THE END
FOOTNOTES:
[A] Author's Note: The usual term applied to juries is, "Twelve good men and true."
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE:
On page 259 of this original, 1915 publication of The Forged Note, there is a line of missing text, which appears as a blank line on the page. In the 1916 reprint (which is available for viewing online at hathitrust.org) this missing line reads: "... [the subject, and which would serve to substantiate her]...." For the convenience of the reader, the missing line, as printed in the 1916 edition, has been inserted into this text.
Obvious typos and printer errors have been corrected without comment.
In addition to obvious errors, the following changes were made:
1. Page 165: "wan" was changed to "wane" in the phrase: "...he felt the interest wane...."
2. Page 255: "here" was changed to "hear" in the phrase "... and go, dy'e hear...."