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Chapter 86

           Someareonhorseback;andremaininthesaddle—theircurtainedcotton-bonnetsshadingtheirfairfacesfromtheglareofthesun;othersarestillmorecommodiouslyplacedforthespectacle—seatedunderwhitewaggon-tilts,orbeneaththemoreelegantcoveringsof"carrioles"and"Jerseys."

           Thereisaspectacle—atleastthereisonelookedfor.ItisatriallongtalkedofintheSettlement.

           SuperfluoustosaythatitisthetrialofMauriceGerald—knownasMauricethemustanger.

           Equallyidletoadd,thatitisforthemurderofHenryPoindexter.

           Itisnotthehighnatureoftheoffencethathasattractedsuchacrowd,noryetthecharactersofeithertheaccusedorhisvictim—neithermuchknownintheneighbourhood.

           ThesameCourt—itistheSupremeCourtofthedistrict,Uvalde—hasbeeninsessiontherebefore—hastriedallsortsofcases,andallkindsofmen—thieves,swindlers,homicides,andevenmurderers—withscarcefourscorepeoplecaringtobespectatorsofthetrial,orstayingtohearthesentence!

           Itisnotthiswhichhasbroughtsomanysettlerstogether;butaseriesofstrangecircumstances,mysteriousandmelodramatic;whichseeminsomewaytobeconnectedwiththecrime,andhavebeenfordaysthesoletalkoftheSettlement.

           Itisnotnecessarytonamethesecircumstances:theyarealreadyknown.

           AllpresentatFortIngehavecomethereanticipating:thatthetrialabouttotakeplacewillthrowlightonthestrangeproblemthathashithertodefiedsolution.

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