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An' li'l black Mose he jes kinder stan' on one foot, an' he jes kinder suck he thumb, an' he jes kinder 'low: "I don' know nuffin' erbout ghosts, 'ca'se dey ain't no ghosts."
"I intend to bid on the property, McClave," announced the Honourable Joseph, "so 't is best that the squire takes charge of the sale." "Thet 'ere is jes what I'm a-calkerlatin' ter do, likewise," responded Hennion, with an ugly glance at Joe, "so I guess yer'll hev ter assoom the runnin' of the perseedins yerself, paason."
But" and here he bent his head forward "if I could free my hands I would make a dash and be shot. I swear I shall never be hanged. Father, where is Em? I would like to see her before I go." "She runned away, boy," said the old man, brokenly, and speaking in English; "runned away, jes' as soon as she heerd the firin'. She went to look for you, Jim.
"When did this matter of the stick occur?" asked the officer. "On'y jes yeste'day, sah." "Where was it?" "Up ter Marse Potem's, sah. In his house." "How did it happen?" "Wal, you see, sah, I went up dar ter see ef I could buy a track ob lan" from him, an' " "What!" exclaimed Desmit, in astonishment. "You didn't say a word to me about land."
Ah knows yo' is de bravest nigger in all dis world, but fo' mah sake, Zachariah, won't yo' PLEASE come in? Well, suh, jes' den Ah happens to look up from what Ah wuz doin' an' sees a streak o' lightnin' comin' straight to'ards de cabin. So Ah yells fo' him to pull his haid in mighty quick, an' shore 'nuff he got it in jes' in de nick o' time.
He's up in the attic now, r'arin' roun' 'mongs' them trunks, but seem to me like I remember you put that suit away under the heavy blankets in that big cedar ches' with the padlock. If you jes' tell me where is the key, I take it up to him." "Under the bureau in the spare room," said Mrs. Baxter.
Wyeth he sez, 'Don't pester him to talk, jes' let it come natural. One day me an' the nurse, the stuck-up one I was tellin' you 'bout, was fixin' to spray out his throat, an' he look so curious at all the little rubber tubes, an' fixin's, that she sez, 'You'll know a lot when you leave here, Chick. And what do you think he up an' answered?
"Can you give me anything to eat?" "I've nothing in the 'ouse, but I'll get you something when I go out. And, if Mrs Bonus comes, ask her to wait, an' say I've jes gone out to get a little Jacky." Mavis waited in the dark room of the deserted house. Had she not been tired and heartsick, she would have been amused at this strange experience.
"Estralla won't tell," Sylvia declared confidently; "and I am glad she came to go home with me." "Shuah I'll do jes' what Missy wants me to," said the little darky. "Try to let Mrs. Carleton know that I received the letter, and that I hope to reach Washington safely," said Mr. Doane, as he bade Sylvia good-night. As the door closed behind them Estralla clasped Sylvia's hand.
One soldier was in good condition then to talk the toddy had done its work well and he said: "I gad, Colonel, you ah jes' about right ;" but he could get no further. One soldier had closed his mouth, with the remark to Colonel Boone, that some soldiers never knew what they were talking about, when they had enjoyed a good glass of whiskey.
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