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Billy pictured that queen among women! that paragon! with her glorious hair cropped and her pink tipped little hands set to beating hemp  he had a shadowy notion that the lives of all female convicts were devoted to this pursuit  and groaned in horror. BILLY PICTURED THAT QUEEN AMONG WOMEN THAT PARAGON WITH HER GLORIOUS HAIR CROPPED AND HER PINK TIPPED LITTLE HAND SET TO BEATING HEMP HE HAD A SHADOWY NOTION THAT THE LIVES OF ALL FEMALE CONVICTS WERE DEVOTED TO THIS PURSUIT AND GROANED IN HORROR
 declared; "oh, yes, you are, Colonel! You're an incorrigible, incurable old ace of trumps--the very best there is in the pack--and it's entirely useless for you to attempt to conceal it." "Gad----!" said the Colonel. "And don't you worry about that will," Mr. Woods advised. "I--I can't explain things just now, but it's all right. You just wait--just wait till I've seen Peggy," Billy urged, in desperation, "and I'll explain everything." "By gad----!" said the Colonel. But Mr. Woods was half-way out of the vestibule. Mr. Woods was in an unenviable state of perturbation. He could not quite believe that Peggy had destroyed the will; the thing out-Heroded Herod, out-Margareted Margaret. But if she had, it struck him as a high-handed proceeding, entailing certain vague penalties made and provided by the law to cover just such cases--penalties of whose nature he was entirely ignorant and didn't care to think. Heavens! for all he knew, that angel might have let herself in for a jail sentence. OLENCE YOU'RE A TRUMP THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE HE DECLARED OH YES YOU ARE COLONEL YOU'RE AN INCORRIGIBLE INCURABLE OLD ACE OF TRUMPS THE VERY BEST THERE IS IN THE PACK AND IT'S ENTIRELY USELESS FOR YOU TO ATTEMPT TO CONCEAL IT GAD SAID THE COLONEL AND DON'T YOU WORRY ABOUT THAT WILL MISTER WOODS ADVISED I I CAN'T EXPLAIN THINGS JUST NOW BUT IT'S ALL RIGHT YOU JUST WAIT JUST WAIT TILL I'VE SEEN PEGGY BILLY URGED IN DESPERATION AND I'LL EXPLAIN EVERYTHING BY GOD SAID THE COLONEL BUT MISTER WOODS WAS HALF WAY OUT OF THE VESTIBULE MISTER WOODS WAS IN AN UNENVIABLE STATE OF PERTURBATION HE COULD NOT QUITE BELIEVE THAT PEGGY HAD DESTROYED THE WILL THE THING OUT HERODED HARRID OUT MARGARETTED MARGARET BUT IF SHE HAD IT STRUCK HIM AS A HIGH HANDED PROCEEDING ENTAILING CERTAIN VAGUE PENALTIES MADE AND PROVIDED BY THE LAW TO COVER JUST SUCH CASES PENALTIES OF WHOSE NATURE HE WAS ENTIRELY IGNORANT AND DIDN'T CARE TO THINK HEAVENS FOR ALL HE KNEW THAT ANGEL MIGHT HAVE LET HERSELF IN FOR A JAIL SENTENCE
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