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By JOHN R MUSICK
Author of MysterloH Mr Howard TU
Dark S transfer Charlie Allendales
Double Etc
Copyright 1897 by Roosst Boirarns Boss
All rights reionred
CHAPTER II
The Storm Bursts
There was a cloud hanging over the
-distant mountain peak and occasion
ally the low muttering of far off thun
der could be heard but It did not dis
turb the young pleasure seekerB who
had come out from Fresno California
to have a good time One tall grace
ful girl whose golden hair and deep
blue eyes would have attracted any be
holder was standing in the shadow of
-a tree whither she had wandered
-alone She took very little interest in
the sports of her youthful companions
-no more youthful however than her
self As she strolled under the shades
of the pines her pale blue parasol half
concealed a face that was exquisite in
its loveliness
Oh Laura why are you alone
-asked a pretty dark eyed girl leaning
on the arm of her lover as she passed
There are plenty of young fellows
-who would be glad to take Pauls
-place Shall I tell them they can
Thank you Nellie I do not want
them while a faint smile flitted over
lier face
At this moment another couple
passed where the three stood their
laces half hidden behind a pink em
brella Nellie smiling said
There goes Clarence and Nellie
IBush People say they are to be mar
ried in the spring and start for the
Klondike
Laura sighed and her little friend
-went on The gaze of Laura Kean was
now riveted on Clarence Berry and
TEthel Bush The rumor that they were
going to that strange far off northern
country awakened In her mind a new
interest in them Ethel Bush was one
of her dearest friends and Clarence
and Paul had been boys together
As Clarence and Ethel sat in the
shade of a tree they built anew their
air castles amid the glaciers and ice
bergs of the frozen north
I hope I dont intrude said a
sweet silver like voice and looking
-up they beheld their friend Laura
Kean standing near a smile on her
pretty face My excuse for coming
is to discuss your intended journey to
the Klondike I have heard you are
going in the early spring
We have so decided Clarence
jBerry answered
And if agreeable I have decided to
accompany you
Ethel Bush was delighted and
if they could find a preacher in
Alaska the wedding would be cele
brated in the frozen north The three
sat on the green and planned and
-talked with increasing enthusiasm and
Laura with her pretty face beaming
-with happiness arose left the lovers
-to themselves while she strolled down
the grove that her mind might con
jure up her lovers joy and surprise
at meeting her in those faraway re
gions
Unconsciously she strolled deep into
the wood and was lost to the sight of
her friends when a footstep near
caused her to start in surprise if not
alarm Before her stood a young man
of twenty eight with a pale cast of
countenance and keen blue eye He
was of a figure that might have been
called handsome but to Laura Kean
he was repulsive She gave him a
glance and gasped
Mr Lackland
Theodore Lackland had followed
Laura to this picnic and into this wood
with a set purpose in his heart He
was wealthy a young man of good
family and reputed ability but a man
of firm and fixed purposes To accom
plish an end he would go to almost
any limit He had known Paul Miller
long before he set off for the Klondike
and hated him because he loved Laura
Kean Why should this beautiful girl
the only woman whom he had ever
loved prefer this rude penniless coun
try boy to himself
Mr Lackland failed to realize what
so many have in this life that it is
the soul that attracts and not the face
and figure There is no freernasonry
so subtle as the freemasonry of the
soul
I am pleased to see you happy Miss
Kean he said There has always
been something wrong with me and
while others are happy I am sad
Surely it is a morbid fancy said
Laura The light was dying out in
her eyes She made one quick down
Avard look at the path as if wishing
to pass him He observed her glance
and said
No no Laura wait a moment I
have something of great importance
to say to you which I must say now
I have just been told that you
have decided to go to Alaska in the
spring He looked earnestly into the
girls glowing face and added with
deliberation
Laura there are reasons why you
should not undertake such a journey
What reasons
A million natural obstacles are in
the way
If Ethel Bush can go why not I
He did not answer immediately but
stood at the side of the path carelessly
kicking the leaves with the toe of his
boot At last he answered
Laura if your love had been a
great love you must have read my se
cret just as I have read yours In a
low tone he continued Long ago I
knew that you loved or thought you
loved Paul Miller I saw it before he
did even before you realized it
The red glow covered her cheeks
more deeply than before She was ai
lent and ho was tramping nervously
backward and forward Then ho wont
on rapidly in a tone of irritation
Laura I understand you It Is not
for a rude man like tills Alaskan miner
to io so Then in an eager voice he
said Dearest I bring you a love
undreamed of among such low crea
tures
Low creatures she hissed almost
breathlessly
His cheeks quivered his lips trem
bled his voice swelled while his
nervous fingers were riveted to his
palm He approached her and took
her hand She seemed benumbed by
the feeling She stood as one trans
fixed a slow paralysis of surprise tak
ing hold of her faculties But at his
touch her senses regained their mas
tery She flung away his hand Her
breast heaved In a voice charged with
indignation she said
So this is what you mean I un
derstand you at last
Theodore Lackland fell back a pace
Laura hear me hear me again
But she had found her voice at last
Sir you have outraged my feelings
as much as if I was at this moment
Paul Millers wife
Theodore Lackland felt his self-control
rapidly slipping away and in the
height of his passion said
You shall never marry Paul Miller
Laura Kean I swear it I hold your
fate and his in my hand and have
more ways of crushing you than you
imagine Be sensible recall your in
sulting words and do not throw your
self away on that impecunious
a hulking brute made for a
pick ax and shovel
Enough she cried I would
rather marry a plow boy than such a
gentleman as you
Face to face eye to eye with pant
ing breath and scornful looks there
they stood for one moment then Lau
ra without a word swung about and
walked away to where her friends
were preparing to return to town
The features of Theodore Lackland
underwent a frightful change The
gathering thunder cloud was not more
black than his face He raised his
clenched fist to heaven and cursed his
rival heedless of the rolling thunder
and on coming storm
It is a long way to the Klondike
he finally muttered while the smile
of a devil flitted over his face but
great as the distance is he will feel
my power and so shall she
A heavy peal of thunder and the fall
ing of rain roused him to the fact that
the little excursion had all gone leav
ing him alone in the wood and storm
He hurried to where his horse and
buggy were and leaping in drove
furiously to town He took the train
that night to San Francisco and spent
a whole day in consultation with two
ill favored looking men
In a few weeks Laura had forgotten
the unpleasant scene with the wealthy
Mr Lackland She was busy prepar
ing for the journey in the spring
It was the last of February and on
the next day Laura was to draw her
money from the savings bank and put
it in the hands of a friend to secure
her a passage and outfit for the Klon
dike Late in the afternoon she saw
a great crowd of men on the street
talking in an excited manner and a
moment later Mr OBourne the butch
er came running toward her wringing
his hands
What is the matter Mr OBourne
she asked
We are ruined Miss Kean we are
ruined The savings bank has failed
cant pay a cent
She grew dizzy and clutched at the
door for support Quickly all her
bright dreams of surprising her lover
vanished
Mrs Miller consoled her with the
assurance that the loss would be made
up by the great fortune Paul was tak
ing from the Klondike A few days
later she learned that the bank had
beenwrecked by Mr Tom Harris the
cashier speculating on San Francisco
Board of Trade Later came the whis
per that Harris had fled to avoid ar
rest but before going had confessed
his crime and said that he was in
duced by Mr Lackland to speculate
He went on the wrong side of the
market and was ruined
The evening post brought Laura a
letter It was addressed in the well
beloved hand of Paul Miller But
there was something in the chirog
raphy to alarm her It was in a scrawl
ing feeble hand and with many mis
givings she broke the seal and glanced
at the contents Then with face ashen
white she shrieked
Wounded robbed ruined and fell
senseless to the floor
Ethel Bush learning of her friends
trouble hastened to see Laura who
sank so rapidly under the double blow
that she was confined to her bed
Ethel tried to console her
Dont worry dear We shall soon
be with Paul and if I find him I will
nurse him back to health and Clar
ence will defend him if he is attacked
until he is able to defend himself
Will you take a message to him
from me Ethel
Yes dear a thousand
Warn him Ethel warn him
Of whom or what shall I warn him
dear
Of Theodore Lackland He is our
evil genius
I fear you wrong Mr Lackland
No no he threatened me last au
tumn when we were up the valley to
the picnic I forgot it at the time but
it is all very fresh and vivid to aay
mind now
Ethel remained with her for over
two hours and spoke encouragingly
then left urging her to recover her
strength and spirits in time for the
wedding
For downright luck and pluck the
bridal trip of Clarence Berry was with
out parallel On the day he and sweet
Ethel Bush were married they were
poor in everything but luck pluck and
faith in thoir future Their wordly
possessions consisted of just enough
to pay their passage to San Francisco
thence to Juneau and on to Forty
Mile Camp and provide themselves
with the necessary stores for a year
On the 15th they were married at
the pretty little church in Fresno and
their friends in great numbers gath
ered about them to congratulate them
and bid them a tearful adieu
Next day the bride and groom took
their departure for San Francisco
Laura Imprinted a kiss on the young
brides lips and whispered
Give it to him Oh I wish Tcould
go with you
They went to San Francisco where
they met the remainder of their party
bound for the Klondike Among the
party was a tall young fellow named
Dick Ronald from Seattle who from
his height soon acquired the soubri
quet of Long Dick There were half
a dozen other men some young and
some middle aged but Ethel was the
only lady in the party bound for the
frozen north
The voyage and journey to Juneau
was made without any unusual discom
fort but from that on it became peril
ous and every mile marked with dan
ger
They engaged some Indians as
guides and an Esquimaux with the
euphonious name of Umstich which
Long Dick translated for convenience
into Hemstitch
Umstitch was engaged as a sort of
general superintendent of the dogs and
sleds of which they had several to
convey themselves and packs across
the bleak white deserts the dog being
the only animal capable of making
those journeys in all weather
The accommodations for the young
bride were poor but Clarence did the
very best he could for her They car
ried a stove and tent and every night
the latter was pitched in some spot
where the snow was hard Beds of
boughs were made and Ethel was
wrapped in furs until there was little
chance for her to suffer from cold
She rode all the way from Juneau to
the mining camp well muffled in bear
skin robes and furs strapped on a sled
or boat as the case might be and
while this method of travel was much
better than walking the uncertainty
of her position made it anything but
comfortable
CHAPTER III
Paul s Discovery
It is essential at this point in our
story to return to the Klondike It is
again night and the little camp on
the densely wooded stream is wild
with excitement and confusion Men
were hurrying to and fro and giving
utterance to angry exclamations
Among the most excited was our old
friend Gid Myers Gid had a rope in
his hand and was gesticulating wildly
toward a cabin that had been erected
on the banks of the stream around
which stood four or five men with
rifles in their hands
No wonder the gold diggers were ex
cited A terrible crime had been com
mitted in their little community It
was the first that had ever been
known on the Klondike and these
hardy frontiersmen felt like wreaking
vengeance upon the perpetrators
I tell ye boys we ought to make
a holy example o that precious rascal
in yonder shanty We have found gold
here by the million o dollars an when
we thought we had an honest com
munity four thieves pounce upon us
rob one o us an almost kill him Now
lets hang the feller Crack Lash
wounded
Wait boys cautioned Glum Rals
ton who had listened to the harrangue
of Gid Myers This chap what got a
little more lead in his skin than he
calkerlated on aint goin t git away
I tell ye that robbery warnt done by
accident It warnt planned in a min
nit neither
Now yer shoutin comrade put in
a grizzled veteran
To be continued
DAMAGE DONE BY LOCUSTS
Seventeen Year Specimens Have Be
gun Their Work
The 17 year locusts are beginning
to show what real damage they can
do When they first appeared in num
bers in parts of Maryland a few weeks
ago the farmers charged them with
but very little damage now the resi
dents tune has changed and all about
you can hear them saying The lo
custs are ruining my snade and fruit
trees According to the farmers the
greatest damage being done by the
locusts is to the limDs of trees After
the locust emerges from the ground
it at once makes for the body of the
tree and sticks upon it until ready to
emerge from its shell which is exactly
the shape of the insect legs and all
The shell breaks lengthwise of the
locust from the middle of the back
to the head Out of this opening the
locust comes forth as white as a sheet
It immediately begins to crawl to the
trunk of a tree It is not long be
fore it begins to get darker in color
until within a few hours it becomes
almost black with the exception of
the body and the eyes which remain
a reddish brown As soon as they
turn dark they proceed to the extreme
ends of the trees where they do the
damage The females sting kills the
branches Chickens dogs and spar
rows are making short work of the
insects when they come in contact
with them The crops in the fields
have not suffered as yet
Birds Fly and Sing
Besides the skylark a number of
other birds sing as they fly Among
these are the titlark woodlark water
pepper sedge warbler willow warbler
and whin chat
REAL TAKIEE ISSUE
HOW THE COMING CAMPAIGN
MUST BE FOUGHT
Leading Republican Journal Declares
Tariff Revision Is Unavoidable
Meaning of Ex Secretary Vilas Let
ter to Chairman Warden
Ex Secretary Vilas letter to Chair
man Warden may or may not be a per
fectly spontaneous utterance Possibly
Oudge Griggs manager of the Demo
cratic congressional campaign may
have had something to do with this
dramatic reappearance on the politi
cal scene of a leading Democrat of the
old school and we may perhaps expect
to hear these voices from the past at
regular intervals as part of the fight
for recognition This however is of
minor importance Despite the wrig
gling of the Bryan faction the issues
of this years campaign for control of
the house will certainly be the trusts
and the tariff This letter from Mr
Vilas is symptomatic and Mr Bab
cock will not miss its significance
There is no great difference between
the position taken by the ex secretary
and the famous Cleveland message on
tariff reform Mr Cleveland de
nounced the tariff as the communism
of pelf Mr Vilas demands the over
throw of the grand central governing
conspiracy of protection There were
few trusts in the eighties but even
then Mr Cleveland in almost the same
language as Mr Vilas employs to day
warned the people against the con
federacies of protection and the con
spiracies against popular liberty and
popular opportunity
Recognizing the ability arid political
effectiveness of Mr Vilas keynote
epistle the question arises as to how
the Republican congressional com
mittee ought to meet it There is an
issue between the two great parties
here beyond all question but what
form and shape shall it be given The
Republican party cannot and must not
enter a general denial and either ex
pressiy or by implication assert the
sacredness of high protection as ex
emplified by the Dingley act It must
admit the need of revision all along
the line It must place itself squarely
on the Buffalo platform
The Democrats to be consistent
must advocate a revenue tariff pure
and simple free trade being out of the
question They will have to descend
to particulars and tell the people ex
actly what they propose to do and how
they propose to demolish the grand
central conspiracy Will they if re
turned to power reduce the duties hor
izontally 50 per cent Will they with
draw protection from trust controlled
industries and leave the present rates
of duty where combination is still
weak Glittering generalities will not
answer the voters will demand def
inite suggestions and businesslike
statements
And the Republicans must meet this
demand for definiteness and certainty
They will naturally deny that protec
tion is robbery a false and deceitful
name a conspiracy etc but they
must admit that the system has been
misapplied and abused Certain sched
ules as Mr McKinley said are no
longer needed either for revenue or for
legitimate protection they must be
lowered repealed or so employed by
means of reciprocity as to increase
our foreign trade
In short tariff revision is unavoid
able Shall it be undertaken by the
friends or opponents of protection
This is the real the immediate tariff
issue The fanatical and militant
high protectionists in the Republican
party must be sent to the rear Chi
cago Record Herald
SETTLING CANADIAN LANDS
Chicago Tribune Calls Attention to
New Situation
Director of the Mint Roberts who
has returned to Washington from a
visit to Iowa says that in that state
and other western states there is a
rage for land speculation There is
hardly a crossroads community in
Iowa says Mr Roberts which has not
organized a syndicate to operate in
lands in the Dakotas or Canada To
this speculative fever Mr Roberts as
cribes the movement of money from
the east to the west in advance of the
time when money is usually sent for
the purpose of moving the crops
Back of this speculative activity in
lands an activity which has often
been disastrous lies the price of
wheat There is a good demand for
that cereal which promises to con
tinue The Dakota lands which are
being sought after produce good
wheat So does the land in the Can
adian northwest The price of land in
the Dakotas is low compared with the
price of lands in Iowa The price of
the fine Canadian government lands is
extremely low Hence the surprising
rush of farmers to the Canadian north
west Iowa farmers sell heir farms
at a high figure and go north many of
them crossing the international boun
dary line It is estimated that 25000
acres of Canadian lands are sold to
Americans every day If sales are
kept up at this rate and the lands pur
chased are brought under cultivation
it will not be so long before Canada
will be raising 250000 000 bushels of
wheat a year instead of the 80000000
bushels raised now
As the volume of Canadian wheat in
creases the reciprocity santiment in
the northwest will increase Mi Rob
erts was struck by the present
strength of that sentiment and the de
sire of the milling interests of Min
neapolis and St Paul to secure recip
rocity with Canada so the Canadian
wheat lands may supply grist for their
mills At present none of the Cana
dian wheat is made into flour in the
iSSSSSSSSSSEhT asszrxsmrai w
United States It all goes to England
to English millers As It is thrown
upon tho mrket thero as fast as It
can be shipped tho price of competing
American wheat is much moro seri
ously affected than it would be If tho
duty on Canadian what were removed
and considerable of it entered this
country to bo held hero till tho foreign
demand warranted its shipment
Reciprocity with Cuba is tho burn
ing question of the moment Recip
rocity with Canada is a question which
will come to the front soon and stay
thero until it is disposed of There
will be bitter opposition largely petty
and selfish In Its nature to freer trade
relations with Canada but such rela
tions will be of great value to the
United States Next to Great Britain
and Germany the dominion is tho larg
est purchaser of American products
It will be a still larger purchaser in
the event of reciprocity Chicago Tr
bune
McKINLEY AND RECIPROCITY
No Nearer Free Trade Than When He
Framed the Tariff Act
President McKinley was as he said
himself in favor of reciprocity that
would afford new markets for our
surplus agricultural and manufactured
products without loss to the Ameri
can laborer of a single days work that
he might otherwise procure In his
last speech he declared in favor of
sensible trade arrangements which
will not interrupt our home produc
tion That does not sound much like
free trade President McKinley has
been grossly misrepresented on this
reciprocity question The efforts of
the Democrats to try and make use of
President McKInleys utterances to
make it appear that he favored any
step toward free trade will only react
on the Democrats
Mr McKinley did not even assert
anywhere that the duty in any case is
now too high What he did say was
that if perchance there should bo
any surplus duty then he was In favor
of using it for reciprocity purposes a
statement with which every sensible
man should agree But he did not
say anywhere or to any person that
there were surplus duties
In some cases however there may
be surplus duties as for instance in
the case of hides In that event the
duty on hides should be used for rec
iprocity purposes as President Mc
Kinley suggested and it would be fool
ish to abandon that duty in favor of
South American countries which im
pose duties on every dollars worth of
goods we send to them without secur
ing something in return A great mis
take was made in taking off the duty
on coffee instead of using it for recip
rocity purposes As a result Brazil
to day discriminates against certain
products of the United States and in
favor of such products coming from
other countries because those coun
tries have reduced their tariff on cof
fee whereas we buy pretty much all
of Brazils crop without imposing any
duty whatever Brazil gives the Ar
gentine Republic a lower duty on flour
than is given the United States in re
turn for a reduction of the Argentine
tariff on Brazilian coffee And yet the
United States imposes no duty on cof
fee and buys about twenty times as
much from Brazil as does the Argen
tine Republic That shows the folly
of the United States in not making use
of the duty on coffee for reciprocal
purposes
No such mistake should be made in
the case of the duty on hides The
United States imported in the last
fiscal year over 10000000 worth of
hides from South American countries
which admit nothing whatever from
the United States free of duty Under
President McKinleys policy if the
duty on hides is a surplus one it
should be used for purposes of rec
iprocity if it is not a surplus duty it
should be retained President McKin
ley was no nearer the free trade theory
in his policy at the time of his death
than he was when he framed ajid
helped put through congress the Mc
Kinley tariff act Philadelphia Press
Barking Up the Wrong Tree
Certain political quidnunces in
Washington have jumped to the con
clusion that the four Republican con
gressmen from Michigan who have
failed of renomination have been re
pudiated by their constituents because
they opposed reciprocity with Cuba
in the interest of the beet sugar indus
try The eastern newspapers have
taken up the cry vociferously and
point to the straws in Michigan as j
showing the way the politcal blizzard
is setting throughout the West against
the opponents of reciprocity
Ordinarily we would be pleased to
join in the cry and point the moral to
all those reactionaries who have re
fused to recognize our duty to Cuba
But the truth told in our dispatch
from Lansing Mich knocks any spec
ial significance out of the failure of
Congressmen Aplin Weeks Shelden
and H C Smith to secure renomina
tions They were beaten on personal
grounds and beet sugar or reciprocity
had nothing to do with their discom
fiture Chicago Record Herald
Wise Vords ot Caution
The tariff has too many ramifica
tions and is too far reaching in its ef
fect to be made the football of purely
local judgment It is true there are
not lacking reformers who feel that
they are inspired with wisdom from
above to lead the party through the
wilderness but it is noticeable that
the reformers are seldom able to agree
among themselves and that their fol
lowers are of uncertain number and
allegiance The few of them who get
into a national convention are quickly
lost to view in the vast expanse of na
tional interests which tower stove
mere local environment Burlington
Hawkeye
JKED THE ROMAN PUNCH
Temperance Worker Unwittingly Par
takes of tho Demon Rum
Sho was a prim Httlo lady who
wore a gown bearing tho unmlstnk
ablo stamp of a small town dress
maker She had como to tho city to
attend a meeting of very earnost
women who liko herself while not
approving tho method of Mrs Carrlo
Nation at least indorso her worthy
sentiment And sho woro a Httlo
white ribbon of course
Sho sat with tho young St Loula
man whose mothers lifelong friend
sho Is Ho was most attentive to tho
little lady visitor
After glancing over tho bill of faro
she removed her eyeglasses and
handed tho card back to the young
man
You order John she said
Well select your meat said John
and Ill order tho rest
This the Httlo lady did
A small cup of Ice was served wlti
the meat
This tho little lady enjoyed im
mensely
When It camo to dessert sho said
No pio or pudding thank you
John But Ill take some moro of
the ico It is delightful and so re
freshing on a warm day
So tho ice was served
What Is this John asked tho
little lady when sho had finished
Roman punch said John easily
Punch exclaimed the Httlo lady
in black What has It in it John
Oh a little rum I believe said
tho careless John
And as the little lady passed us by
we heard her murmur Rum
But if John was guilty of having
played a trick upon his mothers
friend his handsome face gave no
sign of it as he moved on with the
little lady hanging on his arm St
Louis Globe Democrat
SPRUNG FROM THE SEED
What Happened to Hen That Was
Fed on Sawdust
James L Branson in his address at
the recent commencement exercises
of the National Farm School made a
comic allusion to politicians and
farmers that threw the audience into
laughter City Treasurer Moore
stepped forward to shake hands with
the old gentleman after the address
and referred in mock displeasure to
the remark about politicians
That was all right protested Mr
Branson You chaps want to loam
that farmers are not always farmers
Im reminded of a fresh drummer who
once told a farmer who was feeding
cornmeal to the chickens that saw
dust mixed with the meal would make
the keep of the chicks much cheaper
The next time the arummcr visited
the neighborhood he asked the farmer
if the suggestion had been adopted
Yes indeed replied the latter
with never a smile Why that hen
over there liked it so well that I fed
her altogether on sawdust The only
trouble was that when she hatched
her eggs one of the chicks had a
wooden leg and two others were
woodpeckers
He Had Doubts
Of course he said it is more
than courteous to be obliging in all
associations with the fair sex
Of course
So far as possible you should do
what a girl wants you to do
Certainly
If sho seems anxious to do a lit
tle spooning you should spoon
Naturally
If she likes flattery you should
flatter
In moderation yes
If she wants sentiment you should
give it to her
Assuredly
Thats just common politeness
isnt it
Yes
Well no one can tell me again that
politeness pays I know better
Whats the matter
Oh perhaps my chivalrous nature
led me to overdo the thing but Ive
just been sued for breach of promise
A Lesson in Geography
According to Representative Kyle
this episode happened in Pickaway
county Ohio
There is in the county a certain
crossroads where a patient teacher
struggles daily with the development
of the young idea One morning sm
was giving the school a lesson in
geography
What is a cataract she asked
There is absolute silence in re
sponse and she explained the moan
ing of the word
What is a cape
This was better One of tue child
ren knew it was a point of land jut
ting out into the water
What is a strait
Over in the corner a small hnd
went up I know teacher said a
small boy
Well what is it
It beats three of a kind was the
triumphant answer
It Required Care
In a town in the wildest part of tho
Transvaal the cashier of a bank is an
Individual who for a time acted as a
judge some years ago One day re
cently he refused to cash a check of
rered by a stranger
The check is all right he said
but the evidence you offer in identi
fying yourself as the person to whose
order it is drawn is scarcely suffi
cient
Ive known you to hang a man on
less evidence judge was the strang
ers response
Quite likely replied the ex judge
but when it comes to letting go of
cold cash we have to be careful
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