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Rh Must walk over my dead body." The mighty army stood gaping at his words, Stood with their mouths wide open, Around the walls of the college, Stood these rustic soldiers of Hubbard ton, The land of battle, but not of song, The land of early rose potatoes, Their war-clubs dangling by their sides, They stood amazed at such defiance, In the land of slates and quarries.

Sheriff Dike then informed the Dean That he had legal papers to make a search Within the walls of this seat of learning, In this Green Mountain hamlet, To find the body of the faithful wife, To find the remains stolen away, Stolen from the sacred graveyard