It'll come out bimeby, an' then folks'll wonder what 'twas
all did for. Ole marster didn't act so by Miss Nina's mother, an'
I believe thar's somethin' behind, some carrying on that we don't
know; but it's boun' to come out fust or last. That ar Miss Edith
is a nice trim gal. I wish to goodness Marster Arthur'd done set
to her. I'd like her for a mistress mighty well. I really b'lieve
he has a hankerin' notion after her, too, an' it's nater that he
should have. It's better for the young to marry, and the old, too,
for that matter. Poor Uncle Abe! Do you s'pose, Phillis, that he
goes over o' nights to Aunt Dilsey's cabin sen' we've come away.
Dilsey's an onery nigger, anyhow," and with her mind upon Uncle
Abel, and her possible rival Dilsey, old Judy forgot Edith
Hastings, who, without bidding Arthur good morning, had gallopped
home to Collingwood, where she found poor, deluded Richard,
waiting and wondering at the non-appearance of Mr. Floyd, who was
to buy his western wood lot.
CHAPTER XIV.
THE MYSTERY AT GRASSY SPRING.
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