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THE WAY OF LIFE
ness. That friend who was in service was also getting on well but he was not earning so much as the broker.
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One day, the friend who was in service was at home. It was a holiday for him. His wife and children had gone out. At noon, the broker went to his house. He said to his friend, "Today, I will take rest only for half an hour. I have to meet a merchant at one 'O' clock. I am hopeful of a good bargain and of getting a good profit". He took off his coat; hung it to a nail and said to his friend, "Today, we must be careful. Nobody should touch my coat. There are ornaments worth one lakh rupees in the pocket of the coat".
The friend said, "We have bolted the doors from inside. Only we two will be resting here. The question of anyone else coming in does not arise". He bolted the door from inside. Both the friends lay down to rest.
The broker was soon asleep but his friend could not get sleep. He began to entertain many wicked and treacherous thoughts. He thought, "If I get those ornaments worth one lakh into my possession, I need not work afterwards. I can live happily without any financial worry. I will go to my native place and live happily".
"But he is my friend. He has absolute trust and confidence in me. I will be betraying the trust if I take the ornaments from his pocket. When he comes to know that the ornaments have been robbed, he will suspect only me and he may also complain to the police against me".
MURDER FOR MONEY
He was thinking thus for sometime. He was thinking excitedly and his thoughts flashed through his mind like lightnings. The wicked desire to possess those ornaments worth one lakh rupees impelled him to do a treacherous thing. Not only that; it also inspired him to murder his friend. "If he is alive, it will be dangerous for me, so he must be killed".
Betraying faith and killing a friend! He got ready to commit both these terrible sins for the sake of the ornaments. He
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