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Life On The Mississippi
Part 9.

CHAPTER 52 A Burning Brand
15/19

He has been sick and threatened with consumption, but I have not inquired after him lately.

This lady that I speak of corresponds with him, I presume, and will be quite sure to look after him.
This letter arrived a few days after it was written--and up went Mr.
Williams's stock again.

Mr.Warner's low-down suspicion was laid in the cold, cold grave, where it apparently belonged.

It was a suspicion based upon mere internal evidence, anyway; and when you come to internal evidence, it's a big field and a game that two can play at: as witness this other internal evidence, discovered by the writer of the note above quoted, that 'it is a wonderful letter--which no Christian genius, much less one unsanctified, could ever have written.' I had permission now to print--provided I suppressed names and places and sent my narrative out of the country.

So I chose an Australian magazine for vehicle, as being far enough out of the country, and set myself to work on my article.


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