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"Well, you see, Dumont, who had taken up No'th'n principles, I reckon, more to goad the Higbees and please Sally Dows than from any conviction, came over here that night. Whether he suspected anything was up, or wanted to dare Higbee for bedevilment, or was only dancing attendance on Miss Sally, no one knows.
The negro remained standing gloomily but respectfully by the window. "Cato, do you know anything of Mr. Dumont Miss Dows' cousin?" The negro's white teeth suddenly flashed in the lamplight. "Ya! ha! I reckon, sah." "Then he's a great friend of your people?" "I don't know about dat, sah. But he's a pow'ful enemy of de Reeds and de Higbees!" "On account of his views, of course?"
And that other young man," she concluded, significantly, "they had him in a little bit of a room with an iron-barred door to it like a prison-cell." Mr. Higbee Communicates Some Valuable Information The Higbees were presently at home in the Bines car. Mrs. Higbee was a pleasant, bustling, plump little woman, sparkling-eyed and sprightly.
"'Deed no!" said Cato with an astounded air. "Jess on account of de vendetta!" "The vendetta?" "Yes, sah. De old blood quo'll of de families. It's been goin' on over fifty years, sah. De granfader, fader, and brudder of de Higbees was killed by de granfader, fader, and brudder of de Doomonts.
For cheerfuller sights we might observe Launton Oldaker in a musty curio-shop, delighted over a pair of silver candlesticks with square bases and fluted columns, fabricated in the reign of that fortuitous monarch, Charles the Second; or we might glance in upon the Higbees in their section of a French chateau, reproduced up on the stately Riverside Drive, where they complete the details of a dinner to be given on the morrow.
But I congratulate you! You've got the business down on a safe basis now, and what's more, you've got the one woman who can run it." They say he was a true prophet. At least the Syndicate affairs prospered, and in course of time even the Reeds and the Higbees participated in the benefits.
De Reeds chipped in when all de Higbees was played out, fo' dey was relations, but dey was chawed up by some of de Dowses, first cousins to de Doomonts." "What? Are the Dows in this vendetta?" "No, sah. No mo'. Dey's bin no man in de family since Miss Sally's fader died dat's let de Dows out fo' ever.
Higbee wasn't quick enough, Dumont lets fly, drops Higbee, and then gallops off chased by the Reeds to avenge Higbee, and followed by the whole crowd to see the fun, which was a little better than nigger-driving. And that let you and Cato out, colonel." "And Dumont?" "Got clean away to Foxboro' Station, leaving another score on his side for the Reeds and Higbees to wipe out as best they can.
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