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Oh, Jedge March, dey shot me in pyo devilment. I was jist lookin' out fo' my boy. Dey was comin' in to town an dey sees me, an awdehs me to halt, an' 'stid o' dat I runs, thinkin' that'd suit 'em jist as well. Oh, Lawd! Oh, Lawd! Oh!" He stared into the Judge's face, a great pain heaved him slowly, his eyes set, and all was over.
Some two weeks had passed since the occurrence, and yet his head presented the effects of bruising, and was bandaged with a cloth. "Good young massa, do give me a' fo' pence, for Is'e mose starve," he said in a suppliant tone. Tommy put his hand into his pocket, and drawing out a quarter, passed it to the poor fellow, and received his thanks.
They grinned broadly as I came out, and opened the door of the chair for me. "Dis way fo' de dinin'-room, sah," said one of them, showing a set of ivory teeth that dazzled my eyes. I thanked him and entered the chair. When I was seated, I turned to the little chap. "What particular god do you happen to be, Sambo?" I asked.
Dem children ain' never gwine send yo' back to de stable, so het up, yo' cyant eat er drink fo' an hour. No siree! Not dem." At that moment Dawson and his assistant appeared with the horses the girls had ridden. Notwithstanding the cool crispness of the morning, Lady Belle was in a lather where her harness rested.
But at last I brought him triumphantly across the Rubicon of the little stream, and marched him into camp under the astounded eyes of Cookie. At sight of the negro the dog growled softly and crouched against my skirt. Cookie stood like an effigy of amazement done in black and white. "Fo' de Lawd's sake, Miss Jinny," he burst out at last, "am dat de ghos'-pig?"
Then the others come out o' de woods, lookin' mighty mad, en I says to mahse'f, 'Doc Bird, this ain't no place for you to be circulatin' 'round, not if yo' wants fo' to die of old age, so I jump fo' de boat." "So it's a hold-up," said Locke, looking at Trask. "You've got it," said Trask. "They set out to get gold, and can't find it. Now they think we'll pay them a good price to get out."
So when I knew you were coming, I wired my agent in Baltimo' to go to Lexington market and to send me down on ice the best steak he could buy fo' money. It is now befo' you. "Jack, shall I cut you a piece of the tenderloin?" It was in the smoking-room of a Cunarder two days out.
"Massa Waite, sah, an' dat black debble dat we was huntin' fo'. It was a mos' surprisin' circumstance, sah a mos' surprisin' circumstance." "Well, go on; where did you see them? Do you mean they were together?" The negro took a long breath, evidently overcome by the importance of his message, and unable to conjure up words wholly satisfactory to his ideas.
She darted between Uncle Rufus' legs, still yelping as loudly as she could. "Wha' fo' dat? wha' fo' dat?" ejaculated Uncle Rufus, and he fell back against the door which closed with a slam. If Tootsie had possessed a long tail it certainly would have been caught.
A quick outbreak of laughter swept them all except Paige, who flushed furiously over her first school-girl affair. "That poor Jimmy child came to me about it," continued their mother, "and asked me if I would let you be engaiged to him; and I said, 'Certainly, if Paige wants to be, Jimmy. I was engaiged myse'f fo' times befo' I was fo'teen "
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