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Truth alone, / Truth tangible and palpable; such truth / As may be weighed and measured; truth deduced / By logical conclusion -- close, severe / From premises incontrovertible. -- MOULTRIE.
THE excitement induced by the foregoing announcement had, in a degree, subsided. The coroner, who appeared to be as much startled as any one at the result of the day's proceedings, had manifested his desire of putting certain questions to the young man, and had begun by such inquiries into his antecedents, and his connection with Mrs. Clemmens, as elicited the most complete corroboration of all Miss Firman's statements.