 From Hollywood it's time now for Johnny Donner Lieutenant van dial of the Cape Town police. I was just gonna call you lieutenant Probably from nursing a lump on my head that had put the star of Cape Town to shame No to put it politely somebody slugged me here in my room a while ago To keep me from sailing on the Southern Empress. She just shoved off and I've got a strong hunch that diamond is a board Did he confess to force murder Either he passed it to somebody aboard the Southern Empress or he was chasing whoever's got it Lieutenant I've got to get on that ship And out of the harbor he wouldn't happen to have a stray helicopter around would you Make it 10 and every week day night Bob Bailey in the transcribed adventures of the man with the action-packed Expensive cowed America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator yours truly Johnny dollar From special investigator Johnny dollar location Cape Town, South Africa to the Home Office tri-eastern indemnity Associates Assignment the star of Cape Town matter Expense account continue. I don't make care for it at the airfield where the helicopter was waiting for me I don't know which was throbbing the most the helicopter engine on my head On the way out to sea I had time to try to put the pieces together, but as usual they didn't fit a Playboy named Andrew Forbes inherits a diamond called the star of Cape Town with 150 G's The insurance company gets fidgety at the way Forbes is flashing the stone around So they send me to Cape Town to talk some sense to him But now Forbes is dead and the diamond is missing And the fact that his probable killer was picked up aboard the Southern Empress before it shoved off convinces me The stone is somewhere on that ship, but I've got no proof even though. I'm breaking my neck to get there at the moment We picked up the Southern Empress about 20 miles out at sea and the helicopter pilot set me down on deck at the stern A crowd of passengers had gathered, but I didn't see Forbes sister Agatha Nor Helen the girl who'd spent so much time with him the night he was killed. I Got me a role and then headed for Agatha Forbes state role As I stood at the door I caught a whiff of Forbes favorite perfume forever the kind Sheila had worn Yes, what? Wow It's Helen isn't it? I don't think we've met mr. Dollar Johnny dollar. No, no We haven't met officially, but we were both at Forbes party the other night You wish to speak with Miss Forbes and you too Helen. Who is it Helen? Mr. Dollar? I'll be in my state room if you want me Miss Forbes. Very well my dear. Just a minute Helen I Well, mr. Dollar, I must say you are a persistent person on my job. I have to be Miss Forbes I'll as long as you're here. You might as well sit down. Thanks. I still would rather not talk about what's happened I can certainly understand that but if I can throw any light on it, which I doubt very much then I suppose It's my duty to one thing. I must ask however. What is it that there be as little additional publicity as possible Forbes name has been dragged through the dirt enough as it is I'll do my best Very well. What is it you want to know? Well several things First do you think your brother could have been killed for a motive other than the diamond? Why I hadn't thought of that After all you must admit that a diamond like the Star of Cape Town Be motive enough to the kind of people my brother thought it amusing to consort with. Yeah, you're probably right But I'm trying to cover all the possibilities How about your brother's friend Sheila for instance? I prefer not to discuss her But do you think she could have done it? I don't know. I'm afraid I wouldn't put anything past her All right another thing miss Forbes. I was pretty surprised to find Helen here in your stateroom when I knocked Why I didn't know you knew her. I have engaged Helen as my traveling companion. Oh Kind of sudden wasn't it as a matter of fact it was my brother told me about her One of the few times in his life. He was right about someone. She's a thoroughly nice person So you hired her I think I told you before how exhausted I am by all this I Needed someone to make arrangements for me the last moment. She decided to make the trip. I was delighted. Uh-huh She made up her mind at the last moment, huh? May I ask why all these questions about her? Well, I know she's pretty high on my list of possible. That's impossible as far as we know She was the last person to see your brother alive and I refuse to believe she could possibly be involved I hope she isn't but I've got to run down every lead I can get If I don't recover the star of Cape Town the company I represent is on the hook for a hundred and fifty thousand dollars I have not filed a claim as yet, mr. Dollar Nor do I propose to until we reach New York. I shall give you every opportunity to recover the diamond I appreciate that miss Forbes, but I'm afraid it still doesn't leave me much time I went back to my stateroom the door was open, but I was sure I closed it when I left Inside was the same lingering smell of the same lingering perfume Forbes favorite forever Sheila warrant but as far as I knew she was still in Cape Town Then I remembered her saying that Forbes had given Helen a bottle of it I also remembered smelling it in my Cape Town hotel room just before I got slut I thought then it was a carry-over from Sheila's earlier visit now. I wasn't sure I Started back out of my state room just in time to collide with somebody in the past Oh Partner you sure took the wind out of my sails now. I'm sorry. I didn't know anyone was out. I just passing by partner Stacy's a name Ben Stacy. What's yours dollar on the level across my heart When I tell people I bumped into a guy named dollar aboard a boat. I'll mean it So he could have been just passing by like he said But if so he moved awfully quietly for a guy his size. I Like my door and headed for the bar Expensive kind Adam 9 1 50 a double martini which occupied me just long enough to get a couple of things nailed down in my mind Namely open stateroom doors and the smell of perfume Now it had to be Helen no two ways about it at this point of my brilliant chain of deductions I made a big mistake. I looked down toward the other end of the bar and a person I saw sitting there made me realize in one big hurry that my train of thought had just gotten itself to rail Hello Sheila. Hi Johnny. I Thought you were back in Cape Town. Why should I be? What's to stay for now? Good question But you didn't tell me you were leaving. You didn't ask me sit down You must have decided not hurry. It's the only way I ever decide anything Well, you picked an interesting boat to Salon. I suppose you know Helen's aboard small boat, isn't it? Oh look Sheila Suppose we drop the flip-chatter, huh? Okay, Johnny What do you want me to tell you that I hate Helen for taking Andy Forbes away from me? Okay, I do It's happened before but Andy always came back What hurts this time is that he was killed before he had a chance to She don't worry. I'll keep out of her way. I won't make any trouble and Johnny Do me a favor What is it? Let's just forget I'm on board I kind of like a decent chance to forget a few things if I can Okay Just one thing Sheila. Yeah Were you in my room a few minutes ago? No on the level. Sure. Why? Let's skip it. See you later. Okay. I Hope you find your diamond. Thanks. I Hope you find whatever you're looking for You know what it is. No, I got news for you Neither do I One thing was clear anyway If Sheila hadn't been in my state room then the perfume I'd smelled must have belonged to Helen She seemed to be getting higher on my list all the time I had to have a talk with her but by the looks of things that wasn't gonna be easy She was doing a pretty good job of avoiding me About half an hour later though I spotted her topside in a deck chair with Agatha forks next to them was my old buddy from the wide open spaces Why some of the things we got out West you just wouldn't believe I am I've never been there, but I oh hi everybody Well, sir for this and mr. Dollar or so now I ask you ladies if that isn't just about the most colorful name of Mr. Dollar, I'll be a little more rest in this forms. Thank you. I am and Helen. I'm glad I wonder if you'd excuse me Why so I'm afraid I have a headache. Why don't you go lie down for a while? That's kind of a chilly reception partner looks like a little lady doesn't like you much. Oh, well, you can't win them all Yeah, thanks. I'm sure Helen's simply tired mr. Dollar Mr.. Stacy here tells me he was quite a good friend of my brother's Sure partner Andy Forbes and I was the best of buddies Well, I didn't see you at his party the other night. Well, he asked me of course, but I just couldn't make it I tell you though dog defy wouldn't have been there if I'd have known it was gonna be old Andy's last party. Oh Excuse me, ma'am Right, how long had you known for mr. Stacy years dollar years? Well, Andy and me was always bumping into each other in the darned its places Cairo, Paris, Copenhagen. I tell you it was always a barrel of laughs when we got together Why I'll never forget one night and little old day car we Say we're gonna be in day car in a couple of days, aren't we? I believe so. Oh, yeah I suppose everybody will be going ashore for you Brad Well, you don't want to miss day car why I can show you some places you just wouldn't believe I tell you what why don't we get up a little party? Mr. Stacy. It sounds very pleasant, but I'm afraid you'll have to excuse me I'm not quite in the mood for sightseeing. Oh, I understand sure enough miss Forbes. We're done. How about you? Yeah, we'll see. Yeah Well anybody here to join me for a walk around the deck. No, thanks. I gotta keep up my appetite, you know See you later, but don't you forget about day car. It'll be a ball Yeah, it'll be a barrel of fun Miss Forbes, yes, did your brother ever mention this character Stacy to you? No Of course Andrew had many strange friends that he didn't mention to me. Yeah, I'm sure he did I went back to my statero this time the door was closed and there was no order of perfumes But when I went in I saw that I'd had a visitor again and this time he or she had been much more thorough The room was torn apart from one end to the other I Sat down tired and beat I I thought of that building tile somebody tried to drop on me at Cape Town and the bang on the head I'd collected in my hotel room. I Knew that whoever I was after was also after me And now it looked like a third party was involved whoever had torn up my room must have figured I might have the diamond Sheila Helen Stacy. It could be any of them or even worse. It could be somebody I didn't even know about One thing was sure I was no closer to that king-sized diamond Pretty soon we'd be getting to the car and once everybody had the chance to get a show my chances of getting the diamond back We're practically zero. I had a strong and sickening hunch that the car could be the end of the trail for me And I didn't like it. Oh, here's our star to tell you about tomorrow's episode of this week's story tomorrow My one good lead jump ship the hard way Join us. Won't you yours truly Johnny dollar yours truly Johnny dollar starring Bob Bailey is Transcribed in Hollywood written by Robert Reich. It is produced and directed by Jack John Stone Be sure to join us tomorrow night same time and station for the next exciting episode of yours truly Johnny dollar Roy Rowan speaking