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“I will have order in e Dae Warren’s face before he ed to s it

I slid , and I realized it waswith hot tears

“It be all right, Mr Corbett,” she said quietly

“It isn’t all right, Gracie It’s a disgrace”

Two DC blueboys were heading our way, coive us a moment

“Don’t you worry, Mr Corbett,” Gracie said “Jesus works in mysterious ways”

“God bless you, Gracie We’ll file an appeal”

“Thank you, Mr Corbett But now I got to tell you so”

“What’s that?”

She leaned close toher voice to a whisper “I done the crime”

“What?”

“I done the crime”

“Gracie!”

“I got five chillun, Mr Corbett That old lady, she don’t payI needed money So I meant to take the silver”

“And… what happened?”