The Bat
1
Can you keep a secret?
Don't reveal the identity
of "The Bat". Future
audiences will fully enjoy
this mystery play if left to
find out for themselves.
2
Gideon Bell, lover of
rare jewels, owner
of the famous
Favre Emeralds.
3
"Send for Detective
Moletti - quick! He'll
get 'The Bat'!"
4
"I'll send 'The Bat' to
the chair, if it's the last
thing I do!"
5
The lonely mansion
designed and built
by Courtleigh
Fleming, President of
the Oakdale Bank.
6
Cornelia Van Gorder, of
New York, has leased
the Fleming place in
search of peace and quiet.
7
"LIZ--ZIE!"
8
Lizzie Allen, Cornelia's
maid - thinks the
Man Without a
Country isn't as bad off
as the Woman Without
a City.
9
"I see by the papers
'The Bat' is around.
I'm settin' a bear-trap
for him."
10
"Who put that ladder
in the laundry-chute?"
11
"This is the happy home
of the Heebee-Jeebees.
Doors slam - loose feet
roam around - lights
go out -"
12
"The lights go out
because they're having
trouble at the power
house."
13
"For twenty years I've
stood by you through
Socialism, Theosophism
and Rheumatism - -
but I draw the line at
Spookism!"
14
"THE BAT!"
15
Richard Fleming, the
banker's spendthrift
nephew.
16
"You lost no time leasing
your uncle's house.
You'd grab money any
old way - to square
your gambling debts -"
17
"There are reasons why
that house mustn't be
occupied just now. We'll
have to frighten that
Van Gorder woman
and her niece away."
18
"Keep them off, dear -
you'll be recognized."
19
"I wonder why you're
doing all this for me,
Dale?"
20
"Because - I love you!"
21
"Maybe he's 'The Bat'!"
22
"That Jap butler gives
me the Willies. The
Flemings threw him
in with the lease - -
but I'd throw him out!"
23
"Auntie, I had the
Employment Agency
send you a new
gardener."
24
"No use hirin' help. The
house is haunted - we've
sent for detectives."
25
"Man here - say name
Brooks - - he new
gardener."
26
"Let me look over your
references, young man."
27
"Auntie, the Agency
recommended Brooks
very highly - -"
28
"Know anything about
perennials?"
29
"Er - - perennials are
the ones that keep
their leaves during
the winter - -"
30
"Any experience with
Alopecia - -"
31
"- Urticaria -"
32
"- - or Rubeola?"
33
"Why - er - they - er -
they lose their leaves in
the summer!"
34
"Billy will show you
to your room."
35
"Maybe he's 'The Bat'!"
36
"I know he's not a
gardener. Alopecia,
Urticaria and Rubeola
mean Baldness, Hives
and Measles!"
37
"Dr. Wells - - Fleming
doctor - - see you."
38
"Someone is trying to
scare me out of this
house, doctor."
39
"Merchant - Lawyer -"
40
" - - Doctor - -"
41
"- - BAT!"
42
"Will you please fasten
that window?"
43
"Doctor, you didn't
fasten it."
44
"Man here - say name
Moletti - detective."
45
"This house belonged
to the late Courtleigh
Fleming, president of
the Oakdale Bank -"
46
"You may see strange
things under this roof.
If anything happens,
phone me."
47
"I wouldn't look for it
now, dear - there's a
detective downstairs."
48
"What's your full name?"
49
"Lizzie Allen - whether
I'm full or not."
50
"How old are you?"
51
"Twenty-two."
52
"She's forty!"
53
"When this house was
built, I overheard the
architect and Courtleigh
Fleming discussing a
hidden room."
54
"Could there be any
connection between the
goings-on here and the
Oakdale Bank robbery?"
55
"I believe the Bank's
money is in a hidden
room in this house."
56
"A face with twenty
eyes - I counted 'em -
ran up that staircase!"
57
"A hidden room would
show on the blueprints.
You'll find them in
the old chest in the
dining-room."
58
"If that money's here -
do you think I'm fool
enough to turn it over
to you?"
59
"It belongs to the Bank!"
60
"Bank, nothing! If there's
any money here, it's
mine!"
61
"I want that piece of
blueprint."
62
"You go to H--l!"
63
"There's a detective
here. If you go up
those stairs, I'll call
him!"
64
"Give me that blueprint!"
65
"It's Richard Fleming!
Someone shot him from
the stairs - -"
66
"He's the new gardener."
67
"One shot has been fired
from this revolver."
68
"I fired that shot myself,
last night."
69
"Quick thinking, Miss
Van Gorder - but I must
arrest your niece."
70
"You can't arrest her
without a Coroner's
verdict - - and you'll
have to get Doctor
Wells for that."
71
"What became of the
rest of this?"
72
"Where's the torn piece?"
73
"The missing piece shows
the hidden room - -
and you shot Fleming
to get it!"
74
"I didn't - I didn't -
I tell you!"
75
"Who flung that piano?"
76
"Who are you?"
77
"Who am I? Bloodhound
Anderson - Super-Sleuth
of Oakdale County!"
78
"Did you hire this
fellow?"
79
"I'm sorry to say I did -
over the phone - from
the Judkins Detective
Agency."
80
"Did you look around
outside?"
81
"My favorite method is
to work outside from
the inside."
82
"Dick Fleming? Who
done it?"
83
"That's what you're
being paid to find out!"
84
"Leave it to me. I'll
find out all right, all
right!"
85
"Horrible groans - -
somebody's in terrible
distress - -"
86
"It's the house phone
to the garage!"
87
"Look! The shadow of
a Bat!"
88
"Why don't you see
who it is?"
89
"A lot of excitement
over a moth-miller on
a headlight!"
90
"Tell me exactly how
Dick Fleming died."
91
"Have you a pocket
flashlight?"
92
"Auntie, take this flash-
light and go up the
stairs."
93
"- but I managed to
snatch part of the
blueprint - -"
94
"I tucked it in a Parker
House roll on the tray
and - -"
95
"Don't worry because
the detective suspects
your niece. I'll attend
to things."
96
"Come out of there!"
97
"Brooks Bailey - - the
missing cashier of the
Oakdale Bank!"
98
"I arrest you for robbery,
murder, impersonation
and - - and - -"
99
"You needn't arrest this
young man. He's in my
employ, and I'll be
responsible for him."
100
"Brooks and I are engaged.
They'd arrest him for the
bank robbery - he's here
to find the money and
clear himself."
101
"When you want to
fool Auntie, dear, don't
bring a gardener with
manicured fingernails."
102
"I'm in charge of this
case, Doctor. I'll trouble
you for that bit of
blueprint."
103
"Wonder where that
hidden room could
be - -"
104
"I haven't the slightest
idea."
105
"The rapping leads
right into the haunted
ballroom!"
106
"Candles won't stay lit
in here - - something
blows 'em out!"
107
"Have you seen Detective
Moletti?"
108
"I haven't. Perhaps
he's on the verandah -
I'll look."
109
"Who are you? What
are you doing here?"
110
"Ain't nothing in his
pockets to identify
him."
111
"You'd better look
outside."
112
"You'd better go
with him."
113
"No use taking unnecessary
chances. One is enough to
sacrifice!"
114
"Banker Fleming is
alive - I just saw him
cross the roof!"
115
"Stay here, Jappy. Watch
that invalid in the other
room."
116
"Try that window on
the side of the roof."
117
"Don't get panicky,
Bloodhound. I'll tie the
other end around my
waist!"
118
"I'm all right."
119
"Keep quiet - or I'll -"
120
"I want the combination
of that safe!"
121
"What's he lookin' at?"
122
"Stop that man! He's
'The Bat'!"
123
"He ain't dazed - -
he's just actin'!"
124
"When you handcuff a
man - always take the
key from his pocket."
125
"- You put out that
candle and let 'The Bat'
escape!"
126
"I'll settle with you -
and I'll settle good
and proper - later!"
127
"If he ain't 'The Bat',
he's in cahoots with
him!"
128
"- and he couldn't tell
who he is or how he
got here!"
129
"Know me?"
130
"Ever hear of Detective
Moletti before?"
131
"Have you a gun?"
132
"If he makes one wrong
move - shoot to kill!"
133
"You see - - there's
nothing here. Your niece
has been imagining
things."
134
"Somebody's going across
the skylight!"
135
"I just wanted to get
rid of those dumb
detectives."
136
"C. F. stands for Courtleigh
Fleming!"
137
"I'm convinced that
Dale is right. Courtleigh
Fleming's been up
here - and we'll find
him."
138
"Don't open it - there
may be a bomb inside!"
139
"Courtleigh Fleming -
dead!"
140
"Open that satchel!"
141
"If that's the $200,000,
Fleming robbed his
own bank!"
142
"- - and Doctor Wells
was in league with him -
forging that Colorado
death certificate."
143
"- they planned to split
the money and put the
blame on me - -"
144
"The garage is on fire!"
145
"If you value your lives,
do just as I order!"
146
"'The Bat' set that
garage afire - a trick
to draw you away
from the house - -"
147
"Put out the lights!"
148
"Remember - - he's
a killer - -"
149
"He's coming back for
that satchel with the
money!"
150
"Search him!"
151
"Thought you were rid
of me when you
knocked me cold and
tied me up in the
garage!"
152 [in small type]
"I arrest you for murder,
robbery, arson - and -
and -"
153
"I am Moletti. He locked
me in the garage - -
stole my papers - - and
impersonated me."
154
"Hands up - - you!"
155
"Why should I? I removed
the cartridges from that
gun ten minutes ago!"
156
"My first lie in an
otherwise stainless
life!"
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