TSBD Doorway man - Oswald or Lovelady?

[Peter Lemkin]

We've learned nothing further about

the missing quart of strawberries.

- Unsatisfactory.

- Sorry, Captain.

We kept the mess boys and the cook

most of the night. It's a dead end.

- We went over it all endlessly.

- You accomplished nothing.

I've thought the whole thing out.

Someone made a duplicate key

to the icebox.

- There's no indication ...

- Some things we must assume.

When I was an ensign on a cruiser,

five pounds of cheese was missing.

Everybody forgot about it but me.

I found out a chow hound had made

a wax impression of the icebox key.

He confessed and I got a letter of

commendation. It's the same here.

- We can't be sure there's a key.

- I've got a simple plan. We tag every

key on board with the owner's name

Then we strip all hands

to make sure we have all the keys.

Then we test each key

on the icebox padlock.

The one that fits is the thief's.

- We don't know there's such a key.

- I say there's a key.

- The thief could toss it overboard.

-He wouldn't do that after going

to the trouble of making it.

He may hide it, but we'll find it.

- I never thought of that, sir.

-Get on the ball. It should be fun

doing some detective work.

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If Lovelady were wearing Oswald's shirt,
and Oswald weren't seen in the lunchroom,
it might be Oswald in the doorway.
Establish a board of inquiry.
Collect all the shirts of the crew-
-and put the captain in a strait jacket.

Love your style Phil...and the thoughts within!