I'll protect you." He went to the elder man and put his hands on his shoulder as he said: "You go to your comrades and tell them this, Colonel, that between now and snowfall every man will have his land clear.

But," he added, picking up the list of the colonel's contracts, "don't mention me in the matter." He paused and continued, "It might hurt the bank.

Just tell them you'll see that it's taken care of." The colonel put out his hand as he rose.

When their hands met he was saying: "Blood tells, Robert Hendricks, blood tells.

Wasn't your sainted father a Democrat, boy, a Democrat like me, sir,--a Union Democrat in point of fact ?" The colonel squeezed the younger man's hand as he cried: "A Union Democrat, sir, who could shoot at his party, sir, but never could bring himself to vote against it--not once, sir--not once.