 From Hollywood, it's time now for Johnny dollar Yes, I'm returning the call you made to mr. Ellis Rasmussen If you will state your business, I shall be glad to transmit it to him You tell mr. Rasmussen I'm an insurance investigator from Hartford and the matter involves a member of his own family. Oh Young mr. Rasmussen. Yes Could you hold on a moment, sir? I could Mr. Rasmussen will send a car for you at six o'clock. Look I can take a cab it Oh, well Bob Bailey in the exciting adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator. Yes truly Johnny dollar Expense account submitted by special investigator Johnny dollar to the Universal Adjustment Bureau Hartford, Connecticut The following is an account of expenses incurred during my investigation of the Rasmussen matter Expense account item one two hundred and four dollars and thirty-five cents airfare from Hartford to San Francisco to Los Angeles Trying to compile the details of the Rasmussen case I've been on it three days when I was Stonewall in Los Angeles with a home be Hills address and the phone number of Ellis Rasmussen At six o'clock a liberate chauffeur in a maculet uniform stepped up to me at the desk Mr. Dollar. Yes, my name is stopper sir. I have mr. Rasmussen's car outside Well gee whiz stopper Ain't it the truth? A few minutes later when we turned into the lush green home be Hills section I had a suspicion I was about to deal with a bona fide millionaire When we parked in front of the big two-story colonial home and a man with graying hair and swallowtail coat stepped out of the door Well, I knew I was gonna meet the real article Party sir. Hello, Hardy and mr. Rasmussen is waiting for you this way, please We stopped in front of a huge panel door Hardy tapped on it once then pulled on the knob As we entered a tall man with a shock of pure white hair rose and miss chair and turned toward us This is mr. Dollar mr. Rasmussen. I want about four fingers of sour mash. What do you want? You took the words right out of my mouth mr. Rasmussen very good, sir He's a pretty nice fellow. We're all pretty nice fellows around here mr. Dollar sit down Thanks, could you hand me that lighter? Oh sure here. Thank you. What are you doing in Los Angeles? Why federal underwriters of Hartford wrote a blanket policy for all Imperial rubber company employees? Your son was an executive with Imperial when he was killed in Melea last spring Federal owes his widow $25,000. I don't know where she is mr. Dollar I see. I doubt if you do Let me put it this way. I Never met the young lady Fred married a one-night in Elk on Nevada Two days later. They were on their way to Melea six months there and Development stations raided by guerrillas one night and I suddenly no longer have a son Have you eaten your dinner mr. Dollar? Oh, I wouldn't want to trouble the heart. He said a place for mr. Dollar. It's very good, sir Well Well, I thought she might phone me when she got back with states Never did never a letter nothing I'm old and sick, but I still want to see the girl my son married Not an easy thing to lose a son mr. Dollar and I lost a good one. I lost the best son a man ever had I'm sure you did sir to your son Fred During dinner and afterward over coffee in the cares I listened to the story of Ellis Rasmussen's life It came from the lips of an old man who was dying But in whose eyes I could see reflected the memories of a brawling bustling life that started in an Oklahoma oil field and moved to Alaska and Arabia and Africa More and more during the talk I began to know his lost son For an everything the old man had to say about himself. I could sense an unmistakable reflection of his son Finally, I thanked him and left If I may say so I do hope you'll call soon again, sir Mr. Rasmussen and George all visit very much I haven't seen him so much like his own self since we received the terrible news of young mr. Rasmussen's death He must have been quite a man hearty young Fred Rasmussen. He was all of us missing dreadfully None of us ever met Mrs. Rasmussen and we were most anxious to receive her especially after young mr. Fred's death Imagine so the car is already mr. Dollar. Good night. Good night, honey. Fine night mr. Dollar Yeah Stomper. Yes, sir. I Didn't want to press the point with mr. Rasmussen, but now maybe you can straighten me out Did he approve of his son's marriage? Let's put it this way mr. Dollar Mr.. Rasmussen approved of mr. Fred and if mr. Fred got himself married then mr. Rasmussen approved of the girl Between them two they had that kind of understanding real people Expensive on item two one dollar ninety-eight cents telegram to personnel division imperial rubber company requesting a copy of all information They might have on Laura Olson Rasmussen Item three six dollars one long-distance phone call to the universal agent working the case in san francisco Get a list of all the passengers who are on that plane Get someone checking the hotels in the bay area. She might have checked into one when she hit Frisco Listen, we're looking for a woman whose husband was brutally murdered about two weeks before she got back to the States If she's anything like I think she was probably about at the end of a rope now start asking questions at places where people like that go On Wednesday morning, I rented a car that's item four twenty five dollars and made the rounds first stop Los Angeles Board of Education By four o'clock in the afternoon. I had found 35 Laura Olson's who had attended public school in Los Angeles And were more or less in the proper age bracket The next day the folder arrived from Imperial rubber company Among other things it contained a passport picture and a complete description of Laura Olson Rasmussen She was a blonde girl with a pouting silvery kind of mouth and wide dark eyes Yes, what do you want? I'm looking for Mrs. Francis Olson. Are you Mrs. Olson? Do you have a daughter named Laura Olson? No, I'm an insurance investigator. I'm trying to locate Laura Olson Rasmussen How'd you get this address? What's that? A picture of her. I see That's my Laura. What about her? I've been trying to locate her for some time. Is she here? No, she ain't here. She haven't been here for five years. Do you have any idea where I can find her? Friends maybe? Other relatives? You say her name's Rasmussen now? Yes, she married a man named Fred Rasmussen. Married? Well, ain't that just something? You didn't know your daughter had been married, Mrs. Olson? How would I know? How would I know anything about her? Saturday at noon a registered letter arrived from the agent in San Francisco containing the list of passengers who have been on the plane with her Three of the names were in the Los Angeles area including a Mr. Oberlin who lived in Pasadena Sure, I remember her real pretty. We sat together all the way from Honolulu What's up? We're trying to locate her Mr. Oberlin Did she have it I mentioned her plans when she returned to the States lands, you know What hotel she might be staying at in San Francisco or if she was going on to another city? You say that very emphatically. Yeah, I guess I do You didn't have to show me a picture. You know a guy always prays will meet someone like her on a plane You know what I mean? Live it up. Yesterday's gone. She said tomorrow ain't here and the only thing we got is today Yeah, we had a swell time You're sure about this. We were pretty jumpy ball if you want the truth of it Mr. Roblin did she mention anything about being in Malaya before she boarded that plane? Then she didn't tell you that her husband had been killed a week before Yeah Oh, he was murdered by guerrillas in Malaya. No, she didn't mention that she didn't mention it at all, mr. Johnny dollar How are you hearty? How's mr. Rasmussen? He's not so well, sir. That's why I called could you possibly find time to visit him tonight? And may I send a car right away? Is it serious? I knew why he wanted to see me Have you located my daughter-in-law yet? No, I haven't located her mr. Rasmussen, but I know something about her I Know she drank whiskey and flirted with a fat salesman on an airplane all the way from Honolulu to San Francisco I know her mother's a drunk. I Know she didn't think enough of you or your son to contact you or anybody else when she got back Mr.. Rasmussen It looks to me like your daughter-in-law is a first-class bum Act two of yours truly Johnny dollar in just a moment Our daily lives are sharply affected by world news and for a complete roundup of the news every single week Good evening. Just keep your dial on CBS radio for the news broadcasts of our famous CBS news men Edward Armorrow and Lowell Thomas here up to the minute news with Edward Armorrow and Lowell Thomas on CBS radio Now act two of yours truly Johnny dollar and the Rasmussen matter There was a blank coupe with MD on the license parked in the driveway of the Rasmussen house when we pulled up In the bedroom a silvery-haired man in a black suit was sitting beside the bed that held Ellis Rasmussen He was introduced as dr. Butler Then I shook the hand of mr. Rasmussen someone suggested that dr. Butler might like to use the library for his calls And I was alone with the old man If you want some whiskey, I keep it in the sideboard over there not now. Thanks. I Yeah, I wish I had some news for you mr. Rasmussen We're finding out things but we haven't found hurry what things oh Things nothing important dollar if I judge you right, you know your business And if you haven't found my daughter-in-law by now you certainly found out what kind of person she is so tell me I haven't met her I don't know you're being evasive. I don't work for you mr. Rasmussen I'm an insurance investigator trying to locate a woman and pay off a claim if I don't find it The case will just have to sit unless you or someone else concerned makes a report to missing persons Then the cops can take over and maybe they should right now My son was a fine man. I Can look back on all the years. I had with him and be proud of every year and every day He married a girl named Laura Olson I don't know where she came from or who she was But I know my son wouldn't have married her unless he loved her unless she loved him in return and was worthy of his love You know a lot mr. Rasmussen Perhaps I should go to the police. No No, don't do that We'll find her mr. Rasmussen. We're getting it narrowed down Well, I'd better leave now as you say Mr. Dollar yes, sir. I want to see her Yes, sir I'm Sorry, I talked to you the way I did phone call for you mr. Dollar. Would you like to take it in there? Oh, yeah, sure Keep an eye on an idea trust me, sir Johnny dollar Oh, yeah, you the insurance guy looking for a Laura Olson Rasmussen. Yeah, have you got anything? We got it Huh? She's here with the rest of the girls in the drunk tank. A drunk tank will always smell of disinfection This one was no different. There are no bunks. No chairs. No blankets. No nothing So you stand to sit on a concrete floor and wait for something to happen The legal period is 24 hours. You get rebooked or you get released All depends. What's the story on her dolly? I've got a check for $25,000 for Gee insurance money. Yeah, two girls better learn to get along. Which one back there sitting on the floor What's the situation if somebody comes up with bail they can have her Expense account item seven one hundred dollars bail While I was waiting around officer daily broke open a file on her a dozen aliases a dozen charges And one conviction for shoplifting a career of petty thievery that began at the age of 16 and ran up into a 22nd year Expense account item a thirty five dollars telegrams. I sent wires to all parties concerned all parties except Ellis Rasmussen Ordering a stop on their activity since Laura Olson Rasmussen had been found my name is Johnny dollar Thanks for getting me out Why I Did it for a friend I didn't know I had any Expense account item nine twenty cents two cups of coffee. We had it in a diner across from the women's section of the main chair. I Looked at Laura Olson Rasmussen while she drank the coffee Looked at the blonde hair and the wide eyes in the potting mouth Looked at the woman who had once been the wife of Fred Rasmussen. What's the catch mister? No catch You put up a hundred dollars for me I don't know you from a load of coal. No, you don't Where do you live? I've been staying at the Piedmont Hotel. You know where it is. No Not many people do Especially people with clean shirts What are you been doing since you got back from Malaya? I've been getting along You got something to do with Fred You know about Malaya. I know about a lot of things. I've been looking for you for a month What why didn't you contact your father-in-law when you got back? Why should I? What would he care about me? He never met me What I mean to him right now since he no longer has a son you mean everything to him You're kidding me. Mr. I wish I was kidding you. I wish to heaven. I was kidding you What now I Want you to come over to my hotel? Oh now to sign some papers. I Have a check for $25,000 for you Who's that your husband was insured? You're his beneficiary all you have to do is fill out an application I'll give you the check. I Don't believe it. It's true. Come on Expense account item $10 $2 cab fare to my hotel. I took her upstairs with me stood over her while she filled out the necessary papers Outside of that we didn't say a word Johnny dollar Yes Tell him no luck yet stuffer How is how is the old man? I'll talk to you later. Yeah Okay, thanks Here's your check Anything else? Nope, that's it Okay, we're on some time Sure. Oh me about a man named stuffer who worked for his old man for years Was that him on the phone just now Yeah, yeah, I Didn't know what I was going to say to the old man But I did know I was hoping that if Rasmussen had to die that he'd die before anybody told him the kind of daughter-in-law I'd turned up. I didn't want to be in on that Expense account item 11 $83 hotel bill. I checked out at 5 30 picked up my airline tickets at the desk That's item 12 then sat around the lobby for five minutes. I'm 13 two drinks for myself Yeah, I read in the paper that Alice Rasmussen is dying. It's that true. That's true Man by sedan So just What are you drinking? Nothing. I know why you didn't tell him you found me and I don't blame you Fred's dad is anything like Fred was and I know how you felt Finding me the way you did. Let's forget it. Mrs. Rasmussen. Shall we? I'd like to meet Fred's father So you want to meet him, huh? The human thing would have been to see him when you came back But not a line not a word That old man in that house knows his son was really a man and on that basis He believes without seeing you that his son married a real woman He had love and sympathy and help and devotion and all the things you don't seem to have any use for waiting for you in that house he So on everyone I loved Fred Loved him from the first minute I saw him You know what I was doing when I saw him Was serving cocktails in a place like this? He didn't ask me what kind of a family I came from Where I was good or bad Just put one of those big arms around me one night and set your mind He said that to me He said it because he loved me no one ever loved me, but he did Don't even who I was where I came from and all he said was You're with me now We went to Malaya together and I never knew In all of my life What I knew then how it was to be wanted by someone who was decent Kind Then he was killed. He told me one afternoon when I was in the chair I took a boat and Then I took a plane back here. I want to see Fred's father. I took a car to the house I saw what kind of a house and what kind of people his family were Didn't go in Couldn't you see me cheap rotten dirty little meat? Couldn't you see me walking in there and saying I'm me? Couldn't you see that mother of mine moving in? What would that have done to the old man? It would have crashed out of his whole memory Fred Don't think Mr. Dollar. I haven't got my memory, too. I didn't drink that away. I was loved by a man And I loved him back. I'm going out there pretty soon. Would you like to meet him? I think so I Think so very much. Oh, Mr. Dollar. I've been waiting in the lobby. I thought you might be here. I do miss Stomper I'd like you to meet Mrs. Raspas well My I'm mighty pleased to meet you the boss will be mighty happy She dried her eyes in the car. I didn't say much. She didn't say much But in the half hour it took to get out to home be hills something happened to her again That's something that must have happened when the big arm went around her shoulders the first time good evening Mrs. Rasmussen hardy. How do you do Mrs. Rasmussen? We're very happy to see you. Thank you hardy Red spoke of you often that was kind of Fred This way please. I think you can introduce Mrs. Rasmussen. Mr. Dollar ring if you need me, sir Laura if there ever was a man for you not to be scared of it's that man in there How can I tell him about myself? I've been in jail. I watch Well, mr. Dollar come in I did I've brought someone for you to meet mr. Rasmussen. You'd be my son's Laura Yes, you're Laura. Oh Yes Now there they're here here now look look us Rasmussen's mustn't meet like this with tears so much I have to tell you. No Nothing you have to tell me Now feel it Mm-hmm. You're my daughter Understand that yes, then that's all the explanations we need between us. Yes Hardy hardy Yes, mr. Rasmussen bring bring mrs. Rasmussen some brandy, I think and I'll have some sour mash mr. Dollar Sure, make mine sour mash too hardy. Very good, sir Expense account item 14 40 bucks miscellaneous item 15 35 dollars denigrafing Expense account total one thousand nine hundred and sixty five dollars remarks The old man's got a few weeks more Laura's moving into the house with him to take care of She won't be telling him a lot of things about herself. She doesn't have to You should have stood there like I did and seen that big arm go around her shoulder when he said You're my daughter Yeah Yours truly Johnny dollar our star will return in just a moment Folks abroad want to know more about us Americans how we live how we eat what we do in our leisure time You know something you can help promote international goodwill by corresponding with someone abroad for the name of a correspondent Right to letters abroad 45 e 65th Street, New York. 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