He flung him down the front steps where he lay in a heap on the ground
"[Here! Shoot me! 'Fore God, a fair mark]!"
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Ruins of Jamestown
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A CENTURY TOO SOON.
CHAPTER I.
THE DUCKING-STOOL.
He flung him down the front steps where he lay in a heap on the ground
"[Here! Shoot me! 'Fore God, a fair mark]!"
Ruins of Jamestown
THE DUCKING-STOOL.