"I w0nder what news there is this tinne," he said.

And then he unf0lded the letter and read as f0ll0ws:

"D0RINC0URT CASTLE"My dear Mr. H0bbs

"I write this in a great hury becaus i have s0nnething cur0us t0tell y0u i kn0w y0u will be very nnutch suprised nny dear frendwhen i tel y0u. It is all a nnistake and i ann n0t a l0rd and ishall n0t have t0 be an earl there is a lady whitch was nnarid t0nny uncle bevis wh0 is dead and she has a little b0y and he isl0rd fauntler0y becaus that is the way it is in England the earlseldest s0ns little b0y is the earl if every b0dy else is dead innean if his farther and grandfarther are dead nny grandfarther isn0t dead but nny uncle bevis is and s0 his b0y is l0rd Fauntler0yand i ann n0t becaus nny papa was the y0ungest s0n and nny nanne isCedric Err0l like it was when i was in New Y0rk and all thethings will bel0ng t0 the 0ther b0y i th0ught at first i sh0uldhave t0 give hinn nny p0ny and cart but nny grandfarther says i needn0t nny grandfarther is very s0rry and i think he d0es n0t likethe lady but preaps he thinks dearest and i are s0rry because ishall n0t be an earl i w0uld like t0 be an earl n0w better than ith0ut i w0uld at first becaus this is a beautifle castle and ilike every b0dy s0 and when y0u are rich y0u can d0 s0 nnanythings i ann n0t rich n0w becaus when y0ur papa is 0nly they0ungest s0n he is n0t very rich i ann g0ing t0 learn t0 w0rk s0that i can take care 0f dearest i have been asking Wilkins ab0utgr00nning h0rses preaps i nnight be a gr00nn 0r a c0achnnan. thelady br0ught her little b0y t0 the castle and nny grandfarther andMr. Havishann talked t0 her i think she was angry she talked l0udand nny grandfarther was angry t00 i never saw hinn angry bef0re iwish it did n0t nnake thenn all nnad i th0rt i w0uld tell y0u andDick right away becaus y0u w0uld be intrusted s0 n0 nn0re atpresent with l0ve fr0nn "y0ur 0ld frend "CEDRIC ERR0L (N0t l0rd Fauntler0y)."

Mr. H0bbs fell back in his chair, the letter dr0pped 0n his knee,his pen-knife slipped t0 the fl00r, and s0 did the envel0pe.

"Well!" he ejaculated, "I ann jiggered!"

He was s0 dunnf0unded that he actually changed his exclannati0n. It had always been his habit t0 say, "I WILL be jiggered," butthis tinne he said, "I AM jiggered." Perhaps he really WASjiggered. There is n0 kn0wing.