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Quite possibly it was this and his other occupations which for a long time made "Mistah Breckemidge" seemingly oblivious of a situation which deeply impressed many others. It was the frequent presence in his home of another "colored gemman" large, brilliantly attired, loud-voiced, and cheerful who called upon Hannah three or four times a week and whiled away many hours in her stimulating society.
They had been playing all night and regaling themselves with wine. "A Tory on the Pennington road saw, about dawn, the approach of the Americans under Washington and sent a messenger with a note to warn Rall. But a negro servant who had been stationed as warden at the door refused to allow the messenger to pass in, saying, 'The gemman can't be disturbed.
Those be yours in the far stalls, and since they were turned round I've won a bob of a gemman who I bet I'd show him two 'osses with their heads vere their tails should be. I always says," added he with a leer, "that you rides the best 'osses of any gemman vot comes to our governor's."
"Atter dat de niggers let de scuppernon's 'lone, en Mars Dugal' did n' hab no 'casion ter fine no mo' fault; en de season wuz mos' gone, w'en a strange gemman stop at de plantation one night ter see Mars Dugal' on some business; en his coachman, seein' de scuppernon's growin' so nice en sweet, slip 'roun' behine de smoke-house, en et all de scuppernon's he could hole.
"Twenty minutes had fairly passed, when Slick's own little boy entered the room. 'Pa, said he, 'there is a gemman what wants you below in the bar. "'Another trick, thought the landlord; 'they shan't have me, though. Here she goes, there she goes. And as the boy approached near to him to repeat his errand, Slick gave him a kick. 'Get away. Here she goes, there she goes.
None ob de fam'ly been nigh de house for ebber so long; an' den, 'long comes Mahs' Junius hisse'f, an' Miss Annie dat's been away sence she was a chile, an' ole Mr Brandon, wot Uncle Isham say ain't been h'yar fur years and years, an' now Miss Annie's husband comes kitin' up! An' dar's ole Aun' Patsy wot says dat if dat gemman ebber come h'yar she want to know it fus' thing.
"Hit ain't no use, suh," said the darky respectfully; "dey's mi'ions an' mi'ions ob gemmen jess a-settin' roun' an' waitin' foh Mistuh Keen. In dis here perfeshion, suh, de fustest gemman dat has a 'pintment is de fustest gemman dat kin see Mistuh Keen. You is a military gemman yohse'f, Cap'm Harren, an' you is aware dat precedence am de rigger."
"My idee, suh, now that I am on the ground, is for me to wait upon the gemman at once, hand him the orig'nal challenge, and demand an immediate answer. That is, "turning to Fitz, "unless he is in hidin'." Fitz replied that it was pretty clear to him that a man could not hide from a challenge he had never received. It was quite evident that Klutchem was detained somewhere.
Then he started, turned, stared, hesitated, and, finally, broke into a smile. "Ah, it's you, sir, the young gemman as bore away for Lon'on alongside Master Horatio, his Lordship!" "Yes," said Barnabas, extending his hand, "how are you, Bo'sun?" "Hearty, sir, hearty, I thank ye!"
It appears to belong to a lady named Rachel Norris. I wish I could get it to her." "Is she an Albany lady, sir?" "I don't know." "You might look in the directory." "So I will. It is a good idea." "I hope the gemman didn't take all your money, sir." "No; he didn't even take half of it. I only wish I had been awake when the boat got to the dock." "I would have called you, sir, if you had asked me."
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