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Battles Of Belvedere Afrs

The Adventures of Sam Spade · May 14, 1949 · 23 min · 3,948 words

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The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective. Wanda! Uh, date? Ah! Uh, too, Deputy Sheriff Bill Whittington, Marin County Sheriff's Office, and with Elle California, from Samuel Slade, San Francisco License Number, 1-3-7-5-9-6, subject to Battles of Belvedere, Dear Bill!

By this time, I shall have known better, and I did. For a square mile, there are more screwballs in your stamping ground across the bay than should happen even to me. But, Phil Bitter Island is very small and I've always been very curious about it.

I can see it from my office window. A little green hump rising out of the water just around the corner from the Golden Gate Bridge and connected to the mainland by a narrow causeway. But I got there the stylish way.

A sign on the dock we made for said Battle Landing. I thought I knew what that meant because my client's name was Jonathan Battle. But I was not quite prepared for the beautiful welcome I got.

Golden is the word that best describes her. From the gold sheen of her complexion, with the gold sandals on her delicate little feet. And the heavy oriental-type gold jewelry, gleaming from her ankles, arms, throat, and ear-loads.

Her jet-black hair was partially covered with a golden-broidered sari, and as she came nearer, I saw that her eyes, with her slight oriental cast, were not green as they looked from the distance but blue, with plexigolden.

I am Chandra Leslie, Mr. Page. Welcome to Belgrade Island. Thanks. I think I'll like it here. If you will accompany me, I will take you up to the house. Thank you. I am sorry my father could not be here to greet you, but he is an artist, you know.

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