"I refuse to allow the name of any woman who honors me with her confidence to be dragged into the infamous outrage that has been committed upon me and common decency.

And I shall hold the thief and scoundrel--whoever he may be--answerable to myself in the absence of her natural protector." Uncle Ben surveyed the hero of these glittering generalities with undisguised admiration.

He extended his hand to him gravely.
"Shake! Ef another proof was wantin', Mr.Ford, of that bein' my wife's letter," he said, "that high-toned style of yours would settle it.

For, ef thar was one thing she DID like, it was that sort of po'try.

And one reason why her and me didn't get on, and why I skedaddled, was because it wasn't in my line.