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Updated: June 24, 2025

"'Taint's no use tacklin' them others," he whispered to the clerk, "for if I ever nabbed a rich one she'd make things lively for me but I guess it's the poor one that's got 'em, anyway." "She looks desperate," answered the clerk, leaning over the counter. "And, you know, she could sell 'em and make a little something." Hardy nodded knowingly, with his keen glance still on the woman.

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