Danger in the Dark - ZseZse

· 130 DANGER IN THE DARK.
Devoutly could I wish myself worthy a place in the
holy Catholic church; and had I power to put the
helm of state, and the reins of this government into
the hands of his holiness the Pope, most willingly
would I do it."
"Let go, I say! Will you presume to detain me
against my will ~" .
"Be calm, be calm, Mr. Twist, don't, I pray, get
into such a snarl; come, I insist that you hear more."
" I'll not stay to be insulted thus, and hear mys f
slandered."
" What, has your own pen slandered you ~"
" I never penned it."
"'Tis in your own handwriting - familiar as your
face! "
"Villain, I bid you let me go."
" Read on, Squire, I shall be able to hold him to it
awhile longer if he don't twist out of his coat."
" I'll twist your neck, you reprobate."
"Keep cool, Mr. Twist; turn round here, like a
man, and face the music."
., This is beyond endurance! "
"Read again, Squire, twist or-untwist, he shall be
compelled to hear read, what he had the hardihood to
write. Read loud and clear."
The Squire again reads:
"Rev. Sir, I trust that my faithful and constant
devotion to your interests, will not be forgotten in
the day of my extremity. If the Catholic vote of the
city be cast for me, I shall be elected - not without;