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court in another county, and so Mr. Robert had recently been left almost alone with Miss Sudie, and now that they had become the very best of friends our young man enjoyed this state of affair

he keys at Shirley. If he had been forced to tell precisely what had been said in those conversations, it must be confessed that a stranger would have found very little of interest in the repetition, but somehow the recollection brought a frequent smile to our young frie

ert passed the place at which the old ne

am very well, I thank y

But I tell ye now Mas' Robert, Phil's a well nigger always. I keeps up my eend de row all de time. I kin knock de spots out de wo

ed opossums, but I should g

now, and if Phil don't show you de sights o' 'possum hunti

ointment in due time, and was just starti

' dis mornin',

r to dine at T

e in time. Dar comes

hil. Why do you say I am ou

dey a'n't nobody sick at Shirley. May be he's afraid Miss Sudie's gwine to ge

d away Dr. Ha

Pagebrook. On you

going to Shirley I wi

ad to go past Shirley I brought the mail, that's all. I'll not be there ten minutes, and I know they're expect

ised me he would

wing oughtn't to play with him, of course, and that's why I brought him away with me. By the way, we're going to get a fox up in a day or two and show you some sport. The tobacco's all cut now, and th

hunt, certainly, but I have

y told me he had turned him o

his bay at present. But Grayb

ly will be back from co

want to join in th

f his 'conestogas.' I'll tell you what you can do. Winger's got a splendid colt, pretty well broken, and you can get him for a dolla

ceived a very great liking. That the reader may know whether his prejudice was a well-founded one or not it will be necessary for me to go back a little and gather up some of the loose threads of my story, while our young man is on his way to The Oaks. I have been so deeply interested in the ripening acquaintanceship between Mr. Ro