A Study in Scarlet (Serial Edition Cover) — page 134: what you’re looking at

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126 A STUDY IN SCARLET. It was, indeed, high time that some one capable of giving advice and help should come to the aid of the sturdy old farmer and his adopted daughter. In the whole history of the settlement there had never been such a case of rank disobedience to the authority of the elders. If minor errors were punished so sternly, what would be the fate of this arch rebel? Ferrier knew that his wealth and position would be of no avail to him, Others as well known and as rich as himself had been spirited away before now, and their goods given over to the Church. He was a brave man, but he trembled at the vague, shadowy terrors which hung over him. Any known danger he could face with a firm lip, but this suspense was unnerving. He concealed his fears from his daughter, however, and affected to make light of the whole matter, though she, with the keen eye of love, saw plainly that he was ill at ease. He expected that he would receive some message or . remonstrance from Young as to his conduct, and he was not mistaken, though it came in an unlooked-for man- ner. Upon rising next morning he found, to his sur- prise, a small square of paper pinned on to the coverlet of his bed just over his chest. On it was printed, in bold, straggling letters: “Twenty-nine days are given you for amendment, and then—” The dash was more fear-inspiring than any threat eould have been. How this warning came into his room puzzled John Ferrier-sorely, for his servants slept im an out-house, and the doors and windows had all Gomicbooks.¢