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this, and it became fairly apparent
that Sneathy had stood on At when
the rope was about his neck - his
niuddy footprint was plain to see; the
mud was not smeared about, you see,
rs it probably would have been if he
had been stood there forcibly and
pushed OF 1t was a simple clear foot
hint at suicide.
But then arose the objection that
YOU mentioned yourself. Plainly the
brothers Foster were following
Sncathy and came this way. Therefore,
if he hanged himself before they ar
rived, it would seem that they must
have come across the body. But now |
examined the body itself. There was
mud on the knees, and clinging to one
knee was small leaf. II was leaf
corresponding to those on the bush be-
hind the tree, and it was not a dead
leaf. ST must have been just detached.
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went ia the bush, and there, in the
thick of it, were, for me, sufficiently
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