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Show 3-i TIOEBUCK. exc"'ption to the jnc1icious econon1y of his lnn.nngeInent. But he e1le<'kc<1 hinl'-\C1f, antl, p;1iclin ;2; with cnsy nrhanity to n. 1norc nppropriatc Hal>j )ct, he lctl the ·way in an ani111al<.'~1 con\'er:-<[Ltion, to \Yhich n.ll present contril>nh)tl Jn1ia, ·who nl wa.r~ Hhowcrl rn o::;t vivacity in the pr sence of her :uninl>lc and ehcerfnl father, talked \vit.h sparkling gaiety; the gu'.lst~ imitated her vivacity, and Doctor Dick let off some squibs at interval:;. Colonel F<"tirfax \Vas foncl of the society of young people, autlthey enjoyed his frank, entertaining and intelligent convcr ation. The young 1ncn of his acquaintance loved hin1, and :ul1nirecl his character. II ugh Fitz;hngh ha 1 b een nccn::stotned fi·on1 boyhood to look upon hitn as his best friend, nhnost as a guanlian. IIi:; 1nothcr, left a 'vidow with no other child when llugh w:1.s ycry young, 'vas his legal guanlian, bnt Co1o11el Faid~"tX wa~ h er constant alh ·iscr. Alhrrt Paltner \vas born in 1\, c"' Englnnd, a.nd, though he hacl li,·ca a. great part of his li fe in Virginia, had no intinuttc acquajntanco \\'ith tho i~uu4 ily at H.ocl>nck. At length the current of convcrs~ttion was intcrrnptecl by Doctor Fairfax, who rcn1arke<l abruptly, "that is a Yankee horse you ride, l\Ir. Pa.lrner-a Ynnkee 1\Iorgan.'' "You would not jn1ply," sai<l .Julia, "that he is the \vorse for aN orthcrn origin, Uncle Diek." "By no n1ean~; llike the Yn.nkce-brocll\Iorrrn.ns." b But the irritation of sectional controversy had rnade In en ~cnsiti ve to every co1nparison between theN orLh and the South, and the 1nost inoffensive allusions 'vouhl s0lncti1nc ~ rub the raw and -provoke resent4 ment . . Palmer had certain reasons for being 1nore sensitive than others when he sn ·pected that a slight ilOEll UO K. 85 "\vn.s ca.-t npon his N orthcrn hirtll lll:tn ner of 1hc doctor 1. 1 , ':1.IH1 the abrupt . . ' \Y 1Ic l • tartlcd eve J 1' 1 llTttatt•d hin1• IIc S'lid ,.,1 . · 11 n Jn, Htd l .... \\ lv t :ltipenty . "yo 1 . t:l '"en, f:.ir. I :l.JH ..., 't· \ "'i 1 • l arc nus- . r ' •l L ne o nt H.lrncr I n ~ \ . i rorn ~ [l.nkee<10 JU th·lt I .. 1_ • : • e nothwg i . , C.:.l!l out:un lll the S tl I :let," he added ·with ... .· ,· . ' ou , L n l r (101 ll.SlU 0' VOICe " I 1 • nnkc ." a ' Hc ... p1se the There ·wa. silence, for all prcRent ''Ter enlbarrnsse<l v· .. · . : e shocked nncl ] . .. . ugtntan~ · hcn~h the lo''' f . and \Vlth rOJnnntic fid cl i'Iy 'l,l c o nntLYO-l · wy eoulJ 1. ] •. • fl{rangcr the Htl110, t de r t' 0 I ,tf Ill :t b . 'l l \ o wn to the count r f h . Ir~.~ l, t 1011 o·h it lni o·ht Lo t} y o lS like l. Tl7cy could t lc eonntry they nl o~t <1i ·no comprehen<l t1 exproBRcd l>y J>ahner ior the lan<.l , . te c.o~ltenlpt the people or hiH Llood AC . of lw.; na.ti Vlty auJ doctor, \~'ho <lclio·hted t. , b ~et :lul :~'vl~wn.nl pnu:-w the , 1 . 1 b o .. t usc t 10 y au1·ee. , b . 1_ (; 1c HI cnee. '" , 10 -..e "\V 11, :-;incc the Y·u11·cns "J·' 11' . . . , ~ ~· llo.. ~ ve no friend~ here, I :1-Jr lll y opnnon H of ( h c rn _., Come Un(·l<' ])1. ·1 - l I . k ' , c '-, Jc c 1:1n table. 'V ~ep tJ.w ~ orth a.s a " 'OlWlH kec >s . e k~~\v you s1tt'k pws llt." 1 a p1n-cu:slaon, to '~ .Ace9· tetigisti' Colouel J u 11.~.1 . . \v lnch b · · preted, Hi<)·n.ilie~ thn~ . ' ' Cing Intor-b •uJOUUlCf1. ' Rh·u·p· f ueedles this lllOrnino-. But I'll b· llr clS one 0 your this tin1e. I sh "' ll ·'='. b <t \. your penetration • (l UHC none ut .1 11 t . a mere Innul. I .shall .· 1 1 · J un 1n ·trnment-that the Ynukccs :lrc. o~Jlnllp y ta \:e tho lib rty of ayiug l ' v e 1n ea u e~t the t - t te 1nost hypocritical ~} ' Inos arrogauc, ' ~.~ te lll o~ t Hlec1cl1 e, l 1nost corrupt bran ch of il 1 . ~o1nc ant tho a uknowlcdgc thcln 'l~ lllO lCl Jlllbnan iauuly- if I must " 0 i' c , n an ro thcrs " w, Uncle Dick they . . . · "Their · r o·· · '· • a1 e a religious people." 1 o I a lOll IS i ox-lu·e a su ·f' . . rotten11ess tl · ' ' P01 lcutl ho·ht from - 1e11· Ill01"1lS · b .. a smence of fraud. Their |