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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Laird Douglas-Douglas of Heatherscote Matter, Parts One and Two (EP1071) · Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas

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via mail. But now it's time for today's episode of Yours Truly Johnny Dollar
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and it's a mouthful, so sit back and listen to the laired Douglas Douglas
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of Heatherscope Matter from Hollywood. It's time now for Johnny Dellar. This is
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Harry Branston and Philadelphia Mutual Liability and Casualty Company. Oh hi, Harry,
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what's on your mind. I have a case for you, a very important
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one. Good tell me about it. John, did you ever hear of
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Lead Douglas Douglas of Heatherscode. Lord, say that slowly with you, Land
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Douglas Douglas of Heatherscode. Sorry, I left Mike Kilts and bagpipes on the
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other side of the drink. Oh yeah, I'm feeling real shore this morning.
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But what about Lar Douglas Douglas something or other? Could you come down
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here to Philadelphia and see me. I hate to be so blunt about it,
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old boy, but what's in it for me? A nice retainer fee
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in any event, and of course expenses and your regular commission if anything happens
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to Laird Douglas Douglas. Yes, okay, Harry, I'm on my way.
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Oh John, Yeah, come down by plate, will you the first
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one you can get urgent? Yes? John, Very tonight and every weekday
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night. Bob Bailey. In the transcribed Adventures of the Man with the Action
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Packed Expense Account, America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator, Yours truly, Johnny Dollar
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Expense accounts submitted by special Investigator Johnny Dollar to Harry Branson at the Philadelphia Mutual
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Liability and Casualty Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Following is an accounting of expenditures
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incurred during my investigation of the laired Douglas Douglas of Heatherscote matter, whoever laired
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Douglas Douglas is and whether investigation is the proper term at this point, who
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knows? In any event, Well expense account AUTAM one twenty two fifty air
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transportation of miscellaneous Hartford to New York to Philadelphia for a change. I decided
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to stay at the Benjamin Franklin not only because it was convenient to Harry Branson's
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office on Walnut Street, that is, the office of Filly Mutual Liability and
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Casualty, but because I'd heard it was a nice hotel. It was,
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and it was convenient to everything else in the center of town theaters, good
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restaurants, nice stores, even a nightclub. Well, anyhow, when I
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got to my room, I found a half dozen urgent messages that Harry had
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called pretty good indication that his lordship Douglas Douglas of or at least this case
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was pretty important. So instead of bothering to unpack, I had the bellboy
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dump my luggage tipped him and was standing there debating whether I'd better forego a
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quick shower and change of clothes when the phone rang Johnny Dollar, John,
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didn't you get my messages? Why haven't you called? I've been waiting to
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hear from you. What's wrong? They take it easy, Harry, I
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just this minute got in. Oh well, I hope you're coming right on
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over here to my office. What's the matter. Something happened to this clan
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of yours? No, not yet, but being you, you're expecting the
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worst. Huh. And look, you still haven't told me a thing about
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this emergency or whatever you want to call it, John, It is an
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emergency because of the time element. You see. Why don't we waste time
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on the phone. Well, this was your call, not whine. All
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right, all right, I'm sorry. I'll be waiting for you, and
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Harry, I'll be there. Still knowing nothing whatsoever about what was going on.
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I decided I'd better be prepared for anything, so I slipped a thirty
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eight cold out of my bag and took it along expense account item two sixty
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five cents. Care fair. I've said it before when I handled the Amar
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Ego case for him. Harry Branson is a good insurance man, but a
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worry ward I kind of hoped he was making the usual mountain out of the
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usual mole hill this time. However, when my cab pulled up in front
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of his office building, he was standing waiting on the sidewalk out front.
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Hey, I keep the change, John, John? What took you so
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long? Huh? Thank goodness you're here, Harry. What are you doing
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out here? Lose your office or just forget the key? I almost wish
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I had, John. We have a problem, a serious one, yeah,
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with Lard Douglas. Douglas of Heatherscote, Heatherscote. He's up in my
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office now. Sounds like international intrigue. Has Scotland declared war on us or
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something? This is no time for levity. He's up in the office now
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and you must take over immediately. It's a very serious situation. Come okay,
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what's it all about? As Lard Douglas died and oh no, no,
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you said he was up in your office, and I'm sure you don't
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mean just his body. Yes, he's there with missus, Peter Malcolm,
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Kelly Van Pikon, Kelly v h are you kidding? I certainly am not.
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You see, she insists that you act is his bodyguard. Oh no,
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wait a minute, Harry, unfortunately, or rather fortunately for you,
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thirteenth floor place. Yes, sir, unfortunately I said, thirteenth floor operator,
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please quickly, yes, sir, so Harry, yeah, man,
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will you please start the salvator immediately, got to wait for the signals,
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sir, signal. This is an emergency take off immediately emergency. Yes,
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it involves Led Douglas. Douglas of Heather's Cot. Oh, well, sure
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if it's who good Man, good Man. Okay, now you were saying,
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Harry, was I unfortunately something? Oh? Oh yes, of course,
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Fortunately for you, she was quite cognizant of the fact. Was cognisant
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missus Peter Malcolm, Kelly van Pyton. She knew about the excellent work you
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did for us in connection with the Ricardo Amerigo case not long ago. Excellent
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detective work. She called it. Thirteenth four. You remember the case Ricardo
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the concert violinist who disappeared. Presumably, yeah, I remember, and you
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are almost intuitive deduction that he wasn't at it all, but had merely stayed
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the whole thing to make it look Is that Harry oh, yes, of
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course thirteen, you means, Peter Malcolm Kelly Van Excuse me, mister,
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but I'm getting signals from the other floor. Quite right, you should,
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as I started to say, John, she is one of our biggest personal
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policy Ho. Good, But hadn't we better get into your office and meet
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her? Well? Yes, yes, but I want you to know about
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the personal premiums alone. They run to something over twenty thousand dollars a year.
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Mister. Please, Oh she is an important client. Yes, yes,
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and that's why I'm I didn't hesitate to acceed to her request that you'd
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be called in on this case. I called you, and here you are,
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mister, please, oh, well get us up to the Oh oh
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we're here. Why didn't you tell us? Come John, mister? If
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I was to tell you what I'd like to write, my office is right
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this way, John, come please. Hey, look, you better calm
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down, Harry and give me the dope on this case right from the beginning.
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Yes, yes, i'd better, all right, missus. Peter Malcolm
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Kelly Van Pithon is a very important client, has been for years, so
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you said. But there are a lot of things you haven't said, like
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what is she going to do with this Laird Douglas character, and why is
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he so important? It's this way, John, The policy on him runs
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to five thousand dollars no double indemnity, which is good. As a matter
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of fact, the policy on him was purely a favorite of Missus Kelly van
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Pyten, you know, considering some short life expectancy and all, Oh,
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I don't know, and has doted you something? Well hardly or are you
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being facetious again? But you said, hey, how old is he?
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His birthday is next month May seventh, to be exact, he'll be four
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years old. Four. That's right, short life expectance. Of course,
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you see, John, a minute, wait a minute, Ah, some
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horrible disease or something. Eh, what's the matter with him? John?
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You wanted this from the beginning, so I'll give it to you from the
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beginning. Okay. But Harry, if you hadn't been for Missus van Piten's
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own policies totaling something in the neighborhood of half a million more than Harry,
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why we'd never have written the one on Lord Douglas Douglas of Heather's quote.
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So now we've cleared that, Harry, we passed your office three or four
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doors ago. Oh yes, but as I'm sure you understand, I wanted
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to give you some of the background before you talk with Missus Van Piden.
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After all you ask for. Yes, yes, I guess I did.
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But what you've given me so far has landed me smack dab in the department
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of utter confusion, and I'm beginning to think maybe I have company. Oh
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where right here you, Harry? Now, look, why don't we quietly
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stroll into your office and let me get the whole thing from Missus Kelly van
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Piden herself, or better still, from Laird Douglas Douglas. But you couldn't,
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of course, not what at least not from him? Why not?
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John? Will you please stop joking? This is serious business. Very look,
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Harry, there there is one thing I'd like to talk over before we
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go in to see him them somebody. Yeah, well, apparently the life
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and or welfare of this laired Douglas Douglas isn't danger Oh, no doubt about
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it, No doubt about it. I thought I'd made that very clear to
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you. Yeah, well, you said you've written only a five thousand dollars
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policy on them. That's right, five thousand dollars and purely yeah, yeah,
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yeah, I know all about that. Now. Look I don't want
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to seem crass about it, Harry, but my commission, if anything were
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to happen to him, wouldn't amount to a hillobines, Which is precisely why
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I told you you will be paid a retainer while you're on the case,
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the most generous one generous one by you, by missus Kelly van Python.
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How much? Well, John, Now, mind you, this may not
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require your services for more than a week or so as bodyguard, that is
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how much? And of course she has authorized an expense account. Ah,
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but mind you, John, not the usual kind that you seem to have
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the knack of piling up beyond all reason. Clearly a completely honest, legitimate
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accounting how much? As a matter of co fact, I have assured her
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that it will total no more than the amount of the retainer. She is
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prepared to pay you any more than that, And well, you have a
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lot of explaining to do, Harry. How much is this retainer to be?
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If I take the case, I might even go so far seven hundred
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and fifty dollars per week, all fraction thereof, And I am sure you
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will agree that that what's the matter job seven fifty a week plus expenses when
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there's only a five thousand dollars policy involved, that's right. But if this
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four year old laired Douglas Douglas of Hath the Scoute. Yeah, if he's
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only worth a five thousand dollars policy? And what was that crack about short
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life expectance? John? I told you he is already four years old.
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Oh look start all over again, will you, Harry? Yes? No?
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And second thought, perhaps you were right. Perhaps you'd better get the
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details directly from missus Peter, from Kelly N. Pyton. I know now,
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Look, Harry, I think i'd better I'd better get it from somebody
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you're incidentally, John, you understand, of course, that your services will
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be required only during the affair at bala Kinwood, and not one minute.
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I don't understand what's balack Kinwood out around Westchester, outside the city one of
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the suburbs. Very nice suburb too. That is where Laird Douglas Douglas Hea
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the Scout. Yes, John, that is where he will appear. And
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you or missus Kelly van Piden or both, if you think his life will
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be in danger exactly? Oh, John. I know you are just joking
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me all the time. I wish I know here we are and everything will
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be clearer. Oh, thank heavens, dear mister Branson, I was afraid
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something had happened to you. You were gone so long you really had me
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quite worried. I'm so sorry, but I had hoped to tell mister Dollar
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something of this affair, and I'm afraid we loitered on the way up.
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Missus Kelly van Piden. This is mister John Dollar. Oh, you wonderful,
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wonderful man. I'm so glad that you've agreed to take on this assignment.
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You see, Learrd Douglas. Douglas means everything to me, and I
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have the utmost confidence in you. I'm sure Lead Douglas will too well.
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Thank you very much. But where is he? Why? Yes, Missus
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Van Pyton, what's happened to him? Oh, don't worry, don't worry,
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my dear. He's all right. But after all, he is so
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temperamental. I fear he got a bit impatient waiting for you. And I
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know you forgive him, you will, won't you? Yes, yes,
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of course? But where is he? He's asleep, mister Branson in your
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inner office. He sat down in your chair and fell fast asleep. Oh
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if I could only relax that way. But you must meet him, mister
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Dollar. Yes, I'd certainly like to, of course you would, and
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I know he'll want to meet you gently now. Oh good, he's awake.
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Oh no, that's lair Leir Douglas Douglas of Heatherscoat. This is mister
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Johnny Dollars. Let go, mister Dollars lakes Dear Johnny Dollar, Ral Johnny,
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Oh hi, raight, just got your message. What are you doing
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in Philadelphia? Oh? A case for filly Mutual Liability and Casualty and I
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may need your help. What do you know about Laired Douglas Douglas of Heatherscote.
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Why he's one of Scotland's finest. Wait a minute, that's your case,
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yep, insurance and bodyguard. How's about lunch? Johnny? Have you
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met the Have you met his lairdship? Yeah? And I nearly lost a
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leg doing it. Oh then you know, yeah, I know. Oh
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shut up. Expense account submitted by Special Investigator Johnny Dollar to the Philadelphia Mutual
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Liability and Casualty Company in connection with my investigation, or rather my involvement in
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the Laird Douglas Douglas of Heatherscote matter. And I wish I'd had some idea
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of what I was getting into before I ever left Hartford, but it's too
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late now. Expense account item three thirty nine to fifty one pair of slacks
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for Within a few minutes of my arrival in Philadelphia, Harry Branson, a
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Philly mutual, button holed me and dragged me up to his office to meet
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two important clients he had. First was missus Peter Malcolm Kelly van Pyten.
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Oh, wonderful, wonderful man. I am so glad that you've agreed to
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take home this assignment. Lair Douglas Douglas beans everything to me, and I
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have the utmost confidence in you. I'm sure Leir Douglas will too. And
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then came well, Missus Van Pyton made the introduction, Leir Douglas Douglas of
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Headscote. This is mister Johnny Dollar. Huh oh no, holy jumped down.
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Oh no, you mustn't do that. Oh my god, Oh,
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dear good heavens, you know your own Dear Harry, this is mistaken,
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Sorry John, Sorry, down, Douglas down there dear, that's the boy.
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That's a nice boy. That is Larry Douglas. Douglas of Hedscope.
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Yes, isn't deardorable? He's so playful. He was really just playing.
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You know where, dear, come out very John, This is the clients
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you call me all the way down from Hartford to see Yes, John,
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Yes, seven to fifty a week, practically unlimited expensive calls. Oh dear,
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Just look at your trousers, mister Dollard. I don't need to thanks,
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I can feel a draft, but you'll need new ones here, and
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I insist you let me pay for it. Down Douglas, down here,
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mister dollar. Will one hundred dollars be enough? No? Here, one
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hundred and fifty. I can see those were very very nice? Well what
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I mean, John? Yeah? Please? Now I insist you take it.
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And if it isn't, no, no, no, no thanks.
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That's funny. But now, Harry, you listening, John, I know
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what you're going to say, But as I explain to you on the way
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up, you'll explain funny but not nearly enough. But I tried. I
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really think you and I had better have a quiet little talk Harry, and
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the sooner the battle, Oh boys, Please can't you do that another time?
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Please come down from those chairs so mister Dollar can meet Douglas and we
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can make all the arrange please, missus Van Pyton. That's precisely what I
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want to talk about. You really look very funny up there. And see
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Douglas does want so much to be friends with you. Sure it isn't a
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piece of my leg he wants. Oh no, of course, not here,
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mister Dollar. Just give him one of these biscuits. I have them
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especially baked for him, and he'll be your friend for life. Really here,
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now, just come down and hand it to him. He'll love you,
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It's true, John, I know. Yeah. Then what are you
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doing up on that chair? I forgot? That's all nice Douglas, please,
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mister Dollar. Well, all I hope is he doesn't forget. That's
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right. Just handed to then he knows which is biscuit and which is my
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hand? You here, boy, here, boy, take it easy.
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You see now your friend isn't that sweet? Sure? Well, I'd better
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get back to my hotel and change. And Harry are calling you. Oh
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but we haven't made the definite arrangements yet, and I want you staying out
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at our place in Germantown, the Maples, it's a lovely little place,
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mister Donough. Well, much as I hate to say it, I'm not
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quite sure about taking hos. I know the money, well, don't you
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worry about it, not at all, not one bit. If you'd rather
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have a thousand dollars a week, that's what we'll make it. And I
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do wish missus do more about these poor trousers. I know, why don't
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you go straight over to Wannamaker's men's store and have them tailor you a whole
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suit. Wouldn't that be nice? You'd look lovely. You've already given me
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more than aswer that. Now just forget it. Now you have them make
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you anything you want and just charge it to me. Oh look, Douglas
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care is licking your hand. I knew he'd like you. Never underestimate the
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power of a woman, somebody once said, or maybe they should have said,
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never underestimate the power of a fast buck or a thousand bucks. Anyhow,
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missus, Peter Malcolm Kelly van Python had set her heart on my handling
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this whole affair, and she simply wasn't to be denied. Couple that with
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a chance to pick up enough loot in a few days to well what would
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you do? And the darn mutt did take a liking to me, so
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with lair Douglas Douglas in my lap. Oh he's a Scottie by the way,
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Scottish terrier, mister dolla, you correcting your sorry? And it's all
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because of the show at Bala Kinwid on Friday, Delaware b a la cuy
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Nwy day job. Yes, Bala Kinwidd Laird Douglas Douglas simply must win not
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only Best of Class but best of Show, and he will if somebody doesn't
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interfere. Oh you you think somebody might might do something to Douglas. I'm
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sure of it becaus been tried before. You mean poison him or something like
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that? Worse all dope poison would let him die a hero, a martyr,
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but drugs would keep him from winning the show. Oh well, what
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makes you suspect somebody might try? As I said, it's been tried before
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last year and again a few days ago. And if Harrison R. Kenworthy
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thinks he can do it again, he's mistaken. Then you know who did
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it before. I refuse to divulge any names, but you just mister dollar,
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I will not tell you. All I ask is that you watch over
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their Douglas Douglas until he has won the show. Oh and if he does
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win, as I'm sure he will, I'll insist that you accept a nice
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bonus. So you can see I'm very very slo And so it went on
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for another half hour or so, and finally she left after I promised to
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pick up my bags at the hotel and move out to her join and fashionable
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German town. I talked a few minutes longer with Harry brandtson. I'm so
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glad you've agreed to take this on, John, As I told you,
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Missus van Piiten is the most important individual policyholder we have. And doing this
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favor, Harry. It's not the mut show at Bella Kinwood, or Larry
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Douglas, or missus Kelly van Piiten or you. I'm doing this for.
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It's purely love of the green stuff. That old day must be really loaded,
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John. She has so much money, well she doesn't know how much
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she has, industrial empire that sort of thing, all right, all right,
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But Harry, if word ever gets around on the trade that I came
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down here to play bodyguard to a mut So help me. I'll have your
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head. Yes, But now hadn't you better go on out to the Maples?
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Well, first I want to know about this Harris and R Kenworthy.
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She mentioned, yeah, that she accused him of doping up her Scottiche.
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Well, she really doesn't know, and it's really quite complicated. What do
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you mean ken Worthy owns a beautiful Kerry Blue Terry lady O. Diddy's rolling
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on me, holy cants and no pun. Why can't they give an honest
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dog an honest name? Look, well call her Mimi. Go ahead,
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Ray just in time? Eat Harry Branson Ray Roll. Oh we know each
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other, Hello, Harry boy. Mister Roland. Sure Harry called me in
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last year when these two dogs were at each other. Course she doesn't mean
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literally, John. You see, mister Roland is quite an authority on show.
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I've held it against him for years, ever since school. Well,
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there's no need to hold it against him. I don't mean that literally.
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Oh well, John Borr, So you came down to help yourself to a
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handful of deer missus Kelly Ryan Pyiton's coin, More power to you. I
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knew Harry would call you in on the case, felt it in my bones,
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and brother, you may be in deeper than you think. Uh,
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what's that supposed to mean? Ray? As Harry told you about the villain
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of the piece, Harrison R. Kenworthy, I was just starting to when
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you're so rang. Yeah, well, Johnny, the whole setup is a
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riot. But just remember one thing. A lot of people have been killed
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in riots. What's that supposed to me? I'll tell you what he means.
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Let me tell it, Harry. It would take you all day.
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Sorry, no offense, all right, go Aheadery, Okay, bellakin wit
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is the biggest event of the year. And the dog he said, Okay,
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all right, missus. Kelly van Piden owns Laird Douglas Douglas of Heatherscote,
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real fine Scotty. Yeah good see see hey those pants are really gone
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anyhow. Harrison Kenworthy owns Lady O Diddy's rolla R Meme Kerry Blue Meme.
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I'd get into gestion trying to say that other night. Okay, me me.
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They're two pretty good dogs, especially Memi International Championship, blood and all
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that, But Mimi's the better dog. Douglas won't stand a chance. I've
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tried to tell her this, but we'll go on going, Okay, Harrison
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Kenworthy loves Kelly van Pit and see oh loves her money him. He's loaded
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too. No, I think the old coot really loves her, and I
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think she loves him, right, Harry, Yes, I think I'm inclined,
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right, But now get this, she won't marry him until her laird
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Douglas beats his lady old diddy Mimi feign Square at the Ballykinwood Show. How
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do you like that? Are you kidding? Oh? No, Jiane's an
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accepted one, right, So what happens for over a y? Wait a
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minute? If he really wants to marry her, why doesn't he just let
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her dog beat his and let her be one up on him right from the
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start. Never, no, boy, he'd never live it down. You
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don't know these people. This is about the craziest thing I ever heard of.
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You and me, sure, but the dam it's deadly serious. Are
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they in love with each other or with their dog? Well, it's not
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just love where the dogs are concerned, but pride, which is just about
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all a lot of these old, lonely millionaires have to think about to live
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for. Yeah, sometimes even under the fifth and sixth generation. Yeah,
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okay, okay, I'll take your word for it. But now she said
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something about her dog being doped at the show last year. Oh yes,
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John, You see, it was just a couple of right, just before
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the finals. It was an attempt to murder the dog with poison, but
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emergency care both times pulled Lair Douglas through. She told me it was only
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some kind of a dope. The sure, sure, we kept the truth
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from it. You don't realize it, boy, But if that dog were
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to die, she would fact Oh no, Ray, Oh yes, John,
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and the insurance company must keep that dog alive in order to obviate having
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to pay the right. After all, her policies amounts to a life.
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It may sound absurd to you, Johnny, but it's no joke. As
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I said, you don't know these people. But look, it still doesn't
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make any sense. You'll just have to take my word for it. And
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it's happened right here in Philadelphia, Yes, John, and we held the
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policy. It was an old lady, right, And so there you have
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it. Okay, okay, I'll believe you. And so the finger points
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at Harris and r. Kenney. Well, she might like to think that
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especially since she doesn't know that poison was used both times, but I don't.
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What's more, the police feel the same. Oh now if you say
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police dogs, I'll slug it, John. There are times when the sense
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of dead right, and I do mean dead no in all seriousness, Johnny,
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if I were you on, duck out of this assignment. Now,
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don't say that ray unless John No, go go ahead and say it.
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Something on It started to make sense around, all right. Listen. The
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reason I'm sure Harrison R. Kenworthy had nothing to do with the attempted poisonings,
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the reason the police were called in, the reason I think you ought
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to get to the on each occasion, missus. Kelly van Python had a
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bodyguard attending Laird Douglas in addition to the dogs, governors, medicos and so
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on. Get to the point each time in order for the poisoner to get
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to that ray. Please, each time the bodyguard was murdered. Still want
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this case, Johnny, Now here's our star to tell you about tomorrow's intriguing
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episode of this week's story. Tomorrow. Well, a joke's no longer a
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joke, especially when a killer trains his sights on me. Join us won't
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you Yours Truly Johnny Dollar. Yours Truly Johnny Dollar is starring Bob Bailey,
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is transcribed in Hollywood. It is produced and directed by Jack Johnstone, who
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also wrote Tonight's story. Be sure to join us tomorrow night, same time
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in station for the next exciting episode of Yours Truly Johnny Dollar. Roy Rowan
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speaking welcome back, Well, Harry left out a key fact, and I
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guess that's a signal that we're not just going to have comedy for the whole
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week long cereal, and I like this one. This is just such a
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nice change of pace. I don't know if I like this every week,
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but this is just you know, we've had some heavier episodes and this one
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may take a heavier turn yet, but I like the humorous tone of these
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first couple episodes and it makes two. I think the suspenseful parts we're going
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to get certainly pack a bit more of a punch. And she was definitely
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very eager to get Johnny on board, even offering him to go to Watermakers
28:56
to get a suit. And that is truly amazing because they sell clippercraft the
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finest yet very thrifty value in men's clothing, at least that's what they said
29:07
in their advertisement sponsoring one of the last series of the New Adventures of Sherlock
29:15
Holmes. And also in this episode we get another reoccurring insurance man and Harry
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bartels Us did a good job in this episode, and Bailey did pretty well
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as basically the straight man in the sketch. Of course, he has some
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experience with that. Bailey did have a brief a film career, and his
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most prominent role was in Jitterbugs, Laurel and Hearty Picture, where he played
29:45
with him as the guy who got the girl. Radio offered him a lot
29:49
more opportunity to do some more dramatic work, and I think that's where most
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of his efforts went. But nice to see some more the comedic side of
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all Bailey. All right, and now to listener comments and feedback. Pastor
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Lisa Rights in Hi Adam. I wanted to respond to a listener comment the
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other day regarding interest in the suspense radio series. I subscribe to a few
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radio classic podcasts on my iPhone and one of them is called Old Time Radio
30:18
Suspense, and it is really good quality. However, it's not a daily
30:22
podcast, more like a weekly. It's very good quality and I enjoy it.
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I'm not sure if it is an iTunes It very well may be,
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but hopefully the listener will be able to access it. Keep up the great
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work. I love your podcast and look forward to tuning in every day.
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Thanks so much for the comment, and that may be an option. I've
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seen one titled Old Time Radio Suspense, not certain if it's the same one
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for most. For most of these podcasts, you can find at least an
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unhosted podcast that will do most of the prominent series in some way or another.
31:03
For complete series or the more obscure ones, you probably want to go
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to archive dot orger some of the other sides and download directly. But thanks
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to his followers on Twitter. Really do appreciate that because that definitely helps promote
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the show. All right, well, the story of Lair Douglas. Douglas
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of Heatherscope will continue on Wednesday. Join us tomorrow for the amazing, mister
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Malone. If you have additional comments, Box thirteen Great Detectives Dot Nepp but
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from Boise, Idaho. This is your host, Adam graham Son and off