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ut By x Qe 198. “Those letters I write for Dec? ‘ell, can you imagine it. . « the gon-ef “a-cun is writing then te himself! This ‘Ruth’ person, you mouwt Shets m cyth! She doesn't even exist! Ho's using those letters to get money from Cupore, telling him, I'22 bet, that this Ruth will get hin out through this judce. He's told me several times that he doesn't expect "to serve his tine out -- June cOth, 4: is. So that's it! Between now ard June 20th he'll here a) peying out the shakels, see?" "Yes," fesbl; protests Bir Put. “Hut that doesn't rit, fhe woman's supposed to be first, his sister; then, his girl. and if it were either, she surer then Yall fen't going to writs those lousy letters. Eo decent woman would write the. to ancther man, leust of alla wean to her brother. That copy you chowed oe was the rettenest thing I ever read. Sout to the nth decree! and he thinks you're dumb enough to believe he ra- coives thant” “cure!” excisins Shavings. “I heve to let him think that or I lose the business. Say, I huiven"t dove so bad +- the cioerotties and oal-as r got fron hin. Have If" "Boy, you have "1" Bic Pat agrees, “hat was it last 'nonth -- thirty-five dollars worth or forty-five doliars worth cigerettes? * "I don't recexber now," Shavings answers, “Did you ever stop to think what HE'S getting? Money, Kid, and more monoy} You're a chump. You ought to be getting it tool" Shavings reflects the truth of this advice. Sure enough, Doc's getting thousands of dollars! I'm gotting cigarettes! Well, so that's how the wind slows, huh} It doesn't take Shavings loncg to drop in and 00 Doc. Doo, as usual, is penning a letter “from Ruth". He buries it as ‘Shavings enters, but not too scan to prevent Shavings fron seoing it. He still insists he copies the letters from originals, Shavings, for a long time, hes known this to be untrue. “say, Doc, that last letter I wrote -- the ome where Ruth said they were all in an accident on the my here, and she received the $8000.00 for the hospital expenses and a new cart Where's that at?" 2 rn ga tier