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 station, notifying the anxious parent of the advent of his son and heir. Having carefully copied the necessary address, Mr. Patterson bundled Bateese and the dog back in the carriage, jumped in himself and, turning the horse in the direction whence they had come, whipped him into a gallop, leaving Jim to stand in a dazed condition, staring open-mouthed after the vanishing vehicle. Rh