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PART II--IN THE FLOOD
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And he ain't no white-choker shadbelly either, but fits himself, like his gospel, to the men he works among.

Ye ought to hear him afore you go.

His tent is just out your way.

I'll go with you." Too dejected to offer any opposition, and perhaps a little curious to see this man who had unwittingly frustrated their design of lynching Bulger, they halted at the outer fringe of worshipers who packed the huge inclosure.

They had not time to indulge their cynicisms over this swaying mass of emotional, half-thinking, and almost irresponsible beings, nor to detect any similarity between THEIR extreme methods and the scheme of redemption they themselves were seeking, for in a few moments, apparently lifted to his feet on a wave of religious exultation, the famous preacher arose.


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