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No.1   THE CARDBOARD BOX

Excerpt from a paragraph in a London daily paper:

”At two o’clock yesterday afternoon a small packet, wrapped in brown paper, was handed in by the postman. A cardboard box was inside, which was filled with coarse salt. On emptying this, Miss Cushing was horrified to find two human ears, apparently quite freshly severed”.