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Yeah, didn't you once go around with a brunette named Helen Lofton? Helen Lofton sure still do now and then Why lieutenant Monday your night off? Maybe a month ago. Hey, what is this you sound real official? Yeah, I know sometimes I just me Hey, wait a minute Matthews is Helen in trouble Not now, but she was a five o'clock this afternoon somebody put a bullet in the neck. You think of anything? Let me know will you might as well have hit me in the stomach with a hammer Helen Lofton are good to look at girl with soft black hair and clear hazel eyes Gets a big charge out of life Helen is I mean was a great girl And she'd always had enough sense not to waste time on the kind of people who put bullets and other people For a long few minutes. I just sat in my apartment and felt sorry Then I began to want to get my hands on a lever and pull the trigger By the time I got downtown and walked into the Morgan tenants office that urged you to become a big hot lump in my chest Hello, Chester. Yes, change around here lately. You got a Helen Lofton. I'd like to pay my respects. I can't stop you boy Oh, yeah, she's still on a table. You'll have a little company back there lieutenant Matthews. Oh, he's still here He's been in and out all evening. Hey, can you find your way? All right? Yeah. Thanks, Chester Didn't expect you in person Marlowe. You could have called Got something to offer on the Lofton girl him. Yeah My services Matthews How much did she mean to you Phil? Enough to make this real personal What have you got on it Matthews? Nothing Neighbor reported the shot found Helen's body spilled down some stairs at the side of her house Mm-hmm was a 32 at close range no reason no motive no leads Unless you can call this a clue, which I don't let's see that It could be the hind leg of one of Helen's glass donkeys, you know, she collected them. Oh No, I was on the stairs near the body Hey, look Matthews, you don't mind me sticking my two cents in this. Do you it'll do me a lot of good No, I don't mind Just keep me posted, huh? I drove out Sunset Boulevard then north on Camino Avenue to the neat little house where Helen had lived Sat very quietly back under some big Magnolia trees Someone had drawn the blinds on the two front windows and it made them look like like a pair of closed eyes I walked around to the side door on the stairs where they found her body and that's when I noticed the light on inside the house The door was unlocked. So I went in Light was coming from the bedroom and when I got to that door, I saw a girl Blonde with hollican horn rims moving stiffly Like a lost some nambulist. I watched her drag one slow thing to the full length of the dresser When that was over a I said Hello, I was a friend of Helen's Philip Marlowe you Lily Hughes you you startled me. I thought I was alone in here and After all that's happened. Yeah Did you? Do you know Helen pretty well? Yes, I Was just about our only girlfriend You see we work together in the same office and had the same boss Like I guess they're gonna want me to do something about all of her things now. Yeah, it's real tough Everything in the house is just another reminder Even this little Sherry the candy It's all right sit down drink it at least it'll do you good Look Lila I gotta know why this happened to Helen. It doesn't make sense. Can you help me any idea at all? No, no, the police have already talked to me about it Please mr.. No, I know this is unpleasant for you, but I need some answers But over a month since I saw last who's she been going with lately. I Don't know Helen never said much about a date Who's your boss mr. Matthew? Oh, she dated him a few times, but so have I Surely you don't think mr.. No, I just want to talk to him. That's all it's Norman Matthew Matthew real estate company on Wilshire. He lives on Ogden Drive 3848. Thanks Lila Well, I'll be on my way now Hey look, maybe you better come too, huh? Let all this go until tomorrow when you're feeling better Yeah, I guess you're right. I turned out the light and snapped the lock as we left Then walked the sad little blonde as far as her coop got a red dress on Beachwood Drive and saw her off After that I went to my own car before I got in I I looked back at Helen's house once more and tried to shake the empty loose ends Feeling it had given me. I was snapped out of that mood in a hurry The man with a half an acre of Ford had just twisted out of sight behind a tree truck in the backyard I started for him and he broke and ran toward the wall in the alley. It was a six-footer He rolled across the top and fell over When I got there he was up and gone. He had that time to get out of the alley, but it was empty Which could only mean he was laying for me. Come here. You don't mr. This time Oh Neighborhoods is no soft and trash any place else when I finally got clear of it. The for it was God Figured all I had to show was one of his patch pockets, which I still had crunched in my hand, but there was something else Glittering on the ground is what had been in that pocket a little glass donkey with a hind leg missing On the way back I stopped once and tried to call Matthews, but he was out So I drove on down to Ogden Drive as far as number 3848 a gray at the temple's type in blue flannel opened up. Yes Mr. Matthew Are you a reporter? No, I'm a friend of Helen Lofton's Also, I'm a private detective named Marlowe. I'd like to talk to you Private detective Who hired you mr. Marlowe? Who are you working for myself? Like I said Helen was a friend of mine Well, I I'm quite busy Marlowe, but come in back this way to the den I've already been interviewed by the police. You may be again. It's not quite like being vaccinated mr. Matthew No Just why have you come here to see me because I intend to find out who shot Helen What makes you think I'd have the remotest idea nothing special She worked for you didn't she so do several other people you dated her Yes, I did She was a very attractive girl, but that was no reason for me to kill her. There was no reason for anybody to kill her Mr. Matthew suppose I was to tell you that I'm acquainted with your wife. Oh So that's it You cheap blackmail and get out and you do have a wife, huh? Now look here Marl, you don't have to be sly with me I'm not hiding anything ask me what you want to know and get out of here I'll come this is Matthew doesn't object when you dine and dance the office help because we've been separated for several years Separated but not divorced. That's right. Mmm. She lives in San Diego and we have as little as possible to do with each other My bank takes care of our only mutual interest She refuses to give me a divorce to tell the police all this they didn't ask They happen to ask where you were this afternoon about five as a matter of fact, they didn't I wasn't being treated as a Suspect then and I don't intend to be now Okay, mr. Matthew. Where were you? Now look, I'm a private detective remember. I'm not even taking notes. All right motto. All right Been having business troubles lately a lot on my mind. I Was out driving in my car trying to relax can't prove it. Can you? No probably not I Don't expect to have to try all right. Tell me something else You happen to know anything about a man with a very high for it a young guy maybe 30 about Six feet tall. Yes. Yes, I do Helen went out the fellow like that recently. What's his name Victor? Samurai I think bye Well, I ran across him tonight and I didn't like his His attitude Sure, that's it. I'll bet on it. What? What are you staring at? This ashtray. No At a little ducky in front of a bedding window Thanks for everything Matthew. I'll see you The ashtray on the table behind Matthew's desk have been made of baked clay in the shape of a sombrero a Keepsake from old Mexico that kicked hard at my memory At least it was a thought well worth the price of a phone call a tier one So I drove as far as the first payphone which was at an all-night mobile gas station Got a handful of change while my car was being gasped put the call through to my old friend Senor Mike Donahue would given up reporting in Chicago for editing south of the border We are ready on your call now, sir Hello Mike Later on listen Mike, I'm trying to find out about a glass donkey a witch a donkey made of glass a souvenir mule It's got silver shoes and a silver halter Out by the bedding windows, that's right can't buy him any place else Mike That I know why you want some oh, I've already got one well, thanks a lot Mike. You've been a big help What's the matter? How I got a big front-page mystery spread if I can get a little more dope Every year of a babe around LA named Mrs. Norman Matthew. Mrs. No Mrs. Norman Matthew. Yeah Holy smoke, I'll say so what Mike? What's the story? Run over Mike you said it was a mystery story. Yeah Yeah, Mike somebody sure did To make every day more enjoyable treat yourself often to refreshing delicious wriggly spearmint chewing gum The lively full-bodied real mint flavor cools your mouth Moistens your throat Frashens your taste and the chewing itself gives you a little lift helps you keep going at your best So for real chewing enjoyment, that's refreshing and long-lasting always keep wriggly spearmint chewing gum handy Healthful delicious wriggly spearmint gum will make every day more enjoyable Now with our star Gerald Moore the second act of Philip Marlowe and tonight's exciting story the glass donkey When I hung up on Mike Donahue in the news of Mrs. Matthews violent death on a lonely road outside of Tijuana I postponed trying to figure it all out until I had called Lieutenant Matthews at homicide I've asked him to meet me at the bar. I was at Ten minutes later Matthews was sitting opposite me and chewing on a cold pipe while I filled him in on how easy Phil I'm a slow and steady boy now question who killed Helen law answer whoever killed Mrs. Norman Matthew Why where's the tie glass donkey? I just told you about it came from Tijuana So so I figured that whoever sent it there Helen was one a friend who knew should get a kick out of a trinket like that Yeah, and to send it before he or she decided to kill Mrs. Matthew Oh, and therefore said friend had to get the glass donkey back because if traced it would place the killer until you wanna Where sooner or later Mrs. Matthews body had to be found that right? That's so very right and all that brings us back Only one thing Mrs. Matthews killer also got Helen Lofton was forced. Yeah. Yeah, it could be but look now feel the tough You look lonely full on maybe two beers two beers, huh? And he's special vintage. Yeah the kind with such non-stop. Goodbye comic. Okay. Okay. No offense What was I oh, yeah, we're saying for the tough one now who killed Mrs. Matthews mr. Matthews the motive Yeah, the best motive he hated his wife Also Matthews when I talked to him He was real vague about his whereabouts lately and for a clincher. He did know Helen Lofton well enough and long enough To send her a cheap trinket as in donkey made a glass now you impressed a little but you're holding back I'm what no no not on me on yourself. Look, I know you you don't usually leave bad conclusions and over facts That isn't your style trying to tell you Matthew You know I told Kelly about that crack you made Mr.. Skip it here and goodbye again. We're busy. Yeah Too bad. We ain't got tablecloth. You could have impressed me writing down big numbers You tipper. I'll break your arm. Now look at Phil. Could you be a little bit prejudiced about this guy? I feel Yeah Sure, I'm prejudice. I Just don't like Norman Matthews stuff. He kissed her and something else I might as well admit I keep skipping that guy with a mile-high for it Yeah boyfriend named big Sam row because I don't exactly know how he figures in I'm too impatient to wait around for the answer. Oh What is it though a game lieutenant call speaking of the devil adult look now, maybe it's forehead Matthews He was in the next booth catching it all. He's at the front door now. See but he isn't running yet He's just paying his check Lieutenant, how about trying that cigarette machine over there while you talk to me like I was still here I'll take the back entrance out to the sidewalk. You'll know if I need help Matthews underplate his part neatly and I got out the back door to the street where I spotted Sam Rao some 50 yards ahead Walking slowly toward an empty car new green Nash that was parked close to mine But then suddenly he started running like he just backed into a blowtorch before I knew what he had piled into his car When I was in mind and after him the street became that much narrow as a truck the size of a battle wagon lurched out of a Side alley without so much thinking about a full stop. Yes stupid clown You hurt me muscles Yeah, and the big lettuce spell police nugget back in your cab there await we'll chat in a bit Oh, yeah, sure. Whatever you say officer only this check was in a row That still is just a big blank to fill in yeah, but while we're trying lieutenant the mind if I drop in on mr. Matthew again alone. I mean I'd like to try pinning the leg of that ducky on him. All right, so but be careful I it's fragile. You know made of glass Yeah, do you mind if I come in again mr. Matthew? Frankly, I do mono. I don't feel very well your wife was murdered mr. Matthew wife Murdered still mind if I come in where did it happen mono? In San Diego Mono, I asked you where it happened in Tijuana ever been there. Yes, of course What are you looking for just looking Only your last day of Matthew. I don't know maybe a month six weeks ago. Not Saturday night, huh? No, I'm not Saturday night Matthew's ever sent Helen Lofton a present See here, who do you think you are and exactly? What are you looking for a waste basket that isn't empty? You keep a very tidy place mr. Matthew, which has what to do with my wife being dead model. Are you out of your mind? Maybe? But also maybe not maybe I'm real smart Maybe I've come to the right place to look for an empty package and a piece of wrapping paper That would be addressed to miss Helen Lofton in your handwriting and postmark Tijuana, Mexico Tijuana a large piece of wrapping paper and a large package stuffed with excelsior Was once home to a glass dunk in which you had to get back from Helen Lofton before she got it Or if you were too late for that killer and then get it back for anyone else knew about it That's still leave me out of my mind Matthew Absolutely, we'll see After we try the backyard and you're incinerator wait a minute You know the law says you can't light it at the 10 of the a.m. Matthew If you're the one stamp guilty you wouldn't want to harass suspicion stop on this has gone far enough You're not the police which means I don't need any more of a search warrant than this I Caught him right He plopped to the floor face down like it was made of wet wash I rolled him over and was sure that a return engagement was still a long way off I cut the lights then went through the house and out into the kind of backyard that you had to call a garden Beyond all the moon-bathed beauty and half hidden by a fountain that was backed up by an Ivy Tressa was what I wanted Short squat scarred ugly incinerator The door was metal cold and inside I found more encouragement None of the paper that was jammed three feet deep in the burn I started tossing the stuff out counting more in the field and sound of wrapping paper than anything else Once I stopped short It was only a grocery sack The second time I stopped short. I had a better reason Malo. You're wasting your time there Wow Mr. Victor Sam Rao. Yeah, or as you put it the guy with a mile high forehead I wouldn't get touchy Sam Rao. You were swinging the dock I had remember. I'm sorry about that I didn't know we were both in the same side Take it easy Victor. You wouldn't try to set me up again. Would you why the sudden change of heart? Because now I know that you're in the up-and-up Malo. I overheard you talking that police lieutenant and also the Mexican newspaper man Well bully for you eavesdropper, but also you ran why I was afraid you turned me over to that lieutenant Malo listen from the start. I've been trying to find Helen's killer. That's why I've been following you I found that glass donkey in her porch and both he get right to the point Malo I can tell you that the one who killed Helen and Mr. Matthew The shock that had come from the shadow driveway close into the house one Sam Rao and a half circling by the time He coughed screw to the ground. I had my 38 in the hand and it covered the distance across the garden I was too late to do anything Except I identify the figure I saw take off in a sedan is Mr. Norman Matthew. This was some help Not to Victor Sam Rao back in the garden. He had managed to crawl as far as the small pond that surrounded the fountain There he had died One hand have submerged in the dark cold water. The other clutching his chest blood soaked him and discolored another way I must have stared at it for a full 30 seconds before it suddenly began to add for me Add fast to the only backyard left in the spot where I could get to Matthew and maybe stop a third murder Lila Hughes place on Beachwood Drive It was all the push I needed When I pulled up away from the place and got out of my car and ran for the back only 10 minutes gone by and I was glad ever Because standing next to an open still smoking incinerator He's a charred paper in his hand, but I knew was the remains of the rapper. I'd been acting was Norman Matthew Opposite him a gun in a hand was Lila Hughes The shy shy blonde Lila you you're crazy insane Well, I saw you shoot Victor Sam Rao You must have killed of course it was me, honey. I killed him. I killed Helen. I killed your wife About her. I'm not sorry. I'd do it again How could you plan an ugly Anything darling. I ran into her by accident To you one is a small place. We we started sociably We had a few drinks to drive to the outskirts in my car and then talk Talk of you darling. I Knew I could have you with her out of the way Helen was no threat you gave her up. So so there was no one else to stand between us and Honey, you hated your wife, but nothing. It was all very simple darling Helen Well Helen was different You see I had to kill her that piece of wrapping paper there that you just snatched from me that the paper I sent Helen a little gift in That's the reason Norman I Did have to kill her and now you do have to kill me too Don't you know No darling now the killing is done. I did it all for you darling. Don't you understand? You see You don't know what you're saying honey. I tell you I did all this for you remember that I'm gonna ever forget it Don't move Lila. Don't breathe Stop your gun there at your feet No No, I think I'll use it again Even if you shoot I'll use it. We belong together Norman and I and we're gonna beat Molo she She did think she could shoot Even if you did didn't you? Yeah That's what she thought. All right Matthew Call the police They know where they can find me. Yeah, Matthews. I'm sorry I've been out walking. What do you want to know? Victor Samarrow his hand was burned blistered red that and what he had to say to me about us being on the same track Lila Hughes was the only other one who was both close enough to Helen the center that glass donkey in at the same time Even remotely connected with Matthew. I guess His tack all night was to follow me When he tried to pick my trail up again after running from the bar he thought Lila Hughes place might be the answer And out he was right Real right. Yes, I might then With of course her taking off after him. Look anything else Matthews Hmm. No No, no Matthews. I wasn't in love with it. Yeah Good night Matthews out of there I'll come down to headquarters in the morning a crying shame Remember friends to make every day more enjoyable treat yourself often to refreshing delicious wriggly spearmint chewing gum There's lots of cooling real mint flavor in every stick and chewing wriggly spearmint helps keep you feeling fresh and alert You feel better work better get more fun out of doing things So indoors outdoors wherever you go keep some healthful refreshing wriggly spearmint chewing gum handy To make every day more enjoyable treat yourself often to delicious wriggly spearmint chewing gum The adventures of Philip Marlowe presented by Wrigley spearmint gum Bring you Raymond Chandler's most famous character and star Gerald Moore Philip Marlowe is produced and directed by Norman McDonnell and written for radio by Robert Mitchell and Jean Levitt featured in the transcribed cast where John Stephenson Michael Ann Barrett William Lolley Bill Johnstone Vivi Janice and Vic Perron Detective Lieutenant Matthews is played by Larry Dobkin The special music is composed and conducted by Richard around The makers of Wrigley spearmint chewing gum hope you've enjoyed tonight's adventure of Philip Marlowe and that you're enjoying Wrigley spearmint gum every day We invite you to be with us next week when Philip Marlowe says This time it got off to a swashbuckling start at a pirate's cove a map to a fortune in black pearls ran past a beautiful island girl a conniving Malayan merchant and stopped at a wild man from Borneo dead in a rusty Hulk all In the quiet outskirts of Los Angeles Bob Stephenson speaking. 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