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Pretty soon he got another start and says: "But it warn't no use; so at last I went home and tried to get some sleep, but couldn't.
Well, in a day or two everybody was uneasy, and they got to talking about this prisoner's threats, and took to the idea, which I didn't take no stock in, that my brother was murdered so they hunted around and tried to find his body, but couldn't and give it up.
And so I reckoned he was gone off somers to have a little peace, and would come back to us when his troubles was kind of healed.
But late Saturday night, the 9th, Lem Beebe and Jim Lane come to my house and told me all-told me the whole awful 'sassination, and my heart was broke.
And THEN I remembered something that hadn't took no hold of me at the time, because reports said this prisoner had took to walking in his sleep and doing all kind of things of no consequence, not knowing what he was about.
I will tell you what that thing was that come back into my memory.
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