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Chapter 84

           PrevioustothemigrationintoTexas,hehadknowncomparativelylittleofhisnephew.

           Sincecomingtomanhood,CalhounhadbeenacitizenofthestateofMississippimorefrequentlyadwellerinthedissipatedcityofNewOrleans.AnoccasionalvisittotheLouisianaplantationwasallhisunclehadseenofhim;untilthedevelopingbeautyofhiscousinLouisegavehimtheinducementtomakethesevisitsatshorterintervalseachtimeprotractingthemtoalongerstay.

           TherewasthentwelvemonthsofcampaigninginMexico;whereherosetotherankofcaptain;and,afterhisconquestsinwar,hehadreturnedhomewiththefulldeterminationtomakeaconquestinlovetheheartofhisCreolecousin.

           Fromthattimehisresidenceunderhisuncle’sroofhadbeenmorepermanent.Ifnotaltogetherlikedbytheyounglady,hehadmadehimselfwelcometoherfather,bymeansseldomknowntofail.

           Theplanter,oncerich,wasnowpoor.Extravagancehadreducedhisestatetoahopelessindebtedness.Withhisnephew,theorderwasreversed:oncepoor,hewasnowrich.Chancehadmadehimso.Underthecircumstances,itwasnotsurprising,thatmoneyhadpassedbetweenthem.

           Inhisnativeplace,andamonghisoldneighbours,WoodleyPoindexterstillcommandedsufficienthomagetoshieldhimfromthesuspicionofbeingunderhisnephew;asalsotorestrainthelatterfromexhibitingthecustomaryarroganceofthecreditor.

           ItwasonlyafterthemoveintoTexas,thattheirrelationsbegantoassumethatpeculiarcharacterobservablebetweenmortgagorandmortgagee.

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