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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Felicity Feline Matter (EP1399) · Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas

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first. Now it's time for another adventure with that man with the action packed
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expense account from April seventh of nineteen fifty seven. Here now is the Felicity
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Feline matter from Hollywood. It's time now for Johnny dollars dollar. This is
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Henry Parker with Continental Assurance on in Reno. Well, how are things in
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Nevada, mister Parker and just terrible. I'm sorry to hear that. Yeah,
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there's someone here who would like to speak with you. Oh, give
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me there. Do you suppose it is you? Sli Pinkadins sounds to me
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like a can't tanker his whole character named Jodiah Gillis, Why what are you
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doing? And reado? Mister Gillis, I'll tell you when you get you
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when I get Oh no, now wait a minute, can't wait. If
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I do, he'll be dead and it'll be your fault. Oh a feline
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friend of mine. Oh what? Being uncout like you, you'll probably call
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him a cat. Oh no, look, Joe, Diane, he's rich.
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He's one rich. You say last week he had sixty thousand dollars.
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This week, somebody's making sure he won't live wrong enough to spend it.
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Bob Bailey and the Exciting Adventures of the Man with the Action Packed Expense Account
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America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator That's truly Johnny Dollar expense account submitted by special Investigator
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Johnny Dollar to the Continental Assurance Company Reno, Nevada. The following is an
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account of expenses incurred during my investigation of the Felicity feline matter expense account at
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a one one and sixty four dollars air transportation hard for do Reno. I'm
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rude. I wondered again what Judiah Gillis was doing in Nevada and Reno.
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He was on the flight deck waiting for my plane and standing beside him wearing
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a dark suit and expression the match was a tall, cadaverous looking gentleman.
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As I started down the ramp, Jediah began calling, Yeah, dollar you
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j oh, afternoon today? Where you are all right? Boy? Yes
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you are Johnny. This is my friend and business is Henry Parker. Oh,
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I'm certainly glad you've arrived, sir. That's all. Yes, mister
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Gillis has been quite concerned over Felicity, Felicity the feline. What do you
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think you came out here for your health? Well? No, yeah,
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man, you Parker your checks, my checks? So what's the matter with
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you the altitude to pet your mind? Hand over your claim checks? So
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Parker and petch your luggage. Oh sure, here go on, Parker,
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go on. We haven't got on to whatever you say, mister Gillis.
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We will be in the waiting room. You hurry up? Yes, come
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on, Jadaya. Before I left hart But I tried to check up on
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this Continental Assurance company. Nobody ever heard of it. A lot of things
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those white bellied cloaks in Hertford haven't heard. But the fact is Continental ain't
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exactly worldwide. Oh no, sir, it ain't nationwide. Well just how
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wide is it? But do you know how hard he is from one of
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my cuts? Who black butte it? No good? It's just about that
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way. Oh and Parker is one of the Ragings agents. Parker is the
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president of the Continental, the president, but huge. I mean, whether
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you look peaked, boy, you better sit Jodiah. I shouldn't let the
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man that's paying my salary run after my bag. Pace tesh. Here,
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take a look at this. It's my new business card. Yeah, go
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on read it. Uh. Jodiah gillis chairman of the board Continental What yes,
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sir, but Boyds of England has always carried your policy carriage. Yes,
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past tense. I don't take gup from anybody, especially a niny of
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an insurance agent telling me what I can insure in what I can You had
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a fight with him, yep, My cousin Rachel. She's a sweet girl.
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She lives in the Belgian Congo. She sent me an African ant heita.
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Now, all I wanted Floyd's to do wasn't sure for fifteen thousand dollars,
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And of course they wouldn't. Nope, So you cancel all your policies
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and bought the controlling interest in Continental, same as anybody else would have done.
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All sure, sure, and naturally you ensured this head eating Archie that
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was his name? Was his name? What happened to him? It was
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a terrible thing. Jane ol was just poor Archie. He overen do over.
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He did want that he over, He found a house full of termoils.
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Oh yes, it's finally died and shoot indigestion. Too bad. But
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of course Continental Assurance paid off, because they paid off and with a smile,
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same as they paid off for sixty thousand dollars to my feeline friend Felicity.
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What sixty thousand to Felicity? What do you think the sixty thousand Felicity
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inherited from Missus hammer Mier. And who is missus was? Was? What?
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All right? Was Missus Hamil the client of Henry Parker's had a life
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policy for sixty thousand. Felicity was the beneficiary, but didn't she have any
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children or relatives. She had one brother, a nephew, and a niece,
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of course, not counting Missus Hawkins, who was Missus Hammermeyer's best friend.
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You see, the two ladies live together fifteen years and right now Missus
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Hawkins has been appointed trustee who administer the sixty grand as Felicity needs. I
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see you meet here as soon as we get settled. Judiah, what makes
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you think someone's trying to kill that? I don't think so. I know
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it. I've been two attempts in two weeks. You ask Missus Hawkins,
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she was mister dolla. Ah, It's about time packed, cord johnnick Man.
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We'll take you down to the Mapes. The Mapes the Mapes Hotel.
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I'm staying there, and if it's good enough for me, it's good enough
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for you. The Mape's Hotel stands high above Virginia Street, overlooking the Truckey
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River. After Gillis checked me in and introduced me to the owner, mister
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Childs Mapes, I unpacked and went with Judiah out of the old Hamilmeer place
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where Felicity the cat, Missus Hawkins, and the relatives still live. We
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rang the old fashioned door bell and waited. In a moment, the door
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was opened by a pasty faced man of about twenty eight. Yeah, oh,
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mister gillis, Yes, afternoon, Oscar Missus Hawkins in, ain't she
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always? Who's he is a friend of mine who's also an insurance investigator and
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names Johnny Dollard, Johnny. This is Oscar Emmett, the late Missus hammer
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Myers nephew. I am. I suppose you hear about that lousy cat.
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That's right? Uh, come on in, I'll tell the old lady here.
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You know where the living room is, that, don't you? Indeed?
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I do? Oh. Friendly is like the rest of the Emmetts.
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They just can't stand seeing Felicity eat steak when they got to have tuna cast
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role in here? That all right? Well, what kind of work does
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he do? We're Oscar. None of the Emmetts worked, not even Missus
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hammil Myer's brother, Emmet Emmett spends all his time in the gambling halls.
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You know, gambling is legal here. He a professional. Oh no,
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no, he's got a slot machine route He moves around poking his finger in
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the payoff trays, picking up the nickels and dimes, and people overlook it's
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dowity. That cat has claws. Oh yes, step on his tail,
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your stupids tell you sorry, well I didn't know. Sorry for all the
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bats mansesn't see you. Go on, you get right down off that piter.
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You hear me? H oh, mister Gillis, would you use your
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influence please try missus Uggins Felicity, Come on, Ny, that's a good
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now. I just put out a nice dish of scallops for him. Oh
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you hear ethnicity scallops? Oh yum yum yere. So you run along o
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you declare, I've never seen a man who has such a way with animals.
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Well, and that goes but lonely widows two. Mister gillis leone.
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J oh yeah, missus Hockey, Leona is Justine. This is the young
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fellow I was telling you about Johnny Dollar. Oh oh well, this is
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indeed a pleasure. Mister Dolla told me so much about you that you're much
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more handsome than I imagine. Mister good Grave with Leona, you just tell
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him what's been going on around here? You mean about Felicity. That's what
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it means. Well, somebody's after him, trying to kill him. Tell
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me has an actual attempt and made on his life. Wednesday night, a
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week ago, I let him out just before I went to bed, like
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all h he been out about an hour when it started. The poor and
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knowing Felicity hates to get wet ouse in the front door to call him.
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Well, just as he was Croston Street, I heard this big car start
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up and it looms straight for Felicity. Whoever was driving it almost turned over
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trying to hit here. He didn't get a good look at the driver.
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I didn't get any kind of a look with two dollars? What about the
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car? What make was it? If I knew that, I'd have already
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told you I haven't any secrets from him. Last Thursday he was poisoned.
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That's what that said. Somebody put arsenic in his lobster. Lobster, Oh,
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yes, he just loves it. According to the instruction missus Hamilmyer left,
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he used to have lobster once a week, stake three times, and
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boiled chicken every Sunday. Yeah, and as long as I take care of
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and obey her instructions. I could live here rent free, stamens her kidney.
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Emmetts Uh huh. Mister gillis just who gets Felicity's money in case he
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dies? Emett family, we aren't shure. Oh why is that? Because
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missus hammer Mask left the seal in the loope to be opened only in the
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event of Felicity's death. Damn still get all it's left, mister Dollar.
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I'm sure. Oh no, no, no, no, you must look
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on the dark side. Well, I did rob Mildred's missus hamil Myer's back
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and bunions for a good many years, did her marketing, so she got
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her medicine on time. I do hope she appreciated she did. She did
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leon on you see you, dear everybody in the living room. I figure
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they start flocking in at the time. Dollar. Yeah, it's Joyce,
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Emmett Denie. She hates cats, told me so herself. Do I have
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time to take a shower before dinner? Oh? I didn't know he had
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come, mister Joyce, you both know mister gillis Yes, I am mister
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Gill terrible And this is mister Johnny Doller. He's investigating the trouble we've had
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about Felicity after the would be cat killer Johnny, that's right. If I
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you never catch him or her, could be a woman, you know,
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Oh yes, yes, it most certainly could. Joyce. The way you
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say that, you act as if you want mister Dollar to start investigating you.
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Maybe I too. How about it, Johnny, Well how do you
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feel about Felicity missus name as everyone else in this house? I know that
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I had no business leaving all our money to that, that creeping night crawler.
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Well he is, mister Dollar. Just what interest do you have in
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Felicity? He is an insured mister Gillis sent for me. Mister Emmond,
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he did, Yes, I did. Continental has a moral responsibility to see
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that the funds handed over to widows, children and dumb animals are protected from
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swindlers, canivers and regards of which I'm sure this house has many. Why
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you pompous, wrinkled all room all Joyce, if you can't hold your tongue
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and leave the room, Well what I said is the truth. Man,
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his age getting romantic, you are thirty years from now you'll be mighty grabbed
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me and my age ken gets romantic. That's tell ceremedy, curremedy. Do
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you share your daughter's opinion on Felicity, Well, of course I do.
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I'm a dog man. Besides, I can't see why she left all that
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money to the critter. Missus Hawfin just figured out what a cost to keep
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him like a king every week. Yes, yes, twenty three dollars,
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maybe a trifle more by the time I get him out of the pretty kitty,
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the pretty kitty with the beauty parlor. The cat Felicity had a standing
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appointment there every Friday at once. Oh, no, twenty three dollars a
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week. You know how many weeks it'll take him to spend that sixty thousand?
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Not call me interests of the LAUP while he's doing it. No,
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not exactly twenty six hundred weeks. Fifty years, believe me the odds.
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And any cat living to be fifty years old, who will? I'll let
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you at ten to one, he doesn't live another six months. Joy,
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speak of the devil. Well, hello to Felicity. Oh did you know
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we were talking about you? You pitied up all your dinner. Felicity needs
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some time and doesn't need all his collars. Last week I gave them to
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Oscar. Oh, it's disgusting. Well look at him. He thinks he
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owns us. What do you mean? Thinks? A few minutes later,
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Jodiah drove me back to the Mapes. Whether was the ems or Missus Hawkins
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who wanted Felicity out of the way? I didn't know, but I didn't
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know. We should get him out of that house as soon as possible.
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I changed my clothes, met Jo Diana's friend Charlie Mabeson, the skyrim for
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Denna, did a bit of gambling, then went to bed. Must have
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been about three point thirty when the phone ranging Hello, Hell, not a
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pa, answer me? Who is Missus Hawkins? I tried to get mister
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Gillis, but he left where he wasn't to be disturbed. Oh, well,
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what is it, Missus Hawkins? What's wrong? Oh it's terrible.
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Oh it's just terrible. What what is it? What's happened Felicity? He?
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Oh, he Felicity? What I let him out about Tim? But
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she has disappeared? Did not I know? He's been killed? Act two
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of yours, truly Johnny Dollar in a moment. Anyone who has survived the
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rigors of basic training is familiar with a great variety of milk that is dished
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out periodically in the Armed forces. Let's frozen milk, concentrated milk, frozen
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concentrate, and good old powdered milk, but sometimes supplying wholesome, fresh real
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milk has been a problem when servicemen have been stationed in out of the way
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places. The United States Air Force came across that problem some time ago in
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the island of Tesyra in the Azores, those Portuguese islands that got an eastern
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portion of the Atlantic Ocean. The air base there was considered powdered milk country
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for a long time. Although cattle have played an important role in the economy
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of the island of Taesya, the herd was badly in bread and milk production
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was very low. Modern milk processing was not a part of the picture,
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and with the help of Portuguese veterinarians, the men in the United States Air
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Force unit worked out a free breeding service by using a small herd of milk
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cows acquired in England, and the cattle there at Teessa improved. Then a
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complete pasteurizing, homogenizing, sterilizing, bottling refrigeration plant was flown in from the
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United States. As soon as this activity got underway, milk production began to
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climb steadily, and thirsty air force men and civilians were soon buying and drinking
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the new fresh milk. When economy of the island began to rise rapidly,
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the people were happy and grateful, you might say, the little milk of
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human kindness increased understanding on an island of freedom, the right of all men
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everywhere, no act too of yours, truly, Johnny Dollar and the Felicity
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feline matter. A few minutes later, Jediah Gillis and I were at the
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old Hamilmeyer home. Joyce and her father, along with Missus Hawkins were waiting
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for us. Oscar Emmett was nowhere to be found. He's the one,
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Johnny here said that shifty critics, that Oscar. He's toole Felicity and he's
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going to dream in that pool. For heaven's sake, mister Gillis, pull
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yourself together. Ostra could be downtown having a run a up. Mister Dolly
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Well of his his gambling. This time of night, he shouldn't be too
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hard to find. Missus Hawkins. Yes, when did you first realize Felicity
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was missing. Why about an hour ago? I guess it was I won't
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come and remember he was still outside. So I came down and called him.
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Always before, ever since he was a little kitten, he's come back
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home for me. But tonight, well he's just nowhere to be found.
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Time did you let him out? About ten thirty sametimes? I always do?
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Were you at home? And Joyce? Now she wasn't. I had
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a real good day yesterday, collected almost four dollars. So I took it
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to a movie. A movie that's a likely story I've ever heard. It
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happens to be the truth, mister Gillis, what do you see come on
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coming? It was an old one about a giant gorilla. That's right,
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I'll bet I'll bet Joda Juda if anything has happened poor Felicity were well,
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how much time will we be given before we have to move out of this
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house? With that such of the court. But I see a couple of
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weeks, that's all? Oh, when it's holy deserve all except you,
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my dear Well, Johnny, you've been unusually quired. What do you think
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I think we'll take in the light spots? Should I see how our luck's
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running. We started at the Mapes and went down Virginia Street, stopping in
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at every gambly casiito, hoping we'd find oscar Emine. Finally we found them
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at one of the Roulette Whels and Harrow's Club, and front of him was
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a large stack of chips if you bet, ladies and government. But there's
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a couple of seats around here Jones. Oh thanks, we'll just watch our
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friend and a very lucky friend. He is too, with these on thirty
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two and these on asking well, what are you two doing here? We've
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been looking for you, that's what for? You know? What for you?
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Cat Knapper? What'd you do with Felicity? Cat? You know any
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other Felicity? You know? Good lif all bits of don't wait a minute,
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I wanted these tips on thirteen black All right, Oh that's the down
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what now see what you do? Maybe do event thirteen hits, Well what
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do you want to see me about? We told you Felicity? Now where
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he is? How would I know? Where have you been since ten thirty
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this evening? All around town? How long have you been here? Long
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enough? Look out home fifteen and I don't you'll see what you two pounds
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cost me take my mind off what I'm doing. I'll get out of my
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way. I'm cashing and you're not doing nothing To the answer questions, mister
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oscar, am it you hear me? Oh? Yeah, oh hey,
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yes, an I should I? Are you all right? Yes, there's
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your fine body. God, you'd make a right I'm mistericulous. I'm I'm
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sorry. I didn't really mean to hitch you. Yes, her, come
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here, let me help you up. Are you sure you all right?
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Should that? Yes? If I could just sit here and I'll be fine?
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Okay, k, folks is all over, Let's get back to ow
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business. Oh, I want to come over here a second dollar? If
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you say something that crazy old fool. I didn't really mean to hit him
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so hard, but he you know how it is. Sometimes that was the
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best run of look I had this year. Well, I don't worry about
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your diet. He sometimes forguess he's not as young as he used to be.
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You can say that again, by the way, he's been letting that
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missus Hawkins make a fool of him. What do you mean, Oh,
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you know, telling him how much she's in love with him, how nice
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it'll be after they're married. You know you heard her say this. Sure,
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you see my rooms on the first boart, just off the parlor,
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and I can't help but here what's going on? Uh huh? Well,
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what makes you think Missus Hawkins isn't sincere Because she's been given the same mind
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of mister remit the money. She's she really loves him. Oh yes,
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sir, Sometimes he argues with it and she breaks out crying. Now that's
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something no woman like her could fake. Yeah, maybe you're right. I
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didn't tell Jodiah what I've learned from Oscar, at least not then. The
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wind had already been taken out of his sales. So I took him back
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to the Mapes. I made sure he was johning to be all right.
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Then I returned to the old Hamilmeyer house. Joyce, mister remen of Missus
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Hawkins. We're out in the yard hunting for Felicity. Hi, Johnny Woll,
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Hi, so we've got some coffee in size. You're interested coffee?
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Sure? But have you found any sign of Felicity? Not yet. When
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he's talking, she's about go out of her mind. Did you find Oscar
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last night? Yeah? Yeah, he's been having a session downtown at a
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rulette table. That's what I thought, Johnny. What will happen if we
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don't find Felsen. I mean, if he's just run away, we won't
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be able to prove he's dead, and the money, Well, what will
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happened? You know? Well, I imagine there'll be a waiting period and
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then the court will declare Felicity dead and the money will go wherever missus Hamillmeyer
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has wildered. Oh, I sure wish I knew what's in the envelope.
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Mister Gillis has locked in his office. Is dead here, Johnny. He
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found something in the garage. The garage just about twenty five yards from where
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we've been standing. We made it nothing flatten inside, dred the back and
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on the ground was a small hatchet and the other hatchet with some blood and
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cat. Oh Johnny, Oh no, oh, the poor poor thing.
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Well it looks like he met his end here and then whoever did it carted
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him away. Yeah, looks that way, Johnnie, Take me out of
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here. So shamed. And you know, I hated that cat. I
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really wanted him dead, but not like this. Oh hey, hey,
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hey, come on now, silly, I'm using it. No, I
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don't think it is, yes, ma'am. Will you be kind enough to
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know the time and to give us Oh i'm ot say that I just couldn't
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speak about it over the telephone. Of course, I'll be glad to.
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I drove to Diana's car back to the hotel. I made sure he was
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feeling better than told him what we found in the garage. Naturally, he
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wanted to call out the police reserves, when I managed to talk him out
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of it. At ten o'clock, I made some telephone calls to the local
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banks. When I got the information I've been after Jadiah, and I again
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drove out to the ham of my house. Well I expected you two gentlemen
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a couple of hours ago. Sorry, missus Hawkins, I had some things
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to take care of. Oh, well, come in. What's the matter
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with your dad? Gillis? You've been fighting? Who I have? Women?
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Who I have feet? Darling? And your age? Seems like I
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have a lot of crazy fool things my age? Now, just what do
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you mean by that? You know very well was pulling the rul of my
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eyes. Let me think that I found a true sweetheart at last. Oh,
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you you miserable Jezebel, mister dollar whatever is he talking about? How
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about you and mister Emmitt and how you planned to use Jodia's friendship to get
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you out of trouble in case your little scheme failed. Well I still don't
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understand. No, Well, suppose I tell you that you did away with
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felicity yourself. Why are you You can't prove that. I will need to
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Jodiah's having a copy made of all your bank deposits since the time you moved
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in with missus Hamilmayer fifteen years ago and started taking care of her by paying
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her bills, ordering her food and medicine, and pocketing a good share of
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the money for yourself. Well, why shouldn't I have She didn't give me
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one seven I know, and your bank balance shows you have forty seven dollars
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on deposit. All right, all right, but I'll be it back.
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You'll see. Oh, they won't be able to do a thing to me.
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No, sir, Mildred Hammermeyer appreciated me, even if nobody else did
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or does. You will see my name will be in that envelope. She
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wants at bleed to have that money all the time. I know she did.
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Ready to read the will, joy she and your father sit over there
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wherever you see me? Okay, should I am over the world? Sure,
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But if it does give the money to missus hammer Meyer should spin in
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her grave. If it does, read it. If you're there, you
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you old, don't you? Miserable female woman? He is luisas now he
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codistle to the last Will and Testament of Milder Emmett. How am I witness
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spaces a lot of legal gab A give me I the money's unspent after the
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death of the cat known as Felicity, shall mister Gills no time for laughing
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Gill? Yes, oh God, I read this thing again. The money's
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unspent shall then go through the descendants of the original air. Yes, the
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original air is Felicity. Now the money goes to his descendants. And being
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as he was a tomcat who loved to go prowling at night, did you
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ever have descendants hundredth of the We'll say what happened later, proof once and
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for all the miracles can happen. At one o'clock on Friday afternoon, we
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had a phone call from a pretty kitty beauty shop. A large tom with
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a bad cut on the back of his neck had shown up for his usual
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shampoo and manicure. Maybe they do have nine lives expense account total including hotel
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bill, incidentals and transportation back to heart fridg four hundred and seven dollars and
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twenty cents. Yours truly, Johnny Dollar, No, you're a dour star.
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They tell you about next week's story. Next week an actor who talked
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nothing but Shakespeare and who talked himself into his grave. Join us, won't
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you? Yours truly Johnny Dollar? Welcome back. Well, once again we
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see Jack Johnstone's preference for recurring themes and settings. Jediah Gillis means another bizarre
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animal case and we find him having bought his own insurance company to underwrite all
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of his various fancy animal purchases, which is a nice touch. This guy
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is definitely and eccentric, and so this character is Taylor made for Howard McNear
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to play and a fun break for Johnny, though not much of a break
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given that last week's was also somewhat of a lighter episode. It also wasn't
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so light at the end with what appeared to happen with the cat, and
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you have to wonder whether the note that the cat was okay, which was
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extremely unlikely was added afterwards or at the insistence of someone in the network,
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as I wasn't too happy when I heard of the description of the acts and
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the kittifer, the acts and the kittifer, I was like, Oh,
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that doesn't sound good at all, But the cat lives so good for that
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and the contents of the codicil at the end. I just had to laugh
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at that. And that does call into that question that whole being of a
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sound mind thing when it comes to prepairing a state documents, because you know,
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whoever takes care of that cat has to hope that the cat lives a
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really long time until all the money spend, because that would be a mast
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to sort out. As Johnny said, hundreds of potential airs. So then
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again, does a cat have airs for the purpose of making a will?
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Oh, the fun legal questions that get raised on this series at any rate.
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We turn to some listener comments and feedback, and we start with one
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regarding the Harley Baron Matter episode thirteen eighty seven. Bobby Lay says, this
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is one of my new favorite episod. So it's because I love the cloak
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and dagger aspect of the Department of Defense Contractors slash Government World thrown in there.
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Well, thanks Bob, and I appreciate the feedback, and I definitely
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do appreciate when detective shows are able to work in a little bit of espionage
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and mystery mixed together. I'm looking forward personally to the man called X great
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series. I listened to a little bit of the shows that I'm hoping to
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do one day, just as long as I'm not within a year of actually
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getting into the series, and it was just listening to some man called Act
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good stuff. The one thing I've noticed is the Ken Thurston's cover is blown
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all the time in that show. In the CBS version, it seems a
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favor a recurring theme to have a character announced that they know Thurston is the
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man called acts, so not much of a secret agent. I don't think
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this is the last time, though the Parley Baron matter that Johnny Dowler will
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interact with the Cold War. So we'll see what else is ahead. Now
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onto some comments regarding the new microphone. Charlene says, sometimes you are so
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funny. I love to laugh, and when you ask for feedback on the
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new mic, I certainly did laugh. The mic is good, but I
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hope you never have any real feedback on it, as that is painful to
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the years involved in the meantime laughing out loud, et cetera. Thanks for
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that. Well, thanks so much, Charlene. It was not intentional,
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but now that you mentioned it does sound kind of funny. Lisa comments your
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Logitech microphone is great and was on to say also, I've been listening and
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supporting you for a while. This week I discontinued my pay TV and only
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get over the air intern of TV, old Time radio and public TV.
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British mysteries are my favorite entertainment. Love your show. Listen to it every
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night after I go to bed. Also listen to it when walking outdoors.
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I don't miss pay TV. Thanks and keep up the good work from Lisa.
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Well, thanks so much. Lisa, appreciate your comment and I hear
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you regarding pay TV. A lot of folks use it, but there are
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also I think, particularly since digital television in many areas a lot more over
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the air channels, a lot of people can get me TV or RTV stations
34:45
that have a lot of older programs on it for free. But glad to
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be able to provide you entertainment as you go. Appreciate your comment, Lisa.
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All right, well, we will be back tomorrow with Dragnet, and
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next Friday it's another episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. In the meantime,
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