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Chapter 1. Two Shocks For W----
_ CHAPTER I. TWO SHOCKS FOR W----
On a certain Saturday in June, year of our Lord 1880, between the hours of sunrise and sunset, the town of W----, in a State which shall be nameless, received two shocks.
Small affairs, concerning small people, could never have thrown W---- into such a state of excitement, for she was a large and wealthy town, and understood what was due to herself.
She possessed many factories, and sometimes a man came to his death among the ponderous machinery. Not long since one "hand" had stabbed another, fatally; and, still later, a factory girl had committed suicide.
These things created a ripple, nothing more. It would ill become a town, boasting its aristocracy and "style," to grow frenzied over the woes of such common people. But W---- possessed a goodly number of wealthy families, and some blue blood. These were worthy of consideration, and upon these calamity had fallen. Let us read an extract or two from the W--
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