| abstract | - Find out who's been stealing from Anson. Anson said that someone's been stealing from his bar late at night. He suggested that I could either wait in ambush for the thief, or search other people's belongings for Anson's stolen merchandise. I told Anson that Marianne was the one who was stealing from him, and he beat her up quite badly. I told Anson that Doc Lane was the person who was stealing from him, and Anson reported Lane to the sheriff. Lane now swings from the gallows at the center of town. I told Anson that a mysterious stranger with a beard had been stealing from him. My lie fooled him, and he considered the matter closed. I told Anson that a mysterious stranger with a beard had been stealing from him, but he didn't believe my story and tossed me out of his bar. Anson say somebody steal from him at night. He say me wait and hide, or maybe find his stuff in other people's stuff. Me tell Anson that Marianne steal from him. He smack her up good. Me tell Anson that Lane steal from him. Now he swing from rope. Err, Lane swing, not Anson. Me tell Anson that bad guy with beard steal from him. He believe me. Me tell Anson that bad guy with beard steal from him. He not believe me, and say me go away from bar forever. Marianne: I promised not to turn Marianne in for stealing from Anson's bar. When I told Marianne I was going to turn her in, she ran to her room, crying. I blackmailed Marianne into giving all her money to me in exchange for not turning her in. Marianne, one of Anson's prostitutes, admitted to stealing from him after I showed her the drugs I found in her room. She claims she was only trying to raise money quicker so she could buy her freedom from Anson. Me not tell on Marianne. Marianne gimme money so me not tell on her. Me gonna tell on Marianne. Me show Marianne drugs me find in her room. She say she steal to pay off debt faster.
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