My Strangest Case

My Strangest Case
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Guy Boothby

My Strangest Case

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“The Hotel of the Three Desires,” he reads, “and on March the fifteenth, without fail.” There was a pause while he folded the letter up and placed it in his pocket. Then he continued, “this is the hotel, and to-day is the fifteenth of March. But why don’t they put in an appearance. It isn’t like them to be late. They’d better not play me any tricks or they’ll find I have lost none of my old power of retaliation.”

Having satisfied himself that it was impossible for any one to see into the room, either through the keyhole or by means of the window, he partially disrobed, and, when he had done so, unbuckled from round his waist a broad leather money-belt. Seating himself on the bed once more he unfastened the strap of the pocket, and dribbled the contents on to the bed. They consisted of three Napoleons, fifteen English sovereigns, four half-sovereigns, and eighteen one-franc pieces. In his trouser-pocket he had four Mexican dollars, and some cosmopolitan change of small value.

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