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Nea 198. “Those letters I write for Doc? Well, can you imacine it. . + the soa-of-a-qin is writing then to himself! This ‘Ruth’ person, you imout She's a cyth! She doesn't even exist! Ho's using those letters to cet money fron Cupore, telling him, I'2] bet, that this Ruth will get hin out through this judge. He's told me several tines that ho doesn't expect “go nerve Lis tine out -- June cOth, At is. So that's it! Between now and June 20th he'll here a) paying out the shekels, seo?" "Yo," fesbl; protests Bir Put. “But that doesn't fit. Phe woman's supposed to be first, his sister; then, his girl. and if 4t wore either, she surer then Yall ien't coing to write those lousy letters. Xo decent wonan would write the: to ancther man, leust of alla wonan to her brother. That copy you chowed me mas the rottenest thing I ever read. Sout to the nth degreet and he thinks you're dumb enough to believe he re- coives thea?” “sure!” exclaims Shavings. "1 have to let him think that or I lose the business. Say, I haven't dove so bad -- the clgerottes and oslos Y got fran hin. lave If" "Boy, you have 'ti" Bic Pat acroos, “What wus 1t last‘month -- thirty-five dollurs worth or forty-five dollars worth oigarettes? " "I don't recexber now," Shavings answors, “Did you ever stop to think what HE'S getting? Money, Kid, and nore 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, ao that's how the wind lows, huh? It doesn't take Shavings lonz to drop in and seo Doc. Doo, as usual, 4s penning a letter “from Ruth". He buries it as Shavings enters, but not too soan to prevent Shavings fron seeing 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 cue where Ruth said they were all in an accident on the way here, and she received the $8000.00 for the hospital expenses anda new carf Where's that att" a et wv