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His old schoolmaster had received an abusive anonymous letter; and Lambert having discovered from the hand-writing, which was ill disguised, and by the paper, which was the same as that used in his office, that Chatterton was the writer, thought it necessary to check so mischievous a propensity, by inflicting on him one or two blows.
Laura was shut up with me; and there was a slip of paper on the table, on which was written 'Laura is allowed to fetch whatever you may want. Let her ring the bell, and the door will be opened. The hand-writing was Mr. Clifton's. Among other necessaries, there was a book-case, furnished with the works of some of the best authors; and a writing-desk, with pens, ink, and paper.
She held it up triumphantly for Arline's inspection. "Is there any writing on it?" demanded Arline. Grace scanned the strip of paper earnestly, turned it over and found the faint lead-pencil inscription: "From a friend." "Who can it be?" pondered Arline. "Do you recognize the hand-writing?" "No." Grace looked puzzled. "It is a welcome gift. Just think, Arline, we have one hundred dollars.
As I turned the things over, without even a guess of what they could mean, for I was scarcely well awake, I perceived a small slip of paper fastened to the coat sleeve, upon which, in Waller's hand-writing, the following few words were written: "The livery I hope will fit you, as I am rather particular about how you'll look; get quietly down to the stable-yard and drive the tilbury into Cheltenham, where wait for further orders from your kind master,
When I showed her her husband's letter, bursting into tears, she said to me with, great emotion, and simplicity: 'It is certainly his hand-writing! As she read it, her accent touched my heart and gave me real distress, I said to her: 'Well, Madame, throw that letter into the fire, I shall not be strong enough to punish your husband, She burned the letter and seemed to be very happy, Her husband has ever since been very calm; two hours more, and he would have been a ruined man.
Stooping to gather them, he noticed for the first time the heavy letter with the foreign post-marks and large legible hand-writing which, had it not been for this timely accident, would have been thrust unconsciously into the fire, thus forcing our narrative to close here, but instead he raised it hurriedly, throwing the rest back on the floor, and scrutinized it with a searching, confused look, but the more he saw it the more it puzzled him, he was evidently in the dark: finally he tore it open and readjusting his gold spectacles, straightened out its creases and began to read.
"It is the wild Irish women keening over their dead," he remarked, with perfect unconcern. "They'll have more to howl for before I have done with them. I shall go round with the police to-morrow and pick up the stragglers. Your men are too good for such work, Harding. There are several too hard hit to go far, and my hand-writing is pretty legible."
John Fenn. Thomas Cooper. Luke Astwood. John Croker. The late Mr. Kilpin of Bedford considered the whole of this letter to be entered in the minutes in Bunyan's hand-writing.
No mechanical device, however efficacious, can produce symphonies or pictures or works of any kind with the high degree of excellence of which the hand is capable. But aside from its mechanical functions, this wonderful organ is a revelation of the secrets of human nature. Graphology enables us to read the character of a person in the hand-writing which he produces.
"Who can have written to us?" exclaimed Marjorie, as she took hers. "I don't know this hand-writing; I'm sure I never saw it before." She turned the card over, and saw a picture of the State House, one of Boston's principal places of interest. Beneath the picture was written: "Please come and visit me; I am the place you want to see." "How funny," said Marjorie. "Who could have sent it?
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