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Mr. Kelso, I have something to report
on one of your cases.
:31:07
It's a family cat.
He's called DC.
:31:10
That means "Darn Cat."
Daddy named him,
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he called him something worse,
Mother won't let us use that.
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Excuse me.
First, what is your name?
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Patricia Randall,
808 Pendelton Avenue.
:31:23
Uh-huh, and what is
this information you have, Miss Randall?
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It's DC, our cat.
:31:28
He likes to prowl around at night,
as cats do. Nothing wrong with that.
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And he likes people, as a general rule,
if they're nice and give him food.
:31:35
He goes back.
:31:37
I think he has a regular route
to pick out food,
:31:39
sort of like a milkman in reverse.
:31:41
- And this relates to one of our cases?
- Yes. Yes, it does.
:31:45
Last night
DC was out roaming around,
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and stole a duck from Mr. Benson
down the street.
:31:50
Ah, Miss, um, Randall...
:31:52
I'm afraid that
that's a police matter.
:31:55
You see, our jurisdiction is limited
to certain fields of investigation.
:31:59
At the present time,
duck stealing is not one of them.
:32:01
How about bank robbery
and kidnapping?
:32:09
Maybe I'd better hear
the rest of your story.
:32:12
Thank you.
:32:14
Well, last night DC came home
wearing a wristwatch.
:32:20
- Wearing a wristwatch?
- Yes.
:32:22
- Instead of his collar.
- Oh.
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And I couldn't help thinking what
I would do if I were poor Miss Miller,
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held prisoner by two hoodlums,
:32:33
- and a stray cat came wandering in.
- Mm-hm.
:32:37
Don't you see? I'd try to put
something of mine on the cat as a clue.
:32:41
Like a wristwatch, maybe even
try to scratch something on it.
:32:44
Do you have this wristwatch?
:32:46
Mr. Kelso, I knew you'd understand.
That's why I selected you personally.
:32:51
Here.
:32:54
You see, of course, on the back,
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where she started to scratch
the word "help,"
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- and was interrupted.
- Uh-huh.