The Garotters by William Dean Howells
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ran after the fellow.'
MRS. ROBERTS: 'Edward!' ROBERTS: 'Yes, I did. He hadn't got half-a-dozen rods away--it all took place in a flash--and I could easily run him down. He was considerably larger than I--' MRS. ROBERTS: 'Oh!' ROBERTS: '--and he looked young and very athletic; but these things didn't seem to make any impression on me.' MRS. ROBERTS: 'Oh, I wonder that you live to tell the tale, Edward!' ROBERTS: 'Well, I wonder a little at myself. I don't set up for a great deal of--' MRS. ROBERTS: 'But I always knew you had it! Go on. Oh, when I tell Willis of this! Had the robber any accomplices? Were there many of them?' ROBERTS: 'I only saw one. And I saw that my only chance was to take him at a disadvantage. I sprang upon him, and pulled him over on his back. I merely said, "I'll trouble you for that watch of mine, if you please," jerked open his coat, snatched the watch from his pocket--I broke the chain, I see--and then left him and ran again. He didn't make the slightest resistance nor utter a word. Of course it wouldn't do for him to make any noise about it, and I |
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