A Man of Honor
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court in another county, and so Mr. Robert had recently been left almost alone with Miss Sudie, and now that they had become the very best of friends our young man enjoyed this state of affair
he keys at Shirley. If he had been forced to tell precisely what had been said in those conversations, it must be confessed that a stranger would have found very little of interest in the repetition, but somehow the recollection brought a frequent smile to our young frie
ert passed the place at which the old ne
am very well, I thank y
But I tell ye now Mas' Robert, Phil's a well nigger always. I keeps up my eend de row all de time. I kin knock de spots out de wo
ed opossums, but I should g
now, and if Phil don't show you de sights o' 'possum hunti
ointment in due time, and was just starti
' dis mornin',
r to dine at T
e in time. Dar comes
hil. Why do you say I am ou
dey a'n't nobody sick at Shirley. May be he's afraid Miss Sudie's gwine to ge
d away Dr. Ha
Pagebrook. On you
going to Shirley I wi
ad to go past Shirley I brought the mail, that's all. I'll not be there ten minutes, and I know they're expect
ised me he would
wing oughtn't to play with him, of course, and that's why I brought him away with me. By the way, we're going to get a fox up in a day or two and show you some sport. The tobacco's all cut now, and th
hunt, certainly, but I have
y told me he had turned him o
his bay at present. But Grayb
ly will be back from co
want to join in th
f his 'conestogas.' I'll tell you what you can do. Winger's got a splendid colt, pretty well broken, and you can get him for a dolla
ceived a very great liking. That the reader may know whether his prejudice was a well-founded one or not it will be necessary for me to go back a little and gather up some of the loose threads of my story, while our young man is on his way to The Oaks. I have been so deeply interested in the ripening acquaintanceship between Mr. Ro