The Almost Perfect Murder



\"That's the on'y coon-skin coat.\"

\"Then show me somepin cheaper. Somepin with an elegant fur collar, like.\"

To my joy she went away leaving the coat lying on the counter with the card attached. I made haste to examine it. The first entry on the card read: \"Chico, — Bleecker,\" and then the dates presumably when it was given out and returned. All the subsequent entries merely had a C and two dates. Apparently it had never


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\"That's the on'y coon-skin coat.\"

\"Then show me somepin cheaper. Somepin with an elegant fur collar, like.\"

To my joy she went away leaving the coat lying on the counter with the card attached. I made haste to examine it. The first entry on the card read: \"Chico, — Bleecker,\" and then the dates presumably when it was given out and returned. All the subsequent entries merely had a C and two dates. Apparently it had never


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