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The Bravest of the Brave

CHAPTER XVI: INGRATITUDE
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Thompson put on the general's hat and cloak, and mounted one horse, while I got on the other, and away we rode out to the village.
"First of all we went to the inn and seized the innkeeper.

Manola wasn't there, and I never heard what became of her--whether her father had sent her to a convent or killed her, I don't know.

However, we held a court regular.

Thompson he was the judge, and I gave evidence as to the innkeeper having murdered poor Adams, and Thompson sentenced him to death, and we hung him up over his door.

When we had set that job right we went to the convent and rang the bell.


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