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Chapter 15

           Mymasteroftenreceivedletters,sometimesfromadistanceoftenmiles,requestinghimtosendmetoplayataballorfestivalofthewhites. Hereceivedhiscompensation,andusuallyIalsoreturnedwithmanypicayunesjinglinginmypocketstheextracontributionsofthosetowhosedelightIhadadministered. InthismannerIbecamemoreacquaintedthanIotherwisewould,upanddownthebayou. TheyoungmenandmaidensofHolmesvillealwaysknewtherewastobeajollificationsomewhere,wheneverPlattEppswasseenpassingthroughthetownwithhisfiddleinhishand. "Whereareyougoingnow,Platt?"and"Whatiscomingoffto-night,Platt?" wouldbeinterrogatoriesissuingfromeverydoorandwindow,andmanyatimewhentherewasnospecialhurry,yieldingtopressingimportunities,Plattwoulddrawhisbow,andsittingastridehismule,perhaps,discoursemusicallytoacrowdofdelightedchildren,gatheredaroundhiminthestreet. 

           Alas!haditnotbeenformybelovedviolin,IscarcelycanconceivehowIcouldhaveenduredthelongyearsofbondage. Itintroducedmetogreathousesrelievedmeofmanydays’laborinthefieldsuppliedmewithconveniencesformycabinwithpipesandtobacco,andextrapairsofshoes,andoftentimesledmeawayfromthepresenceofahardmaster,towitnessscenesofjollityandmirth. ItwasmycompanionthefriendofmybosomtriumphingloudlywhenIwasjoyful,andutteringitssoft,melodiousconsolationswhenIwassad. 

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