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Sixteen-Thousand-Acre Tea Plantation in India and Sixty Thousand Pounds Imaginary Inheritance--Barton Becomes a Great Man--The Plot Thickens--Letters from London--Smith Discharged--Petition for Barton--Smith Presents It at Home Office--Home Secretary Swallows the Bait--Barton's Triumphant Release--His Imaginary Fortune Does Not Materialize. 466

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