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But beware—breathe not a word to any soul. Be silent, and wait,
Some morning this town will nock aghast to view a gory corpse ; on
its brow will be seen the awful sign, and men will tremble and
whisper, " He has been here—it is the Mysterious Avenger's mark ! "
You will come here, but I shall hare vanished; you will see me no
more.1

This ass had been reading the * Jibbenainosay/ no doubt, and had

had his poor romantic
head turned by it j but
as I had not yet seen
the book then, I took
his inventions for truth,
and did not suspect that
be was a plagiarist.

However, we had a
Lynch livingin the town;
and the more I reflected
upon his impending
doom, the more I could

not sleep. It seemed my plain duty to save him, and a still plainer
and more important duty to get some sleep for myself, so *t last I
ventured to go to Mr. Lynch and tell him what was about to Happen
to him—under strict secrecy. I advised him to * fly,* and certainly ex-
pected him to do it. But he laughed at me; and he did not stop there j

A CHEAP AND PITIFUt, BUIN,