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"Ah! you have noticed those," she said, seeing that Grace's eyes were attracted by some curious objects against the walls. "They are man-traps. My husband was a connoisseur in man-traps and spring-guns and such articles, collecting them from all his neighbors. He knew the histories of all these which gin had broken a man's leg, which gun had killed a man.
The door was opened, and the coachman and Hiram lifted out Gabriel. They carried him, still unconscious, up stairs and laid him on a couch. Old Burt could not refuse an act of mere humanity, but he said in a loud voice, "It's all a conspiracy to get into the house, Mrs. Simcoe, ma'am. I'll have bull-dogs I'll have blunderbusses and spring-guns, Mrs. Simcoe, ma'am!
But the new owner changed all this, hiding gins and spring-guns in the coverts, and nailing up boards on the trees to say he would have the law of any that trespassed. So he soon made enemies for himself, and before long had everyone's hand against him.
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