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The Hope to Die Matter

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar · November 24, 1957 · 20 min · 2,897 words

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Frugal band and Johnny dollar This is George Reed. Well nice to hear from you George, especially when I have no assignment That's fine. What's fine about it? No expense account to pad means how do I keep the wolf on the door?

Unless of course Floyd's of England has the case for me, huh? Well, yeah, yeah, George. How could I ever kid you? Yeah, you better. Oh, no Don't tell me You mean instead of ensuring somebody against dying you've ensured him against living?

Yes. Okay, Georgie, say no more. I'll be right over. In the exciting adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account, America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator... Oh, it's truly... Johnny Dollar. Johnny Dollar. Expense accounts submitted by special investigator Johnny Dollar.

To floys of England, American office, Hartford, Connecticut. Following us in the count of expenses incurred during my investigation of the hope Hope to die matter. Expense account item one, the dollar ten, taxi from my apartment at George Reed's office, where I found him pacing the floor and wearing an even more worried expression than usual.

And believe me, that's something. This thing has me so, so riled up Johnny, I can hardly see straight. Well, you should have known better than to issue a policy like that, George. I, it was Harry Baxter.

Baxter, he filled in here for me while I was on vacation. I should have known better. What'd he do is sell a lot of policies that you shouldn't have to handle. Just this one and I swear I don't understand it. He of all people. All right You said on the phone that it was kind of life insurance in reverse. That's exactly what it is explain place

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