I begs you, Mahs' Junius, don' ax me dat." Master Junius rose to his feet.

"All right, Isham," he said; "I shall not worry your good old heart with questions." And he went into the house.
The next day this quiet gentleman and good walker went to see old Aunt Patsy, who had apparently consented to live a day or two longer; gave her a little money in lieu of pieces for her crazy bed-quilt; and told her he was going away to stay.

He told Uncle Isham he was going away to stay away; and he said the same thing to Letty, and to Plez, and to two colored women of the neighborhood whom he happened to see.

Then he took his valise, which was not a very large one, and departed.

He refused to be conveyed to the distant station in the spring wagon, saying that he much preferred to walk.