I had a friend in the parlor, as well, and one to whom I shall be glad to do justice, before I have finished this part of my story.
I was not long at old master's, before I learned that his surname was Anthony, and that he was generally called "Captain Anthony"-- a title which he probably acquired by sailing a craft in the Chesapeake Bay.
Col.

Lloyd's slaves never called Capt.

Anthony "old master," but always Capt.

Anthony; and _me_ they called "Captain Anthony Fred." There is not, probably, in the whole south, a plantation where the English language is more imperfectly spoken than on Col.

Lloyd's.