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her character, and she felt it, for that when that was gone, one might as well give up, and die. She carried a deep-set grievance in her face, a fixed anguish, which occasionally broke up into a snuffle. She was sustained, however, as has been seen, in her trials, by a few benevolent Puddleford ladies, who had most magnanimously followed her and her case, reckless of time and money, and who said,
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and help Miss Charity out, and her case had now, of course, become their case, and Bates was as much their lawyer as Miss Beadle's lawyer--and Turtle, when he got
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was jest as
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to them as he was to the court, or Miss Beadle, they said--
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--and twitted each other of a dozen or more dead and buried slanders, which had for a long time been forgotten. Mrs. Bird gave Aunt Sonora a regular
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as she call'd it--
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She told Aunt Sonora, who was one of Miss Filkins's body-guard, that
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to take tea with her, in less than a week--so she took a quiet pinch of snuff, and told Mrs. Bird in reply, that
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as he said,
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He was dressed in his best suit of homespun, and also had on his most dignified air. He did not even wince during the scathing Turtle gave him and his return, feeling perfectly sure that he couldn't be hurt by any country 'torney in the upper courts. He
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The county judge, in a very summary and careless manner, decided,
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The court orter say, further, that Mr. Turtle's affidavit was _sworn_ to, and how he could have sworn to such an affidavit, right agin the return of the justis', was mor'n he know'd; perhaps Mr. Turtle know'd _himself_, and could inform the court.
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Agin Turtle, exclaimed Ike, rising,
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Agin Turtle's _client_,
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That sounds a leetle more like a court of justis', added Ike;
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as the books say,
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Mr. Buzzle_baum_, exclaimed Ike,
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Y--e--s, drawled Ike,
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Know Miss Beadle?
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Yes!
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You do know the 'oman then?
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Yes!
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Sot up at her house any?
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Sot up!
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Yes, sot up; don't you know what that is by this time, at your time-er life, Mr. Buzzlebaum?
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Well, what of it?
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What--of--it! Je-ru-sa-lem! exclaimed Ike, slapping a book on the table, and looking fury at the court.
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The man says 'what of it?'--sittin' up with the defendant _nights_ a-courtin' her, and then wants to know what of it? Wouldn't he be a pretty man to try this case?
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Sot up _where_?
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How do _I_ know where! Ever talk of marryin' the 'oman, hey?
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No wals here; you're sworn now; out with it. Didn't you tell old Soper, if she warn't so old and rusty-like, you'd strike, hit or miss? What, sir?
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Wal!
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Guilty as a dog; won't answer; is a-goin'-ter die game, right inter the face of the court,
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meant, and declared,
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and asking another juryman for his hat, which stood among a huddle of hats outside the jury-box,
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for the door, amid the cries of the court, clerk, Bates, &c., of
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Mr. Tumbleton, exclaimed Ike,
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No, sir!
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Hain't form'd _nor_ 'spressed any?
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No, sir!
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Hain't said that you hop'd the old maid would come out hunk?
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No, sir!
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Hain't said that Turtle was a jackass for pushin' on this 'ere suit?
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No, sir!
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Hain't thought he was?
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Sir?
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Pretty clus questions,
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Now don't you think--and haven't you _said_, that Turtle was a jackass for pushin' on this suit?
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No, sir!--haven't said any such thing.
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Don't you _think_ he is, is the question, Mr. Tumbleton?
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Think you are a jackass!
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Yes, sir!
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Very likely I do.