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Ye says hit hain't no woman's business, and yit she's Caleb Harper's gran'daughter an' because of her weddin' with me Harpers an' Doanes alike ye won't suffer me ter foller out my own affairs in my own fashion, onmolested!"
Indeed the changes of time had transferred all the recognizable aspects of that early blood-line to the one branch represented by Bas Rowlett, possibly because the Doanes had, on the distaff side, introduced new blood with greater frequency. Young Pete was blond, and unlike his father had the receding chin and the pale eyes of a weak and impressionable character.
Hit lasted nigh on ter two days." "What war ther upcome of ther matter?" inquired the householder, and the narrator went on: "Ther Harpers an' Thorntons went inside ther co'te house an' made a pint-blank fort outen hit, an' ther Rowletts tuck up thar stand in ther stores an' streets. They frayed on, thet fashion, twell ther Doanes wearied of hit an' sot ther co'te house afire.
Enmities were planted that day that carried the infection of bitterness toward Harpers and Doanes alike, and the resentful minority began taking thought of new organization; a thought secretly fanned and inflamed by emissaries of the resourceful Bas Rowlett. Back in the days following on the War of Secession the word Ku Klux had carried a meaning of both terror and authority.
"Then I reckon thar'll be Thorntons an' Harpers thet will an they'll fight both ther Doanes an' your crowd alike." Parish Thornton sat on the doorstep of the house gazing abstractedly upward where through soft meshes of greenery the sunlight filtered. Here, he told himself, he ought to be happy beyond any whisper of discontent save for the fret of his lingering weakness.
But Smooth, though somewhat primitive in his personal appearance, is none of your common Cape Cod coasters, such as your Captain Doanes, and Cooks, and Ryders, and Clapps. Not he! So slender of person is he, that there can be no particular impropriety in our drawing a comparison between him and that peculiar type of per son commonly called a Virginian bean-pole.
"Wa'al, thar's trouble-makin' sperits amongst both ther Doanes an' ther Harpers an' they seeks ter start all thet hell up a-bilin' ergin like ther devil's own cauldron.... Ef we've done maintained peace 'stid of war fer upwards of twenty y'ars hit's because old Caleb an' a few more like him hes been balancin' thet ladder till th'ar hearts was nigh ter bustin' with ther weight of hit.
Jim Rowlett, Hump Doane, and another came as representatives of the Doanes, and Parish Thornton, Aaron Capper, and Lincoln Thornton met them as plenipotentiaries of the Harpers. When commonplaces of greeting had ended, Jim Rowlett turned to Aaron Capper as the senior of his group: "Aaron," he said, "this land's hurtin' fer peace an' human charity. We craves hit, an' Mr.
Not jist ter ther Harpers an' Thorntons but ter them an' ther Doanes alike.... 'Pears like them of both lots thet wants right-livin' hes a call on me ... that when old Caleb giv me his consent ter wed with ye, he give me a duty, too a duty ter try an' weld things tergither thet's kep' breakin' apart heretofore."
"Ye've done cautioned 'em not ter make no move afore they gits ther word, hain't ye an' ye've done persuaded 'em ye plum hates me, hain't ye?" Again Sim grinned. "Satan hisself would git rightfully insulted ef anybody cussed an' damned him like I've done you, Bas." "All right then. I reckon when ther time comes both ther Doanes and Harpers'll be right sick of Mr. Cal Maggard or Mr.
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