Mexican Maze

Box 13 with the style of Paramount Pictures, Alan Ladd as Dan Holiday. Box 13, care of the Star Times. If you mean what you say in your advertisement, perhaps you're the one to help me.

If help does not come for me soon, I will be killed. Please use the enclosed airline ticket and come to Mexico City at once. When you arrive, go directly to the hotel mariposa and wait.

Please hurry because every hour brings me close. Closer to death. Arthur Mead. Sure, the letter had a ring to it that made me believe it. And I felt sorry for him. But 48 hours later, I had someone else to worry about.

A fellow named Dan Holiday. And now, back to Box 13, and Dan Holiday's newest adventure, Mexican Maze. Mexico City. Mmm, what a place to be. Would you like to go in my place, Susan?

I sure would, Mr. Holiday. All right, I'll tell you what, you take the ticket and go. Then when you get to Mexico City, you find Mr. Arthur Meen. Then what? Then keeping from being killed.

What's the matter, Susie? Don't you like Mexico anymore? Oh, you were kidding when you said I could go weren't you? What makes you think that? Oh, how could I keep anyone from being killed? What worries me is how am I going to do it?

He sure sounds like he's got his back to the hall. Susie, wall. Wherever he's got it, he sounds as though he might not have it there long. Okay, Susie, it goes up shop. I'm off to the land of the Aztecs.

If I had to Mexico City was routine, and an hour later after I got off the plane, I registered as Box 13 at the Hotel Mero Posten, was shown to my room. The bellboy had known soon to left and... Hello?