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It was credible enough that persons capable of committing such a crime on such an inoffensive person as the testimony showed poor Sambo, would be capable also of throwing the life of a child after that of the man to protect their own. IT WAS CREDIBLE ENOUGH THAT PERSONS CAPABLE OF COMMITTING SUCH A CRIME ON SUCH AN INOFFENSIVE PERSON AS THE TESTIMONY SHOWED POOR SAMBO WOULD BE CAPABLE ALSO OF THROWING THE LIFE OF A CHILD AFTER THAT OF THE MAN TO PROTECT THEIR OWN
om here and there, pictures of his former life grew out upon his memory. Suddenly, plainer than all the rest, came the last time he stood under Mistress Croale’s window, waiting to help his father home. The same instant, back to the ear of his mind came his father’s two words, as he had heard them through the window--“_Up Daurside._” “Up Daurside!”--Here he was upon Daurside--a little way up too: he would go farther up. He rose and went on, while the great river kept flowing the other way, dark and terrible, down to the very door inside which lay Sambo with the huge gape in his big throat. Meantime the murder came to the knowledge of the police, Mistress Croale herself giving the information, and all in the house were arrested. In the course of their examination, it came out that wee Sir Gibbie had gone to bed with the murdered man, and was now nowhere to be found. Either they had murdered him too, or carried him off. The news spread, and the whole city was in commotion about his fate. AMY STATE IN WHICH BROKENLY FROM HERE AND THERE PICTURES OF HIS FORMER LIFE GREW OUT UPON HIS MEMORY SUDDENLY PLAINER THAN ALL THE REST CAME THE LAST TIME HE STOOD UNDER MISTRESS CROW'S WINDOW WAITING TO HELP HIS FATHER HOME THE SAME INSTANT BACK TO THE EAR OF HIS MIND CAME HIS FATHER'S TWO WORDS AS HE HAD HEARD THEM THROUGH THE WINDOW WHOOP DOWER SIDE UP DOWER SIDE HERE HE WAS UPON DOWER SIDE A LITTLE WAY UP TOO HE WOULD GO FARTHER UP HE ROSE AND WENT ON WHILE THE GREAT RIVER KEPT FLOWING THE OTHER WAY DARK AND TERRIBLE DOWN TO THE VERY DOOR INSIDE WHICH LAY SAMBO WITH THE HUGE GAPE IN HIS BIG THROAT MEANTIME THE MURDER CAME TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE POLICE MISTRESS CROLL HERSELF GIVING THE INFORMATION AND ALL IN THE HOUSE WERE ARRESTED IN THE COURSE OF THEIR EXAMINATION IT CAME OUT THAT WE SIR GIBBEY HAD GONE TO BED WITH THE MURDERED MAN AND WAS NOW NOWHERE TO BE FOUND EITHER THEY HAD MURDERED HIM TOO OR CARRIED HIM OFF THE NEWS SPREAD AND THE WHOLE CITY WAS IN COMMOTION ABOUT HIS FATE
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