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Holmes moved the lamp, and we both bent over the sheet of paper, which showed by its ragged edge that it had indeed been torn from a book. It was headed, "March, 1869," and beneath were the following enigmatical notices:

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4th. Hudson came. Same old platform.

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7th. Set the pips on McCauley, Paramore, and John Swain,

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of St. Augustine.

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9th. McCauley cleared.

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1Oth. John Swain cleared.

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12th. Visited Paramore. All well.

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"Thank you!" said Holmes, folding up the paper and returning it to our visitor. "And now you must on no account lose another instant. We cannot spare time even to discuss what you have told me. You must get home instantly and act."

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"What shall I do?"

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"There is but one thing to do.


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