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eanor, her manner failing a little.--"You must do it." "I thought so!" said Mrs. Powle. "He knows how to manage you, my young lady! which I .
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ers, a sect then little known, and everywhere spoken against. Passing through the vista of nearly two centuries, let us cross the threshold .
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death; but now he feared nothing; he laughed the murderers to scorn; with shouts of derision on his lips he was shot down. The next man was .
her hiding-place and have time to come after her. There was a barb to the thought; for Eleanor could not get rid of it. She begged the pon .
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need not fear. We can escape easily. I know the forest path. But--" Then he thought how weak her pace. "We might cross here before he coul .
se and fire at you as you run," I said. "Of course they will. But you will escape. Here! Good-bye!" He embraced me, and whispered in my ear .
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d resistance had arrived, and Israel Putnam tarried not for details, but sped straight for the home of Governor Trumbull, at Lebanon (the s .
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em to prevent their firing. Having knocked down every man we found, we did not stop to look around, but followed our gallant leader into th .