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A reporter is sent to investigate a wax museum and a strange happening In one of the displays. If only he can evade his pesky co-worker, Suzy. The brassy dame likes to put on a fake French accent and has a knack to be a step ahead of him, most of the time. The exhibit is one where wax figures play cards, but the hands they are dealt with constant change. Amid the spooky tales from the curator, the reporters figure the cards hold a message for a German spy ring.
The clues send them out to Q Factory, a secret defense plant in the English woods. Though he tries to sabotage Suzy, she manages to get a pass through the top-secret, and highly defended plant. She also manages to get them lost along the way, and a caretaker who is a tree surgeon points the reporters in the right direction.
Nobody takes them seriously that spies could actually learn the secret location, or send German bombers their way. But when an air raid is sounded, and battle stations are manned, worries grow. Still, how would the enemy find the blacked out plant in the dark? Remembering their encounter with the tree surgeon, our reporters figure it out and barely find time to stop the spy.
Note: This story seems familiar, and may even have been made into a movie. I’m not sure why Suzy likes to put on that fake French accent, but in her words, its to make her colleague get ideas. I think it works, but maybe not the kind of ideas she might like him to get.
