GRAVE SUSPICION.
A gentleman in a Midland town recently becamo conscious of most suspicious glances cast upon him by his friends and acquaintances. Then he became aware that his footsteps were dogged. • „ A constable was occasionally seen around the house, and subsequently a stranger, who afterwards turned out to be a detective, appeared . Tortured and . troubled, the gentleman at last asked,a friend the meaning f ' fl/l l "Don't you know," said he, "they suspect you of murder ?" "Of 'murder!" said th© rVrified man. " What do you mean?" " You received a postcard last week.'"* " Very likely I received a dozen." " But on this postcard were written these words: 'Be sure and save the child, but kill the mother,' and the postmaster read——' But at this a smile, ending in a guffaw, broko in upon tho dialogue. The postcard had come from a London editor, for whom the gentleman had written a story, which the editor wanted amended according to these directions.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11755, 20 July 1916, Page 7
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