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-LSB- Illustration : '' ` DO N'T NOBODY HURT ANYBODY , ' SAID SPECIMEN JONES '' -RSB- In Jones 's judgment , after he had taken in the situation , this had seemed the only possible way to stop trouble without making any , and therefore , even now , bayonets were not fixed . Best not ruffle Price 's Left Wing just now , if you could avoid it . For a new corporal it was well thought and done . But it was high noon , the clock not pushed back , and punctual Representatives strolling innocently towards their expected pay . There must be no time for a gathering and possible reaction . `` I 'll hev to clear this State-House out , '' Jones decided . `` We 're makin ' an arrest , '' he said , aloud , `` and we want a little room . ''