He wants them to move to St.Louis and live on his big plantation in a house next to his--rent free." Samson knew that Biggs was the type of man who weds Virtue for her dowry.
"A man's judgment is needed there," said he.

"It's a pity Jack is gone.
Biggs will take that girl away with him sure as shooting if we don't look out." "Oh, I don't believe he'd do that," said Sarah.

"I hope he has turned over a new leaf and become a gentleman." "We'll see," said Samson.
They saw and without much delay the background of his pretensions, for one day within the week he and Bim, the latter mounted on the beautiful brown horse, rode away and did not return.

Soon a letter came from Bim to her mother, mailed at Beardstown.

It told of their marriage in that place and said that they would be starting for St.Louis in a few hours on _The Star of the North_.