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THE STRIPLING: A TRAGEDY.

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GAOLER.

He is right enough.

YOUNG ARDEN.

That is the felons' side!

GAOLER.

And therefore it is his.

YOUNG ARDEN.

Thou liest!

GAOLER.

What say you?

YOUNG ARDEN.

He is no felon!

GAOLER.

That will be known when his trial is ended.

YOUNG ARDEN.

What trial?

GAOLER.

His trial, that comes on to-morrow, for a forgery. (Young Arden sinks to the ground; Gaoler, beckoning to the Under-Gaoler to assist him.) Poor lad! this has struck through his heart like an arrow. He must be some near relation to the prisoner.

UNDER GAOLER.

His son; I'll pawn my life on 't!