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The Treasure of Hang Li

Box 13 · 1948 · 26 min · 4,065 words

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Box 13 with the style of Paramount Pictures, Alan Ladd as Dan Holiday. Box 13, Care of the Star Times. If your advertisement is on the level, I think you'll find this worth your time. Be in the Quon High shop in Chinatown at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.

Pretend you want to buy some J. Reject the first two pieces offered, then mention the hang-lee piece in the window. Buy the hang-lee. This will be worth a lot of money to you. Remember, it's the fun hike shop in China.

Ask for Jay to project the first two pieces. Then mention the hang-lee piece in the window. Go back and wait for further instructions. That was the letter. No signature. It sounded interesting, and it was.

If you like, murder. And now back to the treasure of hang-lee, another Box 13 adventure with Alan Ladd as Dan Holiday. a day. Mr. Holiday, why should you reject the first two pieces? Ah, that's what makes the letter interesting, Susie. Why reject the first two pieces and then mention the hangley piece? All right, why? I think I've got an idea. What is it? Pretty

obvious, Susie. Look, the letter doesn't say anything about identifying myself, does it? No, it doesn't. Well, if I follow instructions, follow them exactly. I'll be tipping myself to someone in the store. You get it?

Oh sure. Whoever wrote the letter will be there too. Waiting for you to follow instruction. That's a great deduction. And I did it all myself too. You sure did. Okay Susie, I'm going to make like Marco Polo and visit our Chinese friends.

It took me a half an hour to drive to Chinatown, another ten minutes to find the shop at Quon High. I lived in the windows. It was the usual line of stuff, back scratchers, Quanyans, bamboo trinkets, red lacquer balls, but only one piece of jade.

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