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 CHAPTER X.

THE HAND THAT TURNS BACK.

was then a pretty Yorkshire town surrounded by sylvan scenery, and with a few premonitions of the factory and furnace smoke that was in the future to make it rich. It was nearly dark when Burley reached it; but Jonas Shuttleworth was a famous man in Keighley, and his residence was easily found. It was one of a long row of small white cottages, and when Jonathan knocked with his hand upon the door, a strong, querulous voice called out, "If ta is Jonathan Burley, come in."

The two men had never seen each other before, and the elder one looked at his visitor (181)