a bell, a
big gun,
and a
fire-engine,
at
convenient
places;
and the
houses
were so
arranged
as to make
the most
of
mankind,
in lanes
and
fronting
one
another,
so that
every
traveller
had to run
the
gauntlet,
and every
man,
woman, and
child
might get
a lick at
him. Of
course,
those who
were
stationed
nearest to
the head
of the
line,
where they
could most
see and be
seen, and
have the
first blow
at him,
paid the
highest
