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RICHARD JUDKINS' WOOING
A TALE OF
VIRGINIA IN THE REVOLUTION
BY
T. JENKINS HAINS
(AUTHOR OF "CAPTAIN GORE," ETC.)
F. TENNYSON NEELY
NEW YORK AND LONDON
1898
Copyright, 1898.
BY
T. JENKINS HAINS.
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| CHAPTER I | 3 |
| CHAPTER II | 37 |
| CHAPTER III | 60 |
| CHAPTER IV | 84 |
| CHAPTER V | 103 |
| CHAPTER VI | 120 |
| CHAPTER VII | 137 |
| CHAPTER VIII | 162 |
| CHAPTER IX | 189 |
| CHAPTER X | 214 |
| CHAPTER XI | 246 |
| CHAPTER XII | 255 |
Richard Judkins' Wooing
CHAPTER I
I was sitting in an arm chair with my feet upon the hand rail of theverandah—very much at my ease—when Major Bullbeggor rode around thebend of the turnpike and came into view.
I watched him lazily and noted the action of his mare's hind feet as shethrew little jets of dust off to either side. The jets mingled togetherand formed a yellow cloud in the rear, through which could be seen thegrinning teeth of Snake in the Grass,[Pg 4] the Major's nigger, who alwaysacted as his body-servant. Snake was mounted ungracefully upon an oldspavined clay bank,