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The Five Orange Pips

           Onreceivingthisthevictimmighteitheropenlyabjurehisformerways,ormightflyfromthecountry. Ifhebravedthematterout,deathwouldunfailinglycomeuponhim,andusuallyinsomestrangeandunforeseenmanner. Soperfectwastheorganizationofthesociety,andsosystematicitsmethods,thatthereishardlyacaseuponrecordwhereanymansucceededinbravingitwithimpunity,orinwhichanyofitsoutragesweretracedhometotheperpetrators. ForsomeyearstheorganizationflourishedinspiteoftheeffortsoftheUnitedStatesgovernmentandofthebetterclassesofthecommunityintheSouth. Eventually,intheyear1869,themovementrathersuddenlycollapsed,althoughtherehavebeensporadicoutbreaksofthesamesortsincethatdate." 

           "Youwillobserve,"saidHolmes,layingdownthevolume,"thatthesuddenbreakingupofthesocietywascoincidentwiththedisappearanceofOpenshawfromAmericawiththeirpapers. Itmaywellhavebeencauseandeffect. Itisnowonderthatheandhisfamilyhavesomeofthemoreimplacablespiritsupontheirtrack. YoucanunderstandthatthisregisteranddiarymayimplicatesomeofthefirstmenintheSouth,andthattheremaybemanywhowillnotsleepeasyatnightuntilitisrecovered." 

           "Thenthepagewehaveseen" 

           "Issuchaswemightexpect. Itran,ifIrememberright,‘sentthepipstoA,B,andC’thatis,sentthesociety’swarningtothem. ThentherearesuccessiveentriesthatAandBcleared,orleftthecountry,andfinallythatCwasvisited,with,Ifear,asinisterresultforC. Well,Ithink,Doctor,thatwemayletsomelightintothisdarkplace,andIbelievethattheonlychanceyoungOpenshawhasinthemeantimeistodowhatIhavetoldhim. Thereisnothingmoretobesaidortobedoneto-night,sohandmeovermyviolinandletustrytoforgetforhalfanhourthemiserableweatherandthestillmoremiserablewaysofourfellowmen." 

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