Printed for the Author,
by Mitchell & Wilson, Montreal.
1872.




How slight a cause may change our life
Beyond its own control,
Produce a cordial to the heart,
Or canker in the soul.




The Black-Sealed Letter;

OR,

THE MISFORTUNES OF A CANADIAN COCKNEY.




CHAPTER I.


Old London!--city of cities!--whose foundations were laid when the
ancient Briton in his martial glory prowled among the dense forests