The Wrong Man — page 37: what you’re looking at

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a |S we —_ Z ~ [IMPORTANT BUSINESS. 89 _ YT will do so, willingly; but are youin « great harry?” Mr. Sedley. “Tam, rather, Why did you ask ?”’ “Weill, you see,” laughed the old gentleman, “I have im- __ portant matiers te attend to; and, if you were a mind to put it off for a day or two, wiry, I would take it as a great accommo- d:ution.” _ “ Very important business! If it ain’t impudent, Pll ask what : it micht be? No ‘bdjection to telling, I spose 7” “Qh, no; tse truth is, my niece, Lucy, is to be married, and r, _ ‘we are very busy making the arrangements.” ‘ The old man did not see the scow! that passed over the face ofthe horseman; but, concealing his emotions, Hugh Overton AN ae with a pagers 7 : : ae. “ie oung Dudley is the happy man ?” * 4 ak ofcoaris ; he 1s We xities rtp Rycrart the affair, as he intends leaviag very shortly. Couldn't you wait till the matter fy over?” “I should be glad, indeed, Square, to ’commodate you; but, yon see, I've charge of my brother's keei-boat, and we're just on the p'int of departure for New Orleans, so I've got to hurry through with my business here.” a “How soon do you expect to go?” =e “Tn six or eight hours, like enough.” ss “TI will go with you, then. Cato! Cato!” called Mr. Sedley, _ fooking around for his negro. “ Where can that darkey be? He is hardly ever at hand when he is needed. Cato! Catv!” _ _ By-and-by a faint voice, as if far beneath the surface of the answering: “I's c-o-m-i-n-g; s-o-o-n be - de-r-e, M-a-5-s-a.” .“ That black scamp is the greatest pest of my life. Onl _ this morning-he actuaily put a target up on our brindle cow’ eo = horn, and fired at it, the cow, as might have been ex- “Here I is, Massa,” yelled the darker in question, sailing round the corner of the house under full speed. - _“Why do you run off? You know you are wanted continu em ally and why don’t you remain about the house ?” es errant baituead dat had to be ‘tended to. No postpone - Ment on ‘count ob weber. Sorry to keep Massa waitin’. _ “No more talk, now. Put to the barn, as fast as those bi : will carry you, and saddle the black horse an 7 ~ :. 4 ty ; J ; ae * - “Yah! yah! T's dar’, puttin’ on de saddle,” replied the ne . gro, trotting off toward the barn ped | shall aeeeee mien about the prive,” said Mr, ; fe come very near agreeing before—within a trify, 1 >" = ES a ; ree me J ne — a —- ~*