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MALAY SKETCHES
in public, in the presence of a feebly expostulating
one to bed. The
opposition, and then every goes
only further concern of the community in the matter
is as to how much the murderers got. For them
the incident encls there, and, if any one has any
qualms of conscience, they are silenced by the
threats of the men who so easily throttled the
hawker.
It is only when inquiries are pushed, and things
are made generally unpleasant for every one, that
the truth is unwillingly disclosed, and the penalty
paid.
