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20 Joe Green

           NowIsaythatwithcrueltyandoppressionitiseverybody’sbusinesstointerferewhentheyseeit;youdidright,myboy.”

           Joewasquitecalmbythistime,andproudthatJohnapprovedofhim,andcleanedoutmyfeetandrubbedmedownwithafirmerhandthanusual.

           TheywerejustgoinghometodinnerwhenthefootmancamedowntothestabletosaythatJoewaswanteddirectlyinmaster’sprivateroom;therewasamanbroughtupforill-usinghorses,andJoe’sevidencewaswanted.Theboyflusheduptohisforehead,andhiseyessparkled.“Theyshallhaveit,”saidhe.

           “Putyourselfabitstraight,”saidJohn.Joegaveapullathisnecktieandatwitchathisjacket,andwasoffinamoment.Ourmasterbeingoneofthecountymagistrates,caseswereoftenbroughttohimtosettle,orsaywhatshouldbedone.Inthestableweheardnomoreforsometime,asitwasthemen’sdinnerhour,butwhenJoecamenextintothestableIsawhewasinhighspirits;hegavemeagood-naturedslap,andsaid,“Wewon’tseesuchthingsdone,willwe,oldfellow?”Weheardafterwardthathehadgivenhisevidencesoclearly,andthehorseswereinsuchanexhaustedstate,bearingmarksofsuchbrutalusage,thatthecarterwascommittedtotakehistrial,andmightpossiblybesentencedtotwoorthreemonthsinprison.

           ItwaswonderfulwhatachangehadcomeoverJoe.Johnlaughed,andsaidhehadgrownaninchtallerinthatweek,andIbelievehehad.Hewasjustaskindandgentleasbefore,buttherewasmorepurposeanddeterminationinallthathedid—asifhehadjumpedatoncefromaboyintoaman.

           

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