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Coming Home to La Petite ValleyChapter 6
When I went by the livery stable the next morning I looked onto the hay barn floor. I could see a man hanging there. There were a half dozen of the troopers taking down another body. I paused and asked why the barn was used to hang the men. The judge thought that any more of a public display might unsettle the town more than it was so it was hidden from their view. I agreed and headed up the street leaving the troopers to carry on. Before I reached the hitching rail before the bank, I saw...