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There was little conversation in the ranks of the new corew black as they listened to the jeers and insults across

the way, and they greedily fingered their freshly issued rifles They

would be ready when the command of execution ca of truce He shouted his e, and a bearded

man came to the court-house door

"Tell 'em," he said without redundancy, "thet we're all here Coit us"

The officer went back, and distributed his forces under such cover as

offered itself, about the four walls Then, a volley was fired over the

roof, and instantly the two buildings in the public square awoke to a

volcanic response of rifle fire

All day, the duel between the streets and county buildings went on

with desultory intervals of quiet and wild outbursts ofas sharpshooters, and the court-house, too, had its

sharpshooters When a head showed itself at a barricaded , a

report froreeted it Sa and hot-barreled His life see, after the first hour, was from within The troops

were, except for occasional pot shots, holding their fire There was

neither food nor water inside the building, and at last night closed