Sitting by the window in her convent,
Sister Anne opened a letter from home and found a $10 bill inside.
As she read the letter, she caught sight of a shabbily
dressed stranger leaning against a lamppost below.

Quickly she wrote, "Don't despair, Sister Anne" on a piece of paper,
wrapped the $10 in it and dropped it out the window.
The stranger picked it up and, with a puzzled expression
and a tip of his hat, went off down the street. The next day
Sister Anne was told that a man was at the door,
insisting on seeing her.

She went down and found the stranger waiting.
Without a word, he handed her a roll of bills.
"What's this?" she asked. "That's the 60 bucks you
have coming.

Don't Despair paid five to one."