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No one dreamed of his having fled straight to the country, and search was confined to the city. NO ONE DREAMED OF HIS HAVING FLED STRAIGHT TO THE COUNTRY AND SEARCH WAS CONFINED TO THE CITY
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. 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. The city was searched from end to end, from side to side, and from cellar to garret. Not a trace of him was to be found--but indeed Gibbie had always been easier to find than to trace, for he had no belongings of any sort to betray him. E 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 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 THE CITY WAS SEARCHED FROM END TO END FROM SIDE TO SIDE AND FROM CELLAR TO GARRET NOT A TRACE OF HIM WAS TO BE FOUND BUT INDEED GIBBEY HAD ALWAYS BEEN EASIER TO FIND THAN TO TRACE FOR HE HAD NO BELONGINGS OF ANY SORT TO BETRAY HIM
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