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The Black Cat
A Monthly Magazine of Original Short Stories.
No. 4. JANUARY, 1896. 5 cents a copy, 50 cents a year.
Entered at the Post-Office at Boston, Mass., as second-class matter.
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Copyright, 1895, by the Shortstory Publishing Company. All rights reserved.