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Show GRANGERFORD was a g n tleman, yon ·ec. lie \vas a gcntl 1nan all over; and so \Ya ~ hi farnily. 1 fe was \veil born, a.· the saying is, and thai's \Vort h as 1n uch in a man a.· it is in a hor , . o the \\ridow Dougla s ,'aid, and nobody cv r denied that she was of the fir .. t ari tocracy in our to\vn; and pap he ahvays said it, too, though he warn't no more quality than a coL. GHA~GERFonn. mud-cat, hi1nself. Col. Grangerford was very tall and Yery slim, and had a darkish-paly (.;Olnple:xion, not a sign of red in it anywheres; he ·was clean-haved every morning, all over his thin face, and he had the thinnest kind of lip , and the thinnest kind of nostrils, and a high no e, and heavy yebrows, and the blackest kind of ye., ::;unk ,'O deep back that th y seemed like they was looking ou1 ] (jl ()f caYcrns at you as yon n1ay say. lli: fore head wa high, and hi::; hair \vas black and straight, and hung to hi , hould )r :::;. I 1 is hand::; was long anu thin, and v :.ry day of hi ' life h put 011 a cl an . ·hirt and a full .:uit from h ad to fooL 1nadc out of linvn so whit it hurt your ey to look at it; anu on undays hl' wore a blue tail-coat \vith brass button. n it. 1 [) carried a n1ahogany cane with a silv r h acl to i t. Ther \varn't no fri voli 'hn ss about him, not a bit, and he \Yarn 't ev r loud. 1 [ 'va. · a · kind as he could be- you could fe l that, y n know, and .·o yon had confidence. Son1 ti1ne "' h ~rnilcd, and i t \Ya, o·ootl n to ·c ; buL when he "'traight n d hin1 elf up like a liberty-poll' and th lightning h gun to fli c ker out frou1 urH.lc'r hiB ycbro\\ ~ you 'rant cl to climb a 1 rec fir t, and find out what th rnaLLl'r wa · aftcrwarcl:. lfc clidn't vcrhave to t ell anyboclytornind th ir 1nanner ·- verybocly \vas ahvays goocl-1nann 'reel wh .rc h · \ras. Everybody loved to hav hi1n around, too; h0 \ra: :-;un.- hinc 1no:t alway '-I 1nean he n1ad it . ee1n likL' go (l weatl1 r. \Yh n h turnecl into a cloud-bank i t wa awful clark £ n· a half a 1niuute ancl that \ra uou o·h ; thcr \ wouhlu't noLhi 11 cr cr ,....., b wrong again for a w ek. V\rhen hi1n and th old lady con1 (lown in the' 1norning , a] t th fa1nily got up out of thc'ir chairs and give th rn g od-uay, and dicln 't 'et clrnvn again till they had : "'t clown. Th n To1n and ]3ob ,,. nt to the id board wher th c1 ) ·anL r. wa .. , and mixed a glass of bitt r and hcuHl <l it to hizn, a1Hl h h l<l it iu hi hand and \Yait d till Torn'· and Bob' · "\Va.' 1nix d, and th n they bowed and said, " Our duty to you, ir, and 1nauarn; " aud the!J bovyed the l a t bit in th world a1Hl .·ajd Lhan k you, and so they drank, all thr e, and Bob and Tom pour d a poonful of water on the sugar and the mit of whi 'ky or apple brandy in the bottom of their tu1nbl r~, and gi r it to tne and Buck, and we drank to the old people too. Bob \Ya the oldc~t, and Tom next. Tall, b autifnl 1n en 1\I |