The $10 Bill

3. $10 Bill
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Sitting by the window in her convent, Sister Eulalia opened a
letter from home and found a $10 bill inside. As she read the
letter she caught sight of a shabbily dressed stranger leaning
against a lamppost below. Quickly she wrote, "Don't despair,
Sister Eulalia" on a piece of paper, wrapped the $10 in it and
dropped it out the window.

The stranger picked it up and, with a puzzled expression and a
tip of his hat, went off down the street.

The next day Sister Eulalia was told that a man was at the door,
insisting on seeing her. She went down and found the stranger
waiting. Without a word he handed her a roll of bills. "What's
this?" she asked.

"That's the 60 bucks you have coming. Don't Despair paid five to
one."