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Show • 130 ROEBUCK. th:1t a " ·bite nuln ~nd a negro nrc by n :1tttt'C crptnl." '· "\Yhy, iL is laiLl down in the De0hration of Indep en<1en<' . " "So nuwh Lhe worse for the Declnrat.ion, if it is not trne. '' "You Lbsphcm(\ t.hat sacre<l in Rl.rrmncnt." ' I ·worship uothin.0,· nntler heaven. The D \cbration of Iudepen 1ence "·a:; a glorion:-1 cv 11 t-iL was a rebellion-but its glory 1n:1y be 1uc rather to the Rword of '\V ashington than to the philosophy of J offer on." "Why, sir, it is the great <:ncl of all the modern i1nprovements in politi :11 science to 1nake 1ncn equnl. I have written a treatise to prove it. I ·wish I had brought yon a copy." "Thm1k yon. 111 give yon a hint for your next edition. If you wi ·h to eqnnlize two racos ·whom nnture ha. n1acle uneqn:tl, you have only to degrade the higher. It is an ea~y proce~.· . They h:tYe done it in ~[exico-a country that can do noLhiug else." "Yon je. t at everything (1.oetor." "vVhy should "\Ve 1vrnnglc over questions 'vhieh -tlLC sword is to decide ~" "Then let us talk about so1nethiug else. I love to talk." Can1pbcll then lanncheu forth in a lon _?" hn.rang no 1vhich kept Doctor Fairfax 1i. toning " rith mnuscment ancl \VOn ler. lie talked of the battle, of his f:_unily, of the Fe lcral generals, ·whom he called by their Chri. ·tian nanws, as fazniliar acquaintance', of newsp:-~ pers, of HtratcQ·y, of boots of ladies of forei o·n '-' ' ' b nations, of everything, 'vith :t volubility that knew "no retiring ebb." llis style 'vas similar to that which he used in corresponding ,vith the " C01net." Ilo HOEBCCh .. • 131 ~ntroc~nr<'c1 C\':ry t o~>ie :u~ it. ,\T<\rc, wjt.h a great head- • w:~ dL pbycd.nl C:1pt.ta1s: Tic m1gnill c1 pcHy details w1th aslonn<ltng ad.J <'t'tl\'(h-i. lin ~J>nried ont ev ry scttLetwe ns i f iL \\' a :-; cl<.'~;ig·nc' < l t o Jll:tk<.o.a scns:ltion an~l he gcsti ·nlnk\d intc'l:j c dio!t~ :mtL m:u·k:-; of c\:·0lamaLion. Jfe tril>JICtl thro11g h th gravest <jHCstions with n j:wnLy, flippant, knowing nir. IIi:-; sL;lLCnlcni' of ftwts, trickeJ out to shine, were 1narvc1lous l.ravesLics of 1n~i~l. IIe pr Jiete<l Cutu~·c event. · like a prophet or a S}Hntual rnpper. lie 1na lc it hi~ bnsines.', as lw moclc~tly obs 'rv <1, to know e\· rythin g·. 1 Dr. Fairf:tx hall (onncl a eh:lrader qnite new to hin1. Snrcly, he thought, Hothing like thiH vcr grew onth of l\Iason nnd Dixon's line. '\Vhat impudcn0e! he saiu to hi1n."'cl.t~ as the har:tng·uc " rent on: 1vhat ilippancy! what preL<\nLion! ·what vulgarity of Roul! what ambition.· n.1Hl Jnerctri ·ionH rhetoric! what a ll.,.,l.r 1,1 · ~1 · 1 u. • 1us WllJ t Jnwan eom1ncnt he . at stnclying th1s novel Bpccimen of hnmanity. The intcre t of the stndy in~pirc<l hi1n 'viti! n, sort of liking ior hi ... . ·pecimon. lie began to co,·oL it as a. natural curioflity. Thi~, he thought, wns '~a Y;lnkce of' the Yankees." Jie halell that trj be in the lll:l;;s, b uL i udi v idnnlly, he never could hnt c any nu11L Finally he in terruptc<l the di!:!conr: c. "Come, Bombyx, 1ny N orthernlight, 1ny polar star, mY epiton1c of all N orLhcrn in tell i rrenee 1ny li vo , . h ' 1 :t~~kee, come, let ns look ouL Cor breakfast." ~'A. enp1. t al .t }1 onghL, do0lor, ha., ha, ha !" I Alter· fea 'Lin ,o· hi~ 00rnrnnnjcativc guest with the be.-.,t scrnps he could serape tog0ther at such a time atHl plaee, 1Joctor Ii airf:tx :tgain visite<.l the Feclcral oill0er. l fe learn eel fron1 hi 111 that he ,va Uaptain Tremaine, :md thnt he had been an oflicer in the regular arn1y of |