Chapter 7 - In Which the Notorious Criminal Gets What the British Law Considers to be His Deserts-2

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DOG MISTAKEN FOR MAN. WHO WAS PEDRO? Exemplary Sentence. He crumpled the paper up in his hand. "No wonder these Spiritualists feel bitterly," he thought "They have good cause." Yes, poor Tom Linden had a bad Press. He went down into his miserable cell amid universal objurgation. The Planet, an evening paper which depended for its circulation upon the sporting forecasts of Captain Touch-and-go, remarked upon the absurdity of forecasting the future. Honest John, a weekly journal which had been mixed up with some of the greatest frauds of the century, was of the opinion that the dishonesty of Linden was a public scandal. A rich country rector wrote to The Times to express his indignation that anyone should profess to sell the gifts of the spirit. The Churchman remarked that such incident

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