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Show 14 l sn.t TU.'l'd t:AUIZ\ • on, ------ variety or c:olon, atta<hl"l to it- which.,in the ardor or c:onnrution, he was in thr htLhit of fJQuri hing an'l jmlo!ling 1\'lth e,·ident w.t: rtion llti connntatinn wua in fn:: BJIII rru y ddianrc of ~lurray'a nunmnr, an(l wrt.S gnn1i~hf·d n.t rom·onieut inten1l1.5 with nriow prof11ne c:cp~ inn~. '"luch no~ ~h·n th~:~ tit ire to he gmJ1hic in our at't"\\unt hall iwlucc u, to tmnacnl.c. lhs oompanion, Mr. Shelby, ha<l the apprornnoc ur "!;I'll• tlem n; an<l th t>rrnng"ncnts of the hou.i<•1 Bll•l the gt·ncral air of the hou.~><'k~ping, indicnted CMy, an1ll'h·n opuh:nt circumstant'CI. AA wo before stated, tltc two were in the midst of an eamt'f't com· nmtion. '' Tlmt i~ the w:\y I tthould arTMgt' tho mntttr, '' aniJ ~fr. Shelby. "1 CBn't =k• tra•l that way- I poontivdy can't, Mr. hclhy,'' Miu tJ,e otl1cr, holding up a glas. or wine ),..tween hia yc ao<l tho lighL "Why, the fact 1 , llaley, Tom is an uncommon fellow; he is certainly worth that sum anp here,- ste111ly, hoocet, capeble, manages my whole farm hko a dock.'' .. You meaD honest, as ruggen go," l!lli<l Haley, helping himself to a gl or l·ran·ly. 11 No ; I mr:w, TCI\IIy, Tom is a goal, •t< dy, ·nsibl•, pions fdlmf. llo gut rdii(><>D nt a crunp-mccting, four Y"""' ago; and I hclicrc he really dill get it. I 're tru,t..•l him, ainro tlum, with everything I ha\'~,- monry, house, hol"'5el,and let b.im como and gu rounu tl1o country; and I aiM yo fouod b.im lruO and l!jU!l.rt) in everything." 11 mo folla clon't belic,·o there is l'ious niggc~, htlhy." eaiu llalcy, ~ tth a C':lndiu flouri h or hi< bond, •· hut I do. I had a follow, now, in this y r last lot I took to Orl, r - 'twas as goal M a mcctin, now, r •lly, to hr r that nitttr 15 jll'·'Y ; aucl he" <jOitc gcntlo an•lttuict ltlc. llo ~ tchl"l me a ~-..,.1 um. 11:)01 f.)r 1 bought l1jm cl1<'Ap of a m:m tlt:lt was ~ligtl<l t•> II out; 110 1 r ltu•lli< hu ... ln.'l on hun Yt , l ror iol r r li fiun" \ 1 yaLle tlung in ani ·r, "'J,,n it'a th~ gcnuiuf' a.rti lc, anol J\fJ ru· lc .'' " \\\·11, 'fptu '11 t the 1 1 arti It• if l'h•r 11 f.•li•JW h ,),11 n•Join l tlu• l'tL r " \\'),y, I. t f1111 I ld l1im b'O t•' Cin in- It ti alon 1 lQ t)u L ill f.·a· 1ae1 a.11•l l•riu~ hom<'! fiH) hun• tln .. l thl1. n • Tv1nt' ) I to l,iu1, ' I tru t you, IK'CnuH I tluul. you 'rca t'hriotbn-llnow )•>1111 ul·ln'l rh t' Tum c»tu lm.-1.:1 ure enou~h , I l11 w he "Auul·l. ~' 'm low fcl},,,.! 1, tl y uy, · 1 t() him 'Tom~ ... hy tl1n't JOU m l..o tr-...:ks fvr C n la 1' ·~\h1 u h·r tru"tt"l mr, an•l I cnuM n'l/ - thty tvl•l u alJOt1t i I am 11m:y tu l'"t with Tom, I mu.;t eay. You uug!•t to h t him OOHr the ~lwlo 1 lance ur th tlcl•t; a" I yuu 110u~l, llalt•y, if you had any oonK>toco." 11 \\~ell, I "vt11 goL ju t M murh ron!ICitn ., any mftn in b\lj.ln1 can ..tr:ml t..o k p,-jul'lt a l1tt1('1 you know, to awear by, u ' t w re,'' ~&~l the trac.l r, jucululy i "an•l, th n. I'm r""'ly t~ il•> anything in roMOn to 'hh (rit·n•t. ; hut thia yer, you ..,.., 11 a I tl t'IQ l<Md on a fctl~w- a I tl too hard 1' 'fh traol-. ighe<l oonv·mplati•dy, ...,.1 poured out 110mo more hran•ly. ' 1 Well, th•n, lbl•y, how will you trado1" oaiJ Mr. t'helhy ~n<·r an UD y inttrnl Of ail DOl' " \\ttl, hav~ n' t you • boy or pi that you oout.l throw in •llhTml'' ' Hum '-noM thAt I rou!.l well 1"'111; to ~ttl the truth, it '1 nly hanl n ty mal< 1M •nllmg to oetl at all. I d<>O t hl !Oirt;n~ With IIJ of my hJin<U, that '1 a fact'' ll••rt> the ~·• r op<'n«l anol • email ttu ·lroon boy, bctw n funr an•l fhe .) f •~a..., nt l'f'ti the roum Tb re ~-.. |