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Welcome to the Great Detectors of Old
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is your host, Adam Graham.
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I hope everyone had a great Easter.

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Today, of course, is April
Fool's Day. However, given how complex

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our schedule is already, it won't
play any jokes or do anything to confuse

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folks further. We're going today,
of course, we're doing the last episode

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of Let George Do It we have
with Bob Bailey, and I do want

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to say before we get started at
Today's episode is brought to you by the

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financial support of our listeners. Thanks
so much for your support. Now it's

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time for the stand in personal not
it thank just my stocking trade. If

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the job's too tough for you to
hand it, You've got a job for

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me. George Valentine right hold the
tailor Standard Oil Company of California, invite

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you to let George do It before
we begin Tonight's adventure of George Valentine here's

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the stand in a transcribed adventure of
George Valentine. Not a single letter book

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scene, is sure, Not a
single desperate phone call. Nope. I

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see then, why this nocturnal visit
back to the office to have one last

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look at these beautiful, beautiful productional
ledger No plants, and nothing terrible happens.

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All bills are paid and there's a
balance in the bank. I don't

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this is a milestone. You're a
solid solvent businessman, a captain of industry,

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a low goal. So that's the
reason for the celebration dinner tonight.

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Oh cooy, they tell me.
Did you enjoy your dinner? Angela?

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Who wouldn't I didn't? All right, wonderful. Did you notice the way

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that guy kept staring at us in
the restaurant? Oh well, these days

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when you saw her in in order
a double stake, it costs for a

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double take, even from the waiter. I wasn't talking about the waiter,

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huh. I mean that husky young
fellow at the corner table. He was

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staring at us all through dinner.
Why don't you jealous? I was just

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wondering. Well, I'd certainly be
disappointed if at least one man didn't look

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twice screen. Slinky number I'm wearing
is something new? Well, this great

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drooping number I'm wearing is something old. And the gentleman kept looking at me

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during these long screws. Okay,
let's forget it. Eight books are commer

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Yeah, well, at the risk
of being serious, there's something I want

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to tell you. I could never
become a well, a more gull junior

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grade if it went for you.
I continue how to become a more gull

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senior grade? Yeah? Nice?
Moving out tonight, huh, Come and

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take a look, it's for free. Oh yeah, it is beautiful.

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Yeah, sure, up there over
the building, not down the street.

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I know it. Look next to
the other building. There's that friend again.

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Yeah, from the restaurant. You
know, I'm sure of it.

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Now. He's been dogging my heels
all day? Are you serious by search

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me? But I'm gonna find out
right now. I'll look, Brooks.

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So you stay here in the office
a few minutes. When the lights on,

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you'll think I'm still here. I'll
get down and surprise him, find

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out what he wants. George,
are you sure that you are? You

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didn't your mother warn you against Spring
been following you. I'll go off the

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side door through the alley and then
meet you in front. George, you

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can't just walk up to a stranger
and say, look, but just who

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do you think you're following? I
never say that, Brooks. See,

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that wouldn't be right. No,
I'll say, look, Bud, just

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home do you think you're following?
Well, it looks like mister Valentine got

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hisself laws Brooks. I'm worried.
Henry. He said he'd meet me out

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here in front in a few minutes. Oh, he can take care of

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himself. Mister Valentine, can where
if I see him? Sorry, when

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I'm making a rounds a villain,
I'll tell him you eat well, Thanks,

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Hendry. I'm gonna have a look
for myself, even if it means

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skulking down dark alley. Never a
dull moment, No boy, George,

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Oh you don't knowing what happened.
It's gonna be all right. I'll get

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a cab and get you to a
doctor and I'll be right back right here.

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dB. Yeah, he's gonna have
to help me with him. Yes,

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miss, that's mad and they feeling
good. Oh he's fine except somebody

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hit him on the head and left
him right here. He well, he

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was here, yeah, well he
was propped up against the sash kick.

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I know, I know. Look, miss, I assure you all all

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right? Are you implying that I'm
not? George was right here, and

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there was a stranger over there.
And now that car, so don't you

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see old? Definitely blase, lady. I'm told I play cars on Robert.

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It's just what are you gonna do? Now? Uh, that's a

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good question. I wish I knew
the answer. Oh, brun hello there,

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oh hello, oh oh, I
can see, being married to you

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is going to be delightfully exciting.
I don't want to be an all worry

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ward. But just where am i? You're home? Pool? Oh?

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Look am I sitting on somebody's lap? I'm really too lucky. But I

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was perfectly willing to marry you just
for your money. Money, my how

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news gets around. You also have
a sense of humor, and you're beautiful.

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Oh yeah, may be kind of
pretty, but I don't know.

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Wait a minute, let's stop this
hidden. You know you're really too big

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a boy to be getting into brawls. And the moment you got off the

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boat too? What boat? The
boat from Australia's stilly. Oh, let's

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start from the beginning. All this
is much too luxurious for a petted seller,

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and you're much too well anyway to
be a nurse. Thank you,

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Paul. So I draw the round
doubtful conclusion that I am saying, and

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just don't know why I'm supposed to
be now just between us, gorgeous?

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Who am I? You love to
play games, don't you? Yeah?

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Well you're Paul Gibson, the man
I've decided to marry. How does the

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idea of marrying me strike you?
Paul right between the eyes. What did

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you say Your name was Gloria?
Gloria Bradley. Oh that's nice to know.

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I may want to introduce you to
friends. Gloria, Just when did

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you decide to make me the happiest
boy in the world at why? Who

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was the simplest thing to do?
And you have to admit it's logical.

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That's what I like. Logic,
cold, uncompromising logic. When father died

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and left the whole fortune to you, naturally the rest of the family was

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fit to be tied. Yes,
I can imagine my stepmother and my brother

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Ted were all for putting a violent
end your young life. But I thought

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it would be easier if I just
married you and we shared all that beautiful

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money you and I. You see, I'm not greedy. Oh look,

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fun is fun, but I'm not
in anything. I know you're in no

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condition to talk about it. Now. Look how did I get in here

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anyway? Only we're nursing your poor
battered head at our front door. At

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four this morning. I drinked you
on the couch here in the drawing room

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so you could sleep it off.
Thanks. The others is still upstairs sleeping.

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But I sneak down early so I
could be the first to talk to

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you. Your friend is in the
kitchen getting some coffee, and I suppose

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he came from Australia with me carry
me in his pouch. Now he said

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he met you at the boat.
His name is George Valentine. Oh brother,

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wait, Gloria, I don't mind
you wanting to marry me. I'm

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greatly flattered. I don't even mind
sharing my fortune with you. But please

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don't tell me I'm in the kitchen
drinking coffee. Oh you poor boy,

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your head. You're really the one
who needs coffee. Yeah, yeah,

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you've got something there, and i'd
better hurry in the kitchen before I drink

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it all up. Oh wait,
Paul, don't you want me to go

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with you? Kin of myself.
I want to talk to this George Valentine

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alone you and sorry, I just
couldn't hold myself back. Now get up

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right, cross you out of Themiston. Well, that's the scalp treatment.

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Now we start off. Even then, that's the idea of following me all

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day yesterday? And what am I
doing here? You know I've almost snipped

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up. Then that girl, get
down and talk to you first. This

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morning. I might to spoil the
house show, but you didn't. I

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was listening at the door line.
Come on, let's have it. What's

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the deal here, do you?
Oh? Oh? I see? Well,

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will you take a hundred dollars?
What for me being you? And

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you'll be in me when you cut
that out. I've just been through one

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of these quiz games with my future
wife. Don't blame you for being confused.

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Thanks. You see when you came
up to me in that ellie and

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asked me who I was, I
well, I couldn't resist letting your heavy

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Oh brother, you're kidding. You
didn't really fight against it. I'm serious.

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I knew you wouldn't help me if
I told you the truth. It

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sounds silly. I'm getting used to
things sounding silly. Go ahead, go

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ahead, I'm Paul Gibson. Just
got in from Australia. I gathered that

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much. Well, now, mister
Bradley, Willis Bradley, you own this

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house did about six months ago?
It look at all his money to me

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of all people. Congratulations. Yeah, My mother and mister Bradley were childood

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sweethearts something like that. Anyway,
since none of the Bradley family ever saw

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me, before I got the idea
of passing you off for me. Why

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don't you like money? Oh,
it's not that, it's well, I'm

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just afraid one of them wants to
kill me. Why. Yes, there's

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the girl Gloria, and brother,
of course, the second Missus Bradley.

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They're almighty put out because the old
gentleman cut him off without a penny.

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I think one of them sent me
this. Let me see that if you

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make any claims to the Bradleyest state, you will never live to enjoy it.

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To the point, isn't it if
I don't claim the money, it

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goes to those three according to the
will. Oh, this whole thing is

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ridiculous. Somebody's just trying to scare
you, that's all. Forget it.

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I don't know about that. A
couple of months ago, when I was

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trying to clean up my affairs in
Australia, somebody took a pot shot at

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me, whoever it was, almost
didn't miss, And for a hundred dollars,

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I'm supposed to find the villain in
the piece the highway playing target heard

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about you taking on all sorts of
tough jobs to people. But even then,

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not even then, you thought I'd
have too much brains to take this

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on, so you shang eyed me
into it. So what do you say?

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Will you do it? I gotta
make a phone call as a young

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lady who's going without sleep right now
because you couldn't resist temptation. Well,

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now there's an outside phone right here
in the kitchen. You can use it.

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But will you help me? Well, well, I've been giving myself

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some sage and sound advice which I'm
now going to proceed to ignore. It's

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a deal, mister Valentine. Good
From now on I'll be known as the

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man from down Under. I hope
that's just a figure of speech. In

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just a moment, we'll return to
tonight's adventure of George Valentine. Say how

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long has it been since you've changed
the oil filter on your car? You

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might think it was fairly recently,
and I'd be surprised to find out that

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you've gone many miles beyond the safe
operating period. Oil filter is to do

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the job, ride have to be
replaced every six thousand miles. After that,

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they're so gummed up with sludge and
grit that they just can't hold anymore

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and become clogged and useless, much
the same as a vacuum cleaner when the

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dust bag is jammed full. So
it's a good idea to have your oil

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filter checked regularly by the car savers
at independent Chevern gas stations and standard stations.

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Remember, your car saver is in
business to help you make your car

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run better and last longer. Now's
a good time to be getting your car

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ready for winter weather driving ahead,
so stop in soon for an oil drain

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and oil filter element replacement at any
independent Chevern gas station or standard station where

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they say and mean we take better
care of your car. You're hired to

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take the place of a man about
to come into a fortune and marry one

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of the most beautiful girls the world. Sounds like a dream assignment. But

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when said man is marked for murder
by a person's unknown, well, said

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dream darkens quickly into a nightmare.
Even if your name is George Valentine anyway,

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that in effect is the subject of
conversation between you and Brooksy in the

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drawing room of the palatial Bradley home
on the outskirts of the city. Prose,

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be reasonable, I'm supposed to be
incognito. You shouldn't have bounced any

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here like this. You Sydney,
didn't expect me to sit around twiddling my

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thumbs. Why do you play studs
so loud? Not so loud? Remember

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the stooges name now is Paul Gibson, the Pride of the ANZACs. Paul

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Gibson, girl. Please, I
don't know if I like strangers calling me

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Da. I'm a blonde, easy
going gentleman upstairs, as my friend George

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Valentine. If you had to give
your name away, it could have at

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least been to a woman, and
I know the woman. Okay, okaye,

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But how am I going to account
for you hanging around? You could

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see I'm the scrub woman in mid
stay in Consulate and I just had to

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see you to find out if everything
he didn't given the brush conse And you

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don't have to tell me, Ted, this will soon be hit time.

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That would be missus Bradley and her
stepside Tisza. You don't have to be

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so obvious about but I shall certainly
speak my mind to this this Gibson.

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Oh, mister Gibson, Oh yes, that's right, good morning. Oh

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I'm Ted Bradley. This is my
stepmother Clarissa. Who is this young woman?

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This is my secretary of Miss Brooks
secretary. What do you mean?

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Oh, yes, yes, social
secretary. You know I'll make all my

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arrangements for me dinner's, body's,
dog show stuff. Okay, you're not

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wasting any time, are you all? Mister Gibson, why should he?

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Why not wait right in and start
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Why should he wait? Oh?
I tell you this much. I'm not

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going to just stand stupidly by you
may as well know it. I'm willing

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to do anything anything to keep that
money out of your hand. She means

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any legal steps of court. Oh, yes, of course. I think

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that's all I have to say by
way of greeting. Now, I'm going

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into breakfast, coming to Clarissa prides
herself on her frankness be around. I

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wouldn't leave any lethal weapons around either
one of those characters. Oh what's Gloria

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like? Gloria? Oh, she
doesn't have to worry about lethal weapons.

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She was born with a whole assortment
of them. Oh you know Brooks.

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Either. It gives me an idea. I think I know how to bring

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things to her head around here the
quickest way I'm going to tell the beautiful

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Gloria. She can have my hand
in marriage, missus, Paul Gibson,

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I'm gonna like that. Yes,
yes, I thought you would, Gloria.

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I wonder if it was something you
said that gave me that impression.

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Oh, miss Brooks, I forgot
about you. Why don't you squam is

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the American expression, mister Gibson.
Oh, that's very cute. I'll make

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a note of that. One more
thing, dear, I promised to make

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you an exciting, loving wife as
long as your money holds out. Well,

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there's lots of I think this is
beautiful. Two people so much in

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love still finding time to talk about
practical things. I don't want to start

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bossing you, Paul. But this
secretary of yours is entirely too social.

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Oh I said was it was beautiful? And I thought it was like the

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way you said. Now, please, ladies don't fight over me. Oh,

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never mind. Now I want the
others to know. Clarissa. Hello.

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Yeah, she thinks I'm going to
let you out of my side.

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She's crazy. This is an act, Brooksy. Remember, and she kissed

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you. Nice fight. You didn't
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I can let Paul tell you himself. Yes, well, folks, I

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know this is going to seem a
little sudden, but you know how it

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is when love hits you. Yeah. Well, the simple fact is Gloria

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and I are going to be married. Gloria tells man he's out of his

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mind. On the contrary, he's
remarkably said he thinks he needs a wife

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to help him take care of all
our money. Well, this is a

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surprise. I'm not going to let
you get away with this. At least,

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I am willing to share Paul's money
with him, but you and Tel

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won't be enough from you, Clarissa. Let's be reasonable. Let's face it.

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Glorias stolen a march on us.
Suppose we try to be good sports

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about it. Congratulations, thank you, I'm sure you don't mean it,

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and good luck Paul. Kiss beautiful. Two people still much in love.

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They don't care who stands against you. Shut up, mister Gibson. I

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was all. I know what you're
saying. Don't expect me to congratulate you,

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mister Gibson, and you're not married
yet, Gloria, don't worry.

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Clarissa will get over it. I
will talk to her, and so I

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I won't be long. Had worked
worked, Alisa, I was a family

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braw and Gloria didn't even get hurt. Oh, it was much more than

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that. Somebody just overplayed his hand. How did you manage to miss it?

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Oh? It was easy. I
don't have any proof, but I

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think I'll play a hunch and start
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Really, mister Gibson, I thought
you said your little piece. Why did

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you want to see us here in
the library? Oh, mister Gibson,

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your friend, mister Valentine. It's
still upstairs. I think he's taking an

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out. Yes, well I can
see him. Waiter, Miss Presca,

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where's Ted? Oh he's being very
galant. He said something about buying me

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an engagement present and left for downtown. Oh well, I particularly wanted him

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to be here. We'll look.
Suppose I round up some champagne. Maybe

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he'll be back soon, an't it? Oh? Where? Ah huh?

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Just a minute, it's dead and
Miss Bradley wants to know if you have

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any preference about them anagram on your
engagement present. Tell my brother, I

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think he's an idiot. He should
save his money. He's going to need.

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Tell him to get back here.
It's urgent. Oh, mister Bradley,

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your sister wants me to tell you
you're an idiot, and mister Gibson

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would like to see you right away. Oh, don't mention it. Goodbye?

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Oh yes, the champagne now really, mister mother, if I may

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call you mother now, Glory Anne, Clarissa. There's a little matter I

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want to straighten out now while I
have the chance. Oh you who me?

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You know there's something gave me here? Just where did Paul pick you

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up? Pick me up? And
sadly I wouldn't speak like that about you,

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Oh would I? You know exactly
what I mean. He's hardly off

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the boat and right away he has
himself a social secretary. Oh, mister

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Gibson is a fast work as you
win. You stop at the two of

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you there that it sounded like i'd
just start here. Couldn't have been a

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shot one of the king from upstairs? Yes, Oh yeah, somebody seems

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to be using you upstairs. Oh
it's post friends to what's hap what's happened?

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What's the man on the stairs here? Yes, yes, I'm afraid

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he is. You've got a lot
of explaining to do. Valentiane passing yourself

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off as in Australian getting yourself engaged
with Lieutenant Johnson. Yes, I know.

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Now let's get out of this kitchen. I'm beginning to feel like a

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butler. Just a minute, will
you? When this thing happened, all

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the women are together in the library, young Bradley was downtown buying a present

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for his sister. You were the
only one prowling around, and I'll way

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them in a Johnson, You don't
really think I killed Gibson? No,

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I know you didn't have a motive. I thought I knew who tried to

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kill Gibson in Australian Son in that
threatening note. Yeah, oh no,

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something's got me starting he Look,
you have a lot of routine detail work

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here with a boy or well,
well give me about an hour. Will

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you tell the others? I had
to step out a while and it was

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okay with you. Do you think
the police department would stake you to a

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long distance call State Department Washington?
Yeah, it's important, Johnson. Now

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look here's the door, Lieutenant Johnson. Don't you think this family has had

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to put up with enough for one
day? It's been a murder committed missus

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Bradley, and that's illegal. I
really should feel sorry for myself. It's

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really funny in a gruesome sort of
way. What's gruesome in a funny way?

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I mean, how about me engaged
to the wrong man and a widow

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before him, even a white You
have my deepest sympathies. And Bradley.

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Incidentally, Lieutenant, where is mister
Valentine? He took a little walk some

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time ago my promation. Does anybody
mind? Oh, we were just curious.

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It's all right, I'll take this. Yes, Look, Ted,

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I'm planning what you went Valentine.
What do you want where? There's something

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I want you to do for me, Ted before I get back to the

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house. Now you just answer yes
or no. I don't want any of

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the others to know what we're talking
about. I look beat it upstairs tomorrow

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and the top dresser drawer you'll find
an envelope. Oh yeah, trusting you,

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Ted, because you were the only
one out of the house when poor

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Gibson got it. Then endlope was
something he gave me. It's important.

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I want you to make sure it's
still there and nobody got to it.

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That's straight. Oh I suppose I'll
hang on Okay, oh, Lieutenant Johnson,

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it's Valentine. He wants me to
check something in his room. Okay,

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I guess so I'll be just the
second now, missus Bradley, Miss

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Bradley, that's threatening. Note,
we're you sure trace it? You know

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you certainly won't play a stupid melodramatic
thing like that to me. And don't

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look at me. Oh no,
not again. I know I shouldn't have

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let Valentine you I'm developing a split
personality, broceed. This guy isn't shot.

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What did you do to him?
Why? The shot was purely for

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dramatic effect, Lauri. I guess
though I pushed him a little too hard

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at the head of the stairs.
He'll be all right in a minute.

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Oh what happened? Yeah, that's
what I want to know, val I

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just staged a repeat performance of the
little act that was put on here a

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little earlier today. You'll heard me
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You weren't out buying a present.
You were just where I was a

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minute ago, using the outside phone
in the kitchen. What about that,

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Joha? What proof has he got? One thing at a time. There's

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the tell tale phone in the kitchen. Now take it. What was that

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nonsense about Ted? Mister Valentine,
all of you just saw how Gibson could

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have been murdered with an iron bound
alibi for Ted, always lying. Ted,

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you were the only one here who
knew for a fact that I wasn't

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Paul Gibson. How did I know? Claria? I thought I was Paul

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and she couldn't wait for the wedding
bells. Clarissa was convinced I was Paul.

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She hit the roof when she thought
her stepdaughter was marrying a fortune and

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young brad. Yeah, Lieutenant,
he didn't mind at all. Graciously he

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congratulated the happy bride and grom and
why because he knew, Don Well,

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I wasn't Gibson. Oh, George, that was for Lieutenant Johnson. I

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took the message. Doesn't carefully,
Johnson. This should explain things. I

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hope, well, I hope you
know. It says there was a passport

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issued to Ted Bradley some two months
ago, a passport to Australia. Ted,

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But I, oh, that was
when you said you were going on

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a long fishing trip to Rainbow Lake. So Ted didn't have any trouble recognizing

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Gibson not after that pot shot he
took a him in Australia. Look,

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I say that for your lawyer,
Bradley, and you, Valentine, you're

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gonna come along. I'bb me now, writer Johnson. After all, a

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mogul can't let his business go completely
to part canny Angel. Did you ever

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stop to think that there's a very
real reason why some engines need lots of

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repair and wear out sooner than other
engines at the same model, even though

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both go an equal number of miles
more times than not. It's the motor

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oil it makes the difference. It
either protects or fails to protect. Heavy

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duty RPM motor oil gives top protection
actually reduces where of critical engine parts.

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So buy what's best for your car. Next time you need oil, be

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sure to get heavy duty RPM motor
oil at any standard station or independent Chevron

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gas station where they say and mean
we take better care of your car.

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George, you know, I simply
can't understand how any girl can let us.

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So if marry a man for his
money, yeah, Dad must be

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an uphill struggle all the way.
All I'd want is the man with the

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business that's finally beginning to pay off
a little money in the bank. Yes,

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I see, Sally incentive, I
need not to change the subject book

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scene. Well, I took a
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and the balance in the bank.
Yeah. Well, let's uh pretty

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much of a mirage. Changel On, what are you talking about? You

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made no provision for Texas and we're
through shelling out. I'll be the Bookers

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tycoon on record. Oh dear,
never mind, bus see look at all

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the fun we're going to have building
up our fortune again. Tonight's transcribed Adventure

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of George Valentine has been brought to
you by Standard Oil Company of California,

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on behalf of independent Chevron Gas Stations
and Standard Stations throughout the West. Robert

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Bailey has starred as George, with
Virginia Gregg as Brooks Let George Dowett.

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Was written by David Victor, directed
by Kenneth Webb. Ken Christie was heard

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as Lieutenant Johnson, Jean Bates as
Gloria, Chester Stratton as Paul Lee Patrick

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as Clarissa, and Roland Morris as
Ted. Music by Gaylord Carter, as

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he announced in John Houston, Listen
again next week, same time, say

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station to let George do it.
Let George Doott has hurt overseas through the

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worldwide facilities of the Armed Forces.
Ra Yo say, this is the mutual

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don lead broadcasting Welcome back. How
I'm getting to hear Virginia Greg as Brooksie

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do a little bit of that Australian
accent. It's too bad she didn't use

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it in character. I guess that
would to me was the uh was the

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challenge for Bob Bailey because he didn't
sound Australian, but the guy who he

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was standing in for, certainly Dad. He sounded as an Australian as a

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Philly chee steak sandwich. That Virginia
Greg definitely the queen of voice talent.

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I'm personally wondering if anyone heard a
radio program where she played somebody Australian to

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use that accent for more than a
few lines. Now I mentioned that finished

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the Bob Bailey part of Yours Truly, Johnny Dowler, that definitely did not

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finish, or of excuse me,
let George do it, but that definitely

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that did not actually finish. Let
George do it, and we'll talk a

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little bit more about the second,
less well known version, and let George

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do it on Wednesday. But now
we'll go ahead and we'll turn to listener

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comments and feedback, and we have
this from Jerome who says, do you

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have any old Charlie Chen shows?
Thank you for responding, nice sight,

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and my as is that in terms
of what we're going to play in the

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future on the show, we do
have. We do have access to one

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US Charlie Chan show and quite a
few Australian Charlie Chan programs over the radio.

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And there were a couple of different
eras in Charlie Chan over the radio.

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There was the nineteen thirties, which
were serialized adventures fifteen minutes serials with

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Walter Connolly, and these are mostly
lost, much like the Perry Mason stories,

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they you know, because of the
fact they're serialized, you know,

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you just don't have a complete set. There's one story that's often claimed to

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be complete, Colonel Willoughby's Baffling Murder
Mysteries, but really they just have parts

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four through seven, and with seven
being the last part. The good part

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is you have the end. The
bad part is that you're coming in,

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you know, right towards the end. So there's one episode of mystery Playhouse

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from World War Two which features Charlie
Chen played by Ed Begley, and then

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we have a lot of Australian episodes, and then there are some partial American

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episodes, but we'll just be playing
that one US episode and then a few

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botch and that will actually do it
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