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"About th'ee er fo' days atter Mars Jeems went erway, young Mars Dunkin McSwayne rode up ter de big house one day wid a nigger settin' behin' 'im in de buggy, tied ter de seat, en ax' ef Mars Jeems wuz home. Mars Johnson wuz at de house, and he say no.
Uncle Sambo was very accommodating, and soon made his appearance, then partners were taken, and an Old Virginia reel formed. The tune that they danced by was "Cotton-eyed Joe," and, the words being familiar to all of them as they danced they sang, "Cotton-eyed Joe, Cotton-eyed Joe, What did make you sarve me so, Fur ter take my gal erway fum me, An' cyar her plum ter Tennessee?
Yer b'en run erway en' hid in de swamp somewhar ernudder. But Skundus swo' up en' down dat he hadn' b'en out'n dat barn, en' fin'lly Marse Dugal' went up ter de house en' Skundus went on wid his wuk. "Well, yer mought know dey wuz a great 'miration in de neighbo'hood. Marse Dugal' sont fer Skundus ter cum up ter de big house nex' day, en' Skundus went up 'spect'n' fer ter ketch forty.
An' I missed my reg'lar spell o' bronchitis last winter an' this one tew so fur," she added dismally, and began to cough and lay her hands against her chest. "That was allus the way when I was a young 'un," she continued after a while; "I never had a pet dog or cat or even a tame chicken that it didn't up an' run erway sooner or later. This here loss, gals, 'll be the death o' me!
Fourthly, it ain't goneter be easy to git away with what we does find with a couple of hundred natives at our heels, which they will be mighty soon. So, says I, we'd better quit dreamin' an' begin fishin' right erway." He paused to see what effect this had. Wilson nodded for him to go on. "Then we'll take another p'int; this here map starts from the hut where the heathen image lived.
"Send the women an' the babies back to the sugar shanty," said Solomon. "We'll stay here 'cause if we run erway the Boneses'll git their ha'r lifted. I reckon we kin conquer 'em." "How?" "Shoot 'em full o' meat. They must 'a' traveled all night. Them Injuns is tired an' hungry. Been three days on the trail. No time to hunt! I'll hustle some wood together an' start a fire.
He strode to the side of the foreman of the gang who stood near. "Who is that man down there?" he demanded. "Dunno," the foreman answered briefly, "he asked fer work this mornin' and I give him a job." "I 'm going to speak to him." "Fire erway." Arsdale clambered into the hole and reached Donaldson's side before the latter glanced up.
"I warned him fair ter keep erway, an' p'inted my warnin' with a rifle ball." Rose's eyes widened in horror. "Yo' ... yo' means yo' shot him, Judd?" she whispered, with both hands pressed to her breast. "Shot him? No. I didn't aim fer ter hurt him, an' 'twarn't in nowise necessary. I jest put a bullet past his head an' he run like a skeered rabbit." "Taint so.
"Skundus looked at 'im ez ef he didn' understan'. 'Lawd, Marse Dugal', sez 'e, 'I doan' know w'at youer talkin' 'bout. I ain' runned erway; I ain' be'n nowhar. "'Whar yer be'n fer de las' mon'? said Marse Dugal'. 'Tell me de truf, er I'll hab yer tongue pulled out by de roots. I'll tar yer all ober yer en' set yer on fiah.
Air yo', er haint yo', a-goin' ter leave hyar, an' keep erway?" "As I told you before, it's none of your business," replied Don shortly. "An' es I told ye before, hit air. Now I tells ye thet yo' haint a-comin' back." "That ... remains to be seen," Donald answered wrathfully as he stepped past Judd, this time unimpeded.
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