Part 2 (2/2)
Saet red in the face
”I know one schoolh thievingto teach soo to his school”
Sa and round
Angus began to sith anger He stepped forward and shook his fist under Rodney's nose Then he found his speech ”I've known o' folks,”
he said, ”eren't wanted down in the tide-water country, comin' up this way an' bein' sent back with their hides tanned;” saying this, he tried to slap Rodney's face
In all the house of MacGregor probably there never had been a us five ht his son other things than were found in books; but he also had taught that this knowledge was not to be used except rarely, and when absolutely necessary Rodney uneasily recalled this part of the instruction after the fight was over, and he had ti it on Evidently he wasn't doing anything to hbours, whereas, if he'd kept histhe conversation, all would have been well
”Angus, let's shake hands I didn't us took the proffered hand rather reluctantly, and on his face was a look of suspicion, visible along with a black eye and a bleeding nose Then he said: ”You don't coh, I reckon”
”I have to work days, but study what I can nights,” was the reply
”I saorkin' with the nigger this mornin' I 'lowed as hon in the tide-water country an' in ers ain't ht on A slave has ter be kept in his place”
”The work has to be done and there are only Thello and I to do it He is not a slave, nor is his wife Mother granted 'eave them to her Father doesn't believe in slavery But they would die before they'd leave us”
”I reckon they're niggers jes' the same”
”Yes, and I would trust 'eot no use fer ht you and I shook hands”
”Well, I didn't like ter refuse to”My father says he allus 'spicions roosters as don't crow”
”What do you mean?”
”I 'low as hoould be likeabout it”
So Angus suspected the proffered friendshi+p! ”Well, you see, when I came to think it over, I saw that I was partly to blame,” said Rodney
”I broke into the talk and invited trouble I don't like to hear any one blamed because their skins happen to be black or red, but it wasn't exactly my business, as the talk wasn't addressed toout his hand, this time with a heartiness which was unlad you've coht that place o' Denhahty little at that
The land's worn out and the ol' skin-flint has stuck two or three others in the sae on it, an' then foreclosed”
”I don't knohat arrangements father or had told hiood business man, but always believed the other us, for the warning Come over and see me, will you?”
”Thank ye, I'll do that,” was the reply, and the boys parted friends