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The Palace Beautiful

CHAPTER XLV
20/21

He was put there because he stole a five-pound note and a ring from the gentleman whom the little girl used to call the Prince.

It is believed, though of course nothing is certainly known, nor will be until the little girl is taken out of the thraldom of the ogre and confesses what has happened, that this wicked man has also stolen a good deal of money from an envelope which the elder sister used to consider her 'Emergency Fund' envelope.

In short, it is thought that his one object in frightening the poor little girl was simply to rob her and her sisters.

Now that he is in prison, however, and quite out of the way of harming any one, it is greatly hoped by those who love her that the poor little one, who was made to suffer so cruelly, will be released from the thraldom of the wicked ogre, and be made to see that there are times and circumstances during which even the most truthful little girl would do better to break her word than to keep it.

Now, Daisy, that is the end of my story; I've got nothing more to say about it, for at present I know nothing more.


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