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The Five Orange Pips

           Inthat,however,Iwasinerror. UpontheseconddayofhisabsenceIreceivedatelegramfromthemajor,imploringmetocomeatonce. Myfatherhadfallenoveroneofthedeepchalk-pitswhichaboundintheneighbourhood,andwaslyingsenseless,withashatteredskull. Ihurriedtohim,buthepassedawaywithouthavingeverrecoveredhisconsciousness. Hehad,asitappears,beenreturningfromFarehaminthetwilight,andasthecountrywasunknowntohim,andthechalk-pitunfenced,thejuryhadnohesitationinbringinginaverdictof‘deathfromaccidentalcauses.’ CarefullyasIexaminedeveryfactconnectedwithhisdeath,Iwasunabletofindanythingwhichcouldsuggesttheideaofmurder. Therewerenosignsofviolence,nofootmarks,norobbery,norecordofstrangershavingbeenseenupontheroads. AndyetIneednottellyouthatmymindwasfarfromatease,andthatIwaswell-nighcertainthatsomefoulplothadbeenwovenroundhim. 

           "InthissinisterwayIcameintomyinheritance. YouwillaskmewhyIdidnotdisposeofit? Ianswer,becauseIwaswellconvincedthatourtroubleswereinsomewaydependentuponanincidentinmyuncle’slife,andthatthedangerwouldbeaspressinginonehouseasinanother. 

           "ItwasinJanuary,’85,thatmypoorfathermethisend,andtwoyearsandeightmonthshaveelapsedsincethen. DuringthattimeIhavelivedhappilyatHorsham,andIhadbeguntohopethatthiscursehadpassedwayfromthefamily,andthatithadendedwiththelastgeneration. Ihadbeguntotakecomforttoosoon,however; yesterdaymorningtheblowfellintheveryshapeinwhichithadcomeuponmyfather." 

           Theyoungmantookfromhiswaistcoatacrumpledenvelope,andturningtothetableheshookoutuponitfivelittledriedorangepips. 

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