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Show ~~ ~ V.t~~ . '\varmed up the ~trect townnls Sh rbnrn·~ lwn:c, a-\vhooping ~uHl yelling and raging like InjunN, and e\·<~rythi11g lutcl to clrar the \Yay or get run over and i rompl'll to Jnu.-h, ancl it was awful to see. C'hilcln~n \rn: h eeling it ahead of tlH~ Jnob, screarning aucl trying to get ouL of th(' \vay ; and every window along the road \ra. full of women's h eads, atHl there \vas nigg )r boy in every tree, and buck and \Yenche looking over ev ry fence ; and a: . oon as the 1no b \Vonhl get 11carly to then1 tbey would break ancl skarldl back out of reach. Lots of the wornen and girls was crying and taking on, scared trno t to de at h. They wanned up in front of Sherburn's palings a thick a' 8IIERB UR. .\. ~ .. no they c ulll jn,m togcth )r, and you coulJn•t hear ynnr:df think for the noi c. lt was a little t\n"nt y-foot yarcl. :-1mn . ung out, ' T nr do\vn the£ 'nc ! tear clown th ·fence' !" T h<'n th r, ,rasa rac.:k('t of ripping aud tearing and sina:hing, ancl <lown ~h goe, and the front wall ofth cro\vd begin to roll in lik ~a wave. Just then herburn teps on t on to th roof of hi· 1itt1e frnnt p orch, \vii h a double-barrel gun in hi ... ban r1, and takes hi · .tan<l perf~ctly cahn and d lib<Tat , not ~ayiug a word. The racket topp ·d, and the waye ·uckcd back . ~ hcrburn uevrr .·aid a word-J'nst stood ih crc•. lookino· down. ~ ' h The stillne \va · awful ere py and uneo1nfort ab](·. ~hcrburn run hi. <')' slow a]ong Lhc ero\Y(l· and wh('t'l' \'('l' it strnck, the people tried a littl(' t o out gaze hin1 but t lH\.Y eou1cln·L; they dropped tJ1 ir eyes nn<llooked .·n caky. Then prdt .r ... oon :--;herburn sort of laughed; not the plca:ant kind, bnL the kin<l that •nnl:Ps yon feel like when you arc eat ing brt'ad Lhars goL antl in it. 1" Thrn h say:;; ... ·low and , con1 ft tl : '~ Th(' idea of von lyn ·bing nnyl)Qcly ~ It·~ aun1sing. Thr idea of yon thinking you h ;lcl pluck enough to lynch a 1rut n ! Because you're brave cno11gh to tar n1Hl f(•a! her poor friPn(H('. ('a.· t-out won1en that co1ne al o11g h re, cl iLl that 1nake yon think yon hacl grit no ugh to Lly your hand:· on n ?nan ! \Yhy, a nutn·s safe in the ha11ds of ten thon. i1nd of your kind-a. long a if., dayt in1e ancl yon 'r" not b hind hin1. "Do I know yon'! I know you c:lc'·tr 1 hrongh. I wa: born and rai eel jn th ~ ~onth, and J 'v } li ,. c1 in the 1 orlh; o I know the average all nround. Tbr ay \rage Inau·s <l coward. J n the Korth he 1 }ts a11ybody walk ov r hitn t hat want s to, and goes hon1 and prays for a lnnnble , pirit to bear it. In t h ~uth one man, all by hitn ·elf, has ·topped a tng(' ftdl of 1nen, in the daytime, and robb tl the lot. ·Yonr n cw~pap rs call yon a brave people o nluth that you think yon a1·e braver than any |