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At the sound of the sweet voice, so full of sympathy, the girl started quickly, and turning to Bessie, looked at her wonderingly; then, as if by some subtle intuition she recognized the difference there was between herself and the stranger whose beautiful face fascinated her so strongly, she said: "Oh, lady an' sure you be a lady, even if you are here with the likes of me I had to lave me father, we was so poor and the taxes is so high, and the rint so big intirely, and the landlord a-threatenin' of us to set us in the road any foine mornin'; and so I'm goin' to Ameriky to take a place; me cousin left to be married, and if I does well an' sure I'll try me best I gets two pounds a month, and ivery penny I'll save to bring the old father over.
"Abner, of course. Who else would 'a' done it? Hain't he been a-threatenin' right along?" "Anybody see him fire the shot, Sheriff? Any witnesses?" "Nary witness. Nothin' but the body a-layin' where it fell." "What was the manner of this shootin', Sheriff?" "All I know's what I've told you." "Gatherin' a posse, Ulysses? Who be you selectin'?" "Various and sundry," said the sheriff.
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