St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-06-03

: whats that? moi see nSf 0gSIAy
| But Z must see her again. IL feel that
| nv fate s-er--linked with that girl,
| Kennion.'
..oh, very well; then that squasEes
! the idea entirely, unless. Look here,
WHY not assume the character of the
thief yourself, and send her letter say
| ing you have repented and return xhe
hmoney q ii
..But I don't want her to tk.ak that
Pm q bad lot,e'
s.Well, she d,edn't know that You sent
lit. You can getend to be an ordinary
| pickpocket." SIS
$50 / can. / never thought of that.
By Jove, it's grand ideal Where's the
pen and ink? What shall I say? Give
US lift, old chap. You're dab hand at
this sort of thing. :
y took up my pen, and, after little
thought, dashed off the following let
ter:
ssDere Miss: This is from me, the
bloke wot tux yer purse 7 sens the muny
| bak bekause yer father Wos once very
kind ter me when wos down on mi
luck, an noas yer needsit sight more
than does, yer humble servant. Bill
I Nokes.'
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Skies himself. I'll send it off this very
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sab. YES Won did. IT'S mn nse DENYING
lit. No one else knew of our loss.
There was nal,se. Debensa,n stood
loolxinoy .xerv red e and foolish.
..Come vou,d better confess She said
~ Ienofl, B,
rumpled his hair in a reckless
fashion
SIT seems imnossible for a fellow TO
Edo q rood action in this world!' he
cried ..He,s s1re To he found o1t,,
..Tben vo, did send ito.
.sYe-es. You see. vo,, pou1dn't let me
helm Won. and 500 it struck me that
IL would he 3 canital idea to pretend
Itbats T T1yas.tba tbief,, (tbe hn1nbuo, his
idea inaeefltl q never fhoupht for 3
moment that you,d see your purse
again. and if Won hadn't done SO, my
| little dodge would never have come to
Ilioht,,
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syareds ..for 4hat was 4 most realistic
lletter Won wrote. .,,..ss
E Debenhan, eroaned.
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