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Chapter 40

           Hecontinuedasifhispausehadbeenanaturalone.

           "IneverknewMr.O’Harainhisprimelikeyoualldone.AllIknewpersonallywasafineoldgentlemanwhowasamiteaddled.ButI’veheardtellfromyouall‘boutwhatheusedtobelike.AndIwanttosaythis.Hewasafightin’IrishmanandaSoutherngentlemanandasloyalaConfederateaseverlived.Youcan’tgetnobettercombinationthanthat.Andweain’tlikelytoseemanymorelikehim,becausethetimesthatbredmenlikehimareasdeadasheis.Hewasborninafurrincountrybutthemanwe’reburyin’heretodaywasmoreofaGeorgianthananyofusmournin’him.Helivedourlife,helovedourlandand,whenyoucomerightdowntoit,hediedforourCause,sameasthesoldiersdid.Hewasoneofusandhehadourgoodpointsandourbadpointsandhehadourstrengthandhehadourfailin’s.Hehadourgoodpointsinthatcouldn’tnothin’stophimwhenhismindwasmadeupandhewarn’tscaredofnothin’thatwalkedinshoeleather.Therewarn’tnothin’thatcometohimFROMTHEOUTSIDEthatcouldlickhim.

           "Hewarn’tscaredoftheEnglishgovernmentwhentheywantedtohanghim.Hejustlitoutandlefthome.Andwhenhecometothiscountryandwaspore,thatdidn’tscarehimamiteneither.Hewenttoworkandhemadehismoney.Andhewarn’tscaredtotacklethissectionwhenitwaspartwildandtheInjunshadjustbeenrunoutofit.Hemadeabigplantationoutofawilderness.

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