? ? ? ? Both of them spoke up again, and says:
? ? ? ? "No, we didn't. We never seen any marks at all."
? ? ? ? Well, everybody was in a state of mind, now; and they sings out:
? ? ? ? "The whole bilin' of' m's frauds! Le's duck 'em! le's drown 'em! le's ride'em on a rail!" and everybody was whooping at once, and there was a rattling pow-wow. But the lawyer he jumps on the table and yells, and says:
? ? ? ? "Gentlemen- gentlemen! Hear me just a word- just a single word- if you PLEASE! There's one way yet- let's go and dig up the corpse and look."
? ? ? ? That took them.
? ? ? ? "Hooray!" they all shouted, and was starting right off; but the lawyer and the doctor sung out:
? ? ? ? "Hold on, hold on! Collar all these four men and the boy, and fetch them along, too!"
? ? ? ? "We'll do it!" they all shouted: "and if we don't find them marks we'll lynch the whole gang!"
? ? ? ? I was scared, now, I tell you.
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