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near by: I at once turned back and retraced by steps homeward and after having passed about fifty on on hundred yards I heard another report which was succeeded by the whiz of [[strikthrough]] another [[/strikethrough]] a ball which fell to the ground near by me - I came back to the village and told on e of my patrons and Mr. Stuart on of the proprietors of the Salt Works who advised me to keep it [[strikthrough]] secreet [[/strikethrough]] secret while they would investigate the matter in order to detect the guilty party. I have waited just one week, and am convinced that they could not if they would get any information by which they could incriminate any-one.

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