Murdering Messenger
Counterspy · August 25, 1949 · 29 min · 3,726 words
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Tonight, the case of the murdering messenger. Counter Spy Report to the American people. Brought to you each Tuesday and Thursday by Pepsi Cola. Pepsi Cola hits a spot, two full glasses, that's a lot. That's right, you heard what they said.
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And now to counter spy. In espionage, the penalty for mistakes is death. Every member of the guilty spy ring is doomed by its faraway superiors. Yet the sentence is rarely carried out by direct means. A watch words are concealment and mystery. In the City of Detroit, a small branch library stands in a quiet
side street. One morning, a young man with eyes alert entered the building and went to the main reading room. Excuse me, Miss? Yes, sir. I want to turn this book in. Julius Caesar's commentaries. In the original Latin. Yes. You're quite a student, Mr. Argyle.
Caesar was quite a boy. Are you taking out another book? No, I'm leaving Detroit very soon. Goodbye and thanks a lot. Goodbye, Mr. Argyle. I beg your pardon. Yes, sir. I was looking on the shelves for Julius Caesar's commentaries, but it doesn't seem to be there.
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