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“Personally, I should be agreeably disposed to requesting Mr. Wopp to officiate,” answered the lady addressed. “You know she never does nothin’ to us really, Moses, no matter how she jaws. Come on, you clipped yer pony so lovely an’ evenlike. The horse-clippers is bangin’ on the wall behind you.” “Your nose is out of joint, Edith! I’ve got a new sister.” But his eyes belied his blunt words..
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[32]“There are other things besides gems, little girl.” Mrs. Bennett smiled and began to clear the table. “Tremendous long visit,” Billy taunted; “what’d you come for? Another donation for my new sister?” “A new kind of hen,” retorted Moses. The three men lined up in front of the closed door, and one of the deputies quickly threw it open. For an instant the officers stood motionless with weapons drawn. Billy watched with fascinated eyes; the moment the door opened forgot orders, ran and crouched behind the Sheriff, peering under his uplifted arm. There in the lurid firelight that streamed through the closed window, stood the two men he had seen before, hands up, rigid, staring into pistol barrels. Floor boards were torn up; strange vessels, scales, various paraphernalia Billy could not understand, lay about them; while in a deep hole they had dug, a small, iron-bound chest was partially covered with earth. The men’s faces were smutched, streaming with perspiration, and pale with terror..
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