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fered every reparation in our power, in the way of 

 humble apology or pecuniary penalty, but we had 

 not the heart to name the real delinquents ; for we 

 could not but believe that they were so beside 

 themselves with excitement that they could not 

 have been restrained by any authority. The Ward- 

 en, of course, admonished us, as was his duty, but 

 kindly consented to overlook the delinquency in 

 view of the frankness of our confession and the 

 circumstances under which the delinquency oc- 

 curred. 



