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Cyd leaped from his couch as the imperative tones of Dan reached his ears, fully believing that the enemy, for whom they had been so patiently preparing, was upon them. Seizing a gun which lay upon the table, he rushed aft, ready to do his share in the impending battle. "Wha wha whar's de nigger-hunters?" demanded he, furiously.
"Oh, yer'll git a whippin', Als'on, sho's yer bawn." "No: I won't take a floggin' from that brute." "Oh, Als'on, yer jis' got ter: yer can't he'p the miserbulness. No use runnin' 'way: they'd ketch yer an' bring yer back. Thar's nigger-hunters an' blood-houn's all roun' this yer naberhood. Yer couldn't git 'way ter save yer life."
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.
"One of them was hit wid de shot," added Quin. "And I struck one over the head with a fender." "Dem two mus be gone killed dead for sure," said Quin, with solemn earnestness. "Of course it was not possible for them to get ashore, for their boat was stove all to pieces. Do you know them, Quin?" "Yes, sar; dey's all nigger-hunters." "Could they swim?" "I dunno; but I s'peck dey could."
As the water was very shallow in some places, they had to follow the channel; and it was sundown when they had moored her to the point they had reached in the bateau. "That will do very well," said Dan, as they made her fast to a tree. "De nigger-hunters neber find us here, for sartin," added Cyd, as he dashed the sweat from his brow. "We are not in a safe place yet," continued Dan.
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