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The man m M. For you, Men and women in the Armed Forces
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of the United Nations, The SpecialService Division present one of America's pop fine
Tinklers, a radio program dedicated tothe mysterious, the unusual, and sometimes
the supernatural. A program of thusBen. When the time for closing bell
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rang in the public library, Alexanderbona pop cut stop, kick up his
battered briefcase with the almost stated initialsABC, closed the book he had been
reading, and shoupled over the librariandebt. It's the most interesting book,
librarian, and I tried to comeback sometime and read another chat trap at
time. May Yes, can Ihelp you? Sir? No, hurry,
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Well, I'll be going along now, thank you. Little chet said,
what do you think he was reading? Daddy is an epideic somnambulism me
medical survey. Boh, I say, the little fuller left his briefcase.
Our captain at the door, Isay, sir, just a moment you
left something my briefcase. I'm terriblysorry. I've seemed to be getting more
and more forgetful. Likely why onlythe other day I left it on the
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Countinant tobacco shop. Lucky you havethose initials. Not many people with the
initials ABC stick in your mind.What do you mean by that, sir?
Well, after all, they're thefirst three letters of the alphabet.
Practically the first thing we learned,you know, is it our ABC?
Don't mentioned those letters for me.They brought bad luck to me in more
ways than one. They have thatwell. I used to be a chaveling
salesman and I used to carry oneof those railway time tables in my pocket,
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the setnic kind in which they listto towns and all the railroads alphabetically.
Oh of course printed right on thecover, isn't it ABC? Yes,
that's right? So we stoppings wasmy alliances, the door to door
selling. Whenever I finished one townoutfrid come that timetable, I look up
the next top of my roof.I got sick of the side of an
ABC railway guide. I didn't tellyou. It was like a symbol of
failure for me. One dingy littletown after another had all listed in that
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railway guide with ABC prints on thecover, my own initials staring out at
this where every new stemming, everydebt, A little railroad station in the
Midlands. Oh, come on itcouldn't have been as that at all.
That with an effect I never noticedit, so I began to get the
ed egg. Oh you stuffer fromhidache? Yes? Have you seen a
doctor thou? Oh no, no, I wouldn't want to see a doctor
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already know what brings them on?Well, did I have a love about
Oh no, no, it isn'tnever torse. That was just such a
long time ago, during the lastwar in factor stout theory. I see
what a coincidence. I was inthe thick of that myself. Yeah,
get together for one day, sotalk over all times. Franklin Clark is
my name? Leave to meet you, mister Clark. My name is Cars,
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Alexander. We must have expected greatthings of you, giving you a
name like that. I'm afraid Davedid, mister Clark. Yeah, I'm
very much afraid they did, misterCars. Oh, mister Carr. Oh
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is it it's name as the past. I'm not soon. Oh it's humid.
Margaret's thoughtful of you. You're herfavorite. Missus Cars not packing your
face. You're not leaving us?Oh no, I'm just taking a little
clip over the bank on the day, you know. Now, don't started
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to save me, mister has noneed. Really you are a nice girl,
Miss Marbury, really are a matterof fact, I'm not going to
the bank holiday I was. There'ssomething rather important. I'm very important.
Men. You know it's very aspossible that my mother didn't have me christened
Alexander Burn apart. Have you gota position as the castle? Well you
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can tell me to well, misterReilly, I can tell you this much,
Harshall mins traveling quite a lot.Where did I leave that ABC railroad
guard? Oh? Yes here itis first stop and over and over.
That's not very time. No,no, no, but I'm a forgetting
on if I don't want to missthat chain. Now let me see if
I got everything. It's the spectaclesand the overcoat, the typewriter walking sick.
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Did I ever tell you the asuswalking sick? Miss Marbury? It's
a Scottish to be very old asalways it is antique. You know they
used to kill people with the secondsin Scotland. I wonder how many heads
ladies want to terrible way to Yes, sorry, missus Marbury. A I'm
a little bit to part with myselftalking like that. It's must nine huge
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unto my editor. One we've gotan astra in viny chance. Yes,
gentlemen, won't be Papa you need, yes, sir, and the other
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gentleman, the shing You gentleman mustbe up from London. That's right.
Is that's your name on the windowof the shop. That's right, sir,
Olivia Essa feeling business right here inAndover and right here in Saint Ramrew's
clive for twenty years, nor andevers and Andrew's grace and funny. Maybe
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let's discuss the nine before we werefrom scutting the yards. We have reason
to believe it maybe a hum thetidal maniac at large in Andover. We
don't want to frighten you, mister. For all we know, that's maybe
just a practical joke. If wewere see an anonymous letter, find ABC
I murderer. There's anything in hisstory. It's planning a series of murders.
Man. It seems to be centeredon the alp. He follows his
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plan through. His first murder willbe committed in and Over, and the
victim will be a person's name beginswith the name. You don't think,
We don't think anything. Spin Ardhas taken its precurse. Oh a woman
takes a terrible chance. Probably nothingto be alarmed about, but it won't
hurt to keep a sharp about lose. Next on your list for Kendy,
next is author Edwards. All right, let's be on our way then,
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good day, madam, Thank yousir, and the dating USA A nurder
yester? What't the bus three?There'll be one of six? I said
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that will be no fighting. Ohboy, let me have one of her?
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Thank you? Thank laughty business,Oh yeah, very very You never
know what lunatic. They don't alwayslook farmer, you know. Some danser
for fame as you want me.Yes, Thursday, I was the fist
some times it's the wall on Englinnever been right thing. Yeah, yes,
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I expect your right, you know, old old with wall I hope
laugh. You don't know it wasI well, young man. Ire Dante
was plague and creeping thickness and femininecancer. But they happen all the time,
and murder happens all the same.They can't prevent him. The sorry
first, I aspect you had aright good time everything the last one eight.
Yes, my poor head has neverbeen the same since I get harrib
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leaders. We're sorry about that.Sometimes I hardly know what I'm doing.
You don't say I forget things youhave for restance. I could have sworn
I had an ABC Railway guide inmy pockets an hour ago. You know
they found one of them ABC rewardguide and the porter back in this lady
that he murders. Oh he ABC, whoever he is, he don't know
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him too. Never stop the thinkof it. Maybe so bomb me don't
remember. I wonder backfild, backfield, backfill, that's my train. Well,
goodbye, young man, my fastside business strike again. He trading
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sidelider. I much ning as forwritten the sigon BacT ladies on Amy.
May I have your older sir?Well, I don't think i'll have the
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air my dam for breakfast art ifI think I'll have a Mattin pie w
Mattin pipe. Yes, sir,what's the matter with you? You're trembling,
young woman. It's something wrong,Oh sir? If you're only knew
I have to walk home tonight.Are to make those happier and the main
I'm the allied in Bens and terrorArnest Benson terision sexil. Yes, sir,
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you're afraid of the ABC murderer aren'tyou. He follows the alphabets,
only that was the way he'd donein the end of her Hey, and
does your name begin with a barnus? My name Mary Farinals, Oh,
dear me, missus Barnard. Well, I don't like to appear forward or
anywhere. I'm old enough to beyour father. Would it make you feel
easier if I saw you own tonight? Oh you don't know, sir,
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You just don't know what would name? Well? What time do they close
up here? Nine o'clock? Allright, don't wait outside for you at
nine o'clock. Maybe wait? Brutallymurdered in bigtail, Abt strikes again.
He stuck the yard of the thirdmurder alphabet murderer to strike again in jest,
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third class single to chestain. Giveme a time to half and a
half there you atter. You haveto remember too, Yes, I come
directly from London. That is mysucking, my line that's going these days?
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What's its rating? In my oldfriend Alexander buonapadcast. I'm sorry,
I'm afraid remember met him the library? Remember London? Yes, head,
quite a tough Franklin clatt remember,yes, of course you'll forgive me mister
Clark, my memory it seems tobe getting worse and worse. It unletters
come under better time, as misterCuss new briefcase. I see nice,
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right you and Nichel. Well,I got a job charted out shortly after
I saw you, mister Clark,from the Balance of limited stopping my old
line. You know, but becauseof the truth, I haven't been doing
that it well, oh there's headachesagain, yes, the heads and the
murders. The murders aboutset me somethingterrible. Well, you're shaking like a
leaf man, Hey, Jonathan Brandy. So, mister Cuss, double with
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you. Cus is you're inclined tobe morbid. I remember that book you
we're reading the day we met stopabout epileptic. Well it might be epileptic.
But well, they discharged me fromthe army before the war ended.
I had a kind of a fictionnow and never had anything like it again,
have you No? I didn't neverstood again, just the head octs.
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I forget what happened hours at atime. Do you know? Once
I was sitting in a station waitingroom and a newsboy came by, and
I bought a paper from and itwas all about that first murder in Hanover.
He said the police had got anothernote, another type of note,
mister Clark, and the murder wasgoing to start next in Bexhille. And
suddenly I realized I was in Bexhill, and I'd been in and Over the
day before when the first murder happened. How did you happen to go from
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n Over to Bexhill. Well,that's so why I'm supposed to go on
my route selling the stockings. I'msupposed to take the town's alphabetically. Oh
well, it's not as surprising.You should have been in Bexhill after all?
Is it? Just to go intothe well the waitress in Bexhill?
Then I I walked home with herthat night, mister Clark, night she
was murdered, a good heavens cut. You don't think you killed Mary Banner
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do? I don't know. We'vesaid in that book that people who have
had epileptic fits off and do things, and does remember them. They even
commit crimes. I said good nightto her and after that her notes,
those type written notes. Wouldn't youhave remembered if you'd written them? I
don't no, oh no, Iknow a little something about psychology, myself
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cut, and I'd take everything Iown on the fact that the man who
wrote those notes was conscious of whathe was doing. Do you really think
so, mister Clark, positive ofit? Now? Pull yourself together.
Man. Incidentally, my sister inlaw lives here in Churston. My brother
is Lord Cameron Clark, and Ihave to know she needs to be sucking
pop over there in the morning,will you and share the old girl you're
lying? H Here here's the ads. Might cheer you up to make a
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good show. I'm sure it would, mister Clark, I'm sure it would.
Well. Good night, mister Larson. Thank you again for all your
kinds. Oh wait a minute,you've gotten something again. Oh dear me,
that's my type cross rushall certain andneeds that. Oh I was the
type up my report to the HomeOffice. And KISA should make that style
tomorrow. Oh of course. Ohhe is by the wake up. Better
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watch out. Somebody in Churston isgoing to be murdered tomorrow. Oh,
ABC is up to the letters.See you know and your name is cut
what good heaven? Mine is Clark. Well, thank you again to your
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generous order, Lady Clark. Ihope you'll please This line of Woomen line
stockings is one of Salan's best buys. Right now, Lady Clark, my
brother in not told me the twoheads come on time. Cuss that really
did need to stock in the night, sing myself was making an egg.
Make your sail, old boy?Oh good good. Luis is stilty with
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bunny and her lady just leggs andcomes from need of recovering. I wouldn't
say he wanted to sucking. Well, thank you for they much for the
lady. Hope I shall have theprivilege of serving you a game next year.
Good Bye, c I'm good luck. Here you go. That's nice
a man, thanks, he's abit off his nut. I'm the phrase.
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Last night he tried to convince methat he was the ABC murderer.
His initials you know he has minorletters of memory must in man and murder.
Good lord, what was that?Here's that girl? What's going on
in the master's bedroom? And ladyyou better go with a mister frank.
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Whatever are you doing here? Lady? The master thought class he's been murdered
with a knife. Blood. Ohlook, look there on the floor a
railway guide an ABC. Sorry youhad to oh camera My poor cab never
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missed any in his life. Aman who did this was a maniac,
and I'm afraid I know who heis. He always carried a walking stick
with a heavy carved handel. That'show the other murders was committed with a
heavy stick. Who wasn't carrying hisstick to day? Must have grabbed a
knife up there somewhere to kill Cameronwith? When were you with him?
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Every minute? So I went uphere to get my check. He took
me a while to time. Goodthat gave custis open. Oh to think
that all that time? Oh no, no, I'll never forgive myself the
important thing now it's nothing before hecan commit another murder? What are you
going to do? Thank, I'mgoing to the plete you let me help.
Let's have a look at his ABCrailway guide. He left the die
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for Cameron. H here, ohsh he there and over bexil Chester each
for a check marks. Where's thenext one? Ah? See see London.
He's through with ABC. He's gonehome and I'm going up for him.
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Yeah, well, mister casts comingever kept you away? So long?
Really, I've got talked to you? Hell? Oh well, I
go up. I want to showyou that you couldn't have happen in your
room anyway. I carry one ofthese. I kill my own thinking sembling
here you're no, no, notnow, please not now, Missilla.
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There's no time for it. Costthe door, unlock it. Are you
in some trouble, mister I'm interrible trouble, Missilli. I want you
to we had a story from meor the only one who has ever been
my friend. Oh I'm a lonelylight, poor mister cast. That's what
they always say about me, Poormister Cust. I thought you were different
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time, so, mister Cast,it was only a memory. Who don't
need to worry. I'm all rightnow. I never get who tells in
one I don't understand. What wereyou? You were of the a V
talking faster. The police will behere again in minute. Please let me.
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I don't want you different cast ofme. I didn't plan it.
Mine stuck and told me where togo. Some people can't help. They
do They are diseases, epilets,difference. If you do things you don't
remember, you'll commit crime. I'mlike that. I can't believe. When
I was a childment of Elisa beggedme about my name. My mother wishes
that she named me after the songspeople to knew of Avenue Alexander. I'm
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soon apart that nobody ever called meBYD's name. They called me a bag.
I used to dream I was bowlingin a kettle of alphabets. So
I was a terrible disappointment my mother, mister Cathy unsettled and start to wear
me out. I could I couldhave been the era once in the Army
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of the Last, or I washeavy. I could have made something of
myself. Then I started getting theedda. You must hear me Outmilly.
I started forgetting things after they dischargedme from the army. Shot they called
it. I used to have dreamsI was a great ruler, but just
to be a been within my head, I had the power out of life.
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I can't even remember what she looked. And there was sexing. I
walked over the waitress in the patientrestaurant in Chester and I sold a dozen
patters talking to a lady, Andwhile she was up to getting her check
book, her husband was murdered onthe floor when I was waiting. And
now I come back here. Maybethe alphabet charm is helper. It was
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London. Hell, your name isLily, trying to start meetness. I
am trying to convince you you murder, believe about Look at close. I
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handed my brief pet and I cameon the chains. This nice murdered the
man in chest and who no,there there is Marbury. Don't take on.
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So you've all end got pretty asyou please in the next thread,
Nice man, is this the nightthreatens you? Winmous Marbury? We just
got here in the nick of time. Apo wicked looking nice. It's the
Churston murder knife. Right enough,mister Clark, no doubt of it.
Well, let's taken typewriter checks witha murder note walking six same markings is
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on the head of the first victim, and the psychiatrist's reports were freely initiated,
and the notes cannot possibly have beenwritten by a person who was conscious
mind. Well, that breaks downin the idea customer of head of entering
an instanity. Please right, Ithink you'll sign the concession without the difficulty.
Bring him in well cut if youready to sign your concession, don't
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know the moment ago I was certain? Why what's worried? Why mister Clark,
why do you think you're wasting valuabletime. Cuts. I don't care
why you did it. You killedmy brother, and I want to see
you hank for it. I don'tcare how farmer you are. You want
could be a sign of yourself talkingto mister man. Don't giving into the
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gentleman on talk. Try to murderyou didn't it? Well? He couldn't
help himself. He seemed horribly upsetively. You are a nice girl. You
are a nice girl. Her murderswere wilful and premeditated. I couldn't Why
did you say that? Cut?Well, because I didn't go to any
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of those places of my own.Sure, I had my instructions from Bellinger's
Limited, and those instructions were sentto me after the police got the warnings
of the murders that were in thepaper. Never were any such instructlings.
We ransacked all your things. Cuts, There wasn't any letter of instructions.
Was an inspecer? No, ohyes, sir, all right, we'll
ring up challengers. May I useyour telephone, Miss Marbray? Certainly the
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number is Regents three one three challengers. Are you there? Put me on
the personnel or Max start backing thoseprone speaking scout in the yard. But
what day did you employ a commercialtraveler named Alexander Bonaparte? Cut? No
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cut A B cut initials A BC. Yes, yes, never implied
by you? Perhaps are a certaindid you send a man to hand over
or bexhilled last week up on yourroute? Thank you? That's all I
wanted to know. Bad cut.I guess it's not doubt your last goes
of the chance, isn't it no, mister Carr, Because you see the
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instructions wearing a letter, and thatletter is right in this room. Well,
let's have a look. Come onthe kenzie in your hand again.
It won't do you any good tolook them. Clark, I have the
letter. Would you like to seea muster cram? Well i'll be Where
did you get there? It wasn'tmmy inspector? Where to bet? Where
did you have visit? Well,inspector, it isn't generally now you wear
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a small heavye not how to send? Let's see that letter arnest cut in
clothes. Find advanced typewriter is beingposted to day you will what a lot
of notes and stake a look atthe type face of their letter, obviously
written on cut typewriter. Yes,that's right, Clarks. And the man
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who wrote that letter was the murderer. Too Loosehlak. He said, the
typewriter to me, and instructions onone of Balon, of letter heads and
the money and everything else. Whatkind of stunt are you trying to pull
here? Cuts, No stunt,It's just that when you made that telephone
call, inspector and Balon just said, I've never worked for them. I
knew that the typewriter must be saidto me by the n And the more
Arts thought about, the more thisthing to me, the murderer must be
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mister Clark. What is fantastic instlike a really well, the murder would
have to add to know something aboutme, something I'd never confided to anyone,
but to mister Clark about mine,Well, my headaches. I've been
reading a book in the public libraryand spake a book on epilets, and
it seemed to me that what Istaffered during the last or might have been
epilepts, and it was on mymind. See it said that epileptics might
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commit crimes and not remember them undercertain conditions. Without that to go on,
the murder couldn't possibly offend a crimeon me that works two wayte Cusk,
you might have told me that storydeliberately, just so you would cook
up this story. Now, wellI couldn't cook up your fingerprints, mister
Clark, and I'll wait for anything. Your fingerprints are on that letter.
Come now, really well that youcan do it right here, I take
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a moment. Take us out ofmister Clark's fingerprints. McKenzie. If you're
examine the prints from the lesson timeright, just brush your fingers, don't
firmly under what is it? Milk? Quite simple? Yes, yes,
simple. It isn't even necessary.I'm afraid this is not the clock only.
I'm not a routine, you know. I tell you it isn't necessary
because Cuss is right. I amthe murder you. But wait, then
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you killed your brother Cameron Clark,that you would inherit your place. But
the others, the A and Bmurders, in and over and excellent,
I committed them, all of them. But gentle, surely you didn't credit
for thinking that has been truel.If only my brother in laws Clark have
been murdered, I, being theonly heir, would have had a lot
of explaining to do, so Iinvented my own little crime way to make
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it appear though he was just oneof the victims of a homicidal maniac,
and I must say it almost cameoff thanks to the unknowing cooperation of mister
Custier. Thank you just the same, miss not very welcome on you.
You could not really Oh you arean high mister. Really really you are
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awesome. Can't do that's really good? You really think? Of course?
Oh wait, that's what's been thetrouble with someone? You really? Really
family? Oh you couldn't have what? Well? I really, I was
just thinking you could really too muchto ask anyone, Missus Alexander. But
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when we're married, please don't veryconsicuous. You have a nice girl,
I do. People won't call yourmissus a and so closes the ABC Murders.
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I'm in Karl's Laudon, Alder Langesterand Branwell Fledger Nice tail of a
fend Thespen with rebroadcast view. Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Aded Nations has a
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Special Service division of the War Departmentof the United States of America.
The man m M. For you, Men and women in the Armed Forces
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of the United Nations, The SpecialService Division present one of America's pop fine
Tinklers, a radio program dedicated tothe mysterious, the unusual, and sometimes
the supernatural. A program of thusBen. When the time for closing bell
(01:49):
rang in the public library, Alexanderbona pop cut stop, kick up his
battered briefcase with the almost stated initialsABC, closed the book he had been
reading, and shoupled over the librariandebt. It's the most interesting book,
librarian, and I tried to comeback sometime and read another chat trap at
time. May Yes, can Ihelp you? Sir? No, hurry,
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Well, I'll be going along now, thank you. Little chet said,
what do you think he was reading? Daddy is an epideic somnambulism me
medical survey. Boh, I say, the little fuller left his briefcase.
Our captain at the door, Isay, sir, just a moment you
left something my briefcase. I'm terriblysorry. I've seemed to be getting more
and more forgetful. Likely why onlythe other day I left it on the
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Countinant tobacco shop. Lucky you havethose initials. Not many people with the
initials ABC stick in your mind.What do you mean by that, sir?
Well, after all, they're thefirst three letters of the alphabet.
Practically the first thing we learned,you know, is it our ABC?
Don't mentioned those letters for me.They brought bad luck to me in more
ways than one. They have thatwell. I used to be a chaveling
salesman and I used to carry oneof those railway time tables in my pocket,
(03:00):
the setnic kind in which they listto towns and all the railroads alphabetically.
Oh of course printed right on thecover, isn't it ABC? Yes,
that's right? So we stoppings wasmy alliances, the door to door
selling. Whenever I finished one townoutfrid come that timetable, I look up
the next top of my roof.I got sick of the side of an
ABC railway guide. I didn't tellyou. It was like a symbol of
failure for me. One dingy littletown after another had all listed in that
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railway guide with ABC prints on thecover, my own initials staring out at
this where every new stemming, everydebt, A little railroad station in the
Midlands. Oh, come on itcouldn't have been as that at all.
That with an effect I never noticedit, so I began to get the
ed egg. Oh you stuffer fromhidache? Yes? Have you seen a
doctor thou? Oh no, no, I wouldn't want to see a doctor
(03:43):
already know what brings them on?Well, did I have a love about
Oh no, no, it isn'tnever torse. That was just such a
long time ago, during the lastwar in factor stout theory. I see
what a coincidence. I was inthe thick of that myself. Yeah,
get together for one day, sotalk over all times. Franklin Clark is
my name? Leave to meet you, mister Clark. My name is Cars,
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Alexander. We must have expected greatthings of you, giving you a
name like that. I'm afraid Davedid, mister Clark. Yeah, I'm
very much afraid they did, misterCars. Oh, mister Carr. Oh
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is it it's name as the past. I'm not soon. Oh it's humid.
Margaret's thoughtful of you. You're herfavorite. Missus Cars not packing your
face. You're not leaving us?Oh no, I'm just taking a little
clip over the bank on the day, you know. Now, don't started
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to save me, mister has noneed. Really you are a nice girl,
Miss Marbury, really are a matterof fact, I'm not going to
the bank holiday I was. There'ssomething rather important. I'm very important.
Men. You know it's very aspossible that my mother didn't have me christened
Alexander Burn apart. Have you gota position as the castle? Well you
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can tell me to well, misterReilly, I can tell you this much,
Harshall mins traveling quite a lot.Where did I leave that ABC railroad
guard? Oh? Yes here itis first stop and over and over.
That's not very time. No,no, no, but I'm a forgetting
on if I don't want to missthat chain. Now let me see if
I got everything. It's the spectaclesand the overcoat, the typewriter walking sick.
(05:45):
Did I ever tell you the asuswalking sick? Miss Marbury? It's
a Scottish to be very old asalways it is antique. You know they
used to kill people with the secondsin Scotland. I wonder how many heads
ladies want to terrible way to Yes, sorry, missus Marbury. A I'm
a little bit to part with myselftalking like that. It's must nine huge
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unto my editor. One we've gotan astra in viny chance. Yes,
gentlemen, won't be Papa you need, yes, sir, and the other
(06:26):
gentleman, the shing You gentleman mustbe up from London. That's right.
Is that's your name on the windowof the shop. That's right, sir,
Olivia Essa feeling business right here inAndover and right here in Saint Ramrew's
clive for twenty years, nor andevers and Andrew's grace and funny. Maybe
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let's discuss the nine before we werefrom scutting the yards. We have reason
to believe it maybe a hum thetidal maniac at large in Andover. We
don't want to frighten you, mister. For all we know, that's maybe
just a practical joke. If wewere see an anonymous letter, find ABC
I murderer. There's anything in hisstory. It's planning a series of murders.
Man. It seems to be centeredon the alp. He follows his
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plan through. His first murder willbe committed in and Over, and the
victim will be a person's name beginswith the name. You don't think,
We don't think anything. Spin Ardhas taken its precurse. Oh a woman
takes a terrible chance. Probably nothingto be alarmed about, but it won't
hurt to keep a sharp about lose. Next on your list for Kendy,
next is author Edwards. All right, let's be on our way then,
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good day, madam, Thank yousir, and the dating USA A nurder
yester? What't the bus three?There'll be one of six? I said
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that will be no fighting. Ohboy, let me have one of her?
(08:20):
Thank you? Thank laughty business,Oh yeah, very very You never
know what lunatic. They don't alwayslook farmer, you know. Some danser
for fame as you want me.Yes, Thursday, I was the fist
some times it's the wall on Englinnever been right thing. Yeah, yes,
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I expect your right, you know, old old with wall I hope
laugh. You don't know it wasI well, young man. Ire Dante
was plague and creeping thickness and femininecancer. But they happen all the time,
and murder happens all the same.They can't prevent him. The sorry
first, I aspect you had aright good time everything the last one eight.
Yes, my poor head has neverbeen the same since I get harrib
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leaders. We're sorry about that.Sometimes I hardly know what I'm doing.
You don't say I forget things youhave for restance. I could have sworn
I had an ABC Railway guide inmy pockets an hour ago. You know
they found one of them ABC rewardguide and the porter back in this lady
that he murders. Oh he ABC, whoever he is, he don't know
(09:28):
him too. Never stop the thinkof it. Maybe so bomb me don't
remember. I wonder backfild, backfield, backfill, that's my train. Well,
goodbye, young man, my fastside business strike again. He trading
(09:54):
sidelider. I much ning as forwritten the sigon BacT ladies on Amy.
May I have your older sir?Well, I don't think i'll have the
(10:15):
air my dam for breakfast art ifI think I'll have a Mattin pie w
Mattin pipe. Yes, sir,what's the matter with you? You're trembling,
young woman. It's something wrong,Oh sir? If you're only knew
I have to walk home tonight.Are to make those happier and the main
I'm the allied in Bens and terrorArnest Benson terision sexil. Yes, sir,
(10:35):
you're afraid of the ABC murderer aren'tyou. He follows the alphabets,
only that was the way he'd donein the end of her Hey, and
does your name begin with a barnus? My name Mary Farinals, Oh,
dear me, missus Barnard. Well, I don't like to appear forward or
anywhere. I'm old enough to beyour father. Would it make you feel
easier if I saw you own tonight? Oh you don't know, sir,
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You just don't know what would name? Well? What time do they close
up here? Nine o'clock? Allright, don't wait outside for you at
nine o'clock. Maybe wait? Brutallymurdered in bigtail, Abt strikes again.
He stuck the yard of the thirdmurder alphabet murderer to strike again in jest,
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third class single to chestain. Giveme a time to half and a
half there you atter. You haveto remember too, Yes, I come
directly from London. That is mysucking, my line that's going these days?
(11:52):
What's its rating? In my oldfriend Alexander buonapadcast. I'm sorry,
I'm afraid remember met him the library? Remember London? Yes, head,
quite a tough Franklin clatt remember,yes, of course you'll forgive me mister
Clark, my memory it seems tobe getting worse and worse. It unletters
come under better time, as misterCuss new briefcase. I see nice,
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right you and Nichel. Well,I got a job charted out shortly after
I saw you, mister Clark,from the Balance of limited stopping my old
line. You know, but becauseof the truth, I haven't been doing
that it well, oh there's headachesagain, yes, the heads and the
murders. The murders aboutset me somethingterrible. Well, you're shaking like a
leaf man, Hey, Jonathan Brandy. So, mister Cuss, double with
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you. Cus is you're inclined tobe morbid. I remember that book you
we're reading the day we met stopabout epileptic. Well it might be epileptic.
But well, they discharged me fromthe army before the war ended.
I had a kind of a fictionnow and never had anything like it again,
have you No? I didn't neverstood again, just the head octs.
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I forget what happened hours at atime. Do you know? Once
I was sitting in a station waitingroom and a newsboy came by, and
I bought a paper from and itwas all about that first murder in Hanover.
He said the police had got anothernote, another type of note,
mister Clark, and the murder wasgoing to start next in Bexhille. And
suddenly I realized I was in Bexhill, and I'd been in and Over the
day before when the first murder happened. How did you happen to go from
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n Over to Bexhill. Well,that's so why I'm supposed to go on
my route selling the stockings. I'msupposed to take the town's alphabetically. Oh
well, it's not as surprising.You should have been in Bexhill after all?
Is it? Just to go intothe well the waitress in Bexhill?
Then I I walked home with herthat night, mister Clark, night she
was murdered, a good heavens cut. You don't think you killed Mary Banner
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do? I don't know. We'vesaid in that book that people who have
had epileptic fits off and do things, and does remember them. They even
commit crimes. I said good nightto her and after that her notes,
those type written notes. Wouldn't youhave remembered if you'd written them? I
don't no, oh no, Iknow a little something about psychology, myself
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cut, and I'd take everything Iown on the fact that the man who
wrote those notes was conscious of whathe was doing. Do you really think
so, mister Clark, positive ofit? Now? Pull yourself together.
Man. Incidentally, my sister inlaw lives here in Churston. My brother
is Lord Cameron Clark, and Ihave to know she needs to be sucking
pop over there in the morning,will you and share the old girl you're
lying? H Here here's the ads. Might cheer you up to make a
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good show. I'm sure it would, mister Clark, I'm sure it would.
Well. Good night, mister Larson. Thank you again for all your
kinds. Oh wait a minute,you've gotten something again. Oh dear me,
that's my type cross rushall certain andneeds that. Oh I was the
type up my report to the HomeOffice. And KISA should make that style
tomorrow. Oh of course. Ohhe is by the wake up. Better
(14:54):
watch out. Somebody in Churston isgoing to be murdered tomorrow. Oh,
ABC is up to the letters.See you know and your name is cut
what good heaven? Mine is Clark. Well, thank you again to your
(15:16):
generous order, Lady Clark. Ihope you'll please This line of Woomen line
stockings is one of Salan's best buys. Right now, Lady Clark, my
brother in not told me the twoheads come on time. Cuss that really
did need to stock in the night, sing myself was making an egg.
Make your sail, old boy?Oh good good. Luis is stilty with
(15:37):
bunny and her lady just leggs andcomes from need of recovering. I wouldn't
say he wanted to sucking. Well, thank you for they much for the
lady. Hope I shall have theprivilege of serving you a game next year.
Good Bye, c I'm good luck. Here you go. That's nice
a man, thanks, he's abit off his nut. I'm the phrase.
(15:58):
Last night he tried to convince methat he was the ABC murderer.
His initials you know he has minorletters of memory must in man and murder.
Good lord, what was that?Here's that girl? What's going on
in the master's bedroom? And ladyyou better go with a mister frank.
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Whatever are you doing here? Lady? The master thought class he's been murdered
with a knife. Blood. Ohlook, look there on the floor a
railway guide an ABC. Sorry youhad to oh camera My poor cab never
(16:41):
missed any in his life. Aman who did this was a maniac,
and I'm afraid I know who heis. He always carried a walking stick
with a heavy carved handel. That'show the other murders was committed with a
heavy stick. Who wasn't carrying hisstick to day? Must have grabbed a
knife up there somewhere to kill Cameronwith? When were you with him?
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Every minute? So I went uphere to get my check. He took
me a while to time. Goodthat gave custis open. Oh to think
that all that time? Oh no, no, I'll never forgive myself the
important thing now it's nothing before hecan commit another murder? What are you
going to do? Thank, I'mgoing to the plete you let me help.
Let's have a look at his ABCrailway guide. He left the die
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for Cameron. H here, ohsh he there and over bexil Chester each
for a check marks. Where's thenext one? Ah? See see London.
He's through with ABC. He's gonehome and I'm going up for him.
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Yeah, well, mister casts comingever kept you away? So long?
Really, I've got talked to you? Hell? Oh well, I
go up. I want to showyou that you couldn't have happen in your
room anyway. I carry one ofthese. I kill my own thinking sembling
here you're no, no, notnow, please not now, Missilla.
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There's no time for it. Costthe door, unlock it. Are you
in some trouble, mister I'm interrible trouble, Missilli. I want you
to we had a story from meor the only one who has ever been
my friend. Oh I'm a lonelylight, poor mister cast. That's what
they always say about me, Poormister Cust. I thought you were different
(18:36):
time, so, mister Cast,it was only a memory. Who don't
need to worry. I'm all rightnow. I never get who tells in
one I don't understand. What wereyou? You were of the a V
talking faster. The police will behere again in minute. Please let me.
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I don't want you different cast ofme. I didn't plan it.
Mine stuck and told me where togo. Some people can't help. They
do They are diseases, epilets,difference. If you do things you don't
remember, you'll commit crime. I'mlike that. I can't believe. When
I was a childment of Elisa beggedme about my name. My mother wishes
that she named me after the songspeople to knew of Avenue Alexander. I'm
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soon apart that nobody ever called meBYD's name. They called me a bag.
I used to dream I was bowlingin a kettle of alphabets. So
I was a terrible disappointment my mother, mister Cathy unsettled and start to wear
me out. I could I couldhave been the era once in the Army
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of the Last, or I washeavy. I could have made something of
myself. Then I started getting theedda. You must hear me Outmilly.
I started forgetting things after they dischargedme from the army. Shot they called
it. I used to have dreamsI was a great ruler, but just
to be a been within my head, I had the power out of life.
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I can't even remember what she looked. And there was sexing. I
walked over the waitress in the patientrestaurant in Chester and I sold a dozen
patters talking to a lady, Andwhile she was up to getting her check
book, her husband was murdered onthe floor when I was waiting. And
now I come back here. Maybethe alphabet charm is helper. It was
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London. Hell, your name isLily, trying to start meetness. I
am trying to convince you you murder, believe about Look at close. I
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handed my brief pet and I cameon the chains. This nice murdered the
man in chest and who no,there there is Marbury. Don't take on.
(21:14):
So you've all end got pretty asyou please in the next thread,
Nice man, is this the nightthreatens you? Winmous Marbury? We just
got here in the nick of time. Apo wicked looking nice. It's the
Churston murder knife. Right enough,mister Clark, no doubt of it.
Well, let's taken typewriter checks witha murder note walking six same markings is
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on the head of the first victim, and the psychiatrist's reports were freely initiated,
and the notes cannot possibly have beenwritten by a person who was conscious
mind. Well, that breaks downin the idea customer of head of entering
an instanity. Please right, Ithink you'll sign the concession without the difficulty.
Bring him in well cut if youready to sign your concession, don't
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know the moment ago I was certain? Why what's worried? Why mister Clark,
why do you think you're wasting valuabletime. Cuts. I don't care
why you did it. You killedmy brother, and I want to see
you hank for it. I don'tcare how farmer you are. You want
could be a sign of yourself talkingto mister man. Don't giving into the
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gentleman on talk. Try to murderyou didn't it? Well? He couldn't
help himself. He seemed horribly upsetively. You are a nice girl. You
are a nice girl. Her murderswere wilful and premeditated. I couldn't Why
did you say that? Cut?Well, because I didn't go to any
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of those places of my own.Sure, I had my instructions from Bellinger's
Limited, and those instructions were sentto me after the police got the warnings
of the murders that were in thepaper. Never were any such instructlings.
We ransacked all your things. Cuts, There wasn't any letter of instructions.
Was an inspecer? No, ohyes, sir, all right, we'll
ring up challengers. May I useyour telephone, Miss Marbray? Certainly the
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number is Regents three one three challengers. Are you there? Put me on
the personnel or Max start backing thoseprone speaking scout in the yard. But
what day did you employ a commercialtraveler named Alexander Bonaparte? Cut? No
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cut A B cut initials A BC. Yes, yes, never implied
by you? Perhaps are a certaindid you send a man to hand over
or bexhilled last week up on yourroute? Thank you? That's all I
wanted to know. Bad cut.I guess it's not doubt your last goes
of the chance, isn't it no, mister Carr, Because you see the
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instructions wearing a letter, and thatletter is right in this room. Well,
let's have a look. Come onthe kenzie in your hand again.
It won't do you any good tolook them. Clark, I have the
letter. Would you like to seea muster cram? Well i'll be Where
did you get there? It wasn'tmmy inspector? Where to bet? Where
did you have visit? Well,inspector, it isn't generally now you wear
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a small heavye not how to send? Let's see that letter arnest cut in
clothes. Find advanced typewriter is beingposted to day you will what a lot
of notes and stake a look atthe type face of their letter, obviously
written on cut typewriter. Yes,that's right, Clarks. And the man
(24:36):
who wrote that letter was the murderer. Too Loosehlak. He said, the
typewriter to me, and instructions onone of Balon, of letter heads and
the money and everything else. Whatkind of stunt are you trying to pull
here? Cuts, No stunt,It's just that when you made that telephone
call, inspector and Balon just said, I've never worked for them. I
knew that the typewriter must be saidto me by the n And the more
Arts thought about, the more thisthing to me, the murderer must be
(25:00):
mister Clark. What is fantastic instlike a really well, the murder would
have to add to know something aboutme, something I'd never confided to anyone,
but to mister Clark about mine,Well, my headaches. I've been
reading a book in the public libraryand spake a book on epilets, and
it seemed to me that what Istaffered during the last or might have been
epilepts, and it was on mymind. See it said that epileptics might
(25:22):
commit crimes and not remember them undercertain conditions. Without that to go on,
the murder couldn't possibly offend a crimeon me that works two wayte Cusk,
you might have told me that storydeliberately, just so you would cook
up this story. Now, wellI couldn't cook up your fingerprints, mister
Clark, and I'll wait for anything. Your fingerprints are on that letter.
Come now, really well that youcan do it right here, I take
(25:44):
a moment. Take us out ofmister Clark's fingerprints. McKenzie. If you're
examine the prints from the lesson timeright, just brush your fingers, don't
firmly under what is it? Milk? Quite simple? Yes, yes,
simple. It isn't even necessary.I'm afraid this is not the clock only.
I'm not a routine, you know. I tell you it isn't necessary
because Cuss is right. I amthe murder you. But wait, then
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you killed your brother Cameron Clark,that you would inherit your place. But
the others, the A and Bmurders, in and over and excellent,
I committed them, all of them. But gentle, surely you didn't credit
for thinking that has been truel.If only my brother in laws Clark have
been murdered, I, being theonly heir, would have had a lot
of explaining to do, so Iinvented my own little crime way to make
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it appear though he was just oneof the victims of a homicidal maniac,
and I must say it almost cameoff thanks to the unknowing cooperation of mister
Custier. Thank you just the same, miss not very welcome on you.
You could not really Oh you arean high mister. Really really you are
(26:56):
awesome. Can't do that's really good? You really think? Of course?
Oh wait, that's what's been thetrouble with someone? You really? Really
family? Oh you couldn't have what? Well? I really, I was
just thinking you could really too muchto ask anyone, Missus Alexander. But
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when we're married, please don't veryconsicuous. You have a nice girl,
I do. People won't call yourmissus a and so closes the ABC Murders.
(28:00):
I'm in Karl's Laudon, Alder Langesterand Branwell Fledger Nice tail of a
fend Thespen with rebroadcast view. Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Aded Nations has a
(29:00):
Special Service division of the War Departmentof the United States of America.
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