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Updated: May 5, 2025

I've been a tramp fur a year, and I 'lowed I'd run onter ye sometime, but 'twas all unexpected when I seed the gal t'other day." "And you murdered her, murdered my sister?" "Wal, 'twould a-b'en justice ef I had." "Oh, you wretch " "'Twont do no good to call names, pard; they never hurted anybody yet 'at I knows of," sneered the tramp, still holding his knife ready for instant use.

A. Frank [pseud.] Pinkerton - Five Thousand Dollars Reward