ILLUSTRATIONS
Homer Greene
“‘I have been to blame.’”
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“‘This land is my gran’father’s, an’ I’ll stand where I please on it.’”
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“‘No better deed could be done by any one than to pull their accursed stakes from the ground, and fling ’em, one and all, into the water of the brook.’”
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“‘Good-by, my boy!’”
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Signing the Contract.
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“Abner Pickett sat upon the wall holding his gun in readiness for action.”
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“‘What shall I do, Aunt Martha?’”
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“‘Tell the truth, you fool!’”
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“He held the door wide open while the old man and his grandson passed out into the corridor.”
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