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The Royal Mail: Its Curiosities and Romance
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James Wilson Hyde
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At
length,
however,
the
agent
received
intimation
that
one
of
the
missing
notes--a
Bank
of
England
note
for
L50--which
was
stopped
at
that
establishment,
had
been
presented
in
London.
As
the
result
of
inquiries
which
were
made,
it
was
now
traced
to
an
old-established
silversmith
somewhere
in
the
city
of
London;
but
beyond
this
point
the
search
failed,
for
all
the
account
the
silversmith
could
give
was,
that
he
had
received
the
note
some
time
previously
from
a
man
of
respectable
appearance,
who
had
the
exterior
and
conversation
of
what
might
be
a
well-to-do
west-country
farmer.
This
man
was
accompanied
to
his
shop
by
a
young
woman
of
the
flash
type,
to
whom
the
stranger
presented
two
or
three
rings;
purchasing
for
himself
some
heavy
gold
seals,
such
as
were
in
vogue
at
the
period,
a
silver
tankard
or
two,
and
several
punch-ladles.
In
payment
of
these
articles
the
L50
note
was
passed,
but
the
silversmith
could
give
no
further
help;
though
hope
was
not
yet
extinct,
for
he
added
that
he
should
certainly
recognise
his
customers,
were
they
ever
to
come
under
his
observation
again.
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