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THE VATES OF VESTMINSTER BRIDGE! 



"the word" was with him still, — and " Dorling's correct 

 card" presented it emphatically to his haunted eyes. At 

 last, beridden by his recollection, and worried by the word, 

 he took the fatal leap, the odds aga'mst " Bloomsbury," and 

 the loud acclamations of the assembled thousands soon 

 afterwards proclaimed our hero the winner of Twelve 

 Thousand Pounds — :and verified the wizard word of 



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