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A Grave Robbery.

I next called upon John Johnson, the dentist. Despite his American name I could see that he was a foreigner--a Russian, I was certain.

Mr. Johnson seemed at a loss how to reply. At last, he said "No."

"I don't understand you."

"Did he put that in the will?" inquired the dentist in a surprised tone.

"Then you do know something about it?"

"Yes; it is a strange story, and if you will promise--nay, swear--never to reveal it, I will tell it to you. Do you swear?"

Something in the manner and bearing of the man told me that he was no thief, and I readily promised what he asked, and he told me the following strange story:

A Strange Story.

Mr. Johnson conducted me into an inner room, closed and locked the door and bade me be seated.

"'Do you see this tooth,' he inquired, pointing to a large, gold-capped molar in his lower jaw.

"'Yes,' I replied.

"'I do,' I answered.

"I tell you this because I know you are an American, a lover of liberty, and will not divulge the secret I have told you."

Mr. Johnson died many years ago, and now I give this story to the world, confident that even its perusal by the Russian officials cannot in any way endanger the secret of the gold-capped tooth.

Transcriber's Note:

Punctuation has been made consistent.

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