Versos English Rudyard Kipling Plain Tales from the Hills/A Bank Fraud

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Plain Tales from the Hills/A Bank Fraud

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He drank strong waters and his speech was coarse; He purchased raiment and forebore to pay; He struck a trusting junior with a horse, And won Gymkhanas in a doubtful way. Then, 'twixt a vice and folly, turned aside To do good deeds and straight to cloak them, lied.