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any longer, Sir. Neither of us will ever agree. I'll buy or 

 sell." 



"I don't care either to buy or sell," said Sacket, "but I'll 

 draw straws with you to see who gives up his plantation to the 

 other." 



Again Sacket won. 



"Now, Thorpe," said Sacket, "I have no use for those 

 buildings. You are welcome to stay there as long as you Hke." 



"D you. Sir," cried Thorpe, "I am not a subject of 



your charity. Sir. I will move to my other plantation in Bun- 

 corn county. Good-day." 



Well, he moved out, but in taking his niggers with him, it 

 turned out that old Peter, the grandfather of Jim, took with 

 them to the other plantation a bitch called Ginger. 



The present Ginger is her direct descendant. 



Then came the war. The elder Sacket was killed outright, 

 and the elder Thorpe died in a northern prison. The present 

 Col. Sacket and Col. Thorpe, although but boys, hardly sixteen 

 at the time, also went to war. After the war, young Thorpe 

 fell in love with young Sacket's sister. They married. They 

 are the present Col. and ^Irs. Thorpe. The j^resent Col. 

 Sacket and his sister being the only children, each shared alike 

 in the property, the daughter selecting the old Thorpe home- 

 stead, and this again brought the two families neighbours. 



"So the plantation where Col. Thorpe lives," ventured the 

 writer, "belongs to JMadam." 



"No, Sail," said Jim, "she dun marry the Kimnel, and she 

 and de plantation all belongs to de Kunnel." 



"Well, all right, go on." 



Both of the boys mherited their sires' passion for fox 

 hunting, and the keen rivalry of old between the two families 

 was renewed. Thorpe had the blood of old Ginger in his 

 new kennels but the Sacket pack had all been stolen or dis- 

 posed of. After the war young Sacket sent to England for 



