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" 'Have you never heard of the League of the Red-headed Men?' he asked with his eyes open.

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" 'Never.'

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" 'Why, [ wonder at that, for you are eligibile yourself for one of the vacancies.'

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" 'And what are they worth?' I asked.

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" 'Oh, merely a couple of hundred a year, but the work is slight, and it need not interfere very much with one's other occupations.'

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"Well, you can easily think that that made me prick up my ears, for the business has not been over-good for some years, and an extra couple of hundred would have been very handy.

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" 'Tell me all about it,' said I.

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" 'Well ' said he. showing me the advertisement. 'you can see for yourself that the League has a vacancy, and there is the address where you should apply for particulars. As far as I can make out, the League was founded by an American millionaire.


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