I felt that I still had a friend.
"When the old man finished, I found that my eyes were wet with tears.

I approached and pressed his hand, and thanked him, and says I, 'Now let us take a drink.' I set him the example, and he followed it, and in a style too that satisfied me, that if he had ever belonged to the temperance society, he had either renounced membership, or obtained a dispensation.

Having liquored, we proceeded on our journey, keeping a sharp lookout for mill-seats and plantations as we rode along.
"I left the worthy old man at Greenville, and sorry enough I was to part with him, for he talked a great deal, and he seemed to know a little about everything.

He knew all about the history of the country; was well acquainted with all the leading men; knew where all the good lands lay in most of Western States.
"He was very cheerful and happy, though to all appearances very poor.

I thought that he would make a first-rate agent for taking up lands, and mentioned it to him.