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Something about the name of Ebenezer Holt caused me to look up sharply. I had encountered it in my genealogical work, but not in any record since the Revolution. I wondered if my host could help me in the task at which I was labouring, and resolved to ask him about it later on. SOMETHING ABOUT THE NAME OF EBENEZER HOLT CAUSED ME TO LOOK UP SHARPLY I HAD ENCOUNTERED IT IN MY GENEALOGICAL WORK BUT NOT IN ANY RECORD SINCE THE REVOLUTION I WONDERED IF MY HOST COULD HELP ME IN THE TASK AT WHICH I WAS LABORING AND RESOLVED TO ASK HIM ABOUT IT LATER ON
 days. Guess yew hail from Bosting, don’t ye? I never ben thar, but I kin tell a taown man when I see ’im—we hed one fer deestrick schoolmaster in ’eighty-four, but he quit suddent an’ no one never heerd on ’im sence—” Here the old man lapsed into a kind of chuckle, and made no explanation when I questioned him. He seemed to be in an aboundingly good humour, yet to possess those eccentricities which one might guess from his grooming. For some time he rambled on with an almost feverish geniality, when it struck me to ask him how he came by so rare a book as Pigafetta’s Regnum Congo. The effect of this volume had not left me, and I felt a certain hesitancy in speaking of it; but curiosity overmastered all the vague fears which had steadily accumulated since my first glimpse of the house. To my relief, the question did not seem an awkward one; for the old man answered freely and volubly. “Oh, thet Afriky book? Cap’n Ebenezer Holt traded me thet in ’sixty-eight—him as was kilt in the war.”  MUCH TO CHEER ME UP THESE DAYS GUESS YOU HAIL FROM BOSTON DON'T YE I NEVER BEEN THAR BUT I CAN TELL A TOWN MAN WHEN I SEE HIM WE HAD ONE FOR DESTRICT SCHOOLMASTER IN EIGHTY FOUR BUT HE QUIT SUDDENT AND NO ONE NEVER HEARD OF HIM SINCE HERE THE OLD MAN LAPSED INTO A KIND OF CHUCKLE AND MADE NO EXPLANATION WHEN I QUESTIONED HIM HE SEEMED TO BE IN AN UNBOUNDINGLY GOOD HUMOR YET TO POSSESS THOSE ECCENTRICITIES WHICH ONE MIGHT GUESS FROM HIS GROOMING FOR SOME TIME HE RAMBLED ON WITH AN ALMOST FEVERISH GENIALITY WHEN IT STRUCK ME TO ASK HIM HOW HE CAME BY SO RARE A BOOK AS PIGAFETTA'S REGNUM CONGO THE EFFECT OF THIS VOLUME HAD NOT LEFT ME AND I FELT A CERTAIN HESITANCY IN SPEAKING OF IT BUT CURIOSITY OVERMASTERED ALL THE VAGUE FEARS WHICH HAD STEADILY ACCUMULATED SINCE MY FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE HOUSE TO MY RELIEF THE QUESTION DID NOT SEEM AN AWKWARD ONE FOR THE OLD MAN ANSWERED FREELY AND VOLUBLY OH THAT AFRICY BOOK CAPTAIN EBENEZER HOLT TRADED ME THAT IN SIXTY EIGHT HIM WAS AS KILT IN THE WAR
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