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The Midnite Sun Matter (AFRTS)

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar · May 25, 1958 · 26 min · 3,015 words

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From Hollywood, it's time now for... Johnny Dollar. Howdy, Bill, how are things in Seattle? Not bad, Johnny, not bad. What are you trying to do? Sell me some mining stock? No. Up in the Yukon?

Well... Shall I bring my own pig and shovel? The exciting adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account. America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator.

Yours truly? Johnny Dollar. Act one of yours truly Johnny Dollar. Expense accounts have been advised by special investigator Johnny Dollar.

to the northwest shore of the company, Seattle, Washington office. Following this kind of expenses incurred during my investigation of the midnight sun matter. Item one, 164, 35, transportation in New York, then a main liner through Chicago to Seattle.

The pilot gave us a beautiful view of Mount Rainier and Puget Sound. Before we sat down and at 4 p.m., I was in Bill Chadwick's office at Second Avenue and Yessler Way. I'm glad to see you, Johnny. It's been a long time.

Yeah, hi, you've gone. Yeah. Yeah, sit down. Okay. How was that crack over the phone about bringing along a gun? Well, the men who mow oiled for gold are a pretty tough bunch, Johnny. And sometimes it even goes for the management of a big mining operation.

Like what, for instance? Like universal consolidated mining corporation. Where's that? It's north and east of Fairbanks, Alaska. Yes, even north of Fort Yukon. That means above the Arctic Circle. And what's happened up there? The whole thing sits at the foot of a big glacier.

Aww. No problem until recently. Now, through some freak of nature, that glacier is changing its course. No kidding. And from the look of things, maybe a couple of months, maybe a couple of years, or even 10 years.

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