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DISTRICT ATTORNEY
(To jury, compassionately.)Gentlemen, this is a good soul, but he has his sore places like the rest of us. He once wrote a play, but I'll not allude to that, for I like to be charitable.
(Turning to PETERSON.)
Is this your handwriting ?
PETERSON
Yes sir.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Did you see Mifs Hawkins kill Colonel Selby? Eh?
PETERSON
(Brokenly.)Yes sir, I did.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
That will do John, take your seat!
SELLERS
[(Greeting PETERSON.)]
John, you played the devil with the whole thing!
DUFFER
Colonel Mulberry Sellers will take the stand.
(Which he does with dignity.
[Goes through form of oath.])Colonel Sellers, you entered upon the scene of the killing a moment after the fatal shat was fired, I believe?
SELLERS
I did, sir.
DUFFER
At that time did the prisoner at the bar seem sane?
SELLERS
No , sir. She had the eye of a maniac. As I came through the hall, I heard a voice say—
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