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could come in bank-notes--for it does seem that it was so ordered,
Mary--but I have never had much courage, and I have not the pluck to try
to market a cheque signed with that disastrous name. It would be a trap.
That man tried to catch me; we escaped somehow or other; and now he is
trying a new way. If it is cheques--"
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Oh, Edward, it is too bad!" And she held up the cheques and began to
cry.
"Put them in the fire! quick! we mustn't be tempted. It is a trick to
make the world laugh at us, along with the rest, and--Give them to
me, since you can't do it!" He snatched them and tried to hold his
grip till he could get to the stove; but he was human, he was a cashier,
and he stopped a moment to make sure of the signature. Then he came
near
to fainting.
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Fan me, Mary, fan me! They are the same as gold!"
Oh, how lovely, Edward! Why?"
Signed by Harkness. What can the mystery of that be, Mary?"
Edward, do you think--"
Look here--look at this! Fifteen--fifteen--fifteen--thirty-four. Thirty-
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