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Brayton; he buyed some lan' and sole it to some cullud folks, an' his ole frien's got so mad wid him dat dey wouldn't speak ter him, an' he war borned down yere. I tole ole Miss Anderson's daughter dat we wanted ter git some homes ob our ownselbs. She sez, 'Den you won't want ter work for us? Jis' de same as ef we could eat an' drink our houses.
"Mebby 'twas two months 'fore you came back," she said, in the tone of a person trying to be exact in her recollection of events. "What was?" cried Dolf, impatiently, "de hauntin'?" "Ef I'm gwine to tell you my story I'll do it in my own way," said Clorinda, majestically. "In course, in course," returned Dolf. "I begs pardon for de 'ruption. Jis' go on, sweetest Miss Clo'."
I crope out, all a-tremblin', en crope aroun' en open de do' easy en slow, en poke my head in behine de chile, sof' en still, en all uv a sudden I says POW! jis' as loud as I could yell. SHE NEVER BUDGE! Oh, Huck, I bust out a-cryin' en grab her up in my arms, en say, 'Oh, de po' little thing!
He darted into the kitchen, bore off the tart from before Sally's envious eyes, and closed the door so that she could not be regaled even with a scent of the delicacy. "I've jis' done gone now," said Clo, "so I'll rest a leetle afore I 'gins dinner. I'll jis' taste de tart to see ef it's good it kinder eases my mind like."
I heeled it up de avenue jis' as hard as I could, but when I got near de house I thort, suppose missus should see me, she's a pokin up at all hours, she'd scold me like smoke. I jis' cut out ob de road to take de path trough de thicket, and came in sight ob de ole cypress tree." Clorinda broke off abruptly to recover her breath and to allow her narrative to have its full effect upon her listener.
I was a-gwyne for de chile, but jis' den it was a do' dat open innerds jis' den, 'long come de wind en slam it to, behine de chile, ker-BLAM! en my lan', de chile never move'! My breff mos' hop outer me; en I feel so so I doan' know HOW I feel.
"Jis' missed my ole camp by about ten chain!" cheerfully observed Saunders, entering the arena with a billy in one hand and a small calico bag in the other. And he set about making a third little fire. "Gittin' out with loadin', Helsmok?" asked Donovan, while we waited the boiling of the billies. "Yoos gittin' dan mit der las' wool," replied the Dutchman.
"We'll get mamma to come and see her to-morrow, and bring her some bread." "Nor, she ain' so sick; that is to say, she jis' poorly and 'sturbed in her mind. She gittin' sort o' old. Here, y' all take these squ'rr'ls," he said, taking the squirrels from his old game-bag and tossing them at Willy's feet. Both boys protested, but he insisted. "Oh, yes; I kin get some mo' fur her.
Uncle Sheba was brought to his senses sufficiently to be supported home by his wife and son-in-law. He soon became aware that he had committed an awful indiscretion, for Watson looked stern, and there was a portentous solemnity in Aun' Sheba's expression. He began to enter on excuses. "I was jis' come ober by de heat," he said.
"'Twas dis eye, massa de lef eye jis as you tell me," and here it was his right eye that the negro indicated. "That will do we must try it again." Here my friend, about whose madness I now saw, or fancied that I saw, certain indications of method, removed the peg which marked the spot where the beetle fell, to a spot about three inches to the westward of its former position.
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