Tales of Terror and Mystery

The Jew's Breastplate

           

           "Youhaveonlyafewhundredyardstogo,"saidhe—IwaslivinginchambersintheAlbany."Youmayaswellstayandhaveaquietcigarwithme.Iverymuchwantyouradvice."

           Irelapsedintoanarm-chairandlitoneofhisexcellentMatronas.Whenhehadreturnedfromseeingthelastofhisguestsout,hedrewaletterfromhisdress-jacketandsatdownoppositetome.

           "ThisisananonymousletterwhichIreceivedthismorning,"saidhe."Iwanttoreadittoyouandtohaveyouradvice."

           "Youareverywelcometoitforwhatitisworth."

           "Thisishowthenoteruns:’Sir,—Ishouldstronglyadviseyoutokeepaverycarefulwatchoverthemanyvaluablethingswhicharecommittedtoyourcharge.Idonotthinkthatthepresentsystemofasinglewatchmanissufficient.Beuponyourguard,oranirreparablemisfortunemayoccur.’"

           "Isthatall?"

           "Yes,thatisall."

           "Well,"saidI,"itisatleastobviousthatitwaswrittenbyoneofthelimitednumberofpeoplewhoareawarethatyouhaveonlyonewatchmanatnight."

           WardMortimerhandedmethenote,withacurioussmile."Haveyouaneyeforhandwriting?"saidhe."Now,lookatthis!"Heputanotherletterinfrontofme."Lookatthecin’congratulate’andthecin’committed.’LookatthecapitalI.Lookatthetrickofputtinginadashinsteadofastop!"

           "Theyareundoubtedlyfromthesamehand—withsomeattemptatdisguiseinthecaseofthisfirstone."

           "Thesecond,"saidWardMortimer,"istheletterofcongratulationwhichwaswrittentomebyProfessorAndreasuponmyobtainingmyappointment."

           Istaredathiminamazement.

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