Chapter 33

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​⁠Bill Briggs Tells a Tale

Tinkletown fairly bubbled with excitement. At last the eyes of the world were upon it. News of the great sensation was flashed to the end of the earth; every detail was gone into with harrowing minuteness. The Hemisphere Company announced by telegraph that it stood ready to hand over the ten thousand dollars; and the sheriff of Bramble County with all the United States depu