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01:13Okay, Shane.
01:14Get the picture.
01:16A guy in front of you with a .38.
01:18A guy in back with a rifle.
01:20And you with nothing.
01:22Wishing will make it so.
01:23You better start wishing to be somewhere else fast, because...
01:38This is your director, Bill Russo,
01:40inviting you to listen to Michael Shane,
01:42that reckless, red-headed Irishman,
01:44back at his old haunts in New Orleans
01:46in another transcribed episode.
01:48We call it, The Case of the Model Murder.
02:03Waiter, my compliments to the chef.
02:05The shrimp's superb.
02:07Look, maybe I'm talking out of turn, Mr. Franklin.
02:09After all, you're hiring me.
02:11But 20 a day is mighty short wages
02:13for some of the things I get involved in.
02:14And I've learned that the phony cases
02:16usually have the biggest hospital bills.
02:18Phony, Mr. Shane?
02:19Yeah.
02:20I get a message that you want to see me urgently.
02:22Okay, I come dashing down here,
02:23expecting you to be tearing your hair
02:25or dying from a leaky artery.
02:26So what do I find?
02:27You find me in a seafood bar
02:29enjoying New Orleans' most succulent river shrimp
02:32and sipping excellent dry Manhattan.
02:34That's right.
02:35Then you give me a story about a girl,
02:37Marianne Chevney.
02:38I have to find her and bring her to her home
02:39by Friday midnight or she loses 8 million bucks.
02:42Is that too complicated?
02:43No, Mr. Franklin, it's too simple.
02:45Instead of giving me any details here,
02:46you go on chewing your shrimp.
02:48And sipping my Manhattan.
02:50Waiter, one more of the same, dry.
02:52You sure you won't join me, Mr. Shane?
02:54Look, look, this picture you gave me,
02:56is it the only one you have?
02:57The most recent, yes.
02:58It was taken a few weeks before Marianne
03:00ran away from home seven years ago.
03:02Oh.
03:03She never got along with her father.
03:04What about this Friday business?
03:06Why Friday after seven years?
03:08Simply because Friday at midnight,
03:10Marianne will be 25.
03:12So she's got to return home by then
03:14if she doesn't get her money.
03:15Hmm, brilliant.
03:16Waiter, another order of shrimp, please.
03:18You're sure giving me a lot of time.
03:20This is Thursday.
03:21I've got one whole day.
03:23Marianne's father was your partner,
03:25half owner of Chevney Franklin Importers, huh?
03:27That's right.
03:28Chevney died over three weeks ago.
03:30Why the sudden concern now?
03:31Oh, I haven't been idle.
03:33I've been running ads for the girl in the papers.
03:35Ah, you've been a busy little bee, you have.
03:37Mr. Shane.
03:38All right, what happens to the 8 million
03:40if Marianne Chevney doesn't get home in time?
03:42It goes into the business.
03:44You're the business now.
03:45That's right.
03:46Don't look so perplexed.
03:48It's quite simple, really.
03:49Yeah, something simple.
03:52You're hiring me to find her
03:54so that you can lose 8 million dollars.
03:56Precisely, Mr. Shane.
03:58Waiter, another dry Manhattan.
04:09We'll return in a moment
04:10to the new adventures of Michael Shane
04:12and the case of the model murder.
04:26From the minute I walked into the seafood bar
04:28at the Cotton Manor Hotel
04:30and sat down opposite Franklin
04:31of Chevney Franklin Importers,
04:33I knew I was walking into something
04:34with more angles
04:35than a course in advanced geometry.
04:37My first impulse after hearing his story
04:39was to tell Mr. Franklin to go peddle his shrimp.
04:42Only I suddenly remembered
04:43that the only jingle I could raise in my pockets
04:45was the sound of my car keys rattling around.
04:48It seems his partner, Chevney,
04:50had died some three weeks before
04:52and 8 million bucks he couldn't take with him
04:54was waiting for his errant daughter, Marianne,
04:56who had run away from home seven years ago
04:58when she was 18.
05:00I was supposed to find the girl
05:02and bring her to her late father's house
05:04before Friday midnight, tomorrow night.
05:08Well, I took another look at the photo of the girl.
05:11The words Harrison Halstead Model Agency
05:13was stamped on the back.
05:15At least she'd worked there seven years ago.
05:17I decided to give it a whirl.
05:19The receptionist was a sugar blonde
05:21with a cooperative look in her eyes.
05:23Well, I sure would like to help you, Mr. Shane,
05:25but I really don't know any Miss Chevney.
05:27And you handle a lot of models here.
05:29Oh, I try.
05:30This photograph help any?
05:32Pretty.
05:33No, I'm afraid not.
05:34It was taken seven years ago.
05:36I would just bet you'd go for something a little...
05:38older.
05:39And you'd have a good bet.
05:41The boss around?
05:42Well, yes, Mr. Shane, but I don't know...
05:43Miss Winters, I want to...
05:44Oh.
05:45Yes, sir?
05:46Mr. Shane's looking for a girl
05:47by the name of Chevney, Mr. Halstead.
05:49Sorry, can't help you.
05:50Now, this photograph...
05:51Hmm?
05:52No.
05:53What do you want with her?
05:54Well, she's got 8 million dollars coming to her.
05:57Sorry, Mr. Shane.
05:58Oh, that's okay.
05:59Miss Winters, get Miller on the phone, will you?
06:01Set will be ready at 2 this afternoon.
06:02Yes, sir.
06:04He recognized the photo.
06:06Did he, Mr. Shane?
06:08You're a real good kid.
06:10Company girl, loyal.
06:11Thank you.
06:12Follow the rules.
06:13Uh-huh.
06:14Look, I'm just trying to help a penniless girl
06:16get 8 million bucks.
06:17Well, take one of our cards, Mr. Shane.
06:19You just might want to come back.
06:21Thanks.
06:22Uh...
06:23I don't have 8 million, but...
06:25You don't need 8 million.
06:27How much?
06:28Just enough for a rider's steak and...
06:31baked deer.
06:32It's a deal.
06:39Miss Winters struck me as a girl with a wrong name.
06:42There's nothing chilly in her attitude.
06:44As for this Halstead character,
06:46he was one of those guys with a monogram complex.
06:49Everywhere you looked, you found H.H. staring you in the face.
06:52Harrison Halstead.
06:54On his tie, on the pocket of his shirt,
06:56even the cigarette lighter on the reception desk
06:59had the same two H's sort of leaning against one another.
07:02The agency card Miss Winters had given me,
07:04they were there, too.
07:06As I waited for the elevator, I turned the card over.
07:09The handwriting was nice and firm.
07:12Mady Carter, 2614 Mount York Avenue,
07:16might be able to help you.
07:18I thought,
07:19Shane, how would you get along
07:21without that winning personality of yours?
07:24Mady Carter's place was a little bungalow on a court.
07:27There was a light on behind curtains.
07:29I rang the bell.
07:35Yes?
07:36Miss Carter?
07:37What do you want?
07:38I'd like to talk to you.
07:39What do you want?
07:40I'm looking for Marianne Chevney.
07:43I don't know anybody by that name.
07:45Miss Winters at the Halstead agency told me...
07:47I can't, I can't. I don't know her. She isn't here.
07:49Shh.
07:50She isn't here.
07:51Shh.
07:52Gee, you've got to lower the volume.
07:53What will the neighbors think?
07:56Coming.
07:57Thanks.
07:58Now look, Miss Carter,
07:59I'm not trying to do anything but find Miss Chevney
08:01so I can give her eight million dollars.
08:03She doesn't want.
08:05Well, now you see,
08:07it doesn't pay to keep secrets.
08:09Where is she?
08:10I don't know.
08:11How do you know she doesn't want the money?
08:13She told me.
08:14Oh, you spoke to her?
08:15No, no.
08:16Why don't you leave me alone?
08:17I don't know anything.
08:18Look, all I want...
08:19Uh, never mind, Miss Carter.
08:21Maybe I got a bum steer.
08:23Sorry I bothered you.
08:27I suppose I could have broken her down if I'd kept at it.
08:30But I suddenly found what I came for.
08:32There was an envelope face down on the desk.
08:34From where I was standing,
08:36I was able to read the return address on the flap.
08:38Big as life it was.
08:39The initials MC, apartment 5,
08:42and the address 318 East 54th Street, New York City.
08:45MC.
08:48Marion Chevney.
08:51As I drove back to town,
08:53I began to get a familiar feeling.
08:56Maybe I don't have eyes behind my head,
08:58but I do have a little spot between my shoulder blades.
09:01It's got a special talent.
09:03If somebody's following me, it begins to itch.
09:05It had bothered me a little right after I left the Halstead agency,
09:08but I didn't pay much attention to it.
09:10Right now, it's giving me the squirms in high gear,
09:12and I decided to do something about it.
09:14I pulled off the main road onto a side street, but quick.
09:17I parked, doused the lights, and waited.
09:20Cars kept going by,
09:22and I spotted a maroon job with one light dimmer than the other,
09:25coming around the block for the second time.
09:27This time, it went about a hundred yards past me,
09:29and then it parked.
09:31I waited.
09:32Nobody got out of the car.
09:34The spot between my shoulders stopped itching.
09:36I knew I was on solid ground.
09:38I got out of the car and started up the street.
09:40I saw the guy behind the wheel of the maroon job
09:42looking straight ahead as if he had nothing better to do
09:44than just sit there.
09:46I closed the door open and slid into the front seat.
09:52Huh?
09:54What's doing, champ?
09:56Nice tail job.
09:57No.
09:58Pro job.
10:00Well, you're not so bad yourself, spotting him.
10:03New Orleans does that for me.
10:05There's a field at the city.
10:07He must be from out of town.
10:09Yeah.
10:10Working?
10:11Yeah.
10:12Jonathan Franklin?
10:14Never heard of him.
10:15Franklin and Chevney importers.
10:17Bananas, I think.
10:19I hate bananas.
10:22Who is it?
10:24You're doing all the talking, champ.
10:26This is a tough town for strangers.
10:29Not so tough.
10:31You're not so tough either.
10:33Nice tie you got slips up nice and easy.
10:35You can't talk, champ, but you can sure listen.
10:39That's a very pretty color you're turning.
10:41Now, let's see.
10:42Put me on shoulder hoister 45 automatic.
10:45Okay, you're gonna breathe now, but don't overdo it.
10:48And take a tip.
10:49I don't like being followed, and strangers in town ought to be courteous.
10:52You're a pretty tough boy, Shane.
10:53No, no, I'm the easygoingest guy in the world.
10:55I just don't like being tailed.
10:57Remember, mind your manners when you're in a strange city, champ.
11:01Franklin was in the dining room of the hotel,
11:03carving up some rare roast beef with Yorkshire pudding on the side.
11:07I dropped into a chair on the other side of his table and told him what I'd found out.
11:11As usual, he got real interested.
11:13New York, eh?
11:15Will you join me, Mr. Shane?
11:17You're real worried about getting Marianne Chevney back here before tomorrow night, aren't you?
11:21Well, you can't rush things, my boy.
11:23In this case, my boy.
11:25Marianne Chevney back here before tomorrow night, aren't you?
11:27Well, you can't rush things, my boy.
11:29This case smells clear across the river.
11:31Don't you trust me, Mr. Franklin?
11:32One moment, Mr. Shane.
11:33Waiter!
11:34Yes, sir?
11:35Bring me a phone, please.
11:36You were saying...
11:37I said somebody's been tailing me. I'd like to know why.
11:40You're implying, Mr. Shane, that because I don't trust you,
11:43I've hired someone to watch you?
11:45In a nutshell.
11:46That is not true.
11:48But the fact that someone is following you is very disconcerting.
11:51Your telephone, Mr. Franklin.
11:52Oh, thank you, waiter.
11:54I beg your pardon, Mr. Shane.
11:56Travel desk, please.
11:59Hello?
12:00This is Jonathan Franklin speaking.
12:02Will you arrange for a charter plane with the New Orleans Charter Service, please?
12:06In the name of Michael Shane.
12:10In about an hour, it's now 8.30,
12:13the plane is to go to New York and leave here at 9.30.
12:17Thank you.
12:19Well, you're full of surprises, Mr. Franklin.
12:22I've got another one for you.
12:23Yeah?
12:24If you succeed in bringing Marianne back here before midnight tomorrow,
12:28there's a $1,000 bonus for you.
12:30Sometimes, Mr. Franklin, your conversation is positively brilliant.
12:40A chartered plane to New York and a $1,000 jackpot at the end of the rainbow.
12:45I felt like a captain of industry as the plane got the right away from the airport tower
12:49and circled in for a landing.
12:51New York.
12:52Great little city.
12:54It was 4 o'clock in the morning when the taxi pulled up in front of 518 East 54th Street.
12:59I told the cabbie to wait.
13:01What's money to me?
13:02Took the stairs to the brownstone two at a time.
13:05Apartment 5 was at the end of the hall on the first floor.
13:08I knocked.
13:09Nothing happened.
13:11I knocked again.
13:12Nobody could sleep like that.
13:14Then I tried the door.
13:16Locked.
13:17Apparently, Marianne was a dirty stay out late.
13:20I passed the hall.
13:21The door to apartment number 4 said manager.
13:23I walked over and started knocking again.
13:29Well, what is it?
13:30What is it?
13:31I'm sorry to get you out of bed all the time, but I'd like you to open the door to apartment 5.
13:34Are you crazy waking a body at 4 in the morning?
13:37Look, I'm a private detective.
13:38I'm looking for the girl who has that apartment.
13:40I want to get in, so I'll be there when she gets home.
13:41Private detective, huh?
13:43I'm sorry.
13:44If you was a police, you'd be...
13:46Does this give me the necessary rank?
13:48Five dollars.
13:49All right.
13:50Make it ten.
13:51Why didn't you tell me he was a private detective in the first place?
13:54Come on.
13:58Hey.
13:59Light switch.
14:00In there.
14:01In here.
14:02Yeah.
14:03Make yourself comfortable.
14:04Thanks.
14:05Here's your pound of flesh.
14:06Now, you won't tell her that I let you...
14:09What's the matter with you?
14:10Hey.
14:12Over there.
14:13On the floor in the hall.
14:16First, I saw a lot of blonde hair.
14:18And then I saw there was a girl attached to it.
14:21She probably would have been real pretty without that bullet hole in her forehead.
14:33We're returning in a moment to the new adventures of Michael Shane
14:36and the case of the model murder.
14:43A glutton by the name of Jonathan Franklin
14:45had waved a nice cold scent in front of my nose,
14:47but strangely enough, it still had a strong odor.
14:51My assignment was to find Mary Ann Chevney
14:53and get her back to her late dad's home
14:55so she could collect eight million bucks,
14:57according to the terms of her inheritance.
15:00Well, I picked up the trail at the Harrison Halstead Model Agency,
15:03where Miss Chevney had once worked.
15:05Mr. H.H. and his secretary, Miss Winters,
15:07acted like I was after atomic secrets.
15:10As I left, Miss Winters shoved a card in my hand
15:13with the name and address of Mady Carter.
15:15Well, Miss Carter had the willies bad,
15:17but I picked up the information
15:18that the girl I was looking for was in New York.
15:21Franklin stopped eating roast beef long enough
15:23to charter a plane for me.
15:24And I arrived at the end of the trail
15:26just in time to find my quarry still warm,
15:28but with a bullet in her head.
15:30Oh, my. Police. We'll have to call the police.
15:32Yeah, but not before I make a phone call long distance.
15:34It won't be long now, will you, son?
15:36Because they get real mad if you don't tell them.
15:39Long distance.
15:40I want you to get me Mr. Jonathan Franklin
15:42at the Carlton Manor in New Orleans.
15:44Collect. Michael Shane at this end.
15:47That's right.
15:48This is Circle 65970.
15:51Damn my reputation.
15:52You know this will be in the papers, don't you?
15:54The police all over the place and reporters.
15:56Yeah, yeah, and her bloodstains are nice copies, too.
15:59I feel real sorry for you.
16:00Hello?
16:02Hello, Mr. Franklin.
16:05Take your earmuffs off.
16:06You might like to hear this.
16:09Just a second, Mr. Franklin.
16:10Look, look, old timer.
16:11Don't you have a telephone in your own apartment?
16:13Yes.
16:14Well, I never thought of that.
16:15Well, think of it.
16:17Well, Shane.
16:18The gal is dead.
16:20Really?
16:21Yeah, what do you want me to do?
16:23Come on home.
16:24You've done a good job.
16:25You're not sorry?
16:27No.
16:28Should I be?
16:30What about the one grand bonus?
16:31I guess that's cold turkey, huh?
16:33We'll talk about it when you get back.
16:35Yeah, yeah.
16:36Cold turkey, did you say?
16:38Yeah.
16:39I'm glad you mentioned it.
16:40That's an excellent thought.
16:42With a glass of cold milk, of course.
16:44Goodbye, Mr. Shane.
16:47I had a little time before the cops had come,
16:50so I started moseying around the apartment.
16:53First thing that caught my eye
16:54was a cigarette lighter on an end table.
16:57It looked familiar.
16:58Very familiar.
17:00All of a sudden, I knew why.
17:02There was a monogram on it.
17:03Yeah, two H's sort of leaning against each other.
17:06I got the long-distance operator again
17:07and put in a call to Mr. Halstead.
17:09Also collect.
17:10There is no answer.
17:11Are you sure you got the right guy?
17:12Harrison Halstead's residence in New Orleans.
17:14Orange 2435.
17:16Okay, thanks, operator.
17:18Shall I try later?
17:19No, thanks.
17:21I didn't know how,
17:22but it was pretty obvious
17:23that Halstead was in this thing up to his ears.
17:27I kept on wandering around the living room,
17:29and then I found it.
17:31There was a letter on the table
17:32and a girl's handwriting.
17:33The date was just two days ago,
17:35and the letter started with the words,
17:36Dear Matie.
17:38I didn't have to read the signature
17:39to know it was Marianne.
17:41I took a good look at the girl on the floor.
17:43Her hair was blonde,
17:44only there was about a sixteenth
17:45of an inch of dark brunette
17:46showing at the hairline.
17:48I got real smart then.
17:50I finally figured it out.
17:51This girl was Matie Carter,
17:53and the frightened girl back in New Orleans
17:55was really Marianne Chevony.
17:57Only somebody else had apparently
17:58made the same mistake,
17:59and it was my guess he was
18:00hightailing it back to New Orleans
18:01to correct his error.
18:03I made a quick call to homicide
18:04to pay my respects,
18:05and then headed for the airport.
18:06Luckily, the plane was ready to go
18:07when I got there.
18:12Oh, Shane.
18:13You had the girl in your hands,
18:14and then you waltzed off with a dream.
18:17One thing was clear.
18:18Marianne Chevony had plenty to worry about.
18:20It took me just ten minutes
18:21from the time I landed back in New Orleans
18:23to get to her place.
18:24The door to Marianne's bungalow was locked,
18:26and there was no answer to my banging.
18:28I started around the house
18:29trying to get a look-see inside.
18:30Nothing.
18:31Nobody home.
18:32When I got around to the rear
18:33and peeked in the bedroom,
18:34I saw why.
18:35The place was empty.
18:36Either she'd decided to run,
18:37or else she'd been taken on a trip
18:38without a return ticket.
18:40I scrambled over to Cotton Manor,
18:41and guess what?
18:43There.
18:44Jonathan Franklin was eating.
18:46It seems you made a mistake, Mr. Shane.
18:48How do you know?
18:49The papers.
18:50It wasn't Marianne who was killed in New York.
18:53It was a girl by the name of Carter,
18:54Madeline Carter.
18:56You still want me to find Marianne?
18:57Oh, of course.
18:58Let's see.
19:00It's three now.
19:01You only have nine hours left.
19:04Would you have some lunch?
19:05Will you have any?
19:06No, thanks.
19:07Don't you ever find time to eat?
19:09Yeah.
19:10Yeah, but I'm peculiar.
19:11I only eat three meals a day.
19:18Marianne Shepney's life was in danger,
19:20and I wanted to get to her
19:21while she was still hale and hearty.
19:23I drove over to Halstead's agency.
19:25Miss Winters still had that cooperative look.
19:28Wow.
19:29Hi there.
19:30Hi.
19:31Where's your boss?
19:32Out.
19:33Been in today?
19:34Well, I know.
19:35As a matter of fact, he hasn't.
19:36Did you try to reach him at home?
19:37Yes, I did.
19:38Oh.
19:39Is something wrong?
19:40Something's very wrong, sweetheart.
19:41Look, that note you slipped me last night.
19:43Not the kind I usually write.
19:44Mady Carter.
19:45You knew I was looking for Marianne Shepney.
19:47Well, I said Mady Carter might be a help.
19:48She's a friend of Miss Shepney's.
19:49You didn't know there was a switch?
19:51Switch?
19:52Mady Carter was in New York.
19:53She was killed last night.
19:55Killed?
19:56Halstead could have taken a plane
19:57up there last night, couldn't he?
19:58Well, I don't know.
19:59As far as you know, he could have, couldn't he?
20:00Well, yes.
20:01I haven't spoken to him since last night.
20:03Tell me, is he a bachelor?
20:04Yeah.
20:05Lives alone?
20:06Uh-huh.
20:07Oh, he has a country place.
20:08Where?
20:09Well, I'll tell you in a minute.
20:10You want me to look it up?
20:11You bet I do, sweetheart.
20:12If I'm not too late, it might make the difference
20:13between a long and wealthy life
20:15or a 45 slut to Marianne Shepney.
20:22It took me almost an hour to drive out
20:23to where Halstead had his beach home.
20:25The place had a real subtropical flavor,
20:27bordering on the Gulf
20:28and surrounded by a mass of lush undergrowth
20:30and stubby cypress trees.
20:32I didn't bother to announce myself.
20:33I just barged in.
20:36She'd been here, all right.
20:39It was a woman's jacket over a chair
20:40in a big paneled living room
20:42and her purse half open on the floor.
20:44I went to the back door and opened it
20:45and looked out.
20:47It bounced off a stone
20:48and I caught a glint of the bullet
20:49as it wind off on its ricochet.
20:50It had come from the left.
20:51I ducked back into the house.
20:54He had shells to burn, whoever he was.
20:57It was no sense, my person,
20:58like a sitting duck,
20:59so I started toward the front.
21:01The living room had been empty a moment before,
21:02but now there was a man in it,
21:03a man with a gun.
21:05Halstead.
21:06Stop where you are, Mr. Shane,
21:07and raise your hands.
21:08Where's Marianne?
21:09That's none of your business.
21:10I said raise your hands.
21:11Now, look, Halstead,
21:12don't be coy about this thing.
21:13There's a guy out there with a gun,
21:14a big gun, and he's got big ideas.
21:15So have I.
21:17Move back against the wall.
21:18Look, who's working for who around here?
21:20You've been sticking your nose
21:21in where it doesn't belong, Shane.
21:23I told you yesterday
21:24if there was anything about Marianne Chevenier
21:25you ought to concern yourself with.
21:26What did you do with her?
21:27Let's just say she's in protective custody.
21:29Yours?
21:30As I said, that's none of your business.
21:32Hello, champ.
21:33What are you doing?
21:34Still telling me, huh?
21:36Yeah, and this time no necktie.
21:38Very bad taste, huh?
21:39Drop that rifle.
21:40I don't think so.
21:42You ought to practice more, you mess.
21:44Oh, this is real cute.
21:45Champ was in the kitchen with a rifle
21:47and you're in here with a pistol, Halstead.
21:49You both have a grudge against me,
21:50only you can't stop worrying about each other.
21:52Shane, who is that man in the kitchen?
21:53I don't know.
21:54I haven't figured it out yet,
21:55but I think he's after Marianne, too.
21:56Aren't you, champ?
21:57Could be,
21:58but right now I get more questions.
22:00Missed again.
22:01Just stick your head in that doorway once more.
22:04Mr. Shane, I'll give you just three seconds
22:06to tell me what you want.
22:07I told you.
22:08I want the truth, now.
22:09What difference does it make
22:10what I want with a girl if you're already...
22:11All right, Shane, I warned you.
22:20We'll be back in just a moment
22:21with Mike Shane
22:22and the thrilling climax to our story.
22:32It was a second or two before I realized
22:34Halstead had fired at the laddie with the rifle,
22:36not me.
22:37But I wasn't inclined to administer first aid
22:39to champ lying in the kitchen doorway
22:40because from the look on Halstead's face,
22:42he was getting ready for a repeat performance.
22:44And then I got a shock,
22:45like when the shower suddenly turned from hot to cold.
22:48Marianne, the real Marianne,
22:50stepped into the room and went over to Halstead.
22:53I figured it was time to call a halt
22:55and settle who was who.
22:57I figured it was time to call a halt
22:59and settle who was who.
23:01Hello, Marianne.
23:03You... you killed me.
23:05No, the champ in the kitchen.
23:06It was his work.
23:07Why don't you leave me alone, all of you?
23:09All I've been trying to do
23:10is bring you back to your father's home
23:11by midnight tonight
23:12so you can inherit the eight million he left you.
23:14Marianne and I were married last night, Shane.
23:16What?
23:17Now the matter of her inheritance is my business.
23:19So why don't you leave us alone?
23:21I will if Marianne or Mrs. Halstead
23:23will go back to her father's house.
23:25But why, Mr. Shane?
23:26Why should I go back there?
23:28Well, if the eight million doesn't mean anything to you,
23:30the thousand I stand to collect means plenty to me.
23:39I knew it was the right time,
23:41six o'clock,
23:42when I walked into the dining room of the Cotton Manor.
23:45Jonathan Franklin was having breast of guinea
23:47and under glass and a white wine.
23:49Well, won't you sit down?
23:51I'll have the waiter get you a beer.
23:52No, no, thanks.
23:53Here.
23:54You look calm and relaxed, Mr. Shane.
23:57Success.
23:58Yes.
23:59Splendid.
24:00And Marianne?
24:01I found her.
24:02And her husband.
24:03Her husband?
24:04That's right.
24:05Oh, your boy is down at headquarters, Mr. Franklin.
24:08Headquarters?
24:09My boy?
24:10Yes, the chap.
24:11He taught when he came to.
24:13He got a little over-eager
24:14after he trailed me to Halstead's beach house
24:16and Halstead winged him.
24:17Oh.
24:18The way I figured,
24:19it wasn't a question of Marianne getting back to her father's home
24:22before her 25th birthday.
24:24No.
24:25This wine is delicious.
24:271929 Sauternes.
24:29No, it was a question of whether or not she'd reach her 25th birthday.
24:32And that's why you had me searching for her,
24:34to find her so you could have her killed before she did.
24:36Now, you're not going to spoil my dinner.
24:38You know, there's an old saying, Mr. Franklin.
24:40A foolish person eats himself into the grave.
24:42You say he talked.
24:44Yes.
24:45He told us why he'd been following me.
24:47So that if I found Marianne, he could kill her.
24:50He told us how he was sent to New York before I left.
24:53I should have guessed that, Mr. Franklin.
24:55It only takes 10 minutes to get to the airport from here.
24:57Why make the charter for an hour later?
24:59You have a point.
25:01And there was only one person besides myself and Marianne
25:04who knew the address of Mady Carter in New York.
25:07I should have thought of that, I suppose.
25:09You finished with your dinner, Mr. Franklin?
25:11Yes.
25:12Because if you are, there are some men waiting for you in the lobby.
25:14Homicide detail.
25:15You're spoiling my digestion, Mr. Shane.
25:17It doesn't matter, Mr. Franklin.
25:19From now on, you'll be eating crow.
25:21Howdy appetite.
25:30Mike, what I can't understand is why Mr. Franklin was so eager to get his partner's money.
25:35He must have made the same amount himself.
25:37After all, $8 million.
25:39That's enough bait for anybody, sweetheart.
25:41With his appetite, maybe he needs $16 million to keep them groceries.
25:45Especially with prices the way they are today.
25:48Mike, show your cue.
25:50Now I'll eat your steak.
25:52And will you have the red wine served with it?
25:55Waiter, a sparkling burgundy.
25:58Domestic.
25:59Year of 1948.
26:14This is your director, Bill Russo again.
26:17Our story is based on characters created by Brett Halliday.
26:20The music is composed and conducted by John Duffy.
26:23And Michael Shane is portrayed by Jeff Chandler.
26:26The New Adventures of Michael Shane is a Don W. Sharp production.
26:29Transcribed in Hollywood and distributed exclusively by the Broadcasters Guild.
26:34Next week, you'll hear Michael Shane in another thrilling adventure from the mysterious and colorful New Orleans.
26:46Next week, you'll hear Michael Shane in another thrilling adventure from the mysterious and colorful New Orleans.