Suspense - The Argyle Album

When Harry Mitchell got his first job as a reporter at The Herald newspaper, a man named Alan Pierce was the star reporter. Later, Pierce went to Washington and became the top dog of all  syndicated political columnists. Pierce could tell the readers what the president said when he didn't like  his breakfast, and who was getting paid off for what, by whom, and how much. He was a national big shot, so naturally his coming back to the hometown in January made the local front page, especially after what happened as his train was pulling into the station, Alan Pierce had a heart attack, and was checked in to the Belden General Hospital. For the previous two weeks, Pierce's newspaper columns had been building up to exposing the information from the pages of something called the Argyle Album. He had stated that the Teapot Dome Scandal was going to be a church club misunderstanding compared to this. Millions of readers were waiting for his promised expose of it's contents. At the hospital, reporters hung around the anti-room of his suite during visiting hours for three days. Finally, on the fourth day, Dr. Van Selvin stepped into the anti-room. He says "Good morning gentlemen. Today I'll allow you to see him one at a time. Oh, uh, that is, except the man from The Herald. Mr. Pierce asked expressly to see him first. Harry Mitchell says "Right over here, doctor". The doctor says "Do you want to come in now?" Mitchell says "Right with you, doctor. Uh, Pinky, come here. Dr. Van Selvin, this is Mr. Melvin Pinkus, the Herald's best photographer. He's very good for patients. I wonder if...."  Doctor says "I'm afraid not, Mr. Mitchell". Harry says "Okay. Stand by Pinky". Mitchell goes into the room. Pierce says "Hello, there. Say, you're Harry Mitchell, aren't you?" Mitchell says "That's right, Mr. Pierce". He says "Just call me Al. I spoke to the old man on the phone. I said, "Send your next Alan Pierce over." And he sends you. Do you consider that a compliment?" Mitchell says "Compliment? I'm going to hit him for a nice fat raise". Pierce laughs and says "Well, I suppose you want to know what the Argyle Album is". Mitchell asks "Are you really going to tell me?"