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That Mainwaring Affair

CHAPTER IX
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While I was waitin' by de front dooh, all oh a sudden a man come roun' from de side, as ef he come from mars'r Mainwaring's liberry, but he was anoder man." "Didn't he look at all like the first man ?" inquired the coroner.
"No, sah; he looked altogedder diff'rent; but I don' know as I could state whar'in de differensiashun consisted, sah.

Dis man was berry good lookin' 'ceptin' his eyes, an' dem yoh cudn' see, 'case he had on cull'ed glasses.

Mebbe his eyes was pow'ful weak, er mebbe he didn't want nobody to see 'em; but I 'spicioned dem glasses d'rectly, sah, an' I watched 'im.

He goes down to de kerridge an' takes out a coat an' says sump' in to de driver, an' de kerridge goes away tow'ds de town, an' he walks off de oder way.

Bime'by I see 'im gwine back again on de oder side ob de street-" "Was he alone ?" interrupted the coroner.
"Yes, sah; an' I done kep' my eye on 'im, an' he didn' go on to de town, but tuhned down de fust side street.


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