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The Case of the Boy Who Used Big Words

Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons · February 10, 1944 · 29 min · 4,287 words

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Get the new high polishing Kalanos at any drug store tonight. Ask for Kalanos toothpaste, K-O-L-Y-N-O-S. Now for Mr. Keene and the case of the boy who used big words. Our story opens in the reception room of Mr. Keene's office, as Miss Alice talks with an unusual visitor, Jimmy Harmon, who's only 12, but wears horn-rim glasses and a very serious manner.

Young man, you say you want to see Mr. Keene at once? Yes, ma'am, I've got to. Well, he's a very busy man. I know, but the nature of my business is very imperative. Important to me.

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