Michael
Produced by Donald Lainson MICHAEL by E. F. Benson CHAPTER I Though there was nothing visibly graceful about Michael Comber, he apparently had the art of giving gracefully. He had already told his cousin Francis, who sat on the arm of the sofa by his table, that there was no earthly excuse for his having run into debt; but now when the moment came for giving, he wrote the cheque quickly and eagerly, as if
He caught the swindler tighter than ever and made him walk to the
sidewalk. By this time a crowd of people began to collect.
"What's the trouble here?" asked one gentleman.
"He's robbed me, that's what's the matter," answered the countryman. "He
has got six hundred dollars o' mine!"
"Six hundred dollars!" cried several and began to take a deeper
interest.
"Gentleman this man must be crazy. I never saw him before," came loudly
from the swindler.
"That is not true!" cried Joe. "He was with the man who lost the money.
I saw them together yesterday."
"I am a respectable merchant from Pittsburg," went on the swindler. "It
is outrageous to be accused in this fashion."
"Somebody had better call a policeman," said Joe.
"I'll do dat," answered a newsboy, and ran off to execute the errand.
As the crowd began to collect the swindler saw that he was going to have
difficulty in clearing himself or getting away. He looked around, and
Produced by Donald Lainson MICHAEL by E. F. Benson CHAPTER I Though there was nothing visibly graceful about Michael Comber, he apparently had the art of giving gracefully. He had already told his cousin Francis, who sat on the arm of the sofa by his table, that there was no earthly excuse for his having run into debt; but now when the moment came for giving, he wrote the cheque quickly and eagerly, as if