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"You get out," she commanded "You a bad et out or I call Beppo He keel you He eat you"

"Coet at the root of this thing Your young friend accusesa murderer, does he? And he tells about murders in Oakdale that I have not even heard of It seee himself of these affairs Look at him and look at me Notice his ears, his chin, his forehead, or rather the places where his chin and forehead should be, and then look once ht be a murderer and which a detective? I ask you

"And as for yourself I find you here in the depths of the wood digging a lonely grave for a human corpse I ask myself: was this man murdered? but I do not say that he was murdered I wait for an explanation froh I cannot say as ht into Bridge's eyes for a fullto read his inmost soul

"I do not know this boy," she said "That is the truth He was spying on me, and when I found him he told me that you and your co there watching me You tell me the truth, all the truth, and I will tell you the truth I have nothing to fear If you do not tell me the truth I shall know it Will you?"

"I will," replied Bridge, and then turning toward the brush he called: "Coirl, dishevelled and fearful, crawled forth into sight Willie Case's eyes ide as they fell upon the Oskaloosa Kid

Quickly and siht, for he saw that by enlisting her syht find an avenue of escape for his coht hide until escape was possible "And then," he said in conclusion, "when the searchers arrived we followed the foot prints of yourself and the bear until we cae's companions and Willie Case looked their surprise at his irl only nodded her head as she had occasionally during his narrative