Go on an' it will be all right
an'--"
"You'll come too, won't you?"
"Yes, I'll be there putty soon. That's right, now, go on."
At the door she halted, and before going out, summed up all her
arguments--a pitiful courtesy.
"Mr. Starbuck," said the Judge, "I am told that in resisting arrest you
so badly injured a deputy that he is not able to be here to-day. I am
inclined in every way to favor you, but that, as you must know, is a
very serious charge."
"Jedge, that ain't true. I didn't resist arrest. Let me tell you about
that man Peters. I have had mo' than one cause to kill him in
se'f-defense, but I didn't want to do that. A man that has seed as much
blood as you an' me has, don't want to kill nobody if he kin help it.
Jedge, he is a hound. I had surrendered to the law and was standin' with
my hands up, an' he come a runnin' to kill me with a knife, an' I
smashed his infernal countenance. No, I didn't resist arrest."
Foster stepped forward. "Will your honor please permit me to speak a
word. I was in charge of the expedition and the old man tells the truth.
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