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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Mason Dixon Mismatch Matter (EP1375) · Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas

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support the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio. Well, now it's time for
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today's episode of Yours Truly Johnny Dollar. The original air at eight June the
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ninth, nineteen fifty seven, and the title is the Mason Dixon Mismatch Matter
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from Hollywood. It's time now for Tony Dollair Up. Johnny who's that for
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grawl? As if I didn't know what's on your mind? Bird Dollamtion ever
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hear of her? Her uncle selve estimation m Mason's stealing iron. That's the
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man. Dall is his favorite niece. About six weeks ago she disappeared.
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So so yesterday a body washed up on Newport Beach, not too far from
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a parent's home, Darles, according to her father, And you hold a
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policy on her for twenty five thousand double indemnity out, So why don't you
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pay it off? We would have today except for one thing? What's that?
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Right after Mason identified the body, a man named Dixon showed up and
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swore it was the body of his daughter. Why Bob Bailey and the Exciting
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Adventures of a Man with the action packed Expense Account America's Fabulous Freelance Insurance Investigators,
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Truly Johnny Dollar, No Act one of yours, Truly Johnny Dollar.
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Expense account submitted by a special investigator, Johnny Dollar, to the Providential Assurance
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Company, three nine to three Dewey Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut. The following
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is an acount of expenses incurred during my investigation of the Mason Dixon mismatch matter
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expense account. I had a one a dollar and twenty cents taxi from my
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apartment of the Providential Building. The walls of Bert McGrath's office are covered with
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pictures of sporting events, and as I entered, Bert was preparing to hang
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another one. Oh, Johnny, will come in, come in? Yeah?
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You you ever see this? Who is it? Who? Why?
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It's me, that's who. Today I pitched for the Valdosta Lions, struck
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out ten of the cherry pointers that afternoon. Yes, sir, you win
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the game? Forum, I said, did you win the game for him?
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Oh? No, cheating umpire? Ah. Well, Johnny boy,
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are you ready to join our little team? I don't know. A body
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of a girl being found on a beach, Bason identifying it as his daughter,
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and then somebody else showing up, Henry Dixon and saying the same thing.
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Can't the authorities identify her? Haven't been able to yet? Neither one
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of those girls had their fingerprints on the record. Nope, Well what about
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tennilwork? Nothing to go on there either. It's not going to be an
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easy one, Johnny. How long had the body been in the ocean before
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it was washed up? Well? They figure about six weeks. You know
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what that means? Hello? Oh, yes, I see, uh huh.
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Well, if it isn't the Mason girl, he is, yes,
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so that's right. Thanks for calling Captain. That was Captain Miller of the
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Newport Police about who she is. No, so if it is the Mason
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girl, we're going to have to pay out fifty thousand on the double indemnity
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clause. You aren't surprised, are you. No. I didn't think she
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died from a natural cause, but I didn't think it'd be from a gunshot,
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would either? What kind of a gunshot would? At thirty eight right
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through here? How old did you say? The Mason girl was a big
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oh round twenty dition girl too. Both of them pretty full of life,
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at least they were. When did the Mason girl disappear? Oh about six
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weeks ago. And the Dixon girl she's been missing about three months. Well,
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one of them is still alive. I'll try to find her. Or
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gave me all the information he had on both the Mason and the Dixon families.
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I took a cab back to my apartment. That's expense account out of
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two adam three eighteen dollars and ten cents transportation Hartford the Newport, Rhode Island.
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After checking in at the Ogden Hotel, I called Darla Mason's father,
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rented a car and drove out to the Mason home on the beach. I
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was about to ring the bell on the front door. Open. Hi,
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Well, huh, you must be Johnny Dollar. That's right, Come on
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in. I'm John Mason, Darla's little sister. Huh, this way,
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mister Dollar. Mother's waiting for you in the den. Your mother. I
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thought my appointment was with you. My father's interisposed besides mother's the brains of
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this family. Of course, if you really want to know about Darla,
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you ask me. Maybe I will you better. Mister Dollar's here, mother,
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Thank you, my dear, Come in please, mister Dollar, see
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you later. Johnny dreadful mistake? My husband Maid's upset him, so I
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found it best to see you myself. Just what mistake are you referring to
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missus Mason? Well, we've released his statement the newspapers. I thought you
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would hear. No, Maam, I happens you've made a trip over here
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for nothing. Then, Yet you see my husband erd when you identified that
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body as being our daughters. It couldn't possibly a thing. Well, I
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know you're glad of that, missus Mason, But what made mister Mason change
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his mind? I haven't changed the dollar, Georgia. I thought you were
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going to stay in your room, never mind dollar. Any questions you want
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to ask, I'll try to answer you. I George Mason, drinking only
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enough to take the bad taste out of my mouth. And you know what
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put it there? Oh dog, lookstone mixed up, Jenny. I tried
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going along with you, but I got two week of stomach so here I
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am. I didn't know what you're talking about it, Oh listen, dollar.
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Soon as they found out that girl had been murdered, my wife here
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decided it couldn't have been dollars. Isn't dollar? And you know it.
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Only thing I know is that you got a set idea good proper people don't
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die nowhere else but in bed. Because this girl died like she did,
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because she was shot. You tried convincing me she ain't our daughter. Well,
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I won't hold still for that girl's dollar, no matter what that crazy
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what you say? You hear you hear me, Jenny? Oh gone,
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woman, I gets a mad at her. Oh yeah, you want a
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drink? Dollar? No? No, thanks a little early for me.
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I guess I've had enough too, oh dollar. No matter what way Yard
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girl died, she was a good girl. Never give me a bit of
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trouble, never lied, never ran around like summer age do. She was
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a real good girl. Mister Mason. The police haven't been able to make
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a positive identification. I know that. Well. Would you mind telling me
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why you are so certain that girl is your daughter? Oh? Of course
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not. First thing, Darla had no reason to go. She had everything
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I could give her, charge of council, over the place, everything money
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could buy, so she had no reason to leave her like she did.
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Where was she last seen? At the Newport Yacht Club. At the bar,
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younger daughter Jones saw Darla talking with a stranger. She walked out of
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the club. Was the last anybody ever? So often? Oh, mister
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Mason, do you have a picture of your daughter that I could borrow for
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a few days? Yeah? I might be able to find you one.
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What do you want with it? I'm going to try to find you.
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What dollar you'll find the Dixon girl? Oh? Oh yeah, I see
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what you mean. Well, you might locate Ruth Dixon somewhere. You know
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the Dix's, mister Mason. No, I've never heard of before this happened.
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What about Ruth Dixon? Could Darla have known her? Oh? Of
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course? Now are you sure? I mean, isn't it possible that in
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a small community like min No, it's not possible. Dollar, we're the
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Masons. Now. Maybe that don't mean much to you or to me,
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but it means an awful lot to my wife, And by the time poor
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Dola was born, my wife drilled it into work. Do you understand.
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No, I'm not sure that I do well. Never mixed with people she
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thought were beneath her anymore, my wife ever has I see? You don't
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believe it? You just ask around. I planned to mister Mason. Mason
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found a small snapshot of his daughter. I took him and drove back to
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town. Expense account at him four to ten cents. One phone called to
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Henry Dixon. Twenty minutes later, I walked through the knee high weeds that
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surrounded the Dixon home. Standing on the front porch waiting for me was a
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tall, thin man after Noon mister Dollar. Yes, that's right. Well,
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I'm glad to know you sit down. It's such a nice day.
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I thought we could talk out here on the fort fine with me, oh
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Dollar, Yeah, Look, this whole thing hasn't been easy on my wife.
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Now. I've spent all day convincing her that I was mistaken, that
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the girl found on the beach isn't our daughter. You really believe that,
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so does my wife, And for the first time in days, she's almost
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her old self again. Henry. Oh, on the porch, Lucial,
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mister Dollar's here. Oh my, it's a beautiful day. Listen, Lucille,
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this is mister Dollar. Oh please to meet you, sir. Thank
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you, missus Dixon. Well, sit down, mister Dollar. Just anywhere.
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Henry built these chairs himself. I wanted to put them in the house,
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but Ruth she just wouldn't have it. Yes, mister Dollar, I'm
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not at all sure why you want to see us. Ruth wasn't insured.
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We never could afford to take out a policy on her. Well, we
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did once for her college fund, you remember, Henry. Yes, but
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when I was forced to slow down, we had to cash it in all
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except about one thousand dollars. That is, back in Saint Louis. My
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husband was a school teacher, mister Dollar a fine one, but the doctors
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made him give it up because of his hard Oh. I see how long
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have you folks lived in Newport? Five years and four months, missus Dixon.
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I imagine you remember just about everything that happened the day Ruth disappeared,
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don't you. Oh my? Yes, Well, did your daughter seem to
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be upset or emotionally disturbed in any way? No more than usual. Well,
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Ruth was spoiled, mister Dalla, before Henry had to leave his job.
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We had the money to buy her nice things. Then when we didn't
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have it, Well, Ruth just never could get used to seeing her friends
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and they are pretty new dresses. That's one of the reasons we moved to
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Newport to get away from that crowd. Yes, we hoped he would find
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some friends on her own financial level, Yes, some friends like that,
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But she she wouldn't change. Did she know the Mason girl? I ever
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talk about her? No? I can't recall that she did. Now wait
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a minute, Henry, she did one? Oh? One? Was that?
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Oh about the middle of March they were having a dance where Ruth worked.
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When she got home that night, she told me the Mason girl had
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been there, and how nice her hair had looked. The Mason girl wasn't
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nearly as pretty. Oh no, have you ever seen a picture of Ruth,
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mister Dollar, Well, only the one of the newspapers. Oh that
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doesn't look a thing like Ruth. Excuse me, surely mister Dixon was Ruth
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happy with her job? Well, considering how little they pay girls for doing
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hostess work, she was now here. Here's a real nice picture of her,
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mister Dollar. You just look at Ruth. Isn't that Sunday? She
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sure? Missus Dixon? Where was this taken? Well? Where she worked
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at the Newport Yard Club. I borrowed the picture after promising to be careful
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with it. Then I went back to my hotel at the Best. I
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stopped for my key and messages and found one from Captain Miller, the Newport
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Police. He wanted to see me in this office as soon as possible.
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They took me about five minutes to get there. Yeah, that's right in
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there. I'm mel a homicide detail. I'm glad you mister what wonderful good
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news you can? He leave the man alone? Well, I didn't expect
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to find you people here, missus Mason. No, No, I'm sure
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you didn't. And mister Mason didn't expect to be here either. Oh,
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you just wouldn't hold the thought, would you, George, You just wouldn't
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have faith. Oh you had our girl deadn't buried in her grave? Disgusting?
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Thankful, missus Mason. You mean you found her? They haven't found
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her yet. Don't matter find proof that she's a lot? What kind of
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proof? Slip a little sick nifer? What did you find? I didn't
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find it, missus Mason. What is a bill from Kennedy's. That's a
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department store over in province? Why don't you shut up? One, captain?
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What's the bill got to do with Donad Mason being alive? Justice?
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All the Masons have a charge accounted Kennedy. So the day a bill came
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to the Mason house addressed to miss Darla Mason, here, missus Mason opened
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it. Yes, Darla charged a fur wrap in Kennedy's. Oh when just
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last week Act two of yours, truly Johnny Dollar in a moment. We
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often hear about people shooting the bull or throwing the bull. We often do
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it ourselves on occasion. But here's a story about a bull that threw the
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man instead of the other way around. When Air Force veterinarian Captain Tony Kamlocker
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was stationed in the Aesaurs, he was asked by a Portuguese veterinarian to diagnose
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the wound of a young and promising bull that had been gored by another bull.
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It came from a long line of famous Corrida bulls and was considered very
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valuable. But Captain Kamaloker's diagnosis was not favorable. An operation was needed and
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there were no facilities for such a thing, just the young captain's bag of
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surgical instruments, strong field hands to hold the animal down, and Missus Comilocker,
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who acted as nurse. The operating table was a rocky field under a
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penetrating drizzle of rain, but Captain Tony Kamilocker couldn't be stopped with mere inconveniences.
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After giving the ball a dose of tranquilizers and the shot of local anesthetic,
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he proceeded with surgery. Just as the operation was completed, the bull
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came to life with a mighty lurch. It leaped to its feet, throwing
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the field hands aside like sticks and four thanks immediately charged at the surgeon,
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but Comlocker escaped over a nearby stone wall. The bull recovered, and its
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grateful honor renamed it Comlocker for its debut in the ring, where Portuguese style,
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it is against the law to kill the bull. That's how a simple
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act of kindness brought about new understanding, a step on the road to freedom,
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the right of all men everywhere, no act too of yours, truly.
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Johnny Dollar and the Mason Dixon mismatch matter. After telling me that the
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Mason girl had used one of her charge accounts just five days before the body
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was discovered on the beach, Chaptain Miller produced the original sales slip. Written
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across the bottom of it was the name Darla Mason. I wish to have
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and I could be positive it's really her signature. Do you mean you think
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it's a forgery, Captain, I don't think anything yet, mister Dollar,
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you believe it's Dollar's signature, don't you. Well, I haven't anything to
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compare the signature with missus. Missus Mason, you happen to have any of
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your daughter's legal documents at home, her driver's license, or anything else that
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might containers signature. No, I'm afraid I do. You'ren order a copy
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from the Department of Motor Vehicles cup. Yeah, well, what do you
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want it for? Kevin? Well, it's just a matter of form,
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mister Mason. We have to be sure. Darla's mother and me we are
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sure, and we're the only ones that come. Oh that's not quite true,
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mister Mason. Have you forgotten about the Dixons? Oh? Oh,
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yeah, I guess I did for a minute. Well, you go ahead,
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missus. Mason and me will be at home. Yes, you'll let
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us know as soon as you can. Yes, ma'am, I will.
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Well dollar No, what how far is Providence? Captain? About forty miles?
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Why? Well, I don't know about that store over there, but
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where I came from. Before a person could charge on an expensive item like
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a fur wrap, you'd have to produce some identification unless, yeah, unless
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the salesperson recognized him or her. What do you think? Mm? It's
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three ten now, if we hurry, we might have time to do a
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little shopping. We made it in an hour and a half. The first
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sellon at Kennedy's is on the second floor, or back away from the escalator.
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I remember her quite well, mister doa, and you're sure it was
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Darla Mason? Oh? Yes, I know, because I was so surprised
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to see her. Oh how's that we read the papers? Mister Dolla?
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How do you she in a way? Had you ever waited honor before,
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Miss Tremble, No, I had not. Do you remember how she was
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dressed? Well, she had on a hat gray felt fitted real close to
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her head so you couldn't see any of her hair. And oh yes,
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navy blue dress, raw silk, I believe, and real the cooked hair?
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Well? No, co oh did you recognize it when she first walked
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in or not until she told you her name? Well? You men are
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so kiky. I don't remember everything. I'm sorry, I Tremble. I
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have two snapshots here in a moment. I want you to tell me which
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of these two girls else is Donald Mason. That won't be hard to do,
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But first, may I borrow a pair of scissors and a small piece
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of paper? Please? Here you are? Thanks? What the devil are
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you up to, Johnny? Cutting paper hats? What do you think?
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What? Come over here to the counters? Tremble? If you'll just wait
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there a second place? Is it better be good. I think it will
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be a watch all right, all I put the snapshots on the counter,
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on the head of each girl one of my little paper hats. Oh really,
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this is ridiculous. In look, well, I'll be When did you
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spot this at the Dixon house? Miss Trimble? Would you come over now?
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Please? All right, look at the snapshots and tell me which of
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these ladies bought that fur from you last week? You've covered up their hair.
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You said she wore a hat, didn't she? Yes? But which
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one of them was it? Miss Trimble? I'm not sure. They looked
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so much alike, but their hair covered like that and just chewed. The
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Mason girl had worn her hair short in the Italian style. Ruth Dixon,
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who didn't have the money to spend on beauty parlors, had let hers grow
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long and full. But both girls had similar features, and apparently I was
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the only one who had noticed this, or was I? Captain Miller and
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I went to the credit department, where we compared the signature on the sales
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slip with Darla Mason's original credit application. After that, while there was little
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doubt in our minds as to what had happened, it was almost seven,
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when I got back to my hotel, took a shower and stretched out to
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do a little thinking. Yeah, hello, Hi, Hi yourself? Who
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was it? Oh? Come on, Johnny, who are you expecting?
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Wow? Don't tell me you forgotten about our date? Oh no, no,
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no, where shall I meet you? Miss? I'll meet you be
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right up, Johnny boy, I wasn't quite dressed when she began piling on
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the door. I tucked my shirt in and opened the door. Hi joy,
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who else? Don't look so amazed and bite me in? Oh sorry,
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come in, that's more like it. You don't mind if I leave
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the door open? Do you worried, Johnny? Oh no, no,
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it's just that I like lots of air. You're cute, so are you
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for a seventeen year old? Eighteen? But I'm quite sure you are now,
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Johnny? Before we go out tonight, would you mind if I ask
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you a couple of questions? I thought you probably would. Oh well,
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I'm sure everyone in Newport knows about Darla charging that for a rap. I
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see, what do you want to ask me, Johnny? It's about the
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day Dona disappeared. Yes, well, you said she was in the bar
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with a stranger. Right, that's right. But you and I we both
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know that every stranger who enters the yacht club has to sign a guest book.
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Correct, Well, he's given a temporary count with the name of the
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member who invited him to the club also registered in the book. You're very
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clever, mister Dark Why did you lie to the police and your parents?
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Johnny? Darla was my sister. I thought maybe somedays she did the same
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for me. Will you tell me who the stranger was? Or shall I
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go over to the yacht club and start checking their guest book. I'll tell
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you, yeah, Would you mind closing that door? Tell me first,
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his name's Peter Henson? Or was he my mother can answer that? Or
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Michael? A tutor? My mother hired him for darl and me. Moved
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into our house about three months ago. Of course, he didn't stay long.
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Where was he from? I don't really know, but I know how
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you can find out. Yeah. Mother hires all her help from the Casteloni
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employment agency in Providence. If anyone has his home address, they will I
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started calling the Castelloni agency at eight thirty the next morning. Anson's last own
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address was in Providence, and half an hour later I was headed toward the
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highway. It wasn't until I reached the turnpike and I noticed I was being
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followed by a battered blue sinan ansid. It moved, but he left a
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forwarding address. In three hours and two addresses later, I turned down a
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lonely oyster shell road and stopped. I had a mean I can see a
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small beach cottage and still behind me a battered blue sinnad. You make it
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real easy for a man to follow you, mister Dollar. If I had
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known it was you, sir, I wouldn't have. I hope you don't
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mind my tagging along like the mister Dixon. No wait, I know what
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you're going to say, but let me say this first, mister Dollar.
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I've waited around wondering if it was our girl you would find or the other
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one for so long. Well, I just couldn't anymore. I had to
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do something. You understand that, don't you, Yes, sir, I
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think i'd do it good. Well, then you'll go on about you business
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and I won't bother you. You going up to that house and I'll wait
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right here. Go on now, Yes, sir, I wasn't sure who
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or what I would find in the beach house. I was sure no amount
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of talk could persuade mister Dixon to leave until I didn't. I knocked on
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the door for a good minute before it finally opened. Yeah, mister Hanson,
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Yeah, what is my name is Dollar? I'm an insurance insurance man.
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Oh I thought you, honey, it's just an insurance salesman, the
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Dollar. Even if I had the money, I wouldn't buy an insurance from
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you. You come around too early. I didn't let me finish. I'm
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not a salesman. I'm an investigator. Oh give it up, handswer No,
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honey, honey, honey, And you can't stop me handsome you want
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to be He'll be all right. Why did you have to find this?
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Why why did you disappear? In how much trouble you've caused? I can
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read. I know it didn't bother you. Your family not knowing whether you
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were dead or alive, not a bit. I'd be happier if they thought
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I was Damn, Oh god, you don't mean that. I proved it
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did not. I'm not sure why did you disappear? Because I was bored,
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tired and sick of living like my family makes me live and how's that
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come out here? You see those birds? Yeah? Beautiful, aren't they?
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You know? Why? All right? Why because they're free, because
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they can live anyway they want, with no responsibilities, no reputation to worry
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about. Oh boy, how I ended. We're around back, sir?
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All right? Now? You tell me something. Sure? How do you
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know that wasn't me they found on the beach because of that fur wrap you
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charged to Kennedy's. I told him to send the bill here. They didn't.
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They went to your house. Oh no, I'm pretty sure. Goof
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yeah, Donna, you sure did, mister Dollar. Are you all right?
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I thought? Oh, mister Dixon, I Dixon, yes, Darna.
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He followed me here, hoping I'd lead him to his daughter. Oh
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geene, mister Dixon. I I'm sorry, if there's anything I can do.
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My daughter was fine, decent. But you, mister Dixon, to
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what you did to your parents and to us, making us wonder for so
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long, not knowing whether it was you or our daughter who was dead.
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Believe me, I wish it for you, like Bert McGrath told me long
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time ago, somebody has to handle the rough ones for me. This was
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it. Henry Dixon was in no condition to drive his car, so we
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rode back with us and on the way. Well, Darla Mason will never
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forget the things he said to her. Neither will I ask for Ruth Dixon
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who murdered her? And why, Well, that's up to the Newport Police.
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Expensive con total including hotel, Bill Carr, REDTL and transportation back to
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Hartford three hundred and nineteen dollars exactly yours, Trulle Shohnny Dollar. Now here's
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our star to tell you about next week story. Next week, Well,
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I suddenly found out there was more to this case. I just finished more
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the really tough part. Join us, won't you? Yours True, Shohnny
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Dollar. Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, starring Bob Dailey, originates in Hollywood,
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written by Charles B. Smith, and is produced and directed by Jack Johnstone.
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Heard in our cast were Virginia greg Mary, Jane Crock, Jeanette Nolan,
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week, same time and station for another exciting story of Yours Truly, Johnny
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With the end of the serial format, it would be wrong to say
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that Johnny Dollar never did stories that were continued or connected in some way,
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and this is definitely the case as we're listening to the Mason Dixon mismatch matter.
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I don't believe any of the twenty six episodes that are missing are connected
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in this way, but in a way, it wouldn't matter a whole lot
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if it was like this week's because this week's show is enjoyable in its own
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right, and we left the episode with a solution to the case, which
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was somewhat original for Johnny Dollar, though probably not original for Johnny Dollar or
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for the era. With the contrast the two families of a lot of wealth
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and a poorer standard of living, I mean that Dixon family thought they were
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able to afford a lot on a school teacher's salary. Well, it's even
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in nineteen fifty seven. Was just yeah, coming down from there is not
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a good place to be. So we will see how this case. We'll
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continue on next week. And now we turn to listener comments and feedback and
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Bobby Lee comments regarding the Wayward Truck matter. Just listen to this episode.
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I like how they put in a plog for truck drivers. Well, that
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was a nice feature of the episode. This is definitely a much less cynical
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time. The number of people or groups you can praise by occupation has shrunk
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considerably since this time. We're so cynical about everything. We honor our people
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a whole lot last, and we do honor some good people when we do,
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such as the military, first responders occasionally even police officers. So that's
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certainly been changing. But I think this era, particularly after the war,
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it left people with an awareness of how important so many people were to the
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maintenance of their way of life. During World War Two, you saw how
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big and how important so many roles were to properly functioning society. Truckers of
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course very important, railroad's very important. Now our entertainment is more likely to
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be cynical amounts of it. If you have a good guy that happens to
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be a trucker, it's more coincidental. So the lack of cynicism is something
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I definitely appreciate about this era of radio. Well that's all for today.
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We'll be back tomorrow with the drag Net. Next Friday, it'll be another
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episode of Yours Truly Johnny Dollar. And on Tuesday, be sure and listen.
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