Chapter XXVI: Letter XIX: Portland,

_Dear Sir_,--I have no knowledge of your owing me the small sum sent in your letter of the ----, and consequently I re-enclose you the amount. You will no doubt be able to discover and rectify the mistake.

Very truly yours,

JOSEPH T. MILLER, ESQ.

Mr. Brooks writes a very good hand, strong, bold, and abrupt--highly indicative of the author's peculiar features of mind. These are nervous common sense, without tinsel or artificiality, and a straight forward directness of conception. The lines are even--and the words at proper intervals. The paper good--and wafered.