The Thirteenth Guest

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You sure about the address mister yes

this is the place you'll be sure to wait

for me now won't you sure

come on

it's funny

number please

or I'm the 122 Old Mill Road the tower

has been occupied for 13 years and yet

there's a telephone in it can you tell

me who had it installed I wouldn't have

that information madam I could connect

you with an ID supervisor but you'd have

to wait until the business office opens

in the morning I'm sorry

all the modern improvements

I'm gonna clean the place up a bit

oh yes of course

dad's up there.

I sat next to him

mr. Barksdale sat next to me aunt

Lucille Uncle John

Harold

mother

for.

Marjorie

uncle dick and Joan

uncle Wayne

mr. Barksdale

mr. Bartel is that you

mr. Barksdale mr. Barksdale

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Police station captain Ryan speaking

yeah the old Morgan place he says he

drove a youngster out there about 30

minutes ago

hold the driver I'll be right over okay

wake up your dumb ass and let home get

going before we go hold up get on a

macro alright

and they divert some nine 600 you can go

leave your address but wants you later

yes

what well keep ringing them hello hello.

Phil this is Ryan listen we've got a

swell case down here I'm not interested

give me Stuyvesant 9600 when you hear

the tone of the gong it will be exactly

12 o'clock and 63 seconds ring that

number again hello hello you say what's

the idea putting that Dame on the phone

I know what time it is what time is it

shut up no no no I I don't mean you

don't hang up

I want you get over here right away

there's been a murder I know but this is

a good murder

listen 13 years ago a guy invited all

his relatives to dinner the SAP deserved

to die

well arrest the mother-in-law and don't

bother me anymore oh all right but make

it snappy

all right there was 12 people there the

table was set for 13 the 13th guests

never got there that was 13 years ago

and now tonight we find a dame murdered

and she's sitting at the table in the

13th chair huh I counted them she was

sitting in the thirteenth chair you dumb

flatfoot who told you where to start

counting well go back and count the

girl's chair first and let me know how

you come out and give my love to Aunt

Sarah

bring that number again and keep ringing

it and then tell the night supervisor I

want to know had a couple of phones

installed at 1:
22 Old Mill Road if you

happen to get the whole Bell family out

of bed.

I am a Winston the private investigator

captain Ryan sent for me yes sir go

right in and have fun huh call up

headquarters and tell Clarence I'm

sending those prints yes Oh what's a

number central f*** you dumb idiot don't

even know that get out and look it up so

just let me know you're good yes we got

a 12 murder here good and the number you

want is central firepower well you

certainly took your time

I was busy yeah sure when you hear the

gong the time will be twelve o'clock and

six split seconds yeah have a look at

this and then I've introduced you to the

lady this house has been unoccupied for

thirteen years yet the phone's installed

and the electricity turned on I'm

tracing that those books are on the

floor

that's all in here now come on and have

a look at the banquet

the kids you're home still a little like

same old joke the habit day off I think

up a new one you can have her now God

just a minute I want Winston to have a

look.

Oh would you take care of that Jerri

please okay so bad pretty girl you

wouldn't notice that sitting up yeah

okay dot

say how did you know about that dinner

party 13 years ago Oh every man the dog

knows that story around here.

Morgan's senior drop dead just Apple

they all sat down to the table the old

lady she was young man must have been a

little bit cracked herself she wouldn't

allow a thing to be touched just closed

up the house and moved up and that step

and all these guys have been waiting for

the dinner ever since mom give me the

willies every time I think of it well

don't think then you know who the girl

is.

Sure daughter Marie Morgan had her whole

life's history in her handbag but no

address the driver that brought her out

here said he picked her up on the corner

of 59th and Park Department house no on

the corner we've been checking up on the

apartment I was around there now how was

she killed

hang widely here the doc hasn't said for

sure yet but it looks like she was

electrocuted electrocuted

now I thought of that too not a wire on

it that was it electricity enough to

kill her but not to burn the body I

wonder where she got it

hey that lect in the living room I'll

get it well what about that light in the

living room hey Don I tried to open

every socket in the room that don't work

oh maybe the Globes burned out never

charged with that okay anyway I don't

think I'd go around trying light sockets

if I were you

why didn't it occur to you that a young

lady was electrocuted here tonight and

that she might have been trying light

sockets

hello operator see if it and trace that

call and ring me back make it snappy yes

darling there's been a murder you've

read all about it from the morning

papers she listened in on all the other

calls why the devil didn't she listening

on that one what was it I don't know I

just heard the receiver going up after I

answered hello

captain Ryan speaking sound Hotel thank

you sister.

Oh beat it over the sound hotel and see

if we can trace that call get a list of

all the guests and all the telephone

calls after midnight and don't Muppet

and don't go to sleep oh well how am I

going to get there you can drive a car

can't you sweetheart take mine and feed

it yes oh that guy's uncle don't die

soon I'll be a nervous wreck who's the

uncle just a big boss in the city that's

all

oh-ho so that's why he's on the force

you don't suppose because you got any

brains what's the matter now well

obvious what are you laughing at nothing

I just think it's funny

I'm glad you invited me down.

I'm invited

yeah okay sit down I'll see you in a few

minutes

do they identify the body yes sir

there's one of you as the brother I am

friend of yours yes and of my sister

all right boys I won't keep you long

either of you know a man named Barksdale

yes

we both do he was my father's lawyer is

he still handling the estate yes why

we'll ask the questions if you don't

mind son wasn't your father's well a

little unusual it was quite unusual he

provided for my mother for Marie and me

left the bulk of the estate to the 13th

guest who was that we don't know the

13th guests never arrived

screwie anything else about this guest

no accepted we always supposed that he'd

come forward and be named when we became

of age or what'll that be well why do

you suppose that might have had

something to do with it.

Marie was 21 yesterday what yes Boxtel

call it the other day and told you I'm

not interested in that

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