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"Doctor or no Doctor; he is an enemy, Nelly; hear him! hear him! he
talks of the law."
"Stop! stay till I hear his answer!" said the nearly breathless Ellen,
pushing aside the dangerous weapons which were again pointed in the
direction of the shrinking person of the herald.
"I admonish and forewarn ye all," continued the startled Doctor, "that
I am a peaceful citizen of the before named Confederacy, or to speak
with greater accuracy, Union, a supporter of the Social Compact, and a
lover of good order and amity;" then, perceiving that the danger was,
at least, temporarily removed, he once more raised his voice to the
hostile pitch,--"I charge ye all, therefore, to submit to the laws."
"I thought you were a friend," Ellen replied; "and that you travelled
with my uncle, in virtue of an agreement--"
"It is void! I have been deceived in the very premises, and, I hereby
pronounce, a certain compactum, entered into and concluded between
Ishmael Bush, squatter, and Obed Battius, M.D., to be incontinently
null and of non-effect.


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