Sensing something fishy in Hi-Art's form letter touting Grace's poems, Roper smells a hot new assignment for himself. Toting a spy camera hidden inside a volume of Byron, he accompanies the Ledgers as they observe the recording session of her songs. Based on what he sees and the photos he shoots with the poetry-cam, he returns to his office and immediately writes the story, which will expose Duckcut's operation. But Ledger ferrets an advance copy of Roper's story out of the office to prove to his wife that Daddy-O Duckcut is not on the level. A scuffle ensues.
Ledger is killed instantly.
Although his article is already completed, Roper returns to the Hi-Art studio to further entrap Duckcut. He discovers Ledger's body, but Duckcut has split the scene. A massive manhunt ensues. When Roper visits Mrs. Ledger the next day at her new job working for the Helping Hand Mission of the Christian Soldiers, Inc., he discovers Duckcut, in disguise, playing trumpet in the Helping Hand band. A scuffle ensues.