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None the less, the vital affairs of the clan could not be balked by

consideration for a stranger, who, in the opinion of the majority,

should be driven from the country as an insidious mischief-maker

Ostensibly, the truce still held, but at no tihted with thestorm The

attitude of each faction was that of several uns trained on one another's breasts Each hesitated to fire, knowing

that to pull the triggerthat another

trigger ht at any moment be drawn Purvy dared not have Samson shot

out of hand, because he feared that the Souths would claim his life in

return, yet he feared to let Samson live On the other hand, if Purvy

fell, no South could balance his death, except Spicer or Saht put conditions to aobserved, or open the war--and yet each

faction was guarding against such an event as too fraught with danger

One thing was certain By persuasion or force, Lescott must leave, and

Saht, or the

confessed and repudiated renegade Those questions, to-day must answer

It was a difficult situation, and promised an eventful entertainment

Whatever conclusion was reached as to the artist's future, he was,

until the verdict came in, a visitor, and, unless liquor inflamed sootten Possibly, it