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Early the next morning Leroy awoke abruptly as he felt someone kicking him in his rear repeatedly. Bugger stood over him with a scowl and practically spit on him as he spoke, “I knowed who took your precious gold piece and it warn’t me.”

With a startled look Leroy jumped to his feet and threw up his arms and yelled, “Who?”

Bugger smirked. “It was that no-account, cheating’, thievin’ greenhorn by the name of Marvin Brooks. He cheated me, and he stole from you.”

“How do you know?”

“Cause I seen it with my own two eyes. He pulled it outta his pocket and begun tossin’ it in the air, braggin’ on the fact that he had a gold piece. Said he won it fair and square in a game of brag, but acourse I knowed better. So there – whatcha gonna do about it, mister smarty pants?”

Leroy was so taken aback by this revelation that he just stared and slowly shook his head as Bugger turned and sauntered off. His first thought was to go in search of the dude, give him what for and demand the return of his coin. However, as he thought more on it, doubts began to flood his mind. Was Bugger maybe lying to save his own skin?