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After this he examined the book, and found that it had been pressed open at this page, as by a reader leaning on the opened volume. He examined it still more closely, and found here and there on the page faint indications of a pencil, which had under-scored certain lines, and the marks of which had been as far as possible erased.
He might never have understood the matter thoroughly had it not been for a missive he received one day through the mail. It was a bill from a London shoe-store for twelve pairs of boots, of varying styles, made out to Henry Hanford, and marked "paid." Mr. Jackson Wylie, Sr., noted with unspeakable chagrin that the last word was heavily under-scored in ink, as if by another hand.
All, however, gave way before Hollis and allowed him to reach the door without molestation, though in passing he observed significant grins on several faces. The notice was written in a bold, legible hand. "Mr. Hollis:" it read, the prefix under-scored "The express leaves town this afternoon at six o'clock goin' east. Better be on it." Signed "Y. Z."
"What do you know about our being sufficient for our-selves, I'd like to ask?" was the bantering response. "I have the best authority for saying what I do written authority, and that of a sage, too. Here it is, heavily under-scored by a hand that I imagine is as heavy as your own. Ah!
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