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With her eyes sparkling with rage the old queen looked very ferocious. But Chief Hogg did not quail. It would be a pretty thing to tell if he had shown the white feather in the face of a woman, no matter if she was a swarthy gypsy queen.
"I have here," he went on to say, pompously, never noticing the slur in her language when she addressed him; "a legally sworn warrant, charging you with having in your wagon a small child -- yes, a girl at that -- which it is claimed you have abducted, kidnapped, carried away from its proper parents or guardians. And by virtue of my office, and this document, I am directed by the justice to bring both woman and child before him at once. So produce the child, and prepare to accompany us back to town."