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De fust one called on de cullu'd men ter help him hold de Court House an' keep t'ings a-gwine on right; an' de t'odder, he raised a little army an' come agin' us. I'd been a sojer, yer know, an' I t'ought I wuz bound ter stan' up fer de guv'ment. So I went in ter fight wid de rest. We t'rew up some bres'wuks, an' when dey druv us outen dem we fell back inter de Court House.
"How did you come down here?" "Ben wukkin' on de bres'wuks." "The dickens you have!" "Yes, sah." "How did you get a boat, then?" "Jes' tuk it dry so." "Anybody with you?" "No, Mahs'r." "And you came across the Sound alone in an open boat?" "Yes, Mahs'r; an' fru' de swamp widout any boat." "I should say so," laughed the officer, glancing at his clothes. "What did you come here for?" "Jes' kase."
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