Star of Midnight Page #9

Dalzell.

Get this...

I'm at 188 macdougal street,

apartment "f. "

That's right.

Will you, uh, hurry over here,

please, alone?

The murderer

of Tommy tennant

Is going to be here

in a very few minutes.

No.

Yes.

Who?

I don't know.

Well, then, how do you know

he's going to be here?

There's a list

of the suspects.

Mr. winthrop, please.

"Tim winthrop,

Horatio swayne,

"Mrs. classon,

Abe ohlman,

"Roger classon,

Jim kinland,

Donna min... "

Clay dalzell!

Shh.

Hello, Tim?

Dal.

Now, keep your shirt on,

But if you want to see

your Alice,

Hurry right over

to my apartment.

I'll have her there

in 30 minutes.

Oh, no, she's now at

188 macdougal street,

Apartment "f,"

But she's going to my place.

Meet her there.

188 macdougal street?

Thanks.

In 30 minutes?

Yes, sir.

Found her?

Really?

I knew you'd find her.

I'll be there.

Well, that is good news.

Thank you.

No kiddin'?

That should start

something.

Dal...

I've been in love with you

all of my life,

And this is the first time

you've ever disappointed me.

Now, it's all right to fool

the rest of those people,

But Tim's heart's

going to be broken

When he walks

into your apartment

And finds you haven't got

Mary Smith there.

That is not funny.

Good girl,

and you're right...

Unless Tim

is the murderer.

Oh.

I hadn't thought of that.

Well, now what

are we going to do?

Sit down.

Shuffle those.

And, uh,

what are the cards for?

Casino.

$5 a game.

Now, dal, that

just doesn't make sense at all.

First you tell doremus that

tennant's murderer will be here,

And then you tell those other

people that Mary Smith is here,

And now

you want to play casino.

That's right.

Well,

you're just plain loony,

Unless you're the murderer

and I'm the girl.

Or vice versa.

Look,

Tommy tennant was killed

Just as he was going to tell me

something about Mary Smith,

Right?

Right.

The murderer didn't want

that something told.

Now, who else would know

that something?

Mary Smith.

Exactly.

So the murderer will never

let her get to my apartment.

The innocent ones

will go there.

The guilty one

will come here to stop her.

Oh.

And that victrola record

is Mary Smith.

Very neat.

And if I'm right,

Any minute now the murderer

will walk through that door.

You go in there

and start that record.

Yeah.

LA da da da

turns the night

da da da

Garbage?

No. No, thanks.

... When the rest

of the world's tucked away...

All right, Donna.

Got him?

Not him... them.

Who?

The jitters.

That'll be doremus

sneaking up on the murderer.

Well, I don't mean to hurt

your feelings,

But I'm going to feel

a lot more comfortable

With that rock of Gibraltar

here.

I'll let you in

on a little secret.

I'm gonna be

a lot happier myself.

Dal...

Huh?

Suppose the murderer

is Mary Smith.

Now, that's

a comforting thought.

Well, your record gag isn't

going to be much good then, is it?

You'd better start it anyway. All right.

midnight in Manhattan...

Ah, come in.

All right, Donna.

It's the inspector.

Well, Mr. dalzell...

Oh, hello, miss mantin.

Got that murderer

for me?

Not yet, but he's on his

way. I'm afraid you folks

Put yourself through a lot

of trouble for nothing.

We've got the murderer.

You what?

Who is it?

Search me.

Cleary phoned

he'd nailed him in yonkers.

He's on his way to headquarters

with him right now.

I'm afraid cleary

must be mistaken, inspector.

He can't have the right man.

I know that. I understand, Mr. dalzell.

It's kind of disappointing

to have a hunch go sour on you,

But policing

and amateur sleuthing

Is two different things.

Better luck

next time. You're not going?

Sure. Got to be at the office

when cleary gets there.

Now, wait a minute,

inspector.

I don't know

who cleary has picked up,

But I do know

that he's wrong.

The real murderer

is on his way here now.

He'll be here any minute.

I'm telling you,

you'd better stay.

Now, Mr. dalzell,

You ain't gonna tell me

my business, are you?

Good night, folks.

Manhattan...

Oh, no, you don't.

I'm not leaving.

Oh, yes, you are.

Donna, I shouldn't have brought

you here in the first place,

But I never thought

you would be in any danger.

I was counting

on doremus to stay.

Now, out you go.

Nothing doing!

Please, don't argue.

There isn't time.

Whoever's coming here

has already committed one murder

And won't stop at another.

Now, I'm not going to have...

What is it?

Raise your hands, Mr. dalzell,

and don't move.

Who are you?

I've come

for Mary Smith.

... In Manhattan...

She's in there.

So I hear.

Tell her to come out.

What do you want of her?

Tell her to come out.

Don't move.

Call her

from where you are.

That's a very interesting trick,

Mr. dalzell...

Very interesting.

Now, where

is Alice markham?

What do you want with her?

Silence.

The same kind of silence

that you got from Tommy tennant?

Exactly.

And the same kind

I'm going to get from you

And for the same reason.

You know too much.

I don't know anything

except...

Except that you'd better

go back where you came from

And keep out of trouble.

I didn't come here

for advice.

I came here

for information.

Now I'll give you just

15 seconds to start talking.

All right.

I'll talk.

Well?

Well, we got her,

Mr. dalzell.

Oh, it's you.

Oh, where is...

Donna?

Donna?

Is she dead?

You all right?

Yes, I'm all right.

Is she dead?

No, I just slugged her.

Doremus,

I owe you an apology.

I went for that act of yours...

Entrance, exit, and story.

Well, I thought someone

might be listening or watching.

We'd have a better chance

if they thought I wasn't around.

Who is she?

Say, could she be Mary Smith?

She could be,

but she isn't.

I don't know

who it is.

Well, why don't you take

her mask off and see?

Mask?

What mask?

Mr. classon!

Well,

what do you know?

Where do you suppose

he got that idea?

Probably

from Mary Smith.

Well, wherever he got it, I

heard him say he killed tennant,

And that's good enough

for me.

Come on, boys.

Take him down

to headquarters.

Well, that's a hot one.

What?

I had the answer all the time

and didn't know it.

Inspector...

Classon not only killed

Tommy tennant,

He also bumped off Fred Dexter

in Chicago.

Donna, you were right

About Mrs. classon's affairs

with Dexter and marone.

That's why

classon killed Dexter

And then fixed the blame

on marone.

And that's

what Tommy tennant meant

By "the greatest double cross

ever pulled. "

For although classon

was marone's lawyer,

He was trying to do away with

marone's alibi, Alice markham,

And that's why she disappeared

from the prince theater.

It wasn't Tim's shout

that frightened her.

It was seeing classon

sitting in the second row.

She blamed marone

for her father's death.

Her mask,

her disappearances,

Were all because she hated

marone and wouldn't testify.

And if Mr. classon

had only known that,

Well, he could have saved

himself considerable headache.

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