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Presently they began to sing improvising: Pull him t'roo! Pull him t'roo huh! Saw him to de heart. Gwine to have Christmas. Yes, man! Gwine to have Christmas. Yes, man! Gwine to have Christmas Long as he can bu'n. Burn long, log! Yes, log! Burn long, log! Yes, log, Heah me, log, burn long! Gib dis nigger Christmas. Yes, Lawd, long Christmas! Gib dis nigger Christmas. O log, burn long!
"Mighty fine lady," repeated Tom; "an' I tell yer she's married to Massa, an' she's gwine to be de Missis." Venus, the chambermaid, who would have passed very well for a bronze image of the sea-born goddess, tossed her head as she replied: "Dunno bout dat ar. Massa does a heap o' courtin' to we far sex." "How yer know dat ar?" exclaimed Dinah. "Whar d' yer git dem year-rings?"
"Ya'as, I'll dress yo' up fine, Miss Gracie, and make yo' look putty as a pink," she said, beginning her task. "Lots ob folks comin' to-night, honey, and grand doin's gwine on in de kitchen and de dinin'-room.
Dolf," said Clorinda, rolling up her eyes 'till only the whites were visible, "when I lives in a house de secrets ob dat house is locked in my bussom " "But ter feller domestics," put in artful Dolf. "Jis' 'mong us," said Vic. "I know, I feels dat, and so I speak," replied Clo. "I ain't gwine ter say Miss Mellen is a favoright ob mine, 'cause she ain't but she's my missus.
We all done gwine to de bottom ob de lake, or de nigger-hunters hab us for shore, if 'twan't for you, Dan. You kin sleep all day." "I'm very tired, and need rest, for we have hard work before us; but you must keep awake, whoever is on the watch. Our lives depend upon the man on the watch." "You kin trust me, Dan," replied Quin. "So you kin me," added Cyd.
It was very low, and they both listened in awed silence, watching the door meanwhile as if they expected to see something supernatural spring from it. "Nem min' jes wait 'tain so long now he'll be heah torectly," said the voice. "Dat's what he say gwine come an' buy me back den we gwine home." In their endeavor to catch the words they moved nearer, and made a slight noise.
"'Whar yer be'n run erway ter, yer good-fer-nuthin', lazy, black nigger? sez 'e. 'I'm gwine ter gib yer fo' hunderd lashes.
Yes, Sah, Ah done get so anxious Ah just couldn't get any rest in mah mind. Ah knew Farmer Brown's boy was gwine to find those tracks, and when he did, he was gwine to follow 'em right smart quick. Sho' enough, just before sundown, here he comes.
We was married March 7, de day atter Cleveland was 'lected presi-dent. In 1885 did you say? Well, reckon you're right. I ain had no schoolin an I can 'member lots o tings I used to know." "Billy Cain worked me in de fields. An his wife Miss Nancy say she gwine stop it, 'cause I was so pretty she fraid somebody come steal me." Aunt Mollie buried her face in her apron and had a good laugh.
"Yes, Miss Elsie; but ain't you gwine along? I s'posed you was." "No, John," she answered faintly, leaning against the wall for support; "but where is papa going?" "Up North, Miss Elsie; dunno no more 'bout it; better ask Massa Horace hisself," replied the servant, looking compassionately at her pale face, and eyes brimful of tears. Mr.
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