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'Yes, I am at present,' returned Julia. 'I came up before them to
prepare the house, and get another servant. But I couldn't get one I
liked.'
'Then you are utterly alone,' said Gideon in amazement. 'Are you not
afraid?'
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No,' responded Julia stoutly. 'I don't see why I should be more afraid
than you would be; I am weaker, of course, but when I found I must sleep
alone in the house I bought a revolver wonderfully cheap, and made the
man show me how to use it.'
'
And how do you use it?' demanded Gideon, much amused at her courage.
Why,' said she, with a smile, 'you pull the little trigger thing on
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top, and then pointing it very low, for it springs up as you fire, you
pull the underneath little trigger thing, and it goes off as well as if
a man had done it.'
'And how often have you used it?' asked Gideon.
'O, I have not used it yet,' said the determined young lady; 'but I
know how, and that makes me wonderfully courageous, especially when I
barricade my door with a chest of drawers.'
'I'm awfully glad they are coming back soon,' said Gideon. 'This
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