MR. BLOKE'S ITEM. 169 



Now I will read that item myself, and see if there is any foundation for all 

 this fuss. And if there is, the author of it shall hear from me. 



I have read it, and I am bound to admit that it seems a little mixed at a first 



glance. However, I will peruse it once more. 



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I have read it again, and it does really seem a good deal more mixed than 



ever. 



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I have read it over five times, but if I can get at the meaning of it, I wish I 



may get my just deserts. It won't bear analysis. There are things about it 

 which I cannot understand at all. It don't say whatever became of William 

 Schuyler. It just says enough about him to get one interested in his career, and 

 then drops him. Who is William Schuyler, an'yhow, and what part of South 

 Park did he live in, and if he started down town at six o'clock, did he ever get 



