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Chapter 64

           Nooneseemedwillingtotaketheresponsibilityofgivingthatsignal,whichwastosendafellow-creaturetohislongaccount.Criminalastheymightregardhimmurdererastheybelievedhimtobeallshiedfromdoingthesheriff’sduty.EvenCalhouninstinctivelyheldback.

           Itwasnotforthewantofwill.Therewasnolackofthatonthepartoftheex-officer,oramongtheRegulators.Theyshowednosignofretreatingfromthesteptheyhadtaken.Thepausewassimplyowingtotheinformalityoftheproceedings.Itwasbutthelullinthestormthatprecedesthegrandcrash.

           Itwasamomentofdeepsolemnityeveryonesilentasthetomb.Theywereinthepresenceofdeath,andknewit,deathinitsmosthideousshape,anddarkestguise.Mostofthemfeltthattheywereabettingit.Allbelievedittobenigh.

           Withhushedvoice,andhinderedgesture,theystoodrigidasthetree-trunksaroundthem.Surelythecrisishadcome?

           Ithad;butnotthatcrisisbyeverybodyexpected,bythemselvesdecreed.InsteadofseeingMauriceGeraldjerkedintotheair,fardifferentwasthespectacletheywerecalledupontowitness,onesoludicrousasforatimetointerruptthesolemnityofthescene,andcauseasuspensionoftheharshproceedings.

           TheoldmarethattheyknewtobeZebStump’sappearedtohavegonesuddenlymad.Shehadcommenceddancingoverthesward,flingingherheelshighintotheair,andscreamingwithallhermight.

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