? ? ? ? "I think I must have dropped my pocketbook," she said. "I had it in my hand when I left the hotel, but I had something on my mind and I think I must have dropped it without noticing. Won't you help me look for it, for I am short sighted?"
? ? ? ? "Is this it?" asked Mike, producing the pocketbook.
? ? ? ? "Oh yes!" exclaimed the lady joyfully. "Where did you find it?"
? ? ? ? "Just here," answered Mike, indicating a place on the sidewalk.
? ? ? ? "I suppose there is a good deal of money in it?" said Mike, with pardonable curiosity.
? ? ? ? "Then you didn't open it?"
? ? ? ? "No, ma'am, I didn't have a chance. I just found it."
? ? ? ? "There may be forty or fifty dollars, but it isn't on that account I should have regretted losing it. It contained a receipt for a thousand dollars which I am to use in a law suit. That is very important for it will defeat a dishonest claim for money that I have already paid."
? ? ? ? "Then I'm glad I found it."
? ? ? ? "You are an honest boy. You seem to be a poor boy also."
? ? ? ? "That's true, ma'am.
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