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The Real America in Romance, Volume 6; A Century Too Soon (A Story

CHAPTER XX
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It was Ester and Rebecca meeting the brother and lover.

The excitement was too great for many to bestow more than a passing glance on the trio.

There was a murmured prayer by all three, and they were silent.
A scene so ridiculous as to excite the laughter of many followed the assault on the statehouse.

A sleek, plump little fellow, frightened out of his wits, was seen trying to climb out of a window on the opposite side from which danger was threatened.

He got out and clung to the window with his hands, his short, fat legs dangling in the air and kicking against the wall.
"Marry! help me! Mother of God, I will be killed if I fall, and shot if I don't!" It was Giles Peram, whose legs were six feet from the ground.


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