WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:05.000 The Tom Mix Ralston's Tray Shooters are on the air. 00:05.000 --> 00:11.000 And here comes Tom Mix, America's favorite cowboy, with another thrill-packed Western adventure program. 00:11.000 --> 00:14.000 Hop, Tony, come on, boy. 00:14.000 --> 00:19.000 Shredded Ralston for your breakfast. 00:19.000 --> 00:22.000 Start the day off shining bright. 00:22.000 --> 00:28.000 Gives you lots of cowboy energy with a flavor that's just right. 00:28.000 --> 00:34.000 It's delicious and nutritious, bite-sized and ready to eat. 00:34.000 --> 00:41.000 Take a tip from Tom, go and tell your mom, shredded Ralston can't be beat. 00:41.000 --> 00:48.000 The Tom Mix Ralston's Tray Shooters bring you action, mystery, and mile-a-minute thrills in radio's biggest Western detective program. 00:48.000 --> 00:53.000 Tonight you're about to hear another episode in a baffling mystery. 00:53.000 --> 00:58.000 The mystery of the Green Man. 01:03.000 --> 01:08.000 On the desert ten miles from Doby, strange and evil things are happening. 01:08.000 --> 01:11.000 First, the house of Longwind Wilson suddenly disappeared. 01:11.000 --> 01:14.000 Then the house suddenly reappeared. 01:14.000 --> 01:17.000 Baffled by this, Longwind has called in Tom Mix. 01:17.000 --> 01:25.000 Well, Tom noticed that when Longwind's house suddenly reappeared, a giant cactus known as the Green Man, which was located near the house, vanished. 01:25.000 --> 01:30.000 An old Indian legend has it that a spirit lives in this giant cactus. 01:30.000 --> 01:33.000 The spirit of the Green Man. 01:33.000 --> 01:37.000 Has the spirit of the Green Man come back to plague Longwind Wilson? 01:37.000 --> 01:40.000 In a moment, we'll take you out to the TM Bar Ranch. 01:40.000 --> 01:45.000 But first, Tray Shooters, if you're feeling lower than a snake's back these hot summer mornings, 01:45.000 --> 01:49.000 if you're tired and lazy, dragging around like this. 01:53.000 --> 01:56.000 And you want to feel like this. 01:59.000 --> 02:03.000 Then it's time to saddle up with a bowl of crisp, toasty, shredded Ralston. 02:03.000 --> 02:07.000 The bite-size whole wheat cereal that gives your cowboy energy. 02:07.000 --> 02:09.000 Get up and go, hooptie-doo, socko and wham. 02:09.000 --> 02:12.000 Say, shredded Ralston is whole wheat. 02:12.000 --> 02:14.000 Yes, whole wheat loaded with energy. 02:14.000 --> 02:17.000 The kind of energy you need to get going and keep going. 02:17.000 --> 02:21.000 And shredded Ralston is whole wheat the way you like it. 02:21.000 --> 02:26.000 Baked into crisp, toasty little bite-size biscuits that fit right on your spoon. 02:26.000 --> 02:32.000 Shredded Ralston tastes so good, has such a swell flavor, and is so popular, the flavor secret is patented. 02:32.000 --> 02:38.000 So, corral your mother right now and ask her to get you a red and white checkerboard package of shredded Ralston. 02:38.000 --> 02:42.000 Tell her it's just the cereal you need to give you cowboy energy. 02:42.000 --> 02:45.000 And it makes breakfast the best meal of the day. 02:45.000 --> 02:49.000 And now, come on out to the TM Bar Ranch. 02:49.000 --> 02:54.000 Longwind Wilson is just dropping off to sleep. 02:54.000 --> 03:01.000 When suddenly, the green man appears in his room, glowing green in the dark. 03:01.000 --> 03:04.000 Longwind screams, and Tom Mix comes running. 03:04.000 --> 03:06.000 Longwind, what's happened? What's wrong? 03:06.000 --> 03:08.000 Tom, Tom, the green man, he was just here. 03:08.000 --> 03:12.000 I saw him shining green in that dark corner, shining green in the dark. 03:12.000 --> 03:14.000 That scream, it's Walsh downstairs. 03:14.000 --> 03:16.000 I'm coming, Walsh, I'm coming. 03:16.000 --> 03:17.000 And I can already see in here. 03:17.000 --> 03:19.000 Hold on, Walsh, hold on, whatever it is, I'm coming. 03:19.000 --> 03:21.000 We're both coming. 03:21.000 --> 03:22.000 Mr. Tom, oh, Mr. Tom. 03:22.000 --> 03:24.000 Now, what is it, Walsh? What's happened? 03:24.000 --> 03:26.000 Oh, Mr. Tom, oh, woe is me, woe is me. 03:26.000 --> 03:29.000 Walsh, quit rolling your eyes and stop shaking. 03:29.000 --> 03:30.000 The green man has been here. 03:30.000 --> 03:31.000 How do you know that? 03:31.000 --> 03:34.000 Looky there, looky there on the door. 03:34.000 --> 03:38.000 Well, put my feet in a hole and call me shortly, it's the marks of a hand, 03:38.000 --> 03:39.000 a green hand on the door, Tom. 03:39.000 --> 03:41.000 Now, look here, Longwind. 03:41.000 --> 03:44.000 This hand has been stenciled or simply painted on the door. 03:44.000 --> 03:45.000 And whoever did it used green paint. 03:45.000 --> 03:47.000 See, it's still wet. 03:47.000 --> 03:50.000 The head they called the green man has invaded this house. 03:50.000 --> 03:52.000 Oh, woe is me, woe is me. 03:52.000 --> 03:54.000 Now, this house is why it disappeared. 03:54.000 --> 03:55.000 Maybe we all gonna revamp. 03:55.000 --> 03:57.000 Now, don't worry, Walsh. 03:57.000 --> 03:59.000 Nothing's gonna happen to us or the TM Bar. 03:59.000 --> 04:02.000 We is handed. Oh, woe is me. 04:02.000 --> 04:05.000 And you just stand there cool as a frog in a lily pond. 04:05.000 --> 04:08.000 Now, take it easy. There's no reason to get excited. 04:08.000 --> 04:09.000 Longwind. 04:09.000 --> 04:12.000 What did the green man say to you when he appeared in your room? 04:12.000 --> 04:15.000 Well, he said he brought back my house. 04:15.000 --> 04:18.000 There was right smack where it was before it disappeared this morning. 04:18.000 --> 04:19.000 Yes? 04:19.000 --> 04:23.000 Well, then he said, if when I went near it, he'd kill me. 04:23.000 --> 04:26.000 Them was his exact words, Tom, just as sure as the Toad's got words. 04:26.000 --> 04:28.000 Well, did he say why he'd kill you? 04:28.000 --> 04:30.000 Well, he said he ain't feeling sociable. 04:30.000 --> 04:33.000 He's sick and tired of having people around. 04:33.000 --> 04:35.000 He wants to leave alone out in the desert, 04:35.000 --> 04:37.000 like he always did when he was just a cactus. 04:37.000 --> 04:38.000 And as far as I'm concerned, he... 04:38.000 --> 04:39.000 Now, wait a minute, wait a minute, Longwind. 04:39.000 --> 04:41.000 There's a car pulled up at our front door. 04:41.000 --> 04:44.000 Yeah. I just saw the headlights. 04:44.000 --> 04:46.000 Big shiny limousine. 04:46.000 --> 04:49.000 Loves him, me, Mr. Tom. What's that getting out of it? 04:49.000 --> 04:51.000 Well, roll me for a pill. It's a woman. 04:51.000 --> 04:52.000 No, it's not a woman. 04:52.000 --> 04:56.000 It's someone dressed in long flowing robes with a turban on his head. 04:56.000 --> 04:57.000 Now, what in the name of... 04:57.000 --> 05:01.000 Well, I'll be a green-eyed cow with an ombre wearing a night shirt 05:01.000 --> 05:03.000 with a sugar sack wrapped around his head. 05:03.000 --> 05:05.000 No, Longwind, it's a Hindu. 05:05.000 --> 05:07.000 See, he's coming up the steps of the porch. 05:07.000 --> 05:12.000 Tall, dark Hindu wearing a turban with a very large diamond right in the center of it. 05:12.000 --> 05:17.000 Well, looks like we're about to entertain a rather odd visitor, I'm thinking. 05:17.000 --> 05:18.000 Open the door, Wash. 05:18.000 --> 05:22.000 Mr. Tom, I want to, but my feet is glued to the floor. 05:22.000 --> 05:24.000 All right, I'll open it. 05:24.000 --> 05:27.000 Howdy. Welcome to the TM Bar. 05:27.000 --> 05:29.000 My thanks, Saib. 05:29.000 --> 05:32.000 May Shiva always protect you from harm. 05:32.000 --> 05:33.000 Thank you. 05:33.000 --> 05:35.000 Well, I'll be shot for a gay bruise. 05:35.000 --> 05:37.000 You are Tom Meeks? 05:37.000 --> 05:39.000 I am. 05:39.000 --> 05:40.000 My card. 05:40.000 --> 05:42.000 Thank you. 05:42.000 --> 05:44.000 Swami Pratihara. 05:44.000 --> 05:46.000 Well, glad to know you, sir. 05:46.000 --> 05:47.000 Swami what? 05:47.000 --> 05:48.000 What can I do for you? 05:48.000 --> 05:52.000 I have driven nearly a thousand miles to see you, Mr. Tom. 05:52.000 --> 05:56.000 I wish to discuss with you the case of the disappearing house. 05:56.000 --> 05:58.000 I read about it in the papers. 05:58.000 --> 05:59.000 I see. 05:59.000 --> 06:01.000 Just what do you want to know about it? 06:01.000 --> 06:06.000 First, perhaps I had better explain who I am. 06:06.000 --> 06:11.000 In India, I am considered to rank among the greatest swamis of my day. 06:11.000 --> 06:12.000 Uh-huh. In India. 06:12.000 --> 06:14.000 Or he comes from India. 06:14.000 --> 06:17.000 I am a delver into the occult. 06:17.000 --> 06:19.000 There is very little to know about it. 06:19.000 --> 06:29.000 I am a delver into the occult, and there is very little that I do not know about these powerful forces of evil that surround us all the time. 06:29.000 --> 06:38.000 This green man I hear of, that is actually the rather famous giant cactus that is shaped like a man. 06:38.000 --> 06:40.000 Is it not? 06:40.000 --> 06:41.000 Yes, that's right. 06:41.000 --> 06:43.000 Of course, it's just a legend. 06:43.000 --> 06:48.000 You do not believe in the spirit world then, Mr. Meeks? 06:48.000 --> 06:50.000 No, I reckon I don't, swami. 06:50.000 --> 06:54.000 I'm just kind of an ordinary hombre that believes there must be a reason for anything that happens. 06:54.000 --> 06:57.000 A down-to-earth logical reason. 06:57.000 --> 07:02.000 I can understand how you feel, and I will not discuss it with you. 07:02.000 --> 07:05.000 My views, however, are different. 07:05.000 --> 07:07.000 Very different. 07:07.000 --> 07:11.000 My object in coming to you, Mr. Meeks, is simply this. 07:11.000 --> 07:16.000 I want you to put me in touch with the person who owns that house. 07:16.000 --> 07:19.000 Well, that's simple enough. Longwind Wilson here is the owner. 07:19.000 --> 07:21.000 Longwind Wilson? 07:21.000 --> 07:24.000 That's me, salami. I mean, swami. 07:24.000 --> 07:29.000 Ah. Mr. Wilson, I desire to buy your house. 07:29.000 --> 07:30.000 You want to buy it? 07:30.000 --> 07:31.000 How much do you want for it? 07:31.000 --> 07:34.000 You want to buy it? You want to buy it? 07:34.000 --> 07:36.000 Buy it? I do. 07:36.000 --> 07:41.000 Well, I'd sure like to sell it, but I don't know if I can. 07:41.000 --> 07:42.000 Why not? 07:42.000 --> 07:46.000 Well, there ain't no telling if it's still there. 07:46.000 --> 07:51.000 I'm liable to sell you this here house of mine, and when we get out there, it's liable to be gone. 07:51.000 --> 07:56.000 I will take my chance on that. 07:56.000 --> 07:59.000 How much do you want for the house? 07:59.000 --> 08:00.000 Well, now I paid about... 08:00.000 --> 08:02.000 Just a moment, Longwind. 08:02.000 --> 08:03.000 Yeah, Tom? 08:03.000 --> 08:05.000 You mind if I handle this for you? 08:05.000 --> 08:08.000 Well, contrary to what I saw, I sure wish you would. 08:08.000 --> 08:11.000 I ain't no businessman. I'm likely to get shortchanged. 08:11.000 --> 08:13.000 Oh, no offense, Longwind. I mean, you know... 08:13.000 --> 08:16.000 Indeed, of course not. 08:16.000 --> 08:19.000 You wish to handle this matter for Mr. Wilson, Mr. Meeks? 08:19.000 --> 08:20.000 Yes. 08:20.000 --> 08:23.000 How much do you want for the house? 08:23.000 --> 08:24.000 Nothing. 08:24.000 --> 08:26.000 Nothing? 08:26.000 --> 08:27.000 It's not for sale. 08:27.000 --> 08:29.000 Tom is building them up, see? 08:29.000 --> 08:31.000 And when he gets to the right price... 08:31.000 --> 08:35.000 Swami, why exactly do you want to buy the house? 08:35.000 --> 08:41.000 Merely for the purpose of carrying on my investigations into the spirit world. 08:41.000 --> 08:45.000 This house is haunted in a very strange way. 08:45.000 --> 08:52.000 According to the newspapers, the green man has been seen to glow in the dark. 08:52.000 --> 08:56.000 I, too, wish to see this. 08:56.000 --> 09:00.000 Well, I can understand your reason, but I'm afraid the house is not for sale. 09:00.000 --> 09:02.000 I will offer you a good price. 09:02.000 --> 09:03.000 $1,000. 09:03.000 --> 09:07.000 Oh, shucks, Warsch. I only paid $600. I'll be making $400 on the deal. 09:07.000 --> 09:10.000 No, partner, I'm sorry. It's not for sale. 09:10.000 --> 09:13.000 Very well. $2,000, then. 09:13.000 --> 09:17.000 Oh, $2,000. Did you hear that, Warsch? Tom Shaw is a good businessman. 09:17.000 --> 09:20.000 I'm really afraid you don't understand, Swami. 09:20.000 --> 09:24.000 As Wilson's representative, I absolutely refuse to sell the house. 09:24.000 --> 09:26.000 Well, don't go too far, Tom. 09:26.000 --> 09:29.000 The house can't be worth more than $600 or $700. 09:29.000 --> 09:30.000 Oh, my. 09:30.000 --> 09:34.000 And if I did intend to sell it, I couldn't charge you much more than that. 09:34.000 --> 09:35.000 No, it's not for sale. 09:35.000 --> 09:36.000 Oh, say, he... 09:36.000 --> 09:39.000 Indeed. That is your last word? 09:39.000 --> 09:41.000 Not exactly. 09:41.000 --> 09:46.000 If you want to investigate the house, if you want to live in it for a while and carry on your experiments, 09:46.000 --> 09:49.000 we'll be glad to let you do that, free of charge. 09:49.000 --> 09:51.000 Well, hold on. Now, wait a minute here. 09:51.000 --> 09:54.000 You mean you really ain't going to sell my house? 09:54.000 --> 09:55.000 No, Longwind. 09:55.000 --> 09:59.000 Not even for $2,000? I didn't know there was that much money in the whole world. 09:59.000 --> 10:03.000 You're not selling your house, Longwind, at least for the time being. 10:03.000 --> 10:08.000 Mr. Mix, I appreciate your offer to permit me to remain in the house, 10:08.000 --> 10:10.000 and I shall take advantage of it. 10:10.000 --> 10:14.000 You are sure you will not allow me to pay for the privilege? 10:14.000 --> 10:15.000 Not a penny. 10:15.000 --> 10:17.000 Oh, great day in the mountainous time. 10:17.000 --> 10:19.000 Couldn't you even charge him a buck a night? 10:19.000 --> 10:21.000 Auto camps get more than that. 10:21.000 --> 10:22.000 That's right, Longwind. 10:22.000 --> 10:26.000 Oh, me $2,000 going down the creek just like that, aren't they? 10:26.000 --> 10:28.000 I shall leave at once for the house. 10:28.000 --> 10:30.000 I wish to waste no time. 10:30.000 --> 10:32.000 Do you know how to get to it? 10:32.000 --> 10:37.000 I passed a few signs on my way here, pointing the way to the... 10:37.000 --> 10:39.000 the Green Man. 10:39.000 --> 10:43.000 Oh, yes, the signs were just there to show the tourists the way. 10:43.000 --> 10:49.000 Well, I don't value this spiritualistic business myself, but good luck. 10:49.000 --> 10:51.000 Thank you, Mr. Mix. 10:51.000 --> 10:56.000 I shall return in the morning to advise you of what has occurred during the night. 10:56.000 --> 10:58.000 If anything. 10:58.000 --> 11:00.000 Good night. 11:00.000 --> 11:04.000 May Shiva always protect you. 11:04.000 --> 11:07.000 Thank you, Swami, and good night. 11:07.000 --> 11:11.000 Good night. May Shiva get me my $2,000 back, that's what. 11:11.000 --> 11:13.000 Tom, what have you done to me, huh? 11:13.000 --> 11:17.000 That there salami was going to pay me $2,000 for a house only paid $600 for? 11:17.000 --> 11:19.000 A house that even ain't there half the time? 11:19.000 --> 11:20.000 Come here to the window, Longwind. 11:20.000 --> 11:21.000 Well, I... 11:21.000 --> 11:22.000 What for? 11:22.000 --> 11:23.000 Just come here. 11:23.000 --> 11:24.000 Take a look at that limousine. 11:24.000 --> 11:26.000 The porch lights are on, you can still see it without any trouble. 11:26.000 --> 11:27.000 Well, what about it? I can see... 11:27.000 --> 11:32.000 Does that look like a car that's just traveled almost 1,000 miles over hot, dusty roads? 11:32.000 --> 11:34.000 Well, no, now that you speak of it. 11:34.000 --> 11:37.000 Why, it's just shiny and new-looking as a pair of Maylord's shoes. 11:37.000 --> 11:40.000 If he had just come 1,000 miles, it would be covered with alkali dust. 11:40.000 --> 11:42.000 Well, maybe it washed before he got here, though. 11:42.000 --> 11:47.000 A man who drives 1,000 miles and one long pull to see someone doesn't stop to have his car washed, 11:47.000 --> 11:50.000 and he had an A-card sticker on his windshield. 11:50.000 --> 11:52.000 Where'd he get the gas to drive 1,000 miles? 11:52.000 --> 11:54.000 Well, yeah, that's true. 11:54.000 --> 11:57.000 Mr. Tom, you think there's something peculiar about that salami? 11:57.000 --> 11:59.000 I know there is, Warsh. 11:59.000 --> 12:02.000 We've got to watch him and watch him carefully. 12:10.000 --> 12:13.000 Is the Swami Pratyahara a sinister individual? 12:13.000 --> 12:16.000 Does he offer some key to the strange happenings? 12:16.000 --> 12:19.000 How can a house possibly disappear? 12:19.000 --> 12:21.000 We know that it does. 12:21.000 --> 12:25.000 But how? And what's the answer to the green man? 12:25.000 --> 12:27.000 Well, let me tell you this. 12:27.000 --> 12:31.000 One day, the strangest thing you've ever heard takes place at the TM Bar. 12:31.000 --> 12:37.000 So, be sure to be with us, same time, same station, when Tom Mix rides the range again. 12:37.000 --> 12:41.000 And now, straight shooters, here's Tom Mix with a special message for you. 12:41.000 --> 12:43.000 Howdy, straight shooters. 12:43.000 --> 12:48.000 Say, I want to thank you straight shooter pals of mine who have written me such wonderful letters. 12:48.000 --> 12:53.000 I've been tickled to death to get them, and I sure do appreciate them. Yes, sir. 12:53.000 --> 13:01.000 You know, I could use a lot of fancy jaw-breaking words to tell you what a bang-up cereal shredded Ralston is. 13:01.000 --> 13:07.000 I could chin for hours about how shredded Ralston is whole wheat, whole wheat the way you like it, 13:07.000 --> 13:13.000 baked into toasty little bite-sized biscuits that fit right on your spoon for easy eating. 13:13.000 --> 13:18.000 I could start ranting about how shredded Ralston gives you cowboy energy, 13:18.000 --> 13:23.000 the kind of energy it takes to be a leader, a winner, and a straight shooter. 13:23.000 --> 13:27.000 And I could tell you how swell, elegant shredded Ralston tastes. 13:27.000 --> 13:31.000 But, Chuck, there's no use in my telling you all that. 13:31.000 --> 13:36.000 You'll find it out when you sit down to a bowl of shredded Ralston yourself 13:36.000 --> 13:45.000 and taste those crisp, golden brown biscuits swimming in milk or cream and piled high with berries or sliced bananas. 13:45.000 --> 13:51.000 Rope your maw and tell her to treat your family to a breakfast of shredded Ralston tomorrow. 13:51.000 --> 13:56.000 Tell her shredded Ralston is ready to eat and comes in the red and white checkerboard package, 13:56.000 --> 13:59.000 and it makes breakfast the best meal of the day. 13:59.000 --> 14:03.000 Well, straight shooters, I'll be riding along, but I'll be back with you Monday. 14:03.000 --> 14:06.000 Come on, boy! 14:28.000 --> 14:31.000 There goes Tom Mix, America's favorite cowboy. 14:31.000 --> 14:35.000 But he'll be back with another exciting adventure Monday evening, same time, same station, 14:35.000 --> 14:38.000 when the Tom Mix Ralston Straight Shooters are on the air. 14:38.000 --> 15:01.000 Tom Mix was played by Curly Bradley. 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