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The Dead Boxer

CHAPTER V
18/22

My mind's made up--so say no more.

Ay, an' I tell you that to live three months in this state would break my heart." "Poor John!" she exclaimed, as they separated, and the words were followed by a gush of tears, "I know that there is not one of them, in either of the factions, so noble in heart and thought as you are." "Ill prove that soon, Ellen; but never till my name is fair and clear, an' without spot, can you be my wife.

Good night, dearest; in every thing but that I'll be guided by you." They then separated, and immediately the Dead Boxer, like a drunken man, went tottering, rather crest-fallen, towards the inn.

On reaching his own room, his rage appeared quite ungovernable; he stormed, stamped, and raved on reflecting that any one was able to knock him down.

He called for brandy and water, with a curse to the waiter, swore deeply between every sip, and, ultimately dispatched another messenger for Nell M'Collum.
"That Obeah woman's playing on me," he exclaimed; "because my face is black, she thinks me a fool.


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