CHAPTER XXVI.
A LETTER AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.
"SQUAR HAUKINS "this is too Lett u no that u beter be Keerful hoo yoo an yore familly tacks cides with fer peepl wont Stan it too hev the Men wat's sportin the wuns wat's robin us, sported bi yor Fokes kepin kumpne with 'em, u been a ossifer ov the Lau, yor Ha wil bern as qick as to an yor Barn tu, so Tak kere.

No mor ad pressnt." This letter accomplished its purpose.

The Squire's spectacles slipped off several times while he read it.

His wig had to be adjusted.

If he had been threatened personally he would not have minded it so much.