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So they promised to enter the stockade under her direction, rob the house, and then screen the deed they had committed by burning the dwelling and all within its precincts. SO THEY PROMISED TO ENTER THE STOCKADE UNDER HER DIRECTION ROBBED THE HOUSE AND THEN SCREENED THE DEED THEY HAD COMMITTED BY BURNING THE DWELLING AND ALL WITHIN ITS PRECINCTS
 might, with a little adroitness, have taken the lives of all who were gathered under her father's roof at a single meal; but the revengeful girl evidently had some secret feeling to gratify, in the employment of the agents whom she engaged for her purpose, and the blow she resolved should be struck, and decisively, too, by the negro enemies of her father, who were his near neighbors. For this fell purpose, Maud held secret meetings with the chiefs, represented that her father's strong-boxes were full of gold and silver coin, and that the negroes had only to effect an entrance at night, means for which she was herself prepared to furnish them, and at the same time representing to them that they would have it in their power to revenge themselves for all their past wrongs at her father's hands, fancied or real. The negroes and their chiefs were only too intent upon the treasures their fancy depicted, to think or care for Maud herself, or to question the reason of her unnatural treachery. OWLEDGE OF POISON SHE MIGHT WITH A LITTLE ADROITNESS HAVE TAKEN THE LIVES OF ALL WHO WERE GATHERED UNDER HER FATHER'S ROOF AT A SINGLE MEAL BUT THE RENGEFUL GIRL EVIDENTLY HAD SOME SECRET FEELING TO GRATIFY IN THE EMPLOYMENT OF THE AGENTS WHOM SHE ENGAGED FOR HER PURPOSE AND THE BLOWS SHE RESOLVED SHOULD BE STRUCK AND DECISIVELY TOO BY THE NEGRO ENEMIES OF HER FATHER WHO WERE HIS NEAR NEIGHBORS FOR THIS FELL PURPOSE MAUD HELD SECRET MEETINGS WITH THE CHIEFS REPRESENTED THAT HER FATHER'S STRONG BOXES WERE FULL OF GOLD AND SILVER COIN AND THAT THE NEGROES HAD ONLY TO EFFECT AN ENTRANCE AT NIGHT MEANS FOR WHICH SHE WAS HERSELF PREPARED TO FURNISH THEM AND AT THE SAME TIME REPRESENTING TO THEM THAT THEY WOULD HAVE IT IN THEIR POWER TO REVENGE THEMSELVES FOR ALL THEIR PAST WRONGS AT HER FATHER'S HANDS FANCIED OR REAL THE NEGROES AND THEIR CHIEFS WERE ONLY TOO INTENT UPON THE TREASURES THEIR FANCY DEPICTED TO THINK OR CARE FOR MAUD HERSELF OR TO QUESTION THE REASON OF HER UNNATURAL TREACHERY
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