Abner 's unlawful behavior . Thus the story opens with trial , where Abner is accused of setting fire to another man 's property . However , Snope 's act of breaching the law derives from the time when he was supposed to be in the battlefield fighting during the Civil War , yet , in fact , he pilfered horses from both sides of the lines . After Snope returned home , the habit of breaching the law remained with him and he continued his record of crimes...











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