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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1888. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER X. GOOD AND EVIL SPIRITS. Utyun. Had she no lover there That wails her absence f Troilut. O, sir, to such as, boasting, ihow their soars, A mock is due. Will you walk on, my lord! She was beloved -- she loved -- she is, and doth-- But still, sweet love is food for fortune's tooth. Troilut and Cr^tida. •that night we slept at a miserable hovel, consisting of bnt one apartment, into which the whole family, husband, wife, three children, and ourselves, were oddly clustered together. The house was of logs, and the rain, which fell in torrents be fore we sought shelter in so foul a sty, came through upon the trundle-bed in which we strove to sleep. Still we had no occasion for discontent. The poor wretches who kept the hovel gave us the best they had. A supper of bacon, eggs, and hoecake, somewhat consoled us for the doubtful prospect in our eyes; and our consolation was complete, when, at rising in the morning, we found that the storm had passed over, and we were in safety to depart. We had not been so sure that such would be the case at retiring for the night. t Our host had quite a cutthroat and hang-dog expression, and we lay with dirk and pistol at hand, ready for the last emergencies. Fortunately, we had no need to use them; and, bestowing a couple of dollars upon the children, for their parents refused all pay, we sallied forth upon onr journey. That night we arrived at Tuscaloosa, a town now of considerable size, of increasing prosperity and population, but, at the time of our -visit, but little more than opened in the woods. Here we took lodgings at the only hotel In the place, and were assigned a room in common with two other persons: To this arrangement we objected in vain. The chambers were too few and the crowd too great tc permit a tavern-...
