xxx The Case of the Cellini Cup

The makers of Raleigh's Cigarette present, John Amory, star of the Broadway success Angel's Street, as fall events in SS Van Dyen's murder mystery, the case of the Chilini Cup. I am Farl O'Vance, occupation criminologist, and tonight I'd like to tell you the adventure of the Chilini Cup. As I pieced this fantastic and incredible

story together later, it started something like this. The 70s of New York City deep in The gloomy shadow of the Third Avenue L is a dingy little secondhand store called the Old World Curio Shop.

It's about 10.30 at night. The front of the store is filled with the usual miscellaneous rubbish, but in the back there's a rather good workshop. There's a light on there. The man is hunched over a work fence repairing the enamel on, of all things, a cloisoné elephant.

This man is called Gettman about 43, rather heavy set, oily complexion, little pegas, smog and self-satisfied. Not a clever work gun. An unpleasant man, but then he hasn't long to live. Although he doesn't know that.

There's a discreet knock on the door at the front of the shop. He gets up and walks through the store to the door. Oh, it's you. But you aren't.

Well, hey, hey, put that gun down. Someone's liable to get hurt. Ha, ha, ha. Wait a minute. Take it easy. What are you going to do? No, no, you don't care. You can't get away with it.

That's murder. For God's sake, don't do it. Well, why don't you say something? What are you waiting for? I know. I know what you're waiting for. You're waiting for the elevated train. You're waiting for the elevated train to try not to shut.