Black Arrow, the Avenger — page 69: what you’re looking at

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- CLOSE-QUESTIONING. 73 “Poor fellow! He was never of much account, and was of mighty little use to us; but he was a friend of ours, and those folks will have to pay for that job. Tell us all about it, Whet- stone.” Whetstone described the occurrence quite accurately, and with sufficient detail to satisfy his auditors; but his narrative came to a pause at the death of Satterlee. “And so they hanged him as a spy,” said Roder. “ Well, it's no more than we would do if we should catch a spy. What's fair for one is fair for t’other. Don’t you think so, ~ Whetstone ?” “] suppose you are right about that. People who put them- selves in such a position must take the consequences.” - “Of course they must, and they’re mighty apt to get them, too. But that won't hinder us from taking our revenge for poor Satterlee. He’s not the only one of our friends who has Se eee 7 be revenged for all of “them, on somebody.” “Those regulators seem to be in earnest.” They had better be ; but that won't save them. The cow- yan It is easy enough for them to string up a when they are twenty to’ one; but they don’t dare to. srectenreser ys Brot And so they jerked Satterlee right up to a tree. How did you get out of the scrape, Whetstone? You couldn't take that oath, I reckon, without some pretty tall «Bun I could do'ectne tall Whog to get'tid of taxing 16% “Didn't they make you take the oath, then?” “No, indeed. The whole affair was got up for Satterlee’s benefit. Tt was a cut-md-dried arrangement, as he told them. They and watched him, and they had proof enought against him to satisfy them.” “ Don't you suppose that somebody informed against him ?” “ Nobody but themselves, as far as I could learn. T told you that he didn't know how to play the game. He only came to the meetings, and neither did nor said any thing. Arty Gis cod pee that ee onty came’ there Wo Took sid Vo Tie- ~ten, and it is no wonder that they suspected him.” “ And you were not suspected at all?” “Oh yes; their suspicions were pretty strong ; dees Pitas comlicldooks.com