The Almost Perfect Murder

beside the cashier's desk with a smile of foolish good-nature.

\"I allus eats my lunch late,\" I said. \"You kin take your time and eat comfortable wit'out bein' pushed by the crowd.\"

The cashier's glance said that she didn't give a damn if I never got any lunch, but I didn't care. I had her penned behind her little counter where she couldn't escape. By degrees I came round to the inevitable \"boy-friend.\" She yawned behind


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beside the cashier's desk with a smile of foolish good-nature.

\"I allus eats my lunch late,\" I said. \"You kin take your time and eat comfortable wit'out bein' pushed by the crowd.\"

The cashier's glance said that she didn't give a damn if I never got any lunch, but I didn't care. I had her penned behind her little counter where she couldn't escape. By degrees I came round to the inevitable \"boy-friend.\" She yawned behind


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