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An hour later, Cephas, son of Cupid, gathering his basketful of chips at the woodpile, beheld his young master approaching by the branch road, and started shrieking for the house. "Hi! hit's Marse Dan! hit's Marse Dan! " he yelled to his father Cupid in the pantry; "I seed 'im fu'st! Fo' de Lawd, I seed 'im fu'st! " and the Major, hearing the words, appeared instantly at the door of his library.
"It's the boy," he called excitedly. "Bless my soul, Molly, the boy has come!"