The Unfair Lady

Get this and get it straight. Crime is a suckers road and those who travel it wind up in the gut of the prison of the grave. There's no other end. But they never learn. Let me give you an example.

I was hired to find a thief and I did a thousand miles from home. But first I found a lush with a Luger. A fresh corpse in the closet gnawl because the only woman in sight wouldn't play fair.

From the pan of Raymond Chandler, outstanding author of Mystery comes his most famous character and crimes most deadly enemy, as we present. present the adventures of Philip Marlowe now with Gerald Moore star is Philip Marlowe we bring you tonight's exciting story the unfair lady knock on my office door was soft almost apologetic so when I mumbled come in I was ready for something

delicate and about itself of facing is your eye a heap when the door swung open I knew exactly how wrong I could be the gentleman was maybe 40 great the temples with shaggy eyebrows in the military moustache and built like a heavy cruiser with a pair of catcher's mitts for hands. I'm Elliot Florie Mr. Marlow

Mr. Ira Bjornsson secretary are your services available sir? I'd all depends on what you and Mr. Bjornsson want me to do Florie what's the job? Specifically sir to catch a thief. Oh of course. Thank you. Mr. Bjornsson has been robbed systematically of diamonds. Are they disappearing from Mr. Torian's or somebody robbing his wife no no mr. Marlow you see sir mr. Bjornson owns and operates the

Bjornson mine the relatively new but important deposit of kimbalite pipe kimbalite which kimbalite pipe mr. Marlow the geological term of the diamond tivorous blue ground which yields the minerals oh of course diamond well last November so the 21st to be precise you worked for mr. Craig Norton a mining engineer who lived here in Los Angles he recommended you to my employer now mr.