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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. 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
 it is going to do me, perhaps I might be better off without it now." "We didn't exactly understand 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 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.  NEVER HAD IT AND FROM ALL THE GOOD IT IS GOING TO DO ME PERHAPS I MIGHT BE BETTER OFF WITHOUT IT NOW WE DIDN'T EXACTLY UNDERSTAND 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
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