 Will you two help me find Miss Lane? You bet. Anything we can do for a fellow newspaper man, Kent. Thanks. Well, this is the premise I'm working on. There's something very strange going on around here, and I think Miss Lane's disappearance is tied up with it. Something strange? What do you mean? Before Miss Lane came here, three local correspondents turned down a simple assignment to cover the drought you're suffering here. They did, eh? Yes. You say three correspondents turned down that assignment. That's right. Do you know anything about that? Not a thing. It's a funny one, isn't it, Fred? It sure is.