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Chapter 13

           Amorelegitimatespecimenofthisprofessionappearedinthepersonofawell-dresseddarkie,whomovedaboutthegroundinaveryauthoritativemanner;derivinghisimportance,fromhisofficeofvaletdetouttothemajorincommandofthecantonment.Asergeant,asshownbyhisthree-barredchevron,wasinchargeofthemixedparty,directingtheirmovements;theobjectofwhichwastoloadthewaggonwitheatablesanddrinkablesinshort,theparaphernaliaofapic-nic.

           Thatitwasintendedtobeuponagrandscale,wastestifiedbytheamplitudeandvarietyoftheimpedimenta.Therewerehampersandbasketsofallshapesandsizes,includingthewellknownparallelopipedon,enclosingitstwelvenecksofshiningsilver-lead;whilethetincanisters,paintedSpanishbrown,alongwiththeuniversalsardine-case,proclaimedthepresenceofmanyluxuriesnotindigenoustoTexas.

           Howeverdelicateandextensivethestockofprovisions,therewasoneinthepartyofpurveyorswhodidnotappeartothinkitcomplete.ThedissatisfiedLuculluswasZebStump.

           "Lookeehyur,surgint,"saidhe,addressinghimselfconfidentiallytotheindividualincharge,"Ihain’tseedneerysmello’cornputintertheveehicleasyit;an’,Ireck’n,thetoutonthepurayra,thur’llbesomefolksudprefaraleetlecorntoanyo’thettheerfurrinFrenchstuff.Sham-pain,yecallit,Ib’lieve."

           "Prefercorntochampagne!Thehorsesyoumean?"

           "Hossesbedurned.Iain’ttalkin’’bouthosscorn.ImeanM’nongaheela."

           "OhahIcomprehend.

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