Penny Dreadfuls, 1896 · page 157 of 279
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152 _ A SHOT IN THE DARK. ‘“Harry, you’ve been shot, and I’m accused of it. We have disagreed at times, but we have always loved each other. By that love and for all our sakes,. I beg and implore you to speak the truth. Am I guilty ?”? The dying man, with a last effort, raised his head. ‘‘No!’’ he cried, in a voice distinctly audible to all present. Then, with a gurgling, choking sound in his throat, he fell back. When Palfrey, a moment ‘after, arrived with the physician it was too late. Harry Chichester’s soul had passed-to its Maker. Gomichbooks (Eo)