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Locked away in a drawer in her bedroom at the "George Inn" Rose Hurley kept a little fibre case in which she stored her letters, a few pieces of jewellery, her money, and a gold watch. Rose was eight and twenty, and she had been working for five years, and coming of the country stock she had saved money. Yes, quite a pretty sum thanks to her tips which had not been lessened by a pleasant voice, dark eyes, and clean hands.
In this case she kept her Post Office book, and her Savings Certificates. She knew to a penny what she had, but that night she sat on the edge of her bed, and by candlelight considered her fortune.