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Show TRAGEDY ON A BANK NOTE Bitter Words Found Written on a Dollar Dol-lar Bill by the Receiving Teller. "Yes, I collect queer bank notes," said the receiving teller. "I've been doing it for years. You know there are some very odd things written on bank notes sometimes." He pointed to a one-dollar bill hung in a frame of black oak on the wall. "Read that," he said. "And I've got queerer queer-er ones than that even in my collection." col-lection." On the bank note in red ink was written in a feminine hand: "You have robbed me of all the rest, and of my soul also. May this burn your hand when you touch it. May all you buy with it be accursed. You have the last. Are you now satisfied? Murderer! " The collector sighed sentimentally. "Think of the tragedy," he said, "that may lie hid behind those simple little lit-tle phrases, eh?" |