Dr. Watson
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Let me have the date of the reception by your uncle of the letter, and the date of his supposed suicide.
The letter arrived on March 10, 1883.
His death was seven weeks later, upon the night of May 2nd.
Thank you.
Pray proceed.
When my father took over the Horsham property, he, at my request, made a careful examination of the attic, which had been always locked up.
We found the brass box there, although its contents had been destroyed.
On the inside of the cover was a paper label, with the initials of KKK repeated upon it, and letters, memoranda, receipts, and a register written beneath.
These, we presume, indicated the nature of the papers which had been destroyed by Colonel Openshaw.
For the rest, there was nothing of much importance in the attic save a great many scattered papers and notebooks bearing upon my uncle's life in America.
Some of them were of the war-time, and showed that he had done his duty well, and had borne the repute of a brave soldier.
Others were of a date during the reconstruction of the southern states, and were mostly concerned with politics, for he had evidently taken a strong part in opposing the carpet-bag politicians who had been sent down from the north.
Well, it was the beginning of 84 when my father came to live at Horsham, and all went as well as possible until the January of 85.'
On the fourth day after the new year, I heard my father give a sharp cry of surprise as we sat together at the breakfast table.
There he was, sitting with a newly opened envelope in one hand and five dried orange pips in the outstretched palm of the other one.
He had always laughed at what he called my cock-and-bull story about the Colonel, but he looked very scared and puzzled now that the same thing had come upon him.
"'Why, what on earth does this mean, John?'
he stammered.
My heart had turned to lead.
"'It is KKK,' said I. He looked inside the envelope.
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