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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Harpooned Angler Matter (EP0785) · Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas

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Another called what Made the Golden Age Shine? Kind of a manifesto, and
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so we're working on that. All right. Well, now it's time to
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get into today's episode of Yours Truly, Johnny Doller. This one is called
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The Harpooned Angler Manner. Well, y'are listening enjoyment? John lund As,
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Johnny Da Philip Martin, Johnny, got your passport ready? Where to now?
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French riviera town called Cassis has got a death clam from there on a
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policy holder by the name of Arnold Burn. Yet something wrong with the claim
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Policies for seventy five thousand was written thirty three years ago. Well, so
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what don't you ever expect your policy holders to die with fishing spears driven through
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their back? I'll be ready in an hour, Hi, Phillip, care
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to join me in a quick look at the ask? Okay, here goes
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back around eighteen ninety, Charles Dudley Warner, who was editor of the Hartford
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Current, wrote in an editorial everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does
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anything about it. Well, maybe no one did in eighteen ninety, but
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someone definitely has since then. Our United States weatherman, he's quite a busy
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gentleman who works for the Department of Commerce. His job is who read thermometers,
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barometers, anemometers, and other assorted meters which forecast weather conditions so the
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rest of us will know what to plan or what not to plan, like
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hanging out the water going to a baseball game. Information about weather conditions is
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also given to aircraft pilots and ship captains so they can plan their flights or
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cruises accordingly. Of course, they need more than just weather data, and
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the Commerce Department gives them what they need. The pilots, the department issues
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aviation charts and maps and sees to it that air markers are laid out so
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that the pilots can find their way easily and safely. For the ship captains,
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the Commerce Department issues nautical charts and tide tables to indicate when and where
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it will be safe to navigate their ships. The department also inspects the ships
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to see that they're in perfect operating condition and issues licenses for the operating of
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the ships. So the next time you look up at the sky and wonder
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what kind of a day it's going to be. The thought might also cross
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your mind that many lives and valuable cargo carried by American planes and ships are
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depending on the United States weatherman who is also looking at the sky expect account
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submitted by Special Investigator Johnny Daughter to Home Office, washingtony and Life Insurance Company
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in Hartford, Connecticut. The following is an accounting of expenditures during my investigation
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of the harpooned Angler matter Expense to count ITOM one four hundred and seventy three
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dollars and twenty five cents airfare, railroad transportation and incidentals between Hartford and Cassie's
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Friend. Expense to count item two fifty dollars. Rental of a snappy in
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nineteen thirty seven Nibox, Victoria. After an invigorating journey from the rental agency
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marred only by an engine breakdown in the blowout, I arrived at the office
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of the man who sent in the death claim on behalf of Arnold Banner's widow.
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Welcome will become my darling, mister daughter, Welcome to Cussy Well,
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Thank you are you a convec school. Dear man comes largelow under at your
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service? Are you were here concerning poor dear departure Donold brand ghee? Yes,
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that's the ghostly seeking to have to so unfortunate so so here one moment
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in the next. But why should we dwell up an unhappy thing? You
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will give me the insurance check for seventy five thousand dollars made payable to Magda
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Banner. I will give you the receipt and we will have disposed everything.
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No, not quite just what is your possession and a spectre account perfectly simple
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daling dollar count large London SCOO renders his most capable services to those who require
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assistance in delicate matters financial and otherwise. For a slight consideration, of course,
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you might call me a charge dare for the bereaved and the unfortunate.
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I say, now, what is his business about a phishing spear? Oh
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yeah, so inconsiderate of deer Arnold to come to his end in so sordid
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a manner A phishing spear, So indelicate of poor Arnold at least it's unusual.
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Do you mind telling me how it happened? I thought you knew Magdalen
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dollar deer Arnold was engaged in what has so unfortunately become the sport of the
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review of what that Oh, an insanity, my dear man, an incredible
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insanity which leads one to penetrate the very depth of the ocean clad only in
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swimming trunks and a cumbersome, unbecoming helmet of some kind. Or you're talking
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about skin diving, Well, whatever term one chooses to call it, it
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is a most incredible, ungentlemanly sport. Okay, Arnold Vernaer was skin diving,
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then, what, my darling dollar, It was all so sordid but
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so simple. When he had been underwater for over an hour, somebody found
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him, he was brought up to the surface, and then he was dead
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with a fishing spear in his back. Precisely now, so who we have
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disposed a matter of dear Arnold's pat ma'am, if it's beneficiary was responsible for
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having planted that sphere, Oh, my dear dollar, what a ghastly thing
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to say. Such a dear, sweet, lovable creature as Marc Debenia couldn't
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possibly have been so indiscreet as to have done such a thing. Now,
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this simply could not be, would think, what would happened then to my
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remuneration for handling me said yeah, I left a good count and drove down
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to the Bargner villa to pay my respects to the widow. Her establishment was
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located on a bluff overlooking the gulfs de Leon. The scenery was magnificent looking
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for me. It's your ballot. If you're a Missus Arnold Bernie, I
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am sep down. Thanks. A beautiful day does not miss here. It's
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sun so it's a freeze, a gentleman connection to the king. You're a
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sun worshiper, Missus Barnian. I wish up all the things that I must
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expired in life. Oh beauty, come home, looks pers the delicate way
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of perfectly matched p You have expensive days? Why should I not pass?
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No reason? If you can afford them. You do only request money.
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Most people can't discuss the words so easily. Most people are not negatable near
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it. I knows was an excellent provider. I was wondering when you were
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going to come around to him. You think I should have mentioned my dead
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husband sooner? Sounds reasonable. That's why, Well you knew who I was
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when I arrived. That means Zandeski must have phoned you saw you know why
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I'm here? That is quite true. And you still don't think the subject
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shouldn't come up sooner? Why shouldn't It is unno important to me? What
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isn't your husband's death or my investigation? Your husband was murdered, Missus Barnier.
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Aren't you interested in determining who did it? It would not give uns
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back reply No, but it could affect yours if you were involved in it
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in some way. You rather fantastic conception if your dollar. If you must
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pursue this pointless investigation, I suggest you attain all your future information from the
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younger police inspector on it. Well, there's one thing I don't think you
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can tell me, no, how you really felt about your husband, Inspector
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lan Yeah, proved to be a welcome relief from both count laslow and Escu
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and the lovely cold blooded Mark de Bagner. But he wasn't a great deal
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more enlightening, Yes, mister dollar. Skin diving was a favorite fast time
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of Monsieur Delanner. He would often indulge in it hours at a time.
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He used some kind of aqua long equipment. Inspector hernet and face mask equipped
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with confessed air its enabled him to stay down under water for approximately an hour
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at a time. Only this time he did not come up. Who discovered
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the body? Monsieur David No. Who is he? A young American scientist
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who is conducting underwater explorations along the Casis coast. He had a small ship
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to Diana from which he operates collecting marine specimens. He had reached the depth
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of some hundred feet and was about to return to the surface when he just
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a small groppo in one side of the block. Flying just inside the entrance
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was the body of Sieur Delgner with a fishing spear through an emphasise. So
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sometime between ten thirty and noon, someone met Bilgner under water and killed him.
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Any idea who I could have been at this time of year? The
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cold is filled with underwater swimmers indulging in this latest phrase of the Riviera.
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And what about this spear itself an ordinary fishing spear discharged from a compast air
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tube. Its counterpart may be found in hundreds of hands. Any personal suspects
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annual list and Afred not what about Marc Debigner? And certainly there was no
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financial motivation. There's a seventy five thousand dollars insurance policy. I assure you
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that means nothing. Belnier was an immensely wealthy man. Well, what about
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business associates? He had been retired for twenty years and a journey by the
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name of Almand got Kier. And that's say, Handles is a fails.
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We have checked in perfect order. Any personal enemies so far as we have
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been able to ask a thin none, Well, we obviously had one.
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Well, thanks for your time, inspector, but I only that I could
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not have been about the media assistance. But if there is anything you wish
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to well, go oh sure, go ahead, I aspect the Laniel.
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Have we one moment please? It is to you missus daughter. Oh thanks,
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hello you Johnny Donna the insurance man. That's right. Who's this?
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My name's David Nort. I'd like to talk to you. What about the
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murder of Arnold Bernier? What do you know about it? Let's save that
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for our talk. Okay, where do we get together? There's a cafe
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in town, the Golden Pheasant. I'll meet you there how soon? Oh
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about a half hour? Who told you I'd be here I'm Desko or Mike
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de BERNERA. Why should she have called you about that? Who else did
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you expected to call? Donor We're gonna be married, dark Wayne. There
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were some half dozen sailors and roused about seated around the Golden Peasant, but
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no sign of anyone who might be an American marine scientist by the name of
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David North. So I took over one of the tables, ordered the connact
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to help pass the time, and waited. More than an hour had passed
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and North still hadn't turned up. I was about to call it quits when
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the place was enlivened by a new arrival, A dollar. Magnificent coincidence which
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judged oh and fun. They were moot cases at once typerly yes, as
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I was saying, a simply magnificent coincidence, You do not mind my Donden
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dollar if I join you. You already have so I have yet, which
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makes it all the more charming, does it not? Now? So you
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are here, I I am here. We may not conclude out at pair
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of business. You're talking about that insurance check a trifling matter, I will
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confess in somewhat boring. Nevertheless, it does concern money, and I dearly
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love money. It has so many uses. You know, what about the
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little manner of finding out who murdered Arnold Berne? Well that who? This
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is of no consequence now, which is why I have sought you out here.
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Oh that's interesting. No, you presented a problem to me. And
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what does the magnificent contlarge LANDesk to do? And he has faced with a
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problem, he solves it. You know who kill him? But of course
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who else could it be but that American David Norton. So now you will
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give me the check, but make sure I think it's not. It is
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so obvious, my darling dollar Nor has supplied the proof himself by his suicide.
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Suicide. Oh did I forget to inform your healthcare less of me?
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But yeah, they are catching his body up from the bottom of the gulf
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even now. When I got to the beach where a dozen people were gathered
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around watching a rowboat heading toward the shore, there were three men aboard dressed
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in swimming counts. One of whom I recognize is Inspector Lan Yell. They
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give the doctor jarette at once, give my card as a part to the
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end of the beach, completely not there's no time to lose what happened.
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In fact there well apparent Lyams, you're not decided not to keep his appointment
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as you. Instead he went skin diving, ending approximately the same spot of
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the point where Arnold Belnier was found. Any idea why none? When he
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had been done approximately fifteen minutes, the members of this crew about the diona
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in concern, two of them went diving for him. Where did they find
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him? In the same little underwater grotto where Arnold Burgner was found. As
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he saw, he was unconscious. Fortunately his aqua lung was still working until
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he had not long. But there was a bad scalp wound in his head,
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and this was lying on the grotto floor beside him another fishing spear han
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Obviously he was attacked in the same manner as Burgnay had been any chance that
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the wound was self conflicted? None? And in a way that is most
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unfortunate. Why then, if it had been attempted suicide, the case might
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have been closed. I had jopped uncovered evidence which could have convinced me that
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David not had murdered Arnold Burgner. You know many grape men have attained the
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highest office in our land, the presidency of the United States. Can you
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guess the name of this man? In seventeen seventy, as one of the
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leading lawyers in Massachusetts, he defended the British soldiers who fired on Servigians during
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the so called Boston Massacre. His four years as president were perhaps the stormiest
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in our history, as he fought to keep America out of a war with
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France. But an official war against France brought George Washington off of retirement as
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commander of the Army and gave birth to the phrase millions for defense, but
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not one cent for tribute. If you don't have his name by now,
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here are two more clues. During his presidency, Washington became the national capital
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and the Eleventh Amendment was adopted. Who was he? John Adams, second
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President of the United States? His life is part of your American heritage.
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And now, with our star John Lund, we bring you the second act
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of yours truly, Johnny Dollar. We went back to Inspector Lanyal's office,
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and while we waited for David North to regain consciousness, Laniel told me about
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the new evidence. It was revealed in a court order. Mons your dollar,
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David North's ship was being attached for non payment of a debtor to Arnold
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Degner. What death was then North to run out of funds in the pot
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of darry Inn on the Red Sea, where he had been collecting specimens,
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and this fue ran into him. There saw an opportunity to make a commission
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for himself, and persuaded anold Bagner to lend North to funds. How much
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was involved some two thousand dollars, hardly enough for a man like Bergner to
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gets sighted of a fool. But if you compound the money with Norts coming
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here and then becoming friendly with the lovely Mudda, oh, you figure the
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two way more than by murdering Bargner, North saves his ship and gets the
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girl. Is it not logical? Well, it was before that little accident
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happened the North. But there is no need for us to concern ourselves with
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idle conjecture. When Nat recovers consciousness, you can insults in from us,
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or it might pay the conjecture about one thing. Meanwhile, inspector what is
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that the whereabouts off Magda Bargner? During the past couple of hours, I
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had thought we had seen the last each other. Well, it seems that
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you forgot a couple of pertinent things, including David Nord. Why should I
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have discussed him? Well, how indifferent can you be about the man you're
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going to marry? Did he tell you that he did? David? It's
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like a little child so tries to convince himself that the world of his dreams
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is the true world, and it's not. No, David worships me that
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it's nothing would not do for me in return for a kind word or a
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him to be smiled, like committing murder. Used to think he would even
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do that? And did he? I do not have the saint his idea.
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Then there's nothing to his statement about marriage between you. Nothing. M
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you mind telling me where you've been the past couple of hours? Right here
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in front of this science life. You haven't been swimming. I seldom swim.
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He was getting dark when I left the Villon had I had better find
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out if North was well enough to tell his side of the story before I
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closed up shop for the night, Inspected Lanya. I was just leaving doctor
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Gerret's office as I drove up. Is it you, Monsieur Donna? Yeah,
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that's right, Inspector. Why don't you learn anything from David Dawn,
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nor of Monsieur and we another little he just died. Well after that little
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announcement, that didn't seem to be much reason for me to hang around the
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town of Cassie's that night, So I started out along the coast road towards
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Marseilles. A little way out of town, a gleaming black chauffeur driven limousine
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swept by me. There was just time for me to catch a glimpse of
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a blonde head lying back luxurious play against the rear seat cushions. Then it
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turned a bend in the road ahead and was gone. There were several intriguing
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possibilities as to why Marc de Bargne would leave her fire and head for Marseilles.
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I proceeded toward my destination in Marseille, the residence of one armand Goucher
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attorney, the man who'd been in charge of Arnold Bergner's affairs. Le My
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name is Dollar, mister Goachet insurance investigative. I'd like to talk to you
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for a few minutes. I am not in the habit of conducting business at
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my home. This should alone. If you get to call my office in
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the money. I am certain an appointment can be arraigned. My good Barnier
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might be happier if we talk right now. Do not comprehend your reference,
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monsieur. Well, would it help any if I told you that she was
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number one on the list of suspects and the murders of her husband and David
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north coming? Please thanks this way? Please you realize, of course,
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monsieur Della, but to suspect it and Bergnier and such crimes is sheer nonsense.
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They won't you said? Thank you? Whenever? If you want a
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list of possible motives, we can start with money, ridiculous. Magda stud
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to gain nothing by the death of Arnald Bergnier, No, I'm not.
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At the time of their marriage he gave her a tremendous independent fortune, and
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one that even if Magdabergnier could not dissipate in a lifetime, and the balance
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of his estate is will to charitable institutions. Okay, then what about boredom
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hatred? You have met Madame Dannier spoken with her. Yes, man,
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you must realize that a thoroughly et anistic woman like Magda can never become bored
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so long as she can suffet herself with the luxuries of life. Almost still
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one other possibility. Margner was some thirty years older than Magda, and David
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North was a pretty rugged specimen of a young male animal. He was also
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stupid and callow youth, one who might be temporarily amusing to a woman like
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Magda years but one does not to risk giving up a way of lifeless youth
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for the sake of the temporary amusement. How true, Well, thanks for
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your time. I have convinced you that. Well, let's say that I
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found out what I came here to learn and what is man the possibility of
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another man and Magda's life, But we have this poost. Thank monsieur.
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You should have disposed that makes perfume too, But I couldn't miss it when
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I walked in here, and after your kind cooperation and character analysis, I
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couldn't be rude enough to accuse you of wearing it. I do not understand
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that you dotta. I agree that the desire for money makes an excellent multiple
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murder. But what is the connection between left and Arnold Durgner? Is pobby
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of skin diving inspector Send a diver down to take a closer look at that
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undersea grotto or he and North were killed. And I think you'll come up
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with the answer very well, Dota. I would have it done first thing
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in the morning. Now better do it right now, and this should do
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it nicely, don't hum? Are sure you want to make the dive yourself?
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But why not I offensive myself or other efficients that they are. And
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if what you suspect the flu it might be best to keep it between the
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two of us. Okay, is this the lantern you want to use me?
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No? If you will help me with the helmet the aqua lounge shirt,
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yeah, yeah, then well healthy, that'll be fine. I'll take
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your word for it. Blan Yell adjusted the rubber flippers and his feet,
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shrugged, the helmet and aqua lung more comfortably on his back and shoulders,
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and then slipped over the side. Forty five minutes is along? I'm to
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wait in an open boat at night when you know a man is swimming far
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below the surface in a spot where two other men had met death before him,
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and I knew it must seem even longer to Inspector lan Yell. But
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finally he came to the surface. He held out to the gunnal of the
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boat with one hand and gave me a small wooden box for the other,
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a water tight wooden box marked marine specimen. I gave him a hand and
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pulled him into the boat. Then, as he started to take off the
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helmet, I turned to the box and opened it. The marine specimens consisted
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of some insignificant looking brownish weeds. I didn't have a chance to examine them
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more closely. It was just about then that I turned my head and noticed
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that the spear gun was pointing at my back, charming that we should meet
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again under such delightful circumstances. He's just not my darling dollar, whereas Lan
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yell and for the third time, it was necessary for me to leave someone
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below at the entrance to the Grottho, do you have no idea how boring
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this procedure is? Becoming a fishing spear again? Oh, my darling dollar,
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I want imaginative? Do you believe me to be, particularly after I
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only succeeded in wounding dear mister. No, no, no, no,
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The dear inspector is lying unconscious from a blow to the head as soon as
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oxygen will run out, and then pooh, this spear, I say for
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you here where I cannot possibly miss. Oh, please don't bother you know
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you are magnificent by that dollar incomparable, I had not thought it possible for
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you to connect me with this affair in so short a time. Yeah,
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you're a little drug smuggling actors run into a few alps to their pity.
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Such a magnificent plan obtaining the ashiesh for practically nothing in the Red Sea area,
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with Ardrew Berngy's money, transporting it here aboard david ship, concealing it
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in the grotthood to take it to shore when the time was running a magnificent
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plan. Only a Bergner put a crimpet, And that was indeed a pity,
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poor dear Arnold. But he came upon my underwater whales. No remarse
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about David North. A sentimental cat would be my daughter and gonna. I
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suppose North was diving from one of those boxes to bring me the proof.
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When things happened pretty passed just about that the boxing endescue in a chest.
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The spear missed me by slightly less than a hair my fisted endescue's jaw,
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and he hit the water. Oh a jolly good time. Was had by
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all, including Inspector Lan Yell. I managed to raise some help from the
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shore on get a diver down to him before his oxygen ran out and Deescu
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wound up in the local jail where charges are being preferred against him now two
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counts of homicide, two have attempted homicide, and a slight case of drug
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smuggling. I didn't see mark the again. I didn't think I could take
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anymore that. When you honor the death claim, send the check care of
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armand go j Marseilles expense a count item three twenty seven dollars and sixty five
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cents. Hotel bill and miscellaneus item four or four hundred and ninety three dollars.
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Planes there and incidentals back to Hutford expense a count total one forty three
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dollars and ninety cents. Yours, Truly, Johnny Dollar. Yours Truly Johnny
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Dollar stars John Lund in the title role and was written by Sydney Marshall with
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music by Eddie Dunnsteater featured in tonight's cast where Howard Colver, Larry Dobkin,
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Virginia, Greg Edgar Barrier and Lou Krupman. Yours truly Johnny Dollars produced undirected
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Behind Me, Delva, welcome back. Well, there was plenty of to
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me, there was plenty of hints for us to go ahead and suspect the
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eventual murderer. Uh. It did seem that there was quite a bit of
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misdirection that was attempted here by the writers as they tried to get us focused
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on um on you know, the people who may have wanted to actually get
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it the rich did rich widow's money, you know, got us all focused
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on that, but really just misdirection from the main point, which was that
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this guy uh knew or came to Johnny with this whole bizarre story about suicide
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before anyone else really knew what happened to him. Well, now we turned
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to lessener comments and feedback, Jared says, and this comes from Facebook,
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by the way, thanks for all. Contemporary culture surely needs this reminder of
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what America was and truly should be. A culture without a memory is truly
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lost. Keep it up, well, thanks so much, Jared, and
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I agree, and I'm so thankful for the existence of all of these recordings.
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You know, we could probably could not have done this type of show
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ten years ago, certainly not fifteen years ago. It's just such amazing stuff
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that exists out there, so we can kind of have that picture of the
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past and the way things were in so many ways, and we kind of
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saw that with this episode and this classic sort of warning against the dangers of
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superficiality and materialism, and this, I think, particularly in the wartime period
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and directly after war, really became a recurring theme of so many programs and
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so many different episodes. People had been through and experienced, you know,
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life where material resources were scarce, and then during the war a lot of
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people had more money than they knew, you know, what to do with
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and ended up putting a lot of it into savings bonds, and you know,
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it was kind of I think an interesting contrasts because on one hand,
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you know, people who after the war were determined to make a much better
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life for their kids and to give their kids, you know, as much
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as they possibly could after all the years of sacrifice. But there are also
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many authors who having seen you know that you know, the past few years,
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reminded us, you know, that money is not the most important things.
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So that's kind of an interesting thing that showed up in this episode,
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and David comments simply loved Fred Allen. Well, thanks so much, and
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that referenced one of the app extras we uploaded which featured Fred Allen and Jay
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Scott Smart from The Fat Man where that was kind of his major claim to
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fame which prior to The Fat Man, but Freddick as one of the regulars
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in what was called Allen as Alley, and you know, it's interesting to
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find some of these U actors and kind of the rule we placed for the
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extras we put in there is we don't want it to be something we would
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normally play on the Great Detectives Program, and we also don't want it to
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and it's just got to star one of the detective actors. We found us
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so many fascinating things out there, so hopefully we'll find more. I think
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that's the second time we played an episode of Fred Allen. The first time
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was with Sidney green Street. All right, well, that we'll do it
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for today. We will be back on Monday with the Adventures of Frank Race
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and then join us back here on Friday for another episode of Yours Truly Johnny
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Doller, but from Boise, Idaho. This is your host Adam Graham signing off