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After a short time old George took his departure on foot. He said that it was his intention to start immediately for the North. He had a few things at his shack he wanted to get, when he would depart from the soil of Florida forever. "Happy Florida!" muttered the irrepressible Jerry. Nevertheless, each of them shook the old darky's hand, in parting, and wished him the best of good luck.

Chad hurried into the room with the face of a man sent for to put out a fire. "Chad," said the colonel, "you know the big hill as you go up from the marsh at home?" "Yes, sah." "Whose lan' is the coal on, mine or Jedge Barbour's?" The old darky's face changed from an expression of the deepest anxiety to an effort at the deepest thought.

It was some moments before Betty realized that the singer was Harriet Walker, and then she sprang out of bed and flung on her wrapper. "Great heaven!" she thought. "How shall we ever be able to keep her secret? A bandanna gown and a voice like a cornfield darky's! I suppose all the servants are listening in the hall."

In a minute more Hanson would have been served as Captain Beardsley was the night before, if Marcy had not put a stop to the little darky's antics by taking hold of his collar and giving him a twist that sent him ten feet away.

Then she went into the breakfast-room. "Uncle Billy," she said severely, "didn't I tell you not to let Saty out?" "Yes, Miss Dinnie," said the old butler. "Didn't I tell you I was goin' to whoop you if you let Saty out?" "Yes, Miss Dinnie." Miss Dinnie pulled forth from her Christmas treasures a toy riding-whip and the old darky's eyes began to roll in mock terror.

Perhaps he made answer to the darky's last cheerful good night, but if so he spoke without knowing it. The boatman let him go, willingly; Mr. Heatherbloom hadn't asked for his last bill back again and the other overlooked reminding him of his remissness. The greenback was considerably more than the fare. Indifferent to his fate, Mr. Heatherbloom moved on; no one molested him.

"Uncle Noah," he said, fixing a stern eye on the old man, "in the Fairfax family there has always been a turkey at Christmas." There was no suggestion in the darky's affable tones of the erratic manner in which his heart was beating. "Yes, sah," he agreed, "ofttimes mo' than one."

I was thinking of how that old darky's tunnel caved in. Do all tunnels cave in? I was thinking of my father." He linked his arm through the "Chief's" as they walked on up the canyon. "My father was a miner, you know. That's how he lost his life." Mr. Allen understood the mood now. "You must tell me more of him some time, Willis. Was he like you?"

George walked to the door, threw it open, and stood for an instant, his eyes fixed on the bare trees in the park. He turned and faced the two again: "Todd!" "Yes, Marse George " Two hot ragged tears still lingered on the darky's eyelids. "To-day is Monday, is it not? and to-morrow is boat day?" "Yes, Marse George," came the trembling answer. "All right, Pawson, I'll go.

A death-like hush held the occupants of the car. "De hangin' bridge is sho' gone," repeated the panting porter, "an' de engine, wi' McNally in de cab's crouchin' on de bank, like a black cat on a well-cu'b. De watah's roahin' in de deep gorge, and if she drap she gwine drag " The doctor clapped his hand over the frightened darky's mouth, and the detective butted him out to the smoking-room.

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