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Show Her Faith in Man Shaken. Chicago She smiled sweetly as she approached Emil J. Holmes and asked: "I'm a stranger and I have lost my wav. Could you direct me to the loop?" 'TVhy, this is the loop you're in," said Mr. Holmes, who was sitting in his motor car. It was about 10 p. m. Some way or other, before Mr. Holmes realized it, she was cuddled beside him. Thev talked for some time. Then she left. Soon theraftpr he discovered the absence of twelve $100 bills which had reposed in hie right hip pocket. "Poor little thing," Mr. Holmes said to a reporter. "I suppose her faith in mankind will be sadly shaken. I got that roll in Washington from a faker. It was stage money, and the bills are 5 cents a dozen." Kansas City Star. |