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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Oakdale Affair by Edgar Rice Burroughs: last night. What's the news?"
"Plenty! Plenty!" exclaimed the carrier. "Lived here
nigh onto forty year, man an' boy, an' never seen such
work before in all my life."
"How's that?" questioned the farmer, scenting some-
thing interesting.
"Ol' man Baggs's murdered last night," announced the
carrier, watching eagerly for the effect of his announce-
ment.
"Gosh!" gasped Willie Case. "Was he shot?" It was
almost a scream.
The Oakdale Affair | 
