Like Father, Like . . . You Know Who

"The Master Thief."
By James L. Ford (1854-1928).
In Hypnotic Tales and Other Tales (1894), pages 209-214.
Online HERE and HERE.

Once upon a time there was a retired thief who desired that his son should follow the profession in which he himself had amassed a fortune . . .

There's a lesson in this . . . somewhere.

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