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           Hedrewupaplacard,offeringTwentyPoundsrewardfortheapprehensionofStephenBlackpool,suspectedofcomplicityintherobberyofCoketownBankonsuchanight;hedescribedthesaidStephenBlackpoolbydress,complexion,estimatedheight,andmanner,asminutelyashecould;herecitedhowhehadleftthetown,andinwhatdirectionhehadbeenlastseengoing;hehadthewholeprintedingreatblacklettersonastaringbroadsheet;andhecausedthewallstobepostedwithitinthedeadofnight,sothatitshouldstrikeuponthesightofthewholepopulationatoneblow.

           Thefactory-bellshadneedtoringtheirloudestthatmorningtodispersethegroupsofworkerswhostoodinthetardydaybreak,collectedroundtheplacards,devouringthemwitheagereyes.Nottheleasteageroftheeyesassembled,weretheeyesofthosewhocouldnotread.Thesepeople,astheylistenedtothefriendlyvoicethatreadaloudtherewasalwayssomesuchreadytohelpthemstaredatthecharacterswhichmeantsomuchwithavagueaweandrespectthatwouldhavebeenhalfludicrous,ifanyaspectofpublicignorancecouldeverbeotherwisethanthreateningandfullofevil.Manyearsandeyeswerebusywithavisionofthematteroftheseplacards,amongturningspindles,rattlinglooms,andwhirlingwheels,forhoursafterwards;andwhentheHandsclearedoutagainintothestreets,therewerestillasmanyreadersasbefore.

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