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`` Surely he has n't been robbing the Salvation Army Christmas boxes ! And the idea of sending me money all in pennies ! '' The more she thought about it the more indignant did Mrs. Cantwell become . Finally , a little after noon , Mrs. Cantwell decided to take the stuff to the bank , have it counted and turned over into greenbacks . So she trudged up to the bank with it . The journey was something more than a mile in length . Mrs. Cantwell arrived at the bank , only to make the same discovery that her husband had made about the need of counting and wrapping the money before it could be deposited or exchanged .