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<s> WHEN I GLANCE OVER MY NOTES AND RECORDS OF THE SHERLOCK HOLMES CASES BETWEEN THE YEARS EIGHTY TWO AND NINETY I AM FACED BY SO MANY WHICH PRESENT STRANGE AND INTERESTING FEATURES THAT IT IS NO EASY MATTER TO KNOW WHICH TO CHOOSE AND WHICH TO LEAVE </s>
<s> SOME HOWEVER HAVE ALREADY GAINED PUBLICITY THROUGH THE PAPERS AND OTHERS HAVE NOT OFFERED A FIELD FOR THOSE PECULIAR QUALITIES WHICH MY FRIEND POSSESSED IN SO HIGH A DEGREE AND WHICH IT IS THE OBJECT OF THESE PAPERS TO ILLUSTRATE </s>
<s> SOME TOO HAVE BAFFLED HIS ANALYTICAL SKILL AND WOULD BE AS NARRATIVES BEGINNINGS WITHOUT AN ENDING WHILE OTHERS HAVE BEEN BUT PARTIALLY CLEARED UP AND HAVE THEIR EXPLANATIONS FOUNDED RATHER UPON CONJECTURE AND SURMISE THAN ON THAT ABSOLUTE LOGICAL PROOF WHICH WAS SO DEAR TO HIM </s>
<s> THERE IS HOWEVER ONE OF THESE LAST WHICH WAS SO REMARKABLE IN ITS DETAILS AND SO STARTLING IN ITS RESULTS THAT I AM TEMPTED TO GIVE SOME ACCOUNT OF IT IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT THERE ARE POINTS IN CONNECTION WITH IT WHICH NEVER HAVE BEEN AND PROBABLY NEVER WILL BE ENTIRELY CLEARED UP </s>
<s> THE YEAR EIGHTY SEVEN FURNISHED US WITH A LONG SERIES OF CASES OF GREATER OR LESS INTEREST OF WHICH I RETAIN THE RECORDS </s>
<s> AMONG MY HEADINGS UNDER THIS ONE TWELVE MONTHS I FIND AN ACCOUNT OF THE ADVENTURE OF THE PARADOL CHAMBER OF THE AMATEUR MENDICANT SOCIETY WHO HELD A LUXURIOUS CLUB IN THE LOWER VAULT OF A FURNITURE WAREHOUSE OF THE FACTS CONNECTED WITH THE LOSS OF THE BRITISH BARK SOPHY ANDERSON OF THE SINGULAR ADVENTURES OF THE GRICE PATERSONS IN THE ISLAND OF UFFA AND FINALLY OF THE CAMBERWELL POISONING CASE </s>
<s> IN THE LATTER AS MAY BE REMEMBERED SHERLOCK HOLMES WAS ABLE BY WINDING UP THE DEAD MAN'S WATCH TO PROVE THAT IT HAD BEEN WOUND UP TWO HOURS BEFORE AND THAT THEREFORE THE DECEASED HAD GONE TO BED WITHIN THAT TIME A DEDUCTION WHICH WAS OF THE GREATEST IMPORTANCE IN CLEARING UP THE CASE </s>
<s> ALL THESE I MAY SKETCH OUT AT SOME FUTURE DATE BUT NONE OF THEM PRESENT SUCH SINGULAR FEATURES AS THE STRANGE TRAIN OF CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH I HAVE NOW TAKEN UP MY PEN TO DESCRIBE </s>
<s> IT WAS IN THE LATTER DAYS OF SEPTEMBER AND THE EQUINOCTIAL GALES HAD SET IN WITH EXCEPTIONAL VIOLENCE </s>
<s> ALL DAY THE WIND HAD SCREAMED AND THE RAIN HAD BEATEN AGAINST THE WINDOWS SO THAT EVEN HERE IN THE HEART OF GREAT HAND MADE LONDON WE WERE FORCED TO RAISE OUR MINDS FOR THE INSTANT FROM THE ROUTINE OF LIFE AND TO RECOGNIZE THE PRESENCE OF THOSE GREAT ELEMENTAL FORCES WHICH SHRIEK AT MANKIND THROUGH THE BARS OF HIS CIVILIZATION LIKE UNTAMED BEASTS IN A CAGE </s>
<s> AS EVENING DREW IN THE STORM GREW HIGHER AND LOUDER AND THE WIND CRIED AND SOBBED LIKE A CHILD IN THE CHIMNEY </s>
<s> SHERLOCK HOLMES SAT MOODILY AT ONE SIDE OF THE FIREPLACE CROSS INDEXING HIS RECORDS OF CRIME WHILE I AT THE OTHER WAS DEEP IN ONE OF CLARK RUSSELL'S FINE SEA STORIES UNTIL THE HOWL OF THE GALE FROM WITHOUT SEEMED TO BLEND WITH THE TEXT AND THE SPLASH OF THE RAIN TO LENGTHEN OUT INTO THE LONG SWASH OF THE SEA WAVES </s>
<s> MY WIFE WAS ON A VISIT TO HER MOTHER'S AND FOR A FEW DAYS I WAS A DWELLER ONCE MORE IN MY OLD QUARTERS AT BAKER STREET </s>
<s> QUOTE WHY QUOTE SAID I GLANCING UP AT MY COMPANION QUOTE THAT WAS SURELY THE BELL </s>
<s> WHO COULD COME TO NIGHT </s>
<s> SOME FRIEND OF YOURS PERHAPS </s>
<s> EXCEPT YOURSELF I HAVE NONE HE ANSWERED </s>
<s> I DO NOT ENCOURAGE VISITORS </s>
<s> A CLIENT THEN </s>
<s> IF SO IT IS A SERIOUS CASE </s>
<s> NOTHING LESS WOULD BRING A MAN OUT ON SUCH A DAY AND AT SUCH AN HOUR </s>
<s> BUT I TAKE IT THAT IT IS MORE LIKELY TO BE SOME CRONY OF THE LANDLADY'S QUOTE </s>
<s> SHERLOCK HOLMES WAS WRONG IN HIS CONJECTURE HOWEVER FOR THERE CAME A STEP IN THE PASSAGE AND A TAPPING AT THE DOOR </s>
<s> HE STRETCHED OUT HIS LONG ARM TO TURN THE LAMP AWAY FROM HIMSELF AND TOWARDS THE VACANT CHAIR UPON WHICH A NEWCOMER MUST SIT </s>
<s> COME IN SAID HE </s>
<s> THE MAN WHO ENTERED WAS YOUNG SOME TWO AND TWENTY AT THE OUTSIDE WELL GROOMED AND TRIMLY CLAD WITH SOMETHING OF REFINEMENT AND DELICACY IN HIS BEARING </s>
<s> THE STREAMING UMBRELLA WHICH HE HELD IN HIS HAND AND HIS LONG SHINING WATERPROOF TOLD OF THE FIERCE WEATHER THROUGH WHICH HE HAD COME </s>
<s> HE LOOKED ABOUT HIM ANXIOUSLY IN THE GLARE OF THE LAMP AND I COULD SEE THAT HIS FACE WAS PALE AND HIS EYES HEAVY LIKE THOSE OF A MAN WHO IS WEIGHED DOWN WITH SOME GREAT ANXIETY </s>
<s> L. OWE YOU AN APOLOGY HE SAID RAISING HIS GOLDEN PINCE NEZ TO HIS EYES </s>
<s> I TRUST THAT I AM NOT INTRUDING </s>
<s> I FEAR THAT I HAVE BROUGHT SOME TRACES OF THE STORM AND RAIN INTO YOUR SNUG CHAMBER </s>
<s> GIVE ME YOUR COAT AND UMBRELLA SAID HOLMES </s>
<s> QUOTE THEY MAY REST HERE ON THE HOOK AND WILL BE DRY PRESENTLY </s>
<s> YOU HAVE COME UP FROM THE SOUTH WEST I SEE </s>
<s> YES FROM HORSHAM </s>
<s> THAT CLAY AND CHALK MIXTURE WHICH I SEE UPON YOUR TOE CAPS IS QUITE DISTINCTIVE </s>
<s> I HAVE COME FOR ADVICE </s>
<s> THAT IS EASILY GOT </s>
<s> QUOTE AND HELP QUOTE </s>
<s> THAT IS NOT ALWAYS SO EASY </s>
<s> I HAVE HEARD OF YOU MR. HOLMES </s>
<s> I HEARD FROM MAJOR PRENDERGAST HOW YOU SAVED HIM IN THE TANKERVILLE CLUB SCANDAL </s>
<s> AH OF COURSE </s>
<s> HE WAS WRONGFULLY ACCUSED OF CHEATING AT CARDS </s>
<s> QUOTE HE SAID THAT YOU COULD SOLVE ANYTHING QUOTE </s>
<s> HE SAID TOO MUCH </s>
<s> THAT YOU ARE NEVER BEATEN </s>
<s> I HAVE BEEN BEATEN FOUR TIMES THREE TIMES BY MEN AND ONCE BY A WOMAN </s>
<s> BUT WHAT IS THAT COMPARED WITH THE NUMBER OF YOUR SUCCESSES </s>
<s> IT IS TRUE THAT I HAVE BEEN GENERALLY SUCCESSFUL </s>
<s> QUOTE THEN YOU MAY BE SO WITH ME QUOTE </s>
<s> I BEG THAT YOU WILL DRAW YOUR CHAIR UP TO THE FIRE AND FAVOUR ME WITH SOME DETAILS AS TO YOUR CASE </s>
<s> IT IS NO ORDINARY ONE </s>
<s> NONE OF THOSE WHICH COME TO ME ARE </s>
<s> I AM THE LAST COURT OF APPEAL </s>
<s> AND YET I QUESTION SIR WHETHER IN ALL YOUR EXPERIENCE YOU HAVE EVER LISTENED TO A MORE MYSTERIOUS AND INEXPLICABLE CHAIN OF EVENTS THAN THOSE WHICH HAVE HAPPENED IN MY OWN FAMILY </s>
<s> QUOTE YOU FILL ME WITH INTEREST QUOTE SAID HOLMES </s>
<s> PRAY GIVE US THE ESSENTIAL FACTS FROM THE COMMENCEMENT AND I CAN AFTERWARDS QUESTION YOU AS TO THOSE DETAILS WHICH SEEM TO ME TO BE MOST IMPORTANT </s>
<s> THE YOUNG MAN PULLED HIS CHAIR UP AND PUSHED HIS WET FEET OUT TOWARDS THE BLAZE </s>
<s> MY NAME SAID HE IS JOHN OPENSHAW BUT MY OWN AFFAIRS HAVE AS FAR AS I CAN UNDERSTAND LITTLE TO DO WITH THIS AWFUL BUSINESS </s>
<s> IT IS A HEREDITARY MATTER SO IN ORDER TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE FACTS I MUST GO BACK TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE AFFAIR </s>
<s> YOU MUST KNOW THAT MY GRANDFATHER HAD TWO SONS MY UNCLE ELIAS AND MY FATHER JOSEPH </s>
<s> MY FATHER HAD A SMALL FACTORY AT COVENTRY WHICH HE ENLARGED AT THE TIME OF THE INVENTION OF BICYCLING </s>
<s> HE WAS A PATENTEE OF THE OPENSHAW UNBREAKABLE TIRE AND HIS BUSINESS MET WITH SUCH SUCCESS THAT HE WAS ABLE TO SELL IT AND TO RETIRE UPON A HANDSOME COMPETENCE </s>
<s> MY UNCLE ELIAS EMIGRATED TO AMERICA WHEN HE WAS A YOUNG MAN AND BECAME A PLANTER IN FLORIDA WHERE HE WAS REPORTED TO HAVE DONE VERY WELL </s>
<s> AT THE TIME OF THE WAR HE FOUGHT IN JACKSON'S ARMY AND AFTERWARDS UNDER HOOD WHERE HE ROSE TO BE A COLONEL </s>
<s> WHEN LEE LAID DOWN HIS ARMS MY UNCLE RETURNED TO HIS PLANTATION WHERE HE REMAINED FOR THREE OR FOUR YEARS </s>
<s> ABOUT ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED SIXTY NINE OR ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED SEVENTY HE CAME BACK TO EUROPE AND TOOK A SMALL ESTATE IN SUSSEX NEAR HORSHAM </s>
<s> HE HAD MADE A VERY CONSIDERABLE FORTUNE IN THE STATES AND HIS REASON FOR LEAVING THEM WAS HIS AVERSION TO THE NEGROES AND HIS DISLIKE OF THE REPUBLICAN POLICY IN EXTENDING THE FRANCHISE TO THEM </s>
<s> HE WAS A SINGULAR MAN FIERCE AND QUICK TEMPERED VERY FOUL MOUTHED WHEN HE WAS ANGRY AND OF A MOST RETIRING DISPOSITION </s>
<s> DURING ALL THE YEARS THAT HE LIVED AT HORSHAM I DOUBT IF EVER HE SET FOOT IN THE TOWN </s>
<s> HE HAD A GARDEN AND TWO OR THREE FIELDS ROUND HIS HOUSE AND THERE HE WOULD TAKE HIS EXERCISE THOUGH VERY OFTEN FOR WEEKS ON END HE WOULD NEVER LEAVE HIS ROOM </s>
<s> HE DRANK A GREAT DEAL OF BRANDY AND SMOKED VERY HEAVILY BUT HE WOULD SEE NO SOCIETY AND DID NOT WANT ANY FRIENDS NOT EVEN HIS OWN BROTHER </s>
<s> HE DIDN'T MIND ME IN FACT HE TOOK A FANCY TO ME FOR AT THE TIME WHEN HE SAW ME FIRST I WAS A YOUNGSTER OF TWELVE OR SO </s>
<s> THIS WOULD BE IN THE YEAR ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED SEVENTY EIGHT AFTER HE HAD BEEN EIGHT OR NINE YEARS IN ENGLAND </s>
<s> HE BEGGED MY FATHER TO LET ME LIVE WITH HIM AND HE WAS VERY KIND TO ME IN HIS WAY </s>
<s> WHEN HE WAS SOBER HE USED TO BE FOND OF PLAYING BACKGAMMON AND DRAUGHTS WITH ME AND HE WOULD MAKE ME HIS REPRESENTATIVE BOTH WITH THE SERVANTS AND WITH THE TRADESPEOPLE SO THAT BY THE TIME THAT I WAS SIXTEEN I WAS QUITE MASTER OF THE HOUSE </s>
<s> I KEPT ALL THE KEYS AND COULD GO WHERE I LIKED AND DO WHAT I LIKED SO LONG AS I DID NOT DISTURB HIM IN HIS PRIVACY </s>
<s> THERE WAS ONE SINGULAR EXCEPTION HOWEVER FOR HE HAD A SINGLE ROOM A LUMBER ROOM UP AMONG THE ATTICS WHICH WAS INVARIABLY LOCKED AND WHICH HE WOULD NEVER PERMIT EITHER ME OR ANYONE ELSE TO ENTER </s>
<s> WITH A BOY'S CURIOSITY I HAVE PEEPED THROUGH THE KEYHOLE BUT I WAS NEVER ABLE TO SEE MORE THAN SUCH A COLLECTION OF OLD TRUNKS AND BUNDLES AS WOULD BE EXPECTED IN SUCH A ROOM </s>
<s> QUOTE ONE DAY IT WAS IN MARCH ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHTY THREE A LETTER WITH A FOREIGN STAMP LAY UPON THE TABLE IN FRONT OF THE COLONEL'S PLATE </s>
<s> IT WAS NOT A COMMON THING FOR HIM TO RECEIVE LETTERS FOR HIS BILLS WERE ALL PAID IN READY MONEY AND HE HAD NO FRIENDS OF ANY SORT </s>
<s> FROM INDIA SAID HE AS HE TOOK IT UP PONDICHERRY POSTMARK </s>
<s> WHAT CAN THIS BE </s>
<s> OPENING IT HURRIEDLY OUT THERE JUMPED FIVE LITTLE DRIED ORANGE PIPS WHICH PATTERED DOWN UPON HIS PLATE </s>
<s> I BEGAN TO LAUGH AT THIS BUT THE LAUGH WAS STRUCK FROM MY LIPS AT THE SIGHT OF HIS FACE </s>
<s> HIS LIP HAD FALLEN HIS EYES WERE PROTRUDING HIS SKIN THE COLOUR OF PUTTY AND HE GLARED AT THE ENVELOPE WHICH HE STILL HELD IN HIS TREMBLING HAND K. K. K. HE SHRIEKED AND THEN MY GOD MY GOD MY SINS HAVE OVERTAKEN ME </s>
<s> WHAT IS IT UNCLE </s>
<s> I CRIED </s>
<s> DEATH SAID HE AND RISING FROM THE TABLE HE RETIRED TO HIS ROOM LEAVING ME PALPITATING WITH HORROR </s>
<s> I TOOK UP THE ENVELOPE AND SAW SCRAWLED IN RED INK UPON THE INNER FLAP JUST ABOVE THE GUM THE LETTER K. THREE TIMES REPEATED </s>
<s> THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE SAVE THE FIVE DRIED PIPS </s>
<s> WHAT COULD BE THE REASON OF HIS OVERPOWERING TERROR </s>
<s> I LEFT THE BREAKFAST TABLE AND AS I ASCENDED THE STAIR I MET HIM COMING DOWN WITH AN OLD RUSTY KEY WHICH MUST HAVE BELONGED TO THE ATTIC IN ONE HAND AND A SMALL BRASS BOX LIKE A CASHBOX IN THE OTHER </s>
<s> THEY MAY DO WHAT THEY LIKE BUT I'LL CHECKMATE THEM STILL SAID HE WITH AN OATH </s>
<s> TELL MARY THAT I SHALL WANT A FIRE IN MY ROOM TO DAY AND SEND DOWN TO FORDHAM THE HORSHAM LAWYER </s>
<s> I DID AS HE ORDERED AND WHEN THE LAWYER ARRIVED I WAS ASKED TO STEP UP TO THE ROOM </s>
<s> THE FIRE WAS BURNING BRIGHTLY AND IN THE GRATE THERE WAS A MASS OF BLACK FLUFFY ASHES AS OF BURNED PAPER WHILE THE BRASS BOX STOOD OPEN AND EMPTY BESIDE IT </s>
<s> AS I GLANCED AT THE BOX I NOTICED WITH A START THAT UPON THE LID WAS PRINTED THE TREBLE K. WHICH I HAD READ IN THE MORNING UPON THE ENVELOPE </s>
<s> I WISH YOU JOHN SAID MY UNCLE TO WITNESS MY WILL </s>
<s> I LEAVE MY ESTATE WITH ALL ITS ADVANTAGES AND ALL ITS DISADVANTAGES TO MY BROTHER YOUR FATHER WHENCE IT WILL NO DOUBT DESCEND TO YOU </s>
<s> IF YOU CAN ENJOY IT IN PEACE WELL AND GOOD </s>
<s> IF YOU FIND YOU CANNOT TAKE MY ADVICE MY BOY AND LEAVE IT TO YOUR DEADLIEST ENEMY </s>
<s> I AM SORRY TO GIVE YOU SUCH A TWO EDGED THING BUT I CAN'T SAY WHAT TURN THINGS ARE GOING TO TAKE </s>
<s> KINDLY SIGN THE PAPER WHERE MR. FORDHAM SHOWS YOU </s>
<s> QUOTE I SIGNED THE PAPER AS DIRECTED AND THE LAWYER TOOK IT AWAY WITH HIM </s>
<s> THE SINGULAR INCIDENT MADE AS YOU MAY THINK THE DEEPEST IMPRESSION UPON ME AND I PONDERED OVER IT AND TURNED IT EVERY WAY IN MY MIND WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO MAKE ANYTHING OF IT </s>
<s> YET I COULD NOT SHAKE OFF THE VAGUE FEELING OF DREAD WHICH IT LEFT BEHIND THOUGH THE SENSATION GREW LESS KEEN AS THE WEEKS PASSED AND NOTHING HAPPENED TO DISTURB THE USUAL ROUTINE OF OUR LIVES </s>
<s> I COULD SEE A CHANGE IN MY UNCLE HOWEVER </s>
<s> HE DRANK MORE THAN EVER AND HE WAS LESS INCLINED FOR ANY SORT OF SOCIETY </s>
<s> MOST OF HIS TIME HE WOULD SPEND IN HIS ROOM WITH THE DOOR LOCKED UPON THE INSIDE BUT SOMETIMES HE WOULD EMERGE IN A SORT OF DRUNKEN FRENZY AND WOULD BURST OUT OF THE HOUSE AND TEAR ABOUT THE GARDEN WITH A REVOLVER IN HIS HAND SCREAMING OUT THAT HE WAS AFRAID OF NO MAN AND THAT HE WAS NOT TO BE COOPED UP LIKE A SHEEP IN A PEN BY MAN OR DEVIL </s>
<s> WHEN THESE HOT FITS WERE OVER HOWEVER HE WOULD RUSH TUMULTUOUSLY IN AT THE DOOR AND LOCK AND BAR IT BEHIND HIM LIKE A MAN WHO CAN BRAZEN IT OUT NO LONGER AGAINST THE TERROR WHICH LIES AT THE ROOTS OF HIS SOUL </s>
<s> AT SUCH TIMES I HAVE SEEN HIS FACE EVEN ON A COLD DAY GLISTEN WITH MOISTURE AS THOUGH IT WERE NEW RAISED FROM A BASIN </s>
<s> WELL TO COME TO AN END OF THE MATTER MR. HOLMES AND NOT TO ABUSE YOUR PATIENCE THERE CAME A NIGHT WHEN HE MADE ONE OF THOSE DRUNKEN SALLIES FROM WHICH HE NEVER CAME BACK </s>
<s> WE FOUND HIM WHEN WE WENT TO SEARCH FOR HIM FACE DOWNWARD IN A LITTLE GREEN SCUMMED POOL WHICH LAY AT THE FOOT OF THE GARDEN </s>
<s> THERE WAS NO SIGN OF ANY VIOLENCE AND THE WATER WAS BUT TWO FEET DEEP SO THAT THE JURY HAVING REGARD TO HIS KNOWN ECCENTRICITY BROUGHT IN A VERDICT OF SUICIDE </s>
<s> BUT I WHO KNEW HOW HE WINCED FROM THE VERY THOUGHT OF DEATH HAD MUCH ADO TO PERSUADE MYSELF THAT HE HAD GONE OUT OF HIS WAY TO MEET IT </s>
<s> THE MATTER PASSED HOWEVER AND MY FATHER ENTERED INTO POSSESSION OF THE ESTATE AND OF SOME FOURTEEN THOUSAND POUNDS WHICH LAY TO HIS CREDIT AT THE BANK </s>
<s> ONE MOMENT HOLMES INTERPOSED YOUR STATEMENT IS I FORESEE ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE TO WHICH I HAVE EVER LISTENED </s>
<s> LET ME HAVE THE DATE OF THE RECEPTION BY YOUR UNCLE OF THE LETTER AND THE DATE OF HIS SUPPOSED SUICIDE </s>
<s> THE LETTER ARRIVED ON MARCH TENTH ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHTY THREE </s>
<s> HIS DEATH WAS SEVEN WEEKS LATER UPON THE NIGHT OF MAY TWO D. QUOTE </s>
<s> THANK YOU </s>
<s> PRAY PROCEED </s>
<s> WHEN MY FATHER TOOK OVER THE HORSHAM PROPERTY HE AT MY REQUEST MADE A CAREFUL EXAMINATION OF THE ATTIC WHICH HAD BEEN ALWAYS LOCKED UP </s>
<s> WE FOUND THE BRASS BOX THERE ALTHOUGH ITS CONTENTS HAD BEEN DESTROYED </s>
<s> ON THE INSIDE OF THE COVER WAS A PAPER LABEL WITH THE INITIALS OF K. K. K. REPEATED UPON IT AND LETTERS MEMORANDA RECEIPTS AND A REGISTER WRITTEN BENEATH </s>
<s> THESE WE PRESUME INDICATED THE NATURE OF THE PAPERS WHICH HAD BEEN DESTROYED BY COLONEL OPENSHAW </s>
<s> FOR THE REST THERE WAS NOTHING OF MUCH IMPORTANCE IN THE ATTIC SAVE A GREAT MANY SCATTERED PAPERS AND NOTE BOOKS BEARING UPON MY UNCLE'S LIFE IN AMERICA </s>
<s> SOME OF THEM WERE OF THE WAR TIME AND SHOWED THAT HE HAD DONE HIS DUTY WELL AND HAD BORNE THE REPUTE OF A BRAVE SOLDIER </s>
<s> OTHERS WERE OF A DATE DURING THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE SOUTHERN STATES AND WERE MOSTLY CONCERNED WITH POLITICS FOR HE HAD EVIDENTLY TAKEN A STRONG PART IN OPPOSING THE CARPET BAG POLITICIANS WHO HAD BEEN SENT DOWN FROM THE NORTH </s>
<s> WELL IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF EIGHTY FOUR WHEN MY FATHER CAME TO LIVE AT HORSHAM AND ALL WENT AS WELL AS POSSIBLE WITH US UNTIL THE JANUARY OF EIGHTY FIVE </s>
<s> ON THE FOURTH DAY AFTER THE NEW YEAR I HEARD MY FATHER GIVE A SHARP CRY OF SURPRISE AS WE SAT TOGETHER AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE </s>
<s> THERE HE WAS SITTING WITH A NEWLY OPENED ENVELOPE IN ONE HAND AND FIVE DRIED ORANGE PIPS IN THE OUTSTRETCHED PALM OF THE OTHER ONE </s>
<s> HE HAD ALWAYS LAUGHED AT WHAT HE CALLED MY COCK AND BULL STORY ABOUT THE COLONEL BUT HE LOOKED VERY SCARED AND PUZZLED NOW THAT THE SAME THING HAD COME UPON HIMSELF </s>
<s> WHY WHAT ON EARTH DOES THIS MEAN JOHN HE STAMMERED </s>
<s> QUOTE MY HEART HAD TURNED TO LEAD </s>
<s> IT IS K. K. K. SAID I </s>
<s> HE LOOKED INSIDE THE ENVELOPE </s>
<s> SO IT IS HE CRIED </s>
<s> HERE ARE THE VERY LETTERS </s>
<s> BUT WHAT IS THIS WRITTEN ABOVE THEM </s>
<s> PUT THE PAPERS ON THE SUNDIAL I READ PEEPING OVER HIS SHOULDER </s>
<s> WHAT PAPERS </s>
<s> WHAT SUNDIAL HE ASKED </s>
<s> THE SUNDIAL IN THE GARDEN </s>
<s> THERE IS NO OTHER SAID I BUT THE PAPERS MUST BE THOSE THAT ARE DESTROYED </s>
<s> POOH SAID HE GRIPPING HARD AT HIS COURAGE </s>
<s> WE ARE IN A CIVILIZED LAND HERE AND WE CAN'T HAVE TOMFOOLERY OF THIS KIND </s>
<s> WHERE DOES THE THING COME FROM </s>