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of the body forbids a charitible solution and couples the dreadful 

 bullet-hole with crime alone. The silence of sixty years grows into 

 the silence of eternity, and the white bones of the victim may rest 

 peacefully in a soon forgotten grave ; the momentary uncovering of the 

 tragedy excites only passing comment, and the curtain falls as the in- 

 cident sinks into oblivion. 





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