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Suddenly Bowney uttered a deep groan. "'Tain't no use a-tryin'," said he, in a resigned tone. "Everybody'll be down on me, an' after all I've done, too! But yer ken hev their names, curse yer!" The woman went into hysterics; the children cried; Caney, of Texas, ejaculated, "Bully!" and then kissed the poor little bruised feet. The New Englander fervently exclaimed, "Thank God!"
"The prisoner admits he is Bill Bowney," continued the major, "but of course no gentleman will take offense at his remarks. Has any one any charge to make against him?" "Charges?" cried an excitable farmer. "Didn't I catch him untying my horse, an' ridin' off on him from Budley's? Didn't I tell him to drop that anamile, an' didn't he purty near drop me instead?
There was a low murmur from the crowd, and the major cried: "Take him down; give him fifteen minutes with his wife, and see she doesn't untie him." The man in the tree loosened the rope, Bowney was lifted off and placed on the ground again, and the woman threw herself on the ground beside him, caressed his ugly face, and wailed pitifully. The judge and jury fidgeted about restlessly.
"It's ben said here that I wuz sneakin' an' cowardly; ther's one way of givin' that feller the lie hurry up an' do it!" "When I raise my hand," said the major, "lead the horse away; and may the Lord have mercy on your soul, Bowney!" "Amen!" fervently exclaimed the New Englander.
'Twus kind of a mean trick, imposin' on hospitality that-a-way; but 'twuz Bowney, you know. He hollered, an' I let him walk in front, but I kep' him covered with the revolver till I met some fellers, that tied him good an' tight. 'Twuzn't excitin' wurth a durn that is, ixcep' when his wife I s'pose 'twuz hollered, then I a'most wished I'd let him go."
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