Chapter 1: What is the main conflict involving Carl Browning?
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Now, look, Carl, don't feel too bad because the doc says you're not in great shape. Why, you're liable to live to be a hundred.
Oh, I'm not worried about it, Rainey. All the doctor said was for me to take it easy, not to do anything too strenuous. Sure.
And you know what that means? What? You're just as good as you ever were. Maybe better. But you've just got to slow down, Carl. And I'm going to see to it that you do.
Thanks, Rainey. My cleaning shop isn't too strenuous for me. Oh, it's good to have a friend at a time like this.
At a time like what? Look, things are going to be the same for you as they always were. Golf, swimming, gym, everything. Only not as much as before. I tell you what. We'll get out of the gym a couple of nights a week. Just the two of us. Shoot baskets or toss a medicine ball around. Something like that. Something easy. All right. Let's make it starting tomorrow night. How about that?
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Chapter 2: How does Jerry Buck threaten Carl Browning?
Yeah, up in Port Smith. We can go to the gym if you want.
Right. And as long as Wanda won't be in town, how about dinner together after we work out? Well, I'd like that. Well, today then. I'll see you at the gym at five. After that, we'll go to a restaurant downtown and... Oh, excuse me. Sure. Hello?
Hello, Rainey. This is Wanda.
Oh. Hello there. How are you?
Fine. Do you miss me, darling?
You bet I do. Where are you?
Still in Port Smith. You want me to stay here, don't you?
Uh-huh.
You're going to go through with it?
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Chapter 3: What happens during Carl's last night before his death?
Yes, I like... Look, you.
It's going to cost you $100 a week to run this place from now on. $100 a week? Well, the place gets messed up and you're along with it.
What is this, anyway?
It's just a little business deal, bud. You give me $100 every week and you can stay in business. And don't think I'm kidding. I'm going to make an example of you. A sort of exhibit A for the rest of the small shop owners around town.
What do you mean? I mean I'm just starting in business.
Jerry Buck is the name, in case you're interested. You've heard of me, haven't you?
Yeah. Yes, I have. The police would like to get hold of you.
They can get hold of me any time they want. Trouble is, they can't pin anything on me. And look, don't you get any idea of going to the cops about this? Because as I said, I'm going to make an example of you in case you don't kick through with that $100.
What kind of an example?
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Chapter 4: Who discovers Carl Browning's body and what is the initial conclusion?
But it's what happened in my shop this morning that really has me worried.
What happened?
A fellow named Jerry Buck came to see me. Wants $100 a week from me or else.
Uh-oh.
What'll I do, Blackie? I can't afford to give this guy $100 a week. And if I go to the police, he'll kill me.
We'll contact the police, Carl. We have to in a case like this, but not yet. Yeah, but... What this fellow is trying to do to you is one of the crimes I hate most. What time tomorrow is he coming for his $100?
Ten in the morning.
Ten in the morning, huh? All right. I'll be at your shop at... No, better still. I'll pick you up at your house and go to your shop with you.
Well, I go down to work at 8. Will that be too early for you?
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Chapter 5: What clues lead Blackie to suspect murder?
Her boyfriend is right here.
I guess he is at that, Rainey. Oh, Wanda's a swell girl.
Wonderful wife. Well, come on in.
Let's chat a while.
Sure. Say, you don't have to stay if you have something to do, Rainey.
I have only one thing to do tonight, Carl, and that's to stay with you a while. Thanks a lot. You're a terrific guy.
You know, I don't know what I'd do if... Hey, Rainey.
What are you doing with that gun? Just holding it, pal. And pointing it at me. Oh, put it away, Rainy. We don't want to have one of those I-didn't-know-it-was-loaded accidents around here. It's not pointing at you by accident, Carl, old pal. Rainy. Surprised, huh? I don't blame you much. I'd be rather surprised myself if my best friend said he was going to kill me. Hey, Rainy, what is this?
Some kind of a joke? No, Carl, this is no joke. This is murder. But, Rainy, why? Why do such a crazy thing? You know you can't get away with it. Oh, yes, I can. Oh, no, Rainey. No one will ever know you were murdered. Rainey. Because when I get through with you, the coroner's verdict will be death from natural causes. Hello, Mrs. Brown. I'm Boston Blackie. Is your house... Mrs. Brown. What is it?
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Chapter 6: How does Blackie plan to prove Carl was murdered?
He was under doctor's care.
Yes, I know. Well, let's have a look at him, huh?
If you like. How did you happen to call on him, Blackie?
Well, we had an appointment to go down to his shop together this morning to meet a man named Jerry Buck.
Jerry Buck? I've never heard him mention anyone by that name.
No, I don't imagine you have. Hmm. This is just the way you found your husband, Mrs. Brown, in bed just as he is right now?
Yes. Just as he is now. Hmm.
Not a mark on him. No sign of disturbance in the room. No bruises on him to show his death wasn't natural. But just the same.
Who are you calling?
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Chapter 7: What evidence does Blackie find in the ice plant?
He's not the murdering kind.
That's what you think. Better send somebody up here and have a look at the body.
Sure, sure. I'll send up the coroner and a couple of men. What's the address?
909 Evergreen Street, apartment 2.
Okay. You think Brown was poisoned, huh?
Well, there are no marks on him. He wasn't shot or stabbed or killed by any visible means.
Or by Jerry Buck or anybody else. It's murder, huh?
Yes.
I bet this one turns out to be death by natural causes. Goodbye.
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Chapter 8: How is the mystery of Carl Browning's death ultimately resolved?
I guess he died in his sleep.
Well, if he had to die, I suppose it's best this way.
Yes, if he died, as we think. Did your husband always sleep with his wristwatch on, Mrs. Brown?
Oh, yes, he did.
That is strange. What's that? His watch. I noticed it when I first came in. It was running, and it's kept perfect time since we've been in here. Well, it's a very good watch. Carl was awfully proud of it. Good watch, is it? Well, maybe so. It's keeping time all right right now, but it's exactly two hours slow.
Two hours slow?
Yes. And I wonder why.
And now, back to Boston Blackie. Carl Brown, who has been ill, is told by gangster Jerry Buck that unless he pays him $100, his shop will be wrecked and he'll be killed. So Carl goes to see Boston Blackie, and Blackie agrees to be with Carl the next day when the gangster comes for payment.
That night, however, Carl's friend, John Rainey, pulls a gun on Carl and announces that he is going to kill him. Next morning, Carl is found at home, dead, without a mark on him. Death is attributed to natural causes, But Blackie is convinced Carl was murdered.
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