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The Royal Mail: Its Curiosities and Romance
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James Wilson Hyde
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This
incident
set
the
stranger
thinking;
and
while
so
engaged,
his
eye
fell
upon
an
old-fashioned
glass-fronted
cupboard
occupying
a
corner
of
the
room,
in
which
were
exhibited
the
inn
treasures--old
crystal
vessels,
china
bowls,
and
the
like--together
with
the
plate
of
the
establishment.
A
sudden
thought
struck
him.
He
proceeded
to
examine
the
contents
of
the
repository;
and,
standing
upon
a
chair
to
explore
the
upper
shelves,
what
was
his
amazement
when
he
there
recognised
the
silver
tankards
and
the
silver
punch-ladles
which
he
had
sold
to
the
west-country
farmer
many
years
before!
Then,
eagerly
turning
over
the
whole
matter
in
his
mind,
the
features
of
the
landlord
came
back
upon
him,
and
in
this
man
he
recognised
the
person
who
in
London
had
purchased
these
articles
and
paid
to
him
the
stolen
L50
Bank
of
England
note.
The
silversmith
lost
no
time
in
communicating
the
facts
to
the
banker,
who
at
once
obtained
a
warrant,
and,
with
two
constables,
proceeded
the
same
evening
to
the
inn
to
put
it
into
execution.
The
landlord
was
called
into
a
room,
there
and
then
he
was
charged
with
having
stolen
the
note,
and
was
forthwith
conveyed
into
X----
a
prisoner.
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