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He was just as kind and polite as if I had been a grown-up young lady," said Sylvia with enthusiasm. "Yas'm, I reckons he would hafter be, 'cos he's a Carolinian gen'man. I'se mighty glad he gives me to you, Missy. I reckon my mammy's gwine to be glad," and Estralla, quite forgetting that there was such a thing as trouble in the world, danced along beside her new mistress.
"T'ank yo', massah; you is a real gen'man," and Ben's face relaxed into a broad smile. "You were going out in your boat, I believe." "Yes, massah. But if I kin do anyt'ing fo' yo' " "What of this wreck? Is it the same that one can see from the bluff?" "Yes, massah, de werry same." "It's remarkable that it should survive so long."
Den he asted me about de fire, an' how much damage it done, an' how we put it out. An' he end up by sayin' he'd laik t' buy mah mule, Boomerang, an' he wants t' come heah dis arternoon an' talk t' me about it." "He does, eh?" cried Tom. "What sort of a man was he, Rad?" "Well, a gen'man sort ob man, Massa Tom. Stranger t' me.
"Good-afternoon, missus," said Old Ben, removing his hat. "Here am a gen'man as wishes to see yo'," and he bowed low. "To see me?" said Mrs. Ruthven. "Yes, madam," replied the doctor. "Permit me to introduce myself. I am Dr. Mackey, a surgeon attached to the Fifth Virginia regiment," and he bowed gravely. "I am happy to make the acquaintance of an officer in our army, sir," replied Mrs.
"Very likely. But who is the man in with Professor Henderson, and what is the wonderful journey he is talking about?" "Dat gen'man in wid de perfesser am also a perfessor." Explained Washington in a whisper. "He's Perfesser Santell Roumann. Now I 'spects I'd better saggasiate mahself inter proximity t' de culinary reservation." "You mean you've got to go to the kitchen?" asked Jack with a smile.
I presume as a nobody his life isn't worth much, but " "I rackon his life is as sweet to him as yours is to yo', Massah St. John." "Can you take me out in a boat after them?" "Sorry, sah, but I'se gwine to take dis gen'man out, sah." St. John turned and saw Dr. Mackey standing near, the surgeon having come from the boathouse to listen in silence to the conversation which was taking place.
"And was he a gen'man, sah? St. John Ruthven t'inks he was common white trash." "He was a gentleman of high family the son of an English nobleman, although born in this country." "An' Jack's mudder, sah?" "Was an American lady a lady belonging to one of the first families of Massachusetts." "Golly, a Northerner!" and Ben's face became a study. "Yes." "Yo' must visit de house, sah, and tell Mrs.
You er mistook in de house." "Whose house is dis?" "It b'longs ter my husban', Mr. Smith, Primus Smith." "'Scuse me, but I knowed de house some years ago w'en I wuz here oncet on a visit, an' it b'longed ter a man name' Ben Davis." "Ben Davis Ben Davis? oh yes, I 'member now. Dat wuz de gen'man w'at wuz sent ter de penitenchy fer sump'n er nuther, sheep-stealin', I b'lieve.
The wine disappears and the two go off for another dance. Inside of ten minutes up comes Butts and passes something to French Charlie. That gentleman laughs tipsily, and, leaning on Butts's arm, makes his way to the scales. "Weigh out twen' dollars dis gen'man," he ordered.
I've struck it! This is the best yet!" At that moment, as the picture came out more and more plainly, someone knocked on the door of the dark room. "Who is it?" asked Tom. "Gen'man t' see you," said Eradicate. "He say he come from Mistah Peters!" "Mr. Peters that rascally promoter!" whispered Tom to his chum. "What does this mean?"
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