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Mr. Haley pulled out of his pocket sundry newspapers, and began looking over their advertisements with absorbed interest. He was not a remarkably fluent reader, and was in the habit of reading in a sort of recitation, half aloud, by way of calling his ears in to verify the deductions of his eyes. In this tone he slowly recited the following paragraph:

"EXECUTOR'S SALE NEGROES! Agreeably to order of court, will be sold, on Tuesday, February 20, before the Court House door, in the town of Washington, Kentucky, the following negroes: Hagar, aged 50; John, aged 30; Ben, aged 21; Saul, aged 25; Albert, aged 14. Sold for the benefit of the creditors and heirs of the estate of Jesse Blutchford, Esq.,
SAMUEL MORRIS,
THOMAS FLINT,
Executors