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Brookes on the subject; but certain it is that one joyful day when Meason, Sally, and Maggie were eating oysters, and Frank was twisting the corkscrew into a bottle of Chablis, there came an ominous ringing at the door. "I wonder who that can be. Shut up, Triss." "Perhaps it is father." "He is in London." "I'm not so sure about that." "No matter we don't want to see them." "Rather not!
"There she goes," thought Maggie, flaunting her head. "What a fool she is to bully father instead of humouring him. We shall never hear the end of this. His dinner put back so that she may continue her flirtation with Meason! I shall have to tell the truth. Why should I tell a lie?" "Please, miss," said the butler as Maggie passed through the baize door, "I think it right to tell you about cook.
They cut off the head and took it along as proof; but as they were displaying this at the seat of government, the town of Washington, they themselves were recognized and arrested, and were later tried and executed; which ended the Meason gang, one of the early and once famous desperado bands. From the earliest days there have been border counterfeiters of coin.
I hear that you, too, were seen walking with young Meason." "It is not true, I assure you, father. I met him as I was going to the post-office. I said, 'How do you do? and I passed on." "Where is Sally?" "She went out a few minutes ago." "Didn't she know the time? She ought to be dressing for dinner. Do you know where she's gone?" "I think she went down the slonk."
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