8/22 I know that she had more executive ability than my father. He was very squeamish about selling his servants, but she would have put every one of them in her pocket before permitting them to eat her out of house and home. But whom _are_ you going to marry ?" "A young lady who graduates from a Northern seminary next week," responded Eugene. "You might have invited a fellow to go with you to be your best man." "The wedding is to be strictly private. The lady whom I am to marry has negro blood in her veins." "The devil she has!" exclaimed Lorraine, starting to his feet, and looking incredulously on the face of Leroy. |