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"Then we'll fix your hand up a bit, abandon the car with Manse]] in it, not too far from the train, and be off before a soul knows anything." All this time the bank managei g little daughter had been listening, frozen with horror. Puzzled by the commotion, she had only dimly guessed what it was all about. At first she quite expected the strange men to go away in a few minutes. Then that sudden crash, followed by the revolver shot and the ominous silence of her father. Instinctively she felt it would be better to remain hidden. As the thieves unfolded their plans the child forgot her fear. She must not mi6s - a word. "They've hurt daddy . . ~ taking him away . . . I'm going, too!" Thoughts rushed through her mind in a kind of breathless telegram. In the excitement of stowing money basrs into their pocket*, and with Joe in mortal terror of < bleeding to death, the two men 1
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 225, 21 September 1940, Page 8 (Supplement)
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166READ THIS STORY OF A HOLD-UP! Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 225, 21 September 1940, Page 8 (Supplement)
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