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Show filrals Ttn or Twenty Dollars at n Tlm. Th re is a nun over on tho north side who Is slowly but steadily growing rich at tho ei.nw of the small storeket peri. Ho Is a thief, bit ho U a niccessful ono, and Is jJOMTwwd of at lea-it n rudimi nt nry Idea of burner. FurMmo weeks ho ho l-ecn making a good Income by nik ing for chango for a tun or a twenty dollar dol-lar bill and thun walking ou with tho bill as well as the chango. Ho U a good looking man slid well drewod, but tho l-ollce are unable to fin 1 htm. IIo wulkod Into a bakery at 03 Wells struct, owned by I. Vina. Ho was In hi shirt sleeves, and In hi hand carried a letter which was Addressed !, H, Itenr, 2U Hubbard street, Mihvnuloe." Laying the letter down so that tho ad tln would s'iow ho produced a handful hand-ful c f change and asked If ho could gvt n ten dollar bill in place of It, saj in;? In expUnatiun that he wanted to send ten dollar to a friend In Milwaukee nnd did not want to lnnkohUlotUr too heavy. ilrs, Vtxtua saw the tetter, an 1 a It ncfinM to bear out his story, produced tho Un dollar bill. Tho stranger took the bill, nnd shoving shov-ing It and the change In his pocket, kipjMd out tho door and ran down Locust street Mr. Vizi na shouted until un-til sho was hoarse, but tho man got nway, Tlicn she saw tho IctUr, wldcli wo still lying on the counter. It was unsealed and sho opened It. Inside was n i-art of n sheet of noto paj-t r nnd on it wno written, "This U wliat you might have exicted." Mrs. Vlztna still ha tho letter, but the fellow ho her ten dollar. A thcro was an tinmod stamp on tho letter sho only loses t'J.UH, Chicago Chi-cago Herald. |