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"There's a nigger in the woodpile, Merriwether," he said "We are

si to do a

little probing of uess I'll turn the company over to you for

a day or two"

"What idiocy are you conte to ride over on Misery, and hear what the other side has to

say I've usually noticed that one side of any story is pretty good

until the other's told"

"You o over there where the Souths are

intrenched, where every road is guarded?" The Lieutenant spoke

wrathfully and with violence "Don't be an ass, Callomb You went over

there once before, and took a man away--and he's dead You owe them a

life, and they collect their dues You will be supported by no warrant

of arrest, and can't take a sufficient detail to protect you"

"No," said Calloo