To whom it may concern,
Let's start by not tellin' my name. To stay alive you should work on
a need-to-know
basis. And you don't need to know! When you're reading this you will
be caught in the
mystery concerning Jack's disappearance. Well... let's not beat around
the bush; he's
probably dead. Probably I am as well by the time you read this... That
should explain me
being carefull!
Anyway, I just thought it might be a good idea to write down the things
I've discovered,
so someone else could take over the investigation when I might follow
Slayton sooner
then me and the Lord himself might have had in mind.
Jack's Office
It's probably best when you start where I started; in Jack Slayton's
office. During your
search through Jack's desk, Marjorie, his secretary, will probably
call you. Turn around
and switch on the intercom with the left button. Also listen to the
radio, which is left
of the intercom, and hear about Wo-Tan, the missing dog of former movie
star Agnes
Simon.
Sit behind his desk and search the drawers. In the upper left drawer
you'll find a key
marked with the name of Joan, Jack's girl at the time, and a key with
a label, number
"135". In the lower left drawer you'll find a journal which keeps track
of your actions
and you inventory. Check it now and then. In the drawers on your right
hand you'll find
a small key which will unlock the rolodex on the desk. There's also
a flashlight in the
second drawer. Now check the large drawer in the middle of the desk.
You'll find a
magnifier there and a wallet with some usefull coins for payphones.
Also don't forget to
look in the dark matchbox on the left, it's one from Sheherazade's
and has some writing
on the inside: "knock twice, knock once".
Now check Jack's desktop. You can start by reading the newspaper but
the news isn't that
what the word says it is, anymore. As said before, there's a rolodex
with
telephone-numbers. As you have the small key you can open it. Use the
wheel on the left
to turn the cards. It contains five cards with numbers. One of 'em
is from an informant.
Call your informant here. To call someone, select his or her card by
clicking on it till
the phone appears. It'll call automaticly the number you wanted when
you click on the
phone.
On the desk is also some papers to your right. Check out one of them.
It's a leaflet
from the Americans For Freedom In Europe, some anti Nazi group.
Sitting behind the desk, I reached for the slide out drawer, which
is a small rim just
above the upper right drawer, and pulled it twice. It showed me a note
with the
combination of Jack's safe. After that I looked behind the painting
with the vase and
the five apples. I knew he hid his safe there! With the combination
the safe opened and
revealed a lot of stuff. There was a package of dollars in there that
wasn't some amount
you would expect Jack to own. You'd better take it with you, like I
did. Also take the
gun with ammo, the security badge for Jack which had been given to
him by Williams (I
think it may be usefull to get into Williams' offices). Leave the other
stuff in the
safe for now.
case 1
THE DEATH OF PEGASUS
a.k.a. the Charles Winthrop Case
I took out Charles Winthrop's file and studied it carefully. From the
office I used the
map on the wall to get to...
The Race Track
There I entered and found my way to the stables. Then I took a look
at Pegasus stable,
which is halway the hallway, but didn't find anything important. I
turned around and met
Eddie Ranchero, the jockey. He was devastated by Pegasus death, as
was Charles Winthrop,
he declared. He gave me permission to look around and a key. I got
back to Pegasus
stable and unlocked the door. I turned on the light switch near the
door. Inside I found
a hypodermic syringe in the straw beneath the saddle. I took a good
look at the feeding
schedule and teh newspaper article on the wall. I also found a business
card from
Mannie's Used Book Shop on the board.
The Winthrop Mansion
>From the stables I went to Winthrop's mansion. I imagined Charlie had
some kind of
security build in his mansion. I entered the garden through the gate
and looked up to
the iluminated tower of his house. When the lights were out I sneaked
through the window
near the door and found my way to the study. I draw a map for you,
so you won't have a
lot of trouble finding it. By the way, bring your flashlight or you'll
see nothing!
When I found the desk I found several things. First of all I switched
on the lamp on the
desk. Then I took a big sigar from the shiny box on the right of the
desk. I can't
afford these big boys from my expences so this could be some kind of
Robin Hood kinda
thing! Anyway, I read the note on his desk which turned out to be a
prescription for
Calcium Diazaline, a medication for Pegasus. It was strongly suggested
not to give any
overdose! Growing suspiciously with the minute, I checked both drawers
and found a
letter from Winthrop's insurance adjusters telling him not to worry
about the money when
Pegasus died of natural causes. Besides that I found a copy of some
contract concerning
the Manorwood real estate project. After that I looked at the letter
that was lying on
the left of his desk in which Winthrop was thanked for his dedication
and donation for
the Refugee Rescue Fund, located at 2430 Gower Street, Los Angeles,
California.
>From there I went to the kitchen door to hear a conversation between
the maid and the
butler in which they told eachother mister Winthrop was very very upset
by the loss of
his dear horse and that he surely wasn't the same man he used to be...
Manorwood Real Estate Project
As I found the lead of the real estate project, I went to Manorwoods.
It walked towards
the shack but got sent away by the guard. Back at the office my informant
called to tell
me the guard likes the booz. So I got to Jack's closet, turned on the
light and choose a
bottle of fine firewater. Then I went back to Manorwoods.
I entered the shack without any difficulties this time. I searched for
the desk of
mister Pollock, whith whom Winthrop made his deal, and sat down for
some serious
reading.
First of all there was a letter from Ackerman Geologic Survey explaining
Pollock that
rude oil had been found on the Manorwood ground. As this was a bigger
deal than building
houses, Pollock probably got gready. After that I also found a letter
from the bank
telling Pollock there were no loans to be given, leaving the man in
serious financial
problems. No need to say that the letter Winthrop wrote to Pollock,
in which he told him
he would resign from the deal, would leave Pollock as the single owner,
as stated in the
contract between them. All and all to make Pollock suspect number one.
As evidence for
this theory I found a medicin bottle in the drawer! Pollock sure was
the Pegasus killer!
Then the phone rang and my caring informant told me Pollock was on
his way. I hid in the
closet and watched Pollock and the guard leave the building. Later,
I read in the papers
Pollock had gone to England. Case closed.
(Note: there are three endings to the Winthrop Case. Instead of hiding
in the closet,
you can also choose the following options, marked as B and C.)
B. If after you receive the warning about Pollock coming you attempt
to
leave the shack without the gun Pollock will see you and the guard
will
shoot you. Back at Slayton's office you will see a newspaper headline
saying Detective found in Gutter.
C. If after you receive the warning about Pollock you attempt to leave
the shack with
the gun Pollock will see you but you will win the shoot-out with the
guard. Back at
Slayton's office you will see a newspaper heading saying the same as
in option A.
case 2
THE CHINESE CONNECTION
a.k.a. the Charlie Kwan Case
Jack's Office
In the office I listened to the audio tape Jack recorded with Kwan.
Also read his file
which I found in the briefcase below the map.
Chinatown
I took off to Chinatown and realized what a maze it is there! To make
it easy on you,
let me tell you that you should take a 45° turn left and then go
forward. From there go
left, take a 45° turn to your right, then turn 45° left twice,
take three steps forward
and go through the gate. Then go forward twice and see the sign Kwan
mentioned. I went
through the door and then forward, turned right and took three steps
forward, went
right, 45° left once more, forward again and I reached the second
door. Got through this
door and entered the storage room.
Then I walked forward, 45° to my right, forward twice, through
another door on my right,
passed a third door and finally entered the secret laboratory! I looked
at the dish with
the opium on the table and met Charlie Kwan. When he had finished his
story, I looked at
the calender and remembered the warehouse address, being Eastern Pacific
Warehouse, 1301
Beach Avenue, San Pedro, Ca. I left the building and got back to Jack's
office.
Warehouse
I checked the briefcase once more and got the map that's in there. I
picked the
warehouses as my destination. As I arrived there, I walked towards
the truck and opened
the door to get into the cabin and push the hand break. The truck rolled
backwards and
allowed me to climb in the back, look up and sneak through the hangar
window. I walked
forward and climbed down to see the mssing crate Charlie had been talking
about. But it
was empty! I reached beside this crate and found a small case with
a Geiger counter in
it. I used the Geiger counter to examine the big crate and, wow!, some
noise over there
in the straw! As I examined the crate's top, saw the labels and found
out it had been
containing 26 Ming vases. Sure...
I left the hangar the same way as I entered it and walked towards the
phone boot. Inside
I examined the taxi advertisement and rang this company. I left the
phone boot and walk
towards the end of the truck. There I found my cab that took me back
to the office.
Shipyards of Los Angeles
On the crate's label I found the name of a ship: Huangshan. I got the
map from the
briefcase again and selected the shipyards as my new destination. From
there I got to
the ship and took the left stairs. I entered the ship and went below
till I found the
cargo room. I walked this way: twice up to reach the ship, turned right,
went forward,
right again, forward again, then a left turn, through the door and
one step forward once
more, turned right, went down the stairs, turned 45° left, another
45° turn to my right,
a step forward, a turn right and another step forward. I waited till
my flashlight was
on and took three steps forward. Then another turn to my right, a step
forward and two
turns left. I found the crate under a lot of tarpaulin and nettings
and it made a hell
of a noise when I held the Geiger counter above it! Label said it contained
humanitarian
aid. Yeah, well, and I'm Humphry Bogart! Sure thing this crate contained
uranium. And
since when did the organisation of Americans for Freedom in Europe
have their offices at
Peenemunde, the German Wehrmacht V-1 rocket base?
I looked around and found a closed door (after making these moves:
forward, turn left,
forward, turn right, open door, forward, turn right, forward) which
led to a room with 2
valves. I turned them all twice and then turned right to see the third
valve which I
turned once. Suddenly the valves started pumping water into the ship.
I ran away and
found out through the Los Angeles Dispatch newspaper that the Huangshan
had sunk! So far
for Germans launching rockets on the U.K.! Case closed.
case 3
THE CASE OF MAX'S RARE BOOK
a.k.a the Max Englehart Case
Jack's Office
As I saw the business card from Mannie's Used Book Shop in the stables
at the Race
Tracks, I remembered seeing the same card in Max' file. I took out
the file of Max
Englehart. In it there were three things; Jack's story of the case,
the note from Max
that Jack mentions and, I knew it!, a card of the bookstore Jack wanted
to go to. From
the safe I took Max' book.
Max' House
First I visited Max to find out more about him and his book. I got to
the map on the
wall and clicked on the note with Max' name on it and got at his house
in no time! I
knocked on his door but there seemed to be nobody home. When I looked
up, in front of
his house door, I saw a fire escape which I pulled down. I followed
it all the way up
and entered through the window. There I found Max, stiff as a nail...
I searched his appartement but all there was to be found was his wallet,
which
identified him as the person he was and also meant it wasn't just another
burglary for
the money. There also was a note in Max' hand. It was a note about
this notorious book.
The note was written by Phillip Watkins, but was he desperate enough
to kill Max? I also
found a train ticket to travel from Los Angeles to San Diego in the
waste bin in the
bathroom. I climbed through the window and down to the street. There
I took a red car,
which is a trolley bus, and got back to Jack's office.
(Note: When you're in the room of Max' appartement, you can hang up
the telephone
receiver. Your informant will call you then to warn you for the bad
guys. Not necessary
to complete the game succesfully.)
Union Station
Back at Jack's office I examined the wall map and decided to follow
the train lead. I
got to Union Station and found the lockers just right of the 'to all
trains' sign. The
key with the number 135 fitted on the locker most left on the upper
row. In the locker I
found a note from Joan to Jack in which she told him she couldn't wait
any longer and
bought him a ticket on the Moonliner for tonight. I think Jack had
put something else in
the locker but as I didn't know what that might be. I made a 180°
turn and I walked to
the trains. At the sign of track 5 and 6 I turned left. There I found
a conductor who
told me he had seen Joan talking to Max. Most important; he saw how
she gave him a small
book which must have been the book I found in Jack's safe! When I arrived
at Jack's
office I saw Max' dead had already been printed.
Joan's Appartement
Next visit was Joan's appartement. In the hall I went foward twice and
then turned 45°
left. I opened a shiny but closed door. Behind it was an elevator which
I started with
the key with the "Joan"-label I found in Jack's drawers and fitted
in the lock below the
elevator buttons. The elevator took me to the 13th floor. After opening
the elevator
gate I took two steps forward, turned 45° to my right, stepped
forward again and turned
45° to my left. Then again one step forward, a right turn, forward
once more and walked
towards the telephone. I examined the phone and nticed a drawer to
my right (it has a
white button!). As I was nosing through Miss Goldielocks' stuff, I
stumbled upon her
diary in this drawer. In this diary she wrote down her reasons for
leaving L.A. and her
knowledge of Myer, the owner of the Sheherazade, blackmailing the clients
at that Club.
Jack was supposed to follow her but... well, let's say he missed his
train... Aftre
reading her secret stories, I left the bedside and got forward twice,
turned 45° to my
right, forward again, left turn, forward, left turn again, forward,
right turn and
forward again. Besides her secret diary I found some half burned letters
in the bath.
There were love letters from Phillip Watkins (him again?) and well
sculptured Joan.
There also was a letter in which Phil demands Joan to give her back
'the' book, which
most likely is that small book everybody was running their buds off
for.
(Note: From Joan's bathroom you can turn left and go through the left
black door. You'll
now enter a secret hallway full of Hollywoodland pictures. There's
also some kind of a
safe house. No known use for this place, just fun to look at.)
Watkins House
Anyway, with the help of Jack's wall map I found Watkins house and confronted
him with
the naked truth. As I was still wondering how good old Phil ever got
voluptues Joanie to
fall for him, Phil confessed his adventures with her. He thought she
might give him back
the code book if he made some fun with her (darn, I for one wouldn't
need one excuse at
all to keep her company!) but he never expected her to leave. After
crying some
more he left into the house.
case 4
A BREACH OF SECURITY
a.k.a. the Philip Watkins Case
However all this didn't explain Max' dead, I got interested in this
Watkins dude. He
couldn't keep very much of a secret for some government hot shot of
shadowplay!
Jack's Office
I returned to Jack's office and read the file he had on Watkins. I also
listened to the
tape in the safe and then got a cab to the Bradbury Building where
Watkins' office was.
Bradbury Building
There I took the stairs to the 5th floor and took the security pass
Jack left in his
safe near the door with the five switches on it.
On my way to the Bradbury I studied this pass and found out that Watkins
uses a
different code for each day of the week. The numbers 1 to 7 indicate
the days of the
week (1 is sunday) and the white and black boxes besides them indicate
the 5 switches. A
black box indicates a switch to be pulled down.
Standing in front of the door, I pulled switches 1, 3 and 5 because
after all it was a
fine saturday evening. A short buzz and I entered the room.
On the left of the door was a light switch. After turning the lights
on, I could examine
the room a lot better. First of all I examined the leather door and
found a vault behind
it. As I didn't have the combination, I turned around. In front of
the desk I looked all
the way up and saw a hole in the skylight! I left the office and turned
right, step
forward once and turned right again and then made a 45° turn to
my right. I climbed the
stairs and got on the roof by walking straight ahead.
There I stumbled towards the iluminated skylight and looked down. There
I saw some tiny
footprints like from a dog. I realised my theory about no man climbing
down this window
just got shattered as Wo-Tan The Wonderdog could make it easily!
(Note: To proceed you'll have to get a confession from Watkins and the
picture of Niles
from Agnes Simon.)
case 5
THE MYSTERY OF WO-TAN THE WONDERDOG
a.k.a the Agnes Simon Case
I rushed back to the office to read the Agnes Simon file and listen
to Jack's tape
recording of her. After all, radio told me Wo-Tan was her little doggie
and this barking
movie star became more interesting by the minute!
Agnes Simon's House
I left for Simon's house and after a firm knock on the door, the bold
butler let me in,
wanted to throw me out at the same speed before Agnes cried happily
as I was to be most
likely be a admiring fan visiting the great star. Well, although it's
below my standards
of being a detective, I played along with the sharade and ignored the
butler's request
not to look around and followed Agnes' advice; please do look around.
After some time I
found a picture of this famous dog and Agnes grabbed this moment to
tell me all about
it. Interesting fact was her story of Niles, her butler who got killed
in some swimming
accident. She showed me a picture of this valet Niles which I snatched
away as being
some major piece of evidence. Just as Agnes told me she didn't trust
her butler, Kurt
von Munheim, he threw me out on the pavement.
(Note: You can't proceed until Myer kicks you out of the Secret Room
in Sheherazades of
if you saw Wo-Tan steal the code book from Watkins' office.)
Jack's Office
After that I went back to Jack's office. My informant called me to get
my ass to the
Bradbury Building a.s.a.p. So there I went again...
Bradbury Building
I got to Brandbury Building again, because this wonderdog started to
interest me, and
entered Watkins room again. I waited for the phone to ring. My informant
told me someone
was coming to the Bradbury Building so I turned of the light and hid
in the closet.
Looking into the room I saw Wo-Tan climb down the skylight onto the
table and the chair
and grabbing some red book. The German masters called him and succesfully
sneaked away
with the third code book. I left the closet and turned the light back
on. Again, my
informant called to tell me I had to find the way to the well locked
passage to Watkins
laboratory. For that, I needed a three figure vault combination...
Jack's Office
I went back to Jack's office. I took Max' book from the vault and examined
it. There was
a strange drawing on the inside of the cover... It showed a Roman figure
I and some curl
pointing towards the letter L.
Then I decided to go to Mannie's Used Book Shop. Everything seemed to
be happen just
because of this book so I wanted to know a little bit more about it.
It's easy to get at
the book shop. When you're outside the office building, you should
turn right, take five
steps forward and turn right again.
Mannie's Used Book Shop
Inside the shop I met Mannie who was very excited about me coming there
(allright, he
was more excited 'bout Max' book). He also had 2 books like Max' and
he showed them to
me. I examined the covers very carefully and noticed two drawings like
the one I saw in
Max's book. Now the curls pointed toward other letters: the curl in
the book with the
Roman figure II pointed towards the M and the curl in the book with
the Roman figure III
pointed towards the letter R. There's also pictures of these in Jack's
journal.
When Manny saw me examine the books he got a little shaky. He offered
me a lot of money
for the book because together they were really special, he mumbled.
As I didn't got
attached to the book and Max was dead, I accepted the amount of money.
But not before I
had a good look at both books!
After selling the book he let me walk around his shop. I found a door
with a message
"employees only" on it but as I happen to suffer some severe eye problems
now and then,
I did not notice it and went in. Behind that door I found some kind
of storage room.
There was a switch and I just had to pull it! Nothing happened but
when I looked around
I saw some bookshelves that could be moved. I pushed it and the wall
opened to reveal a
secret room.
The Secret Nazi Map Room
It's hard to describe what I saw when you haven't been there yourself,
but it looked
like some Nazi map room, with swastika's and Adolf's ugly face looking
down from the
wall... On the table in this room were blueprints for the Bradbury
Building and they've
got Watkins Cryptography marked like it's their target! They also had
been tracking
troop movements in the war in Europe with a shortwave radio which was
on the table
there. You should not touch this radio 'cause it'll alarm the Nazi's!
Besides that there
was a press to make leaflets like the one I found in Jack's office,
the one supposedly
made by the Americans For Freedom In Europe. Although it was some other
fake
organisation, the one I found at Winthrop's, the Refugee Rescue Fund,
looke very much
the same! This anti Nazi movement and the book shop are just a front
to get money for
those fascists!
Probably most important was the telegram I found on the table. It was
in German but,
translated, it said: "Message concerning the search for the American
decoding device.
Priority: urgent. Colonel P. Hansen". Last but not least there was
a drawing of a V-1
rocket. They wouldn't be building thoswe for some time as I sunk the
ship with the
necessary uranium!
I also found Agnes Simon's dog Wo-Tan over there. Funny place for that
dog but as it
would have been strange taking that dog out through the door, I left
it there. Would
alarm the Nazi's also!
Jack's Office
Back at the office, my informant called again. I had to go to Bradbury
Building
immediatly! As I arrived in Watkins office, I went to the vault door
and clicked on the
three combination buttons. After that I turned the wheel and entered
the secret lab
behind the vault. I turned left and examined the stuff on my left hand.
there was a
paperclip and I picked it up. Then I looked around, examining all strange
equipement.
Then suddenly the phone rang. I picked it up and my informant told
me the Nazi's were on
their way!
I turned towards the vault door and clicked on the cogs. Then I put
the paperclip
between the cogs. Just in time! I heard the Nazi's fighting because
they weren't able to
open the vault door. Hey, I just stopped that Herrenvolk by only a
small paperclip!
Anyway, I solved both Max' case as Watkins' case.
case 6
THE CASE OF THE MISSING HEIRESS
a.k.a. the Harrison Smythe Case
I decided to take a look into the mysteries concerning the disappearance
of Alicia
Smythe, daughter of Harrison Smythe.
Jack's Office
I took the film reel and the audio tape from jack's wall safe. First
I listened to the
tape which gave me an impression of the youth Alicia had. Then I went
to the closet and
opened the door. I switched on the light bulb and examined the dark
corner at the right.
There was a movie projector so I put the film reel on the empty spot,
turned on the two
switched of the projector and left the closet. Then I removed the painting
and through
the hole the movie mystery unfolded itself.
I also read the case file and picked up the picture of Alicia that
was inside it.
Sheherazades' Bar
As Alicia had last been seen hanging around Sheherazades, I went over
there. The Bar can
be reached when turning to your right when you're facing the front
door of Sheherazades.
Use the secret code; knock twice, knock once. Inside I walked to the
bar and gave Ernie
the picture of Alicia. He had never seen her but told me that someone
with the innocent
looks of Alicia wouldn't make it very long in there. To quote him;
Sheherazades would
chew 'm up and spit 'm out.
He left and I walked towards the poster of Joan. Somehow there was
some kind of
resemblance with Alicia... Hmm...
Joan's Appartement
The poster in the bar triggered my imagination. I got back to Joan's
appartement the
same way I did before. There, in the bedroom closet, I found the same
brooch Harrison
Smythe had given his daughter Alicia on her birthday! It was on the
third shelf from the
top.
Jack's Office
I got back to Jack's office and saw that the mystery of the missing
heiress had made the
newspapers; Joan and Alicia were the same person!
Well, knowing Joan and Alicia were the same person and knowing that
Joan was the
Sheherazade Club torch singer and Alicia had been seen there too, I
decided to start a
thorough investigation on Myer. I took the IOU's from the briefcase
under the wall map
to get in Sheherazades by pretending to pay Jack's depths and gain
Goodsby's sympathy,
for all that's worth.
Sheherazades
I entered the hotel, paid the IOU's and got Myer's approval to look
around. I went
upstairs and met one of Myer's goons after looking around in teh room
with the stuffed
lion. So they had been following me!
I searched for the bedroom (behind the closed doors) and found a mirror
closet. I opened
it. Then I got back to the room with the stuffed lion. I looked around
till I found a
tapestry with Egyptian design and pulled it away. I opened the door
and went in. There I
found a secret mirror room with a camera and sound recorder. I examined
the recording
amplifier and switched it on. I heard a conversation between Joanie
and the major
Higgins, planning on doing something naughty... There were also some
film reels. I left
the room and crossed Myer's path with the uninevitable end that I got
thrown out!
Jack's Office
Back in the office I turned on the radio and heard about the scandal
and that Joan had
stolen some money from Myer. Well, that explained both Joan's disappearance
as solved
the Case of the Missing Heiress!
The only thing left to do was to get Agnes Simon's dog back. The best
lead I had was the
story about Niles. So, there I went again, to...
Sheherazades Bar
I showed the picture of Niles to Ernie. He told me he'd been her butler
alright but it
was clear to him Niles was her lover. Besides his personal opinion
about late Niles, he
also told me that his death was a bit suspicious. Niles' body was never
found after he
drowned on Santa Monica Beach. Ernie thought somebody was trying to
get to the old lady
by getting rid of Niles. Could this mean Kurt von Munheim had forced
himself on the
butler spot by murdering Niles? Never liked the guy anyway.
Jack's Office
I went back to Jack's office and got a call from Agnes. She told me
she'd been given a
ransom note. She wants you to come.
Agnes Simon's House
I took a cab to Agnes' house and Von Munheim, the butler, reluctantly
let me in. I
walked to the livingroom and looked at the picture of Wo-Tan. There
I looked down and
Agnes started talking to me. She put the ransom note on the table and
I snatched it
away. The bad guys wanted her to come to the observatory that night.
As she wanted to
pick money for the ransom, Von Munheim got pissed off and kicked me
'raus'!
Jack's Office
Back in the office, my informant called me. He warned me not to go to
the Griffith
Observatory. He told me the dog responded best to His Masters Voice
so I went to the
vault to take the audio tape by Agnes Simon and also took the tape
recorder.
The Griffith Observatory
I went towards the building and took the stairs to the left of the entrance.
On the roof
I walked towards the small telescope, took two steps forward, made
a 90° turn to my
right, another two steps forward and saw the crate with Wo-Tan in it.
(Note: If you examine the crate, the Nazi's will grab you and you'll be hipnotized.)
I left and made a 180° turn. Then I took two steps forward, a 45°
turn right and forward
again. There I found the tape recorder. I pulled the switch but nothing
happened! I left
it alone and suddenly one of Myer's goons appeared. He warned me for
the Nazi as they
were a nasty bunch o' thugs! He told me his boss sent him and that
mister Slayton wanted
me to have something special. Slayton? I thought he disappeared? Well,
anyway, I got an
electric wire and got back to the tape recorder again. I played the
tape and Wo-Tan
escaped from the crate. Finally Agnes Simon was re-united with her
dog in an old
fashioned Hollywood way!
Jack's Office
Back in the office I read the Los Angeles Dispatch and read about me
solving the last
case! I switched on teh radio and heard about the $ 500.000 reward
Smythe wanted to give
away for the one who found his daughter.
Things Come Together
Then someone switched off the radio. It was Jack! He told me he laid
low for a while to
get Myer and the Nazi's of his back. Joan was there too and they both
left to catch the
Moonliner to San Diego. He also asked me if I was interested in solving
some future
cases... Well, why not? After all, Jack told me himself, I'm pretty
good at this!
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