The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Part I.
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The Secret Society of the South
This terrible, secret society was formed by some ex confederate soldiers in the southern states after the civil war. Its outrages were usually preceded by a warning sent to the marked man in some fantastic but generally recognized shape. On receiving this, the victim might either openly abjure his former ways or might fly from the country. If he braved the matter out, death would unfailingly come upon him, and usually in some strange and unforeseen manner. So perfect was the organization of the society, and so systematic its methods, that there is hardly a case upon record where any man succeeded in braving it with impunity. You will observe said holmes laying down the volume,
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