Chapter 1: What circumstances lead to the Lenny Powell murder?
Lincoln Airport.
Joe?
Yeah, Emily.
Did you just call me, darling?
No, I didn't, hon.
Oh, the phone rang a minute ago, but... Whoever it was hung up before I could answer it.
Oh, well, it wasn't me. Probably one of your boyfriends.
Now, is that a nice way for a husband to talk to his wife?
Oh, hon, can't you take a joke?
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Chapter 2: How do the characters react to Powell's death?
Oh, I'm all for you. Hey, look, look, I only got a couple of minutes. I'm supposed to be in the office to answer the telephone. I wanted to tell you, we got a big job, so the airline's going to keep running all right.
That's good, but it doesn't help us any, Tex. I'm not going to give Joe the air until we have some money of our own.
Don't you worry, sweetheart. We're going to have money, and a lot of it, and sooner than you think.
Hello, Avery. This is Powell, Lenny Powell.
Oh, hello, Powell. Where are you?
Still in the city, Avery. Been trying to phone you for 15 minutes. I'm just about to leave for Branchville.
Oh, that's fine, Lenny, as long as you get here with that money in two hours.
Look, I'll be there in less than two hours, Avery. I'm flying up. I've charted a private plane.
Fine. Now, don't forget to bring the money with you.
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Chapter 3: What secrets are revealed about Joe and Emily's relationship?
They'll find out, Tex. The police always do. I go along with Joe.
That's good, Bill. That makes it pretty clear who must have killed Powell, the one that doesn't want the police in. You know you're just about asking for something, Joe. I'm asking for plenty. I'm asking for the police to be let in on this so that nobody slips me a bum rap. I had nothing to do with Powell's death. I got nothing to worry about if the cops show up here at the airport.
None of us has. Except the one that killed Paul.
Okay. This kind of looks like a showdown, don't it, boys?
All right, it's a showdown. I'm saying go ahead. Bring the cops in if that's what you want to do. Call them, bring them in. They won't prove nothing against me.
You're too sure of yourself, Tex. We'll call the cops, all right. But I'm going to do something else, too. I'm going to see Boston Blackie. If the cops don't find out anything, I got news for you. Blackie will. That's the way it was, Blackie. Bill went on an errand somewhere and Tex didn't stay in the office the way he promised.
You sure of that, Joe?
Yeah, Blackie. He was going to stay in the office while Bill and I were out, but he wasn't there when I got back.
And he wouldn't say where he'd been?
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Chapter 4: How does Blackie investigate the murder case?
Yeah, yeah, Mike, sit tight. This thing will be cleared up pretty soon. Don't you think so, Inspector Faraday?
I sure do, Joe. Now, tell you what else I think. Maybe you're all guilty, so I'm going to arrest all three of you.
No, Faraday, don't do that. Confine them to the field, if you like. But don't make any arrests. What? I'll tell you which of these three killed Powell, and I'll tell you soon.
Yes?
Mrs. Emily Carrington?
Yes.
Joe Carrington's wife?
Uh-huh.
And Boston Blackie. You probably know your husband's involved in a murder out of his airfield.
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Chapter 5: What clues connect Emily Carrington to the murders?
So, as we return to our story, Blackie and his girlfriend, Mary Wesley, walk into the airport hangar in search of further clues.
Blackie. Blackie, is that the fellow Joe you were looking for?
I... No, I don't think so, Mary. Looks like Mike the mechanic. Hey, Mike! Huh? Oh, hiya, Blackie. What are you doing, Mike? Hammering that plane apart? Me? Nah, trying to hammer it back together.
Heh.
Where's Joe? In one of the rooms in back. He'll be out in a minute. Good. Oh, look, before he comes out, why don't you tell me what you know about Powell's murder?
And about Emily Carrington's murder, too, Blackie. Don't forget that.
I'll settle for finding out who killed Powell first, Mary. What do you know about it, Mike?
For me, nothing, Blackie.
You didn't see Tex or Joe or Bill come out of the administration building about the time of Powell's death? No, how could I? Well, if you were here in the hangar, you could look out the door.
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Chapter 6: What role does the $25,000 play in the plot?
That's really what I'm trying to do, Joe. I want to ask you each just one more question. You first, Tex. Where are you from? Well, boy, howdy. You can't tell that.
I'm from Texas.
Orangeboro, Texas. Uh-huh. And you, Bill, where are you from?
I'm from Halpern, Maine.
You know, I have ways of checking this.
Go ahead, check. Halpern's a small town. Everybody in the county knows me.
All right, I'll take your word for it for now. Joe, where are you from? Right here. Local boy, huh?
Yeah, and I figure I'm making good as soon as you tell me which one of these two guys killed Powell and my wife and I can get back to work.
Anxious to get in one of your planes and fly away, huh, Joe?
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Chapter 7: How does the investigation lead to a surprising twist?
Mike, what a memory for faces. And names, too. But, Blackie, you said... Never mind what I said. Listen to what I say now. Hey, Mike. Huh? Wait a minute.
Huh?
Blackie, hello.
Hello, Mike. Traveling rather light for a trip all the way out to Kansas, aren't you? Well, me, yeah. I don't expect to stay in Kansas very long. You're not even going to Kansas, Mike. You're going to jail. Me? Jail? For what? Murder, Mike. The murder of Lenny Powell and Emily Carrington. Are you kidding? No, I'm not kidding, Mike. This guy committed those murders? You're nuts, Blackie.
Yeah, tell him, Faraday. Let me have that suitcase, Mike. Let go. Grab him, Faraday, while I take this suitcase away from you.
I got him, but I don't know why. There's nothing in there but my clothes.
No.
Let go.
Well, here now, wait till I open it. You won't find anything. Relax. Well, look what the well-dressed murderer is wearing this season. Holding money. Rather expensive material, isn't it, Mike? Hey, how much is in there, Blackie? I don't even have to count it. I think you'll find $25,000 in here, Faraday. The money he took from Lenny Powell.
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