MANCHESTER, N.H.—Black envelopes bearing the old Black Veil seal have begun arriving at addresses on Elm Street and the West Side, and not one recipient so far will give this paper a name. A wire reached the city desk ahead of any local account, its language terse enough to have come from the telegraph office rather than any hand: BLACK ENVELOPES DELIVERED ELM STREET AND WEST SIDE STOP RECIPIENTS DECLINE NAMES STOP SEAL MATCHES CASTELLO STATIONERY STOP PRINTER UNKNOWN STOP

No printer in the city will claim the type, and the seal is reported to match stationery once used by Cassandra Castello, missing since the 1924 masquerade. If Miss Castello has been gone two years, this paper can only put the wire's own question to its readers: IF CASTELLO HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE 1924 STOP WHO PREPARED THE LIST STOP

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