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was seized by a man as soon as he stepped from the door & a pistol presented to his heart, the man telling him he was going to shoot him the boy called to his brother, who at this moment was just coming out of the doorway. - his brother took hold of him, pulled him away from the man & pushed him back into the house - most of the scholars had got away from the door & hearing the tumult we went & stood in the door, several of the girls were now crying & taking on & the men were nearly as much frightened as the girls, we went to the door & saw near the door a young man, who appeared to be making his way into the house or trying to, just behind him & in the shade of the stairs was another with his hat slouched over his eyes, his face partially blackened & a wooden club in his hand& near these two, some ten or a dozzen others, one of the men belonging to the school now came forward with a lamp & we asked what the gentlemen wanted - the foremost one said with an oath, he wanted that "Nigger" in there to come out, he wanted to shoot him.  What for? we asked.  He answered with another oath, that