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Ellis working at his liquor store was available to people who needed a private eye He did not like or drink alcohol Sometimes he did have a weak bourbon and soda to calm his nerves Too much of it or too frequently burned his stomach and made him sick He would barf! He put up paper and cardboard advertisees Ellis inked out price and sale figures to encourage buyers Surprisingly a wide variety of people from all over town shopped there People knew that he was a policeun on him So never was he robbed This was odd as holdups were all too coister or sat on a stool there When it was slow, he read comic books or cowboy novels He smoked his pipe a lot It relaxed hiht back chair outside of the displayin the dirt parking lot The fresh air and being outside for a while refreshed him

As a year passed by, Ellis went out on detective jobs All were in different locations and had varied clients with unique probleot a telephone call fro Her husband had been murdered