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GEORGIA AND GEORGIANS 445
him he would get pay for the day, as usual. He would, therefore, positively decline,
with a great show of determination and bluster.
But next morning he would find the doors securely barred and watchfully guarded.
He would command and splutter, and threaten dire consequences, and we little boys
would be sorely frightened, but as he remained obstinate, he would be seized by both
legs, thrown over and securely held, and, not yet yielding, strong arms would lift him
from the ground, and, holding his hands and feet as in a vise, would bear him, vainly
struggling, down to the spring, and if he still held out, would duck him head and
ears in the water. Commonly, however, the sight of the water would suffice, and with
much apparent reluctance he would yield, but was not released until he had promised
to inflict no punishment for this high-handed act.
(Reproduced by special permission from an unpublished manuscript of the late
Eev. James S. Lamar, D. D., LL. D., of Augusta, father of Justice Joseph E. Lamar,
of the Supreme Court of the United States.)