"Let 'em prove it. I
don't know who you are, sir; but let 'em prove it"
"My name, Mr. Goarly, is Elias Gotobed. I am an American citizen,
and Senator for the State of Mickewa." Mr. and Mrs. Goarly shook
their heads at every separate item of information tendered to them.
"I am on a visit to this country and am at present staying at the
house of my friend, Mr. John Morton."
"He's the gentl'man from Bragton, Dan."
"Hold your jaw, can't you?" said the husband. Then he touched his
hat to the Senator intending to signify that the Senator might, if
he pleased, continue his narrative.
"If you did kill that fox, Mr. Goarly, I think you were quite right
to kill him." Then Goarly winked at him, "I cannot imagine that
even the laws of England could justify a man in perpetuating a
breed of wild animals that are destructive to his neighbours'
property."
"I could shoot 'un; not a doubt about that, Mister. I could shoot
'un; and I wull."
"Have a care, Dan," whispered Mrs. Goarly.
"Hold your jaw,--will ye? I could shoot 'un, Mister. I don't
rightly know about p'ison."
"That fox we saw was poisoned I suppose," said the Senator
carelessly.
"Have a care, Dan;--have a care!" whispered the wife.
"Allow me to assure both of you," said the Senator, "that you need
fear nothing from me. I have come quite as a friend.
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