The Wrong Man — page 69: what you’re looking at

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THE EVIDENCE n fF was return to the village on the evening in question, 2 eae I ieee Nod Overton, a-horseback, riding toward the - bluffs—” “Not too fast; wait till I transcribe the interrogatory and its reply,” interrupted Scroggs, really doing what he pro- rose. Os Proceed,” he added, a moment later. * When, as U said, I meets Ned Overton. Meand Ned being on not very good terms, from a little muss we had the other ~ day in the woods, we didn’t speak. You see the way the muss come about was this. Ned Overton fired at a deer and missed ; j “Never mind about that. Confine yourself to the circum- stances under deliberation, if you please.” “ Me and Ned, then, not being on good terms, we didn’t stop to talk. The fact of it is, he turned into the woods to keep clear of me; but he come back into the road ag’in so soon, that 1 had a good sight ofhim. It was a bright, moonlight night, and I geen him.” ey “You could swear, then, that it was Edward Overton, the hunter, and no one else ?” 3 “I'd stake my life on it,” said the peddler. 7 “As you are positive in regard to that fact,” said Mr. Scroggs, ehuttin his eyes a moment, as if to deliberate upon it, “ please ; - 3 . He was going at an all-fired gallop, but the man coming be- 3 hind him “hs ng at an all-fireder one.” “ Who was this man ?” “he one that was follering ?” = <“The same.” Dodge looked asif he disliked intensely to answer the ei ew but seeing that no good could come from hesitating, 3 replied : _ “ The prisoner at the bar, Charles meet | At this juncture the shoemaker was noticed to rub his eyes _. vigoronsly and weep profusely. Much speculation was - eaused by this unexpected occurrence; but, on inquiry, it turned out that he had been blowing his nose on the handkerchief fon erent aoitiina of Thich bag eg: _ Dodge had ejected into et, a on o uch getting . os eyes made the w g entirely ipvoluntary upon his _ “Have you any thing more to say, Mr. Dodge ?” asked Mr, ~* Scroggs, waiting, with pen in hand, to take down his reply, “Yea I've a good *eal.” Please let us hear it, then.” . “Inthe first place, I'm certain Charles Dudley didn’t kill Ned % “ ‘How do you know he didn’t ?” Xs Comicbooks:com ~ a *