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A LITTLE TALK ABOUT MOBS
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“You seem to be in favour of lynch law,” said the New Yorker severely.

“No, sir, I am not. No intelligent man is. But, sir, there are certain cases when the people rise in their just majesty and take a righteous vengeance for crimes that the law is slow in punishing. I am an advocate of law and order, but I will say to you that less than six months ago I myself assisted at the lynching of one of that race that is creating a wide chasm between your section of country and mine, sir.”

“It is a deplorable condition,” said the New Yorker, “that exists in the South, but———”

“I am from Indiana, sir,” said the tall man, taking another chew; “and I don’t think you will condemn my course when I tell you that the coloured man in question had stolen $9.60 cents in cash, sir, from my own brother.”

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