Mr.Wood and Mr.Harry were so very angry with him that they said they would leave no stone unturned to have him punished, or at least to have it known what a villain he was.

They sent the paper with the crest on it to Boston.

Some people there wrote to England, and found out that it was the crest of a noble and highly esteemed family, and some earl was at the head of it.

They were all honorable people in this family except one man, a nephew, not a son, of the late earl.

He was the black sheep of them all.