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"Do you mean that it disappeared before you went for help?"

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"Yes, it was gone."

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"You cannot say what it was?"

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"No, I had a feeling something was there."

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"How far from the body?"

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"A dozen yards or so."

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"And how far from the edge of the wood?"

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"About the same."

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"Then if it was removed it was while you were within a dozen yards of it?"

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"Yes, but with my back towards it."

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This concluded the examination of the witness.

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"I see," said I as I glanced down the column, "that the coroner in his concluding remarks was rather severe upon young McCarthy.


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