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"
Please
proceed
,
Mr
Calhoun
!
Let
us
hear
the
whole
of
the
evidence
you
have
promised
to
produce
.
It
will
be
time
enough
then
to
state
your
opinions
.
"
"
Well
,
gentlemen
;
as
you
may
imagine
,
I
was
no
little
surprised
at
hearing
my
cousin
's
voice
--
supposing
him
asleep
in
his
bed
.
So
sure
was
I
of
its
being
him
,
that
I
did
n't
think
of
going
to
his
room
,
to
see
if
he
was
there
.
I
knew
it
was
his
voice
;
and
I
was
quite
as
sure
that
the
other
was
that
of
the
horse-catcher
.
"
I
thought
it
uncommonly
queer
,
in
Henry
being
out
at
such
a
late
hour
:
as
he
was
never
much
given
to
that
sort
of
thing
.
But
out
he
was
.
I
could
n't
be
mistaken
about
that
.
"
I
listened
to
catch
what
the
quarrel
was
about
;
but
though
I
could
distinguish
the
voices
,
I
could
n't
make
out
anything
that
was
said
on
either
side
.
What
I
did
hear
was
Henry
calling
him
by
some
strong
names
,
as
if
my
cousin
had
been
first
insulted
;
and
then
I
heard
the
Irishman
threatening
to
make
him
rue
it
.
Each
loudly
pronounced
the
other
's
name
;
and
that
convinced
me
about
its
being
them
.
"
I
should
have
gone
out
to
see
what
the
trouble
was
;
but
I
was
in
my
slippers
;
and
before
I
could
draw
on
a
pair
of
boots
,
it
appeared
to
be
all
over
.
"
I
waited
for
half
an
hour
,
for
Henry
to
come
home
.
He
did
n't
come
;
but
,
as
I
supposed
he
had
gone
back
to
Oberdoffer
's
and
fallen
in
with
some
of
the
fellows
from
the
Fort
,
I
concluded
he
might
stay
there
a
spell
,
and
I
went
back
to
my
bed
.
"
Now
,
gentlemen
,
I
've
told
you
all
I
know
.
My
poor
cousin
never
came
back
to
Casa
del
Corvo
--
never
more
laid
his
side
on
a
bed
,
--
for
that
we
found
by
going
to
his
room
next
morning
.
His
bed
that
night
must
have
been
somewhere
upon
the
prairie
,
or
in
the
chapparal
;
and
there
's
the
only
man
who
knows
where
.
"
With
a
wave
of
his
hand
the
speaker
triumphantly
indicated
the
accused
--
whose
wild
straining
eyes
told
how
unconscious
he
was
of
the
terrible
accusation
,
or
of
the
vengeful
looks
with
which
,
from
all
sides
,
he
was
now
regarded
.
Calhoun
's
story
was
told
with
a
circumstantiality
,
that
went
far
to
produce
conviction
of
the
prisoner
's
guilt
.
The
concluding
speech
appeared
eloquent
of
truth
,
and
was
followed
by
a
clamourous
demand
for
the
execution
to
proceed
.
"
Hang
!
hang
!
"
is
the
cry
from
fourscore
voices
.
