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"

Ye

kin

all

see

,

"

continues

the

witness

,

pointing

to

the

silent

shape

,

"

ye

kin

all

see

a

red

patch

on

the

breast

o

'

the

striped

blanket

.

Thur

's

a

hole

in

the

centre

o

'

it

.

Ahint

that

hole

I

reck

'n

thur

'll

be

another

,

in

the

young

fellur

's

karkidge

.

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do

n't

appear

any

to

match

it

at

the

back

.

Thurfor

I

konklude

,

thet

the

bullet

as

did

his

bizness

air

still

inside

o

'

him

.

S'posin

'

we

strip

off

his

duds

,

an

see

!

"

There

is

a

tacit

consent

to

this

proposition

of

the

witness

.

Two

or

three

of

the

spectators

--

Sam

Manly

one

of

them

--

step

forward

;

and

with

due

solemnity

proceed

to

remove

the

serapé

.

As

at

the

inauguration

of

a

statue

--

whose

once

living

original

has

won

the

right

of

such

commemoration

--

the

spectators

stand

in

respectful

silence

at

its

uncovering

,

so

stand

they

under

the

Texan

tree

,

while

the

serapé

is

being

raised

from

the

shoulders

of

the

Headless

Horseman

.

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It

is

a

silence

solemn

,

profound

,

unbroken

even

by

whispers

.

These

are

heard

only

after

the

unrobing

is

complete

,

and

the

dead

body

becomes

revealed

to

the

gaze

of

the

assemblage

.

It

is

dressed

in

a

blouse

of

sky-blue

cottonade

--

box

plaited

at

the

breast

,

and

close

buttoned

to

the

throat

.

The

limbs

are

encased

in

a

cloth

of

the

like

colour

,

with

a

lighter

stripe

along

the

seams

.

But

only

the

thighs

can

be

seen

--

the

lower

extremities

being

concealed

by

the

"

water-guards

"

of

spotted

skin

tightly

stretched

over

them

.

Around

the

waist

--

twice

twined

around

it

--

is

a

piece

of

plaited

rope

,

the

strands

of

horse

's

hair

.

Before

and

behind

,

it

is

fastened

to

the

projections

of

the

high-peaked

saddle

.

By

it

is

the

body

retained

in

its

upright

attitude

.

It

is

further

stayed

by

a

section

of

the

same

rope

,

attached

to

the

stirrups

,

and

traversing

--

surcingle

fashion

--

under

the

belly

of

the

horse

.

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Everything

as

the

accused

has

stated

--

all

except

the

head

.

Where

is

this

?

The

spectators

do

not

stay

to

inquire

.

Guided

by

the

speech

of

Zeb

Stump

,

their

eyes

are

directed

towards

the

body

,

carefully

scrutinising

it

.

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