Johnny Deller. George Reed here. Well, good for you, George. What? I can use an assignment about now. Who's in trouble this time? John Patrick O'Shea. Never heard of him. He's retired and lives here at Hartford. He's been confined to a wheelchair for the past couple of years. Now, what's happened to him? At 11 o'clock last night, someone broke into his home and gave him a terrible beating.

Oh.

Probably would have killed him if his next door neighbor hadn't barged in, scared the assailant away.

Want to give me his address? I'll run over and see him. Better still, why don't you pick me up here at the office and we'll both go over there? Sure, whatever you say. You see, Johnny, I myself am somewhat involved in this thing.

You?

Yes.

Why did you come on over here?

Yeah.

Okay, George. I, myself, am somewhat involved in this thing. You? Yes.

Why did you come on over here?

Yeah.

Okay, George.

You'll see you in a couple of minutes.

And now, act one of yours truly Johnny Dollar.

Expense accounts submitted by special investigator Johnny Dollar.

The Floyds of England, North American office, Hartford, Connecticut.

Following his account of expenses incurred during my investigation of the wrong man matter.

George Reed, somehow involved in the beating up of a helpless old man, hard to believe.

But I grabbed a taxi that signed him $1.20 and met him in his office. Then using his car, we drove east on Maple Drive. Yes, Harry Marshall. He's the young male nurse who's been taking care of Mr. O'Shea these past couple of years, Johnny, ever since the old man lost the use of his legs and started living in a wheelchair. I see. Last night, Mr. O'Shea sent Marshall over to see me regarding a change in his life insurance. What kind of a change, George? Well, O'Shea's nearest relative is a nebue well nephew. A boy of 25 or so lives up in Boston. A beneficiary of the Oman's policy? No. You see, Mr. O'Shea doesn't have much money, only a small pension and the residue of whatever he was able to collect on the accident to his legs. So? Just what he's been paying Marshall for taking care of him, I don't know. But I doubt if it's very much. Nevertheless, Marshall has devoted himself entirely and unselfishly to the old man. So to make up for the lack of fancy wages, Mr. O'Shea bought some insurance and named Harry Marshall as the beneficiary. Exactly. But Marshall felt that O'Shea ought to make some provision for his nephew, whether he liked him or not. After all, his only living relative... Well, this Marshall sounds like a pretty unusual fellow. He is. He's a very fine chap, Johnny.

Anyhow, he came over to my house last night to tell me he'd finally persuaded Mr. O'Shea to change his policy. To cut in this worthless nephew? Yes. What time did he get there and tell you this? He didn't. That is, the poor fellow must have waited for a couple of hours. What do you mean? Well, my wife and I were out.

We'd gone to the movies.

She insisted on seeing the second feature.

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