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TEN NIGHTS IN A BAR-ROOM.
noon?" he inquired of Matthew, after we had passed a few words.
"Nothing," was the bar-keeper's answer.
"I saw him with Tom Wilkins as I came over," said one of the men who was sitting in the porch.
"What was he doing with Tom Wilkins?" said Slade, in a fretted tone of voice. "He doesn't seem very choice of his company."
"They were gunning."
"Gunning!"
"Yes. They both had fowling-pieces. I wasn't near enough to ask where they were going."
This information disturbed Slade a good deal. After muttering to himself a little while, he started up and went into the house.
"And I could have told him a little more, had I been so inclined," said the individual who mentioned the fact that Frank was with Tom Wilkins.
"What more?" inquired Matthew.
