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`` Goy ! '' said Clayton , `` they may have friends in the executive chambers at Annapolis . No , boys , act together , like patriots , as the Maryland and Delaware lads served in the same revolutionary brigade . Joe Johnson is due here at noon to-morrow : be careful not to disturb old Patty nor awaken her suspicions till he arrives . She is almost past doing evil , but he has a lifetime left to do it in . '' `` Constable Neal , I 'll shove them over the line to you ! '' spoke the Maryland officer .