The Wayward Money Matter (AFRTS) (1)

From Hollywood, it's time now for... Johnny Deller. Oh, hello, Fran. I haven't heard from you since that case down in Agrinica, Ragua. Got another nice long trip lined up for me. I'm afraid not this time.

But if you can leave right away, I wish you'd run down to Baltimore for us. Baltimore? Mmm, that depends. Depends on what. How free I can be with my expense account in the seafood department.

Chica-teak oysters, soft shell crabs, terrapin soup. Johnny, you can get us off the hook on this one. I locate your expense account blind. Big one huh? Over a hundred thousand. Murder? Arson? 111,400 in front safe.

Wow, and you're liable for it if it isn't recovered huh? We'll go full amount. But who keep that much cash in the safe? Outside of a bank that is. The Trillingham Tobacco Company. The why?

Better get the details from August Trillingham. If you'll take this off. On a free-willing expense account? Freddie, I'm your boy. Bob Bailey, in the exciting adventures of the man with the action-packed Expense Account, America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator, Yours Trully, Johnny Dollar.

Expense Account submitted by Special Investigator Johnny Dollar to the northeastern indemnity association Hartford, Connecticut, following his account of expenses incurred during my investigation of the wayward money matter. Expense Account, Item 12630, plain for an incidental Hartford to New York to Baltimore, and a cab to the Sheraton Belvedere.

After all, I could afford the best. Item two, a 10 cent phone call to Mr. August Trillingham. He'd be glad to see me. Hmm. Somewhere that name rang a bell. Item three, a buck 20 for a cab to the Trillingham Tobacco Company on Conway near Charles Street.