Vicki Barr The Clue of the Gold Coin PRT02

Vicki Barr The Clue of the Gold Coin PRT02
Vicki Barr Flight Stewardess Series
Vicki Barr The Clue of the Gold Coin PRT02

Aug 30 2022 | 01:53:02

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Episode 2 • August 30, 2022 • 01:53:02

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This part 2 of a two part series featuring The Clue of the Golden Coin by Helen Wells

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1 0:00:00,450 --> 0:00:03,870 we're continuing our story of the keeper 2 0:00:04,560 --> 0:00:08,758 of flight stewardess and the story is 3 0:00:08,760 --> 0:00:11,667 the crew of the golden coin we 4 0:00:11,670 --> 0:00:16,980 are head chapter eat mr quell come 5 0:00:16,980 --> 0:00:18,960 in miss bar f b i agent 6 0:00:18,960 --> 0:00:21,390 greeted vicky with a tired smile and 7 0:00:21,390 --> 0:00:23,580 offer her a chair he looked as 8 0:00:23,580 --> 0:00:25,470 though he hadn't had too many hours 9 0:00:25,470 --> 0:00:27,150 of restful sleep during the past few 10 0:00:27,150 --> 0:00:29,544 nights i had a talk with you 11 0:00:29,550 --> 0:00:33,319 for young friend watson yesterday i suppose 12 0:00:33,330 --> 0:00:35,910 as why the here vicky nodded it 13 0:00:35,910 --> 0:00:37,290 was was of you do have led 14 0:00:37,311 --> 0:00:39,600 come and seem i certainly agree with 15 0:00:39,600 --> 0:00:42,270 them mr dukes proposal to him smoke 16 0:00:42,270 --> 0:00:44,850 post and was a most unusual been 17 0:00:45,570 --> 0:00:46,830 as soon as the boy left a 18 0:00:46,830 --> 0:00:49,380 tried to contact mr do i discovered 19 0:00:49,380 --> 0:00:51,390 that he was in cuba and was 20 0:00:51,540 --> 0:00:54,270 expected back today yes i know that 21 0:00:54,270 --> 0:00:56,280 he said mr crabb looked at her 22 0:00:56,280 --> 0:00:59,370 sharply for more than one i however 23 0:00:59,520 --> 0:01:01,650 i didn't make some the street inquiries 24 0:01:01,650 --> 0:01:04,264 about it it appears he is and 25 0:01:04,264 --> 0:01:08,070 the import export business engaged in and 26 0:01:08,130 --> 0:01:11,490 traders engaged in trade between the united 27 0:01:11,490 --> 0:01:14,040 states and cuba so far as i 28 0:01:14,040 --> 0:01:17,790 can tell his trading is thoroughly respectable 29 0:01:18,180 --> 0:01:23,070 and legitimate been principle green been princely 30 0:01:23,070 --> 0:01:26,760 concerned with sugar where's sugar although he 31 0:01:26,790 --> 0:01:30,120 also deals and leases perfumes antiques and 32 0:01:30,120 --> 0:01:34,080 other luxury items and legitimate been principle 33 0:01:35,370 --> 0:01:39,030 me been princely concerned with sugar where's 34 0:01:39,056 --> 0:01:41,850 sugar although he also deals and leases 35 0:01:41,850 --> 0:01:46,110 perfumes antiques and other luxury items restrict 36 0:01:46,110 --> 0:01:49,710 his double on his square jaw know 37 0:01:49,710 --> 0:01:51,810 in here at the airport since a 38 0:01:51,810 --> 0:01:53,700 great many of his shipments come in 39 0:01:53,700 --> 0:01:57,180 by hair express and airfreight yeah yeah 40 0:01:57,180 --> 0:02:00,480 investigator grinned and reflexively stroked his double 41 0:02:01,290 --> 0:02:03,690 on his square jaw he remarked a 42 0:02:03,690 --> 0:02:05,490 moment ago that know mr do have 43 0:02:05,490 --> 0:02:08,070 been and cuba together you you have 44 0:02:08,070 --> 0:02:09,960 been doing some sleuthing up on your 45 0:02:09,960 --> 0:02:13,110 own a few things worried me he 46 0:02:13,110 --> 0:02:15,390 said seriously and i didn't want to 47 0:02:15,390 --> 0:02:17,461 bother you with them until i had 48 0:02:17,461 --> 0:02:19,410 a them or to go on the 49 0:02:19,410 --> 0:02:21,570 other day she paused and then started 50 0:02:21,570 --> 0:02:23,790 over again you may remember when it 51 0:02:24,270 --> 0:02:27,060 when you questioned our crew the other 52 0:02:27,060 --> 0:02:28,860 day i mention and over man on 53 0:02:28,860 --> 0:02:30,946 the flight who seemed be having a 54 0:02:30,972 --> 0:02:33,780 particular manner at the time you then 55 0:02:33,780 --> 0:02:36,660 attach much importance to it mr quill 56 0:02:36,660 --> 0:02:38,760 nodded his head slowly as he thought 57 0:02:39,210 --> 0:02:42,120 back over the friday meeting her he 58 0:02:42,120 --> 0:02:45,150 said well vicky wanna i saw him 59 0:02:45,150 --> 0:02:47,610 again today is vicky told her story 60 0:02:47,610 --> 0:02:49,293 the f b i agent listened and 61 0:02:49,350 --> 0:02:53,760 attentive silence vicky repeated her expert after 62 0:02:53,760 --> 0:02:55,980 she had served his lunch and how 63 0:02:56,550 --> 0:02:59,610 she had found the travel folder the 64 0:02:59,610 --> 0:03:01,740 travel folder that seem to director to 65 0:03:01,740 --> 0:03:03,990 the ground a restaurant and offer city 66 0:03:04,560 --> 0:03:06,360 she told the story and more detail 67 0:03:06,360 --> 0:03:08,760 than after she had served his lunch 68 0:03:09,240 --> 0:03:11,670 and how she had found the travel 69 0:03:11,670 --> 0:03:14,850 folder the travel folder that seem to 70 0:03:14,850 --> 0:03:17,100 director to the ground a restaurant and 71 0:03:17,100 --> 0:03:19,560 offer city she told the story and 72 0:03:19,560 --> 0:03:21,780 more detail than she had on friday 73 0:03:22,110 --> 0:03:23,790 so that mr quell could get all 74 0:03:23,790 --> 0:03:25,830 the background that led up to her 75 0:03:25,830 --> 0:03:29,310 present vague suspicions and feeling of unrest 76 0:03:29,910 --> 0:03:32,250 then she told about that she told 77 0:03:32,250 --> 0:03:36,210 about hearing jorge remains dukes conversation with 78 0:03:36,210 --> 0:03:40,110 joy watson and the sack in the 79 0:03:40,110 --> 0:03:43,200 snack bar and her surprise when duped 80 0:03:43,200 --> 0:03:45,600 directed the taxi driver take him to 81 0:03:45,600 --> 0:03:47,730 the same restaurant that was named on 82 0:03:47,730 --> 0:03:52,470 the show folder mr try left in 83 0:03:52,470 --> 0:03:55,830 the sea and so this afternoon after 84 0:03:55,920 --> 0:03:58,646 the pirate on an old smoke and 85 0:03:58,646 --> 0:04:01,230 black and put harbor pipe not a 86 0:04:01,230 --> 0:04:04,290 now and then and muttering yes yes 87 0:04:04,290 --> 0:04:07,350 and ah i see vicky went on 88 0:04:07,350 --> 0:04:09,510 with their story she told about seen 89 0:04:09,540 --> 0:04:11,580 mr eaton met again at his office 90 0:04:12,030 --> 0:04:13,830 a seen remove do get the rhonda 91 0:04:14,250 --> 0:04:16,530 and not a now and then and 92 0:04:16,530 --> 0:04:19,680 murdering yes yes and ah i see 93 0:04:20,280 --> 0:04:22,350 vicky went on with a story she 94 0:04:22,350 --> 0:04:24,570 told about seen mr eaton met again 95 0:04:24,570 --> 0:04:26,789 at his office as seen remove do 96 0:04:26,789 --> 0:04:29,280 get the ground and finally of find 97 0:04:29,280 --> 0:04:32,010 him old mr true apparently working as 98 0:04:32,010 --> 0:04:34,110 an errand boy for duke he he 99 0:04:34,110 --> 0:04:36,510 seemed frightened have to death as require 100 0:04:36,930 --> 0:04:39,632 she continued he clutched my hand like 101 0:04:39,632 --> 0:04:41,250 a little boy and can say that 102 0:04:41,266 --> 0:04:43,080 have to talk to you i don't 103 0:04:43,080 --> 0:04:44,970 know what it all adds up to 104 0:04:45,330 --> 0:04:48,000 if anything but i can help having 105 0:04:48,000 --> 0:04:50,340 a strange feeling about it why was 106 0:04:50,340 --> 0:04:52,110 you fly to florida on a luxury 107 0:04:52,110 --> 0:04:54,420 play why didn't he come by bus 108 0:04:54,450 --> 0:04:56,580 or at least on it economy coach 109 0:04:56,580 --> 0:04:59,790 flight that's an interesting question mister calgary 110 0:05:00,360 --> 0:05:03,000 maybe i'm imagining things mr queer but 111 0:05:03,000 --> 0:05:04,740 it was why was you fly to 112 0:05:04,740 --> 0:05:07,230 florida on a luxury play why didn't 113 0:05:07,253 --> 0:05:08,730 he come by bus or at least 114 0:05:08,790 --> 0:05:11,700 on it economy coach flight that's an 115 0:05:11,700 --> 0:05:15,150 interesting question mister calgary maybe i'm imagining 116 0:05:15,150 --> 0:05:17,610 things mr queer but it was removed 117 0:05:17,610 --> 0:05:19,770 due who made that strange position to 118 0:05:19,770 --> 0:05:22,290 joey it was joe his flashlight that 119 0:05:22,290 --> 0:05:23,430 was found at this scene of the 120 0:05:23,430 --> 0:05:25,860 rabbit was old mr to row who 121 0:05:25,860 --> 0:05:28,050 was trying to directly do or city 122 0:05:28,680 --> 0:05:30,240 and know who i found today at 123 0:05:30,240 --> 0:05:32,820 removed due south so scared that he 124 0:05:32,820 --> 0:05:36,630 could hardly talk all of these odd 125 0:05:36,660 --> 0:05:39,510 coincidence is somehow seem to tie together 126 0:05:40,140 --> 0:05:42,240 anyway i thought it was time to 127 0:05:42,300 --> 0:05:44,430 talk to you you are very wise 128 0:05:44,430 --> 0:05:47,580 young lady miss bar quill said knocking 129 0:05:47,640 --> 0:05:49,170 the ashes out of his pipe onto 130 0:05:49,170 --> 0:05:51,570 the trail his desk and you're a 131 0:05:51,570 --> 0:05:54,030 good decked to you have some good 132 0:05:54,060 --> 0:05:57,060 instincts and good hunches and got it 133 0:05:57,060 --> 0:05:59,364 from the share let's keep this media 134 0:05:59,370 --> 0:06:01,560 secret between you and me you've got 135 0:06:01,590 --> 0:06:03,330 me so ideas i'm going to look 136 0:06:03,330 --> 0:06:06,060 into meanwhile continue to keep your eyes 137 0:06:06,060 --> 0:06:08,190 open it don't hesitate to come straight 138 0:06:08,190 --> 0:06:10,530 to me with any other notions the 139 0:06:10,530 --> 0:06:12,810 may occur to you he smiled his 140 0:06:13,110 --> 0:06:16,217 quite friendly smile as i say you're 141 0:06:16,237 --> 0:06:20,880 pretty good detective curiously enough vicky was 142 0:06:20,880 --> 0:06:22,950 back in over a city then night 143 0:06:22,950 --> 0:06:25,440 having dinner with the curtains this time 144 0:06:25,448 --> 0:06:27,450 they were in a restaurant called the 145 0:06:27,450 --> 0:06:29,790 spanish park he was very much like 146 0:06:29,790 --> 0:06:32,820 the grinder vicky for with archways tile 147 0:06:32,820 --> 0:06:36,030 floor and walls padded palms and tinkering 148 0:06:36,030 --> 0:06:39,870 fountains dinner for dinner began with a 149 0:06:39,885 --> 0:06:42,810 sermon of fruits and space is spanish 150 0:06:42,810 --> 0:06:46,140 been so cold sober day garbanzo and 151 0:06:46,140 --> 0:06:49,560 mr mr curtain told her that the 152 0:06:49,560 --> 0:06:52,710 subaru was especially was a speciality university 153 0:06:53,190 --> 0:06:54,660 and then it was served free at 154 0:06:54,660 --> 0:06:57,090 the street blues i'll it fast forward 155 0:06:57,480 --> 0:06:59,190 she remembered seeing the soup with us 156 0:06:59,190 --> 0:07:02,430 on the sidewalk that afternoon dinner continue 157 0:07:02,430 --> 0:07:05,760 with the cuban bread great in a 158 0:07:05,760 --> 0:07:08,880 banana leaf the chicken cooked with yellow 159 0:07:08,880 --> 0:07:10,650 rice and a whole as heroin or 160 0:07:10,650 --> 0:07:13,380 spicy vegetables it was topped off by 161 0:07:13,380 --> 0:07:16,290 cook an ice cream now coconut shell 162 0:07:16,890 --> 0:07:18,780 as she a freaky looked around at 163 0:07:18,780 --> 0:07:20,970 the pupil in the restaurants a soon 164 0:07:20,973 --> 0:07:23,400 to represent about the same cross section 165 0:07:23,760 --> 0:07:26,820 of american and spanish american she had 166 0:07:26,820 --> 0:07:30,570 seen and grander that at afternoon a 167 0:07:30,570 --> 0:07:33,630 small orchestra played soft me soft spanish 168 0:07:33,630 --> 0:07:36,450 music had a violinist the he was 169 0:07:36,450 --> 0:07:38,580 a short fat may were in spanish 170 0:07:38,580 --> 0:07:41,340 clothing she wonder what mr trial was 171 0:07:41,340 --> 0:07:44,340 doing then she shook these thoughts out 172 0:07:44,340 --> 0:07:47,070 of her head she had told her 173 0:07:47,070 --> 0:07:49,320 suspicions to the f b i found 174 0:07:49,320 --> 0:07:52,080 was you how is all she could 175 0:07:52,080 --> 0:07:54,150 do at the moment mister curtain was 176 0:07:54,150 --> 0:07:55,800 time to joke and she joined and 177 0:07:55,800 --> 0:07:58,800 laughter when they left the restaurant the 178 0:07:58,800 --> 0:08:01,620 error of hoover city was full of 179 0:08:01,770 --> 0:08:04,470 the pirate festival a peddler offered the 180 0:08:04,470 --> 0:08:07,050 tray of souvenirs vicky had seen that 181 0:08:07,050 --> 0:08:10,920 afternoon small pirate ships pistols cuts and 182 0:08:10,920 --> 0:08:14,610 pirate figurines all made of prey copper 183 0:08:14,610 --> 0:08:18,232 gold medal mr kurt him but as 184 0:08:18,240 --> 0:08:20,340 a curtain brought one of each for 185 0:08:20,340 --> 0:08:22,680 little at earnest the boy next door 186 0:08:23,040 --> 0:08:25,140 he explained you will be back in 187 0:08:25,140 --> 0:08:28,020 tampa for the torch parade on thursday 188 0:08:28,020 --> 0:08:31,071 night once you fucking the recessed as 189 0:08:31,071 --> 0:08:33,270 soon they will vicky reply from your 190 0:08:33,270 --> 0:08:35,190 description of it i wouldn't miss it 191 0:08:35,190 --> 0:08:37,380 for the world as they were driving 192 0:08:37,410 --> 0:08:40,560 home to say they were driving home 193 0:08:40,560 --> 0:08:43,320 to streets crowded with merrymakers pretty este 194 0:08:43,920 --> 0:08:45,720 have there been any developments in the 195 0:08:45,720 --> 0:08:48,420 gold coin mystery mr couldn't through his 196 0:08:48,420 --> 0:08:50,370 father's shook his head the f b 197 0:08:50,370 --> 0:08:51,780 i hasn't had a single clue to 198 0:08:51,780 --> 0:08:54,150 go on it says it though some 199 0:08:54,180 --> 0:08:57,840 ancient alchemist reversed himself and madrid chapter 200 0:08:57,840 --> 0:09:01,500 night school and crossbow a heavy storms 201 0:09:01,500 --> 0:09:04,740 carrying snow hail fog and wins of 202 0:09:04,740 --> 0:09:08,520 gail proportions had swirled down arrow the 203 0:09:08,520 --> 0:09:11,190 northwest and thought the entire and let 204 0:09:11,190 --> 0:09:15,270 chapter nine skull and crossbones heavy storms 205 0:09:15,270 --> 0:09:18,510 carrying snow hail fog and wins of 206 0:09:18,510 --> 0:09:22,140 gail proportions i had swirl down or 207 0:09:22,147 --> 0:09:24,540 the northwest and fill up the entire 208 0:09:24,540 --> 0:09:27,930 and latics seaboard from the carolinas northwards 209 0:09:28,470 --> 0:09:30,840 in the worst weather or the year 210 0:09:31,590 --> 0:09:33,030 all flights at a new york had 211 0:09:33,030 --> 0:09:35,850 been cancelled for twenty four hours and 212 0:09:35,850 --> 0:09:38,670 so now it was thursday afternoon instead 213 0:09:38,670 --> 0:09:41,280 of wednesday when kept in march touchdown 214 0:09:42,450 --> 0:09:45,300 touchdown the tricycle landing gears of the 215 0:09:45,300 --> 0:09:48,690 big dc six be on the concrete 216 0:09:48,690 --> 0:09:51,990 strip tampa airport the usually calm and 217 0:09:51,990 --> 0:09:54,180 place it air had been as rough 218 0:09:54,300 --> 0:09:57,090 as ruling has a rolling see even 219 0:09:57,090 --> 0:09:58,980 as the planes normal over the weather 220 0:09:58,980 --> 0:10:01,140 altitude for the first two hours or 221 0:10:01,140 --> 0:10:03,000 the flight and says the ship was 222 0:10:03,000 --> 0:10:06,540 packed to capacity due to yesterday's cancellations 223 0:10:06,900 --> 0:10:08,850 vicky and cathy had their hands full 224 0:10:10,020 --> 0:10:12,480 overflowed as west coast the sun shone 225 0:10:12,480 --> 0:10:14,820 brightly the blue waters of camper bay 226 0:10:14,820 --> 0:10:17,400 cut a billion sunbeams and threw them 227 0:10:17,400 --> 0:10:19,110 back up into this guy like little 228 0:10:19,110 --> 0:10:22,590 showers of tiny diamonds for load palm 229 0:10:22,590 --> 0:10:25,380 trees fluttered of on funds in the 230 0:10:25,380 --> 0:10:28,980 lazy breeze at being just a week 231 0:10:28,980 --> 0:10:31,800 ago today vicky remembered that their ship 232 0:10:31,800 --> 0:10:34,050 had carried the cargo of gold coins 233 0:10:34,050 --> 0:10:36,240 that had seem to vanish so mysteriously 234 0:10:36,660 --> 0:10:39,030 into thin air she wanted as mr 235 0:10:39,030 --> 0:10:41,340 quell had acted on the information she 236 0:10:41,340 --> 0:10:43,590 had given him after her adventures and 237 0:10:43,590 --> 0:10:45,780 hoover city or if there had been 238 0:10:45,780 --> 0:10:47,700 any new developments have a any kind 239 0:10:48,120 --> 0:10:50,610 in the last year for tonight's bigger 240 0:10:50,610 --> 0:10:52,620 fat and was raped by the time 241 0:10:52,620 --> 0:10:54,900 she arrived at the curtains how this 242 0:10:54,900 --> 0:10:56,670 is tucker housekeeper met her at the 243 0:10:56,670 --> 0:10:58,855 door we heard about the bad weather 244 0:10:58,890 --> 0:11:00,990 to new york on the radio mrs 245 0:11:00,990 --> 0:11:04,080 tucker said we weren't sure for tonight's 246 0:11:04,080 --> 0:11:06,150 bigger fat and was raped by the 247 0:11:06,150 --> 0:11:07,950 time she arrived at the curtain how 248 0:11:08,490 --> 0:11:10,440 mrs tucker housekeeper met her at the 249 0:11:10,440 --> 0:11:12,602 door we heard about the bad weather 250 0:11:12,602 --> 0:11:14,760 in new york on the radio mrs 251 0:11:14,760 --> 0:11:17,130 tucker said we weren't sure whether you 252 0:11:17,130 --> 0:11:18,210 were going to make it today or 253 0:11:18,210 --> 0:11:20,340 not the girls went on ahead to 254 0:11:20,340 --> 0:11:22,500 take their places on the float for 255 0:11:22,500 --> 0:11:24,450 the parade they said tell you to 256 0:11:24,450 --> 0:11:28,500 meet them for dinner for dinner about 257 0:11:28,530 --> 0:11:30,780 eight o'clock at the spanish park the 258 0:11:30,780 --> 0:11:33,990 restaurant he you the restaurant you all 259 0:11:33,990 --> 0:11:36,720 went to the other night keys saw 260 0:11:36,721 --> 0:11:38,730 that messes tucker was carrying a light 261 0:11:39,240 --> 0:11:41,220 coat over her are as though she 262 0:11:41,220 --> 0:11:42,720 had just been out to go out 263 0:11:43,140 --> 0:11:45,270 the housekeeper added is only anything i 264 0:11:45,270 --> 0:11:47,280 can do for you famous vicky before 265 0:11:47,280 --> 0:11:51,060 i leave she smiled half apologetically as 266 0:11:51,060 --> 0:11:53,250 though a woman of her age and 267 0:11:53,250 --> 0:11:55,734 dignity should be a laugh from such 268 0:11:55,860 --> 0:11:57,840 girl is going on i thought i 269 0:11:57,848 --> 0:12:00,210 go and see the parade myself you 270 0:12:00,210 --> 0:12:03,000 go right ahead vicky said cheerfully don't 271 0:12:03,000 --> 0:12:04,971 worry about me maybe i'll see you 272 0:12:04,980 --> 0:12:07,470 know our city she hurried upstairs to 273 0:12:07,470 --> 0:12:09,720 a she may not look much like 274 0:12:09,720 --> 0:12:12,150 a spanish senior rita at least the 275 0:12:12,180 --> 0:12:14,280 right crimson red dress was a gesture 276 0:12:15,060 --> 0:12:18,870 when her taxi said down when you're 277 0:12:18,870 --> 0:12:20,670 taxi set her down on the edge 278 0:12:20,670 --> 0:12:22,800 of the latin she may not look 279 0:12:22,830 --> 0:12:25,259 much like a spanish senior rita at 280 0:12:25,290 --> 0:12:27,420 least the break crimson red dress was 281 0:12:27,420 --> 0:12:30,780 a gesture when her taxi said down 282 0:12:32,370 --> 0:12:34,015 when you're taxi sat her down on 283 0:12:34,015 --> 0:12:36,060 the edge of the latin quarter the 284 0:12:36,060 --> 0:12:38,370 old streets with their archways sticking out 285 0:12:38,370 --> 0:12:40,950 over the sidewalks are teaming with people 286 0:12:41,340 --> 0:12:43,530 some more the light colored sport close 287 0:12:43,770 --> 0:12:46,920 that mark them as tourists and sightseers 288 0:12:47,310 --> 0:12:49,020 most of the men and women and 289 0:12:49,020 --> 0:12:52,106 practically of children of whom hundreds we're 290 0:12:52,106 --> 0:12:54,690 running around laughing and shouting who are 291 0:12:54,690 --> 0:12:57,630 in costume summer dressed and spanish close 292 0:12:57,930 --> 0:13:01,740 others were pirate outfits music poured from 293 0:13:01,740 --> 0:13:04,560 loudspeakers all over the sidewalks and from 294 0:13:04,560 --> 0:13:07,830 distant bans vicky's supposed to the unseen 295 0:13:07,830 --> 0:13:10,140 bands must be on floats which were 296 0:13:10,140 --> 0:13:14,190 perform which we're probably for mean up 297 0:13:14,190 --> 0:13:17,100 somewhere out of sight for the parade 298 0:13:18,120 --> 0:13:20,010 at the curb the free bean soup 299 0:13:20,010 --> 0:13:22,800 stands were doing a lively business red 300 0:13:22,800 --> 0:13:26,010 rose germanium and variety of other brilliant 301 0:13:26,010 --> 0:13:28,710 flowers spilled out of the windows and 302 0:13:28,710 --> 0:13:32,460 stewed street the sidewalks some of the 303 0:13:32,460 --> 0:13:34,830 younger people were dancing in the streets 304 0:13:35,190 --> 0:13:37,530 several groups or singing some people were 305 0:13:37,530 --> 0:13:39,540 already the finding places along the street 306 0:13:40,050 --> 0:13:41,550 and cream their next to catch a 307 0:13:41,550 --> 0:13:44,190 glimpse of the coming parade a happy 308 0:13:44,193 --> 0:13:46,530 spirit of the carnival had loop our 309 0:13:46,530 --> 0:13:49,110 city and has grasped and vicky joined 310 0:13:49,110 --> 0:13:50,940 in the laughter as she allowed herself 311 0:13:51,240 --> 0:13:54,690 to be carried along to be carried 312 0:13:54,690 --> 0:13:57,210 along the human tide or the huge 313 0:13:57,210 --> 0:14:00,390 crowd she stopped it she stuck at 314 0:14:00,390 --> 0:14:02,880 one sidewalk shop to buy a souvenir 315 0:14:02,880 --> 0:14:05,370 for her young sister jenny she chose 316 0:14:05,640 --> 0:14:08,790 one of the miniature imitation gold pirate 317 0:14:08,790 --> 0:14:11,130 ships that soon to be the festivals 318 0:14:11,130 --> 0:14:14,040 most popular souvenir and slip in durham 319 0:14:14,040 --> 0:14:15,960 back she paused again to buy a 320 0:14:15,960 --> 0:14:17,880 red rose from an old woman who 321 0:14:17,880 --> 0:14:20,666 was selling flowers hundred and arcade does 322 0:14:20,666 --> 0:14:22,560 she slipped it into her hair two 323 0:14:22,560 --> 0:14:25,350 boys with a guitar stopped and not 324 0:14:25,620 --> 0:14:29,284 serenaded her with a real quick as 325 0:14:29,294 --> 0:14:32,040 a few rhythmic chords vicky can control 326 0:14:32,040 --> 0:14:34,740 the impulse to world gailey around and 327 0:14:34,740 --> 0:14:37,380 a spanish dance that she wound up 328 0:14:37,500 --> 0:14:40,260 against an iron grill working and pas 329 0:14:40,265 --> 0:14:42,270 to catch your breath she looked up 330 0:14:42,390 --> 0:14:45,150 and a familiar saying cutter i fr 331 0:14:45,180 --> 0:14:48,000 eat eaten smith who travel agency underneath 332 0:14:48,210 --> 0:14:51,480 it was a hastily lettered carper please 333 0:14:51,480 --> 0:14:54,060 card welcome to the gas grill festival 334 0:14:54,450 --> 0:14:57,540 open house refreshments inside the house was 335 0:14:57,540 --> 0:14:59,460 a blaze of like people were going 336 0:14:59,490 --> 0:15:01,140 in and out and a steady pick 337 0:15:01,830 --> 0:15:04,890 and a steady parade on impulse vicky 338 0:15:04,890 --> 0:15:06,840 walked up to the three steps to 339 0:15:06,840 --> 0:15:09,540 the entryway to enter the whole at 340 0:15:09,540 --> 0:15:11,490 a long table against one wall to 341 0:15:11,490 --> 0:15:13,860 smear it as were surfing cake and 342 0:15:13,860 --> 0:15:16,470 fruit punch vicky accepted a cake from 343 0:15:16,470 --> 0:15:19,170 the tray and a glass of punch 344 0:15:19,590 --> 0:15:21,904 is mister years eaten smith nora vicky 345 0:15:21,904 --> 0:15:25,050 asked one of the serving girls she 346 0:15:25,050 --> 0:15:27,210 thought it would be polite and in 347 0:15:27,210 --> 0:15:28,891 the spirit of the evening to think 348 0:15:28,891 --> 0:15:31,830 her hosts for his hospitality the girls 349 0:15:31,830 --> 0:15:34,110 that gailey and waved a he was 350 0:15:34,110 --> 0:15:35,730 the in the direction of several rooms 351 0:15:35,730 --> 0:15:37,590 that led off the center of the 352 0:15:37,590 --> 0:15:41,070 hall is around somewhere anywhere what a 353 0:15:41,070 --> 0:15:43,320 wonderful old house vicky that as she 354 0:15:43,320 --> 0:15:45,600 looked around and must be at least 355 0:15:45,600 --> 0:15:48,120 a hundred years old maybe more the 356 0:15:48,120 --> 0:15:50,520 broad tories were hung with a very 357 0:15:52,830 --> 0:15:55,950 brocade drapes and huge oil painting so 358 0:15:55,950 --> 0:15:57,810 dark with age that she could hardly 359 0:15:57,810 --> 0:16:00,330 make out the subject matter decorated the 360 0:16:00,330 --> 0:16:04,650 house decorated the wolves she wandered aimlessly 361 0:16:04,650 --> 0:16:06,750 into a natural at the doorway she 362 0:16:06,750 --> 0:16:09,480 stepped aside to avoid aware and woman 363 0:16:09,480 --> 0:16:11,430 who were coming out as she did 364 0:16:11,520 --> 0:16:13,680 so her toes stuck in an object 365 0:16:13,680 --> 0:16:15,781 on the floor was have hidden behind 366 0:16:15,781 --> 0:16:17,940 an ornate screen it was a violin 367 0:16:17,950 --> 0:16:20,760 case stuffed and better and gray with 368 0:16:20,760 --> 0:16:23,130 a huge there seem to be something 369 0:16:23,130 --> 0:16:25,770 vaguely familiar about it then suddenly she 370 0:16:25,770 --> 0:16:27,915 remembered that the case that mr to 371 0:16:27,925 --> 0:16:29,670 row had carried sullivan me on the 372 0:16:29,670 --> 0:16:33,390 plane she looked at it more closely 373 0:16:33,720 --> 0:16:35,850 yes the leather had worn away on 374 0:16:35,850 --> 0:16:37,980 the handle to expose a middle class 375 0:16:38,550 --> 0:16:40,440 the same way the old man's case 376 0:16:40,440 --> 0:16:42,540 had been worn when she sat beside 377 0:16:42,540 --> 0:16:44,400 him in the play she bent down 378 0:16:44,400 --> 0:16:47,280 and lifted like gently in say was 379 0:16:47,280 --> 0:16:48,900 a fiddle that appeared to be as 380 0:16:48,900 --> 0:16:50,970 old and time weren't as the case 381 0:16:51,240 --> 0:16:52,830 she looked for the initials are some 382 0:16:52,830 --> 0:16:54,960 identifying mark on the and on the 383 0:16:54,965 --> 0:16:57,600 shows of a long built ten cabinet 384 0:16:58,020 --> 0:17:00,060 outlined one wall were dozens of little 385 0:17:00,060 --> 0:17:02,730 metal ships and source and pirate figures 386 0:17:03,030 --> 0:17:06,150 that were been hot by peddlers over 387 0:17:06,150 --> 0:17:09,210 the city or worthies on the shelves 388 0:17:09,210 --> 0:17:12,240 of a long built ten cabinet line 389 0:17:12,257 --> 0:17:14,190 one wall where dozens of little metal 390 0:17:14,190 --> 0:17:17,010 ships and source and pirate figures that 391 0:17:17,010 --> 0:17:20,010 were been hot my peddlers over the 392 0:17:20,010 --> 0:17:22,680 sea or where these real works of 393 0:17:22,680 --> 0:17:25,980 art and mr eaton was and mr 394 0:17:26,010 --> 0:17:29,130 eaton a collector she picked up one 395 0:17:29,340 --> 0:17:32,190 of the ships and took it she 396 0:17:32,190 --> 0:17:33,540 picked up one of the ships to 397 0:17:33,540 --> 0:17:36,088 look at it more closely know there 398 0:17:36,088 --> 0:17:37,110 was just like the one she had 399 0:17:37,110 --> 0:17:39,360 bought a few moments ago for ginny 400 0:17:39,690 --> 0:17:42,090 just a cheap little gold colored medal 401 0:17:42,090 --> 0:17:45,090 figure the the mr eaton smash should 402 0:17:45,092 --> 0:17:47,280 have so many other maybe he gave 403 0:17:47,280 --> 0:17:51,330 them to prospective customers your advice to 404 0:17:51,330 --> 0:17:54,780 advertise the pirate festival strolling casually around 405 0:17:54,780 --> 0:17:57,030 the room admiring the paintings and the 406 0:17:57,030 --> 0:18:00,270 antique spanish furniture she came precisely to 407 0:18:00,270 --> 0:18:02,490 adore at it opened into a dimly 408 0:18:02,820 --> 0:18:05,040 late and room not much larger than 409 0:18:05,040 --> 0:18:07,320 the storage closet three men stood a 410 0:18:07,323 --> 0:18:10,290 say tucking and low half whispers facing 411 0:18:10,290 --> 0:18:15,060 her was it mister fr mr f 412 0:18:15,090 --> 0:18:17,670 are eaten smith looking as dignified as 413 0:18:17,670 --> 0:18:20,190 usual and the polish real his classes 414 0:18:20,460 --> 0:18:22,260 they gave his eyes such a shiny 415 0:18:23,580 --> 0:18:26,130 shiny look his face was say liver 416 0:18:26,130 --> 0:18:28,470 good as you talked honestly with a 417 0:18:28,470 --> 0:18:30,600 tall dark haired man who was dressed 418 0:18:30,600 --> 0:18:32,730 in a bullfighters cause you a third 419 0:18:32,730 --> 0:18:36,000 man stuckey and heavyset stood on his 420 0:18:36,000 --> 0:18:38,640 back stood with his back to the 421 0:18:38,640 --> 0:18:40,560 door he was wrapped in a heavy 422 0:18:40,560 --> 0:18:43,075 black coat and war a big pirate 423 0:18:43,080 --> 0:18:46,020 hat vicky could see that he was 424 0:18:46,020 --> 0:18:48,630 wearing a black mask or his eyes 425 0:18:49,110 --> 0:18:52,350 this she involuntary gasped at the sound 426 0:18:52,350 --> 0:18:54,750 mr eaton sweat looked up and looked 427 0:18:55,650 --> 0:18:57,390 a look of surprise on his face 428 0:18:57,870 --> 0:19:00,000 lose their he said sharply and step 429 0:19:00,000 --> 0:19:02,790 towards the door the airline stewardess he 430 0:19:02,820 --> 0:19:06,120 exclaimed she involuntary gasped at the sound 431 0:19:06,120 --> 0:19:08,520 mr eaton sweat looked up and looked 432 0:19:09,420 --> 0:19:11,160 a look of surprise on his face 433 0:19:11,670 --> 0:19:13,770 lose their he said sharply and step 434 0:19:13,770 --> 0:19:16,560 towards the door the airline stewardess he 435 0:19:16,590 --> 0:19:19,860 exclaimed miss bar hello mr eaton smith 436 0:19:19,860 --> 0:19:21,990 vicky said hoping that her voice in 437 0:19:22,002 --> 0:19:24,600 such as nervous as she felt i 438 0:19:24,600 --> 0:19:25,980 was just looking for you to pay 439 0:19:25,980 --> 0:19:28,230 my respects so i see the travel 440 0:19:28,260 --> 0:19:30,480 agent said call the staring at her 441 0:19:30,510 --> 0:19:33,840 intently through it's shiny spectacles hammond duke 442 0:19:33,840 --> 0:19:35,970 step forward and made her a slight 443 0:19:35,970 --> 0:19:39,450 bow and brought out a broadway to 444 0:19:39,450 --> 0:19:42,210 smile gleaming and his dark face ah 445 0:19:42,270 --> 0:19:44,670 the lovely lady or the restaurant welcome 446 0:19:44,670 --> 0:19:46,710 to our festival the third man had 447 0:19:46,710 --> 0:19:48,720 seemed to stiffen up mr eaton smith 448 0:19:48,726 --> 0:19:53,220 mention of her name he remained frozen 449 0:19:53,220 --> 0:19:55,500 in his tracks has brought back turned 450 0:19:55,560 --> 0:19:59,400 to the doorway there are some refreshments 451 0:19:59,400 --> 0:20:01,050 in the hallway and miss bar it 452 0:20:01,050 --> 0:20:03,630 unless it please enjoy yourself will you 453 0:20:03,630 --> 0:20:07,530 join i will join you in a 454 0:20:07,530 --> 0:20:10,470 moment vicky turned away believed to be 455 0:20:10,470 --> 0:20:12,930 free of the awkward situation but one 456 0:20:12,930 --> 0:20:15,420 hundred does tumbling over and over and 457 0:20:15,420 --> 0:20:18,810 her head wild confusion each one seemed 458 0:20:18,900 --> 0:20:21,640 to cry out for recognition there was 459 0:20:21,640 --> 0:20:23,890 some sort of connection between duke and 460 0:20:23,890 --> 0:20:25,840 eat and smith she had found all 461 0:20:25,858 --> 0:20:28,120 mister true have frighten out of his 462 0:20:28,120 --> 0:20:30,460 wits leaving dukes house he had cried 463 0:20:30,460 --> 0:20:32,110 i have to talk to you and 464 0:20:32,110 --> 0:20:33,850 now the old man violin case and 465 0:20:33,850 --> 0:20:36,340 easements miss house she was sure of 466 0:20:36,340 --> 0:20:38,800 that know if mister trump was also 467 0:20:38,800 --> 0:20:40,990 working with as eat and miss errand 468 0:20:40,990 --> 0:20:43,150 boy was he has frightened of him 469 0:20:43,150 --> 0:20:47,385 as he had been a duke and 470 0:20:47,385 --> 0:20:49,510 did all these things have any bearing 471 0:20:49,510 --> 0:20:52,690 on dukes strange position to proposition to 472 0:20:52,690 --> 0:20:55,600 joy and to the fact that enjoy 473 0:20:55,630 --> 0:20:57,280 had been the only suspect up to 474 0:20:57,280 --> 0:20:59,170 now at least so far as she 475 0:20:59,170 --> 0:21:01,240 knew of the theft of the pie 476 0:21:01,240 --> 0:21:03,520 recall and who was the third man 477 0:21:03,520 --> 0:21:04,990 who had stood with his back to 478 0:21:04,990 --> 0:21:07,150 her there was something familiar about that 479 0:21:07,150 --> 0:21:10,690 spooky figure she had obvious he she 480 0:21:10,690 --> 0:21:12,970 had obviously surprise them while they were 481 0:21:12,970 --> 0:21:15,250 talking about something they didn't want to 482 0:21:15,250 --> 0:21:17,950 be overheard if not why mr eaton 483 0:21:17,950 --> 0:21:22,990 smith if know why mr eaton smith 484 0:21:23,530 --> 0:21:26,740 first manner after his blindness the other 485 0:21:26,740 --> 0:21:28,900 day and the open hospitality of his 486 0:21:28,900 --> 0:21:31,810 house tonight all these sites flashed through 487 0:21:31,810 --> 0:21:33,937 vicky use mind and a room and 488 0:21:33,937 --> 0:21:35,620 a short time it took her to 489 0:21:35,620 --> 0:21:37,780 walk across the room as she was 490 0:21:37,780 --> 0:21:39,730 entering the hallway a heavy black for 491 0:21:39,730 --> 0:21:42,430 your breast pastor pulling his way to 492 0:21:42,430 --> 0:21:45,490 the people who had entered and response 493 0:21:45,490 --> 0:21:47,200 to mr you can smell welcome sight 494 0:21:47,620 --> 0:21:49,300 and bolted through the door into the 495 0:21:49,300 --> 0:21:52,180 streets as the flesh pastor vicky caught 496 0:21:52,180 --> 0:21:54,280 a glimpse of the white skull and 497 0:21:54,280 --> 0:21:56,530 crossbones design on the front of his 498 0:21:56,530 --> 0:21:58,750 hat he may be a key to 499 0:21:58,750 --> 0:22:00,700 the mystery she had to find out 500 0:22:01,030 --> 0:22:03,880 she started after him chapter ten the 501 0:22:03,880 --> 0:22:07,180 torchlight parade and the street outside had 502 0:22:07,180 --> 0:22:09,700 suddenly grown dark with the last brilliant 503 0:22:09,760 --> 0:22:13,000 read raise or the settling sun bathing 504 0:22:13,090 --> 0:22:14,590 the how steps to the west and 505 0:22:14,590 --> 0:22:18,310 a crimson go chapter ten the torchlight 506 0:22:18,310 --> 0:22:21,370 parade and the streets outside had suddenly 507 0:22:21,370 --> 0:22:23,860 grown dark with the last brilliant read 508 0:22:23,860 --> 0:22:27,010 raise or the settling sun bathing the 509 0:22:27,010 --> 0:22:28,390 house taps to the west and a 510 0:22:28,390 --> 0:22:32,380 crimson go the crowds industry had become 511 0:22:32,380 --> 0:22:34,750 even heavier and noisier and down at 512 0:22:34,750 --> 0:22:36,640 the end of to block vicky heard 513 0:22:36,880 --> 0:22:38,890 the blurring bands and saw the bobby 514 0:22:38,890 --> 0:22:40,900 in flames are the torches as the 515 0:22:40,900 --> 0:22:43,930 parade one by she looked around frantically 516 0:22:44,200 --> 0:22:46,540 how was she ever going to spot 517 0:22:47,020 --> 0:22:49,240 one man and this mad confused throw 518 0:22:49,930 --> 0:22:52,000 then down the black marine in the 519 0:22:52,000 --> 0:22:54,040 direction of freight she saw a stocky 520 0:22:54,040 --> 0:22:56,620 figure with his blackest him standing out 521 0:22:56,980 --> 0:22:58,510 in the sea of so many colorful 522 0:22:58,510 --> 0:23:02,290 costumes he was pushing his way ruthlessly 523 0:23:02,350 --> 0:23:03,821 to the mess up your that jammed 524 0:23:03,821 --> 0:23:06,400 the street she ran after him stumbling 525 0:23:06,400 --> 0:23:09,490 and bumping into people sometimes nearly falling 526 0:23:09,490 --> 0:23:12,760 over follow but never letting the abroad 527 0:23:12,760 --> 0:23:14,950 black figure out of recite then the 528 0:23:14,950 --> 0:23:16,840 man came to the corner at an 529 0:23:16,870 --> 0:23:19,690 intersection of the cross street along with 530 0:23:19,690 --> 0:23:23,050 the noisy colorful peri was passing he 531 0:23:23,050 --> 0:23:26,170 slipped into the happy crowd of marchers 532 0:23:26,590 --> 0:23:29,080 at was lost to cite she turned 533 0:23:29,080 --> 0:23:30,790 her head to look back or over 534 0:23:30,790 --> 0:23:32,830 her shoulder the pta figure of women 535 0:23:32,830 --> 0:23:35,530 do the shiny will fighter cat few 536 0:23:35,920 --> 0:23:38,080 perched gently on his head was moving 537 0:23:38,080 --> 0:23:40,660 rapidly in her direction with a little 538 0:23:40,660 --> 0:23:42,820 gas vicky ran into the passing lane 539 0:23:42,880 --> 0:23:45,070 marchers and then she too was swallowed 540 0:23:45,070 --> 0:23:46,960 up by the pre know she was 541 0:23:46,960 --> 0:23:49,335 carried along with by the mary making 542 0:23:49,403 --> 0:23:52,780 measures like it chip avoid and swift 543 0:23:52,780 --> 0:23:55,300 stream some groups were parading and six 544 0:23:55,300 --> 0:23:58,600 or eight abreast with class hands or 545 0:23:58,600 --> 0:24:01,390 mean a barricade do what she cannot 546 0:24:01,390 --> 0:24:04,510 pass she dashed around them squeezed between 547 0:24:04,540 --> 0:24:08,320 others marching couples squirmed and twisted and 548 0:24:08,320 --> 0:24:10,360 tried to forge ahead to the slowly 549 0:24:10,360 --> 0:24:12,578 moving call him now if she could 550 0:24:12,578 --> 0:24:14,560 keep track of the man she was 551 0:24:14,560 --> 0:24:17,935 after by his black cook his black 552 0:24:17,935 --> 0:24:20,710 cloak raven duke would be have no 553 0:24:20,710 --> 0:24:23,230 trouble seen her blonde hair and site 554 0:24:24,040 --> 0:24:26,050 at the moment the movie life if 555 0:24:26,050 --> 0:24:27,520 she could keep track of the man 556 0:24:27,790 --> 0:24:30,280 she was after by his black cook 557 0:24:31,120 --> 0:24:33,640 by his black cloak raven duke would 558 0:24:33,640 --> 0:24:36,040 be have no trouble seen her blonde 559 0:24:36,040 --> 0:24:38,860 hair and site at the moment the 560 0:24:38,860 --> 0:24:42,100 movie line of marchers it at the 561 0:24:42,100 --> 0:24:44,590 moment the movie line of marchers ground 562 0:24:44,590 --> 0:24:46,630 to a slow start just ahead a 563 0:24:46,630 --> 0:24:49,930 float standing as it's driver waited for 564 0:24:49,930 --> 0:24:52,210 the parade to move again looking up 565 0:24:52,210 --> 0:24:54,910 at the float she salaries curtain wearing 566 0:24:54,910 --> 0:24:57,310 a white silk dress at and black 567 0:24:57,310 --> 0:25:00,370 lace and a black lace my tour 568 0:25:00,377 --> 0:25:02,500 over her dark hair sitting on the 569 0:25:02,500 --> 0:25:05,049 through a red and white flowers and 570 0:25:05,110 --> 0:25:07,539 waving to the people below her luis 571 0:25:07,539 --> 0:25:10,600 louise as me ricky right here below 572 0:25:10,600 --> 0:25:13,630 you startled the we've looked all around 573 0:25:13,720 --> 0:25:15,790 and then finally saw vicky's upturned face 574 0:25:16,180 --> 0:25:18,610 and waved and shouted a greeting louise 575 0:25:18,880 --> 0:25:21,010 here enter may i please have it 576 0:25:21,430 --> 0:25:23,980 may i may i have it please 577 0:25:24,430 --> 0:25:27,430 louise didn't seem to understand i mentor 578 0:25:27,880 --> 0:25:29,710 oh please oh yes vicki reached up 579 0:25:29,920 --> 0:25:32,830 really and in toronto quick release oh 580 0:25:32,832 --> 0:25:35,500 please who is eyes widen at the 581 0:25:35,530 --> 0:25:38,170 urgency and vicky's voice and the expression 582 0:25:38,170 --> 0:25:40,210 on her face she worked at least 583 0:25:40,210 --> 0:25:42,010 from her head and handed it down 584 0:25:42,010 --> 0:25:44,200 to vic is waiting think years vicky 585 0:25:44,200 --> 0:25:46,630 quickly strapped around her bright blonde hair 586 0:25:47,200 --> 0:25:49,570 a bright blonde hair and looked again 587 0:25:49,630 --> 0:25:51,169 desperately for the man in the black 588 0:25:51,169 --> 0:25:53,980 coat he was nowhere and say and 589 0:25:53,980 --> 0:25:56,014 her heart sank but then far up 590 0:25:56,014 --> 0:25:57,790 ahead she caught sight of him at 591 0:25:57,820 --> 0:26:00,520 about her way through the star stole 592 0:26:00,520 --> 0:26:03,220 the crowd drawing angry glasses from pupil 593 0:26:03,580 --> 0:26:06,970 that she pushed crudely aside she clutched 594 0:26:06,970 --> 0:26:09,400 them until a my around her throat 595 0:26:09,850 --> 0:26:12,730 as she ran stumbled forward no need 596 0:26:12,790 --> 0:26:14,500 to worry about women duke following her 597 0:26:14,500 --> 0:26:16,780 now with the red dress and black 598 0:26:16,780 --> 0:26:19,240 head covering she look like any are 599 0:26:19,248 --> 0:26:21,400 these thousand other girls and the great 600 0:26:21,400 --> 0:26:25,810 crowd when she when she saw the 601 0:26:25,810 --> 0:26:28,420 masked man turn hurriedly around and pure 602 0:26:28,420 --> 0:26:31,390 in her direction did he see with 603 0:26:31,390 --> 0:26:34,450 it and identifying blonde hair corridor she 604 0:26:34,450 --> 0:26:36,340 didn't think so if only she can 605 0:26:36,340 --> 0:26:38,590 manage to move faster one thing she 606 0:26:38,590 --> 0:26:40,570 was pretty sure of he would stay 607 0:26:40,570 --> 0:26:42,580 in the parade the heavy mass of 608 0:26:42,580 --> 0:26:46,330 customers walking the heavy mass of costumes 609 0:26:46,960 --> 0:26:50,410 will be his best protective cover walking 610 0:26:50,440 --> 0:26:52,120 up one or the side streets by 611 0:26:52,120 --> 0:26:55,240 himself he would be much too conspicuous 612 0:26:55,900 --> 0:26:58,800 that once again she caught sight of 613 0:26:58,810 --> 0:27:01,150 dukes toll figure he was pairing all 614 0:27:01,150 --> 0:27:03,400 around but under the protection of a 615 0:27:03,400 --> 0:27:06,430 black until she felt safe she turned 616 0:27:07,720 --> 0:27:09,730 she turned her head away and plunged 617 0:27:09,730 --> 0:27:12,400 i didn't dare look back again thus 618 0:27:12,400 --> 0:27:14,890 duke accidentally swallowed her face her breath 619 0:27:14,890 --> 0:27:17,320 was coming and painful guess now but 620 0:27:17,320 --> 0:27:19,300 she far away on ever take your 621 0:27:19,300 --> 0:27:21,520 eyes off the pirates black blackie and 622 0:27:21,520 --> 0:27:24,430 black hat then half a block ahead 623 0:27:24,430 --> 0:27:26,287 of her the moving parade seem to 624 0:27:26,290 --> 0:27:28,150 your why didn't you know losing it's 625 0:27:28,150 --> 0:27:30,430 marching for and the much are spreading 626 0:27:30,430 --> 0:27:32,500 out a million around an aimless a 627 0:27:32,500 --> 0:27:35,290 ghost like than streams water that had 628 0:27:35,290 --> 0:27:37,090 some explode and to view a round 629 0:27:37,630 --> 0:27:40,690 cup like poor the flu their head 630 0:27:41,650 --> 0:27:44,170 the floats ahead of her stock some 631 0:27:44,170 --> 0:27:46,000 of them point out life of the 632 0:27:46,000 --> 0:27:47,350 ceiling this was the end of the 633 0:27:47,350 --> 0:27:49,750 rope the parade was breaking up the 634 0:27:49,750 --> 0:27:52,150 black or figure was forever lost in 635 0:27:52,150 --> 0:27:54,430 the surgeon eddie of human figure is 636 0:27:55,030 --> 0:27:57,520 vicky found yourself pushed up against an 637 0:27:57,520 --> 0:28:00,520 iron fence that surrounded a statue she 638 0:28:00,520 --> 0:28:02,560 clung to well she caught her breath 639 0:28:02,980 --> 0:28:05,440 all around her groups of people point 640 0:28:05,470 --> 0:28:08,980 out when off arm and are musicians 641 0:28:09,040 --> 0:28:11,380 from band strode by carrying their instruments 642 0:28:11,770 --> 0:28:14,530 under their arms or occasionally pausing to 643 0:28:14,530 --> 0:28:18,760 blow while note and sheer exuberance ricky 644 0:28:18,760 --> 0:28:22,030 felt lost discouraged and alone then she 645 0:28:22,090 --> 0:28:24,160 took stock the situation she was and 646 0:28:24,490 --> 0:28:26,860 and reflected on the wild cheese of 647 0:28:26,860 --> 0:28:29,290 the last half hour supposed and she 648 0:28:29,290 --> 0:28:30,700 had cut out with the black robe 649 0:28:30,730 --> 0:28:33,340 pirate suppose he has been least up 650 0:28:33,610 --> 0:28:35,470 and confronted her what would she have 651 0:28:35,470 --> 0:28:37,690 said which here pulled the mask from 652 0:28:37,690 --> 0:28:40,840 his face as she was and thus 653 0:28:40,840 --> 0:28:43,570 last anti chivalrous by a said vicky 654 0:28:43,900 --> 0:28:46,630 she turned around it was louise either 655 0:28:46,630 --> 0:28:48,449 vicky how do you like are gaspar 656 0:28:48,480 --> 0:28:51,400 the parade vicky managed to grin i 657 0:28:51,400 --> 0:28:53,350 wouldn't want to be and one everyday 658 0:28:53,350 --> 0:28:56,080 she i wouldn't want to be an 659 0:28:56,080 --> 0:28:58,510 one every day she took a black 660 0:28:58,630 --> 0:29:00,670 the black lace from her head thanks 661 0:29:00,670 --> 0:29:04,000 for your use of until found and 662 0:29:04,000 --> 0:29:06,910 she took the show back there while 663 0:29:06,910 --> 0:29:08,860 ago you ask me for this you 664 0:29:08,860 --> 0:29:12,100 seemed well almost desperate was anything wrong 665 0:29:12,100 --> 0:29:14,347 vic i guess maybe my face was 666 0:29:14,347 --> 0:29:17,080 showing me my excitement vicky left passing 667 0:29:17,080 --> 0:29:20,290 the as no off off lately i 668 0:29:20,290 --> 0:29:23,080 guess i forgot i guess i sort 669 0:29:23,080 --> 0:29:25,058 of fell out of place without it 670 0:29:25,058 --> 0:29:27,477 cost him and on blame you will 671 0:29:27,490 --> 0:29:30,340 he said forgetting the incident now let's 672 0:29:30,340 --> 0:29:32,170 go join daddy and nina at the 673 0:29:32,170 --> 0:29:34,733 spanish park the meal was a happy 674 0:29:34,733 --> 0:29:37,090 you and we is any they laughed 675 0:29:37,090 --> 0:29:39,910 and talked about the parade and mr 676 0:29:39,910 --> 0:29:42,220 current of funny stories about the antics 677 0:29:42,220 --> 0:29:44,650 of the members of the mystic crew 678 0:29:45,490 --> 0:29:48,850 and vicky joined in take it ricky 679 0:29:48,850 --> 0:29:51,910 joined in the party but her mind 680 0:29:51,910 --> 0:29:53,889 was far away seen the frighten old 681 0:29:53,889 --> 0:29:58,870 violinist a friend dukes house duke eaten 682 0:29:58,870 --> 0:30:01,332 smith and the most part whispering in 683 0:30:01,332 --> 0:30:05,140 the little room startled startled at her 684 0:30:05,140 --> 0:30:07,750 appearance the pirate running away from her 685 0:30:07,840 --> 0:30:10,120 and the crowd finally duke apparent to 686 0:30:10,120 --> 0:30:12,550 follow her you're very quiet the ceiling 687 0:30:12,550 --> 0:30:14,890 vicky mr crane remarked on the drive 688 0:30:14,890 --> 0:30:17,410 home she's dire the he said don't 689 0:30:17,410 --> 0:30:18,820 forget she had a long trip down 690 0:30:18,820 --> 0:30:20,830 from new york today when they arrived 691 0:30:20,830 --> 0:30:22,570 at the house mr tucker was there 692 0:30:22,570 --> 0:30:25,060 before them for messenger just deliver this 693 0:30:25,060 --> 0:30:27,580 for you miss ricky she said hanging 694 0:30:27,580 --> 0:30:30,338 over a large mirror of hello it 695 0:30:30,338 --> 0:30:31,930 took the envelope and can tear on 696 0:30:31,930 --> 0:30:33,880 her way to around to wash up 697 0:30:34,240 --> 0:30:35,860 and send room she opened the flap 698 0:30:35,860 --> 0:30:38,350 and pulled out the contents they consisted 699 0:30:38,350 --> 0:30:40,420 of a skull and crossbones explained yeah 700 0:30:41,050 --> 0:30:42,640 cooley kirk from the front of a 701 0:30:42,640 --> 0:30:45,640 cardboard pirate have like the one the 702 0:30:45,640 --> 0:30:48,509 masked man had been wearing tonight and 703 0:30:48,574 --> 0:30:52,990 crudely pence chapter ten different sand vicky 704 0:30:52,990 --> 0:30:55,420 had a restless night this was unusual 705 0:30:55,600 --> 0:30:58,270 because are healthy young body ordinary enabled 706 0:30:58,270 --> 0:31:00,310 her to drop off and to restful 707 0:31:00,316 --> 0:31:02,470 slumber almost as soon as she turned 708 0:31:02,470 --> 0:31:04,630 off the late last night she had 709 0:31:04,630 --> 0:31:07,450 been destroyed derby vicky had a restless 710 0:31:07,450 --> 0:31:10,420 night this was unusual because are healthy 711 0:31:10,420 --> 0:31:13,030 young body ordinary enabled her to drop 712 0:31:13,030 --> 0:31:15,460 off into a restful slumber almost as 713 0:31:15,460 --> 0:31:16,810 soon as she turned off the late 714 0:31:17,260 --> 0:31:19,300 the last night she had been disruptor 715 0:31:19,300 --> 0:31:21,700 up by a fitful dream of a 716 0:31:21,700 --> 0:31:24,616 big old of big old houses with 717 0:31:24,616 --> 0:31:27,460 the murky rooms ghostly pirates figures chasing 718 0:31:27,460 --> 0:31:30,400 her and strange creatures lurking and wait 719 0:31:30,400 --> 0:31:33,040 for her around dark corners the face 720 0:31:33,040 --> 0:31:34,780 of old mr to rail floated through 721 0:31:34,780 --> 0:31:38,020 her dreams frightened and pleading elton that 722 0:31:38,080 --> 0:31:40,385 around ruined duke with his leering wait 723 0:31:40,385 --> 0:31:43,360 to smile when she woke up and 724 0:31:43,360 --> 0:31:45,550 lay awake for a long time thinking 725 0:31:45,550 --> 0:31:47,589 about the skull and crossbones and the 726 0:31:47,589 --> 0:31:49,990 threatening know it couldn't be a prank 727 0:31:50,260 --> 0:31:52,450 she was obviously getting close to something 728 0:31:52,810 --> 0:31:54,430 and those involved were trying to scare 729 0:31:54,430 --> 0:31:57,490 her up it could be nobody else 730 0:31:57,490 --> 0:32:00,010 but the mass pirate raymond duke and 731 0:32:00,010 --> 0:32:01,780 she was sure of it mr eaton 732 0:32:01,780 --> 0:32:05,020 some with although she had surprised him 733 0:32:05,080 --> 0:32:07,360 in his home last night and never 734 0:32:07,360 --> 0:32:09,370 crossed her mind that the mild mannered 735 0:32:09,370 --> 0:32:11,440 travel agent might be mixed up in 736 0:32:11,440 --> 0:32:13,900 any kind of shady dealings the know 737 0:32:13,990 --> 0:32:16,180 also employed though one of the three 738 0:32:16,180 --> 0:32:18,190 new a great deal more about her 739 0:32:18,370 --> 0:32:21,730 then she had suspected significantly where she 740 0:32:21,730 --> 0:32:24,790 was day game and tampa she didn't 741 0:32:24,790 --> 0:32:27,340 think mister do she didn't think duke 742 0:32:27,370 --> 0:32:28,870 or eat and smith could possibly have 743 0:32:28,870 --> 0:32:32,410 found out during the short time between 744 0:32:32,410 --> 0:32:34,510 the parade and her return with the 745 0:32:34,510 --> 0:32:37,990 curtains maybe the third man then the 746 0:32:37,990 --> 0:32:40,270 pirate she got up and just early 747 0:32:40,540 --> 0:32:42,280 and was having orange juice and coffee 748 0:32:42,280 --> 0:32:44,380 by yourself and the dining room when 749 0:32:44,380 --> 0:32:47,020 the reason he came downstairs well well 750 0:32:47,020 --> 0:32:49,180 nina left with without you were the 751 0:32:49,180 --> 0:32:51,700 elite sleeper and of the household was 752 0:32:51,700 --> 0:32:53,230 the excitement of last night too much 753 0:32:53,230 --> 0:32:54,970 for you you don't know the half 754 0:32:54,970 --> 0:32:57,277 of it vicky thought to herself but 755 0:32:57,277 --> 0:32:59,200 she smiled and said i never had 756 0:32:59,200 --> 0:33:01,420 so much fun in my life main 757 0:33:01,450 --> 0:33:04,030 gain some then get ready for some 758 0:33:04,030 --> 0:33:06,730 more fun he said i believe you 759 0:33:06,730 --> 0:33:09,310 said your vacation starts today change of 760 0:33:09,310 --> 0:33:11,230 plans for couture i didn't have a 761 0:33:11,230 --> 0:33:13,265 chance to mention it last night and 762 0:33:13,270 --> 0:33:16,630 then and take one more i'm going 763 0:33:16,630 --> 0:33:18,550 to make one more trip leave here 764 0:33:18,550 --> 0:33:21,040 tomorrow return on sunday then i have 765 0:33:21,040 --> 0:33:22,510 a whole week to soak up that 766 0:33:22,510 --> 0:33:24,850 florida sun and get the tear nina 767 0:33:24,873 --> 0:33:27,842 was teasing me about wonderful that fits 768 0:33:27,842 --> 0:33:30,220 right into the plan a plan is 769 0:33:30,220 --> 0:33:32,650 this vicky wanted to know louise as 770 0:33:32,710 --> 0:33:34,570 to and called that he's promised as 771 0:33:34,570 --> 0:33:36,610 our trip to havana he says that 772 0:33:36,610 --> 0:33:39,040 after the festival week he needs arrest 773 0:33:39,340 --> 0:33:41,800 and he sure we do to he 774 0:33:41,800 --> 0:33:43,180 had a plan for us to fly 775 0:33:43,180 --> 0:33:45,220 over on monday so he can get 776 0:33:45,220 --> 0:33:47,680 there from here and a couple hours 777 0:33:48,100 --> 0:33:49,540 then we'll be spending two or three 778 0:33:49,540 --> 0:33:51,760 days seeing the sights shopping and they're 779 0:33:51,760 --> 0:33:56,530 wonderful markets for laces jury aces jury 780 0:33:57,640 --> 0:34:00,462 they have the most wonderful combs and 781 0:34:00,462 --> 0:34:03,850 broaches and things made of tortoise shells 782 0:34:04,180 --> 0:34:07,381 and coral nina interrupted excitedly and taking 783 0:34:07,390 --> 0:34:09,848 in some shows at the nightclubs who 784 0:34:09,848 --> 0:34:11,890 is one i and just having a 785 0:34:11,890 --> 0:34:14,830 high all time that sounds perfectly wonderful 786 0:34:14,830 --> 0:34:17,590 vicky said enthusiastically i've never been to 787 0:34:17,590 --> 0:34:19,660 havana and it's one place i've always 788 0:34:19,660 --> 0:34:21,970 wanted to visit than get yourself ready 789 0:34:21,970 --> 0:34:25,750 vicky we have i have the time 790 0:34:25,750 --> 0:34:28,450 of our lives after breakfast neil excused 791 0:34:28,450 --> 0:34:30,730 herself to go to the shop she 792 0:34:30,730 --> 0:34:32,680 did have a joe she assured vicky 793 0:34:32,680 --> 0:34:34,930 with a big smile even though she 794 0:34:34,930 --> 0:34:36,460 managed to find plenty of time to 795 0:34:36,460 --> 0:34:39,280 enjoy so and since today and tomorrow 796 0:34:39,670 --> 0:34:40,750 at the last two days of the 797 0:34:40,750 --> 0:34:43,780 festival will probably be swamped with tourist 798 0:34:43,780 --> 0:34:47,740 business i have to go down after 799 0:34:47,740 --> 0:34:50,290 go down to the welfare agency this 800 0:34:50,290 --> 0:34:52,480 morning louis said getting up can you 801 0:34:52,480 --> 0:34:54,670 find plenty to do by yourself making 802 0:34:55,330 --> 0:34:57,280 don't worry about me vicky assured her 803 0:34:57,640 --> 0:34:59,260 i have some shopping to do my 804 0:34:59,710 --> 0:35:01,690 shopping to do to get myself ready 805 0:35:01,690 --> 0:35:04,690 for havana after the girls department vicky 806 0:35:04,690 --> 0:35:07,180 telephone mr quills office and made an 807 0:35:07,180 --> 0:35:09,130 appointment to see him and half an 808 0:35:09,130 --> 0:35:11,590 hour the taxi going to the airport 809 0:35:11,590 --> 0:35:14,230 she fell and the taxi going to 810 0:35:14,230 --> 0:35:16,120 the airport she fell to wondering about 811 0:35:16,120 --> 0:35:18,400 the identity of the third man mess 812 0:35:18,400 --> 0:35:21,130 pirate in the black or here know 813 0:35:21,220 --> 0:35:22,990 that she was staying at the curtains 814 0:35:23,410 --> 0:35:24,910 the only people on tambor who know 815 0:35:24,910 --> 0:35:27,940 there are mr quell the federal airlines 816 0:35:27,943 --> 0:35:30,430 personnel could the pirate be connected in 817 0:35:30,430 --> 0:35:32,650 some way to the airline well she 818 0:35:32,650 --> 0:35:34,630 decided the riddle was too much for 819 0:35:34,630 --> 0:35:36,310 her now but she was gonna do 820 0:35:36,310 --> 0:35:38,290 our best to find the answer when 821 0:35:38,290 --> 0:35:40,030 she entered the f b i investigators 822 0:35:40,030 --> 0:35:41,770 f it i'm sorry miss bar she 823 0:35:41,770 --> 0:35:44,350 said you had no longer you know 824 0:35:44,350 --> 0:35:46,720 sooner hung up there mister quo called 825 0:35:46,720 --> 0:35:49,060 to say that he was detained i 826 0:35:49,060 --> 0:35:51,460 told him about your car and he 827 0:35:51,460 --> 0:35:53,380 asked if you could see him at 828 0:35:53,380 --> 0:35:55,930 ten am sorry miss bar she said 829 0:35:56,290 --> 0:35:58,510 you had no longer your no sooner 830 0:35:58,510 --> 0:36:00,610 hung up there mister quell called to 831 0:36:00,610 --> 0:36:03,156 say that he was detained i told 832 0:36:03,160 --> 0:36:05,500 him about your car and he asked 833 0:36:05,500 --> 0:36:07,480 if you could see him at ten 834 0:36:08,590 --> 0:36:10,330 she looked at it isn't that survey 835 0:36:10,330 --> 0:36:14,170 busy and holiday whisper fixture to the 836 0:36:14,170 --> 0:36:17,230 terminal waiting stroll through the terminal waiting 837 0:36:17,230 --> 0:36:19,690 room then decided to go outside and 838 0:36:19,690 --> 0:36:22,240 stand in the sand she still can 839 0:36:22,246 --> 0:36:23,890 get our the one isn't that sort 840 0:36:23,890 --> 0:36:27,250 of a busy man's holiday misbah vicky 841 0:36:27,250 --> 0:36:30,038 strode the the terminal way waiting stroll 842 0:36:30,038 --> 0:36:32,230 to the terminal waiting room then decided 843 0:36:32,230 --> 0:36:34,060 to go outside and stand in the 844 0:36:34,060 --> 0:36:36,580 sand she still can get our the 845 0:36:36,580 --> 0:36:39,100 wonderful fragrance of the proof him late 846 0:36:39,109 --> 0:36:41,380 in florida and air she can seem 847 0:36:41,380 --> 0:36:43,330 to get enough of it i guess 848 0:36:43,330 --> 0:36:45,550 i'm just a hick from illinois she 849 0:36:45,970 --> 0:36:48,640 chided hers it represented will joy watson 850 0:36:49,000 --> 0:36:51,130 is you rule bride grand splitting has 851 0:36:51,130 --> 0:36:53,710 freckled face what are you doing our 852 0:36:53,920 --> 0:36:56,620 or uniform aren't you find today i'm 853 0:36:56,620 --> 0:36:59,410 like an old fashioned fire fire force 854 0:36:59,620 --> 0:37:01,930 who can resist it represented will enjoy 855 0:37:01,936 --> 0:37:04,720 watson has you rule bride grand splitting 856 0:37:04,720 --> 0:37:07,150 has freckled face what are you doing 857 0:37:07,150 --> 0:37:09,490 our or uniform aren't you find today 858 0:37:10,210 --> 0:37:12,820 i'm like an old fashioned fire fire 859 0:37:12,820 --> 0:37:15,040 force who can resist the sound of 860 0:37:15,040 --> 0:37:17,260 alarm bells fake he smiled on the 861 0:37:17,260 --> 0:37:19,030 in my case is the sound of 862 0:37:19,030 --> 0:37:21,220 airplane motors i know what you mean 863 0:37:21,220 --> 0:37:23,440 joy said i feel the same way 864 0:37:24,070 --> 0:37:25,930 he fell into a step aside her 865 0:37:26,320 --> 0:37:30,100 look steve look steve is tech me 866 0:37:30,100 --> 0:37:31,480 up for lessons in a few men 867 0:37:31,600 --> 0:37:32,920 taking me up for lessons in a 868 0:37:32,920 --> 0:37:34,960 few minutes have you got time to 869 0:37:34,960 --> 0:37:36,580 come over and take a look at 870 0:37:36,580 --> 0:37:39,760 the ship it's peachy and cpg to 871 0:37:39,760 --> 0:37:43,330 engine beach are you sure the field 872 0:37:43,330 --> 0:37:45,430 people what might of course not joy 873 0:37:45,455 --> 0:37:47,980 said he opened the heavy word get 874 0:37:48,280 --> 0:37:49,990 the lead on to the concrete apron 875 0:37:50,320 --> 0:37:52,780 come on steve miller was standing at 876 0:37:52,780 --> 0:37:54,640 the steps that led to the little 877 0:37:55,000 --> 0:37:56,654 cabin of the trap of his charter 878 0:37:56,654 --> 0:37:58,600 a plane he wore a light brown 879 0:37:58,600 --> 0:38:04,330 sack of gurgling garber time fine jacket 880 0:38:04,690 --> 0:38:06,880 he willed around and smiled broadly when 881 0:38:06,880 --> 0:38:09,460 he saw vicky approaching actually say oh 882 0:38:09,460 --> 0:38:11,470 hello miss bar he said do you 883 0:38:11,470 --> 0:38:13,180 come to take a up on that 884 0:38:13,180 --> 0:38:15,250 spent not this morning as the of 885 0:38:15,250 --> 0:38:16,810 it he said i've got things to 886 0:38:16,810 --> 0:38:20,770 do better but i made some other 887 0:38:20,770 --> 0:38:23,650 day real soon you do that vicky 888 0:38:23,680 --> 0:38:26,170 miss bar the may seem like a 889 0:38:26,170 --> 0:38:28,984 lot of airplane to be given our 890 0:38:28,984 --> 0:38:31,060 young friend his first flying lessons and 891 0:38:31,480 --> 0:38:33,490 but she handles just like an automobile 892 0:38:34,030 --> 0:38:35,740 i know vicky said i've flown and 893 0:38:35,740 --> 0:38:39,220 beaches before good deal steve said the 894 0:38:39,220 --> 0:38:41,050 may seem like a lot of airplane 895 0:38:41,470 --> 0:38:43,720 to be given our young friend his 896 0:38:43,720 --> 0:38:45,970 first flying lessons and but she handles 897 0:38:45,970 --> 0:38:48,460 just like an automobile i know vicky 898 0:38:48,460 --> 0:38:51,250 said i've flown in beaches before good 899 0:38:51,250 --> 0:38:53,890 deal steve said just at that moment 900 0:38:53,920 --> 0:38:56,320 and blonde hair young man strode toward 901 0:38:56,320 --> 0:38:58,870 them from a twin engine cessna that 902 0:38:58,870 --> 0:39:00,910 was parked farther up the country april 903 0:39:01,330 --> 0:39:05,436 he gave stephen know it as he 904 0:39:05,436 --> 0:39:09,400 gave steve a semi military sleep and 905 0:39:09,400 --> 0:39:11,650 said hello come over here roy steve 906 0:39:11,650 --> 0:39:13,180 color i want you to me a 907 0:39:13,180 --> 0:39:15,640 friend of my the blonde young prayer 908 0:39:15,640 --> 0:39:17,890 it looked at vicky as he said 909 0:39:18,520 --> 0:39:21,880 i'm i met your students steve but 910 0:39:22,540 --> 0:39:24,820 this is miss vicky bar steve told 911 0:39:24,820 --> 0:39:28,300 him licensed pilot and frederick federal airline 912 0:39:28,330 --> 0:39:32,050 hostess vicky this is roy olson he's 913 0:39:32,050 --> 0:39:33,760 a charter pilot out of st pete 914 0:39:34,120 --> 0:39:35,950 he comes over the bay occasionally to 915 0:39:35,950 --> 0:39:39,370 take the break just take the bread 916 0:39:39,370 --> 0:39:43,750 out for arm mouse really awesome grid 917 0:39:44,080 --> 0:39:46,120 don't you believe it as bar i 918 0:39:46,120 --> 0:39:47,680 just fly over here now and then 919 0:39:47,686 --> 0:39:49,690 to help relieve the load on the 920 0:39:49,690 --> 0:39:52,630 temple voice he had an infectious grid 921 0:39:52,930 --> 0:39:55,270 and vicky liked him immediately i hate 922 0:39:55,270 --> 0:39:56,950 to break this up steve miller said 923 0:39:57,280 --> 0:39:59,262 but if i'm going to give joy 924 0:39:59,262 --> 0:40:01,300 a lesson before the warehouse buses start 925 0:40:01,300 --> 0:40:03,730 yelling at him yelling for the better 926 0:40:03,730 --> 0:40:05,890 take taker he climbed into the cabin 927 0:40:06,250 --> 0:40:08,320 and went forward to the carpet kind 928 0:40:08,320 --> 0:40:10,750 kid he said over his shoulder strap 929 0:40:10,750 --> 0:40:12,820 yourself and and don't touch that we 930 0:40:12,820 --> 0:40:15,160 are until i tell you to join 931 0:40:15,177 --> 0:40:17,920 touched his some to his forefinger in 932 0:40:17,932 --> 0:40:20,920 the taiwan or airman's slew to vicky 933 0:40:21,340 --> 0:40:24,010 and followed stephen to his play vicky 934 0:40:24,010 --> 0:40:26,110 watched it as they taxied out onto 935 0:40:26,110 --> 0:40:28,090 the runaway and getting the go ahead 936 0:40:28,090 --> 0:40:30,638 from the traffic tower took off a 937 0:40:30,638 --> 0:40:32,410 see you again mr austin she said 938 0:40:32,410 --> 0:40:35,260 to the fire from st petersburg again 939 0:40:35,260 --> 0:40:37,180 the young man grand and said good 940 0:40:37,180 --> 0:40:40,690 deal mr quill for he asked after 941 0:40:40,690 --> 0:40:44,500 she mr quill vicky assed after she 942 0:40:44,530 --> 0:40:46,600 had told the latest of her adventure 943 0:40:46,960 --> 0:40:48,670 do you think i'm seen bogeyman in 944 0:40:48,670 --> 0:40:51,700 the closet chunk will have listened attentively 945 0:40:51,700 --> 0:40:54,520 is vicky recounted her experience of last 946 0:40:54,520 --> 0:40:56,500 night the visit to eat and smith 947 0:40:56,500 --> 0:40:58,960 house her discovery of the violin case 948 0:40:59,260 --> 0:41:01,870 her unexpected stumbling upon the tourist asia 949 0:41:02,260 --> 0:41:04,810 duke and the third man whispering together 950 0:41:04,810 --> 0:41:07,090 in the dark and room dukes whispered 951 0:41:07,270 --> 0:41:09,940 done better go yet keeper here the 952 0:41:09,940 --> 0:41:12,670 mast man's flight her chase after him 953 0:41:13,060 --> 0:41:15,010 six pursuit of her and the costume 954 0:41:15,010 --> 0:41:17,800 crowd receiving the threatening know on her 955 0:41:17,800 --> 0:41:21,250 return home no mister know miss freaky 956 0:41:21,250 --> 0:41:25,060 bar junk well said seriously as he 957 0:41:25,060 --> 0:41:27,370 puffed on his old pipe i don't 958 0:41:27,370 --> 0:41:29,440 think you seem bogeyman at all i 959 0:41:29,440 --> 0:41:31,780 think you're teaching me a valuable lesson 960 0:41:32,050 --> 0:41:33,520 that they forgot to include and the 961 0:41:33,520 --> 0:41:36,340 f b i training course never underestimate 962 0:41:36,610 --> 0:41:39,250 the feminine point of view he blew 963 0:41:39,520 --> 0:41:41,860 a thick blue smoke ring that drifted 964 0:41:41,860 --> 0:41:45,340 lazy toward the ceiling and started out 965 0:41:45,370 --> 0:41:47,830 with an old cold i started out 966 0:41:47,860 --> 0:41:50,050 with the cold hard fact that a 967 0:41:50,050 --> 0:41:51,850 shipment of gold coins have been stolen 968 0:41:51,850 --> 0:41:54,010 and some mysterious way you and the 969 0:41:54,010 --> 0:41:56,650 other hand started out with a warm 970 0:41:56,650 --> 0:41:58,600 here in fact an old man was 971 0:41:58,600 --> 0:42:01,360 unhappy a young boy seemed he headed 972 0:42:01,360 --> 0:42:04,240 for trouble i concentrated on trying to 973 0:42:04,240 --> 0:42:06,640 find that these you concentrate on trying 974 0:42:06,640 --> 0:42:08,230 to help the old man and the 975 0:42:08,230 --> 0:42:11,170 boy he paused again a smile there's 976 0:42:11,170 --> 0:42:13,088 a some like a lecture my know 977 0:42:13,090 --> 0:42:15,610 sir vicky separately well it should sound 978 0:42:15,610 --> 0:42:17,860 like one because it is a lecture 979 0:42:17,860 --> 0:42:20,170 to myself he picked up the telephone 980 0:42:20,620 --> 0:42:22,390 now if you'll excuse me i think 981 0:42:22,390 --> 0:42:23,890 have to take a little closer look 982 0:42:23,890 --> 0:42:26,530 at a certain import at a certain 983 0:42:26,530 --> 0:42:29,440 importer and a certain travel agent vicky 984 0:42:29,440 --> 0:42:31,750 got up from her chair and one 985 0:42:31,750 --> 0:42:34,780 thing john quail said the next time 986 0:42:34,780 --> 0:42:36,310 you see something that doesn't feel right 987 0:42:36,400 --> 0:42:39,340 to your ones intuition come and tell 988 0:42:39,340 --> 0:42:41,800 me about it vicky took an airport 989 0:42:41,800 --> 0:42:43,840 bus back to tamper and got off 990 0:42:43,840 --> 0:42:46,120 in midtown her head was spinning as 991 0:42:46,120 --> 0:42:49,210 she tried puzzle out the tangled events 992 0:42:49,570 --> 0:42:51,250 or the past week and put them 993 0:42:51,250 --> 0:42:53,710 together and some logical order but the 994 0:42:53,710 --> 0:42:55,690 sun was to pray and air was 995 0:42:55,690 --> 0:42:58,360 too sweet and crane from gloomy thoughts 996 0:42:58,690 --> 0:43:00,820 her mind leapt ahead from the funny 997 0:43:00,820 --> 0:43:03,040 she'd be having in havana she is 998 0:43:03,040 --> 0:43:06,250 sauntered along the streets aimlessly looking into 999 0:43:06,250 --> 0:43:08,320 the shop windows she stopped in front 1000 0:43:08,320 --> 0:43:10,300 of an art supply store and was 1001 0:43:10,300 --> 0:43:12,160 carefully examining and some of the pictures 1002 0:43:12,160 --> 0:43:14,080 that were on display when the familiar 1003 0:43:14,080 --> 0:43:16,360 figure inside the shop cut her eye 1004 0:43:16,720 --> 0:43:18,700 it was the old violinist mr trump 1005 0:43:19,210 --> 0:43:20,620 she entered the story just as the 1006 0:43:20,620 --> 0:43:22,510 man were saint of the quick as 1007 0:43:22,510 --> 0:43:25,060 query voice and five pounds of french 1008 0:43:25,060 --> 0:43:28,150 sentries are afraid you've almost bladder so 1009 0:43:28,690 --> 0:43:30,525 of friend and these past few days 1010 0:43:30,525 --> 0:43:33,340 so the clerk said not very much 1011 0:43:33,550 --> 0:43:35,560 demand for it here but we should 1012 0:43:35,560 --> 0:43:37,810 have some left or go see he 1013 0:43:37,810 --> 0:43:40,030 turned to go fuck you looked around 1014 0:43:40,030 --> 0:43:41,890 the store mr drill seem to be 1015 0:43:41,890 --> 0:43:43,990 alone this was her chance to talk 1016 0:43:43,990 --> 0:43:45,910 with him she walked up to the 1017 0:43:45,910 --> 0:43:48,158 counter and said why hello mr to 1018 0:43:49,000 --> 0:43:50,230 at the sound of her voice the 1019 0:43:50,230 --> 0:43:54,040 all mentor and smile broke a smile 1020 0:43:54,070 --> 0:43:56,980 broke over his mind face why why 1021 0:43:56,980 --> 0:43:58,870 it's miss bar you are in such 1022 0:43:58,870 --> 0:44:00,250 a hurry the last time we met 1023 0:44:00,490 --> 0:44:01,510 that i don't have much of a 1024 0:44:01,540 --> 0:44:04,180 opportunities and say hello she remember the 1025 0:44:04,180 --> 0:44:07,210 old man's frantically i have to talk 1026 0:44:07,210 --> 0:44:08,980 to you if you really did have 1027 0:44:08,980 --> 0:44:11,890 something important her now was the time 1028 0:44:12,010 --> 0:44:14,590 to draw it out mr duke said 1029 0:44:14,650 --> 0:44:16,540 they you are working for him he 1030 0:44:16,540 --> 0:44:18,430 seems like a pleasant met at the 1031 0:44:18,430 --> 0:44:20,350 mention of duke's name the old man's 1032 0:44:20,350 --> 0:44:22,810 eyes again took on afraid to look 1033 0:44:23,170 --> 0:44:25,090 he nodded his head of and for 1034 0:44:25,090 --> 0:44:28,090 a second his eyes for yeah yes 1035 0:44:28,660 --> 0:44:30,341 do you also work for and smith 1036 0:44:30,341 --> 0:44:32,650 for the key or schedule as he 1037 0:44:32,770 --> 0:44:36,430 had on the street as he had 1038 0:44:36,430 --> 0:44:38,230 on the street a rebar the old 1039 0:44:38,230 --> 0:44:40,630 man dressed her hand and stammered miss 1040 0:44:40,630 --> 0:44:43,300 bar i feel that you are my 1041 0:44:43,300 --> 0:44:46,390 friend the only friend i have his 1042 0:44:46,390 --> 0:44:48,610 eyes were pleading and his ash and 1043 0:44:48,613 --> 0:44:51,940 face at that moment the clerk reappeared 1044 0:44:51,940 --> 0:44:54,280 with mister trails package the oh man 1045 0:44:54,280 --> 0:44:56,140 fumbled nervously in his pocket to get 1046 0:44:56,140 --> 0:44:58,570 the money to pay for it so 1047 0:44:58,570 --> 0:45:00,190 the old man it really is in 1048 0:45:00,190 --> 0:45:02,619 trouble vicky thought but how could you 1049 0:45:02,619 --> 0:45:05,560 possibly be connected to duke and eaten 1050 0:45:05,568 --> 0:45:07,630 smith and the man in the pirate 1051 0:45:07,630 --> 0:45:09,910 cloak mr churchill did you leave a 1052 0:45:09,910 --> 0:45:12,940 message in the plane and the plane 1053 0:45:12,940 --> 0:45:14,770 that day for me a tree have 1054 0:45:14,770 --> 0:45:17,170 a folder yes and you found it 1055 0:45:17,470 --> 0:45:19,180 for a second his eyes lost their 1056 0:45:19,180 --> 0:45:21,490 fight him look as far i need 1057 0:45:21,490 --> 0:45:23,140 help i have to talk to you 1058 0:45:23,530 --> 0:45:25,150 don't find a quiet place to type 1059 0:45:25,270 --> 0:45:28,120 vicky said since soothingly no no not 1060 0:45:28,120 --> 0:45:30,700 now he looked for see out and 1061 0:45:30,700 --> 0:45:32,290 to the street was stir duke is 1062 0:45:32,290 --> 0:45:34,210 way for me in his car down 1063 0:45:34,240 --> 0:45:36,310 at the corner the old man lowered 1064 0:45:36,310 --> 0:45:38,320 his voice to a whisper when do 1065 0:45:38,320 --> 0:45:39,700 you fly again to new york mets 1066 0:45:39,703 --> 0:45:42,490 by tomorrow vicky answered surprised at this 1067 0:45:42,490 --> 0:45:46,030 question tomorrow at three forty five federal 1068 0:45:46,030 --> 0:45:48,430 flight seventy i'll be on that plane 1069 0:45:48,436 --> 0:45:51,940 as bar to voice chapter twelve the 1070 0:45:51,940 --> 0:45:56,770 disappearance promptly at three o'clock fucking enter 1071 0:45:56,799 --> 0:45:59,830 the airport terminal building from a payphone 1072 0:45:59,830 --> 0:46:01,360 she had put in a car for 1073 0:46:01,360 --> 0:46:03,910 mister close office upstairs he had as 1074 0:46:03,910 --> 0:46:09,370 chapter twelve the disappearance promptly at three 1075 0:46:09,370 --> 0:46:11,950 o'clock fucking entered the airport terminal building 1076 0:46:12,430 --> 0:46:14,440 from a payphone she put in a 1077 0:46:14,440 --> 0:46:17,290 call for mister cross office upstairs he 1078 0:46:17,290 --> 0:46:19,150 had asked to report anything to him 1079 0:46:19,150 --> 0:46:21,640 that didn't feel right to her her 1080 0:46:21,640 --> 0:46:23,770 media with mister to roll yesterday certainly 1081 0:46:23,770 --> 0:46:26,500 qualified as not feeling right she had 1082 0:46:26,500 --> 0:46:28,600 tried to call him yesterday but had 1083 0:46:28,600 --> 0:46:30,640 been unable to reach him but once 1084 0:46:30,640 --> 0:46:32,020 again the f b i man was 1085 0:46:32,020 --> 0:46:34,540 in his office the secretary thought he'd 1086 0:46:34,540 --> 0:46:38,410 be back shortly vicky went to the 1087 0:46:38,410 --> 0:46:40,450 reservations desk to look at the passenger 1088 0:46:40,450 --> 0:46:42,910 list for flight seventy there was his 1089 0:46:42,910 --> 0:46:46,240 name alright aim was to row so 1090 0:46:46,240 --> 0:46:48,130 the old man had made it before 1091 0:46:48,130 --> 0:46:49,750 this day was over vicky thought to 1092 0:46:49,750 --> 0:46:51,850 herself she ought to have the as 1093 0:46:51,918 --> 0:46:54,130 has to do a lot of treblinka 1094 0:46:55,240 --> 0:46:57,010 vicky thought to herself she ought to 1095 0:46:57,010 --> 0:46:58,930 have the answers to a lot of 1096 0:46:58,930 --> 0:47:02,200 troubling questions she looked around the old 1097 0:47:02,200 --> 0:47:04,300 man was nowhere and say has message 1098 0:47:04,300 --> 0:47:05,980 hero checked and she asked the clerk 1099 0:47:05,980 --> 0:47:07,810 at the desk the girl looked on 1100 0:47:07,810 --> 0:47:10,180 her list why yes he was an 1101 0:47:10,180 --> 0:47:11,890 over an hour ago to validate his 1102 0:47:11,890 --> 0:47:14,560 ticket she looked at her watch about 1103 0:47:14,560 --> 0:47:16,720 one thirty then he must be somewhere 1104 0:47:16,720 --> 0:47:19,240 around for new possibly and the sniper 1105 0:47:19,660 --> 0:47:21,820 share plenty of time so she saunters 1106 0:47:21,820 --> 0:47:24,010 were toward the restaurant there was no 1107 0:47:24,010 --> 0:47:25,060 sign of the oh man at the 1108 0:47:25,060 --> 0:47:27,190 counter or at any of the tables 1109 0:47:27,550 --> 0:47:29,140 were kept in march was sitting on 1110 0:47:29,140 --> 0:47:31,988 one end of the stores hastily got 1111 0:47:31,988 --> 0:47:34,210 been a cup of coffee vicky he 1112 0:47:34,210 --> 0:47:36,220 say you're just in time to do 1113 0:47:36,220 --> 0:47:38,140 me a favor i can't find my 1114 0:47:38,140 --> 0:47:40,300 best pair of pigskin gloves and i 1115 0:47:40,300 --> 0:47:41,710 think i may have lost one of 1116 0:47:41,710 --> 0:47:44,380 them somewhere in the terminal after rushed 1117 0:47:44,380 --> 0:47:46,347 to the weather briefing savvy a good 1118 0:47:46,347 --> 0:47:48,280 girl and seeing if you might be 1119 0:47:48,280 --> 0:47:52,060 able maybe at if they might be 1120 0:47:52,060 --> 0:47:55,985 at lost and found you know you 1121 0:47:55,985 --> 0:47:59,110 know them by the emre can be 1122 0:47:59,110 --> 0:48:02,230 going on vicky walked across the big 1123 0:48:02,230 --> 0:48:06,220 were of vicky walked across the big 1124 0:48:06,220 --> 0:48:08,770 waiting room kastner glance around for mr 1125 0:48:08,770 --> 0:48:10,570 drill but he was nowhere to be 1126 0:48:10,570 --> 0:48:12,700 seen at lost and found asked the 1127 0:48:12,700 --> 0:48:14,950 boy in charge grinned when she asked 1128 0:48:14,950 --> 0:48:16,990 about the kept his gloves these were 1129 0:48:16,990 --> 0:48:19,330 turned in thursday he said which none 1130 0:48:19,330 --> 0:48:20,800 of the counter and coming up with 1131 0:48:20,800 --> 0:48:22,210 a new pair of pigskin can goes 1132 0:48:22,660 --> 0:48:24,430 these the ones she looked at the 1133 0:48:24,430 --> 0:48:26,740 girls vicky as caught sight of an 1134 0:48:26,740 --> 0:48:28,990 object line and lower shall find the 1135 0:48:28,990 --> 0:48:31,780 boy what's that she has sharply pointing 1136 0:48:32,590 --> 0:48:35,290 that the violin case the boy turned 1137 0:48:35,320 --> 0:48:36,760 from picked it up one of the 1138 0:48:36,760 --> 0:48:39,400 porters found this old fiddle about an 1139 0:48:39,400 --> 0:48:43,240 hour ago is it yours most lucky 1140 0:48:43,240 --> 0:48:44,650 looked at the warned the other case 1141 0:48:44,950 --> 0:48:47,680 with the free handle exposed middle of 1142 0:48:47,680 --> 0:48:49,930 the class was mr charles no doubt 1143 0:48:50,020 --> 0:48:52,236 of that but a bore the first 1144 0:48:52,236 --> 0:48:53,939 scratches and there was a dent in 1145 0:48:53,980 --> 0:48:55,840 say as if someone had stepped on 1146 0:48:55,840 --> 0:48:57,940 it or was it found vicky his 1147 0:48:57,940 --> 0:49:00,580 voice took on a true strident know 1148 0:49:01,000 --> 0:49:02,860 as a darker a dark wave of 1149 0:49:02,883 --> 0:49:05,320 dread soaked or her outside somewhere to 1150 0:49:05,320 --> 0:49:08,770 put didn't say just were vicky turn 1151 0:49:08,770 --> 0:49:10,840 around up the stairs to mr coils 1152 0:49:10,960 --> 0:49:13,270 of his on the second floor when 1153 0:49:13,270 --> 0:49:15,310 she burst food or the secretary looked 1154 0:49:15,310 --> 0:49:18,550 up and shook her head he hasn't 1155 0:49:18,550 --> 0:49:20,110 come back at this bar and i 1156 0:49:20,110 --> 0:49:22,051 really don't know why how be is 1157 0:49:22,051 --> 0:49:23,200 there anything i can do for you 1158 0:49:23,650 --> 0:49:26,020 may leave a note certainly you'll find 1159 0:49:26,020 --> 0:49:28,120 paper on the desk over there for 1160 0:49:28,120 --> 0:49:30,400 key history scribbled a message time the 1161 0:49:30,400 --> 0:49:32,980 fpr investigator about meeting with utmost a 1162 0:49:32,980 --> 0:49:36,370 real yesterday his checking in the at 1163 0:49:36,370 --> 0:49:39,040 the reservation desk and her finding the 1164 0:49:39,190 --> 0:49:41,770 battered violin case that appeared show marks 1165 0:49:41,770 --> 0:49:44,050 over struggle she folded the know and 1166 0:49:44,050 --> 0:49:46,000 gave it to the secretary then went 1167 0:49:46,023 --> 0:49:47,620 down the stairs with a heavy heart 1168 0:49:48,070 --> 0:49:50,261 twenty minutes later when the passenger boarded 1169 0:49:50,261 --> 0:49:52,000 the plane she looked in vain for 1170 0:49:52,010 --> 0:49:54,970 mister to real among them but when 1171 0:49:54,970 --> 0:49:56,770 the last of them had come aboard 1172 0:49:57,160 --> 0:50:01,060 the grow chapter thirteen havana i'm vicky 1173 0:50:01,060 --> 0:50:03,730 arrived back in tampa and next day 1174 0:50:04,570 --> 0:50:06,691 she went directly to john quills office 1175 0:50:06,691 --> 0:50:08,170 to see if you had any news 1176 0:50:08,260 --> 0:50:10,180 of atlas to real the office was 1177 0:50:10,180 --> 0:50:14,860 closed shift chapter thirteen havana i'm vicky 1178 0:50:14,860 --> 0:50:17,500 arrived back in tampa and next day 1179 0:50:18,370 --> 0:50:20,470 she went directly to john quills office 1180 0:50:20,470 --> 0:50:21,970 to see if you had any news 1181 0:50:22,030 --> 0:50:24,430 of atlas drill the office was closed 1182 0:50:24,670 --> 0:50:26,290 she found a taxi and drove to 1183 0:50:26,290 --> 0:50:28,570 the curtains nina i'm louise where i 1184 0:50:28,570 --> 0:50:30,610 know a flurry of packing for their 1185 0:50:30,610 --> 0:50:33,340 havana trip trying to decide which dresses 1186 0:50:33,340 --> 0:50:35,205 they would need for the various things 1187 0:50:35,205 --> 0:50:37,420 they plan to do they both burst 1188 0:50:37,420 --> 0:50:40,000 into a torrent of except cited babel 1189 0:50:40,240 --> 0:50:42,460 when vicky entered the room look vic 1190 0:50:42,880 --> 0:50:44,830 which evening dress do you think looks 1191 0:50:44,830 --> 0:50:47,860 better the greener the white just look 1192 0:50:47,860 --> 0:50:49,510 at this loving new bathing suit i 1193 0:50:49,510 --> 0:50:51,970 bought at the shop today you'd better 1194 0:50:51,970 --> 0:50:54,730 start your own packing fact that he 1195 0:50:54,730 --> 0:50:56,380 plans are leaving bright and early in 1196 0:50:56,380 --> 0:50:59,040 the morning head to smile at their 1197 0:50:59,040 --> 0:51:02,610 enthusiasm butter pleasure and the projected trip 1198 0:51:02,610 --> 0:51:04,920 to cuba was dampened by her worry 1199 0:51:05,400 --> 0:51:06,750 of what happened to get out all 1200 0:51:06,752 --> 0:51:08,760 the mr to drill wait until i 1201 0:51:08,760 --> 0:51:10,680 change she say then i help you 1202 0:51:10,680 --> 0:51:13,080 pack and you can help me and 1203 0:51:13,080 --> 0:51:15,360 her own he threw her bags under 1204 0:51:15,360 --> 0:51:17,220 the bed and take the telephone book 1205 0:51:17,220 --> 0:51:19,530 from the table it hadn't occurred to 1206 0:51:19,530 --> 0:51:22,200 her to wonder whether mr quell lived 1207 0:51:22,200 --> 0:51:25,230 in tampa if he didn't she have 1208 0:51:25,230 --> 0:51:27,120 to ask mr carter where she could 1209 0:51:27,120 --> 0:51:31,740 find him it he'd certainly it certainly 1210 0:51:31,740 --> 0:51:33,621 no but she didn't want to worry 1211 0:51:33,621 --> 0:51:36,030 him with her own involvement in the 1212 0:51:36,030 --> 0:51:38,670 case unless she had to she wasn't 1213 0:51:38,670 --> 0:51:40,590 like john quell name was in the 1214 0:51:40,590 --> 0:51:42,750 book she down his number and waited 1215 0:51:43,110 --> 0:51:44,700 and the moment as for i was 1216 0:51:44,700 --> 0:51:47,280 answered the phone mr quill this is 1217 0:51:47,280 --> 0:51:49,410 vicky bar hope you don't mind recalling 1218 0:51:49,410 --> 0:51:50,790 you at home like this on us 1219 0:51:51,240 --> 0:51:53,820 on a sunday afternoon but i was 1220 0:51:53,820 --> 0:51:55,860 worried about mister trump did you find 1221 0:51:55,860 --> 0:51:58,260 anything about him i'm sorry miss for 1222 0:51:58,320 --> 0:51:59,490 the voice on the other end of 1223 0:51:59,490 --> 0:52:01,140 the phone said as soon as i 1224 0:52:01,140 --> 0:52:03,360 got your know yesterday i for one 1225 0:52:03,360 --> 0:52:04,590 of my men on the job or 1226 0:52:04,590 --> 0:52:06,690 tracking them down but so far no 1227 0:52:06,690 --> 0:52:09,030 luck your son that he had been 1228 0:52:09,030 --> 0:52:11,250 living in a cheap boarding house and 1229 0:52:11,250 --> 0:52:13,680 the quarter but his landlady apparently hasn't 1230 0:52:13,680 --> 0:52:16,230 seen him since yesterday oh dear vicky 1231 0:52:16,230 --> 0:52:18,510 said don't worry most part of it 1232 0:52:18,510 --> 0:52:19,500 you know as soon as i hear 1233 0:52:19,500 --> 0:52:21,690 something i won't be home for a 1234 0:52:21,690 --> 0:52:24,210 few days miss quell the curtains are 1235 0:52:24,210 --> 0:52:26,250 taking me to havana but if i 1236 0:52:26,250 --> 0:52:28,170 can be you have any help by 1237 0:52:28,170 --> 0:52:31,144 staying now see here young lady who 1238 0:52:31,144 --> 0:52:33,360 exists go on to havana and enjoy 1239 0:52:33,360 --> 0:52:35,254 yourself the f b i will find 1240 0:52:35,254 --> 0:52:38,640 them don't worry vicky thing to and 1241 0:52:38,640 --> 0:52:40,620 started to hang out then she thought 1242 0:52:40,620 --> 0:52:42,390 of something else did you find know 1243 0:52:42,399 --> 0:52:45,810 anything about mustard duke and eaten mr 1244 0:52:45,840 --> 0:52:48,120 eaton smith it appears they are both 1245 0:52:48,150 --> 0:52:51,420 out of town down fucking was shouted 1246 0:52:51,450 --> 0:52:53,435 the were maybe they force mr to 1247 0:52:53,435 --> 0:52:55,320 road to go with him maybe there 1248 0:52:55,860 --> 0:52:58,140 mr quills good natured laugh came over 1249 0:52:58,140 --> 0:53:00,480 the wire better know jump to conclusions 1250 0:53:00,480 --> 0:53:03,600 most part mr duke told some lesser 1251 0:53:03,600 --> 0:53:05,070 do told some friends that he was 1252 0:53:05,070 --> 0:53:07,470 going out of town on business he 1253 0:53:07,470 --> 0:53:09,660 didn't say where and mr eaton smith 1254 0:53:09,660 --> 0:53:12,960 said that he had flown to sue 1255 0:53:13,500 --> 0:53:15,990 the so work making a check of 1256 0:53:15,990 --> 0:53:18,030 of course on the basis of the 1257 0:53:18,030 --> 0:53:19,950 reports you may to me but you 1258 0:53:19,950 --> 0:53:22,020 have to remember i both men are 1259 0:53:22,020 --> 0:53:25,230 respected businessman here in tampa and that 1260 0:53:25,230 --> 0:53:27,210 the nature of their business compels them 1261 0:53:27,210 --> 0:53:30,630 to travel a good deal we can 1262 0:53:30,630 --> 0:53:32,910 virgin with charges we have no way 1263 0:53:32,910 --> 0:53:35,700 of proving but again don't worry if 1264 0:53:35,700 --> 0:53:38,370 they've done anything unlawful will find out 1265 0:53:38,760 --> 0:53:40,410 now you run along to havana and 1266 0:53:40,410 --> 0:53:42,660 have a good time vicky thanked him 1267 0:53:42,870 --> 0:53:45,540 and hung up early the next morning 1268 0:53:45,570 --> 0:53:47,790 mister curtain and the girls boarded the 1269 0:53:48,840 --> 0:53:50,880 early the next morning mister curtain and 1270 0:53:50,880 --> 0:53:53,070 the girls boarded a federal airlines plane 1271 0:53:53,070 --> 0:53:55,894 for havana it was fine cheater as 1272 0:53:55,894 --> 0:53:57,629 she leaned back in the reply and 1273 0:53:57,629 --> 0:54:01,290 see to travel as a passenger both 1274 0:54:01,290 --> 0:54:03,240 the stewardess the on the flight are 1275 0:54:03,240 --> 0:54:05,130 old friends with whom she had flown 1276 0:54:05,130 --> 0:54:07,050 many times they made a point of 1277 0:54:07,050 --> 0:54:09,330 waiting on her with a mock palm 1278 0:54:09,330 --> 0:54:11,670 to and ceremony referred to her as 1279 0:54:11,670 --> 0:54:15,660 sometimes and referred to her sometimes two 1280 0:54:16,050 --> 0:54:18,270 and three times in one sentence as 1281 0:54:18,300 --> 0:54:22,230 madame his madame comfortable or madame care 1282 0:54:22,230 --> 0:54:24,334 for one or two lumps oh sugar 1283 0:54:24,334 --> 0:54:26,520 and madame coffee is matt i'm sure 1284 0:54:26,520 --> 0:54:29,190 she won't get as sick has met 1285 0:54:29,190 --> 0:54:32,220 i'm ever flown before nina louise google 1286 0:54:32,220 --> 0:54:34,500 that the jokes and played up to 1287 0:54:34,500 --> 0:54:37,320 it everyone was having fun this is 1288 0:54:37,338 --> 0:54:41,160 vicky this vicky thought as away avocation 1289 0:54:41,160 --> 0:54:43,860 should be other fears and uncertainties that 1290 0:54:43,860 --> 0:54:46,440 how crowded her mind for the past 1291 0:54:46,440 --> 0:54:48,990 week vanished like magic the plane landed 1292 0:54:48,990 --> 0:54:51,420 briefly at me miami and then took 1293 0:54:51,420 --> 0:54:53,460 off again for short hop over the 1294 0:54:53,460 --> 0:54:55,738 keys and across the blue streets of 1295 0:54:55,738 --> 0:54:58,320 florida to havana they checked into a 1296 0:54:58,320 --> 0:55:01,410 luxurious hotel surrounded by vast green lawns 1297 0:55:01,410 --> 0:55:03,930 and towering palm trees then quickly they 1298 0:55:03,930 --> 0:55:05,730 impact their clothes and set out to 1299 0:55:05,730 --> 0:55:07,860 see the sights for the next two 1300 0:55:07,860 --> 0:55:10,290 days mr current escorted the three girls 1301 0:55:10,680 --> 0:55:12,480 and a world planned round of fun 1302 0:55:12,900 --> 0:55:15,450 and good time and good times he 1303 0:55:15,450 --> 0:55:17,460 knew the old city thoroughly but for 1304 0:55:17,460 --> 0:55:20,400 vicky and the curtain girls and was 1305 0:55:20,400 --> 0:55:24,330 around a wonderful discoveries they want to 1306 0:55:24,390 --> 0:55:27,660 the racetrack the beaches historical for it's 1307 0:55:27,960 --> 0:55:30,060 and the fascinating museums during the morning 1308 0:55:30,420 --> 0:55:34,350 and afternoons and evenings fandango us on 1309 0:55:34,350 --> 0:55:36,300 the third morning or maybe it was 1310 0:55:36,300 --> 0:55:38,970 the fourth vicky had lost track of 1311 0:55:38,970 --> 0:55:41,310 time and the wonderful world of havana 1312 0:55:41,820 --> 0:55:44,610 to kern said at breakfast today we're 1313 0:55:44,610 --> 0:55:46,080 going to see something that you've never 1314 0:55:46,080 --> 0:55:49,140 seen funding goes on the third morning 1315 0:55:49,230 --> 0:55:51,120 or maybe it was the fourth vicky 1316 0:55:51,120 --> 0:55:53,520 had lost track of time time and 1317 0:55:53,520 --> 0:55:55,680 the wonderful world of havana us to 1318 0:55:55,680 --> 0:55:58,620 kern said at breakfast today we're going 1319 0:55:58,620 --> 0:56:00,090 to see something that you've never seen 1320 0:56:00,090 --> 0:56:03,720 before a real spanish american market place 1321 0:56:03,720 --> 0:56:05,880 down in the old city what's so 1322 0:56:05,880 --> 0:56:09,150 special about it in asked some people 1323 0:56:09,150 --> 0:56:11,250 call it the thieves market mr current 1324 0:56:11,252 --> 0:56:13,350 explained in the old days the pirates 1325 0:56:13,350 --> 0:56:16,560 and the free buddhists the free booties 1326 0:56:16,560 --> 0:56:18,540 all went there to so the dilute 1327 0:56:18,540 --> 0:56:21,810 they had taken from captured ships even 1328 0:56:21,810 --> 0:56:23,940 today it's a place or stolen goods 1329 0:56:23,940 --> 0:56:26,790 or soul oh neither said a thieves 1330 0:56:26,790 --> 0:56:28,830 market i can't wait to buy something 1331 0:56:29,220 --> 0:56:31,590 that's a first miss mr cranleigh i 1332 0:56:31,591 --> 0:56:33,030 said we're going to lurk and not 1333 0:56:33,030 --> 0:56:34,770 to buy it's still a crime to 1334 0:56:34,770 --> 0:56:37,380 receive store and goes but if it's 1335 0:56:37,380 --> 0:56:38,880 all right to for the team to 1336 0:56:38,880 --> 0:56:41,490 sell things near persisted should be all 1337 0:56:41,490 --> 0:56:43,650 right for me to buy some to 1338 0:56:43,650 --> 0:56:46,020 buy them not on your life death 1339 0:56:46,020 --> 0:56:48,270 already is down here occasionally shut one 1340 0:56:48,270 --> 0:56:50,760 i to same practices that helped make 1341 0:56:50,760 --> 0:56:53,850 a tourist attraction but i don't then 1342 0:56:53,850 --> 0:56:56,220 i'll and i'll do it when you're 1343 0:56:56,220 --> 0:56:58,530 not looking near teased and you're not 1344 0:56:58,530 --> 0:56:59,940 too big to be spanked if i 1345 0:56:59,940 --> 0:57:02,070 catch you the girls giggled at this 1346 0:57:02,070 --> 0:57:04,230 exchange and then mr colonel or on 1347 0:57:04,560 --> 0:57:06,720 seriously the this market is a strange 1348 0:57:06,750 --> 0:57:09,750 combination of find the gentleman shops and 1349 0:57:09,750 --> 0:57:14,329 black market operation operators what's that what's 1350 0:57:14,329 --> 0:57:17,310 say we go out to over to 1351 0:57:17,351 --> 0:57:19,800 beach this morning for a swim then 1352 0:57:19,800 --> 0:57:22,830 taken the markets as afternoon the thieves 1353 0:57:22,830 --> 0:57:25,710 market was a cobblestones square with an 1354 0:57:25,710 --> 0:57:28,050 ancient stone fountain in the middle and 1355 0:57:28,050 --> 0:57:31,200 shops and outdoor cafes off or sites 1356 0:57:31,620 --> 0:57:34,500 a few men a few men most 1357 0:57:34,500 --> 0:57:37,080 of them dressed and nondescript close launched 1358 0:57:37,080 --> 0:57:38,910 in the doorways two or three small 1359 0:57:38,910 --> 0:57:42,480 parties american tourists and eight soiled seeker 1360 0:57:42,480 --> 0:57:47,040 suit sears sucker soup and panama hat 1361 0:57:47,670 --> 0:57:50,220 that had seen better days sauntered up 1362 0:57:50,220 --> 0:57:52,200 to the table from his coat parka 1363 0:57:52,200 --> 0:57:54,630 he extracted a bottle of perfume and 1364 0:57:54,630 --> 0:57:59,070 eight soiled seeker suit see sucker suit 1365 0:57:59,580 --> 0:58:02,790 and panama hat that had seen better 1366 0:58:02,790 --> 0:58:05,280 days sauntered up to the table from 1367 0:58:05,280 --> 0:58:07,080 his coat parka he extracted a bottle 1368 0:58:07,080 --> 0:58:09,750 of perfume them vicky recognized as a 1369 0:58:09,750 --> 0:58:12,450 famous french bread for the young ladies 1370 0:58:12,450 --> 0:58:14,160 the man said in a broken english 1371 0:58:14,430 --> 0:58:17,070 five dollars vicky new the prefer your 1372 0:58:17,100 --> 0:58:19,204 costs three times that and new york 1373 0:58:19,230 --> 0:58:21,600 at or tampa leicester current pretended i 1374 0:58:21,600 --> 0:58:23,610 think it over then he handed a 1375 0:58:23,610 --> 0:58:25,380 bottle the bottle back to the man 1376 0:58:25,800 --> 0:58:28,050 shook his head the peddler return the 1377 0:58:28,050 --> 0:58:30,060 bow to his coat pocket and walked 1378 0:58:30,060 --> 0:58:32,730 away as casually as he approached a 1379 0:58:32,730 --> 0:58:34,560 few moments the second man stood up 1380 0:58:34,830 --> 0:58:37,018 to the table and old suitcase and 1381 0:58:37,018 --> 0:58:38,970 as have without a word he put 1382 0:58:39,060 --> 0:58:41,430 the case of the tabletop opened it 1383 0:58:41,790 --> 0:58:43,479 and say there is someone was beautiful 1384 0:58:43,479 --> 0:58:45,570 this vicky had ever seen she can 1385 0:58:45,570 --> 0:58:49,290 repress an exclamation admiration ah the man 1386 0:58:49,296 --> 0:58:51,810 said revealing broken your teeth and a 1387 0:58:51,810 --> 0:58:55,170 wide grin scenario her nose violates direction 1388 0:58:55,170 --> 0:58:58,830 spain's senior a great bargain again mr 1389 0:58:58,830 --> 0:59:00,690 crown pretended to be trying to make 1390 0:59:00,690 --> 0:59:02,580 up his mind and again he shook 1391 0:59:02,580 --> 0:59:04,800 his head know my goodness day louise 1392 0:59:04,830 --> 0:59:07,373 exclaimed when the man had gone that 1393 0:59:07,373 --> 0:59:09,480 was a genius this of ever somewhere 1394 0:59:09,480 --> 0:59:11,880 i can we buy just one tiny 1395 0:59:11,880 --> 0:59:14,610 little piece it when it will look 1396 0:59:14,610 --> 0:59:16,260 so wonderful with my new white evening 1397 0:59:16,260 --> 0:59:17,910 dress what do you say that he 1398 0:59:18,270 --> 0:59:20,370 mr clinton left i'm going to have 1399 0:59:20,370 --> 0:59:22,950 to spank you to that stolen goods 1400 0:59:23,010 --> 0:59:26,370 honey we just we just look for 1401 0:59:26,370 --> 0:59:29,100 fun but that saw a third man 1402 0:59:29,100 --> 0:59:31,560 detached himself from a doorway and headed 1403 0:59:31,560 --> 0:59:34,057 in the direction here comes another one 1404 0:59:34,057 --> 0:59:35,820 neither say he must look like a 1405 0:59:35,820 --> 0:59:39,090 rich american daddy when the men revealed 1406 0:59:39,180 --> 0:59:42,620 the objects when the man revealed the 1407 0:59:42,630 --> 0:59:45,270 object he had for sale everyone gassed 1408 0:59:45,570 --> 0:59:47,430 as one of the time souvenir ships 1409 0:59:47,670 --> 0:59:50,160 from the gaspar festival in tampa but 1410 0:59:50,160 --> 0:59:52,290 instead of being cheap press this one 1411 0:59:52,290 --> 0:59:54,960 gleamed like pure gold mr kearns eyes 1412 0:59:54,960 --> 0:59:57,450 flashed or did you get this man 1413 0:59:57,450 --> 1:00:00,210 smiled and she hoped his shoulders solid 1414 1:00:00,210 --> 1:00:02,940 gold sea near i saw cheap solid 1415 1:00:02,940 --> 1:00:06,390 gold vicky repeated incredulously si signore to 1416 1:00:06,570 --> 1:00:09,570 solid gold mr current left or from 1417 1:00:09,570 --> 1:00:12,030 tampa fella we could buy all those 1418 1:00:14,160 --> 1:00:15,960 we could buy all those we wanted 1419 1:00:15,960 --> 1:00:18,000 last week for a quarter i must 1420 1:00:18,000 --> 1:00:20,190 say you've done it nice polishing job 1421 1:00:20,580 --> 1:00:22,560 or go and find yourself another soccer 1422 1:00:23,220 --> 1:00:24,840 he waved to them it and away 1423 1:00:25,320 --> 1:00:27,120 while girls he said have you seen 1424 1:00:27,120 --> 1:00:29,196 enough i'd like to buy something for 1425 1:00:29,196 --> 1:00:31,470 a mother and ginny before i leave 1426 1:00:31,860 --> 1:00:33,420 for he said but so only i 1427 1:00:33,420 --> 1:00:35,760 wouldn't want to buy stolen goods as 1428 1:00:35,760 --> 1:00:37,260 i told you this morning vicky mr 1429 1:00:37,260 --> 1:00:39,600 curtain say this market is a curious 1430 1:00:39,600 --> 1:00:42,270 mixture of thieves and smugglers and honest 1431 1:00:42,270 --> 1:00:45,090 man just across the square is manual 1432 1:00:45,540 --> 1:00:48,360 rodriguez is jewish shut he specializes in 1433 1:00:48,360 --> 1:00:51,780 spanish antiques and he's a thoroughly respectable 1434 1:00:52,620 --> 1:00:55,020 maybe we can find something there mister 1435 1:00:55,020 --> 1:00:57,240 curtain paid for their limit for their 1436 1:00:57,240 --> 1:00:59,550 limits and they strewn across the covered 1437 1:00:59,550 --> 1:01:02,580 square line will rodrigues is jewish shop 1438 1:01:02,580 --> 1:01:05,156 was completely unlike the thieves market and 1439 1:01:05,156 --> 1:01:08,190 existed just outside it's windows anterior was 1440 1:01:08,190 --> 1:01:11,130 plane and dignified and glass display cases 1441 1:01:11,130 --> 1:01:14,500 along it's walls hello beautiful pieces finery 1442 1:01:15,820 --> 1:01:18,580 a finely wrought silver and gold is 1443 1:01:18,640 --> 1:01:21,610 all men wearing a trims all to 1444 1:01:21,670 --> 1:01:26,500 cope and pay pence nest stepped out 1445 1:01:26,500 --> 1:01:29,290 to greet the senior senior rita he 1446 1:01:29,290 --> 1:01:31,960 said rubbing his hands together as though 1447 1:01:31,960 --> 1:01:33,430 he was washing them in the air 1448 1:01:33,790 --> 1:01:35,590 when mere do for you were just 1449 1:01:35,590 --> 1:01:38,102 looking around mr colonel explain please do 1450 1:01:38,145 --> 1:01:40,120 the little man said there's anything i 1451 1:01:40,120 --> 1:01:42,790 can do his mouth and shrugged the 1452 1:01:42,790 --> 1:01:45,160 girls browsed among the disk play cases 1453 1:01:45,550 --> 1:01:48,700 in i kept up running chattering of 1454 1:01:48,700 --> 1:01:51,970 owes and ours here vicky louise called 1455 1:01:51,970 --> 1:01:54,430 from the crap from across shop come 1456 1:01:54,430 --> 1:01:56,080 and see this necklace he really is 1457 1:01:56,080 --> 1:01:57,610 the most gorgeous thing i've ever seen 1458 1:01:58,210 --> 1:02:00,160 as vicky stepped her said she pointed 1459 1:02:00,160 --> 1:02:02,680 out a huge camera or the size 1460 1:02:02,680 --> 1:02:05,817 and shape of a bluebirds vague suspended 1461 1:02:05,890 --> 1:02:08,560 on woven corps a spawn goal but 1462 1:02:08,560 --> 1:02:10,150 it was not the emerald that may 1463 1:02:10,150 --> 1:02:13,030 vicky gasp when astonishment when she walked 1464 1:02:13,030 --> 1:02:14,800 into the case it was a heavy 1465 1:02:14,800 --> 1:02:17,260 gold chain and the tray table beside 1466 1:02:17,260 --> 1:02:21,340 it hum on one end of the 1467 1:02:21,340 --> 1:02:23,680 show cocaine was a large gold coin 1468 1:02:23,920 --> 1:02:26,140 as an exact duplicate or the stolen 1469 1:02:26,140 --> 1:02:28,930 coins that haven't that had been pictured 1470 1:02:28,930 --> 1:02:33,400 in the tough a newspaper then there 1471 1:02:33,400 --> 1:02:35,830 was the profile of the queen were 1472 1:02:35,830 --> 1:02:38,110 in the high crowd the laurel wreath 1473 1:02:38,650 --> 1:02:40,810 dang circled the head and the ring 1474 1:02:40,810 --> 1:02:43,480 of star star is around the rim 1475 1:02:44,110 --> 1:02:45,820 vicky we're sure of it then she 1476 1:02:45,820 --> 1:02:47,950 remembered the picture she had torn from 1477 1:02:47,950 --> 1:02:50,590 the newspaper she put her handbag onto 1478 1:02:50,590 --> 1:02:52,449 the and top of the case and 1479 1:02:52,449 --> 1:02:55,060 began to explore it's contents finally she 1480 1:02:55,060 --> 1:02:57,220 found the crippling under a pile of 1481 1:02:57,220 --> 1:03:00,160 loose change bobby pins lipstick no file 1482 1:03:00,610 --> 1:03:02,260 and all the other a surging odds 1483 1:03:02,260 --> 1:03:04,750 and ends with which girls clutter up 1484 1:03:04,750 --> 1:03:07,210 their handbags she unfolded the piece of 1485 1:03:07,210 --> 1:03:09,340 paper and compared the picture with the 1486 1:03:09,340 --> 1:03:11,380 coin in the display case there was 1487 1:03:11,380 --> 1:03:13,120 no question about it it was the 1488 1:03:13,120 --> 1:03:15,998 same coin vicky luis exclaim what in 1489 1:03:15,998 --> 1:03:17,980 the world are you doing look at 1490 1:03:17,980 --> 1:03:19,780 the coin on that heavy chain louise 1491 1:03:20,230 --> 1:03:21,580 isn't that the same as the one 1492 1:03:21,580 --> 1:03:23,740 that's in this picture who is looked 1493 1:03:23,830 --> 1:03:25,900 at the guy in the case as 1494 1:03:25,900 --> 1:03:28,660 to read the newspapers crippling or yes 1495 1:03:28,780 --> 1:03:31,990 she gasped it it certainly is for 1496 1:03:31,990 --> 1:03:34,630 it is you should show vicky cautioned 1497 1:03:35,050 --> 1:03:36,910 this slip delivered you or had come 1498 1:03:36,910 --> 1:03:39,370 up behind them yes he said exponentially 1499 1:03:39,700 --> 1:03:41,860 vicky pointed to the gold to the 1500 1:03:41,860 --> 1:03:44,110 coin in shape can you tell you 1501 1:03:44,170 --> 1:03:47,044 the price of that fisa the senior 1502 1:03:47,050 --> 1:03:48,820 editor has a good eye for antiques 1503 1:03:49,210 --> 1:03:51,070 that you are so are afraid that 1504 1:03:51,070 --> 1:03:52,990 this particular piece is not for sale 1505 1:03:53,470 --> 1:03:55,810 vicky raised her eyebrows not for sale 1506 1:03:56,200 --> 1:03:58,090 i regret to say it's not a 1507 1:03:58,090 --> 1:04:00,310 made the chain to order to accommodate 1508 1:04:00,310 --> 1:04:02,530 the brought it to us he tapped 1509 1:04:02,530 --> 1:04:05,290 his penn's penn's knows the a fat 1510 1:04:05,290 --> 1:04:09,370 finger boy senior it but wait senior 1511 1:04:09,400 --> 1:04:11,830 garcia is an importer and sometimes it 1512 1:04:11,830 --> 1:04:14,320 feels an antiques it is possible that 1513 1:04:14,320 --> 1:04:17,500 has of he tapped his penn's penn's 1514 1:04:17,500 --> 1:04:20,110 knows where the a fat finger but 1515 1:04:20,110 --> 1:04:23,770 wait senior it but wait senior garcia 1516 1:04:23,860 --> 1:04:25,930 is an importer sometime it's the was 1517 1:04:25,988 --> 1:04:28,660 and antiques it is possible that his 1518 1:04:29,230 --> 1:04:31,330 other such coins could you give me 1519 1:04:31,330 --> 1:04:34,630 his address certainly senior to ensure the 1520 1:04:34,630 --> 1:04:37,480 jeweler taught as he wrote a name 1521 1:04:37,480 --> 1:04:38,830 and address on a piece of paper 1522 1:04:39,310 --> 1:04:42,904 it is quite possible that l and 1523 1:04:42,904 --> 1:04:46,210 uk has something interesting vicky's heart leapt 1524 1:04:46,210 --> 1:04:50,140 into arthur for a moment l tricky 1525 1:04:50,140 --> 1:04:52,210 his heart leapt into so and for 1526 1:04:52,210 --> 1:04:55,120 a moment almost router did you say 1527 1:04:55,540 --> 1:04:58,270 oh decay season he returned to sure 1528 1:04:58,270 --> 1:05:00,670 said giving her the piece of paper 1529 1:05:01,090 --> 1:05:03,640 money his friends and her and her 1530 1:05:03,640 --> 1:05:07,690 boehner senior garcia is known affectionately as 1531 1:05:07,690 --> 1:05:10,480 l do korea how decay the duke 1532 1:05:10,570 --> 1:05:13,000 vicky his head was spinning i wonder 1533 1:05:13,090 --> 1:05:16,450 if mr guess year old uk is 1534 1:05:16,450 --> 1:05:17,830 the same man we met in the 1535 1:05:17,830 --> 1:05:20,920 hotel last night louise do you remember 1536 1:05:21,520 --> 1:05:23,110 he said he was an importer to 1537 1:05:23,590 --> 1:05:25,810 why i don't remember meeting always be 1538 1:05:25,810 --> 1:05:28,750 at ricky courage short as mr as 1539 1:05:28,786 --> 1:05:30,760 a short men she asked if you're 1540 1:05:31,120 --> 1:05:32,620 not quite as ties you with a 1541 1:05:32,620 --> 1:05:34,840 bald head and a goatee the juror 1542 1:05:34,840 --> 1:05:36,786 left it is plain that you did 1543 1:05:36,786 --> 1:05:38,680 not meet how to case scenario to 1544 1:05:39,070 --> 1:05:40,750 senior i guess he is quite tall 1545 1:05:40,990 --> 1:05:43,420 thin a dark haired and small mustache 1546 1:05:43,870 --> 1:05:45,850 know that was not out to care 1547 1:05:47,020 --> 1:05:49,240 suddenly all the crazy notion that had 1548 1:05:49,240 --> 1:05:51,310 been spinning around and said his head 1549 1:05:51,820 --> 1:05:53,980 like the flashing colors of a kaleidoscope 1550 1:05:53,980 --> 1:05:56,410 we're exploded into a great sign burst 1551 1:05:56,410 --> 1:05:58,630 of like a little bits and pieces 1552 1:05:58,810 --> 1:06:02,620 settled into places it and place and 1553 1:06:02,620 --> 1:06:04,600 put themselves together at the piece of 1554 1:06:04,600 --> 1:06:07,150 a jigsaw puzzle the stolen go coins 1555 1:06:07,240 --> 1:06:10,030 this coin is on display the coin 1556 1:06:10,030 --> 1:06:12,730 and this to play display case certainly 1557 1:06:12,730 --> 1:06:15,154 was one of the jurors description of 1558 1:06:15,154 --> 1:06:18,580 remove garcia fitted remote duke to a 1559 1:06:18,580 --> 1:06:22,570 t a moon was your mind and 1560 1:06:22,570 --> 1:06:26,860 spanish and duke was the duke eldercare 1561 1:06:26,920 --> 1:06:30,160 was the duke remote duke had an 1562 1:06:30,160 --> 1:06:32,920 import business with offices and both tampa 1563 1:06:32,937 --> 1:06:35,590 and havana to remembered mr curtain saying 1564 1:06:35,590 --> 1:06:37,810 on the morning that the theft or 1565 1:06:37,823 --> 1:06:39,850 the gold coins have been discovered the 1566 1:06:39,850 --> 1:06:42,160 thieves can never saw a vantage points 1567 1:06:42,580 --> 1:06:44,440 it was gone soft they want it 1568 1:06:45,190 --> 1:06:47,920 she remembered the road souvenirs ships on 1569 1:06:47,920 --> 1:06:49,960 the show so eaten smith's house she 1570 1:06:49,960 --> 1:06:52,510 remembered what french sand was it was 1571 1:06:52,510 --> 1:06:54,730 used by metal casters to make malts 1572 1:06:55,540 --> 1:06:57,880 the ship to ship the powders i 1573 1:06:57,895 --> 1:06:59,320 tried to sell them a few minutes 1574 1:06:59,320 --> 1:07:01,480 ago a really had been solid gold 1575 1:07:01,990 --> 1:07:03,430 and all sounded too crazy can make 1576 1:07:03,430 --> 1:07:05,920 sense she didn't quite see how the 1577 1:07:05,920 --> 1:07:08,500 pieces fit together but deep down her 1578 1:07:08,500 --> 1:07:10,960 bones she knew they did that little 1579 1:07:10,960 --> 1:07:12,760 ship that the peddler had offered them 1580 1:07:13,060 --> 1:07:14,830 was made of gotten melted down from 1581 1:07:14,830 --> 1:07:16,810 the coins i had been stolen from 1582 1:07:16,810 --> 1:07:19,690 flight seventeen she had to get that 1583 1:07:19,690 --> 1:07:22,480 ghost ship mr curtain she said her 1584 1:07:22,480 --> 1:07:24,790 voice was so urgent that are trembled 1585 1:07:25,060 --> 1:07:27,340 please come out say mister current looked 1586 1:07:27,340 --> 1:07:29,800 at her puzzled then saw the expression 1587 1:07:29,800 --> 1:07:31,510 on her face and folder out the 1588 1:07:31,510 --> 1:07:34,180 door vicky he said anxiously are you 1589 1:07:34,180 --> 1:07:37,000 ill mr current the man who offered 1590 1:07:37,000 --> 1:07:40,870 us that tempest souvenir he said it 1591 1:07:40,870 --> 1:07:43,660 was so ago tricky stammered not quite 1592 1:07:43,660 --> 1:07:45,640 sure how to explain the confused thoughts 1593 1:07:45,850 --> 1:07:47,320 that were still spinning around in her 1594 1:07:47,320 --> 1:07:50,620 head yes miss curtain so yes mister 1595 1:07:50,620 --> 1:07:52,540 cleanser of course it was just a 1596 1:07:52,540 --> 1:07:56,500 fake mr korean food vicky barrier around 1597 1:07:56,530 --> 1:07:58,300 to buy that ship or you let 1598 1:07:58,315 --> 1:08:00,130 me the money and and help me 1599 1:08:00,130 --> 1:08:02,190 find that me but but i don't 1600 1:08:02,200 --> 1:08:04,258 know sam mr cohen said please trust 1601 1:08:04,270 --> 1:08:06,520 him as karen please believe me it's 1602 1:08:06,520 --> 1:08:08,320 important and just have to have their 1603 1:08:08,320 --> 1:08:11,260 courtship mr current didn't understand but he 1604 1:08:11,260 --> 1:08:14,200 was conscious of the desperate urgent see 1605 1:08:14,200 --> 1:08:17,470 and keys eyes and her voice and 1606 1:08:17,470 --> 1:08:20,440 in her voice he he knew she 1607 1:08:20,440 --> 1:08:22,720 was a level headed girl that someone 1608 1:08:22,720 --> 1:08:24,640 to be carried on by foolish notions 1609 1:08:25,180 --> 1:08:27,400 he had found that he had found 1610 1:08:27,400 --> 1:08:28,990 that out during the short time she 1611 1:08:28,990 --> 1:08:31,930 had been his daughter's house guest just 1612 1:08:31,930 --> 1:08:33,670 a minute he said and turn back 1613 1:08:33,670 --> 1:08:36,790 into shape a who he said who 1614 1:08:36,790 --> 1:08:38,740 is he say nina you go stay 1615 1:08:38,740 --> 1:08:40,810 right here fiction i will be back 1616 1:08:40,810 --> 1:08:43,120 in a moment but daddy like nina 1617 1:08:43,150 --> 1:08:45,250 mr kurt and said sternly i haven't 1618 1:08:45,250 --> 1:08:47,530 time to explain please stay here it's 1619 1:08:47,530 --> 1:08:50,170 important then he went outside and join 1620 1:08:50,170 --> 1:08:52,420 vicky again he was looking while the 1621 1:08:52,420 --> 1:08:55,467 around the thieves market the man after 1622 1:08:55,497 --> 1:08:57,370 of them the gotcha was not insight 1623 1:08:58,060 --> 1:09:00,430 as walk around lister credit said he's 1624 1:09:00,430 --> 1:09:02,500 bound to be in the square someplace 1625 1:09:03,010 --> 1:09:05,620 the man this they saw the man 1626 1:09:05,620 --> 1:09:07,390 who tried to sell them the perfume 1627 1:09:07,810 --> 1:09:10,360 and then the grinning broken tooth character 1628 1:09:10,360 --> 1:09:12,520 whose showed them the lace but of 1629 1:09:12,550 --> 1:09:16,150 the poker with the gold show there 1630 1:09:16,150 --> 1:09:18,220 was no sign they walked around for 1631 1:09:18,220 --> 1:09:21,098 ten minutes peering into every doorway but 1632 1:09:21,102 --> 1:09:23,890 still was no success then you saw 1633 1:09:23,903 --> 1:09:26,770 familiar figure emerge from doorway at the 1634 1:09:26,770 --> 1:09:29,230 far end of the square various mr 1635 1:09:29,230 --> 1:09:31,660 current stuff as the current raised his 1636 1:09:31,660 --> 1:09:33,964 arms and waved urgently hey there he 1637 1:09:33,970 --> 1:09:37,720 held someone undignified for a strand american 1638 1:09:37,720 --> 1:09:40,870 businessman stop wait a minute remaining glanced 1639 1:09:40,870 --> 1:09:42,640 over his shoulder than ducked into an 1640 1:09:42,640 --> 1:09:45,460 alley and disappear oh no vicky groaned 1641 1:09:45,760 --> 1:09:47,950 kind of mr consent and broke into 1642 1:09:47,950 --> 1:09:50,980 iran vicky follow as here's the came 1643 1:09:50,980 --> 1:09:52,332 to the alley but there was no 1644 1:09:52,332 --> 1:09:55,240 one and say at it's and at 1645 1:09:55,240 --> 1:09:56,980 it's and was a small restaurant with 1646 1:09:56,985 --> 1:10:01,840 dirty fly speckled wonders vicky peer inside 1647 1:10:01,930 --> 1:10:04,090 the man was hurry through the backdoor 1648 1:10:04,360 --> 1:10:06,100 and to what must be the kitchen 1649 1:10:06,550 --> 1:10:09,130 again and mr currency and stepped inside 1650 1:10:09,490 --> 1:10:10,960 looking through the dirty glass of the 1651 1:10:10,960 --> 1:10:13,780 window vicky some mr can speaking arrest 1652 1:10:13,780 --> 1:10:15,520 the to the man behind the counter 1653 1:10:15,940 --> 1:10:17,350 the man this and and turn and 1654 1:10:17,350 --> 1:10:19,420 spoke through the doorway and then to 1655 1:10:19,420 --> 1:10:22,275 vicky's va really the peddler appeared as 1656 1:10:22,275 --> 1:10:24,090 to current spoke to him briefly and 1657 1:10:24,100 --> 1:10:26,890 a to cannot say the cuban looked 1658 1:10:27,580 --> 1:10:29,349 the cuban took a little gold ship 1659 1:10:29,349 --> 1:10:31,570 from his pocket and vicky breathed a 1660 1:10:31,570 --> 1:10:33,640 thing for say where did you get 1661 1:10:33,640 --> 1:10:35,410 this mr current nast as he had 1662 1:10:35,410 --> 1:10:37,510 done with the man great first approached 1663 1:10:37,540 --> 1:10:39,670 them in the square again the men 1664 1:10:39,670 --> 1:10:42,580 throat all right mister currency the remind 1665 1:10:42,640 --> 1:10:44,950 how much so ago the men repeated 1666 1:10:45,430 --> 1:10:47,830 one hundred dollars mister current the ship 1667 1:10:48,280 --> 1:10:50,860 from the man's outstretched hand and passed 1668 1:10:50,860 --> 1:10:52,870 it over to vicky it was so 1669 1:10:52,870 --> 1:10:55,360 unexpected very heavy as she almost let 1670 1:10:55,360 --> 1:10:57,940 it drop she looked at it carefully 1671 1:10:58,210 --> 1:11:00,728 and gleamed with though ritual leicester of 1672 1:11:00,728 --> 1:11:03,130 pure gold more than ever figure was 1673 1:11:03,130 --> 1:11:06,190 convinced that are keep crazy notion was 1674 1:11:06,190 --> 1:11:09,460 right please buy it mr kern fifty 1675 1:11:09,460 --> 1:11:11,650 dollars mister grandson the human shook his 1676 1:11:11,650 --> 1:11:14,890 head eighty five seventy five mr cancer 1677 1:11:15,310 --> 1:11:17,230 and that's my last after the ranch 1678 1:11:17,243 --> 1:11:19,390 road you drive a hard bargain senior 1679 1:11:19,690 --> 1:11:22,780 held at his head seventy five mr 1680 1:11:22,780 --> 1:11:25,480 can counted the bills from is bought 1681 1:11:25,570 --> 1:11:27,190 and the man turned and disappeared and 1682 1:11:27,567 --> 1:11:29,990 every restaurant or thank you mister can 1683 1:11:30,320 --> 1:11:31,520 i give you a check as soon 1684 1:11:31,520 --> 1:11:32,540 as we get back to the her 1685 1:11:32,540 --> 1:11:35,180 to know young lady mr current so 1686 1:11:35,600 --> 1:11:37,610 maybe you will explain what all this 1687 1:11:37,610 --> 1:11:40,160 is about how explain later mr cohen 1688 1:11:40,400 --> 1:11:42,441 please trust me but where you can 1689 1:11:42,441 --> 1:11:44,090 we go to find out ftc really 1690 1:11:44,090 --> 1:11:47,330 solid gold jewelry mr crane said in 1691 1:11:47,330 --> 1:11:48,740 the shot where we left the girls 1692 1:11:48,950 --> 1:11:51,110 they retrieve their steps to the shop 1693 1:11:51,110 --> 1:11:54,980 of manual rodriguez nina louise that we're 1694 1:11:54,980 --> 1:11:57,080 still in shock they both looked at 1695 1:11:57,080 --> 1:12:00,080 vicky and their father curiously when she 1696 1:12:00,080 --> 1:12:01,790 saw the little ship and vicky's head 1697 1:12:02,120 --> 1:12:04,970 the with gasp ghost ship vicky what 1698 1:12:04,970 --> 1:12:07,070 in the world i'll explain later she 1699 1:12:07,070 --> 1:12:10,130 promised then she had handed the ship 1700 1:12:10,340 --> 1:12:12,200 to mr curtain who in turn gave 1701 1:12:12,200 --> 1:12:14,180 it to the fat little jeweler i 1702 1:12:14,180 --> 1:12:16,010 just bought this he said i wish 1703 1:12:16,010 --> 1:12:17,300 to know what it is made of 1704 1:12:17,750 --> 1:12:19,820 i will gladly pay for your usual 1705 1:12:19,820 --> 1:12:22,160 fee the jewel looked at the show 1706 1:12:22,160 --> 1:12:25,310 closely are you interested in the figurine 1707 1:12:25,310 --> 1:12:27,290 as an object of art sir are 1708 1:12:27,290 --> 1:12:29,660 in the gold and might contain mister 1709 1:12:30,260 --> 1:12:32,690 mister curtain left and vicky and quietly 1710 1:12:33,200 --> 1:12:35,540 in the gold sir he said very 1711 1:12:35,540 --> 1:12:38,840 well the exterior is obvious obviously is 1712 1:12:38,840 --> 1:12:41,030 called the weight seems to be right 1713 1:12:41,150 --> 1:12:43,490 where they're under the surface and is 1714 1:12:43,490 --> 1:12:45,080 made of lead or some other base 1715 1:12:45,080 --> 1:12:47,330 model we can tell only by boring 1716 1:12:47,330 --> 1:12:49,130 into it will take only a few 1717 1:12:49,130 --> 1:12:52,370 minutes he bowed stanley to excuse himself 1718 1:12:52,760 --> 1:12:55,187 and disappeared behind a heavy curtain and 1719 1:12:55,190 --> 1:12:56,930 or the back of the shot both 1720 1:12:56,930 --> 1:12:59,930 nina and louise were bursting with curiosity 1721 1:13:00,530 --> 1:13:02,450 vicky every said if you don't tell 1722 1:13:02,450 --> 1:13:04,310 us what is the mystery if you 1723 1:13:04,310 --> 1:13:06,170 don't tell us what out this mystery 1724 1:13:06,170 --> 1:13:08,153 is about i'll never speak to you 1725 1:13:08,153 --> 1:13:10,910 again neither will i never said at 1726 1:13:10,910 --> 1:13:12,620 the hotel where he said i'll tell 1727 1:13:12,620 --> 1:13:14,531 you everything when we get back for 1728 1:13:14,540 --> 1:13:17,090 not a world word until then and 1729 1:13:17,090 --> 1:13:20,870 moon the returned his face was rest 1730 1:13:20,870 --> 1:13:24,559 it recent and a smile senior he 1731 1:13:24,559 --> 1:13:26,300 said i'm happy to tell you that 1732 1:13:26,300 --> 1:13:28,370 this is a piece of solid gold 1733 1:13:28,760 --> 1:13:32,330 very valuable now mess mystery girl mr 1734 1:13:32,330 --> 1:13:35,030 curtain said when they were once more 1735 1:13:35,030 --> 1:13:36,800 and the psu at a hotel can 1736 1:13:36,800 --> 1:13:37,970 you tell us what this is all 1737 1:13:37,970 --> 1:13:41,570 about vicky's mind western world now she 1738 1:13:41,570 --> 1:13:43,670 was sure she had had the secret 1739 1:13:44,810 --> 1:13:46,426 vicky's his mind was still in a 1740 1:13:46,426 --> 1:13:48,470 whirl now she was sure she had 1741 1:13:48,470 --> 1:13:50,840 the secret of the stone gold coins 1742 1:13:51,170 --> 1:13:54,620 she didn't know how they were she 1743 1:13:54,620 --> 1:13:56,060 didn't know how they had been stolen 1744 1:13:56,420 --> 1:13:58,190 or by whom but she was pretty 1745 1:13:58,190 --> 1:14:00,740 sure she just knew what had happened 1746 1:14:00,740 --> 1:14:03,590 to them nina vicky began i want 1747 1:14:03,590 --> 1:14:06,110 you and louise to promise me crush 1748 1:14:06,110 --> 1:14:08,120 your heart and hope to die that 1749 1:14:08,120 --> 1:14:09,650 you won't breathe a word of this 1750 1:14:09,650 --> 1:14:11,960 to anyone if you do all of 1751 1:14:11,960 --> 1:14:14,180 us may be in terrible danger in 1752 1:14:14,180 --> 1:14:16,220 his mouth popped open and she started 1753 1:14:16,220 --> 1:14:18,500 first allergies and then back to vicky 1754 1:14:19,040 --> 1:14:20,480 in a tux a lot mister crane 1755 1:14:20,505 --> 1:14:23,180 smile that's her nature but she can 1756 1:14:23,180 --> 1:14:25,340 keep quiet when she has to isn't 1757 1:14:25,340 --> 1:14:27,560 that right honey both nina the movies 1758 1:14:27,560 --> 1:14:32,150 nodded and sounds of mouth and silent 1759 1:14:32,210 --> 1:14:35,600 open mouth agreement oh right vicky say 1760 1:14:36,020 --> 1:14:38,030 oster at the beginning she told her 1761 1:14:38,030 --> 1:14:40,130 story in detail from the time she 1762 1:14:40,130 --> 1:14:41,780 had first noticed the second man on 1763 1:14:41,780 --> 1:14:44,000 the plane straight to her adventures on 1764 1:14:44,000 --> 1:14:46,430 the night of the torch library and 1765 1:14:46,430 --> 1:14:49,010 the mysterious disappearance of old mr trail 1766 1:14:49,010 --> 1:14:51,530 at the airport she explained about her 1767 1:14:51,530 --> 1:14:53,930 relationship with joy watson and her a 1768 1:14:53,930 --> 1:14:56,060 poor the to john quail she took 1769 1:14:56,060 --> 1:14:58,430 the newspaper clipping from her back then 1770 1:14:58,430 --> 1:15:00,260 i saw that gold coin this afternoon 1771 1:15:00,260 --> 1:15:02,051 and the jewelry shop and it is 1772 1:15:02,075 --> 1:15:04,100 want to one right here she gave 1773 1:15:04,100 --> 1:15:06,800 the paper to mr carter then the 1774 1:15:06,800 --> 1:15:09,860 george description of a moon garcia remember 1775 1:15:09,860 --> 1:15:14,270 he called him out k couldn't have 1776 1:15:14,270 --> 1:15:18,800 been korean have been met anyone but 1777 1:15:18,800 --> 1:15:21,920 ramon duke and they remember in the 1778 1:15:21,920 --> 1:15:24,050 little or alicia never had tried to 1779 1:15:24,050 --> 1:15:26,000 some by saying it was solid gold 1780 1:15:26,660 --> 1:15:28,040 and all of a sudden all the 1781 1:15:28,040 --> 1:15:29,870 pieces of the puzzle found a place 1782 1:15:30,410 --> 1:15:32,420 it was you mister current is suggested 1783 1:15:32,420 --> 1:15:33,800 that to you didn't want a gold 1784 1:15:33,800 --> 1:15:36,710 coins themselves but because they were too 1785 1:15:36,710 --> 1:15:38,900 hard to dispose of but the gold 1786 1:15:38,900 --> 1:15:41,507 they contained at the golf figure the 1787 1:15:41,507 --> 1:15:44,090 man offered us to use market today 1788 1:15:44,450 --> 1:15:46,040 had been anything but a copy of 1789 1:15:46,040 --> 1:15:48,584 that who city souvenirs i probably wouldn't 1790 1:15:48,584 --> 1:15:51,320 never suspected anything but since it was 1791 1:15:51,650 --> 1:15:53,330 i knew there must be some connection 1792 1:15:53,330 --> 1:15:56,510 with tampa mr current left the way 1793 1:15:56,510 --> 1:15:59,450 you armed that description of remove garcia 1794 1:15:59,870 --> 1:16:01,460 out of the man and the jewish 1795 1:16:01,460 --> 1:16:03,650 up would have done credit to sherlock 1796 1:16:03,650 --> 1:16:06,380 holmes like his eyes sparkled where do 1797 1:16:06,380 --> 1:16:08,750 you think i got the idea when 1798 1:16:08,750 --> 1:16:10,640 i don't understand the he said is 1799 1:16:10,640 --> 1:16:12,680 how the pillars and the thieves market 1800 1:16:12,740 --> 1:16:15,650 cut the courtship puddle surely the people 1801 1:16:15,650 --> 1:16:18,260 who took the coins when plan dispose 1802 1:16:18,290 --> 1:16:20,180 are the core of the gold by 1803 1:16:20,180 --> 1:16:22,460 offering it to american tourists and radically 1804 1:16:22,460 --> 1:16:25,160 low prices that has to curran said 1805 1:16:25,160 --> 1:16:27,920 seriously as something that i'm sure the 1806 1:16:27,920 --> 1:16:31,760 fps chapter fourteen the third man can 1807 1:16:31,760 --> 1:16:34,940 question at their plane at the tampa 1808 1:16:34,940 --> 1:16:37,130 airport the next morning he took the 1809 1:16:37,130 --> 1:16:38,990 little gold ship that vicky have been 1810 1:16:38,990 --> 1:16:41,120 carrying and her handbag that are now 1811 1:16:41,127 --> 1:16:43,070 let us go through customs he said 1812 1:16:43,430 --> 1:16:46,100 we don't want anybody to john question 1813 1:16:46,370 --> 1:16:49,220 at their plane at the tampa airport 1814 1:16:49,220 --> 1:16:51,200 the next morning he took the little 1815 1:16:51,200 --> 1:16:53,150 gold ship that vicky have been carrying 1816 1:16:53,150 --> 1:16:55,116 and her handbag that are now let 1817 1:16:55,130 --> 1:16:57,410 us go through customs he said we 1818 1:16:57,410 --> 1:16:59,660 don't want anybody to anybody even the 1819 1:16:59,660 --> 1:17:01,880 customs people to know about it at 1820 1:17:01,880 --> 1:17:03,950 this stage if you will come with 1821 1:17:03,950 --> 1:17:06,350 me as bar i'm sure your friends 1822 1:17:06,350 --> 1:17:08,390 won't mind taking care or of your 1823 1:17:08,390 --> 1:17:10,550 luggage when the two of them were 1824 1:17:10,550 --> 1:17:13,250 alone in his office mr quail looked 1825 1:17:13,250 --> 1:17:14,780 at vicky for a long moment with 1826 1:17:14,780 --> 1:17:16,850 a big smile on his face the 1827 1:17:16,850 --> 1:17:18,380 last time you are here miss bar 1828 1:17:18,770 --> 1:17:19,940 i said that you are a good 1829 1:17:19,940 --> 1:17:22,220 detective now i want to repeat it 1830 1:17:22,310 --> 1:17:24,830 doubled of course you were lucky to 1831 1:17:25,280 --> 1:17:27,346 when the pillars of offered to say 1832 1:17:27,346 --> 1:17:29,390 you the called ship and when you 1833 1:17:29,390 --> 1:17:30,980 saw the coin in the jaw shut 1834 1:17:31,070 --> 1:17:34,220 jewelry shop but a good detective is 1835 1:17:34,220 --> 1:17:35,930 one who is smart enough to take 1836 1:17:35,930 --> 1:17:38,390 advantage and will soon know all about 1837 1:17:38,390 --> 1:17:41,270 those to a dozen questions popped into 1838 1:17:41,270 --> 1:17:44,930 vicky's mind but she container that curiosity 1839 1:17:45,380 --> 1:17:46,850 and that the b a man go 1840 1:17:46,850 --> 1:17:51,230 on we phone and will soon know 1841 1:17:51,590 --> 1:17:54,470 all about those to a dozen questions 1842 1:17:54,470 --> 1:17:57,410 popped into vicky's mind but she container 1843 1:17:57,418 --> 1:18:00,110 that curiosity and that the b i 1844 1:18:00,110 --> 1:18:04,340 man go on we phone we found 1845 1:18:04,370 --> 1:18:06,890 out about raymond duke and his business 1846 1:18:06,890 --> 1:18:10,490 connections in havana has raymone garcia his 1847 1:18:10,490 --> 1:18:12,571 real name by the way most of 1848 1:18:12,571 --> 1:18:14,720 those old fashioned spanish out had their 1849 1:18:14,720 --> 1:18:17,300 kitchens in the basement with vague brick 1850 1:18:17,300 --> 1:18:19,220 ovens for baking bread built into the 1851 1:18:19,220 --> 1:18:21,470 was but the oven and eaten smith 1852 1:18:21,530 --> 1:18:24,620 house was extra special and i've been 1853 1:18:24,620 --> 1:18:26,540 lined with them are most of those 1854 1:18:26,540 --> 1:18:28,940 old fashioned spanish houses had their kitchens 1855 1:18:28,940 --> 1:18:31,490 in the basement with vague brick ovens 1856 1:18:31,490 --> 1:18:33,410 for baking bread built into the was 1857 1:18:33,890 --> 1:18:35,660 but the oven and eaten smith house 1858 1:18:36,170 --> 1:18:38,750 was extra special and have been lined 1859 1:18:38,750 --> 1:18:41,900 with a modern firebrick fit it a 1860 1:18:41,900 --> 1:18:45,590 mater firebrick for fitted with high intensity 1861 1:18:45,590 --> 1:18:48,590 gas burners and converted into a kill 1862 1:18:49,280 --> 1:18:50,870 it was the this kill net to 1863 1:18:50,870 --> 1:18:53,510 gold coins were melted down and recast 1864 1:18:53,510 --> 1:18:55,760 in the form of souvenir ships we 1865 1:18:55,760 --> 1:18:58,010 found a handful of antique coins that 1866 1:18:58,460 --> 1:19:00,710 had been overlooked and the thieves haste 1867 1:19:01,010 --> 1:19:03,170 to get the job done and they 1868 1:19:03,170 --> 1:19:06,080 have been identified we also found harder 1869 1:19:06,080 --> 1:19:08,704 metal cast in equipment including the most 1870 1:19:08,810 --> 1:19:12,380 have been made from cheap souvenirs needless 1871 1:19:12,440 --> 1:19:15,020 to say we didn't find eaten smith 1872 1:19:15,500 --> 1:19:18,110 he too had flown the coop emperor 1873 1:19:18,110 --> 1:19:20,390 or mister trump he just couldn't have 1874 1:19:20,390 --> 1:19:22,430 been on one or the gang did 1875 1:19:22,430 --> 1:19:25,820 you find him what we haven't fucked 1876 1:19:26,000 --> 1:19:27,920 we haven't yet found him but we 1877 1:19:27,920 --> 1:19:30,140 did find out about him he was 1878 1:19:30,140 --> 1:19:33,500 an expert goldsmith and at the word 1879 1:19:33,500 --> 1:19:36,230 scotsman vicky guess then he was one 1880 1:19:36,290 --> 1:19:38,540 of the thieves it didn't see it 1881 1:19:38,540 --> 1:19:41,240 didn't seem possible until a few years 1882 1:19:41,240 --> 1:19:44,060 ago was regularly employed mr corbyn i 1883 1:19:44,660 --> 1:19:47,060 then apparently his health broke down and 1884 1:19:47,060 --> 1:19:49,370 it couldn't hold a regular job or 1885 1:19:49,370 --> 1:19:51,770 new york people went to work investigating 1886 1:19:51,770 --> 1:19:54,380 him the day reported him missing from 1887 1:19:54,380 --> 1:19:56,571 your flight for which he had picked 1888 1:19:56,571 --> 1:19:58,730 it for which he had picked up 1889 1:19:58,730 --> 1:20:01,340 his reservation will know more about him 1890 1:20:01,340 --> 1:20:03,950 soon and early seems possible vic he 1891 1:20:03,950 --> 1:20:06,710 mused that all those preparations and missed 1892 1:20:06,860 --> 1:20:10,430 and mr eaton smith's house could have 1893 1:20:10,430 --> 1:20:12,770 been made after the coins were still 1894 1:20:12,770 --> 1:20:16,460 and that's right it couldn't have been 1895 1:20:17,420 --> 1:20:20,360 that's right they couldn't have picked somehow 1896 1:20:20,360 --> 1:20:22,400 eat and smith knew that the gold 1897 1:20:22,490 --> 1:20:25,190 was coming to tampa and when so 1898 1:20:25,190 --> 1:20:28,070 he made his preparations one advance or 1899 1:20:28,070 --> 1:20:29,720 new york people are working on that 1900 1:20:29,720 --> 1:20:32,240 angle to but when we find him 1901 1:20:32,570 --> 1:20:35,060 and raymond duke i assure you that 1902 1:20:35,109 --> 1:20:36,830 f b i will find them will 1903 1:20:36,830 --> 1:20:39,140 learn about that a lot of other 1904 1:20:39,140 --> 1:20:41,600 things to there was a third man 1905 1:20:41,600 --> 1:20:44,000 vicky said the messed pirate i followed 1906 1:20:44,000 --> 1:20:46,460 him to over city when we get 1907 1:20:47,180 --> 1:20:48,680 when we get the others mr quail 1908 1:20:48,680 --> 1:20:51,050 said for find out about your pirate 1909 1:20:51,050 --> 1:20:54,380 fan to never fear the curious thing 1910 1:20:54,380 --> 1:20:56,570 to me vicky said is how the 1911 1:20:56,570 --> 1:20:58,370 coins were stolen in the first place 1912 1:20:58,850 --> 1:21:01,550 according to mr curtain remember he was 1913 1:21:01,550 --> 1:21:03,800 on the committee that arranged the exhibition 1914 1:21:04,460 --> 1:21:06,560 the pack in case didn't show any 1915 1:21:06,560 --> 1:21:08,180 signs of having been tampered with that 1916 1:21:08,180 --> 1:21:11,600 all that puzzle me too but because 1917 1:21:11,600 --> 1:21:13,010 it was so puzzling it gave me 1918 1:21:13,010 --> 1:21:15,650 an idea that we're working on an 1919 1:21:15,650 --> 1:21:18,980 idea mr quail smiled don't worry i'll 1920 1:21:18,980 --> 1:21:20,750 tell you all about it in the 1921 1:21:20,750 --> 1:21:23,180 proper time you've been our number one 1922 1:21:23,210 --> 1:21:25,610 operative on this case and i suddenly 1923 1:21:25,610 --> 1:21:28,310 tell you everything after i found out 1924 1:21:28,310 --> 1:21:30,770 whether or not i'm right this to 1925 1:21:30,770 --> 1:21:33,170 quell padded the courtship which he had 1926 1:21:33,170 --> 1:21:35,390 put it on his desk it's amazing 1927 1:21:35,390 --> 1:21:37,490 he said what people do to get 1928 1:21:37,490 --> 1:21:40,670 this pretty yellow stuff now you go 1929 1:21:40,670 --> 1:21:42,140 on and enjoy the rest of your 1930 1:21:42,140 --> 1:21:44,600 vacation a call you if i need 1931 1:21:44,600 --> 1:21:47,660 you when vicky went back downstairs to 1932 1:21:47,660 --> 1:21:50,150 the main terminal waiting room a light 1933 1:21:50,150 --> 1:21:52,820 rain was falling outside one of those 1934 1:21:52,820 --> 1:21:55,670 suddenly shower so particular to southern florida 1935 1:21:56,180 --> 1:21:58,190 that's that seem to come out of 1936 1:21:58,190 --> 1:22:00,320 nowhere and stop all of us and 1937 1:22:00,740 --> 1:22:03,410 as they start since she didn't have 1938 1:22:03,410 --> 1:22:04,700 a raincoat sheet of the site to 1939 1:22:04,700 --> 1:22:06,890 wait it out she strode over to 1940 1:22:06,890 --> 1:22:10,370 the big the big plate glass observation 1941 1:22:10,370 --> 1:22:13,100 wonder that looked out it looked out 1942 1:22:13,100 --> 1:22:16,580 on the airfield then she saw something 1943 1:22:16,580 --> 1:22:19,160 that made her heart pound he carried 1944 1:22:19,190 --> 1:22:22,520 a valleys in his hand vicky would 1945 1:22:22,520 --> 1:22:25,070 have known that hurried walk anywhere in 1946 1:22:25,070 --> 1:22:27,020 the long black coat and the fact 1947 1:22:27,020 --> 1:22:29,120 that she was looking at his back 1948 1:22:29,510 --> 1:22:31,880 made all the more recognizable it was 1949 1:22:31,880 --> 1:22:33,530 the mast pirate or the torch they 1950 1:22:33,539 --> 1:22:36,530 parade she hesitated for vicky would have 1951 1:22:36,530 --> 1:22:38,930 known that hurried walk anywhere in the 1952 1:22:38,930 --> 1:22:41,030 long black coat and the fact that 1953 1:22:41,030 --> 1:22:43,550 she was looking at his back a 1954 1:22:43,550 --> 1:22:45,770 all the more recognizable it was the 1955 1:22:45,770 --> 1:22:48,470 mast pirate or the torchlight parade she 1956 1:22:48,470 --> 1:22:50,180 has is here for a second debating 1957 1:22:50,180 --> 1:22:52,670 whether or not she should call john 1958 1:22:52,670 --> 1:22:55,550 quail then she decided against it and 1959 1:22:55,550 --> 1:22:57,200 the time would take to make a 1960 1:22:57,200 --> 1:22:59,150 phone call or run upstairs to his 1961 1:22:59,150 --> 1:23:01,550 office the man would be gone she 1962 1:23:01,550 --> 1:23:03,740 dashed out into the rain the man 1963 1:23:03,751 --> 1:23:06,080 stood on not looking back he passed 1964 1:23:06,080 --> 1:23:08,120 the open a warehouse door and walked 1965 1:23:08,120 --> 1:23:10,310 up worked on in the direction of 1966 1:23:10,310 --> 1:23:13,040 the twin engine cessna that stood on 1967 1:23:13,040 --> 1:23:15,500 the apron beyond it why else and 1968 1:23:15,980 --> 1:23:18,620 ignoring the light rain was standing beside 1969 1:23:18,620 --> 1:23:21,170 his plane fiddling with the door handle 1970 1:23:21,530 --> 1:23:24,500 steve miller's beach guff stated some distance 1971 1:23:24,500 --> 1:23:26,960 away as the man pass the warehouse 1972 1:23:26,960 --> 1:23:29,780 enjoy watching appeared out of the interior 1973 1:23:30,050 --> 1:23:33,590 havent he called going somewhere van found 1974 1:23:33,590 --> 1:23:36,740 less found leisure the warehouse for me 1975 1:23:37,160 --> 1:23:39,050 so he had been the mass pirate 1976 1:23:39,620 --> 1:23:41,870 figure ducked into the open door and 1977 1:23:41,870 --> 1:23:44,300 dragged the surprise boy with her luxury 1978 1:23:44,300 --> 1:23:47,060 she said breathlessly have time to explain 1979 1:23:47,648 --> 1:23:49,460 just do as i say come mr 1980 1:23:49,460 --> 1:23:51,891 quell he's in his office tell him 1981 1:23:51,891 --> 1:23:53,870 their van lasseter is the third man 1982 1:23:54,830 --> 1:23:57,620 have you have you got that joy 1983 1:23:57,830 --> 1:24:00,380 tell mister queer their van leisure is 1984 1:24:00,380 --> 1:24:02,876 the third man but but the voice 1985 1:24:02,876 --> 1:24:05,810 stammered joy vicky snapped this is important 1986 1:24:06,110 --> 1:24:09,080 to quell that van is here have 1987 1:24:09,080 --> 1:24:10,640 looks as if he has charted roy 1988 1:24:10,640 --> 1:24:13,370 austin's plane to take him somewhere how 1989 1:24:13,370 --> 1:24:15,110 did the look mister i have to 1990 1:24:15,110 --> 1:24:17,420 have clear it's for a flight to 1991 1:24:17,420 --> 1:24:19,100 cuba i can just pick up and 1992 1:24:19,100 --> 1:24:20,630 go on the spur of the moment 1993 1:24:21,020 --> 1:24:23,360 alright fan said out of my after 1994 1:24:23,600 --> 1:24:26,330 five hundred dollars sorry mister if i 1995 1:24:26,330 --> 1:24:27,890 did a thing like that the look 1996 1:24:27,890 --> 1:24:30,560 mister i have to have clearance for 1997 1:24:30,560 --> 1:24:32,360 a flight to cuba i can't just 1998 1:24:32,360 --> 1:24:33,861 pick up and go on the spur 1999 1:24:33,861 --> 1:24:35,870 of the moment all right fan said 2000 1:24:36,110 --> 1:24:38,420 i'll double my after five hundred dollars 2001 1:24:38,570 --> 1:24:40,700 sorry mister if i did a thing 2002 1:24:40,700 --> 1:24:42,290 like that i lose my license for 2003 1:24:42,290 --> 1:24:45,020 sure look here van said i'm in 2004 1:24:45,020 --> 1:24:47,540 a tremendous hurry i missed my play 2005 1:24:47,870 --> 1:24:49,580 and i phone and havana by two 2006 1:24:49,580 --> 1:24:51,410 o'clock or lose a lot of money 2007 1:24:51,890 --> 1:24:53,480 i make it a thousand how bout 2008 1:24:53,480 --> 1:24:55,730 that she mister i like to take 2009 1:24:55,730 --> 1:24:57,860 you roy said but i just can't 2010 1:24:57,860 --> 1:24:59,720 do it for the any price and 2011 1:24:59,720 --> 1:25:02,540 as i have legal clearance alright vicky 2012 1:25:02,540 --> 1:25:06,020 heard alright vicky heard van say how 2013 1:25:06,020 --> 1:25:08,120 long will it take you twenty minutes 2014 1:25:08,120 --> 1:25:11,180 maybe a half hour at most okay 2015 1:25:11,180 --> 1:25:13,670 of answer but hurry it up vicky 2016 1:25:13,670 --> 1:25:15,286 breeze to do you say relief to 2017 1:25:15,286 --> 1:25:17,420 delay will give queer and the airport 2018 1:25:17,420 --> 1:25:18,920 police plenty of time to get here 2019 1:25:19,460 --> 1:25:21,320 just at that moment joy rest out 2020 1:25:21,320 --> 1:25:23,570 of the interior the warehouse is vicky 2021 1:25:23,570 --> 1:25:25,730 he said excitedly i got mr quell 2022 1:25:26,300 --> 1:25:27,890 at the sound of joy his voice 2023 1:25:27,920 --> 1:25:30,500 van healed around are you so vicky 2024 1:25:30,680 --> 1:25:32,990 his face contorted know horrible expression of 2025 1:25:33,050 --> 1:25:35,120 anger he worked a pistol from his 2026 1:25:35,120 --> 1:25:38,570 coat pocket and struck it in ray 2027 1:25:38,570 --> 1:25:40,730 or sense rib all right he's near 2028 1:25:41,030 --> 1:25:42,680 i'm tired of all this stuff i 2029 1:25:43,130 --> 1:25:46,400 get get an airplane or a blow 2030 1:25:46,400 --> 1:25:50,090 you apart roy's shit roy shook at 2031 1:25:50,090 --> 1:25:52,610 the sun turn of events shine his 2032 1:25:52,760 --> 1:25:56,360 weight as white face opened the door 2033 1:25:56,540 --> 1:25:58,850 and climbed into the ship then followed 2034 1:25:58,850 --> 1:26:01,670 at his heels vicky almost panicked van 2035 1:26:01,670 --> 1:26:04,010 was getting away and he had to 2036 1:26:04,010 --> 1:26:06,170 be stopped so she looked in the 2037 1:26:06,170 --> 1:26:08,030 direction of the terror and there is 2038 1:26:08,030 --> 1:26:09,500 no sign of quail and his men 2039 1:26:09,920 --> 1:26:12,530 she looked inside the warehouse by the 2040 1:26:12,530 --> 1:26:15,290 time she called any other workmen explain 2041 1:26:15,300 --> 1:26:17,570 the situation to the royal family be 2042 1:26:17,570 --> 1:26:20,090 airborne and there will be nothing they 2043 1:26:20,090 --> 1:26:23,000 could and there would be nothing they 2044 1:26:23,000 --> 1:26:25,670 could do anyway against a desperate man 2045 1:26:25,700 --> 1:26:29,540 armed with a guy these thoughts flashed 2046 1:26:29,540 --> 1:26:31,190 through her mind and a split second 2047 1:26:31,550 --> 1:26:33,170 then she saw steve know is play 2048 1:26:33,710 --> 1:26:35,900 shim made a dash for it when 2049 1:26:35,900 --> 1:26:37,790 she reached the beechcraft vicky open the 2050 1:26:37,790 --> 1:26:39,830 door and scrambled in by the time 2051 1:26:39,830 --> 1:26:41,600 she had stumbled up the narrow i'll 2052 1:26:41,616 --> 1:26:44,330 between the passenger seat and settlers of 2053 1:26:44,342 --> 1:26:46,220 behind the wheel she could hear the 2054 1:26:46,220 --> 1:26:49,790 grinding noise the cessna starter and see 2055 1:26:49,790 --> 1:26:52,760 it's twin propeller slowly turning over she 2056 1:26:53,540 --> 1:26:56,690 quickly she flicked ignition and jabbed at 2057 1:26:56,690 --> 1:26:59,270 the starter buttons and she did so 2058 1:26:59,840 --> 1:27:01,400 now she did so at the engines 2059 1:27:01,400 --> 1:27:03,830 are always playing caught with the tremulous 2060 1:27:03,830 --> 1:27:06,350 roar and the propellers flashed and a 2061 1:27:06,350 --> 1:27:09,410 dizzying desk of reflected sunlight and a 2062 1:27:09,410 --> 1:27:12,050 wild spray of falling rain at that 2063 1:27:12,050 --> 1:27:13,640 moment the motors of the beach guff 2064 1:27:13,640 --> 1:27:15,950 started and vicky spend the wheel to 2065 1:27:15,950 --> 1:27:19,940 the taxi the ship spin the wheel 2066 1:27:20,060 --> 1:27:22,250 to taxi the ship and to roy's 2067 1:27:22,250 --> 1:27:25,760 path with van leshers gun at his 2068 1:27:25,760 --> 1:27:27,620 back or i had no choice but 2069 1:27:27,620 --> 1:27:28,940 to try and get his plane into 2070 1:27:28,940 --> 1:27:31,100 the air he swerved just in time 2071 1:27:31,100 --> 1:27:32,870 to miss the wing or the beechcraft 2072 1:27:33,200 --> 1:27:36,290 by inches and headed out crosswise over 2073 1:27:36,290 --> 1:27:39,830 the the of you ricky open to 2074 1:27:39,833 --> 1:27:41,990 the throttle why the reach was more 2075 1:27:41,990 --> 1:27:44,480 powerful ship than had cessna and it 2076 1:27:44,480 --> 1:27:46,670 answered the throttle like a racehorse hurdling 2077 1:27:47,120 --> 1:27:49,280 out of a starter gig vicky pushed 2078 1:27:49,280 --> 1:27:51,500 the will forward hard to keep the 2079 1:27:51,500 --> 1:27:53,210 ship from taking off into the air 2080 1:27:53,840 --> 1:27:56,450 again she intercepted roy and again he 2081 1:27:56,450 --> 1:27:58,340 swerved and time to avoid a collision 2082 1:27:58,760 --> 1:28:01,566 vicky's the said a silent prayer and 2083 1:28:01,566 --> 1:28:03,590 know passenger plane was coming in for 2084 1:28:03,590 --> 1:28:06,290 a landing and with all this crazy 2085 1:28:06,290 --> 1:28:08,690 taxing going on certainly right now the 2086 1:28:08,690 --> 1:28:10,550 tower would have seen the two planes 2087 1:28:10,550 --> 1:28:13,610 racing madly across the field warning of 2088 1:28:13,610 --> 1:28:15,529 any other ships semi already be in 2089 1:28:15,529 --> 1:28:18,110 the lenny powder roy had straightened out 2090 1:28:18,110 --> 1:28:19,820 now and again was heading up the 2091 1:28:19,820 --> 1:28:22,492 feel when must indeed be desperate for 2092 1:28:22,492 --> 1:28:24,650 a apparently was already roy i for 2093 1:28:24,950 --> 1:28:27,590 to make a downwind take off vicky 2094 1:28:27,590 --> 1:28:30,080 tech the last if vicky took a 2095 1:28:30,080 --> 1:28:32,870 last ditch chance and kind of fire 2096 1:28:32,883 --> 1:28:35,330 the as again a collision at seventy 2097 1:28:35,330 --> 1:28:37,370 miles an hour my co every when 2098 1:28:37,370 --> 1:28:40,100 and pushups vicky had only one that 2099 1:28:40,430 --> 1:28:41,990 to keep the other plane from getting 2100 1:28:41,990 --> 1:28:44,034 into the air again or i swear 2101 1:28:44,120 --> 1:28:46,430 just in time almost scooping has left 2102 1:28:46,430 --> 1:28:49,190 wing against the high still mesh fence 2103 1:28:49,520 --> 1:28:52,160 that edged the field and or the 2104 1:28:52,160 --> 1:28:54,620 corner for iraqi side to airport sheep's 2105 1:28:54,620 --> 1:28:57,110 dashon across the field and their direction 2106 1:28:57,440 --> 1:28:59,150 that will be quail and the police 2107 1:28:59,150 --> 1:29:01,580 getting into the chase just then there 2108 1:29:01,580 --> 1:29:03,380 was a smacking sound her front of 2109 1:29:03,380 --> 1:29:05,510 her and a small round hole appeared 2110 1:29:05,510 --> 1:29:07,490 in the glass window on the inches 2111 1:29:07,490 --> 1:29:09,438 from her head van was used as 2112 1:29:09,438 --> 1:29:12,020 pistol to scare her away once more 2113 1:29:12,020 --> 1:29:15,920 roy try to get once more really 2114 1:29:15,937 --> 1:29:17,600 tried to straighten out for a take 2115 1:29:17,600 --> 1:29:19,640 off and much more vicky managed to 2116 1:29:19,640 --> 1:29:22,070 intercept him and make him swerve away 2117 1:29:22,520 --> 1:29:24,080 at the same time the to jeeps 2118 1:29:24,080 --> 1:29:26,630 cut cut and ahead of him roy 2119 1:29:26,633 --> 1:29:28,850 tried to swerve either way of this 2120 1:29:28,850 --> 1:29:31,820 new menace and in doing so the 2121 1:29:31,820 --> 1:29:33,470 tip of one wing cut the wire 2122 1:29:33,800 --> 1:29:36,680 to the fence the cessna pivoted in 2123 1:29:36,710 --> 1:29:39,080 a sort of exaggerated loop and fell 2124 1:29:39,080 --> 1:29:41,180 onto it's injured ring and came to 2125 1:29:41,180 --> 1:29:43,190 a shelter and stop right at the 2126 1:29:43,190 --> 1:29:47,060 engines and the ruling proposal pillars slow 2127 1:29:47,075 --> 1:29:50,870 down and came to a standstill at 2128 1:29:50,870 --> 1:29:52,400 the same time vicky cut them were 2129 1:29:52,400 --> 1:29:54,200 you sit at the beach and slammed 2130 1:29:54,200 --> 1:29:56,660 into that slammed on the brake would 2131 1:29:56,810 --> 1:30:00,260 slammed on the wheel breaks instantly a 2132 1:30:00,260 --> 1:30:02,780 swarm of eat uniform policemen surrounded the 2133 1:30:02,780 --> 1:30:05,450 cessna as vicky watch your heart pounding 2134 1:30:05,450 --> 1:30:08,690 wildly after the excitement of the chase 2135 1:30:09,050 --> 1:30:10,940 john lasher came out of the plane 2136 1:30:10,940 --> 1:30:13,910 store and stalking stepped onto the ground 2137 1:30:14,660 --> 1:30:18,020 his hands high in the air in 2138 1:30:18,020 --> 1:30:20,330 a moment royals and followed him and 2139 1:30:20,330 --> 1:30:22,880 walked around to survey his correct play 2140 1:30:23,390 --> 1:30:25,250 vicky some mr quell walk up to 2141 1:30:25,250 --> 1:30:27,590 lasher save you were is and where 2142 1:30:27,590 --> 1:30:29,900 him off and a custody of the 2143 1:30:29,900 --> 1:30:32,390 police she got up from the pilot 2144 1:30:32,399 --> 1:30:35,150 seat walk slowly back down the aisle 2145 1:30:35,810 --> 1:30:38,060 all the energy drained from her and 2146 1:30:38,060 --> 1:30:41,646 these past few harrowing minutes and climbed 2147 1:30:41,646 --> 1:30:43,850 down the steps to the ground the 2148 1:30:43,850 --> 1:30:45,377 f b i man came up terrorist 2149 1:30:45,377 --> 1:30:47,420 miley i might have no it was 2150 1:30:47,420 --> 1:30:49,484 you and that plane thanks to your 2151 1:30:49,497 --> 1:30:51,920 keen and stings record all the other 2152 1:30:52,340 --> 1:30:54,440 people in the goat and this gold 2153 1:30:54,440 --> 1:30:56,990 coin chase so it just naturally for 2154 1:30:56,990 --> 1:30:59,780 years that you'd travel asher if i'm 2155 1:30:59,780 --> 1:31:03,590 not careful share jagger hoover will fire 2156 1:31:03,590 --> 1:31:07,700 me and give you my job vicky 2157 1:31:07,700 --> 1:31:10,010 was looking sorrowfully at the wreckage of 2158 1:31:10,010 --> 1:31:12,800 roy austin's beautiful play junk well read 2159 1:31:12,800 --> 1:31:14,930 the thoughts that were so clearly showing 2160 1:31:14,930 --> 1:31:17,660 interface don't fret about that plane vicky 2161 1:31:17,660 --> 1:31:20,120 he said i mentioned the insurance company 2162 1:31:20,120 --> 1:31:21,590 will be glad to take care of 2163 1:31:21,800 --> 1:31:24,950 the damage roy or join them just 2164 1:31:24,950 --> 1:31:26,420 in time to hear mister chris this 2165 1:31:26,420 --> 1:31:29,450 is jeff you're fifteen the mystery solved 2166 1:31:30,560 --> 1:31:32,990 it was a pleasant sunday afternoon two 2167 1:31:32,990 --> 1:31:35,870 days after vicky's hair raising experience with 2168 1:31:35,870 --> 1:31:38,990 steve miller is playing steve miller airplane 2169 1:31:39,470 --> 1:31:42,680 vicky this says chapter fifteen the mystery 2170 1:31:42,680 --> 1:31:46,170 solved it was a pleasant sunday afternoon 2171 1:31:46,560 --> 1:31:49,200 two days after vicky's hair raising experience 2172 1:31:49,470 --> 1:31:52,230 with steve miller is playing steve miller 2173 1:31:52,320 --> 1:31:55,530 airplane fucking and mr curtain nina and 2174 1:31:55,530 --> 1:31:58,770 louise junk will enjoy watson were sitting 2175 1:31:58,770 --> 1:32:01,770 on the curtains broad patio sipping coffee 2176 1:32:01,830 --> 1:32:05,190 fruit drinks and relaxing it gentle breeze 2177 1:32:05,190 --> 1:32:07,500 blew through the flowers and trees that 2178 1:32:07,500 --> 1:32:11,910 surrounded the big brick house and vicky 2179 1:32:11,970 --> 1:32:14,640 could feel it's gentle fingers petting her 2180 1:32:14,640 --> 1:32:16,770 on the cheek so if it hadn't 2181 1:32:16,770 --> 1:32:18,600 been for this young lady junk were 2182 1:32:18,930 --> 1:32:20,850 was seen as he raised his glass 2183 1:32:20,850 --> 1:32:23,310 and made a toaster vicky i'm afraid 2184 1:32:23,310 --> 1:32:24,510 all of us would still be in 2185 1:32:24,510 --> 1:32:26,340 the dark about the theft or the 2186 1:32:26,340 --> 1:32:29,250 gold coins and the thieves would be 2187 1:32:29,250 --> 1:32:31,230 well on that way two parts unknown 2188 1:32:31,680 --> 1:32:33,570 but now thanks to her all the 2189 1:32:33,570 --> 1:32:36,060 game except at most hero or safely 2190 1:32:36,060 --> 1:32:38,400 behind bars since the oh man was 2191 1:32:38,400 --> 1:32:41,550 and on willing accomplice we released him 2192 1:32:41,970 --> 1:32:43,260 and for the first time since he 2193 1:32:43,260 --> 1:32:45,810 came south he's enjoying himself here in 2194 1:32:45,810 --> 1:32:48,030 tampa waiting to be the queue and 2195 1:32:48,030 --> 1:32:50,760 us at the trial the newspapers mr 2196 1:32:50,760 --> 1:32:53,190 cranston didn't all the details of the 2197 1:32:53,190 --> 1:32:56,190 story not enough anyway to satisfy those 2198 1:32:56,190 --> 1:32:57,840 of us who had a part in 2199 1:32:57,840 --> 1:33:00,300 it frankly mr queer that's why i 2200 1:33:00,300 --> 1:33:02,220 invited you here today are you at 2201 1:33:02,220 --> 1:33:03,870 liberty to give it all to us 2202 1:33:04,320 --> 1:33:06,120 i suddenly found myself kind of and 2203 1:33:06,120 --> 1:33:08,580 the middle of it first winner committee 2204 1:33:08,580 --> 1:33:11,280 opened the crate of scrap metal and 2205 1:33:11,280 --> 1:33:14,640 second one i am protection and second 2206 1:33:14,640 --> 1:33:16,560 when i brought their gold ship and 2207 1:33:16,560 --> 1:33:18,900 havana but frankly i'm still at sea 2208 1:33:19,560 --> 1:33:21,270 mr quail took a long say about 2209 1:33:21,270 --> 1:33:23,490 his drink and my be well he 2210 1:33:23,490 --> 1:33:25,590 said if i start at the beginning 2211 1:33:26,100 --> 1:33:27,720 he paused for a second to marshal 2212 1:33:27,720 --> 1:33:30,300 his thoughts and in his mind and 2213 1:33:30,300 --> 1:33:33,690 then went on it all started out 2214 1:33:33,690 --> 1:33:36,690 with eaten smith he said it all 2215 1:33:36,690 --> 1:33:39,030 start out with eaten smith he had 2216 1:33:39,030 --> 1:33:41,460 as we finally found out a pretty 2217 1:33:41,460 --> 1:33:44,220 shady career behind him he had never 2218 1:33:44,220 --> 1:33:46,560 been arrested the and that's why it 2219 1:33:46,560 --> 1:33:48,240 took our pupil so long to track 2220 1:33:48,240 --> 1:33:51,090 down his past he had become friendly 2221 1:33:51,090 --> 1:33:53,370 with a certain max mit a new 2222 1:33:53,370 --> 1:33:56,220 york max didn't have is the new 2223 1:33:56,250 --> 1:33:59,610 miss attic museum and when eaton's comes 2224 1:33:59,610 --> 1:34:02,370 first learned that your committee mr curtain 2225 1:34:02,370 --> 1:34:04,890 had requested the antique gold coin exhibit 2226 1:34:05,250 --> 1:34:07,168 be sent to tamper the two of 2227 1:34:07,168 --> 1:34:09,480 them went to work on the left 2228 1:34:09,624 --> 1:34:12,995 the new miss attic museum and when 2229 1:34:13,020 --> 1:34:15,780 eaton's first learned that your committee mr 2230 1:34:15,780 --> 1:34:18,210 curtain header requested the antique gold coin 2231 1:34:18,210 --> 1:34:20,850 exhibit be sent to temper the two 2232 1:34:20,850 --> 1:34:23,010 of them went to work on an 2233 1:34:23,022 --> 1:34:25,800 elaborate scheme to steal them first they 2234 1:34:25,800 --> 1:34:29,880 contracted remove to her hand who had 2235 1:34:30,000 --> 1:34:32,040 he knew a businessman and have an 2236 1:34:32,460 --> 1:34:34,860 under the name of remove garcia and 2237 1:34:34,860 --> 1:34:37,170 who was also not reluctant to steal 2238 1:34:37,170 --> 1:34:40,290 several hundred thousand dollars worth of gold 2239 1:34:41,010 --> 1:34:42,632 through duke he got in touch with 2240 1:34:42,632 --> 1:34:45,060 van lasher but i thought you said 2241 1:34:45,060 --> 1:34:47,580 that van was an old federal headlines 2242 1:34:47,580 --> 1:34:49,050 and play with a good record for 2243 1:34:49,050 --> 1:34:51,780 he interrupted he had been for the 2244 1:34:51,780 --> 1:34:54,600 past eight years freaky and that's what 2245 1:34:54,600 --> 1:34:56,970 almost for this after he reported that 2246 1:34:56,970 --> 1:34:59,280 skull and crossbones a warning we started 2247 1:34:59,310 --> 1:35:01,230 digging deeper into the background of all 2248 1:35:01,230 --> 1:35:03,450 the employees at the airport here and 2249 1:35:03,450 --> 1:35:05,970 we found out that he had several 2250 1:35:05,970 --> 1:35:08,610 prison terms and texas ten years ago 2251 1:35:08,880 --> 1:35:11,130 for law arsenic when he got out 2252 1:35:11,130 --> 1:35:13,410 of prison he changed his name and 2253 1:35:13,410 --> 1:35:15,540 want to work for federal airlines so 2254 1:35:15,540 --> 1:35:17,040 far as we can tell he had 2255 1:35:17,040 --> 1:35:19,560 kept his record clean ever sense but 2256 1:35:19,560 --> 1:35:21,180 do who had been involved in a 2257 1:35:21,180 --> 1:35:24,181 deal as lasher some years ago approached 2258 1:35:24,181 --> 1:35:26,760 him on the gold coin job again 2259 1:35:27,090 --> 1:35:29,220 the prospect of have this easy money 2260 1:35:29,220 --> 1:35:31,560 was too much for him he took 2261 1:35:31,560 --> 1:35:36,270 another sip of his lemonade it's it 2262 1:35:36,270 --> 1:35:38,160 is this kind of case that is 2263 1:35:38,160 --> 1:35:40,470 always tough to break when you are 2264 1:35:40,470 --> 1:35:42,960 dealing with people who are known criminals 2265 1:35:43,260 --> 1:35:45,720 you automatically suspect them when a crime 2266 1:35:45,720 --> 1:35:47,820 was committed but all these men had 2267 1:35:47,820 --> 1:35:50,310 an outward what all these men had 2268 1:35:50,310 --> 1:35:53,070 an hour cloak of respectability that acted 2269 1:35:53,070 --> 1:35:56,580 as a protective coloration that mister terrific 2270 1:35:56,580 --> 1:35:58,560 he began an able to control her 2271 1:35:58,560 --> 1:36:00,660 curiosity about the old man who had 2272 1:36:01,050 --> 1:36:03,720 saw aroused her sympathy i'm coming to 2273 1:36:03,720 --> 1:36:07,740 him mr quell continued he had he 2274 1:36:07,740 --> 1:36:09,690 had been an expert jeweler and god's 2275 1:36:09,690 --> 1:36:11,400 wrath as i told you the other 2276 1:36:11,400 --> 1:36:14,220 day vicky and eaten smells ran into 2277 1:36:14,220 --> 1:36:16,440 him in new york when this gold 2278 1:36:16,470 --> 1:36:18,540 coin business came up the old man 2279 1:36:18,540 --> 1:36:20,490 immediately came to eat and smith mine 2280 1:36:21,060 --> 1:36:22,290 he didn't smith went to him and 2281 1:36:22,290 --> 1:36:23,940 told him that he had a job 2282 1:36:23,940 --> 1:36:25,890 for him in tampa the old man 2283 1:36:25,890 --> 1:36:27,720 was so grateful that he didn't say 2284 1:36:28,200 --> 1:36:31,770 he so before that he didn't say 2285 1:36:31,770 --> 1:36:34,380 he hadn't eaten and twenty four hours 2286 1:36:34,770 --> 1:36:36,750 that's why he was practically starving you 2287 1:36:36,750 --> 1:36:39,390 some on the plane eaton smith picked 2288 1:36:39,390 --> 1:36:41,430 up picked him up in a taxi 2289 1:36:41,880 --> 1:36:44,100 on that morning that see you thursday 2290 1:36:44,130 --> 1:36:46,440 the six on the way to the 2291 1:36:46,440 --> 1:36:49,620 airport to our made certain inquiries about 2292 1:36:49,620 --> 1:36:51,930 the job and eat and smutty rated 2293 1:36:52,050 --> 1:36:54,510 them then when eaten said told him 2294 1:36:54,870 --> 1:36:56,220 that the to we're going to check 2295 1:36:56,277 --> 1:36:57,870 on a plane as that they didn't 2296 1:36:57,870 --> 1:36:59,520 know each other either the old man 2297 1:36:59,520 --> 1:37:02,490 began to get suspicious been old and 2298 1:37:02,490 --> 1:37:05,160 sick and hungry and nervous he began 2299 1:37:05,160 --> 1:37:09,240 talking to you vicky we can talk 2300 1:37:09,240 --> 1:37:11,520 new vicky after he was on the 2301 1:37:11,520 --> 1:37:14,430 plane eat and smith notices moved over 2302 1:37:14,430 --> 1:37:16,470 into the empty seat beside him and 2303 1:37:16,470 --> 1:37:18,540 told him in no uncertain terms to 2304 1:37:18,540 --> 1:37:21,750 keep is marsha the granda restaurant thing 2305 1:37:22,080 --> 1:37:24,360 was an accident he was trying to 2306 1:37:24,360 --> 1:37:26,130 tell you that he would be an 2307 1:37:26,130 --> 1:37:28,200 over a city where he knew eaten 2308 1:37:28,204 --> 1:37:30,837 smith left but how in a world 2309 1:37:30,837 --> 1:37:32,670 did he think ricky could help him 2310 1:37:32,760 --> 1:37:36,150 louise assed the grander restaurant thing was 2311 1:37:36,150 --> 1:37:38,460 an accident he was trying to tell 2312 1:37:38,460 --> 1:37:40,170 you that he would be an over 2313 1:37:40,200 --> 1:37:42,780 city where he knew eaten smith left 2314 1:37:43,710 --> 1:37:44,879 but how in a world to he 2315 1:37:44,879 --> 1:37:47,280 think ricky could help and louise assed 2316 1:37:47,820 --> 1:37:50,070 he wasn't thinking clearly at all remember 2317 1:37:50,070 --> 1:37:52,410 that he was barely frightened and desperate 2318 1:37:52,860 --> 1:37:54,150 the f b i and stop for 2319 1:37:54,150 --> 1:37:56,100 a moment and my keeping the straight 2320 1:37:56,100 --> 1:37:58,922 enough for you everywhere not it's island 2321 1:37:58,922 --> 1:38:02,130 his and and he continued well for 2322 1:38:02,130 --> 1:38:04,560 weeks eaten smith henry moon duke have 2323 1:38:04,560 --> 1:38:07,200 been scheming to steal the coins max 2324 1:38:07,200 --> 1:38:09,630 smith and the museum in new york 2325 1:38:09,630 --> 1:38:11,610 had found out that the shipment will 2326 1:38:11,610 --> 1:38:13,680 be made by air since the closing 2327 1:38:13,680 --> 1:38:15,780 of the exhibit in new york and 2328 1:38:15,810 --> 1:38:18,180 the opening of the festival here where 2329 1:38:18,180 --> 1:38:21,060 the only few days apart part of 2330 1:38:21,060 --> 1:38:23,940 smith's work at a museum was handling 2331 1:38:23,940 --> 1:38:27,810 package packing and shipping details smith made 2332 1:38:27,810 --> 1:38:29,550 up the exact duplicate of the create 2333 1:38:29,940 --> 1:38:31,740 the gold coins will be shipped in 2334 1:38:32,070 --> 1:38:34,170 he loaded his duplicate with a canvas 2335 1:38:34,170 --> 1:38:37,560 tarp been the warehouse foreman man's movements 2336 1:38:37,564 --> 1:38:39,690 were never question of course at this 2337 1:38:39,690 --> 1:38:42,180 point there was nothing for anyone to 2338 1:38:42,180 --> 1:38:44,808 be suspicious about so when sweat in 2339 1:38:44,808 --> 1:38:46,560 new york advice duke that they call 2340 1:38:46,560 --> 1:38:48,300 coins were cut with a canvas tarp 2341 1:38:48,750 --> 1:38:51,510 been the warehouse foreman man's movements were 2342 1:38:51,510 --> 1:38:53,790 never question of course at this point 2343 1:38:53,790 --> 1:38:56,100 there wasn't nothing for anyone to be 2344 1:38:56,100 --> 1:38:58,650 suspicious about so when smith in new 2345 1:38:58,650 --> 1:39:00,570 york advice do that they call coins 2346 1:39:00,600 --> 1:39:03,750 we're coming and federal flight seventeen your 2347 1:39:03,750 --> 1:39:06,420 ship vicky and they were already to 2348 1:39:06,420 --> 1:39:08,940 snatch it was only a coincidence that 2349 1:39:08,970 --> 1:39:10,920 eat and smith and twelve or on 2350 1:39:10,920 --> 1:39:13,530 the same plane since he was the 2351 1:39:13,530 --> 1:39:15,630 warehouse bus it seemed natural for of 2352 1:39:15,630 --> 1:39:17,700 and to offer to sit sit up 2353 1:39:17,730 --> 1:39:20,624 with a private detective who had accompanied 2354 1:39:20,624 --> 1:39:22,890 the shipment and whose main reason for 2355 1:39:22,890 --> 1:39:24,960 coming to tampa was to guard the 2356 1:39:24,990 --> 1:39:27,480 coins while they were on exhibit at 2357 1:39:27,480 --> 1:39:30,360 the heart jones of course was glad 2358 1:39:30,360 --> 1:39:32,490 of the company and van had fig 2359 1:39:32,490 --> 1:39:35,220 you're out plenty of cute had figured 2360 1:39:35,220 --> 1:39:37,710 out a pretty cute gimmick he knew 2361 1:39:37,710 --> 1:39:41,310 that the on a guard duty and 2362 1:39:41,310 --> 1:39:43,200 the warehouse when be a pretty dull 2363 1:39:43,205 --> 1:39:45,900 affair so he brought along a thermos 2364 1:39:45,930 --> 1:39:50,040 jar of coffee which went which he 2365 1:39:50,040 --> 1:39:52,350 went out at regular intervals to refill 2366 1:39:52,770 --> 1:39:55,290 he also provide himself with some very 2367 1:39:55,290 --> 1:39:58,320 mild sleeping pills sometimes during the night 2368 1:39:58,620 --> 1:40:00,780 he's that one hundred the pills and 2369 1:40:00,780 --> 1:40:03,120 to jones coffee jones have been up 2370 1:40:03,120 --> 1:40:05,820 all day and had a fairly tearing 2371 1:40:05,940 --> 1:40:08,641 tiring plane trip to the mild pills 2372 1:40:08,641 --> 1:40:10,050 were just enough to put him into 2373 1:40:10,050 --> 1:40:12,450 a sound safe and given a chance 2374 1:40:12,480 --> 1:40:14,760 to switched the crates smith had sent 2375 1:40:14,760 --> 1:40:17,340 him serve the duplicate labels from the 2376 1:40:17,340 --> 1:40:19,590 museum and new york so of and 2377 1:40:19,590 --> 1:40:23,580 soaked the original he was off each 2378 1:40:23,580 --> 1:40:26,970 great with a solvent solution and put 2379 1:40:26,970 --> 1:40:29,220 the label addressed to duke on the 2380 1:40:29,220 --> 1:40:31,050 korea of gold and the label address 2381 1:40:31,077 --> 1:40:33,180 to the festival committee on the crate 2382 1:40:33,180 --> 1:40:36,090 of junk since to solvent was thoroughly 2383 1:40:36,090 --> 1:40:37,890 dried by morning there was no way 2384 1:40:37,890 --> 1:40:39,510 to tell that to change had ever 2385 1:40:39,510 --> 1:40:42,150 been made then he switched the bills 2386 1:40:42,150 --> 1:40:44,490 of landing covered up the genuine create 2387 1:40:44,490 --> 1:40:46,827 with the canvas and that was all 2388 1:40:46,850 --> 1:40:48,990 there was to it when it was 2389 1:40:48,990 --> 1:40:52,230 all shipshape he woke up the detective 2390 1:40:53,130 --> 1:40:57,030 and he awoke the detective up and 2391 1:40:57,030 --> 1:40:58,740 so far as jones knew he had 2392 1:40:58,740 --> 1:41:00,780 only served off for a moment into 2393 1:41:00,780 --> 1:41:02,760 a brief nap the bit about the 2394 1:41:02,760 --> 1:41:06,840 prowler joy was staged by van to 2395 1:41:06,840 --> 1:41:08,940 indicate that someone had been snooping around 2396 1:41:09,480 --> 1:41:10,710 it was just by chance that he 2397 1:41:10,710 --> 1:41:12,720 used your flashlight you are left it 2398 1:41:12,720 --> 1:41:14,740 on tell your locker and van have 2399 1:41:14,740 --> 1:41:16,970 been see it and so has occurred 2400 1:41:16,970 --> 1:41:19,140 and said the theft or was accomplished 2401 1:41:19,140 --> 1:41:21,810 by the simple device of and lasher 2402 1:41:22,020 --> 1:41:24,570 switching the crates that's right mister chris 2403 1:41:24,600 --> 1:41:26,580 so it was as simple as that 2404 1:41:26,700 --> 1:41:28,440 the next morning at the same time 2405 1:41:28,920 --> 1:41:30,510 the fake create was delivered to your 2406 1:41:30,510 --> 1:41:33,240 committee the crate containing the gold was 2407 1:41:33,240 --> 1:41:36,030 delivered to remove duke naturally we checked 2408 1:41:36,030 --> 1:41:38,100 on our the deliveries made that morning 2409 1:41:38,520 --> 1:41:40,320 but duke showed are man the bill 2410 1:41:40,740 --> 1:41:43,260 of landing for a shipment of preview 2411 1:41:44,010 --> 1:41:45,332 and we had no reason to doubt 2412 1:41:45,332 --> 1:41:48,750 it that moment mrs tucker interrupted with 2413 1:41:48,750 --> 1:41:51,174 a player sandwiches and for a first 2414 1:41:51,174 --> 1:41:54,570 pitcher of lemonade mr quell turned his 2415 1:41:54,570 --> 1:41:56,940 attention briefly from the gold coins to 2416 1:41:56,940 --> 1:41:59,430 the food been a voucher he said 2417 1:41:59,430 --> 1:42:01,680 to the housekeeper i don't often get 2418 1:42:01,740 --> 1:42:03,780 had to eat chicken sandwiches like these 2419 1:42:04,290 --> 1:42:07,260 he helped himself to another one she 2420 1:42:07,260 --> 1:42:09,690 said as she sipped her on her 2421 1:42:09,690 --> 1:42:12,300 lemonade vicky couldn't get her mind off 2422 1:42:12,300 --> 1:42:13,740 the old man who had been so 2423 1:42:14,580 --> 1:42:16,620 who have been the starting point or 2424 1:42:16,629 --> 1:42:18,570 the whole case so far as she 2425 1:42:18,570 --> 1:42:21,390 was concerned how she asked did duke 2426 1:42:21,420 --> 1:42:23,100 and eat and get mr to to 2427 1:42:23,100 --> 1:42:25,110 work for the after your found out 2428 1:42:25,110 --> 1:42:29,190 with what was going on by another 2429 1:42:29,190 --> 1:42:31,410 simple method the f b i in 2430 1:42:31,440 --> 1:42:33,630 replay they threatened to kill him if 2431 1:42:33,630 --> 1:42:35,760 he made a false move though when 2432 1:42:35,760 --> 1:42:37,290 i saw him in over a city 2433 1:42:37,710 --> 1:42:39,630 and in the art supply stir no 2434 1:42:39,630 --> 1:42:40,830 one was with him for he said 2435 1:42:41,280 --> 1:42:43,410 so he can have been completely a 2436 1:42:43,410 --> 1:42:45,480 prisoner why couldn't he have gone to 2437 1:42:45,480 --> 1:42:48,412 the police they'd have protected him they 2438 1:42:48,420 --> 1:42:50,700 had one other weapon mr quinn said 2439 1:42:51,180 --> 1:42:52,650 it appears that the oh man has 2440 1:42:52,650 --> 1:42:54,870 a grandson in new york trail was 2441 1:42:54,870 --> 1:42:56,910 unable to support him and the boy 2442 1:42:56,910 --> 1:43:01,170 was and i chaired charitable institution they 2443 1:43:01,170 --> 1:43:03,240 threatened to hurt the void if drill 2444 1:43:03,630 --> 1:43:05,940 when to the police naturally the tell 2445 1:43:06,000 --> 1:43:07,470 police who would have gotten in touch 2446 1:43:07,470 --> 1:43:09,720 with the new york forces to assure 2447 1:43:09,720 --> 1:43:11,970 the push protection the old man was 2448 1:43:11,970 --> 1:43:13,890 scared out of his wits and wasn't 2449 1:43:13,890 --> 1:43:15,930 thinking straight that's why he was so 2450 1:43:15,930 --> 1:43:17,820 frightened when you saw him that day 2451 1:43:17,820 --> 1:43:19,860 in front of the dukes house but 2452 1:43:19,860 --> 1:43:21,750 he did try to get away on 2453 1:43:21,750 --> 1:43:23,280 the plane to new york figure reminded 2454 1:43:23,280 --> 1:43:25,567 him there's no accounting for what people 2455 1:43:25,567 --> 1:43:28,080 will do when they get panicky mr 2456 1:43:28,080 --> 1:43:29,820 quail said he saw you in the 2457 1:43:29,820 --> 1:43:31,650 store that day and the idea of 2458 1:43:31,650 --> 1:43:34,020 running away on your ship suddenly occurred 2459 1:43:34,020 --> 1:43:36,420 to him he had come to look 2460 1:43:37,140 --> 1:43:39,930 on here come to look i knew 2461 1:43:39,930 --> 1:43:42,480 as his friend vicky since you you're 2462 1:43:42,900 --> 1:43:44,850 the only person heard active friendly towards 2463 1:43:44,850 --> 1:43:46,890 him he had seen eaten stress air 2464 1:43:46,890 --> 1:43:49,050 travel credit card line on his desk 2465 1:43:49,380 --> 1:43:51,420 savvy no money he tried to use 2466 1:43:51,420 --> 1:43:53,160 it to pay for his ticket when 2467 1:43:53,160 --> 1:43:54,720 he picked it up at the airport 2468 1:43:54,780 --> 1:43:56,970 natural lee the federal people called he 2469 1:43:56,970 --> 1:43:59,700 didn't smith and he and do drove 2470 1:43:59,700 --> 1:44:01,140 to the airport and found the old 2471 1:44:01,140 --> 1:44:03,780 man forced him into the car and 2472 1:44:03,780 --> 1:44:05,640 took him back to where city he 2473 1:44:05,640 --> 1:44:07,560 lost his violin case in the struggle 2474 1:44:08,700 --> 1:44:10,470 the missed it def be a man 2475 1:44:10,470 --> 1:44:12,720 took a long suppose the money i'm 2476 1:44:12,930 --> 1:44:14,610 i'm doing a lot attacking he said 2477 1:44:15,240 --> 1:44:17,640 if you don't know louise said partly 2478 1:44:18,000 --> 1:44:19,560 i'll take away that tree of chicken 2479 1:44:19,560 --> 1:44:22,800 sandwiches and that case quell reach for 2480 1:44:22,800 --> 1:44:27,000 another sandwich now where was i i 2481 1:44:27,000 --> 1:44:29,490 don't understand mister curran said as how 2482 1:44:29,490 --> 1:44:31,830 that peddler in havana happened to have 2483 1:44:31,830 --> 1:44:34,650 the gold the saw a ghost ship 2484 1:44:34,770 --> 1:44:37,200 called ship coins he saw to us 2485 1:44:37,680 --> 1:44:40,108 we got him to quell said the 2486 1:44:40,108 --> 1:44:42,030 let me go back a little each 2487 1:44:42,030 --> 1:44:44,051 and smith was a very ingenious idea 2488 1:44:44,051 --> 1:44:46,860 it had a very ingenious idea about 2489 1:44:46,860 --> 1:44:48,600 shipping the gold out of the country 2490 1:44:49,020 --> 1:44:50,700 he brought up several creates a those 2491 1:44:50,700 --> 1:44:53,460 though festival souvenirs on the pretext of 2492 1:44:53,460 --> 1:44:55,950 giving them to his customers you saw 2493 1:44:55,950 --> 1:44:57,360 some of them are at his house 2494 1:44:57,930 --> 1:45:00,030 vicky he forced to rail to melt 2495 1:45:00,150 --> 1:45:02,430 down the coins and cat if the 2496 1:45:02,430 --> 1:45:04,740 cuban custom people bothered to open the 2497 1:45:04,740 --> 1:45:07,950 crates at all don't forget the remove 2498 1:45:07,950 --> 1:45:10,170 garcia was constantly shipping things and and 2499 1:45:10,170 --> 1:45:13,170 out of havana they would have seen 2500 1:45:13,260 --> 1:45:15,660 the souvenirs on the top and past 2501 1:45:15,930 --> 1:45:17,910 if the cuban custom people bothered to 2502 1:45:17,910 --> 1:45:21,240 open the crates at all don't forget 2503 1:45:21,270 --> 1:45:23,610 the remove garcia was constantly shipping things 2504 1:45:23,610 --> 1:45:26,220 and and out a havana they would 2505 1:45:26,220 --> 1:45:28,470 have seen the souvenirs on the top 2506 1:45:28,860 --> 1:45:31,020 and past the ship me nationally they 2507 1:45:31,020 --> 1:45:32,577 would have no reason to suspect that 2508 1:45:32,577 --> 1:45:35,220 creates hell anything more valuable than shoot 2509 1:45:35,220 --> 1:45:38,190 novelties and of course it worked now 2510 1:45:38,190 --> 1:45:39,807 for the man who saw you the 2511 1:45:39,810 --> 1:45:42,240 gold ship and havana he was a 2512 1:45:42,240 --> 1:45:44,550 handyman who worked at odd times around 2513 1:45:44,550 --> 1:45:48,030 dukes place when duke was removing the 2514 1:45:48,030 --> 1:45:50,400 gold from the korea of souvenirs he 2515 1:45:50,400 --> 1:45:52,290 was careless to let the fellow get 2516 1:45:52,290 --> 1:45:54,480 a good look at what he recognized 2517 1:45:54,480 --> 1:45:56,100 it for what it was and when 2518 1:45:56,100 --> 1:45:57,840 dukes back was turned for a moment 2519 1:45:58,080 --> 1:46:01,890 slept it into his pocket and thereby 2520 1:46:01,950 --> 1:46:05,040 mr current volunteer providing us with one 2521 1:46:05,040 --> 1:46:07,590 piece of concrete evidence that solve the 2522 1:46:07,590 --> 1:46:10,200 mystery don't you in solid gold avid 2523 1:46:10,320 --> 1:46:13,290 and steady nina teased it is a 2524 1:46:13,290 --> 1:46:14,850 good thing we went to the thieves 2525 1:46:14,850 --> 1:46:18,960 market that afternoon vicky remarked no quail 2526 1:46:18,960 --> 1:46:21,000 correct her it's a good thing that 2527 1:46:21,000 --> 1:46:23,760 you have all the instincts and the 2528 1:46:23,760 --> 1:46:25,740 quick mind of a good detective vicky 2529 1:46:26,220 --> 1:46:28,500 you were smart enough to put all 2530 1:46:28,500 --> 1:46:31,050 the odds and ends of evidence together 2531 1:46:31,440 --> 1:46:33,510 and car with the right answer not 2532 1:46:33,510 --> 1:46:36,240 everyone has that talent me for instance 2533 1:46:36,240 --> 1:46:38,310 mr current left i saw the same 2534 1:46:38,310 --> 1:46:40,620 things vicky day and they didn't mean 2535 1:46:40,620 --> 1:46:43,710 a thing to me now there was 2536 1:46:43,710 --> 1:46:45,750 nothing in the world to connect raymond 2537 1:46:45,750 --> 1:46:47,550 do and eat and smith in any 2538 1:46:47,550 --> 1:46:50,340 way with their culture and except van 2539 1:46:50,340 --> 1:46:53,040 lasher and that's where you can enjoy 2540 1:46:53,550 --> 1:46:55,410 you mean that offer he mean that 2541 1:46:55,440 --> 1:46:57,210 offer of a job duke made me 2542 1:46:57,720 --> 1:46:59,850 that's right the three of them can 2543 1:46:59,850 --> 1:47:02,130 never afford to be seen together they 2544 1:47:02,130 --> 1:47:04,230 were even afraid to use the telephone 2545 1:47:04,590 --> 1:47:08,370 least a message somehow be intercepted or 2546 1:47:08,400 --> 1:47:10,950 van was out of the warehouse but 2547 1:47:10,950 --> 1:47:12,750 obviously they had to keep in touch 2548 1:47:13,110 --> 1:47:15,000 since you were always around the warehouse 2549 1:47:15,000 --> 1:47:17,190 with than the idea was to use 2550 1:47:17,190 --> 1:47:19,770 you as a messenger boy they figured 2551 1:47:19,770 --> 1:47:22,110 you needed the money badly enough to 2552 1:47:22,110 --> 1:47:24,030 do as you are told and that 2553 1:47:24,030 --> 1:47:26,880 they could believe any combos story van 2554 1:47:26,880 --> 1:47:28,647 cooked up to explain the need of 2555 1:47:28,647 --> 1:47:31,860 secrecy of course it was every of 2556 1:47:31,860 --> 1:47:33,960 course if everything went right there was 2557 1:47:33,960 --> 1:47:35,730 no reason for you or anyone else 2558 1:47:36,000 --> 1:47:38,400 to can necked either of them with 2559 1:47:38,400 --> 1:47:40,170 them as in gold but you turn 2560 1:47:40,183 --> 1:47:41,970 them down and they were afraid to 2561 1:47:41,970 --> 1:47:44,400 approach anyone else so van use the 2562 1:47:44,400 --> 1:47:46,680 cover of the torchlight like parade and 2563 1:47:46,680 --> 1:47:48,690 for city where i'm almost everyone in 2564 1:47:48,690 --> 1:47:51,720 costume and most be or mass to 2565 1:47:51,720 --> 1:47:56,940 meet his confederate to meet his confederate 2566 1:47:57,090 --> 1:47:59,610 that's why he ran away when he 2567 1:47:59,610 --> 1:48:02,100 recognized your vicky and lost himself in 2568 1:48:02,100 --> 1:48:04,170 the crowd and that's why do going 2569 1:48:04,170 --> 1:48:06,000 after you to hold you up by 2570 1:48:06,000 --> 1:48:08,370 some pre tax or wait until van 2571 1:48:08,370 --> 1:48:11,580 could get away then set sending us 2572 1:48:11,670 --> 1:48:14,640 that thirteen know was another dumb play 2573 1:48:15,450 --> 1:48:16,890 he thought it might frighten you and 2574 1:48:16,890 --> 1:48:19,230 to keeping quiet that proves he doesn't 2575 1:48:19,230 --> 1:48:21,360 know vicky very well mister current said 2576 1:48:21,930 --> 1:48:24,870 again you used your detectors intuition when 2577 1:48:24,870 --> 1:48:27,210 you serve and walking across air filter 2578 1:48:27,240 --> 1:48:29,820 olson's plane and recognize him as the 2579 1:48:29,820 --> 1:48:32,670 pirate if you hadn't followed him austin 2580 1:48:32,670 --> 1:48:34,950 would have gotten his pick clearance papers 2581 1:48:35,310 --> 1:48:37,350 and taken van to cuba as a 2582 1:48:37,350 --> 1:48:40,230 matter of course for why was van 2583 1:48:40,230 --> 1:48:42,900 running away and such a hurry we're 2584 1:48:43,170 --> 1:48:45,780 up to that and everything had gone 2585 1:48:45,780 --> 1:48:47,850 according to plan he can smith and 2586 1:48:47,850 --> 1:48:49,770 do kevin the ship and have been 2587 1:48:49,770 --> 1:48:51,840 shipped all the go to cuba went 2588 1:48:51,840 --> 1:48:54,480 themselves and took the old man with 2589 1:48:54,480 --> 1:48:57,690 them for safekeeping they plan to stay 2590 1:48:57,690 --> 1:49:00,420 there undercover until they can make arrangements 2591 1:49:00,480 --> 1:49:02,640 to dispose of the gold possibly and 2592 1:49:02,640 --> 1:49:05,455 south america then they would simply ditched 2593 1:49:05,455 --> 1:49:08,130 the of man and fade away van 2594 1:49:08,130 --> 1:49:10,080 was completely in the clear up to 2595 1:49:10,080 --> 1:49:11,970 that point so the plan was for 2596 1:49:11,970 --> 1:49:13,980 him to stay here working at his 2597 1:49:13,980 --> 1:49:15,960 job and to everything fan some you 2598 1:49:15,960 --> 1:49:18,000 meet you at the plane friday morning 2599 1:49:18,360 --> 1:49:20,312 and take you to my office since 2600 1:49:20,312 --> 1:49:21,990 he knew the plane was inbound from 2601 1:49:21,990 --> 1:49:24,630 havana he began to smell a rat 2602 1:49:25,110 --> 1:49:26,910 he followed us upstairs and saw that 2603 1:49:26,910 --> 1:49:28,770 my secretary was away from her desk 2604 1:49:29,040 --> 1:49:30,810 fan some you meet you at the 2605 1:49:30,810 --> 1:49:32,760 plane friday morning and take you to 2606 1:49:32,760 --> 1:49:35,040 my office since new the plane was 2607 1:49:35,040 --> 1:49:38,700 inbound from havana vicky suggested nets to 2608 1:49:39,420 --> 1:49:41,280 they he feared he was taking no 2609 1:49:41,460 --> 1:49:42,930 worse one if he didn't find out 2610 1:49:42,930 --> 1:49:45,060 what we were up to he saw 2611 1:49:45,060 --> 1:49:46,830 the good ship model on my desk 2612 1:49:46,920 --> 1:49:48,179 and he knew that the joke was 2613 1:49:48,180 --> 1:49:50,303 up so we hurry to his room 2614 1:49:50,640 --> 1:49:54,000 brewing house next shoe they he feared 2615 1:49:54,000 --> 1:49:55,950 he was taking no worse one if 2616 1:49:55,950 --> 1:49:57,180 you didn't find out what we were 2617 1:49:57,180 --> 1:49:59,550 up to he saw the good ship 2618 1:49:59,550 --> 1:50:01,292 model on my desk and he knew 2619 1:50:01,292 --> 1:50:02,880 that the joke was up so we 2620 1:50:02,880 --> 1:50:05,610 hurried to his room brewing house which 2621 1:50:05,610 --> 1:50:06,690 is just on the edge of the 2622 1:50:06,690 --> 1:50:09,103 feel picked up some money that eaters 2623 1:50:09,103 --> 1:50:10,830 smith i give him an advance for 2624 1:50:10,830 --> 1:50:14,640 emergencies grabbed his raincoat and hat and 2625 1:50:14,640 --> 1:50:16,290 hurried over to make a quick deal 2626 1:50:16,530 --> 1:50:19,110 with roy to flame to cuba when 2627 1:50:19,110 --> 1:50:20,970 he saw you at photo he got 2628 1:50:20,970 --> 1:50:23,010 panicking and pulled his guy you know 2629 1:50:23,010 --> 1:50:25,440 the rest of the story the aim 2630 1:50:25,650 --> 1:50:27,300 the f b i man drained his 2631 1:50:27,450 --> 1:50:30,150 ass trained the last of his lemonade 2632 1:50:30,780 --> 1:50:32,370 it's been quite a case he said 2633 1:50:32,880 --> 1:50:35,580 just one thing mr curtain said how 2634 1:50:35,580 --> 1:50:37,078 did you located do can eat and 2635 1:50:37,078 --> 1:50:40,228 smith's so fast where smile when lashes 2636 1:50:40,228 --> 1:50:42,060 sad that we finally had him he 2637 1:50:42,060 --> 1:50:43,860 tells the whole story from the beginning 2638 1:50:44,250 --> 1:50:46,050 including were we can pick up eaton's 2639 1:50:46,620 --> 1:50:49,251 eaten smith duke an old mr to 2640 1:50:49,251 --> 1:50:51,540 well that for old man vicky say 2641 1:50:51,990 --> 1:50:53,760 this whole thing has to be terrible 2642 1:50:53,760 --> 1:50:55,770 for him on the contrary a quill 2643 1:50:55,770 --> 1:50:58,290 said he'd probably will tend to be 2644 1:50:58,290 --> 1:50:59,760 the best thing that ever happened to 2645 1:50:59,760 --> 1:51:02,820 him what vicky could hardly believe what 2646 1:51:02,820 --> 1:51:06,570 she was hearing miss florida climate was 2647 1:51:06,570 --> 1:51:08,940 just what he needed quell said even 2648 1:51:08,940 --> 1:51:11,430 with that even with what he's been 2649 1:51:11,430 --> 1:51:14,190 going through his health has improved considerably 2650 1:51:14,640 --> 1:51:15,870 and the few days he's been down 2651 1:51:15,870 --> 1:51:18,048 here a man with his girls as 2652 1:51:18,060 --> 1:51:20,220 a jeweler should have any trouble finding 2653 1:51:20,220 --> 1:51:22,050 work in tampa he can bring his 2654 1:51:22,050 --> 1:51:24,000 grants and down and start living a 2655 1:51:24,000 --> 1:51:28,170 normal life again vicky's his eyes sparkled 2656 1:51:28,380 --> 1:51:30,210 i'm so glad for am so very 2657 1:51:30,210 --> 1:51:32,520 glad the f b i agent rose 2658 1:51:32,520 --> 1:51:35,010 to go is vicky bar he said 2659 1:51:35,400 --> 1:51:36,930 it's been a pleasure working with you 2660 1:51:37,500 --> 1:51:39,960 have you have said it before and 2661 1:51:39,960 --> 1:51:41,640 i say it again you're a darn 2662 1:51:41,640 --> 1:51:44,220 good detective vicky blushed in spite of 2663 1:51:44,220 --> 1:51:46,560 her sir this crime was much worse 2664 1:51:46,560 --> 1:51:49,290 than an ordinary theft quill said those 2665 1:51:49,290 --> 1:51:51,600 ancient gold coins or a living part 2666 1:51:51,600 --> 1:51:54,690 of history they were irreplaceable and prices 2667 1:51:55,110 --> 1:51:57,360 those mines in those men who stole 2668 1:51:57,360 --> 1:52:02,654 them and destroyed them all destroyed off 2669 1:52:02,654 --> 1:52:04,340 but the handful we found in eaten 2670 1:52:04,340 --> 1:52:07,010 smith house did a terrible thing the 2671 1:52:07,010 --> 1:52:08,810 jury and the judge will show them 2672 1:52:08,810 --> 1:52:11,720 no mercy it's fortunate i am speaking 2673 1:52:11,720 --> 1:52:13,850 only in a comparative sense of course 2674 1:52:14,210 --> 1:52:15,950 i don't think you'll find this all 2675 1:52:15,950 --> 1:52:19,880 together worthless vicky from his pocket he 2676 1:52:19,880 --> 1:52:22,160 took a little gold ship their vicky 2677 1:52:22,160 --> 1:52:23,810 had first scene and that these market 2678 1:52:24,230 --> 1:52:26,030 for yeah i'm speaking only in a 2679 1:52:26,037 --> 1:52:28,490 comparative sense of course i don't think 2680 1:52:28,490 --> 1:52:31,610 you're fine this all together worthless vicky 2681 1:52:32,180 --> 1:52:34,490 from his pocket he took a little 2682 1:52:34,490 --> 1:52:36,620 gold ship that vicky had for scene 2683 1:52:36,620 --> 1:52:38,660 and that these market for yeah and 2684 1:52:38,660 --> 1:52:41,000 valuable help in solving the case the 2685 1:52:41,000 --> 1:52:42,830 insurance company wants you to have this 2686 1:52:43,310 --> 1:52:45,590 as a reward he reached over and 2687 1:52:45,590 --> 1:52:47,058 put the ship my and fuck his 2688 1:52:47,058 --> 1:52:49,880 hand the polish gold glistened it and 2689 1:52:49,880 --> 1:52:52,640 afternoon say if i ever have another 2690 1:52:52,640 --> 1:52:55,760 case as perplexing as this one i'm 2691 1:52:55,760 --> 1:52:57,650 a call on your may call on 2692 1:52:57,656 --> 1:52:59,960 you for help picking your a darn 2693 1:52:59,960 --> 1:53:00,890 good detective

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