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It was the following morning when Joe was seated peacefully at his breakfast after his bath and morning bout with Verily that Jimmy Primrose dropped in with a countenance quite the reverse from his usual optimistic cheerfulness. He flung himself down in a chair and refused Joe's offer of hospitality until he had delivered himself of his errand.
"Come," Joe said. "What's wrong, old man. Out with it. Something to do with money, of course."