 And now, the Mole Mystery Theater, presented by M-O-L-L-E. Mole, the heavier brushless shaving cream for tough whiskers or a tender skin. This is Jeffrey Barn, welcoming you to the Mole Mystery Theater, the program that presents the best in mystery and detective fiction. Tonight's story by Joseph Roscoe features the return of our Mystery Theater's most popular comedy character, Kenny Angle, the delightful little Broadway tout who has an angle for every situation, but always lands behind the eight ball. And Carl Eastman will again play the title role. In tonight's story, Kenny Angle's and the Queen of Diamonds, Kenny's troubles are started by a play written by a 17th century French playwright, Jean Racine. Remember that name, Jean Racine, for only Kenny Angle's could get into hot water because of the works of a man who died two and a half centuries ago. Well, Mr. Barn, some fellas get into trouble the hard way and some do it the easy way. For instance, it's a cinch to get into shaving trouble if you have tough whiskers or a tender skin. But not if you shave with Mole, the heavier brushless shaving cream, because with Mole, it's smooth, so smooth, it's slick, so slick. It's a smooth, smooth, slick, slick shave you get with M-O-L-L-E. Mole, the heavier brushless shaving cream for tough whiskers or a tender skin. And now for tonight's Mole Mystery, Kenny Angle's and the Queen of Diamonds. Such thing should happen to me. To me, Kenny Angle's. I always know in the right time a gimmick or two. So why am I always landing behind the eight ball? You're laughing, huh? It's something to laugh. They're going to chop me up by hamburger, you hear? By hamburger. A couple of days ago, everything's normal, see? Keeping my nose clean, this and that, doing the best they can with a scratch sheet. When low, I'm picked up at the racetrack, bumrushed, the police headquarters where Inspector Macy seizes me with a most amazing remark. All right. Angle yourself out of this, Kenny. Where is the Queen of Diamonds? The Queen of Diamonds. Where is she? Where is she? Who is she? You tell me. Tell me that too. Who and where is she? My goodness, such double talk. Who and where is the Queen of Sheba? Of diamonds, Kenny Angle. I'm talking about diamonds and a gang of international jewel thieves you're mixed up with, see? Me? Hey, this is like a dream. Like a crazy looking glass. Inspector, remember me? I am just a simple horse player. I don't even know what you're talking about. Oh, no. Well, I'm talking about a jewel ring that smuggled a million dollars in hot rocks out of the country in the past year. Famous heirlooms that no fence would touch with a ten-foot pole. A ring headed by a mysterious dame we long would try to lay our hands on called the Queen of Diamonds. We believe you can tell us her identity. Me? My goodness. Did this like a double feature? Who is the Queen of Diamonds, Kenny? You tell me. I can use a buck myself. No. Kenny, you were at Mindy's last night at 7 p.m.? Yeah. So what? So you just cooked your own goose. You cooperate the testimony of another weirdie I'm holding on suspicion. Cock-Eye Romanov. Cock-Eye Romanov? Yes, who confesses under oath that you accosted him at Mindy's at 7 o'clock last night and promised that for a fee you could put him next to a fortune, something real hot, whereupon you whispered into his ear the Queen of Diamonds. The Queen of Diamonds? The Queen of Diamonds. Angle your way out of that, Kenny. Holy cow. So that's what... Inspector, that was a horse running at Hylia in the third. What? A long shot. A hundred to one bet. Honest, check it. Go ahead. Get a racing form. I will, Corkscrew. Don't worry. Wait till I tell this one to Mr. Farple. Here, you better consult your shyster lawyer, because even if I see it, I won't believe it. And I still think you know more than you're willing to tell. Get it? A lot more. Now, now, get out of here. What are you thinking at, Mr. Farple? Ain't that a hot one? Did you ever hear anything... Quiet, I'm thinking. Yeah, but... That's stricken dumb. But I'm absolutely in a clear, ain't I? I don't know. Take a few off my desk. Oh, sure. So there was a long shot named the Queen of Diamonds? Yeah. You think Inspector Maciel let it go with that? Smells a new ranch in trouble. So cut out my heart. What do I know about Julties? Mr. Farple, do you mean this thing's something to worry about? What am I, a crook? Quiet. Get locked, Julties. But me, it comes the hard way. Kenny, tell me before I go out of my mind. Yeah, Mr. Farple. How do you manage to get in the middle of everything? How is it nothing ever happens without you and a wood plier? How is it I stay out of jail defending a client like you? But Mr. Farple, I'm in the clear. In the clear, don't you realize the inspector is convinced you're mixed up with the Queen of Diamonds gang? So maybe they don't call you Angles for nothing. Kenny, I haven't sold your talent short, perhaps? Mr. Farple. Yeah. Anyhow, he won't rest till he gets you behind bars. He'll haunt you. Have you taken? No. If you make one false move. No, no, no. Let go of my lapels. What do you advise me to do? Take care. Develop pneumonia. No, no. Tell me, Mr. Farple, advise me. All right. Get out of my lap. Can you stay out of trouble for 24 hours? It's a crucial period. Just 24 hours, Kenny. Sure, how? Stay away from the Angles. You're known haunts. Playoff races, pool rooms, two-headed quarters. Go somewhere you can't get into trouble and phone me every hour. Go to a library, Maiden. A lot? That's it. What a brainstorm. A library. What can possibly happen to you there? Yeah. Get culture. Go to the public library. What's that book you're eating, pal? The Merchant of Venice. Good mystery? You're good. You can go nuts in here like a morgue. Say, pal, you think I can get a race in form here? Diamond. Think I can get a race? Diamond, sir. It's better in jail. I'm going to speak to that female warden. Maybe she's got one at that. Yes, sir? I'd like... Oh. Say. You're a little... Librarian? Librarian, yes. And I've been wasting my time with horses. May I help you? Ugh. What have you got in mind? Now look here. I'm busy. What do you want? Okay, okay, warden. Just point out my heart. What I want is a... Do you happen to have a race in... Racine? Huh? Yeah. A racine. Racine? Shh. Since when? Dance. Here? Shh. Dance? I'm gay. I have it for you here. Huh? Racine. Oh, that racine. Take it. This book. This book? What a form. Stop flirting, dance. Hm? Get going. What? Pages 9 to 12. Pages... See, you're sure this is it? I wanted... You know, the one that calls all the plays on racine. Yes, sir. The plays of racine in one volume. Take the book and scram and don't tip it. You'll get your head knocked off. Get to the airport quicker. She wants me to light barrier. Right away she wants to dance. I talk about racing, she makes with racing. I ask for racing form. She gives me a big fat book and tells me to scram. So in a day's I scram. But just as I stagger out of the light barrier, I snap out of it and I ask myself, what is this? What am I, an errand boy? She wants me to deliver this where? Eh, fart is mustache. And I'm just thinking to throw the fuck in the gutter when the voice accosts me out of nowhere. I say just a moment, Thorpe. Dance. You too? Dance. Here in the street? What is this, a craze? Hey, wait, ain't you the merchant of Venice? The guy in the library there, I was just... Thorpe, he is not dance shit. I don't think so, Adam, anyway, Al. But he knew the password, Racine. How? Find out. Hey, put down that gun! Let's have it quick, sir. I know funny business. Hand it over. Oh, my golly, what is this, a stick up? You and Roland cannot smart. Hand over that. The book book. The police. Follow the police. You three there, see we are. Hand the freeze. Don't shoot him, an innocent bystander! Anyway, let's make a break for it. Come on. It's falling through now. What's that you carrying? Huh? Am I seeing things? A book? I don't know, Princess, but there's something about it. Must be worth the fortune. What? A couple of modes were just about to bump me off for it. Are you kidding? For this book? For this book? Eh, let's see it. Hmm. The plays are Racine. Oh, horse book, huh? Yeah, right, only you call it Racine. Racine? Since when? Since that's the high-tongue way to say it. Hey, Kenny, look. Some pages stuck here. Yeah, three pages. Set a glue together, huh? From nine to twelve. Yeah, nine to... I... What's the matter? I don't know, but that thing in the library, she warned me something about it, but I... I don't remember why. Such funny things, she said, like she says, don't tip it. Don't tip it. Or I'll get my head knocked off. Very mysterious. So look, I'm tipping it. So what? Such a funny girl. Impulsive, you know? Right away she wants to start dancing. Dancing? Right down the library? Right down the library. Like the funniest influences. Yeah? Them stick-up guys. One of them I saw reading a mystery in a library. He wanted to dance, too. With the librarian? No, with me. Out in the street. Then his stooge makes with some strange remarks that I don't know how to dance at all. I'm no dancer. That's when he stick me up for this book. But then the cops come shooting, we all take on a lamb, and here I am. Hey, Kenny. You sure your head's wound up, right? I begin to wonder. Let's see that horse book again. It's white murder. Why? No, if it was diamonds, I could... I gave it here. You don't trust me? You're wrong, pal. Look, we'll both hold onto it. Okay, let's give it the once over. What's this? Well, it's a poem. It's all poems. Yeah, what's that got to do with racing? Very mysterious. Let's read one. Maybe it'll give a clue, huh? Rashman, where would Stal go? Beware thou, do not step beyond this spot. I don't get it. Read it the way. Rashman. Wait a minute, wait a minute. Yeah? Holy mackerel, I see it now. Yeah, yes. What did I say that strange, like very in one mirror, I get my head knocked off? Not to tip it. It's like fun. Don't give away the tip she won. Huh? Now, read this here first line again. Read it. Go on. Rashman. Stop it. Don't you see it now? See what? The angle. I'm a made man, a millionaire. Anyone would come at night if I spoke. It is on racing, but it's a secret code of surefire winners. Flinces Malloy. Little Rash is running in a sixth at San Anita today at 40 to 1. The place of bet on a horse called Little Rash. As our play resumes, Kenny is in a phone booth calling his lawyer Alexander Farfel. Oh, Mr. Farfel? This is Kenny. A mirror. Close the door, will you? Listen, Mr. Farfel, I'm in a hurry. I call to say everything's honky. See? Don't worry. I'm going to get fabulous. Oh, wait. It all happened like a dream. Put a book again, huh? Give it here. They're beautiful. Well, I just want to look at it again. Just want to look at it for free, huh? Well, I got a formula here that'll land me in close. Hey, Kenny. You wouldn't hold out on a pal. Cut me in on that book. You got ready, Cash? Uh, Finn. Okay, for five bucks, I'll tell you one page. One page? Okay. So, hey, and that gives me another angle. I got a nice, bright book here, and I need a quick title. Hey, what are you tearing more around? Blesses? Spread the word. Circulate amongst the boys and pass the news. I've been a page to one and all. From the police, I will save you. Who are you taking me? The name is Dance. Theater, P, dance. And I am taking you to the Queen of Diamonds. And now, the blindfold I shall remove from your eyes. Allow me. Where am I? What are you going to do with me? Listen, I swear, this is some terrible mistake. What would the Queen of Diamonds want with me? Who is she? So, it is off. And here she is. The Queen of Diamonds. Before you. What? That ain't possible. May I help you, sir? The librarian. I went out the blindage. I said love there, huh? Some urgent advantage. Very sleek, senor hijacker. And this guy's manual. You two guerrillas stuck me up in that dance character. Oh, ma'am, what are you doing in such company? In my book, I had you down his soul. So refined. Shut up. Where is that book? Quick. Don't talk, eh, Japan? We'll fix that. Who hired you for the hijacking job? The ruffles gang? What? Good job. What gang? What are you talking about? Get out of the screen. Thank you. What's your name, little man? Kenny Angles. Kenny, I have here a lighted cigarette. Watch it. It's coming slowly towards your nose. Now talk. Where is that book? I don't know. Where is that book? I tell you, I don't know. I lost it. I forget where. It's coming closer. Don't be infatuated. I saw. Where is that book? You had it when I trailed you into that bookie joint. What did you do with that, please? Where is it? Where is it? Well, it'll come to me in a minute. Close. Don't worry. You're worrying I go away to tip you wrong on my mother's grave. Close. You say I don't give a way to tip my mouth to shield. Shut the little rash with butchers. It's right near your nose now. Hey, my nose! Don't! Tainted. There's $300,000 worth of diamonds glued together on the pages of that book. Well, he doesn't know that. So what's he holding out for? And what's he done with that book? And all those diamonds! Let's give him and the devil. No. Well, let's give us the diamonds. You scram to the other room, boys. Leave me alone with this jerk. I'll get results. Ah, do it. I had my bet. As you say. Yes, my pet. My baby. Hmm? There, there, my little one. Shush, shush. You're in my arms, dear. It's all right. Oh, the Liberian. Yeah. Oh, keep doing what you're doing. This is a dream. This is a dream. It's no dream. Hold me tight. Yeah. Move, the Queen of Diamonds! It's a Liberian. Time to host the Queen of Diamonds. My twin sister. So what happened to your twin sister? What ever happened to twin sister? I don't know what happened. Quick, quick. I'm going to speak to you. Do you know who I really am? Wait a minute. Wait, it all comes back like a mist. Right here in this room. Just now. You were tortured. Shush, Justin, that Kenny. Please believe me. My life's in danger. You must help me. Hmm? I'm pretending to play their game, see. But they want that book, Kenny, and they want it bad. The book? Hold the book. And as I lay subconscious, I heard somebody mention diamonds. Did you read pages 9 to 12? Oh, they were stuck. The diamonds are a stall. If you'd read those pages, you'd know what they're playing for. I know. No! Espionage. Hmm? They're after our military secrets. Your military secrets? What are you talking about? There's blueprints hidden in that book I gave you. Plans of our country's defenses. The book itself is from hunger. What? Racine? That ain't a book of horse tips. What? Horse tips? Of course not, darling. All along I thought it was... Those men are spies. Hmm? I'm happy I placed me here to expose them. And you must help me. Oh, gosh! Oh, I'm so scared. Hold me closer. Hmm? Do you like me better without my glasses? Hmm. This ain't happening to me, is it? You've only got a minute to kiss me. Yeah, but I did... Hmm? Hmm? Hmm? Hmm? Hmm? Hmm? Well, I wake up, she'll be gone like a mist. Then why wake up? What's your name? Elspeth. Then who's the queen of diamonds? My twin sister. Then what happened to your twin sister? Whatever happens to twin sister... Then who are you? The Ibarian. Oh, I didn't get it the first time. The mob only thinks I'm the queen of diamonds because I'm identical, see? With my sister I knew. I get you. Don't kill me when they find out. No! But I can't go away till my duty's done. Get it? Yeah! That's why I have to move fast. That's why you've got to help me. Do you want to? Well, sure, Elspeth. To save your country? Sure, but how? We've got to catch these crooks. Red-handed. Red-handed. The FBI. Now, where is it? Where is that book? You sure it ain't a horse system? Absolutely not. Then how account for little red? Must have got in by mistake somehow. Well, are you a patriot? Are you with me? Think of the fun we could have together. Well, I'm with you, Elspeth. Oh, you darling. Well, now where is it? Where is it now? Blinces. What's that? A pal. He swiped it from me at the bookie joint. Blinces Malloy. Blinces Malloy. Now, Kenny, no matter what I say or do, trust me. I trust you. All right, boys. Come on out. Yes, I know. It's up to you. And how? In just a moment, we'll bring you act three of Kenny Angles and the Queen of Diamonds. Now, a word from George Putnam. 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Lenzis, what did you do with that book you cut for me? What did you do with it? Who among these characters would you, Kenny? I have a mind. What did you do with it? The book on racing? The book on racing. I sold a hundred and twenty-two pages, and an itchy finnigan snatched it for me. Come on, Howard. She wanted to do with that book. I lost all my friends here. Turn you to truth, Kenny. I better turn it pages. Business was going like hot kicks. And crypto grimes ran out with the book. I mean, Kenny, there was only to cover and three pages left by the time I fell into my hands. Ask your friend what three pages, Kenny. Search me, sister. I can't even read. Anyhow, they was pasted together. What did you do with those three pages? Sola for a douche. To who? To a mouthpiece I know by name Alizanna Fawful. My lawyer! You sure this is where Fawful lives, Kenny? Sure else, but right here. A bit of a trap here. What else? All right, boys. Get set for some fast work. The book is ours, see? Ring the bell. To the Queen of Diamonds. You've got me, Inspector, but can you keep me? Queen of Diamonds! Come for the Diamonds Queen, but you see, I had the same idea. So I came one step ahead to welcome you with pages nine to twelve. Diamonds? Pages nine to twelve? Oh, well, it's such a dirty pool. Hello, Angles. Hello, Inspector. I knew you'd lead us to your boss. My boss? Very clever, Queen, getting a job at the public library. Then she ain't identical. Shut up, you, you watchtremendals. Me? What to case a library for stolen jewels. Inspector, Inspector Macy, Mike, I hope you don't think that I had anything to... Run out of Angles, Kenny. Well, ma'am. We've rounded up the whole Queen of Diamonds gang. Take him away! Hey, Mr. Farfel, so I'm telling you, like he said, do something! It's all your fault. After all, you advised me to go drop the library to stay out of trouble. My gosh, it shouldn't happen to a dog. Mr. Farfel, this time I'm really on the spot. They're gonna chop me up for hamburger. You're here for hamburger! Quite a lot! Oh, yeah, don't see what you can do for me, because you had the book. Inspector thought you were involved, too, and why you might sell me? Mr. Farfel, Mr. Farfel, don't you sit there with your head in your hands? Say something! Kenny Angles, commit suicide. The Mystery Theater is composed and conducted by Alexander Semmler. Kenny Angles and the Queen of Diamonds was written by Joseph Ruskall and starred Carl Eastman. Elspeth Eric and Ralph Bell were featured in tonight's performance. Any similarity between the names and characters used on this show and any actual person's living or dead is purely coincidental. Thought about it, but when you're too tired, you get depressed. Apprehensive. You have two strikes on you from the start. Now, if you're often that tired and pale besides, your doctor may find you have a borderline anemia, resulting from a ferronutritional blood deficiency. In that case, take ironized yeast tablets. They help build up your strength by building up your red blood cells. So take ironized yeast tablets to get back your energy, your enthusiasm, your healthy color. Ask for ironized yeast tablets. And now this is Dan Seymour again saying good night until next week at this same time when the Mystery Theater presents to the end of the world.