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"Good aze swept

the rooan, I think, who screamed these words as

he bolted for the broken door, but Stoddard caught and

held him

"Thank God, you're here, sir!" boomed forth in Bates'

sepulchral voice

It seemed to me that I saw all that happened with a

weird, unnatural distinctness, as one sees, before a

storht of day scarce discloses

I was myself dazed and spellbound; but I do not like

to think, even now, of the effect of ; of the shock that

seeered,

then collapsed, his head falling as though to strike his

knees Larry caught hied hi hands at his

throat

"Gentle yourselves Who is this person?"

He pointed with his stick to the sheriff, as endeavoring

to crawl out from under the mass of broken

crystals

"That, sir, is the sheriff," answered Bates

"A very disorderlyto cause the sheriff so much inconvenience?

Didn't you know that that chandelier was

likely to kill hientleuson, too! Well, well! I thought better of both