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"And I give you the money back," replied Mr Morris

"You did," reported Mr Seepidge ly, "and I was surprised to

find there wasn't a dud note in the parcel No, Ike, you

double-crossed s, and

co able to find

a bookmaker"

Mr Morris turned a pained face to his co Mr Webber, "did you ever in all your born

days hear a pal put it across another pal like that? After the work

we've done all these years together, me and Lehy, you're like a

serpent in the bush, you are really!"

It was a long tilasses across a

lead-covered bar, before Mr Seepidge could be pacified--the

took place in the private bar of "The Bread and Cheese," Camden

Town--but presently he turned froe, explained the bad condition of business, ith the paper

bills and wages bills he had to pay, and hinted oe was in a bad way The police had

recently raided the pre

order for five hundred thousand sweepstake tickets, which were being

printed surreptitiously, for Mr Seepidge dealt in what is colloquially

known as "snide printing"

Whether Mr Cresta Morris had indeed swindled his partner ofGlory at a remunerative price for his