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Crime Does Not Pay #42
The main story follows two con men, Atkin and Dunther, who scheme to swindle a dam construction project by posing as engineers and stealing funds meant for irrigation work. Their elaborate masquerade involves infiltrating official circles and gaining the governor's confidence, but their criminal plans ultimately unravel. A secondary tale involves a woman discovering that her husband has been murdered, with a skeleton appearing as a supernatural omen of death, forcing her to confront the truth about his demise and a cover-up plot involving stolen dam funds.