Stolen Murder
The Whistler · August 12, 1946 · 28 min · 3,933 words
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And now the Whistler's strange story, stolen murder. In Braddock and Tom Barton have grown up together and were fast friends until Ken married Helen Johnson. Helen had never liked Tom, not only because he was pasty faced and sickly, but principally because of his influence in keeping her husband Ken in St. Augustine's Florida.
According to Tom, they were going to write great American novels and bring the world humbly to their doors. But Helen had other ideas. A letter to her brother who was an important literary agent in New York and she wangled a job for Ken, copywriter and a small man had an advertising agency. And so on that night of February 23rd they were ready to
say goodbye to Florida and to Tom Button. Thank Heaven Ken this is the last time we'll drive down this breed. Look at it. 11 o'clock and everybody absolutely everybody in bed. Yeah I suppose but you know we're liable to miss this old time after we've been in New York a while don't you. Oh can that again. I
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