While traveling in Russia, Ed Jackson ran short of money. So he wrote (1)t_____ his brother asking for $500. “Send the (2)m_______ by telegram to the bank here,” he wrote. After a week Ed began (3)v_______ the bank. He (4)s______ his passport to the bank clerk. “Nothing has come for you, Mr Jackson,” he was told.
This went (5)o______ for three weeks, and Mr Jackson got very (6)w_______. He then phoned his brother, asking (7)w______ the money was. The brother said it had been sent three weeks (8)b______. That evening Ed Jackson was arrested for failing to (9)p_______ his hotel bill. He tried to tell the police what his problem was, but no one would believe him .At last he was (10)s______ to the police station for fifteen days.
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