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Show ~0 l :\lLL TO~IIf (._4.81~ 01., 1\Nte,tt.Jr, of" thouaa.nd dolla.ra jru.t fur l\&Jit of mtJiagt·ment, - tb<'t'e 'o wh re 'tts. ll 'a alwaya bt t w do the humaue thing, air; that 's been my exprrien~." And the tl'3(1f'r lcru~cd IJnck m his ch tr, an<! folded his llnn, "ith an nir uf nrtuous dcci ion, apptU"Cntly con'"aclering him"""•lf n. f'•('Con•l Wilberforce. 'fhe aubjcct app<are<l to intcroot tho b"t'ntl •man <k>eply ; f"r while .Mr helby waa thoughtfully peelmg flll omnge, l!nlcy broke out llfrooh, with boooming <llilid nee, lout aa tf actually driVen by the force of truth to oay a few wonls more. " It don' t look w II, now, for a feller to be pmt m' lumlf; but I MY it j t becau!'C it '• the truth. I belte1e I 'to roc:koned to bring in about tho fineot droreo of niggers that ,. brought m,- at ICMt, I · ,.e been told 110; if 1 have onoe, I reckon I ltovo a hundred time~~,- nll in good CBl!f!,- fut ml !tkely, and I loecaa few as any man in the bu m And I Ia yo it all to my management, air; and bulll3nity, sir, I may oay, is tho great pillar of my management." Mr. helby did not know what to 81\y, and oo he ..Ud, II Indeed! fl "Now, I •, .• been laughed at for my notion , otr, and I ' ve been t.alkoil to. They an't pop'lar, and they an't common; but I stuck to 'em, sir; I 'vo otuck to 'em, and ,....]ized ..-.ll on 'em; ye•, ir, they hove paid their pa!83ge, I mny s.•y,'' and the trader laughed at hio joke. 'l'hero was something oo piquant and origmnl in thCIIC elucidationa of humanity, th t 1\Ir. bclhy could not help loughtng in company. Perhaps you laugh too, dt'tlr reader; but you know humanity comeo out in a variety of strange fonns now-tHin yo, Md th re is no end to the odd things that bUtltiOe people will say and do. :l>lr. helby's laugh encouraged the trader to proceed. pic'• h uwr thCI h I !Uttlltl Lm' em 'tm roun(l! It '• n'lu:tti•>U ,' IDJB I, I o.u~l tl•)ll't. ·~<> no •rt u· J;QOrl Wily, r tloll't lt'C llfl lt:&ru1iu th Jrrryin',' •ys I; 1 it'an:ttur,' ) l,'ruul rfhatnr \ 11 l M•>" ofT HIIC W:ly, 1t Will nnodu·r ] id 1 T,•tn.' ·~J !I 1, 'It j l J•11• yuur g:\1 j th,·y J.,.rt t sickly. DU•l tin 11 Ill tlr mouth nr-.1 enuKtnut tltry ~··tJI u fly,- ('Qrtirubr yall •W ~.,,lJ ,),,- Dtlfltt' the cl<·vtl ai1•I !ill g..ttin' on ~rm l.roL:t in. ~ v" .' lJII 11 1 ,..hy m't you L.u,,),.r Nli\X 'rm up: Rh•l 1 .1lc un f•rr 1 Ht·[)('ill•l on it, Tom, " httlt, hurrmnin· thro"n in ol ng_ gu( ~ h~p furtl1t·r tl,, n nil y<•Ur ja-.m' l\~u:l nu l in' i IJ)(lltJ Jllottt•r,' ) l,'tlt·pcntlon't' nut.Tum('O\IMn't gt·t the hart" on 't &n•l h(': 'PiiC'tiiiO m!lny for mr, that I hftrl l•J l•r<.•k <•IT ~•th him, thou~h he waa goo<l·h rtf'<! ft·llow, anti fturRbuYn llllwl ui Jt:l:'in'." 10 .\11rlcln ynu finrl your 1fRJ1 of ma..naging do the lnain I tt• r th:u\ TNn'a 111 W(l )lr. , htlby. u \\ hy, )"Pfl. 'r, I JU!\Y MJ 10. You ~, wh n I any "· ) .. """ I 1 k a l!'t'tlo care ahout the onplruant 1 rtll, !.L.., lim • )OUII;( uno an<! that,-g<>t the gal out of tho My out of ight, out. (If min•l, you lmo"· ,-ar}(ltrhrn it '1 dran .!oroe, an•l r:Ut't be htlpo•l, tl•oy natunlly ge\3 u •I to it. 'T"n I, ) ou loow, aa if it wao l<hito foil<., that '1 l•rought up in the way of p<'Ct.n' to k!'t'p thoir children and •nv , and all that Nt •,,;crs, you how, that '1 fetched up properly, |