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SIR JOHN HENNIKER HEATON

finds new combinations and is rewarded when he cries check followed by mate.

You have done much and played a great pawn game in development of the International penny post, when you fairly cried "Check" Bring out all your pieces, you will need them, and may you see the time when telegrams a penny a word the wide world over will enable you in more senses than one to cry "Mate."