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The adjacent teeth were broken, but not removed. The cigar end bears the marks of those two jagged molars, with the hiatus, which, as I have indicated, is due to the destruction of the eye tooth between them. THE ADJACENT TEETH WERE BROKEN BUT NOT REMOVED THE CIGAR END BEARS THE MARKS OF THOSE TWO JAGGED MOULDERS WITH THE HIADES WHICH AS I HAVE INDICATED IS DUE TO THE DESTRUCTION OF THE EYE TOOTH BETWEEN THEM
 of a cigar will suggest the story of him who smoked it to your mind?” “I do,” replied the stranger, with a confident smile. “Take this one, for instance, that I have picked up here upon the wharf; it tells me the whole story of the intentions of Captain Kidd at the moment when, in utter disregard of your rights, he stepped aboard your House-boat, and, in his usual piratical fashion, made off with it into unknown seas.” “But how do you know he smoked it?” asked Solomon, who deemed it the part of wisdom to be suspicious of the stranger. “There are two curious indentations in it which prove that. The marks of two teeth, with a hiatus between, which you will see if you look closely,” said the stranger, handing the small bit of tobacco to Sir Walter, “make that point evident beyond peradventure. The Captain lost an eye-tooth in one of his later raids; it was knocked out by a marine-spike which had been hurled at him by one of the crew of the treasure-ship he and his followers had attacked. HAKESPEARE THAT THE UNSMOKED STUB OF A CIGAR WILL SUGGEST THE STORY OF HIM WHO SMOKED IT TO YOUR MIND I DO REPLIED THE STRANGER WITH A CONFIDENT SMILE TAKE THIS ONE FOR INSTANCE THAT I HAVE PICKED UP HERE UPON THE WHARF IT TELLS ME THE WHOLE STORY OF THE INTENTIONS OF CAPTAIN KIDD AT THE MOMENT WHEN IN UTTER DISREGARD OF YOUR RIGHTS HE STEPPED ABOARD YOUR HOUSE BOAT AND IN HIS USUAL PIRATICAL FASHION MADE OFF WITH IT INTO UNKNOWN SEAS BUT HOW DO YOU KNOW HE SMOKED IT ASKED SOLOMON WHO DEEMED IT THE PART OF WISDOM TO BE SUSPICIOUS OF THE STRANGER THERE ARE TWO CURIOUS INDENTATIONS IN IT WHICH PROVE THAT THE MARKS OF TWO TEETH WITH THE HIATUS BETWEEN WHICH YOU WILL SEE IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY SAID THE STRANGER HANDING THE SMALL BIT OF TOBACCO TO SIR WALTER MAKE THAT POINT EVIDENT BEYOND PERADVENTURE THE CAPTAIN LOST AN EYE TOOTH IN ONE OF HIS LATER RAYS IT WAS KNOCKED OUT BY A MARLINE SPIKE WHICH HAD BEEN HURLED AT HIM BY ONE OF THE CREW OF THE TREASURE SHIP HE AND HIS FOLLOWERS HAD ATTACKED
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