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`` Well , '' said Ozias , `` I found it under the front door-sill . Belindy said she heard a knock on the front door , but when she went there wa 'n' t nobody there , an ' there was this paper . She come runnin ' out to the shop with it . It was jest before noon . What d'ye s ` pose it means ? '' Jerome took the deed and examined it closely . `` Have you read what 's written above the heading of it ? ''