 Shriver Hood Chevron gas station invites you to let's yours do it brought to you by the makers of climate tailored Chevron Supreme gasoline and RPM compounded motor oil George Valentine would be the last person in the world to take a job that was not exciting even with a large salary attached that's why he opened his office and advertised to solve any problem for a fee of course well he's had his excitement all right sometimes more excitement than he bargained for right now George his secretary Claire and Sonny are driving along in his car Valentine why so much mystery where are we going just play and hook you from the office so Mr. Valentine we can't afford to play hooky Mr. Valentine you know that have you two ever heard of the Harding book shop not I never why should we have well that's where we're going to buy a book of course not sunny Mr. Valentine has a book here bright girl take a look at his newspaper clever what does it say sis hmm William Harding except eccentric owner of the Harding book shop died in his sleep last night leaves his widow Harriet and nephew Frank Mr. Harding had been in poor health okay that's enough but what about it man dies in his sleep where do we come in well his widow phone she wants me to meet her at the bookshop at 11 she made it sound urgent jeepers I wonder why she wants to see you an eccentric book dealer dies in his sleep his widow is very anxious to see me kids I don't know what it's all about but it has all the ingredients for some real excitement what's no use with the Valentine the bookshop's closed maybe Mrs. Harding hasn't arrived yet wait a minute I think I hear someone in there I'm sorry but we're not open for business the shop is closed oh Mrs. Harding I'm Mr. Valentine and these are my assistant oh of course I've been expecting you come in look at the place bookscattered all over somebody been searching for something Mrs. Harding you can see why I called you someone broke in here last night did you phone the police no no I didn't know why not because I think it was an inside job the windows were securely locked they don't look as though they've been tampered with someone unlocked the door and walked right in I see you suspect someone in your family that's why you didn't phone the police Mr. Valentine I won't try to keep anything from you I suspect my husband's nephew Frank did he have keys to the shop as far as I know my husband and I had the only keys but you must have some reason for suspecting Frank well he's always been a wild boy I never had any use for him my husband was fond of him he even had Frank helping here in the shop Mrs. Harding just what was this person looking for you know money money I'm not sure of course but I think my husband had some money hidden away here you may have heard my husband was well he was odd it would be like him to hide the money in his shop then he mentioned some money to you he always said that we'd be well taken care of in our old age and yet he died penniless I see and just what do you want me to do there's any money here I want you to find it I'll pay you of course of course but the shops already been searched maybe the money's been found I don't think so you see I've frightened the person away oh then you saw someone I just caught a glimpse of someone running away it was dark but I think it was a man mm-hmm why did you come down here last night Mrs. Harding I wanted to look around myself oh yes yes of course all right Mrs. Harding I'll keep in touch with you come on kids I'd be waiting to hear from you let's go kids what do you make of it Mr. quite a girl isn't she her husband dies and that same night she's down at his shop looking for any money he may have hidden why don't we stay here and search the shop because someone beat us to it sonny besides I want to know a little more about this case and a little more about Harding's death too Mr. Valentine do you mean you think he was murdered I'm just guessing come on let's go to car hey wait a minute on a word with you she was I wonder who that is must be the nephew I just want to warn you not to believe half of what my aunt tells she's she's not herself she's hysterical oh well I don't agree with you Frank your aunt seems unusually calm considering calm she called you in didn't she she knew what she was doing why would she call in a private investigator how did you know I've been called in well you were weren't you suppose she told you there's some money hidden away that's a lot of baloney is it you're just wasting your time it said some money disappeared after my father died too but we never found any there's always that kind of talk when someone eccentric dies just when did your father die five years ago Frank were you with your uncle when he passed away now during the day I was in the shop with my aunt Miss Barry Fonda's very Alice Barry the nurse my uncle's known her since she was a child of course she's a young woman now very attracted to okay Frank see you again sometime now you won't gonna tell Aunt Harriet to call you off and do that you think she'll listen to him Mr. Valentine now she doesn't trust him Claire I want you to get all the information you can on Harding's death and meet me here here in front of the bookshop about 10 o'clock tonight and sunny yes sir get down to the evening express talk to Ben Steeley's a friend of mine he'll let you look through the old newspaper files but what am I gonna be looking for well Frank's father died five years ago get what you can on it okay Mr. Valentine hey what are you gonna be doing oh he's gonna talk to the nurse of course why Claire how did you get oh she's young and attractive naturally you'd want to investigate that yourself Mr. Valentine Mr. Harding have been ill for years there was nothing mysterious about his death but don't take my word for it talk to Dr. Mark oh I'd rather talk to you Miss Barry and I know Mr. Harding didn't leave any money you're wrong about that too if you don't mind my saying so Miss Barry when a woman is beautiful she can toss my theories into the ash can and I don't open my mouth I'll find that out after I get to know you better oh you're going to know me better of course what makes you think Harding didn't leave any money because he couldn't even afford to pay me a salary he gave me this box of old phonograph records instead I see the Miss Barry Alice Alice did Harding die in his sleep oh yes then he didn't say anything before he died well he mumbled something mumbled something what could you tell him I suppose he thought he's a little boy again listening to Mother Goose why what are they saying Mary had a lamb Mary had a lamb are you sure well the words Mary and lamb were playing enough look here's my card if you think of anything else give me a buzz with you I'll give you a buzz okay say how does that first go do you remember Mary had little lamb it's fleece was white as snow and everywhere that Mary went the lamb was sure to go you're late I was detained by the nurse I'll never mind what are we gonna do Mr. Valentine how are we gonna get inside this bookshop hey Mr. Valentine where did you get those keys they've opened lots of doors they never fail I'll try to find the light switch I don't bother I'll use my flashlight sunny yeah Mr. Valentine stand near the window with you let me know if you see anyone okay Mr. Valentine the books are all back in place well Mrs. Harding must be a neat housekeeper come on Claire now we're looking for the section that has books for children then the nurse did give you a clue was she helpful oh yeah and beautiful really tell me about it well I haven't time couldn't do it justice here we are now let's see Peter Rabbit Alice in Wonderland hey look for Mother Goose is she a blonde yes a natural blonde Claire will you concentrate on Mother Goose this what you're looking for yeah good good now find Mary had a little lamb fly oh Claire all right little Jack Horner little Miss Muffin Mary had oh here it is good good now read it Mary had a little lamb it's fleece was white as snow everywhere that Mary went lamb was sure to go do you want all the verses well isn't there anything written on that page no well maybe there's some more Mother Goose books these are all there seem to be okay hang on to it what's your hands up Mr. Valentine's offering cats now what are you doing here Frank where did you come from I was in fact I've been waiting for someone to show up why what made you think someone would show up well the place was ransacked last night and you thought it might happen again tonight huh can't tell and Harriet says she frightened the person away you might come back that may be why you're here or then again you might be looking for the money yourself I told you there isn't any money okay Frank I'll put that gun away you might hurt somebody get out of here all of you all right we're going coming with us I'm gonna stay here and keep an eye on things say that's a very good idea Frank just keep an eye on things Mary had a little lamb it's fleece was white as snow everywhere that Mary went the lamb was sure to go I can tell Mr. Valentine's a little late to be reading Mother Goose well look here's what we've got so far kids Harding's brother who's supposed to have money dies but he doesn't leave anything on the other hand Harding who's supposed to be poor tells his wife they'll be provided for in their old age oh I see you think he had his brother's money and he hid it in his bookshop that's what Mrs. Harding thinks and so does Frank go on well this mother Goose rhyme should lead us to the money why because Harding tried to tell Alice about it before he died Alice the nurse oh first name oh definitely hey who'd be falling at the start I get it would you clear hello is Mr. Valentine there yes who's calling Alice Barry oh just a minute your nurse and she's not a natural blonde I can tell by her voice have it your way hello Alice Mr. Valentine maybe I can't help you after all yeah what's up would you remember that Mr. Harding left me a box of records yes well I was looking through the box of phonograph records when suddenly I oh hello Alice something's happened to her I've got to get over there quick to get to Alice's apartment meantime I'd like to tell you about a conversation I had recently one of my Chevron dealer friends asked me the other day what qualities I looked for in a gas station so I said that first of all I looked for a Chevron Supreme gasoline and RPM compounded motor oil well that's easy he said just keep your eye peeled for a cream green and burgundy station that's your cue for Chevron then I told him that I'm a credit card user don't blame you says he and don't forget that Chevron credit cards are as good as gold at our stations so then I told him my favorite gas station must be a friendly place where I can depend on getting good service for my car the dealer laughed and said sure sounds like a Chevron gas station to me we all had plenty of experience before branching out on our own now that we're in business for ourselves we know how to keep our customers happy by keeping their cars in good shape I had to agree with my friend Chevron gas stations offer just about everything a motorist wants try them yourself and see George was about to get some important information the nurse Alice Barry phoned him but before she could explain something happened to her now it's a few minutes later George is opening the door to her apartment Alice Alice oh are you poor kid here I'm just having a couch I'll take it easy you got to be all right oh Mr. Valentine wait a minute I'm gonna put you down here there you are now you better lie still for a few minutes I'll get you drink a water no no please don't leave me don't be frightened hey you've got a nasty looking bruise on your forehead otherwise you seem to be okay how do you feel like I've got two heads now but want to tell me what happened well there isn't anything to tell I was talking to you on the phone and and then it happened somebody took a sock at well who was it don't you know no he must have crept up and hit me from behind behind yes you didn't see him at all huh no for all I know it might have been a woman yeah it might very well have been a woman what about the records no I guess they're gone they're on that table that's bad luck oh don't worry about them was just an old bunch of records believe me if all those endearing young charms who is Sylvia and a few more like that but I thought you discovered something about them I guess the person who stole them thought so too no Mr. Valentine that's not why I phoned you feel like telling me about it of course you see while I was looking through the record I cut to thinking about Mr. Harding and and what he'd said just before he died yes I could almost see the whole thing all over again he was moaning and and tossing around in the bed I ran to him and felt his power go on I told you that he said Mary had a lamb but now as I think back Mr. Valentine I'm almost certain he said Mary Hayden lamb Mary Hayden lamb Mary Hayden lamb a woman's name that's right you think it means anything well it must mean something yeah it'll probably lead us right to the money that is if there is any money now look I gotta beat it but I want you to lock the door behind me understand don't worry after this I'll always lock my door good better put some eyes on that for it it's turning a beautiful purple I'll be all right Mr. Valentine yeah if it does mean anything will you let me in on it I feel as though I have a stake in this now I don't blame you okay Alice I'll keep in touch with you open up hey Mr. Ward the ward hey open up you out of your mind what are you doing here at this hour I want to buy a book I'll go away go away we're closed come back in the morning on I'll wait a minute don't close the door Mr. Ward I gotta have something to read tonight he realizes after 11 I know I'm terribly sorry but let me in would you all right I mean other people have sane customers but I suppose it's got to be a mystery with at least six murders in it Mr. Ward did you ever hear of a book called Mary Hayden lamb who never know are you sure I came here because you have a reputation for knowing every book that's ever been public there's never been a book published by that name now however if you were to ask if they were ever a novelist by that name I'd give you a different answer a novelist yeah of course why didn't I think of that well tell me about it would you well she was a local writer and to my knowledge she wrote but one book thank heaven what do you say that because it's by far the worst trash it's ever been my bad luck to read I see what's it called I love it's about a girl in an island and a man and if you want something to put you to sleep I'll personally guarantee you your money back then you've got a copy huh one almost sold it this afternoon almost sold it is that so someone wanted it huh well ask me about it anyway but evidently I had the good taste to turn it down I found it on the counter when I was putting my books away well who asked to see the book Mr. Ward do you remember certainly not I do a big business young men and I can't keep track of every customer who walks into my shop unless they make a special impression by getting me out of bed at this end of the hour okay anyway you've made a sale I'll take I love love no you've made a bad choice mark down 89 cents and young man believe me I'm cheating you sonny come on wake up maybe go home now I'm sorry kids I know it's late but we can't stop now don't dare take the chance somebody may be getting desperate what do you mean what do you expect to happen nothing if I can beat him to it now Claire I've got a job for you how are you in the charm department yeah that's right have you got any don't answer that whom do I have to charm Frank the nephew I quit hey I knew he was suspicious as soon as I saw my son to myself now there with your sonny Claire I want you to get Frank out of the bookshop tonight so that you can get in there without a seat that's the idea I think you can do it oh it should be simple even if my hair isn't long oh don't worry Mr. Valentine take care of Frank put that gun down Frank it's Claire oh you're Mr. Valentine's assistant aren't you what do you want well Mr. Valentine's just down the street your aunt's house what do you want well I was with them but then they wanted to talk alone so well they sort of left me stranded don't look stranded yeah well your aunt was giving Mr. Valentine an earful not very fond of you is she you can't forget that I was once a wild kid I I have straightened out since then oh I can see that what do you want I want to come in use the phone to call a cab why didn't you stop at a drugstore oh well all right if that's the way you feel about it good night wait a minute pretty late for you to be wandering around I knew you had fine instinct Frank all right come on I'll take you my car okay sonny come on the coast clear yeah they just drove away in Frank's car now don't turn on the light excuse me for asking Mr. Valentine but just what are we looking for we are looking for a book more mother goose no the Isle of Love there ought to be a copy just like this one somewhere in here why do you want to copy don't you understand sonny I've got to have Mr. Harding's copy of this book oh no I don't understand never mind just start looking yeah but Mr. Valentine there's at least a thousand books in the shop let's see now Mary Hayden Lamb was a local writer now why would Harding choose her book unless wait a minute I think I got it sonny you must have known her well what of it that means it would be Harding's personal book see oh no I don't see come on there's a little Roman back at the store remember that's where Frank was hiding the last time we were here yeah that's right come on it's dark careful now here we are I'll look around with my flashlight let's see if there's a desk Mr. Valentine any books on it sure we did titles webster dictionary the complete Shakespeare cooking for fun and the Isle of Love that's it grab it sonny let's get out of here okay Mr. Valentine we'll take it back to the office hey aren't we ever gonna get to sleep tonight we haven't time now let's get to the car sonny duck jeepers what was that somebody took a shot at it Mr. Valentine it's all right sonny you miss yeah but let's get out of here quick I don't think that person likes us and then somebody started shooting at it oh it's plenty exciting sis you're lucky Frank's a bore this conversation is brilliant is he the yeah or yeah I guess it was Mrs. Harding shooting out of some Mr. Valentine because Frank was with Claire not for long no no he just took me to a cab stand I see run out of charm oh jeepers Mr. Valentine you've just about taken that book apart well as nothing in here no secret compartment no writing on the pages I can't find a thing well then let's go home and get some sleep oh we can't stop now okay kids make yourselves comfortable what are you gonna do well I'll have to start reading the book allow certainly I might miss something you're gonna read all of it that's right here we go the summer son was sitting in a blaze of glory casting its light like a shimmering ribbon of golden orange across the lake on the bank her wavy hair streaming from her uplifted head stood Jennifer I can tell this is gonna be a classic perhaps her dream of love was to become a reality for coming toward her was a canoe and in the canoe was a man it's a Valentine you think Sonny's over now I'll keep quiet with you Jennifer sighed longingly Sonny perhaps her stay on the island was in a net her face was alive with expectancy weeks had gone by Jennifer knew that this was her man what choice did she have on a desert island in spite of his aloofness in spite of his air of Mr. E Jennifer knew that she loved him and then a wonderful thing he knelt beside her and kissed her well it's about time oh she said then you do love me naive creature isn't she yes he answered I love you with all my heart if you don't believe me look carefully when the grandfather's clock strikes the hour of midnight and I love you too she told him I love you too she told him no no no go back to where he loves it oh yes he answered I love you with all my heart if you don't believe me look carefully when the grandfather's clock strikes the hour of midnight that doesn't make sense wait a minute wait a minute the printing on this page looks a little different and so does the paper clear get my copy of the book here it is okay turn to page 82 okay now read that part yes he answered I love you with all my heart I swear it Jennifer that's enough this is it kids Mr. Harding printed this page himself look carefully when the grandfather's clock strikes the hour of midnight Mr. Valentine there's a grandfather's clock in the bookshop that's right sonny and there's where that money must be hidden Claire get Mrs. Harding in the phone tell her to meet us at the bookshop right away at this hour and then phone Frank at the shop tell him to expect us all right oh and Claire phone Miss Barry will you she wanted to be in on the kill oh now you've got me phoning your blonde for you well whatever you say Mr. Valentine what are you waiting for Mr. Valentine why don't you give me my money you mean my money and Harriet I don't fight over the money we don't even know if there is any and why did you call up here and why bring Alice into this if there is any money you'll have to thank Alice she gave me the clue then it really was a clue that's right Alice it led me to a book and in the book I found some words that Mr. Harding printed it said look carefully when the grandfather's clock strikes the hour of midnight the grandfather's clock I'm going to see about I take it easy for now Frank that's not your property get away from that clock there's nothing in here the clue didn't say there was something in the clock it said look carefully when the grandfather's clock strikes the hour of midnight well it's striking 12 now but what's different about the clock when it strikes 12 than at any other time when it strikes 12 both hands point up white girl Claire sunny hand me that chair okay you think there's something on top of the clock no above it on the wall here yeah there's a false panel need me help oh thanks Frank I think I could do it with a heel of my hand that does it what is it if there's something in there yes a package what's in it a minute I'll see oh well well Phil large denominations and lots of let me have that I don't rush it is a note here too what does it say this is hiding is this your husband's handwriting no no it isn't that's my father's handwriting you see the money is my so fast Frank it says dear brother Bill I'm leaving this money in your care Frank is too wild to be trusted with it when he settles down you can give it to him give it to him wait a minute there's more there's a condition I attached to this Frank must provide for you and your wife as long as either of you shall live that all that's it Mrs. Harding and it is Frank's money give it to him he doesn't have to provide for me no this money is for both of the time Harriet all that's more than I deserve Frank you can stop talking right now and hand that money over Alice give it to me Mr. Valentine and hurry up about I never argue with a beautiful woman especially when she has a gun in her hand Mr. Valentine was she the one who was after the money all along that's right when she phoned me and got bumped on the head I thought it was funny I didn't hear the blow over the telephone and if she was hit from behind why was the bruise on the for it never mind the explanation hand that over then she's the one who shot at it certainly she couldn't get in here to look for the book because Frank was guarding the place first she tried to put me off the track with that mother goose stuff but she finally gave me the right clue she figured if she told me the truth I'd get the money and she'd tail me and pick it up that's enough out of you Mr. Valentine give me the money oh certainly here you are Ms. Berry but Mr. Valentine I'll try to stop her Frank it's dangerous you're right it is dangerous say just where you are don't even make a move but Mr. Valentine careful but you're letting her get away not very far the police are out there your money will be returned to you Frank thanks I owe you a lot that's right but you'll get a bill in the morning come on kids good night Mr. Valentine good night good night well I'm really gonna sleep tonight yeah so my too bad too bad it had to end this way huh what do you mean he's thinking about the nurse aren't you you know Claire I believe she was a natural blonde after all meanwhile it doesn't matter whether you sit in an office or ride a tractor life these days seem to be 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