5/17 He took board off of Sally Briggs four weeks, and then he cleared out, and she nor no one else has seen hide nor hair of him since, and he never paid her one cent. All he ever let on was to leave this letter stickin' on the pin cushion in his bedroom." The Colonel dug the letter out of his vest pocket, and Toole read it. It was short: Dear Miss Briggs: I'm off. |