what in the world! I 'm powerful glad to see you! Is that you, Shade? Well, take your master's horse right round to the lot and brush him up a little. Colonel, come in! It 's been a mighty long time since you 've darkened this door. Where 've you been?"
"I 've just been out training my nigger dog," the colonel replied. "Old Shade started out before day, and just kept moving. He was in one of his tantrums, I reckon. But I 'm glad of it. It gives me a chance to take dinner with you."
"Glad!" exclaimed Mr. Ingram. "Well, you ain't half as glad as I am. That old Shade 's a caution. Maybe he was trying to get away, sure enough."
"Oh, no," replied the colonel. "Shade knows well enough he couldn't get away from Jeff."
That afternoon, Mr. Ingram carried the colonel and Jeff home in his buggy, and Uncle Shade rode the colonel's horse.
