Beadle's Dime Novels No. 38: The Wrong Man — page 109: what you’re looking at

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SEDLEYS DEATH. 111 other, as if they attributed the old man’s speech to the wan derings of his mind. But he related, though in words so . Choked and interrupted as to be scarcely articulate, yet other- wise in so connected and clear a manner, the circumstances of that fatal affray, that the villagers were forced to believe. “But the horse-shoe, and the hoof-prints,” said one in whose mind doubt was still struggling. “My horse had been lamed and tired down in the first ~ chase,” feebly responded the old man, with a painful effort— “T took his—little thinking it would be the means of leading ‘him to this untimely death.” ; The light shed from the ruined block-house shone on the old man as he made these revelations, giving a ghastly effect to the workings of his pallid features. He sunk back exhausted in uttering the last explanation, and for some moments remained in a state of insensibility. The bystanders (their number now increased by accessions from the village, the ts of which were hurrying toward the scene of the ion) began to think that life had utterly departed, when opened his eyes. But the light of intelligence was gone from them—they were glassy and rayless; and his » incoherent murmurings too plainly told that reason had Self-defense, Lucy—kiss me, child, and dry your tears! Who calls me murderer ?—shove off, Cato, and pull away . Stoutly—there, they'll never overtake us now—your name can’t Suffer, Charles, for they don’t know it—ha! the water’s thick With and see, see! Overton's black face is grinning in were some of the disjointed phrases which fell at in- oe Yals from his working lips. The allusion to Overton was —s word he uttered, and as they were spoken, the vivid- - With which the image of the floating body was presented fron’ disordered imagination might have been partly inferred «the strong convulsive movement it occasioned. —— back ! stand back, and give him air cried several self § 88 the old man with a gasping effort half raised him- . “M@ the grass. Sedley rolied his rayless eyes round the . 8 Citele, the muscles of his frame relaxed, he tumblea "* 8Qd prone upon the ground, and the light let in by * xe . Ccommicloolkks.Ceonn 7