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Box 13 with the star of Paramount Pictures, Alan Ladd as Dan Holiday. Box 13, Box 13, Box 13, Box 13, Box. He leaned over the shining halo of her blonde hair reflected in the soft glow of the new moon.

Oh no, no, no, not that. Holiday, my boy, why did you ever decide to write fiction for a living? You know you could have gone into something interesting, like being a truck driver, truck driver with the open road in front of you and a motorcycle cop in back.

Hey, Susie, where you been? Don't you remember, Mr. Holiday? I went down to Star Time's office. Oh, oh, so you did. Tell me, what's new in Box 13? Box 13 starring Ellen Land as Dan Holiday.

Now for box 13, starring Alan Land as Dan Holiday. Well what now Mr. Holiday? What's new in box 13? Yesterday a man wanted to sell me a horse for a thousand dollars, and arranged to go around the horse for 25 times that much.

The day before my ad for adventure brought me a reply from a golf professional, who simply wanted to drive golf balls off the tip of my nose. Holiday. How was that Susie? I said that when a nice young man like you runs an ad, he should get a whole box full of answers.

Oh, well, thank you, Susie. He should get bushel baskets full. Well, thanks again. The place should be loaded with letters. All right, all right. Now what did I get? One postcard. And from a kid at that.

A kid? You mean a child? Sure. Uh-huh. Yeah, let me see it. A postcard from a youngster. It's probably a gag. Some small girl selling 10 cent packages of flower seeds for 50 cents. Sell 5,000 packages and she gets absolutely free of St. Bernard Dog.