In the Sunk Lands — page 284: what you’re looking at

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IN THE SUNK LANDS. 267 sand dollars in four per cent. United States Government bonds ! We stood like so many wax figures until Treve picked up a thin package that had dropped on the table unnoticed until now. He quickly undid it and disclosed a small photograph and a few faded letters. ‘* A blind man could see that this picture is the counterpart of Patty, even though it was taken eleven years ago!” exclaimed ‘Treve. ‘ Well, all I can say,” said Joe, solemnly, ‘is that Miss Geraldine Halford, the young lady on the other side of the table, need not spend the remainder of her days in the sunk lands, with twenty-three thousand dollars and peres accrued for a trifle over ten years.” ‘An’ my name is Geraldine, is hit?” asked Patty, in a dazed manner. ‘ An’ Simpson wasn’t my pap, an’ I kin go away from yere an’ be like other girls ?” ‘“Of course,’ we assured her. ‘* What does the Quartette say to taking her home with us,’ asked Treve. ‘IT know mother and the girls would be glad to take eare of her-until things simmer down.” Eomicbooks..co