Ch. 13: Cleared Up (From The 'Green Park Gazette') - Page 2

the key would not fit the cellar lock.

'Consequently William Evans never tasted the fatal fluid, and so escaped his doom.

'I have nothing to add to this confession, except that I am deeply penitent, and will never again offer a thoughtless public a Christmas Annual so absurd, morbid, and incoherent.'

This last statement made it unnecessary to interview William Evans.

All the other persons in this dismal affair are detained during her Majesty's displeasure.

THE END.

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