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Bricks Without Straw

Chapter 8 A FRIENDLY PROLOGUE.

Word Count: 1669    |    Released on: 06/12/2017

o Le Moyne about that negro fellow, Eliab Hill, and he says he's very willing to tell you all he knows about him; but, as there are

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of those old French families that brag so much of their Huguenot blood. I never believed in it myself, but they are a mighty elegant family; no doubt of that. I've got the notion that they were not as well off as they might be. Perhaps the fa

s a sort of new Garden of Eden. He was a well educated and capable man, but had a terrible temper. He let the boys go to the devil their own way, just selling off a plantation now and then and paying their debts. He had so much land that it was a good thing for him to get rid of it. But he doted on the gal, and sent her off to school and travelled with her and give her every sort of advantage. She was a beauty, and as sweet and good as she was pretty. How she come to marry Casaubon Le Moyne nobody ever knew; but it's just my opinion that it was

ng of a black colt that he had raised. I don't think it had been backed more than a few times, and it was just as fine as a fiddle. I've had some fine horses myself, and believe I know what goes to make up a good nag, but I've never seen one that suited my notion as well as that black. Le Moyne had taken a heap of pains with him. A lot of folks gathered 'round and was admiring the beast, and asking questions about his pedigree and the like, when all at once a big, lubberly fellow named Timlow-Jay Timlow-said it was a great pity that such a fine nag should belong to a Union man an' a traitor to his country. You know, captain, that's what we called Union men in them days. He hadn't more'n got the words out of his mouth afore Hesden hit him. I'd no idea he could strike such a blow. Timlow was forty pounds heavier than he, but it staggered him back four or five steps, and Le Moyne follered him up, hitting just about

t I have enlisted in the army of the Confederate States, and taken this horse to ride-given him to the Government. And I

all surprised, for that matter. As soon as we got over that a little we began to rally Timlow over the outcome of his little fracas. There wasn't no such timber in him as in young Le Moyne, of course-a big beefy fellow-b

was offered promotion time and again, but he wouldn't take it. He said he didn't like war, didn't believe in it, and didn't want no responsibility only for himself. Just about the last fighting they had over about Appo

ke himself after the boy went into the army. I saw him once or twice, and I never did see such a change in any man. Le Moyne's wife died, too. She left a little boy, who with Le Moyne and his ma are all that's left of the family. I don't reckon there ever was a man thought more of his mother, or had a mother m

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ter what he has told me, I desired

ng of army life at once, as old soldiers always will, each trying to loca

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1 Chapter 1 TRI-NOMINATE.2 Chapter 2 THE FONT.3 Chapter 3 THE JUNONIAN RITE.4 Chapter 4 MARS MEDDLES.5 Chapter 5 NUNC PRO TUNC.6 Chapter 6 THE TOGA VIRILIS.7 Chapter 7 DAMON AND PYTHIAS.8 Chapter 8 A FRIENDLY PROLOGUE.9 Chapter 9 A BRUISED REED.10 Chapter 10 AN EXPRESS TRUST.11 Chapter 11 RED WING.12 Chapter 12 ON THE WAY TO JERICHO.13 Chapter 13 NEGOTIATING A TREATY.14 Chapter 14 BORN OF THE STORM.15 Chapter 15 TO HIM AND HIS HEIRS FOREVER.16 Chapter 16 A CHILD OF THE HILLS.17 Chapter 17 GOOD-MORROW AND FAREWELL.18 Chapter 18 PRIME WRAPPERS. 19 Chapter 19 THE SHADOW OF THE FLAG.20 Chapter 20 PHANTASMAGORIA.21 Chapter 21 A CHILD-MAN.22 Chapter 22 HOW THE FALLOW WAS SEEDED.23 Chapter 23 AN OFFERING OF FIRST-FRUITS.24 Chapter 24 A BLACK DEMOCRITUS.25 Chapter 25 A DOUBLE-HEADED ARGUMENT.26 Chapter 26 TAKEN AT HIS WORD27 Chapter 27 MOTES IN THE SUNSHINE.28 Chapter 28 IN THE PATH OF THE STORM.29 Chapter 29 LIKE AND UNLIKE.30 Chapter 30 AN UNBIDDEN GUEST.31 Chapter 31 A LIFE FOR A LIFE.32 Chapter 32 A VOICE FROM THE DARKNESS.33 Chapter 33 A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION.34 Chapter 34 THE MAJESTY OF THE LAW.35 Chapter 35 A PARTICULAR TENANCY LAPSES.36 Chapter 36 THE BEACON-LIGHT OF LOVE.37 Chapter 37 THE BEST FRIENDS REVEAL THEMSELVES.38 Chapter 38 THE ROSE ABOVE THE MOULD. 39 Chapter 39 WHAT THE MIST HID.40 Chapter 40 DAWNING.41 Chapter 41 Q. E. D.42 Chapter 42 THROUGH A CLOUD-RIFT.43 Chapter 43 A GLAD GOOD-BY.44 Chapter 44 PUTTING THIS AND THAT TOGETHER.45 Chapter 45 ANOTHER OX GORED.46 Chapter 46 BACKWARD AND FORWARD.47 Chapter 47 BREASTING THE TORRENT.48 Chapter 48 THE PRICE OF HONOR.49 Chapter 49 HIGHLY RESOLVED.50 Chapter 50 FACE ANSWERETH TO FACE.51 Chapter 51 HOW SLEEP THE BRAVE 52 Chapter 52 REDEEMED OUT OF THE HOUSE OF BONDAGE.53 Chapter 53 IN THE CYCLONE.54 Chapter 54 A BOLT OUT OF THE CLOUD.55 Chapter 55 AN UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER.56 Chapter 56 SOME OLD LETTERS.57 Chapter 57 A SWEET AND BITTER FRUITAGE.58 Chapter 58 COMING TO THE FRONT.59 Chapter 59 THE SHUTTLECOCK OF FATE.60 Chapter 60 THE EXODIAN.61 Chapter 61 WHAT SHALL THE END BE 62 Chapter 62 HOW