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The Debtor

CHAPTER III
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"Whew!" "He must be rich if he takes all that cream," said the postmaster.

"A half a pint a day about breaks me, but my wife must have it for her coffee." Rosenstein had so far got his freedom of speech, for the barber had never ceased operation to speak, though rather guardedly.

"He must be rich," he said.

"Any man in Banbridge that buys as much as he does from a store in the place, an' wants his bills regular every Saturday night, has got somethin'." "Has he paid 'em ?" asked the postmaster.
"All except the last one, an' that he didn't pay because I couldn't cash a check for five hundred and give him the balance.

'Lord, sir,' says I, 'ef you want a check of that value cashed, you'll have to go to John Wanamaker.


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