Strange Confession Page #5

and see what happened.

You mean you haven't

been in there yet?

No.

To be honest with you,

I'm about haIf afraid.

You want me to go in?

Oh, no.

No, I've got to face it

some time.

Come on.

AII four of them are dead.

Yes.

(MONKEYS CHATTERING)

But Iook at the others,

aIive and kicking.

Dave, it works.

It sure does.

How do you feeI, Professor?

Oh, I don't know.

I can hardIy beIieve it.

WeII, there's your proof.

The four you gave

the drug to are aIive,

the other four are dead.

I don't know what more

you want.

(MONKEY CHATTERING)

Gee, it's marveIous, Jeff.

You did it. You did it!

GonzaIez

is congratuIating you too.

You know, the wonderfuI part

about it is,

is that the substance

we were Iooking for

in the moId

can be made syntheticaIIy

back home.

Yeah? Hey, say, Graham

wiII be gIad to hear that.

He was sure getting

itchy fingers to put this drug

of yours out on the market.

Yeah. WeII, he can go

to work on it as soon as

he gets my formuIa.

Wait tiII he sees this.

Yeah, he'II maiI you a medaI.

Yes, Stevens.

Take a Iook at that.

That's interesting.

Looks Iike

we got Zymurgine on the market

just about the right time.

To be on the safe side,

we better doubIe our output.

CabIe for you, Mr. Graham.

Oh, thanks.

Must be from Jeff.

WeII, Iet's see

what the wonder boy's doing

down in South America.

WeII, he's compIeted

his experiments on Zymurgine.

He's sending

the formuIa by airmaiI.

It'd take us quite a whiIe

to change our set-up,

wouIdn't it?

CertainIy wouId.

WeII, forget it.

With the uprise in this

new fIu epidemic, we're bound

to Iose out on saIes.

Yes.

MISS ROGERS:
Yes, Mr. Graham.

Miss Rogers,

bring in your book

and fiIe 6834.

I thought we discarded

that formuIa.

We've deveIoped

a new interest temporariIy.

Take a cabIe, Jeff Carter.

The formuIa

that you are sending

wiII be put into operation

as soon as humanIy possibIe.

My congratuIations to you

on your success.

Certain new deveIopments

make it imperative

for you

to remain in South America

for further work.

In a day or so

we'II maiI you an outIine

of these new experiments.

Again,

my heartiest congratuIations

and best wishes.

Send that right off.

Jeff wiII be gone

for quite a whiIe.

You think we ought to

put on a new man?

That's a good idea.

AII right.

Get me Mrs. Carter.

I had a very pIeasant

evening, Mary.

I've enjoyed the dinner,

the pIay, but mostIy

your company.

Of course, the pIay

couId've been better.

I thought it was

quite good.

A IittIe oId fashioned,

don't you think?

AII that triangIe stuff.

You don't beIieve it

couId've happened?

Oh, it couId've happened,

of course, but not

exactIy that way.

It was a bit

too far-fetched.

The reason for suspicion?

WeII, after aII, I thought

she was an attractive girI.

I think he had

a reason to be jeaIous.

It served him right.

He Ieft her aIone too Iong.

And when Jeff comes home,

I'm going to make it

my business to have him

see that show.

If it's stiII running.

What do you mean?

WeII, Mary, certain things

have come up

that make it necessary

for him to stay there

a IittIe Ionger.

But he didn't say a word

about that.

He wrote that

he'd compIeted his experiments

and that Zymurgine

was a proven success.

I thought from his Ietter

that he'd be back any day now.

Scientists are Iike doctors,

their work

is so unpredictabIe.

Waiter, check, pIease.

It's been

a IoveIy evening, Mr. Graham.

I can't thank you enough.

I can't teII you

how much our association

has meant to me.

I was hoping maybe it meant

something to you too.

But it has.

I guess I'd better go in now.

Good night.

Good night.

Oh, Mrs. O'Connor.

I'm so gIad

you're home, ma'am.

I've been trying

to get you aII evening.

What's the matter?

Tommy's sick.

Tommy.

I caIIed a doctor,

he's upstairs with him now.

Tommy.

HeIIo, Mommy.

You're Mrs. Carter?

Yes.

I'm Dr. WiIIiams.

How do you do, Doctor?

What is it?

ShaII we go outside?

He's a pretty sick boy,

Mrs. Carter. I'm afraid

it's infIuenza.

But he was aII right

when I Ieft home.

Is it very bad, Doctor?

It's a IittIe too earIy

to say yet.

His fever is quite high.

It's over 103. If it gets

any higher, caII me.

AII right.

Dr. WiIIiams.

Dr. WiIIiams,

can't we give him Zymurgine?

Zymurgine?

Yes.

Oh, yes.

I'm afraid I couIdn't

honestIy recommend that.

It hasn't been thoroughIy

tested and proved.

But, Jeff, that's my husband,

he wrote me about it.

He worked on it.

It's a positive cure.

I can understand

your enthusiasm, Mrs. Carter,

but unIess we're sure...

Oh, but you don't understand.

Wait, I'II show you.

''After extensive tests,

I can say without hesitancy

''that Zymurgine is

a definite cure

for infIuenza.''

So you see, it must be so.

Mrs. Carter, I wouId

advise against it. Good night.

Good night.

(DOOR CLOSES)

How much is that?

65 cents, pIease.

Thank you.

Mr. Reed,

do we have any more Zymurgine

in the stock room?

Zymurgine again?

Everybody's after it.

Don't know why.

From what I hear, it hasn't

proven any too effective.

You can seII aImost anything

if they advertise it enough.

CabIe for you, genius.

WeII, thanks.

WeII, it's either from Mary

or Graham. Take a guess.

I'II take Mary.

On account of, I Iike her

better than Graham.

That makes it unanimous.

What's the matter?

It's from Mary.

Tommy's sick with infIuenza.

Oh, gee.

She says

they tried Zymurgine and that

it doesn't do any good.

He's getting worse.

But I know it works.

We proved it!

Yeah, sure we did.

Come on, I've gotta go

to town. We've gotta send

Mary a teIegram.

Buenos das, seor.

DAVE:
Buenos das, Jos.

WeII, how's business, Jos?

WeII, sometimes it's good

and sometimes it's bad.

Now it's good and bad.

You sure got everything

from soup to soybeans here.

CIothes, vegetabIes,

materiaIs, canned goods,

medicines...

Jeff, come here.

Zymurgine?

Jos, where did you get this?

That is

very fine medicine, seor.

That is from the States.

How Iong have you had it?

Long time now.

Maybe one month.

But Graham

hasn't had my formuIa

that Iong.

Look at the IabeI on the back.

See what the contents are.

Why, this isn't

my compIete formuIa.

This is the oId one.

I can't understand

how he got ahoId of it.

But I'm beginning

to understand our IittIe trip

to South America.

Yes, and a Iot

of other things too.

That man Graham is a disgrace

to our profession.

But when I get home,

there won't be

a singIe organization

that'II do business with him.

Now, don't worry, Jeff.

Tommy's gonna be aII right.

He'd better be.

And don't worry

about anything here either.

I'II take care of everything.

And I'II cIose up the Iab.

Thanks, Dave,

you've been sweII.

I just can't understand

how I couId've been

such a fooI.

You mean about Graham, huh?

Yeah.

When I think

of how he must've Iaughed

at me behind my back...

Why, it's just Iike

he'd taken my head,

my mind and brain,

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