Copyright, 1905, by Harper & Brothers. All rights reserved. Published October, 1905. That I was in a hard case is best attested by the fact that when I had paid for my Sunday _Herald_ there was left in my purse just one tuppence-ha'penny stamp and two copper cents, one dated 1873, the other 1894. The mere incident that at this hour eighteen months later I can recall the dates of these coins should be proof, if any were needed, of the importance of the coppers in my eyes, and therefore of the relative scarcity of funds in my possession. Raffles was dead--killed as you may remember at the battle of Spion Kop--and I, his companion, who had never known want while his deft fingers were able to c…
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