The Mystery Megapack: 25 Modern and Classic Mystery Stories
Page 44
by Talley, Marcia
It was two o’clock in the morning when he entered the dingy room far downtown, the room that was his home. He investigated and found that the proceeds of the night’s work amounted to more than two hundred dollars.
“Played for a thucker by a hick!” he exclaimed. “It doth not pay to try to be honetht! Inthane moment ith ethactly right! But it ith a good joke on Craddock!”