2/11 'W. Brickell,' the bills are signed. I saw them up at the printing-office, but they are being distributed all over the place." Sure enough, in that wretched little printing-office the compositor had made "Brickell" out of Brackett, and as he was his own proof-reader, the mistake was not discovered. "That is a queer name, and one that I never heard before." "Yes, it is one that has puzzled me a good deal," said Cap'n Cod. "I'm sure I never heard Major Caspar mention any such person." "You know this Major Caspar, then ?" "Know him! Well, I should say I did. |