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"Why?" asked Betty. "Because the option on the business I was going to buy expires at midnight to night, and as you say the five hundred dollars is in Deepdale, I don't see how I am going to get it in time to be of any service." "Isn't that too bad!" cried Amy. WHY ASKED BETTY BECAUSE THE OPTION ON THE BUSINESS I WAS GOING TO BUY EXPIRES AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND AS AS YOU SAY THE FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS IS IN DEEPDALE I DON'T SEE HOW I'M GOING TO GET IT IN TIME TO BE OF ANY SERVICE ISN'T THAT TOO BAD CRIED AMY
 you wrote," said Betty. "Well, I'll tell you how that was," he said, frankly. "You see, I was left considerable money by a rich relative, but I had bad luck. Maybe I didn't have a good business head, either. Anyhow, I lost sum after sum in investments that didn't pan out, and in businesses that failed. I got down to my last big bill, and then I heard of this little business I could get control of in New York. "I said I'd make that my last venture, and to remind myself how desperate my chances were I just jotted down those words, and pinned the note to the bill. Then I must have gotten excited in my dream. I know just before I fell asleep I kept taking the bill out of the pocketbook, and looking at it to make sure I had it. I might have done that while half asleep, and it blew out of the window. That's how it probably happened, and you girls picked up the money. I can't thank you enough. But I'm afraid it will come to me too late to use as I had intended," the man went on, with a sigh. DERSTAND WHAT YOU MEANT BY THE NOTE YOU WROTE SAID BETTY WELL I'LL TELL YOU HOW THAT WAS HE SAID FRANKLY YOU SEE I WAS LEFT CONSIDERABLE MONEY BY A RICH RELATIVE BUT I HAD BAD LUCK MAYBE I DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD BUSINESS HEAD EITHER ANYHOW I LOST SOME AFTER SUM IN INVESTMENTS THAT DIDN'T PAN OUT AND IN BUSINESSES THAT FAILED I GOT DOWN TO MY LAST BIG BILL AND THEN I HEARD OF THIS LITTLE BUSINESS I COULD GET CONTROL OF IN NEW YORK I SAID I'D MAKE THAT MY LAST VENTURE AND TO REMIND MYSELF HOW DESPERATE MY CHANCES WERE I JUST JOTTED DOWN THOSE WORDS AND PINNED A NOTE TO THE BILL THEN I MUST HAVE GOTTEN EXCITED IN MY DREAM I KNOW JUST BEFORE I FELL ASLEEP I KEPT TAKING THE BILL OUT OF THE POCKET BOOK AND LOOKING AT IT TO MAKE SURE I HAD IT I MIGHT HAVE DONE THAT WHILE HALF ASLEEP AND IT BLEW OUT OF THE WINDOW THAT'S PROBABLY HOW IT HAPPENED AND YOU GIRLS PICKED UP THE MONEY I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH BUT I'M AFRAID IT'LL COME TO ME TOO LATE TO USE IT AS I HAD INTENDED THE MAN WENT ON WITH A SIGH
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