In this funny tale from W. W. Jacobs, a pair of old friends enjoying a few beers at the local pub hatch a nefarious plot to steal the modest nest egg that one fellow's wife has managed to squirrel away over the years. Suffice it to say that things don't go exactly as planned.
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