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"He shot up Stanton's hall, an' a bullet from some of thim wot was foightin' him must hev hit her." "Mebbe. But it wor bad bizness. That cowboy hit iviry wan of thim fellars in the same place. Shure, they niver blinked afther."
"Thar wuz th' grocery full uv stuff and all, 'n' the furnitoor upstairs, but Adolf 'n' the old wooman 'n' th' kids 'n' sich duds ez they cud cram inter their bags wuz gone bury drawers lift wide open, ez if they'd went in a ghreat hurry." Tom had listened in great surprise. "What do you know about that?" he gasped when Pete at last paused. "It's iviry blessed worrd that I know.
I'd 'ad 'im from a pup Kitty carried 'im in 'er apron when 'e was a week old, he loved me yes 'e did! an' 'e slept in my weskit iviry night of 'is life! an' he 'adn't a fault in 'im, all lovin' an' true! an' now 'e's gone an' an'-I HATE the quality up at the Manor yes I do! I HATE 'em! an' if Miss Vancourt 'adn't never come 'ome, my doggie 'ad been livin' now, an' we'd all a' bin 'appy!"
"An' back luck till yees, too," added Pat in his surly growl, as a reporter, note-book in hand, stepped nimbly in after Haldane; "it's meself that wishes iviry iditer o' the land was burned up wid his own lyin' papers." Even the most machine-like of the sere and withered book-keepers held their pens in suspense as Haldane passed hastily toward Mr.
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