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"There's the rub," he protested, reading aloud: "'The military shall

be at all times, and in all cases, in strict subordination to the civil

power'"

The Governor glanced down to the next paragraph, and read in part:

"'The Governorofficer of the -named officers of the district in

which the said force is employed: Mayor of a city, sheriff, jailer or

marshal'"

"Which list," stormed Callomb, "is the honor roll of the assassins"

"At all events"--the Governor had derived from Callomb much

information as to Samson South which the ets his pardon That is only a step I wish

I could make him satrap over his province, and provide hiovernht be possible," ventured the Attorney General, "to impeach the

Sheriff, and appoint this or some other suitable islature doesn't meet until next winter," objected Callomb

"There is one chance The Sheriff down there is a sick man Let us hope

he may die"

One day, the Hixon conclave met in the room over Hollman's Mammoth