The Missing Mouse Matter

From Hollywood it's time now for Johnny dollar hi Johnny who did George Reed well Merry Christmas George is it? Oh, it's a matter You have a hair of jadea gillis eccentric owns about half of Rhode Island. That's the boy a couple of weeks ago We wrote a spout and it's up and disappeared, huh?

Oh, just a while guess. What did he lose? I hope you're sitting down Johnny. Yeah, why? Why? Because the insured item is a mouse. House? Mouse. What? Bob Bailey, in the exciting adventures of a man with the action-packed expense account, America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator- Yes, truly.

Johnny Dollar. Expense accounts submitted by Special Investigator Johnny Dollar, to fluids of England, American Branch Office 443, North 15th Street, Hartford, Connecticut. The following is an account of expenses incurred during my investigation of the missing mouse matter. Expense account item one, 85 cents taxi from my apartment at George Reed's office.

He was on his feet waiting for me. His Ivy League suit looked as though it had been slept in and he needed the shade. Close the door Johnny. Yeah sure. Johnny I'm going to level with you. This thing has me going.

Well it serves you right. Anybody who'd ensure a mouse deserves what he gets. Yeah but it isn't an ordinary mouse Johnny. No. Not according to Mr. Gillis' original application. Yeah take a look. Item to be insured. One unusually talented, grayish brown mouse. Unusually talented. Like how?

I don't know. Why? I tried to find out but Gillis wouldn't tell me. And still you issued the policy. You know our company Johnny. We have a reputation for ensuring almost anything but we have to draw the line occasionally and we would have here except for one thing. What's that? And believe me it better be good.