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Volume 0 Number 0

THE RELUCTANT PROPHET

Voices From The Future

By Christopher James Beppo

As part of the Ledger's commitment to keeping the public informed of the ongoing investigation into the cryptic writings of Ezra Small, the founder of Smallville, here is another fragment from Small's journal. The sheaf that contained this page was dated late 1839.

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