` Why are you in such a hurry ? ' ` Because now is the only time there ever is to do a thing in , ' said Miss Ophelia . ` want to make sure of it . You may die or lose all your money . Then Topsy would be taken away and sold , in spite of anything I could say . ' Mr. St. Clare hated being made to do things when he did n't want to . However , after teasing his cousin a little more , he wrote out the paper , and Topsy belonged to Miss Ophelia . That evening Mr. St. Clare went out for a ride . Tom saw him go , and asked if he should come too . ` No , my boy , ' said Mr. St. Clare , ' I shall be back in an hour . ' Tom sat down on the verandah to wait till his master came home . While he waited , he fell asleep . Presently he was awakened by loud knocking , and the sound of voices at the gate . He ran to open it . Several men were there carrying a load . It was Mr. St. Clare . He had been hurt in an accident , and was dying . Very gently they laid him on a sofa . Nothing could be done . In a short time he had gone to join his little Eva .
CHAPTER XVII UNCLE TOM 'S NEW MASTER There had been great grief in the house when XXXXX died .
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