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At the mention of "Marster William," who was looked upon as a great man, but a dead one, the little negroes gathered around, and one of them, our old friend, Bobaway, said, "Oh, Laddy, I hope ’tis Marster William, for Marster Josh’ll be so tickled that he won’t keer if we don’t do nothin’ for a week; and I needn’t milk the little heifer, nuther! Oh, good, good!"
Middleton’s cheeks, as he added emphatically, "and by Jehu, if Sunshine goes, old Josh’ll bust up and go, too!" The winding up of Uncle Joshua’s story was so odd and unexpected that all the gentlemen, Mr. Stafford included, laughed loudly. "’Tain’t no laughin’ matter, boys," said Mr. Middleton, "and so you’ll all think if you ever have a gal as sweet and lovin’ like as Sunshine." Here Mr.
Lacey proposed that Fanny should continue at school two years longer, and at the end of that time he would claim her as his wife. "Why, yes," said Mr. Middleton; "I s’pose I understand; you want her to be more accomplished like, afore you take her down to New Orleans. Well, it’s perfectly nateral, and old Josh’ll spar no pains nor money." And so the conference ended. When Dr.
Middleton, "and one promise is as good as forty. Old Josh’ll never break his word as long as he has his senses. But that paltry doctor owes his life to you, Sunshine. Half an hour ago I was as fully set to knock him over as I am now determined to let the varmint go to destruction in his own way." Fanny shuddered at the idea of her father becoming the murderer of Dr. Lacey, and Mrs.
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