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The "jail-house" was a s at

the rear of the court-house yard Its barred ere narroith

sills breast-high

The court-house itself was shaded by large oaks and sycamores, and, as

Samson drew near, he saw that soroups and disposed the of the well None of them spoke, and Samson

pretended that he had not seen them He rode his mule at a walk,

knowing that he was rifle-covered fro rack directly beneath the county building, he flung his reins

over a post, and, swinging his rifle at his side, passed casually along

the brick walk to the jail The ed around their

covers as he went, keeping themselves protected, as squirrels creep

around a trunk when a hunter is lurking below Samson halted at the

jail wall, and called the prisoner's name A towsled head and surly

face appeared at the barred , and the boy went over and held

converse froit into town?" demanded the prisoner

"I rid in," was the short reply "How'd ye git in the jail-house?"

The captive was shaot a leetle too ht," he confessed