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Updated: June 4, 2025
It is enough to know that the Baron Ronault de Palliac when he discovers himself at table between Miss Bines and the adorable Miss Higbee, becomes less saturnine than has for some time been his wont. He does not forget previous disappointments, but desperately snaps his swarthy jaws in commendable superiority to any adverse fate.
"It's Cousin Tom Higbee," she explained half disdainfully. "He's had some ugliness with his horse, I reckon; but paw ought to teach him how to behave. And I don't think he likes No'th'n men," she added gravely. Courtland, who had kept his temper with his full understanding of the intruder's meaning, smiled as he took Miss Reed's hand in parting.
You see just the way she is," he continued to the sympathetic Higbee "we're afraid she may collapse any moment. So we must wait for another time; but I'll tell you what you do; go get Mrs. Higbee and your traps and come let us put you up to New York. We've got lots of room run along now and we'll have some of that ham, 'the kind you have always bought, for lunch.
It would be done; it were ungraceful not to do it, after certain expressions; but it would be done with no heart because of the certain knowledge that no one at least no one to be desired could possibly care for him, or consider him even with interest for anything but his money the same kind of money Higbee made by purveying hams "and she wouldn't care in the least whether it was mine or Higbee's, so there was a lot of it."
While I was in Kentucky the printing press of Higbee & Foster was declared a nuisance, and ordered destroyed. The owners refused to comply with the decision of the City Council, and the Mayor directed that the press and type be destroyed, which was done. The owner of the grocery where the press was, employed John Eagle, a professional bully, and others to defend it.
"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.
Three of the emigrants did get away, but the Indians were put on their trail and overtook and killed them before they reached the settlements in California. I found Brothers Higbee, Klingensmith, and most of the brethren standing where the largest number of the dead men lay. Brother Higbee said: "We must now examine the bodies for valuables."
Back of this Percival imagined for a time that he had discovered Uncle Peter's true reason for descending upon them. Higbee would have regaled him with wild tales of the New York dissipations, and Uncle Peter had come promptly on to pull him up.
Higbee, "are you telling Mr. Bines about our Henry and that Milbrey girl?" "Yep," answered Higbee, "I told him." "About what girl? what was her name?" asked Percival, in a lower tone. "Milbrey's that family's name Horace Milbrey " "Why," Percival interrupted, somewhat awkwardly, "I know the family the young lady we met the family out in Montana a few weeks ago."
If he were my son, now, I'd cut off his allowance and send him back to make something of himself, like Sile Higbee with little Hennery; but I'm afraid all I can do is to watch him and see that he doesn't marry one of those little pink-silk chorus girls, or lick a policeman, or anything." "You're carryin' on the same way yourself," ventured his mother.
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