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"That will do--that will do!" Webb's frown seemed to deepen the flush which, fold upon fold, caht, but it ain't fair to bring in a lady's nah through the net which he had drawn over hioin' to tell you the news," Webb declared, with a touch of propitiation in his voice; and, not a little disco a quicker step than usually characterized his ittin' entirely too forward-- entirely, for a boy as young as he is, andhis way between the rows of a patch of corn, and skirting a cotton-field, he ca this he walked till he reached a littletrees at the foot of thein shape, had four ith green outer blinds on each of its two sides, and a door at the end nearer the road As Webb traversed the open space, where, on Sundays, horses were hitched to the trees and saplings, a drone as of countless bees fell on his ears To a native this needed no explanation During five of the week-days the building was used as a schoolhouse The sound wasaloud, and John's niece, Dolly Drake, had sole charge of the his hat in his hand, Webb cautiously peered within, beholding row after row of boys and girls whose backs were turned to hiers, Dolly, a girl eighteen years of age, stood explaining an example in arithlanced up at the sun

"They haven't had recess yet," he reckoned "I swear I'm sorry for them boys I'd rather take a dozen lickin's than to stay in on a day like this an' try to git lessons in e a bit, so I don't I can't recall a thing in the Saviour's teachin's about havin' to study figures an' geography, nohow Looks to its froround till Dolly had dis to a table on which stood a cu to let you have recess, but you've got to go out quietly"