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Chapter 86

           Someareonhorseback;andremaininthesaddletheircurtainedcotton-bonnetsshadingtheirfairfacesfromtheglareofthesun;othersarestillmorecommodiouslyplacedforthespectacleseatedunderwhitewaggon-tilts,orbeneaththemoreelegantcoveringsof"carrioles"and"Jerseys."

           Thereisaspectacleatleastthereisonelookedfor.ItisatriallongtalkedofintheSettlement.

           SuperfluoustosaythatitisthetrialofMauriceGeraldknownasMauricethemustanger.

           Equallyidletoadd,thatitisforthemurderofHenryPoindexter.

           Itisnotthehighnatureoftheoffencethathasattractedsuchacrowd,noryetthecharactersofeithertheaccusedorhisvictimneithermuchknownintheneighbourhood.

           ThesameCourtitistheSupremeCourtofthedistrict,Uvaldehasbeeninsessiontherebeforehastriedallsortsofcases,andallkindsofmenthieves,swindlers,homicides,andevenmurdererswithscarcefourscorepeoplecaringtobespectatorsofthetrial,orstayingtohearthesentence!

           Itisnotthiswhichhasbroughtsomanysettlerstogether;butaseriesofstrangecircumstances,mysteriousandmelodramatic;whichseeminsomewaytobeconnectedwiththecrime,andhavebeenfordaysthesoletalkoftheSettlement.

           Itisnotnecessarytonamethesecircumstances:theyarealreadyknown.

           AllpresentatFortIngehavecomethereanticipating:thatthetrialabouttotakeplacewillthrowlightonthestrangeproblemthathashithertodefiedsolution.

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