Death Is a Doll

Box 13 with the star of Paramount Pictures, Alan Ladd as Dan Holiday. Box 13, care of star times. Don't know quite how to begin this letter except to say that it may sound fantastic to you.

Perhaps even a joke. But please believe me, I am serious and the situation is serious. A man is dying, yet he has nothing wrong with him. He believes he's going to die five days from now, and so Bartlefey is dying.

A strong healthy man is dying because of witchcraft. And I know this sounds incongruous. Anachronized in the middle of the session. But if you will come to Baloo, Louisiana, you will see for yourself and perhaps be able to help.

Sincerely, Doris Gordon. Sure I laughed when I sat down to read Miss Gordon's letter. But the laugh stopped in blue, Louisiana. And now, back to Box 13, and Dan Holliday's newest adventure, Death Is a Dog.

But Mr. Holliday, you don't believe this, do you? Susie, as my old grandfather used to say, there's no such thing as a sure bet, or a sure loser. I don't get it. Well, to quote the time-worn passage from Shakespeare, there are a strange of things in heaven and earth are racial, than are dreamed of in your philosophy.

Who's her racial? That's beside the point. But Mr. Holiday, she says witchcraft. Now that's just, well, it's imposterous. Atta girl, Susie, you never let me down. You had a hunt for it, but you found the wrong pronunciation.

That'd be bad to point. Yeah, it could be. But something tells me that Vellou, Louisiana offers interesting possibilities. Before I took off for Louisiana, I went to the start times and did little research. You know, it's surprising what a person can find out about things he thought went out with the oil lamps, horse cars, and which trials.