In Sight of St. Paul's — page 69: what you’re looking at

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64 : A CRUSHING BLOW. speech, ‘Treacher brought to view the bill he had al- ready shown to Gridston. He pushed it quickly in front of Tom, but without letting go of it. “To you know this?’ Tom bent forward and scrutinized the bit of paper. ‘““Certainly,’’ he said. ‘‘It’s a note of my brother’s. I put my name on it to assist him.” | Treacher grinned. This was what he considered a bit of bluff, and it certainly did not go down with him. : ed a ‘‘And the bill, like yourself, is just come of age,”’ he said, tittering at his own humor. ‘‘I mean, due to-morrow. ’’ Tom drew himself up haughtily. ‘It shall be paid to-morrow,’’ he said, coldly. ‘‘One moment,’’ squeaked Treacher, turning the bill over and displaying the back of it. “‘Do you recognize this ?”’ Tom followed the direction of his finger, and saw indorsed upon the back of the note, the name of his father, Robert Chichester. He started back, chilled with a nameless fear. “Why, thatis my father’s signature!’’ he ex- claimed. ‘“Humph!’ retorted Treacher. ‘‘Are you sure of that? Look again.”’ Tom did look again, and what he saw served but to increase his alarm tenfold. Gomicbooks (E(0)