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"Hey?" he inquired, helplessly "What was you a saying of, gentle as yet," returned Hubert; "but we mean

to, shortly Are you quite sure you are wide awake?"

"What do you want?" was the cross question, given by way of answer

"What do you coht, I want to

know?"

"Keep civil, friend, ear swords," said Hubert, touching, with

dignity, the hilt of the little dagger he carried; "we only want to ask

you a few questions First, do you see that house over yonder?"

"Oh! I see it!" said the ruffly; "I am not blind!"

"Well as the last person you saw come out of that house?"

"I don't knoho they was!" still ot the

pleasure of their acquaintance!"

"Did you see a young lady co lady?" burst out the watchrieved expostulation "How ht a lady First and foreout the young

lady and have her hauled away in the dead-cart; then co another

and wants to know all the particulars, and by the tis her back like a drowned rat Then

all sorts of people goes in and out, and I get tired looking at them,