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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Star of Capetown Matter, Parts One and Two (EP1161) · Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas

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let's go ahead and we'll take a listen to the Star of Cape Town Matter
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Parts one and two from Hollywood. It's time now for Johnny Dollar. This
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is Joe mcnabe, Johnny Try Eastern Indemnity. Oh hi, Joe, what's
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up? Start a Cape Town, start a Cape down, constellation, celebrity,
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or ship wrong three times? The start of Cape Town is a diamond
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about the size of a jumbo olive. Sounds like it to make a nice
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ornament for a martini, except i'me strictly a lemon peel man. Oh,
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this is serious, Johnny. I'd like you to take a look at it
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now. What's so interesting about it? Except it's probably worth one hundred thousand
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dollars make it one hundred and fifty. That's what we've ensured it for.
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Oh, got quite a history to it. Three men we know of it
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and killed over in the last fifty years. This stone, I like to
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see. Where is it? Name of the stone? Johnny Stark? Hey,
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wait a minute, in Cape Town, South Africa. That's right.
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Interested, I'll be right over tonight and every weekday night. Bob Bailey in
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the Transcribed Adventures of the Man with the Action Packed Expense Account, America's Fabulous
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freelance insurance investigator. Oh it's truly Johnny Dollar expense account submitted by special Investigator
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Johnny Dollar to try Eastern Indemnity Associates Home office following as an accounting of expenses
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incurred during my investigation of the Star of Cape Town matter expense account IDEM one
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a dollar fifty camp fare for my apartment to the office of Triastern Indemnity Associates.
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Joe mcnah was waiting for me, Is it don Johnny? Thanks?
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So, what about the Star of Cape Town? Sounds interesting? You're interested?
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We're worried. What about ever? Hear of Andrew Lanning Forbes? The
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third wores Forbes seems to me have seen his picture in the papers a couple
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of times, international playboy type, isn't he? That's the one he owns
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The Star of Cape Town now inherited the stone after the recent death of his
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aunt. Johnny, like I told you, we've got that diamond showed for
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one hundred and fifty thousand bucks. But Forbes treats it like it was a
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ten cent store hunk of costume jewelry. What do you mean? He cuts
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it from place to place wherever he goes, Paris, Rome, the Riviera,
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you name it. He's been there, and so is the Star of
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Cape Town. You mean, oh, he keeps it in the hotels,
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safe stuff like that. But that isn't good enough. We want him to
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put it in permanent custody somewhere. Yeah, I see your points, but
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he won'ts seem to listen to reason, and right now it's a particularly bad
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period for us. How come Forbes seems to be in one of his party
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giving moods. He has him every once in a while, about three weeks
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at a time, a big party every night wherever he happens to be.
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Then he quiets down for a month or two. Yeah, I'm probably resting
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up. But how come he's in Cape Town now? Who knows? Who
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knows why he goes anywhere he does? Oh? Brother, sounds like a
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real character. Yeah, but what we want you to do is to talk
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him out of being a character long enough to put that diamond in a safe
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place and to keep an eye on it until he does. We got a
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plane reservation for you to night at midnight tonight, not just a minute.
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Look, if it's the money you're worried about, don't be This means a
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lot to us. We're willing to pay accordingly. Sure you may not believe
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this, but I wasn't thinking about the money. Then. What those three
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men who got killed over that diamond? You told me about them over the
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phone. Oh, that look, the diamond's fifty years old. Those three
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killings were twenty thirty years ago. Just the same three is always a crowd,
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and I wouldn't like to see it increase by one expense. Account at
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him two three sixty campfair to my apartment to pack an end of the airport
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where Joe mcnah have met me and told me three tired jokes in two minutes
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in a very subtle attempt to keep my mind off the three dead men,
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as he gently steered me to the plane. I had him three plane fair
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to Cape Town, South Africa. The plane came in over Cape Town in
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the early afternoon, off to one side, toward the famous Devil's Peak,
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and down below the bay glittered like yeah. It looked like everything was trying
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to remind me of that diamond. As if I could forget a stone worthy
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of one hundred and fifty thousand and the lives of three people, I had
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them five care fair to the residents of Andrew Lanning Forbes. A third he'd
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rented a mansion on the side of a hill. I was ushered onto a
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terrace overlooking the city in the bay. Forest was waiting for me with a
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drink in his hand. He was a thin faced, elegant, tired looking
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character whose deep tan didn't hide the lines on his face. He could have
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been anywhere from thirty five to fifty. Hey, how have you a drink?
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Dollar? Well, a little early in the afternoon, isn't oh?
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Is it? It might coot you off? Okay, Hey, it's quite
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a place you have here. Here. It's adequate, you seem amused.
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Color must be fifteen sixteen ROMs at least roughly adequate. Seems kind of like
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an understatement. Quite positively, you are thanks. Look, dollar was very
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thoughtful of the insurance company to send you all the way down here. But
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also it was well, it wouldn't unnecessary be the word that depends, mister
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Forbes. What do you mean the company I represent? It's pretty chittery over
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that diame of yours, the star of Cape Tom. Would you like to
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see it? Well, yes, but I think we are here it is
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you're carrying around in your pocket? Why not? I have no holes in
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my buckets? Oh now, look Forbes. But no, no, no,
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I'm really not as bad as that dollar. I was expecting you,
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so I thought i'd play a little joke on you. Mister Forbes, that
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kind of humor shortness my life? Well, I suppose it was a bit
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cruel. Well there it is. What do you think of it? Like
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nav said, it was the size of a jumbo waller, looks more like
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a golf ball to me. Quite vulgar, isn't it. Oh, what
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a cutting job they did on it? Beautiful. There must be a thousand
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fests, yeah, all of them glittering, all of them coal, all
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of them surfers, Rather like life, don't you think. Look, mister
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Forbes, if you don't mind, let's skip the philosophy for a minute and
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talk about the diamond. Of course, you're still concerned about his safety.
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Well perhaps this will reassure you. Will you come with me? Sure this
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way? I have a very efficient wall safe in my bedroom in here,
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so you see I do take precautions. Here we are. Yeah, Are
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you reassured? Now? No, your bedroom opens off the terrace. It'll
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be too easy for somebody to get it. That's safe, very well,
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mister Dalla. After I shall place the diamond in a bank. That's the
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best news I've had all day. Yes, a nice party would be my
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last for a while. Party for Agatha, Oh, Zagatha. Oh,
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she's my elder sister. She's on a world tour, arriving here in Cape
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Town later this afternoon. I'm going to surprise her. Hey, wait a
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minute, you came all the way here to Cape Town to throw a surprise
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party for your sister. Well, it wasn't doing anything else at the moment.
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Why not? Well, I could think of a couple of reasons,
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but they probably wouldn't sound convincing to you. Probably not, although they probably
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would sound convincing the Agatha. Oh, yeah, she and I are quite
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different. Half the time she worries about me, the other the halftime she
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disapproves of me. She consist it quite beat the dignity of the Forbes name
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for me to go popping around from place to place like this. I see,
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yeh. She's quite devoted to the cause of the Forbes name to make
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sure it keeps standing for well, whatever it's supposed to sand for. I
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was never quite sure myself. So you're giving her a surprise party in the
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night? Was she like the idea? Probably not. That's what makes it
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fun. Oh, by the way, would you like to come, Well,
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under the circumstances, I think i'd better. I wonder if I could
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have a guest list a guest good evids You mean you don't have one,
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of course not. I just invite people here there wait to see who turns
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up. Then you don't have any idea who all's coming. Absolutely not.
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God, that's the only thing that makes these parties worthwhile. Oh great,
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a character with a coint habit of carrying his diamond in his pocket throwing a
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party where he didn't know who was coming. This was a situation not calculated
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to help my peace of mind. Believe me. Forbes had his driver take
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me back to town. I stopped along the way at police headquarters and talked
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to Lieutenant Van Tyle, who agreed to furnish a man to help me keep
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an eye on the party expense of con Adam six cab fair back out to
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forbes house that evening for the party. I thought I was getting there early,
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but there were already quite a few people about. A stocky bartender shoved
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a drink in my hand as I walked in, and I took a look
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around. Quite a brawl. Then I spotted the girl with honey colored hair
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and a green dress that matched her eyes. Well, it was as good
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a place to start as any. Hi. Hi, my name's Johnny.
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I know. Oh, I'm Sheila. You're a friend of Forbes. My
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you are new around here, aren't you? What of me? You'll find
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me at most of Andy's parties. He arranges my transportation. Let's see,
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do you what's your excuse for being here in this gay mad throng? You
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know him too? Uh? Matter of fact, no, I just met
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him this afternoon and he invited me to come. That's far for the course.
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Ah, you are, oh Forbes. I'm glad you two have gotten
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acquainted. Enjoying yourself. Sheila delirious? Is she wonderful? Johnny? She's
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always so gracefully bored? You see, Johnny, I perform quite a useful
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function around here. I'm always good for laughs. Yeah. Well, is
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your sister and joining the party? Forbes? I guess I of course not.
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Haven't you met her yet, Johnny? No? No, oh,
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she's over by the window, the thin, aristocratic, tired looking at lady.
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Oh, yeah, yeah, I see what you mean. That's her
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looking to stay. She thoroughly disapproves of this whole party, and of me,
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of course, and of me to come along. Johnny, I'd like
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you to meet Agatha. Oh, you're taking a chance. She'd probably disapproved
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of me too. Oh no, no, you look like the respectable type.
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Thanks. I guess she thoroughly approved. I see you have another guest
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arriving. Would you to excuse me, I'll introduce you to the later Johnny.
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Yeah, sure, the perfect host when he wants to be. Oh,
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who's the new arrival? Her name is Helen? Andy met her a
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day or two ago. Well, i'll say this for her. Yes,
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isn't she sorry? Don't be I'm used to it. You know something she'd
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do. I don't get you. No, I'm not so hard to figure
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out, Johnny. I think you are. You don't like these parties any
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more than Agatha. Oh no, watch it, Johnny, you start comparing
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me to her, and she's going to disapprove of you. Okay, but
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I still don't get it. You don't like the parties or forbes are the
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friends that you keep bagging along? Yeah, I've got a perfect attendance record.
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Why Well, I guess there's one obvious reason. But that would sound
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real corny. Maybe not. So let's just say that after you've been riding
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the merry ground long enough standing on solid ground doesn't seem normal. Oh well,
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maybe if you keep riding that merry ground, you'll grab the brass rings
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someday. Don't better yet. Sheila drifted over to the bar, where she
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sat quietly drinking the rest of the evening. I somehow felt sorry for her,
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but I knew she'd bought her own ticket to the merry ground, at
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least for the first ride. I looked over at Forbes and started sweating.
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He was showing the diamond off to the party, but before I could get
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to him, Agatha did. She must have told him and dignified but firm
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tones to put the ice on ice. He laughed and took it back to
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his room. So I relaxed. The party dragged on. A managed to
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look frigidly pained the rest of the evening, but Forbes was obviously enjoying himself
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with Helen. They danced, then went out on the terrace. Sheila turned
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her back and concentrated on her drink. Finally, I went over to the
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bar. Sorry, Johnny, looked like the bartender's gone home, and that's
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probably a good IDEA good night. She headed carefully for the door and went
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out. Then I realized I hadn't seen fors for ten or fifteen minutes.
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I went out on the terrace, abody in sight. I walked to Forbes's
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bedroom door, the Forbes Forbes no answer. One lamp was lit. Forbes
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was on the floor. The knife had gone in low under his ribs.
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He probably hadn't made a sound. Nearby was the case in which he kept
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the Star of Cape Town. It was open and empty. Johnny Dollar,
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this is Lieutenant Van Tyle of the Cape Down Police. Mister Dollar. Oh
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yeah, Lieutenant, I've been trying to get you anything new on the Forbes
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murder. I'm afraid not. How about the diamond it's still missing? Oh?
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So far we're betting zero any suspects? Who is it? Not it?
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Mister Dollar? They what do you mean, lieutenant? How many guests
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would you say were at Andrew Forbes party last evening? Sixty? Then we
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have sixty suspects? Oh great? From Special Investigator Johnny Dollar, location,
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Cape Town, South Africa to the home office Tri Eastern Indemnity Associates assignment the
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Star of Cape Town matter expense account continued Adam seven Cavefair for my hotel to
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police headquarters. So far in this job. I'd been a big, brilliant
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nothing. I figured the tenetvent tile of the Cape Down Police might be able
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to supply a few answers, but as it turned out, all he had
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on his mind was questions. Now, mister Dollar, I suppose you sit
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down and explain your connection with this affair, Sherloeutenant, I can make it
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short, if not sweet. Andrew Forbes was an international playboy. I am
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well aware of that Cape Town has entertained mister Forbes before, oh vice versa.
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Well, then you probably also know that he recently inherited a very large
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diamond known as the Star of Cape Town. Yes, the company I represent
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was carrying the insurance on that stone, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
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They didn't like the way Forbes was flashing it around. They thought he was
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a bit too careless with it. I was trying to talk him into using
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a little common sense, And that is why you came here to Cape Town.
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Yeah, but it looks like I've struck out, struck Forbes as dead
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and the diamond's gone. You were at the party from some time before Forbeses
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murder until afterwards, that's right. You stayed in the main room the entire
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time. Oh yeah, Oh now, look, lieutenant, I'd hardly fly
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all the way here to pump off a guy. Yes, questions, mister
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Dollar, just question. Yeah, But what I need right now is answers.
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As do I these other guests at Forbes party? Did you know any
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of them? No? Well, I met a girlfriend of his name is
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Sheila. A couple other people were pointed out to me. Who were they?
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Oh, Forbes's older sister, Agatha, for one, A real aristocratic
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type. You can cross her off your list. Oh yeah, she disapproved
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of Forbes all right, but not to the extent of sticking a knife in
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him. I'm pretty sure it would have been beneath her dignity, if nothing
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else. Besides, she didn't leave the main room during the party either.
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Then there was Helen, Helen who I never did find out her last name.
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She arrived at the party late in four seemed to zero in on her
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right away, zero in. I mean, he spent the rest of the
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evening with her. They danced for a while, and they went out on
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the terrace, and come to think of it, I never did see her
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come back inside, and I didn't see Forbes again either until I went to
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his roman found him dead. I see, we shall try to find this
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Helen. Can you describe her well? I didn't get nearly as close a
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look as I'd have liked to. Oh yeah, from what I could see,
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a real doll, Lieutenant dark here, turn up nose, fine complexion,
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mister dolla. We need an objective description, not an appreciation. At
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the time, I was more interested in her as a prospect than a suspect.
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I see, And you say, who knew none of the other guests.
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That's right, We've been unable to find any sort of guest list.
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I don't waste your time looking. There isn't anything. Yeah. Forbes explained
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that he had a charming habit of inviting whoever he ran into. He said
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that half of the fun wasn't seeing who turned up. All that complicates matters,
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doesn't It? Sure does? Call up diamond fifths are not unknown.
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That was getting keep down, No, I imagine that. Here are some
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photos of known Jeel thieves mug shots. Please see if you recognize any of
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these people as having been at the party. It would be a little hard
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to remember, you know. People were drifting in and out all evening and
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it was Wait a minute, who's this guy? That is Julio biac got
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jeeol thief. Do recognize him? Starky guy? M certain looks familiar.
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I can't see the place him. Could he have been at the party?
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Oh it's possible, but I can't be sure. Perhaps it will come do
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later. I hope something comes to me sooner or later. That diamond,
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for instance, But at this point I had to admit it didn't look very
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like one murder sixty suspects. You get better odds than that on a rouette
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wheel. I left headquarters and decided to walk around a little see if I
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could coax up some kind of idea. It is to my next step.
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I went down to the waterfront and looked around. Nice view, no ideas.
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Then, as I was walking along a narrow, deserted street, I
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realized I had company. The shadow from the top of the building next to
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me ran along the middle of the street and I could see a silhouette.
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I stopped, so did the shadow on top of the building. I started
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up again, so did the shadow. I started edging out away from the
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sidewalk for a look. The shadow raised its arms suddenly, and I ducked
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a large building tile crashed to the sidewalk right where I'd been a second ago.
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I jumped for a riggedy fire escape over my head and scrambled up to
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the roof. Nobody in sight, and roofs stretching out in all directions,
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warehouses, loading sheds. Whoever it was could have been a block away by
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now. Pretty ironic, somebody trying to take me out of the ball game
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when I didn't even know which team had the ball. I went back to
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my hotel room. Two steps inside I stopped cold. I caught a whiff
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of what smelled like a pretty expensive perfume. It certainly wasn't my shaving lotion.
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Helen Johnny Wow, Shela, Yeah, yeah, I remember now,
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you were wearing that perfume at the party last night. I've been waiting for
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you. Let's talk, uh any particular subject last night? What happened?
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Johnny? Give me that you were there too. You remember I left before
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it happened. I think, what do you mean? You think? Yes,
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I had a few too many last night. I don't remember some of
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it. No, you are making pretty good sense. When I was talking
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to you well after that, I mean and you were withered enough to react
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when Forbes and Helen went out on the terrace together. Don't, Johnny,
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did you do it? Oh? Oh, well, now that's a sweech.
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I'm not kidding, Johnny. You went to his room. There's only
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one way you'd know that, Sheila, you were outside somewhere watching. Yes.
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After I left, I went around in the back, and pretty soon
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Helen came out of his room. She was carrying something. Oh what,
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don't worry. It wasn't the diamond. I was close enough to see it.
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Even if I hadn't been, I guess i'd have known. You mean,
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it was a small bottle of perfume. That was always the first step
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perfume, and always the same kind, the kind you're wearing. Yes,
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it's got a great name forever. What happened? Then I walked around the
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garden a few minutes, trying to decide whether to have it out with Andy
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once and for all. I started back toward the terrace. Then I saw
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you heading for his room, so I left. I said, don't,
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Johnny, if I'd done it, would I have told you I was out
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in the garden. You would if you were afraid somebody had seen you there
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and would tell me about it. Oh, and I suppose you figured out
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a motive for me too, A couple of possibilities. You told me you'd
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been on a merry go round with Fors for a long time. Maybe you
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couldn't stand the thought of anyone else getting aboard Helen. That sort of things
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happened before, Johnny. Or maybe you figured the only way to get off
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that marry Garund was to get rid of the guy who ran it, and
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the diamond and good bye you a lot of rides somewhere else. And I
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thought I was the cynic. You really have a nice opinion of people,
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haven't you. I'm afraid most of the people I get myself involved with on
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these jobs aren't very nice. I didn't do it all right? If you
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didn't, I'm sure, Lieutenant Van I I'll find out. I know.
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I'm on my way there now. He phoned me an hour ago. I
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thought i'd stop buy and talk to you before I went. Johnny, you
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don't really think I could do a thing like that, do you? I
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guess not? You One thing I am interested in, though, What's that
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You're finally off the merry Garund? How does it feel it? Isn't real
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That merry garand was all I ever knew. She walked out of the room
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looking well empty is the best word I can think of, and I kept
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wondering what she'd been like before the merry Garana. The rest of the day
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I spent composing soothing cablegrams in reply to angry ones from McNab of Troy Eastern
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Indemnity. The inquest was the following morning, but the verdict was no help
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death at the hands of person or person's unknown. Lieutenantvent Tile told me that
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Forbes's sister Agatha had decided to shove off that afternoon on the Southern Empress.
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So I went down to the dock at aboard ship an hour before sailing,
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hoping I could get in award with her. Farewell parties were clogging the lounges
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and the passageways. I waited outside Agatha forbes State rum until she arrived.
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Miss Forbes, Oh, mister Dalla, isn't it Yes? I didn't have
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a chance to meet you at your brother's party. Tell me about you.
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It's too bad you weren't able to persuade him to put that diamond in the
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safety sooner. Miss Forbes. I wonder if you'd answer a few questions.
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I am completely exhausted. I don't wish to talk about it, but I
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made my statement to the police. There's nothing for ad about the diamond.
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In too much publicity. About the entire tragedy as it is, I have
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no wish to add to it. I'm very sorry, mister Dolan. It
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should be in New York in a month or so. Perhaps I shall have
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recovered from the experience sufficiently by then to talk about it. Intelligent. Only
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trouble is by then the diamond could be in tim Bucktowharson. See you later,
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Miss Forbes. What snapped me into action was a glimpse of a girl
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at the end of the passageway, just entering the lounge. I couldn't be
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sure, but it looked like Helen. By the time I reached the lounge,
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she was nowhere in sight. Then I saw another familiar face over in
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one corner, the mugshot i'd seen at police headquarters. Julio be our jewel
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thief. Now I had him pegged. He'd been the stocky bartender at Forbes
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party, the guy who disappeared just before the murder. He spotted me and
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ducked into a passageway. I went after he turned a corner, and that
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was his mistake, blind alley, so I closed in on we circle.
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Now I was at the blind end, and that was my mistake, because
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suddenly there was a knife in his hand. He held it low like an
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expert. Now, mister Dollar, oh you must have a trunk full of
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knives. Oh, I need these wands, just like the one you slipped
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into Forbes. Huh you lunch at me. I ducked to one side and
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kicked to the knife, step world and door. But now I had it.
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I'm glad you had him, sent a shawl and locked up, mister
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Dolla. It may be we found our killer, but not the diamond,
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Lieutenant. It was not on me nowhere. And that can mean just one
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thing. Either Julio was working with somebody who was sitting on the Southern Empress,
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or he's after somebody aboard who has the diamond. In that case,
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mister, in that case, the Southern Empress is going to have another passenger
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me. I checked with a purser who agreed to squeeze me aboard. Then
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I headed back to my hotel room to pick up my luggage. I could
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still smell Sheena's perfume in the room. Then as I bent over to lock
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my suitcase, I spot in a movement out of the corner of my eye.
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I tried to whirl, but too late. Something hard connect to the
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back of my left ear and I went down and out. I don't know
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how long it was before I came to The room was swimming, but I
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managed to get to the window and look out. Then I realized somebody had
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voted me the man they'd least like to take a cruise with. The Southern
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Empress was under way and steaming out of the harbor. Now here's our star
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to tell you about tomorrow's intriguing episode of this week story. Tomorrow, I
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take a trip, all right, a one way trip. Join us,
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won't you? Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. Yours Truly Johnny Dollar is starring
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Bob Bailey, is transcribed in Hollywood, written by Robert Rife. It is
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produced and directed by Jack Johnstone. Be sure to join us tomorrow night,
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same time in station for the next exciting episode of Yours Truly Johnny Dollar.
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Roy Rowan speaking, welcome back. This sounds like it's gonna be fun with
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a lot of changing location and really kind of an epic chase in search of
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this really expensive acklace. Of course, the CRU's getting away is not something
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that's insurmountable for Johnny, but it will require a bit of doing. I
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also like the scene where really we got a picture of Johnny's compassion, kind
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of struggling with his own experience in his world weariness. He is very open
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in terms of being willing to consider anyone a suspect. It's somewhat absurd to
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ask someone that you met and spoke to for a few minutes, you know,
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or do you think I'm capable of the crime? Well, you know,
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he has no way of knowing. But I thought that Johnny's overall reaction
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really was just a good character moment. All right, Listener comments, And
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this one comes from Kim. Another literacy reference snuck in by the Johnny Dollar
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writers. Why is the U? And this is regarding episode eleven fifty one,
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the Long Shop matter. Why does the Alibi have a doctor from so
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far away? Some people have a doctor in Patterson, New Jersey. Why
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Patterson, of all places, there is only one notable doctor from Patterson,
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that is doctor William Carlos Williams. His practice was in the next town of
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East Rutherford, but his big, long epic poem was Patterson. Williams went
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to college with Ezra Pound, hung out on Cape Cod with Eugene O'Neill,
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and was Allen Ginsberg's family doctor. His one poem that everybody knows is the
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Red Wheelbarrow. So much depends upon a red wheelbarrow glazed with rainwater beside the
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white chickens. The writers were part of the World War two generation. The
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brightest of those who survived attended first rate universities. On the GI bill,
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they would know who Williams was, even if the audience did it. At
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least that's what I surmise. Well, thanks so much, and certainly I
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think in many of the Golden Age programs there was not so much playing to
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the least common denominator. There were greater cultural, moral, and philosophical value
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in many of the programs the way they were done. You take a watch,
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for example, a show like Have Done Will Travel and the character of
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Paladin freely quote Shakespeare, the Bible, and a wide variety of works from
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all over the world, and they clearly trusted the audience and were willing to
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do some different things that were clever and interesting, and that is one of
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the appeal of the Golden Age programs. All right, well, that will
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do it for today. If you have a common send it to me Box
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