The old crank.--What broke up the literary.--He played with Thomas.--Tubbs of Kansas.--How the Lord remembered Curly.--The involuntary marriage.--Colonel Bollinger.--The deaf ear.--The confession of a crime.--The old major's story.--Sweetheart.--The political wanderings of Joseph Macon.--The distribution.--That awful Miss Boulder.--The luck of Silas Scott.