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Oh no, sir. I believe the would be assassin to be a gentleman of French ancestry, or so it would seem. I don't wish to give offense when I observe that the French are known to be a race of assassins, though they can't shoot worth a damn. Any Frenchmen in the present company are excluded, of course.


Aboard a train several people are reading the paper and discussing the attempt on President Garfield's life.