from hollywood it's time now for johnny dollar marty bruce johnny at worldwide mutual oh hi marty

how are you did you ever hear of the mayling buddha nope i'm afraid i never it's probably the most

valuable piece of jade there is a little statue not more than more than three, three and a half inches high. Made during the mailing dynasty. And you've insured it? Yes. For how much? Forty thousand. So what's happened to it? I don't know. I don't know if anything's happened to it. Well, if nothing's happened to it. I'm not even sure of that. Huh? That nothing's happened to it. Come on over here, and let's talk about it, huh?

Yeah, I think I'd better.

Bob Bailey, in the exciting adventures of a man with the action-fact expense account.

America's fabulous freelance insurance investigators.

Yours truly, Johnny Dollar.

Expense accounts submitted by special investigator Johnny Dollar to the worldwide mutual insurance company home office, Hartford, Connecticut.

Following as an account of expenses incurred during my investigation of the

Mayling Buddha matter.

Expense account item 1, $110 for a taxi from my little apartment to the office of worldwide

mutual, or Marty wasted no time in getting to the point.

I'd know for sure if it went for that knuckle-headed Ray Kerma.

Who's he?

One of our copmen.

Got back from a European vacation just this morning. For being so stupid, I ought to fire him. He knew we'd insured that jade Buddha. And when he saw it over there in Paris a couple of weeks ago, he should have looked into it. Found out what it was doing there. Doing just exactly where, Marty? in a dingy little antique shop, somewhere on the Rue de la, something or other. He didn't even have sense enough to get the address or the name of the place. Oh, where was it supposed to be? Locked up in the home of the late Daryl Harcourt up in Boston. And, of course, it isn't. Well, that's the point. I don't know. There's been no report of a theft. Well, if somebody's seen it in Paris,

is that Buddha pretty well known among collectors and so on?

I told you. It's probably the most valuable

piece of jade in the whole world. Then let me use your phone.

Sure, here. But if we don't even know

what shop or where it is in all a Paris...

Just leave it to me.

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