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Updated: June 2, 2025
"How long did you have to wait for them at Baymouth?" inquired Reuben Gray. "Not a hour, sar. I arrove about sunrise at the 'Planter's, just the 'Powhatan' was a steaming up to the wharf; and so I druv on to the wharf to see if de judge and his darter was aboard, and sure nuff dere dey was! And mightily 'stonished was dey to see me and de carriage and de horses; and mightily pleased, too.
But one day she felt better, and was anxious to go. So she and I went to see the executor, Condelick Post. We left the boy with Philury. Josiah took us to the cars, and we arrove there at 1 P.M. We went to the tarven, and got dinner, and then sot out for Mr. Post'ses office.
And all the while his head was bobbing in and out of the window, as he pulled on his pantaloons or buttoned his coat. "And oh!" he said, at last, as he opened the door to Capitola, "how providential that Mr. Herbert Greyson is arrove!" "Herbert Greyson! Herbert Greyson arrived! Where is he, then?" exclaimed Capitola, in surprise and joy. "Yes, sartain! Mr.
"Uv co'se!" The reptile giggled, squirted and nodded. " With General Austin," I continued, " and with Lieutenant Ferry?" "She air!" He was pleased. "Yass, we all good frien's togetheh." "But if she oh, yes! Yes, to be sure; she could easily have got here yesterday afternoon." "Thass thess when she arrove!" It was fascinating to watch the animal's cunning play across his face.
She's been terrible good lately, and deserves somethink. Here's Larry Witcom arrove, an' there's Carry gone out to him. I want to see him meself; he's been a little too strong with his prices lately, but he's the obliginest feller in many ways. I don't hear anythink about it not bein' Carry's week in the kitchen w'en Larry comes. She's always ready to give Dawn a hand then.
We conversed there in a very pleasant manner till my dinner-time arrove, when the agreeable gentleman insisted that I should dine with him. "We'll have a banquet, Sir, fit for the gods!" I told him good plain vittles would soot me. If the gods wanted to have the dispepsy, they was welcome to it. We had soop and fish, and a hot jint, and growsis, and wines of rare and costly vintige.
But Cephas said he wuz jest dispatchin' a messenger for us when we arrove, for, he said, "in a time of trouble, then wuz the time, if ever, that a man wanted his near relations clost to him." And he said "we had took a load offen him by appearin' jest as we did, for there would have been some delay in gettin' us there, if the messenger had been dispatched."
And Joe, who has just arrove at the tavern, do report all right in the walley," was the satisfactory answer of the ferry-man. "Oh! then our carriage is waiting for us there?" "Yes, sir, which it arrove just about twenty minutes ago, punk-too-well to time!" replied the old man.
"Downsta'rs tending to tings." "But but do you know there's an Indian in the house?" "I reckons so; we didn't know it at fust, but we found it out putty soon after he arrove; why didn't you told us?" "I tried to do so, but was afraid you wouldn't hear my voice." "We heerd you say somefin, but couldn't quite make out what it was."
But to leave moralizin' and to resoom, it was on Friday, P.M., that he arrove at our home.
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