290. subconscious thoughts
and dreams.Copy !req
291. Ah, here we are...
indirect murders.Copy !req
292. People you drove
to ruin and povertyCopy !req
293. hopelessness,
ultimate death.Copy !req
294. No, mr. Feathersmith,
I'm afraid your soulCopy !req
295. is not yours to negotiate.Copy !req
296. Then whatdoyou charge?Copy !req
297. Cash.Copy !req
298. The long green leaf
lettuce... currency.Copy !req
299. I have your current assets
tabulated here.Copy !req
300. Were you to liquidate
as of this momentCopy !req
301. you'd be worth precisely
$36,891,412.14.Copy !req
302. You're very
thorough.Copy !req
303. We have to be thorough,
mr. Feathersmith.Copy !req
304. Now, the cost for what
you ask is nominal.Copy !req
305. The entire cost,
and that includesCopy !req
306. transportation back, clothing,
retaining of your memory,Copy !req
307. maintenance of the town in
its historically accurate formCopy !req
308. including its citizenryCopy !req
309. is, uh, $36,890,000Copy !req
310. leaving you a balance of...Copy !req
311. $1,412.14.Copy !req
312. You robber!Copy !req
313. Mr. Feathersmith,
$1,412.14Copy !req
314. is... quite a little
nest egg, considering...Copy !req
315. oh, perhaps, miss devlin,
perhaps,Copy !req
316. considering I know
where the oil isCopy !req
317. just outside of town.Copy !req
318. Ah, that's 1400 acresCopy !req
319. not discovered until, uh,
let's see, it was 1937Copy !req
320. when they brought
in the first well.Copy !req
321. And I know the nature
of the stock market-Copy !req
322. which stocks will rise,
which stocks will fall.Copy !req
323. I know every inventionCopy !req
324. that's been perfected
in the last 50 years.Copy !req
325. I can get in
on the ground floor.Copy !req
326. The ground floor?
Why, the basement, sir.Copy !req
327. $1,412.14...Copy !req
328. is a fortune.Copy !req
329. Good, when do I start,
how soon?Copy !req
330. I can handle
the liquidation for you.Copy !req
331. Just sign this
power of attorneyCopy !req
332. and there's
no reasonCopy !req
333. why you can't leave
immediately.Copy !req
334. Anything else?Copy !req
335. I think not.Copy !req
336. I think I might be able to
sweeten the pot a bit for you.Copy !req
337. This very attractive banker's
daughter, for example.Copy !req
338. I could fix that up
for you most handily.Copy !req
339. Do away with a traditional
lengthy courtship...Copy !req
340. the ritualistic
formalities of the time.Copy !req
341. No, forget it.Copy !req
342. I'm going to work
for everything.Copy !req
343. That's the fun of it,
that's the kick!Copy !req
344. I'm going to work
for everything!Copy !req
345. You just send me back
with the 1,400-odd bucksCopy !req
346. and watchmysmoke,
sister!Copy !req
347. Ha, exemplary,
mr. Feathersmith,Copy !req
348. really exemplary.Copy !req
349. You're one
of the few remainingCopy !req
350. rugged individualists
of our time.Copy !req
351. It's a pleasure doing
business with you.Copy !req
352. Now, good-bye.Copy !req
353. You'll arrive in cliffordville
at noon tomorrow.Copy !req
354. That's noon
of the year 1910.Copy !req
355. And needless to say,
mr. Feathersmith,Copy !req
356. I wish for you everything
that you deserve.Copy !req
357. Little lady, you don't have
to wish anything for me.Copy !req
358. I get everything
I go after, everything!Copy !req
359. I believe you,
mr. Feathersmith.Copy !req
360. I have no doubt
whatsoever.Copy !req
361. This is your captain speaking.Copy !req
362. We are crossing
the indiana state line.Copy !req
363. For those of you
who are interestedCopy !req
364. we have just gained an hour.Copy !req
365. Cliffordville.Copy !req
366. This stop
is cliffordville.Copy !req
367. Cliffordville.Copy !req
368. The devil, you say.Copy !req
369. All aboard.Copy !req
370. Twilight zonewill continue
after station identification.Copy !req
371. What's the matter, can't you
pave the roads around here?Copy !req
372. Hey, van winkle.Copy !req
373. You want something,
sir?Copy !req
374. Yeah, something.Copy !req
375. That yellow flag bit...
what's the holiday?Copy !req
376. Oh, them?Copy !req
377. Yes, them.Copy !req
378. Typhoid flags; they got
typhoid over there.Copy !req
379. Typhoid? Haven't those idiots
ever heard of innocu...Copy !req
380. oh, no, they haven't,
have they?Copy !req
381. No, not this year.Copy !req
382. Well, go back to sleep, rip,
I'll wake you when I need you.Copy !req
383. Huh.Copy !req
384. That's old man hecate!Copy !req
385. You got a great future, jack.Copy !req
386. A great future.Copy !req
387. I beg your pardon, sir.Copy !req
388. Mr. Deidrich, isn't it?Copy !req
389. You, uh, have the advantage,
sir.Copy !req
390. Yes, I do indeed.Copy !req
391. But we'll get into that
later on.Copy !req
392. Wonderful having this...Copy !req
393. little chat.Copy !req
394. Sit down, mr., uh...
mr. Feathersmith.Copy !req
395. I'll only be
a moment, sir.Copy !req
396. This is my
lunch hourCopy !req
397. and I never let business
interfere with pleasure.Copy !req
398. And I never let pleasure
interfere with business.Copy !req
399. The name is
feathersmith.Copy !req
400. I'm not a peddler, drummer,
or door-to-door salesman.Copy !req
401. I'm here to make
myself rich.Copy !req
402. In the process, you can
lick up a few crumbs.Copy !req
403. I beg your pardon?Copy !req
404. The widow turner's land,
is it available?Copy !req
405. The widow turner's land?Copy !req
406. There were
1400 acres.Copy !req
407. 1400 acres?Copy !req
408. Is there an echo hereCopy !req
409. or would it help if I
hired an interpreter?Copy !req
410. No, indeed, mr. Feathersmith,
no, indeed, it's just that, uh,Copy !req
411. well, sir, you're talking aboutCopy !req
412. a very valuable piece
of property.Copy !req
413. I'm talking about
widow turner's land,Copy !req
414. south end of town.Copy !req
415. Indeed,
indeed, beautiful spot.Copy !req
416. 1400 extravagantly
lovely acres.Copy !req
417. Singing birds
and constant sunshine.Copy !req
418. It's a garden of eden
for a man with visionCopy !req
419. and the potential
is unlimited.Copy !req
420. It's a swamp for mosquitoes
and the potential is malaria.Copy !req
421. Tell me who owns it and how much
they want for it.Copy !req
422. Well, as a matter of fact,
that land was purchasedCopy !req
423. from the estate of the late
mrs. Turner by yours trulyCopy !req
424. in partnership
with a mr. Sebastian deidrichCopy !req
425. here in town.Copy !req
426. We each own half of it.Copy !req
427. Deidrich, huh?Copy !req
428. Well, do you suppose
that you and mr. DeidrichCopy !req
429. could bepersuaded
to part with itCopy !req
430. assuming the price is
within reason?Copy !req
431. Well, as valuable
as that land is, uh...Copy !req
432. well, sir, uh,
everything has its price.Copy !req
433. How does $4.00 an acre
sound to you?Copy !req
434. Lovely...Copy !req
435. fine.Copy !req
436. If I were an idiot.Copy !req
437. But I am not an idiot,
mr. Gibbons.Copy !req
438. I'll give you
50 cents an acre.Copy !req
439. Why don't we strike toward
a compromise and say... $3.00?Copy !req
440. Let's say 75 cents.Copy !req
441. You're a driver of a hard
bargain, mr. Feathersmith.Copy !req
442. However, both myself
and mr. DeidrichCopy !req
443. might hold still... for, uh...Copy !req
444. $2.00 an acre.Copy !req
445. Hmm.Copy !req
446. Mr. Gibbons, you wouldn't
hold still for a back rubCopy !req
447. if you couldn't convert it
into currency.Copy !req
448. One buck an acre,
and that's it.Copy !req
449. A dollar an acre,
you say?Copy !req
450. All right, a dollar
an acre, I say.Copy !req
451. And in eight seconds,
it'll go down to 80 cents.Copy !req
452. Going... going...Copy !req
453. gone, mr. Feathersmith.Copy !req
454. And I presume this will be
a cash transaction?Copy !req
455. You just bring the deeds
to my hotel tonightCopy !req
456. properly signed
and notarizedCopy !req
457. and I'll have
your money.Copy !req
458. Well, now, sir,
this is the wayCopy !req
459. I like to have
a transaction.Copy !req
460. No fiddling around.Copy !req
461. Just two staunch
men of goodwillCopy !req
462. who know
what they want.Copy !req
463. Don't you agree,
mr. Feathersmith?Copy !req
464. I agree with you right
down the line, mr. GibbonsCopy !req
465. assuming both your
hands are visible.Copy !req
466. And I amnota widow
or an orphan.Copy !req
467. You have a daughter,
mr. Gibbons.Copy !req
468. Why...Copy !req
469. why, yes.Copy !req
470. Oh, do you mind?Copy !req
471. Oh, no, please...Copy !req
472. joanna is her name.Copy !req
473. Yes.Copy !req
474. And as pretty a slice
of peach pieCopy !req
475. as ever went on a hayride.Copy !req
476. Mr. Feathersmith, that...Copy !req
477. you're being insulting.Copy !req
478. No, mr. Gibbons,
I am not being insulting.Copy !req
479. I am being candid,
I am speaking my mind.Copy !req
480. I know what I like,
and I ask for itCopy !req
481. and I generally get it.Copy !req
482. Now, let's meet
this little doll.Copy !req
483. So I told daddy when he told me
that you were downstairs,Copy !req
484. I said, "it's about timeCopy !req
485. we had a sophisticated man
in this town."Copy !req
486. Didn't I say that, daddy?Copy !req
487. Oh, have another bon-bon,
mr. Feathersmith.Copy !req
488. Uh, no.Copy !req
489. Oh, they're delicious.
Mm. This one's a cream.Copy !req
490. Mm, a real good cream.
Oh, I just love cream.Copy !req
491. Don't you like cream,
mr. Feathersmith?Copy !req
492. Oh, well...
oh, I love them.Copy !req
493. They're just goodie-goodie.Copy !req
494. Well, anyway,
when it was july,Copy !req
495. we all went to
my aunt bertha's in maine.Copy !req
496. Have you ever been to maine,
mr. Feathersmith?Copy !req
497. Uh...
I love swimming.Copy !req
498. I just adore the ocean.Copy !req
499. I'm the best swimmer
in my class, huh, daddy?Copy !req
500. Have another bon-bon,
mr. Feathersmith.
No thank you.Copy !req
501. They're goodie-goodie.Copy !req
502. Hmm?Copy !req
503. Oh, oh.Copy !req
504. Wh-why don't you
sing for us, joanna?Copy !req
505. I'm sure mr. Feathersmith
would love that.Copy !req
506. Oh, I think he'd be bored with
music on this hot afternoon.Copy !req
507. Wouldn't you, mr. Feathersmith?Copy !req
508. Oh, well, if you insist.Copy !req
509. Ah, you, uh...Copy !req
510. you don't have
another daughter?Copy !req
511. That delightful
little thingCopy !req
512. is my one and only.Copy !req
513. Sings beautifully,
doesn't she?Copy !req
514. Oh, yes,
like a bird.Copy !req
515. A ruptured rooster.Copy !req
516. Well, you're right
on time, mr. Feathersmith.Copy !req
517. I always am.Copy !req
518. Hmm, I don't believe you
two gentlemen have met.Copy !req
519. This is mr. Deidrich.Copy !req
520. And this is mr. Feathersmith,
mr. Deidrich.Copy !req
521. I presume you brought
cash, mr. Feathersmith?Copy !req
522. 1403 acres...Copy !req
523. here is $1,403.Copy !req
524. You, uh, you
seem to putCopy !req
525. all your eggs in one
basket, mr. Feathersmith.Copy !req
526. I wouldn't
let thatCopy !req
527. concern you,
mr. Deidrich.Copy !req
528. You see, I have
an exclusive contractCopy !req
529. with the hen.Copy !req
530. Beers all around.Copy !req
531. Well, gentlemen...Copy !req
532. shall we get down
to cases?Copy !req
533. When it comes to a fast shuffleCopy !req
534. you're involved with
a very knowledgeable dealer.Copy !req
535. Comment, mr. Deidrich?Copy !req
536. Ah, you have the floor,
mr. Feathersmith.Copy !req
537. You seem anxious
to have it.Copy !req
538. It's just a human frailty...Copy !req
539. I mean, to gloat just a bit
when one has just skinnedCopy !req
540. a couple
of professional skinners.Copy !req
541. Which incidentally, is
what I've done to you.Copy !req
542. A buck an acre, and you're
sitting here thinkingCopy !req
543. that whenthispigeon
flew into townCopy !req
544. you plucked him bald.Copy !req
545. I sent a telegram
to a geologist.Copy !req
546. He arrived on the 4:00 train.Copy !req
547. He spent the day out
at the widow turner's land...Copy !req
548. made some preliminary
soil tests.Copy !req
549. Care to hear the results?Copy !req
550. Feel free,
mr. Feathersmith.Copy !req
551. I'll oblige,
mr. Deidrich.Copy !req
552. That crummy swampland you
sold me for a buck an acreCopy !req
553. is worth
half a million times that.Copy !req
554. There's oil
on that landCopy !req
555. mr. Gibbons, mr. Deidrich-
oil, black gold.Copy !req
556. There's enough oil
in that landCopy !req
557. to produce 500 barrels of oil
a dayCopy !req
558. for the next 1000 years.Copy !req
559. And you sold it to me
for a buck an acre!Copy !req
560. I swear, I could almost
feel sorry for you.Copy !req
561. Well, uh, maybe
you don't understand.Copy !req
562. We understand you,
mr. Feathersmith.Copy !req
563. I saidoil!Copy !req
564. Oil, yes, yes.Copy !req
565. Well, how's that for a small
shocker to end the day?Copy !req
566. Well, at the time,
it made us gulp a bit, too.Copy !req
567. At the time?Copy !req
568. Four years ago, the first
geological tests were madeCopy !req
569. and we were told about the oil.Copy !req
570. Four years ago!Copy !req
571. Indeed, there
were samples takenCopy !req
572. of the soil
at that time, too.Copy !req
573. There was never
any doubtCopy !req
574. that the land
had oil under it.Copy !req
575. 6,000 feet under it,
mr. Feathersmith,Copy !req
576. which means it might
just as well be on the moon.Copy !req
577. The moon?Copy !req
578. The oil can't be taken out
of the ground.Copy !req
579. It just can't
be taken out.Copy !req
580. What do you mean,
it can't be taken out?Copy !req
581. You could drill down five miles
if you needed to.Copy !req
582. Well, youcould perhaps,Copy !req
583. but nobody else
on earth could.Copy !req
584. And at that, you'd better
get up off that seatCopy !req
585. and inventing some new kind
of a drill.Copy !req
586. Of course, I...Copy !req
587. I forgot.Copy !req
588. It was 1937 when they...Copy !req
589. when they...Copy !req
590. uh, problem,
mr. Feathersmith?Copy !req
591. Not feeling
too well?Copy !req
592. Something, uh, a little
queasy, perhaps?Copy !req
593. Oh, it's something
I ate, I think.Copy !req
594. Something you ate,
no doubtCopy !req
595. like, uh, likecrow,
mr. Feathersmith?Copy !req
596. Mr. Cronk, this here
is mr., uh... mr., uh...Copy !req
597. feathersmith.Copy !req
598. Mr. FeathersmithCopy !req
599. says he'd like
to talk to usCopy !req
600. about... I guess you'd
call it "inventions."Copy !req
601. What kind
of inventions?Copy !req
602. It's something that'll turn
this two-bit tool shedCopy !req
603. into a factory.Copy !req
604. A self-starter.Copy !req
605. You want
to enlargeCopy !req
606. on that,
mr. Feathersmith?Copy !req
607. What do you mean,
enlarge on it?Copy !req
608. It's a thing you press
with your footCopy !req
609. that starts an engine
with an electric motor.Copy !req
610. Well, uh, what's
it used for?Copy !req
611. What's it used for?Copy !req
612. It's used to make
200 million bucks.Copy !req
613. What goes into it?Copy !req
614. Are you all there?Copy !req
615. It's a storage
battery, a motor...Copy !req
616. it's a gillhookey
that starts the motor.Copy !req
617. I've given you
the principleCopy !req
618. all you have
to do is build it.Copy !req
619. Make me a set of blueprints
and specificationsCopy !req
620. and I'll build it.Copy !req
621. Look, I am not
a crummy draftsmanCopy !req
622. or a two-bit
blueprint man.Copy !req
623. I'm a promoter,
a financier.Copy !req
624. I'm going to give
you the backingCopy !req
625. I've given you
the principleCopy !req
626. all you have to
do is build it.Copy !req
627. Not without blueprints,
specifications.Copy !req
628. Now, what was
the other stuff?Copy !req
629. Other stuff...Copy !req
630. what isn't there?
There's everything.Copy !req
631. There's everything
under the sun.Copy !req
632. And you rube sit around here
fixing tricycle pedals.Copy !req
633. There's radio.
There's television.Copy !req
634. Plastics...
ever here of aluminum?Copy !req
635. Aluminum airplanes?Copy !req
636. You foggy-headed carriage
builders,Copy !req
637. we could make ourselves
$8 billion!Copy !req
638. Sure.
Of course we could.Copy !req
639. Wait... there's nothing
standing in our way.Copy !req
640. All it takes is just
a little imagination.Copy !req
641. Just a little drive.Copy !req
642. Let's talk it over.Copy !req
643. Let's see what appeals to you.Copy !req
644. Uh, what appeals to me?Copy !req
645. Well, uh...Copy !req
646. how about a nice, handsome
perpetual motion machine.Copy !req
647. What's it used for?Copy !req
648. To make 200 million bucks,
that's what it's used for.Copy !req
649. Listen, are you all there?Copy !req
650. It's a storage battery,
a motor...Copy !req
651. it's a gillhookey
that starts the motor.Copy !req
652. I've given you the principle,Copy !req
653. all you have
to do is build it.Copy !req
654. Now, look, I am not
a crummy draftsmanCopy !req
655. or a two-bit blueprint man.Copy !req
656. I'm a promoter, a financier.Copy !req
657. I'm going to give you
the backing.Copy !req
658. I've already given
you the principle,Copy !req
659. now all you have to do
is build it.Copy !req
660. There's everything,
everything under the sun,Copy !req
661. and you rube, you sit around
here fixing tricycle pedals.Copy !req
662. There's radio,
there's television...Copy !req
663. plastics... ever hear
of aluminum?Copy !req
664. Aluminum airplanes...Copy !req
665. you foggy-headed
carriage builders!Copy !req
666. We could make ourselves
$8 million.Copy !req
667. Jesus, this place...Copy !req
668. the goals
of a 75-year-old manCopy !req
669. she, she didn't
change me inside...Copy !req
670. tha... that's why
I've been so tired...Copy !req
671. why, why I can't function,
why I, I can't operate.Copy !req
672. That's why
I can't make out...Copy !req
673. because inside, I'm already
the way I was...Copy !req
674. well, mr. Feathersmith.Copy !req
675. Why, mr. Feathersmith, dear boy,
you look out of sorts...Copy !req
676. flagging, peaked, drooping,
and not at all well.Copy !req
677. You miserable, you...Copy !req
678. now, let's be fair
about this, mr. Feathersmith,Copy !req
679. and let's be reasoning
and rational and thoughtful.Copy !req
680. I'm a... 75-year-old man.Copy !req
681. Discerning of you.Copy !req
682. Nothing was mentioned,
mr. Feathersmith,Copy !req
683. about changing
yourchronologicalage.Copy !req
684. You said you wanted
to look 30Copy !req
685. which is precisely
the way you look.Copy !req
686. We said nothing
about your insides...Copy !req
687. your heart, your veins,
your kidneys, your bladder...Copy !req
688. just your appearance.Copy !req
689. That was all that was touched
upon in the contract.Copy !req
690. But this place... this town...Copy !req
691. hmm, indeed.Copy !req
692. You wanted it as it was.Copy !req
693. That was a specific clause
in the contract.Copy !req
694. It's really not my faultCopy !req
695. your memory is so imperfect.Copy !req
696. As to the possibilities
of investments...Copy !req
697. well, you knew
that oil wasn't
reached until 1937.Copy !req
698. Your problem is that you leaped
before you looked.Copy !req
699. But, but everything else...Copy !req
700. everything else was wrong...Copy !req
701. the girl... the deals...Copy !req
702. inventions, stocks,
bonds, everything...Copy !req
703. it didn't work.Copy !req
704. It just... it just simply
didn't work.Copy !req
705. Of course it didn't.Copy !req
706. Of course, because you,
mr. Feathersmith,Copy !req
707. are a wheeler and a dealer,
a financier, a pusher...Copy !req
708. a brain, a manipulator...Copy !req
709. a raider.Copy !req
710. Because you are a taker,
instead of a builder.Copy !req
711. A conniver,
instead of a designer.Copy !req
712. A user...Copy !req
713. instead of a bringer.Copy !req
714. Well, mr. Feathersmith,Copy !req
715. you are what is commonly
referred toCopy !req
716. as being behind
the old eight-ball.Copy !req
717. Look, look, I
don't want much.Copy !req
718. Send me back.Copy !req
719. Send me back to 1963,
back to where I was.Copy !req
720. 1963? Is that what you want?Copy !req
721. That's all I want,
I swear to you.Copy !req
722. That's all I want.Copy !req
723. You understand, of courseCopy !req
724. that icansend you
back to 1963.Copy !req
725. But it will be a 1963Copy !req
726. predicated on what's occurred
in the past 24 hours.Copy !req
727. I don't care, I don't care.Copy !req
728. I think I might be able
to arrangeCopy !req
729. putting you back
in your own time.Copy !req
730. But, mind you,
mr. Feathersmith,Copy !req
731. this is nothing more nor lessCopy !req
732. than a gesture of... sympathy.Copy !req
733. Ooh, hurts me
to mouth the word.Copy !req
734. But frankly, you are
such a totally abject...Copy !req
735. unhappy-looking creature,
that I can't find itCopy !req
736. in my, uh, wherever you
find the heart...Copy !req
737. to leave you here.Copy !req
738. There's a train out of here
at midnight, a special train.Copy !req
739. Oh, bless you, miss devlin.Copy !req
740. I'll never forget... I swear
to you, I'll never forget.Copy !req
741. There is a small surcharge,
mr. Feathersmith.Copy !req
742. A surcharge?Copy !req
743. $40.Copy !req
744. $40?Copy !req
745. Things
docost.Copy !req
746. I, I don't have $40.Copy !req
747. I don't,
I don't have five dollars.Copy !req
748. How about that?
This is your night.Copy !req
749. You have two negotiable items.Copy !req
750. All you need do
is liquidate them.Copy !req
751. But, but...
but who would buy them?Copy !req
752. That I wouldn't know...Copy !req
753. mr. Feathersmith.Copy !req
754. But... you...Copy !req
755. what'll I do,
what'll I do?Copy !req
756. You've got
about ten seconds.Copy !req
757. Find yourself
a customer.Copy !req
758. It's as simple
as that.Copy !req
759. Here, hecate!Copy !req
760. Hecate!Copy !req
761. Here, it's
a bargain!Copy !req
762. Constant sunshine,
singing birds...Copy !req
763. 14...
all aboard!Copy !req
764. 1400 acres!Copy !req
765. Please, it's a bargain!Copy !req
766. Hurry, it's yours
for 40 bucks!Copy !req
767. Yes, you
want something?Copy !req
768. Oh, I was going
to clean up, mr. Hecate.Copy !req
769. All right,
clean up.Copy !req
770. Hmm, marvelous old place.Copy !req
771. Really great old town.Copy !req
772. Uh, sir?Copy !req
773. Cliffordville.Copy !req
774. Cliffordville, indiana.Copy !req
775. I grew up there,
got my start there.Copy !req
776. Oh, that,
that's a coincidence, sir.Copy !req
777. I grew up there.Copy !req
778. Name is feathersmith.Copy !req
779. Hmm.Copy !req
780. Well, how similar we are,
mr. Feathersmith.Copy !req
781. We both came from cliffordville.Copy !req
782. We both put on our pants
one leg at a time.Copy !req
783. And here we wind up
in the same buildingCopy !req
784. each with his own particular
function, huh?Copy !req
785. Oh, oh, yes, sir, each
with our particular function.Copy !req
786. Oh, they, they... they
gave me a, a watch.Copy !req
787. Four years ago.Copy !req
788. It was on the 40th anniversary
as custodian.Copy !req
789. Well, now, maybe
for the next 40 yearsCopy !req
790. if you really apply yourself,
mr. Feathersmith,Copy !req
791. I'll buy you a fob.Copy !req
792. Mr. William j. Feathersmith,
tycoon.Copy !req
793. Who tried the track
one more timeCopy !req
794. and found it muddier
than he remembered.Copy !req
795. Proving with at least
a degree of conclusivenessCopy !req
796. that nice guys don't
always finish last.Copy !req
797. And some people should quit
when they're ahead.Copy !req
798. Tonight's tale
of iron men and ironyCopy !req
799. delivered f.o.b.
From the twilight zone.Copy !req
800. On our next excursion
into the twilight zoneCopy !req
801. we borrow an imposing array
of talentCopy !req
802. and call in the services
of a distinguished authorCopy !req
803. named reginald rose,Copy !req
804. and some exceptionally fine
acting talentCopy !req
805. in the persons of
mr. Pat hingle, miss nan martinCopy !req
806. and miss ruth white.Copy !req
807. They appear in a story calledCopy !req
808. "the incredible world
of horace ford."Copy !req
809. And it's an incredible world
indeed.Copy !req
810. Harvey bender?
Who's harvey bender?Copy !req
811. What's the matter?Copy !req
812. Just stop it.Copy !req
813. He was one of the kids
last night.Copy !req
814. What are you talking about?Copy !req
815. I saw him last night.Copy !req
816. Don't you know
that's impossible?Copy !req
817. I know what I see.Copy !req
818. He was ten years old
when you were ten years old.Copy !req
819. He's as old as you are.Copy !req
820. I tell you, I saw him.Copy !req
821. He's a grown up man.Copy !req
822. Oh, you think so?
You think so, do you?Copy !req
823. Let me tell you, I saw him last
night on randolph street.Copy !req
824. And I saw george lambert
and I saw cy wright.Copy !req
825. And they are still kids.Copy !req