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father, whose father was a veteran duck-shooter; and had involved the disgorging of several hundred loaded cartridges,—a deed


BACKED BY A MASKED AND SCOWLING MAN


for which Binney was doled out fit and proper punishment many months later. Nor must we overlook the brass cannon—gun and carriage weighing fully three pounds—even though sagely and securely spiked by a wise