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had a monstrous easy time, because I wam't used to having anybody do anything

for me, but Buck's was on the jump most of the time.

This was all there was of the family, now; but there used to be more -- three

sons; they got killed; and Emmeline that died.

The old gentleman owned a lot of farms, and over a hundred niggers.

Sometimes a stack of people would come there, horseback, from ten or fifteen

mile around, and stay five or six days, and have such junketings round about and

on the river, and dances and picnics in the woods, day-times, and balls at the

house, nights. These people was ssssssssss

mostly kin-folks of the family. ssssssssss

The men brought their guns ssssssssss

with them. It was a handsome ssssssssss

lot of quality, I tell you. ssssssssss

There was another clan of

aristocracy around there -- five ssssssssss

or six families -- mostly of the ssssssssss

name of Shepherdson. They ssssssssss

was as high-toned, and well ssssssssss

born, and rich and grand, as the ssssssssss

tribe of Grangerfords. The ssssssssss

Shepherdsons and the Granger- ssssssssss

fords used the same steamboat ssssssssss

landing, which was about two ssssssssss

mile above our house; so some- ssssssssss

times when I went up there ssssssssss

with a lot of our folks I used to ssssssssss

see a lot of the Shepherdsons ssssssssss

there, on their fine horses. ssssssssss

One day Buck and me was

away out in the woods, hunt- ssssssssss

ing, and heard a horse coming. We was crossing the road.

"Quick! Jump for the woods!" ssssssssss

Buck says: ssssssssss

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