THE STOLEN WATCH.
Two years after stealing a gold wrie: watch from Mrs. Lancaster, of Aby. near Louth, a thief broke into her hous again t return the booty. Mrs. La ri carter, robbed in August, 1937, always believed the watch would be returned. She eaya she prayed to that effect. It was as she lay in bed that she heard someone downstairs. Later, she found the watch in a drawer. "The thief must liavu suffered more as a rejsilt, of the theft than I did," she declared.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 303, 23 December 1939, Page 7
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88THE STOLEN WATCH. Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 303, 23 December 1939, Page 7
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