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Sherlock Holmes Short Stories
John
from Londonl John's enemy is in London
already!'
'Good God, Holmes!' I cried. 'Who is this man?'
'More than one man, I think. They belong to the Ku
Klux Klan. That explains the "K.K.K.". Haven't you
ever heard of it? It's a very secret group of Americans
from the South. They wanted to stop equality for black
people and to kill anyone who didn't agree with them.
The police couldn't stop them. But in 1869 Uncle Elias,
who belonged to this secret group, suddenly left
America with all their papers, and so the group could
not go on. Of course the group wanted to get the
papers back. You remember the half-burnt paper?
That was Uncle Elias's American diary. While he was
working for the K.K.K., he sent the pips to frighten
those three men. Two left the country, but one didn't,
so the K.K.K. "finished business with him", or killed
him. The K.K.K. always worked like that.'
'Well, I hope they won't kill young Openshaw,' I
said.
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