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Escape is an American radio drama. It was radio's leading anthology series of high-adventure radio dramas, airing on CBS from July 7, 1947 to September 25, 1954.

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00:00Set up with the everyday grind, tired out from the summer heat.
00:07Want to get away from it all?
00:09We offer you Escape.
00:14Escape, designed to free you from the four walls of today for a half hour of high adventure.
00:21You are spurring a lathered horse through darkened streets,
00:25trapped by two hostile armies, with a kit of magic in your pocket.
00:30And the American Revolution, in the balance.
00:40Tonight, we escape to an earlier day, and to the workshop of a famous wizard.
00:45As Stephen Vincent Benet told it in his delightful story, A Tooth for Paul Revere.
00:50Some say it all happened because of Hancock and Adams, and some put it back to the Stamp Act and before.
01:05Then there's some that hold out for Paul Revere and his little silver box.
01:09But the way I heard it, the American Revolution broke out because of Lige Butterwick and his tooth.
01:17My great-aunt was a Butterwick, and I heard it from her.
01:21Every now and then, she'd write it out and want to get it put in the history books,
01:25but they'd always put her off with some trifling sort of excuse.
01:28But the way she told it to us kids, sitting there before the flickering fire on some blustery, blowy night,
01:36it sounded spooky enough and wonderful enough to be as true as the Union.
01:42History books, bah.
01:44You don't get the right of things from such.
01:47In the story of a nation, it's the queer corners that count.
01:54The tales that get whispered down through families.
01:59Now, take Paul Revere, for instance.
02:02All most folks think about is his riding a horse.
02:06But he was a silversmith by trade, and there was a kind of magic in that hand of his.
02:13But I could see just a little bit farther into the millstone than most folks.
02:21And in that little shop of his on those fateful nights,
02:25he sat over a miraculous flame and brewed the revolution in a silver teapot.
02:33And then he put it into a little silver box.
02:40No bigger than this.
02:43Yes, that's the way my great-aunt talked about Paul Revere.
02:50And the chills ran up our spines.
02:52But it takes all kinds to make a country, she used to say.
02:56And it isn't till the plain ones, like Lige Butterwick, get stirred up,
03:01that things really start to happen.
03:03Lige was just an ordinary sort of man, without special vision into a millstone.
03:12It might be a grand day in the history books, but for him it was just Tuesday,
03:16till he read about it in the papers.
03:17Folks could argue and fret about Boston tea parties and British warships in Boston Harbour and British soldiers in Boston streets.
03:27But Lige Butterwick just plucked his tongue and wondered how the corn might stand this year on his farm outside Lexington, Massachusetts.
03:35One day, Lige Butterwick woke up with a toothache.
03:42The hot salt pack and the tansy tea his wife fixed for him didn't seem to help much.
03:48On the third day, Mrs. Butterwick tied a string to the tooth and Lige stood by the door.
03:53You ready?
03:56Uh-huh.
03:59Well?
04:01Marthy, when it came to the pinch, couldn't quite do it.
04:09So?
04:14That's how Lige Butterwick came to ride into Lexington, Massachusetts, that day.
04:19He just had to see somebody about that tooth.
04:21And when he got there, the town was in an uproar.
04:26Lige!
04:27Lige Butterwick!
04:29Eh?
04:30Oh.
04:31Good day to you, neighbor Williams.
04:32Lige, I didn't expect to see you here today.
04:35It's my tooth.
04:36Tooth?
04:37What do you mean?
04:38Uh, uh-huh, uh-huh.
04:39Huh?
04:40Oh?
04:41Isn't it exciting?
04:42Exciting?
04:44A toothache?
04:44No, no, you idiot.
04:46All this.
04:48Have you seen them yet?
04:49Seen who?
04:50Boy, Hancock and Adams, of course.
04:52John Hancock and Sam Adams.
04:54They're at the Parson Clark's.
04:55Only folks who come here to see was the barber.
04:58Figure he's the only one who can do something for my tooth.
05:01Ah, you don't fool me, Lige.
05:03You're probably just as excited as I am.
05:05Have you cleaned your muskets?
05:07Musket?
05:08Why, it's five months, the hunting season yet.
05:09Ha, ha, that's where you're wrong, Lige.
05:12Looks like hunting season may be early this year.
05:15Huh?
05:16Keep your powder dry.
05:17Uh, huh?
05:18And so, Lige Butterwick came to Lexington, and it was a great day for the history books,
05:26and to him it was just Tuesday.
05:28And his tooth was jumping, and he went to see the barber as the likeliest man he knew to
05:33pull a tooth.
05:35But the barber took one look at it and shook his head.
05:38Now, I can pull her out all right, Lige, but she's got long roots and strong roots, and
05:42she's going to leave an awful gap when she's gone.
05:45Hmm.
05:45Hmm.
05:46That's true.
05:47Now, what you really need, though it's caustic my business, one of these here artificial
05:51teeth that go there in the hole.
05:53Artificial teeth?
05:54Yeah.
05:55Land of mercy, it's flying in the face of nature.
05:57Nothing of the kind, Lige.
05:58Artificial teeth is all the gold these days.
06:01Lexington ought to keep up with the times.
06:02But?
06:03Ah, it would do me no good to see you with an artificial tooth.
06:06Well, yes, indeed it would.
06:07It would do you good, but, uh, supposing I did want one.
06:11How in tonk it would I get it in Lexington?
06:13Now, you just leave that all to me.
06:15You'll have to go into Boston, but I know just a man.
06:18Here, if I can find his.
06:20And I had his prospectus here somewhere.
06:22Oh!
06:23Oh, yes, here.
06:24See here?
06:25Uh-huh.
06:25This fellow called Revere in Boston that fixes him, and they say he's a boss workman.
06:30Revere.
06:30Yes.
06:31Now, you just listen to this here.
06:32Whereas many persons were so unfortunate as to lose their foreteeth.
06:36Uh, that's you, Lige.
06:37Oh, yes.
06:38Uh, to their great detriment, not only in looks, but in speaking, both in public and private.
06:43This is to inform all such that they can have them replaced by artificial ones.
06:47Oh, I see.
06:48That will look as well as the natural and answer the end of speaking to all intents.
06:52Hmm.
06:53Oh, yes, and then see, it goes on.
06:54Oh, his name.
06:55Yes, his name's right here.
06:56Uh, Paul Revere, goldsmith, near the head of Dr. Clarksworth in Boston.
07:01Hmm.
07:02Sounds well enough, but what's it going to cost?
07:05Oh, I know Revere.
07:07Comes through here pretty often, as a matter of fact.
07:09Does?
07:09Yes, and he's a decent fellow, even if he is a pretty big bug and sounds lippity.
07:14Now, you just mentioned my name.
07:16Well, it's something I hadn't thought of, but in for a penny, in for a pound.
07:20Hmm.
07:21Missed today's work already, and that tooth got to come out before I go stark staring mad.
07:26But what sort of man is this Revere, anyway?
07:29Oh, he's a regular wizard.
07:30A regular wizard with his tools.
07:32Wizard.
07:33Hmm.
07:34I don't know about wizards, but if he can fix my tooth, I'll call him one.
07:42So?
07:45Lige Butterwick got back on his horse and started for Boston.
07:49He rode through the busy, excited streets of Lexington,
07:51and when he came opposite the residence of Parson Clark,
07:55he saw a little crowd collected and men staring,
07:58so he stopped his horse for a moment and looked.
08:00Mister, is that them?
08:02Is it who, son?
08:03Mr. Hancock and Mr. Adams, sir.
08:05There through the window.
08:06Tall, handsome man and a short man with a face like a bulldog.
08:10Hmm.
08:10I wouldn't know, son.
08:11They're strangers to me.
08:12Get up.
08:17When he got to Boston, he began to feel queer.
08:19And it wasn't only his tooth.
08:23He hadn't been there for four years,
08:25and he'd expected to find it changed,
08:27but it wasn't that either.
08:30The sky was clear and beautiful,
08:32but Lige felt like there was thunder in the air.
08:35It was uncanny.
08:37And the people,
08:39there'd be little knots of them on the corners,
08:40but when he came up to them,
08:42they seemed to melt away.
08:43Or they'd look at you and stop talking.
08:47And then he came to the harbour.
08:48Out there in the port of Boston,
08:52riding black and grim with the British warships.
08:56He'd known they'd be there, of course.
08:59But it was different somehow,
09:01seeing them with their guns pointed in at the town.
09:05Suddenly he felt uncomfortable.
09:07Felt he'd like to turn and go home.
09:10But he was hungry,
09:11and so he went to a tavern for a bite.
09:13Good day to you.
09:24And what may I do for you, stranger?
09:27Uh, just a bite in a sup,
09:29if you're serving.
09:31Aye.
09:32Have a seat.
09:33You'll be served.
09:35Uh, nice weather we're having these days.
09:42It's bitter weather for Boston.
09:45Well, now,
09:46now, maybe for Boston,
09:47but out in the country,
09:49we'd call it good planting weather.
09:51I guess maybe I was mistaken in you.
09:54It is good planting weather.
09:56For some kind of trees.
09:58Trees.
09:58Well, now,
09:59I suppose you're right about that.
10:01That's, uh,
10:02and what kind of trees would you be thinking of?
10:05There's trees and trees, you know.
10:07Eh, well,
10:09now that you ask me, I...
10:10You meant the Liberty Tree,
10:12and may it soon be watered in the blood of tyrants.
10:14Now,
10:15the Royal Oak of England,
10:16and God save King George and Lawrence.
10:18Add him, boys!
10:20Wait, stop.
10:22I didn't...
10:22Wait.
10:22Wait.
10:22Wait.
10:23Wait.
10:23Wait.
10:23Wait.
10:23Wait.
10:23Wait.
10:23Wait.
10:23Wait.
10:23Wait.
10:23Wait.
10:23Wait.
10:23Wait.
10:24Wait.
10:24Wait.
10:25Wait.
10:25Wait.
10:26Wait.
10:26Wait.
10:27Wait.
10:27Wait.
10:28Wait.
10:29Wait.
10:29Wait.
10:30Wait.
10:31Lori,
10:32I always heard city folks were crazy,
10:35but politics must be getting serious in these American colonies when they start fighting
10:39about trees.
10:41Aye,
10:42and it is, friend.
10:43So they threw you out, too?
10:45Yes, Blastom,
10:46but I want to shake your hand.
10:48Nobly done, friend.
10:49I'm glad to find another true-hearted man loyal to the crown in this pestilent, rebellious
10:53city.
10:54Well,
10:55I don't know as I quite agree with you about that,
10:58but I came here to get my tooth fixed, not to talk about politics, and as long as you've
11:04spoken so pleasant, I wonder if you could help me out.
11:07You see, I'm from Lexington Way, and I'm, uh, looking for a fellow named Paul Revere.
11:11Paul Revere?
11:12Yeah.
11:12Yeah.
11:12Yeah.
11:13Now, so it's Paul Revere you want, my worthy and ingenious friend from the country.
11:17Well, I'll tell you how to find him.
11:19Good, I thank you.
11:21You go up to the first British soldier you see and ask the way, but, uh, you'd better
11:25give the password first.
11:26Password?
11:27Yes, you say to that British soldier, any lobsters for sale today, and then you ask
11:31about Revere.
11:32Uh, but, uh, why do I talk about lobsters first?
11:35Well, you see, the British soldiers wear redcoats, so they like being asked about lobsters.
11:39Just try it and see.
11:41Heh heh.
11:42Just try it, my friend, and see.
11:50Hup!
11:51Hup!
11:52Hee!
11:52Ho!
11:54Uh, pardon me, sir.
11:55Uh, do you have any lobsters for sale today?
11:58What?
11:58How dare you seize that man!
12:09Uh, barrel.
12:10Place to hide.
12:21Down that way.
12:22Come on, sergeant.
12:25Psst!
12:28Huh?
12:29You can come out now.
12:30They've gone past.
12:31Oh.
12:32Oh, yes, thank you.
12:35Nice.
12:36Thanks.
12:36Look at your clothes.
12:38That was a tar barrel you jumped into.
12:40Yes, I'm a sight.
12:41What were they chasing you for?
12:43I really don't know.
12:45Guess I didn't give the right password.
12:47Password?
12:48Yes, but all the same, I don't think soldiers ought to act like that when you ask them a
12:51civil question.
12:53But city folks are soldiers.
12:54They can't make a fool out of me.
12:57I came here to get my tooth fixed and get it fixed to will if I have to surprise the
13:01whole British kingdom to do it.
13:02Good for you, sir.
13:03Can I be of any help to you?
13:05Ah, you can, boy.
13:06Uh, tell me where I may find the silversmith, Paul Revere.
13:09Oh, that's easy.
13:10Right before your eyes.
13:12There's a sign hanging down by the wharf.
13:14And that's his shop.
13:15I work there.
13:16Well, now, those soldiers did me a good turn after all.
13:19Come on, boy.
13:20Now, maybe I'll get my tooth fixed.
13:26Then Lige Butterwick was in the shop of Paul Revere.
13:30Silversmith, goldsmith, jack of all trades, sculpturer of artificial teeth, brewer of revolutions,
13:38wizard.
13:39The shop itself was small and dark, with mysterious shadows lurking in the corners and the back.
13:48It was crammed full of the wondrous products of its owner's skillful hand, gold and silver
13:54objects of great beauty, prints of Boston and caricatures of the British, art boxes and
14:01bottles filling the shelves.
14:02At this particular moment, it was also full of customers.
14:07And Lige Butterwick, with the cautious shyness of the countryman, sank back into a corner seat
14:13out of the way and watched as Paul Revere waited on several customers.
14:19And the last of these was a grand lady who looked like an irate turkey goblin.
14:25Oh, Master Revere, I am so disappointed.
14:28When I took the things from the box, I could just have cried.
14:31It's I whom disappointed, madam.
14:33What was the trouble?
14:34Must have been carelessly packed.
14:35Was it badly dented?
14:36I'll speak to the boy.
14:37No, no, it wasn't dented.
14:39But I wanted a really impressive silver service.
14:42Something I can use when the governor comes to dine with us.
14:46I certainly paid for the best.
14:48And what have you given me?
14:49I've given you the best work of which I'm capable, madam.
14:53It was in my hands for six months.
14:56And I think they're capable hands.
14:58Oh, I know you were a competent artisan master.
15:01Silver Smith, ma'am.
15:03Well, I don't care what you call it.
15:04I know I wanted a real service.
15:06Something I could show my friends.
15:08And what have you given me?
15:09Oh, it's silver if you choose.
15:11But it's just as plain as a picket fence.
15:14Simple.
15:15Plain.
15:17You pay me high compliments, madam.
15:20Compliments, indeed.
15:21I'll send it back tomorrow.
15:22Why, there isn't as much as a lion or a unicorn on the cream jug.
15:26And I told you I wanted the sugar bowl covered with silver grapes.
15:29But you've given me something as bare as the hills of New England.
15:32And I won't stand it, I tell you.
15:33I'll send to London instead.
15:34Send away, madam.
15:36We're making new things in this country.
15:39New men.
15:40New silver.
15:42Perhaps who knows a new nation.
15:45Plain.
15:46Simple.
15:47Bare as the hills and rocks of New England.
15:50Graceful as the boughs of elm trees.
15:53If my silver were only like that, indeed.
15:56That's what I wish to make it.
15:59As for you, madam.
16:00With your lions and unicorns and grape leaves and your nonsense of bad ornamentation done by bad silversmiths.
16:06Your imported bad taste and your imported British manners.
16:10Puff.
16:10What?
16:11Away with you.
16:12Puff.
16:12Puff.
16:13Puff.
16:13Why?
16:14Why?
16:15I never...
16:16Puff, I say.
16:18Oh!
16:18No!
16:23William?
16:23Yes, sir?
16:24Put up the shutters.
16:26We are closing for the day.
16:28Oh, William.
16:29No word yet from Dr. Warren?
16:31Not yet, sir.
16:32Yeah, what's that?
16:34Well, who are you there in the corner?
16:36Well, Mr. Vare.
16:38It is Mr. Vare, isn't it?
16:40Yes, yes, of course.
16:41It's kind of a long story, but closing or not, you've got to listen to me.
16:47The barber told me so.
16:48The barber?
16:49You see, I'm Lodge Butterwick, and that's my tooth.
16:52Yeah, I'll...
16:53Tooth.
16:56You'd better begin at the beginning.
16:59Oh, but wait now.
17:00Here, you don't talk like a Boston man.
17:03Where'd you come from?
17:04Oh, around Lexington Way.
17:06And you see...
17:06Lexington, were you there this morning?
17:08Well, of course I was.
17:10That's where the barber I told you about...
17:11Never mind about the barber.
17:13Were Mr. Hancock and Mr. Adams still at Parson Clark's?
17:16Well, there might have been, for all I know.
17:19But I couldn't say.
17:20Great heaven is there a man in the American colonies who don't know Mr. Hancock and Mr. Adams?
17:24Oh, well, there seems to be me.
17:27But speaking of strangers, there was two of them staying at the Parsonage when I rode past.
17:33One was a handsome man.
17:35The other man looked more like a bulldog.
17:37So they are still there.
17:40And the British ready to march.
17:43Did you see many soldiers as you came to my shop, Mr. Butterwick?
17:46See them?
17:47They chased me into a tire barrel.
17:49There was a whole parcel of them by the common with guns and flags.
17:52Looked as if they meant business.
17:54Thank you, Mr. Butterwick.
17:56You're a shrewd observer.
17:58You've done me and the colonies an invaluable service.
18:01Oh, that's nice to know.
18:02Oh, but speaking of this, too.
18:05You're a stubborn man, Mr. Butterwick.
18:08All the better.
18:10I like stubborn men.
18:11I wish we had more of them.
18:14Well, one good turns, there's another.
18:17You've helped me.
18:18I'll do my best for you.
18:20I've made artificial teeth, but drawing them is hardly my trade.
18:26All the same, let's have a look.
18:28Here.
18:28Come over here by the light.
18:29Aye.
18:31Now, open.
18:32Ah.
18:33Well, Mr. Butterwick, it appears to be compound agglutinated infraction of the upper molar.
18:41Ah.
18:41And I'm afraid I can't do anything about it tonight.
18:44But here's a draft that will ease the pain for a while.
18:50There.
18:52Drink.
18:57It's spicy and queer.
19:03Never mind.
19:09Now, you go to a tavern.
19:12Get a night's rest.
19:14Come back to see me in the morning.
19:16I'll find a truth drawer for you.
19:19If I'm here.
19:21Oh, yes.
19:22You'd best have some liniment.
19:24That's a queer kind of shop you have here, Mr. Vare.
19:30Some folks think so.
19:31Say, what's in that little bottle?
19:34Where?
19:35Oh, there.
19:36That's a little chemical experiment of mine.
19:40I call it Essence of Boston.
19:42But there's a good deal of the East Wind in it.
19:46Essence of Boston?
19:48Well, they did say you was a wizard.
19:51It's genuine magic, I suppose.
19:53Genuine magic, of course.
19:57And here.
19:59Here's the box with your liniment.
20:01No, no.
20:02Not that one.
20:05This one.
20:06Ah, thank you.
20:07But that other little box there, the little silver one with the stars on it and the elm tray.
20:12Oh, yes.
20:13You like it?
20:13Pick it up.
20:16Mighty pretty work.
20:18My own design.
20:21Thirteen stars there.
20:22See them?
20:23Uh-huh.
20:24You could make a very pretty design with stars.
20:28For a new country, see?
20:29If you wanted to.
20:32I've sometimes thought of it.
20:33But, um...
20:34What's in the box?
20:36It feels queer.
20:37What's in it?
20:39What's in the air around us?
20:42Gunpowder?
20:43War?
20:45Making of a new nation?
20:48But the time isn't right yet.
20:50Not quite right.
20:52You mean...
20:54That this here revolution that folks keep talking about?
20:57Yes.
20:59In this box?
21:01Glory be.
21:03Master V.
21:03V.
21:03V.
21:04It's come.
21:04It's come.
21:05The message from Dr. Warren.
21:08William, my writing boots.
21:09Now, hurry.
21:10I must be off.
21:11Sorry, Mr. Butterwick, but I must rush.
21:12Take your liniment and come back tomorrow.
21:14Oh, yes.
21:15Thank you, sir.
21:15If I'm back tomorrow, I'll help you.
21:17Good day, sir.
21:18Good day.
21:21It wasn't till Lodge Butterwick was alone in his room at the tavern where he was to stay the night
21:26and he realized what he'd done.
21:30In the bustle and haste of leaving Mr. Revere's shop,
21:33he had picked up the wrong box.
21:36Instead of the box of liniment,
21:39he held in his hand the little silver box with the thirteen stars upon it.
21:45He hadn't quite believed Mr. Revere when he'd talked about the box.
21:53But then, everything had seemed so almighty queer since he'd arrived in Boston.
21:59And his tooth ached and his head felt light.
22:02And he, being human, was curious.
22:04He looked for a keyhole.
22:07But there was none.
22:09The box wouldn't open.
22:11He shook it.
22:13Suddenly, it felt warm.
22:16As if there was something alive inside it.
22:19He held it to his ear.
22:31Great Godfrey.
22:33Now, Lodge Butterwick was feeling scared.
22:38But he was feeling kind of good, too.
22:40And then he found out that he was talking to himself.
22:43Well, I'm not a Britisher.
22:44I'm a New Englander.
22:46And maybe there's something beyond that.
22:49Something people like Hancock and Adams know about.
22:53And if it has to come with the Revolution,
22:56well, I guess it has to come.
22:59Can't stay British as forever here in this country.
23:02But what am I going to do with this box?
23:06Too big a job for one man.
23:08Guess we'll have to take this back to Paul Revere.
23:15First, he went to the little shop on Clark's Wharf.
23:19But it was closed up tight.
23:22And it was a while before he could rouse anyone.
23:26Then it was the boy, William, who opened the door.
23:29Oh, it's you.
23:31Well, Master Revere isn't here.
23:34But I've got to find him.
23:35Can you tell me where he's gone?
23:37Why do you want to know?
23:39Got something for him.
23:40He needs it.
23:41You wouldn't be a spy for the British now, would you?
23:45The spy?
23:46Me?
23:47Well, then what is it you got for him?
23:50This box.
23:51Little silver box.
23:52Took it by mistake.
23:54Think it's important.
23:55The box?
23:56By the flag, it isn't parting.
23:57But he's gone.
23:58Gone to one the Patriots that the British are coming.
24:01Which way, boy?
24:01Which way did he go?
24:02Across the river.
24:04To Charlestown.
24:05All right.
24:05Thank you, boy.
24:06I'll be following.
24:11No, you don't get any boats from me.
24:15There was a crazy man along here an hour ago, and he wanted a boat, too.
24:19My husband was crazy enough to take him.
24:22Do you know what he did?
24:23No, ma'am.
24:24He made my husband take my best petticoat to muggle the oars so they wouldn't splash when they passed that British ship.
24:30My best petticoat, mind you.
24:32When my husband comes back, he's going to get a piece of my mind.
24:35Was his name Paul Revere?
24:37Was he a man of 40-eyed, keen-looking, kind of Frenchy?
24:40Don't know what his right name is, but his name's mud with me.
24:45My best petticoat tore into strips and swimming in that nasty river.
24:49Uh, thank you, ma'am.
24:50I'll get a boat elsewhere.
24:57Mr. Butterwick, sir, be careful.
25:00Your own is right under the stern of a British man of war.
25:02Don't worry.
25:03I see it.
25:04Please, Mr. Butterwick, shh.
25:06Ahoy there.
25:08What do you, Mr. Christian?
25:09I guess not.
25:11Thought I had a boat.
25:12Be careful, Mr. Butterwick.
25:15All right, boy.
25:22Revere, he's been gone an hour.
25:23Gone?
25:24Gone where?
25:25Riding to Lexington to warn Hancock and Adams as soon as he spied the lights up there in the North Church.
25:29I've got to catch him.
25:31It's this box.
25:32He's got to have it.
25:33Where can I get a horse?
25:34Right over here.
25:35Come on.
25:35Out through the darkened streets of Charlestown he rode, on into the black of the countryside.
25:46Once he got lost, but he found his way again and rode on.
25:49It was just dawn as he came inside of Lexington, and the dew was glistening on the green of the April grass.
25:55But Lige Butterwick didn't notice the beauty of the dawn.
25:58The little silver box was hot now and burning in his pocket.
26:01And then suddenly he reined in his horse.
26:04For there on the road were two men carrying a trunk.
26:08And one of them was Paul Revere.
26:09Well, Mr. Veer, say, I'm on time for that little appointment about my toes.
26:16Well, um, it's you.
26:18You are a stubborn man, Mr. Butterwick.
26:21Ah, well.
26:22But, uh, you've given me a merry chase all night.
26:24I've had one myself.
26:26Been captured by the British once and escaped.
26:29Don't know what's still in store for me, but we're carrying a precious cargo here in this trunk.
26:33We're bringing to safety all the private papers of Mr. Hancock and Mr. Adams.
26:38Which reminds me, I have, uh, something for you here.
26:41What?
26:42The silver box.
26:44You've got the silver box.
26:45By mistake, and it's getting frightfully hot in my hand.
26:49Yes, my friend, and a little wonder.
26:52Look across there, Lexington Green.
26:54The green?
26:54What?
26:56Why, there's a line of Lexington men.
26:59And there across the creek, facing them, is a column of British redcoves.
27:03Aye.
27:04Lined up with guns they are, Mr. Butterwick.
27:06They've come to arrest Mr. Hancock and Mr. Adams, and the minute men stand before them.
27:11Mr. Fair, I'm a peaceable man.
27:14I've had little notion of politics.
27:16But I don't like what I saw in Boston.
27:20I don't like soldiers chasing peaceable citizens into tar barrels
27:23for uppity ladies with imported British manners.
27:27And I don't like British redcoats on Lexington Green.
27:30That I don't.
27:31Mr. Butterwick, what are you doing?
27:34I'm stamping on yourself a box, Mr. Revere.
27:36I'm breaking it open.
27:39Do you know what you've done?
27:41You've let out the American Revolution.
27:44Look, they've fired the first shots.
27:46Well, I guess it's about time.
27:49And I guess I'd better be going now.
27:51But, Mr. Butterwick, where are you going?
27:53Home.
27:54Got a musket on the wall there.
27:56I'll be needing it.
27:57But here, what about your tooth?
27:59Oh, a tooth's just a tooth.
28:01But a country's a country.
28:04Anyhow, doesn't ache anymore.
28:05Escape, produced and directed by Norman MacDonald,
28:20tonight brought to you A Tooth for Paul Revere
28:23by Stephen Vincent Benet,
28:24adapted for radio by John Dunkel
28:26and featuring Harry Bartell as Lige Butterwick,
28:29Parley Bear as Paul Revere,
28:31and Barry Kroger as the narrator.
28:33Special music by Ivan Ditmar.
28:35Next week,
28:39you are deep in a fabulous cavern and a mountain,
28:42surrounded by a horde of angry natives from a lost world,
28:45held at the mercy of the most beautiful woman in the world,
28:49the terrible queen called She.
28:59Next week, we escape with H. Ryder Heggard's famous story, She.
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29:06when once again we offer you Escape.
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29:16The still has known her age with her.
29:18And the same time she takes over the past,
29:19this has been her days that her body is the most beautiful woman in the world.
29:20And it is the most beautiful woman in the world.
29:21And I hope she is a great day.
29:21Thank you for listening.
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29:25and the story of the most beautiful woman in the world,
29:25this has been told a lot of years that she continues to be a beautiful woman in the world.
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