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We hung a man named Josh Silsbie, down at Deadwood, for hoss-stealin'. When I say WE, I speak for Seventy-Five yer as is present, as well as representin', so to speak, seventy-two other gents as is scattered. We hung Josh Silsbie on squar, pretty squar, evidence.
Rightbody was interested, and was, according to all accounts, deceived and led away by Silsbie, that we don't mind listening to any proposition YOU might make, as a lady allowin' you was ekally interested." "I understand," said Mrs. Rightbody quickly. "And you will furnish me with any papers?" The two men again consulted. "We wish to say, ma'am, that we think she's got papers, but "
Rightbody had confessed to the Vigilance Committee that her husband, a celebrated Boston millionaire, anxious to gain possession of Abner Springer's well-known sorrel mare, had incited the unfortunate Josh Silsbie to steal it; and that finally, failing in this, the widow of the deceased Boston millionaire was now in personal negotiation with the owners.
"I see. Then Mr. Silsbie ENTICED her away?" "Well, ma'am, it WAS allowed as she runned away. But it wasn't proved, and it generally wasn't her style." Mrs. Rightbody trifled with her next question. "She was pretty, of course?" The eyes of both men brightened. "She was THAT!" said Seventy-Four emphatically. "It would have done you good to see her!" added Seventy-Five. Mrs.
Annie Silsbie strung forty-two tiny squares of card-board on a thread and each night slipped one off and burned it up in the candle. Others made diagrams of the time, with a division for each day, and every night blotted one out with a sense of triumph. None of these devices made the time hasten. It never moved more slowly than now, when life seemed to consist of a universal waiting.
Rightbody, "don't you see there was no Silsbie, or, if there was, he was simply the confidant of that woman?" A knock at the door, announcing the presence of Mr. Ryder and Stanislaus Joe with the horses, checked Mrs. Rightbody's speech. As the animals were being packed, Mrs. Rightbody for a moment withdrew in confidential conversation with Mr.
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