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of the murder of a sailor on this spot by [three persons 

 whose names are given], who were hung near here. Whoso 

 sheddeth man s blood, by man shall his blood be shed. Look 

 on the other side.&quot; 



1 was still half kneeling and musing before this monu 

 ment, when I heard myself gruffly addressed, &quot; Wull tell me 

 what s the time o day ?&quot; 



Without rising, I turned my head and saw over my 

 shoulder a tall, heavily-whiskered, ruffianly-faced fellow, half 

 sportsman, half sailor in dress, carrying a stout stick and a 

 bundle in a handkerchief. How did he get there ? I must 

 have seen him before if he had come either way by the road ; 

 he must have approached from over the hill behind me, and that 

 cautiously ; apparently he had been concealed there. I con 

 fess that I wished for a moment that I had in &quot; my interior 

 reservoirs a sufficient Birmingham horse-pistol,&quot; wherewith to 

 make myself alike tall with him if he should give me need ; 

 but, still bending over the memorial of murder, I drew my 

 watch and answered him civilly, whereupon, without even a 

 &quot; growl,&quot; he &quot; sidled off,&quot; and soon passed from my sight. My 

 friends had seen the same man, in company with another, 

 near the same place, an hour and a-half before. 



On &quot; the other side&quot; oh, human vanity ! was the name 

 of the man who had caused the stone to be placed there. 

 Posterity is requested to remember the murderers and the 

 murdered, and especially not to forget the detester. 



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