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I got some of their jabber out of a book. S'pose a man was to come to you and say Polly-voo-franzy what would you think?" "I wouldn' think nuff'n; I'd take en bust him over de head dat is, if he warn't white. I wouldn't 'low no nigger to call me dat." "Shucks, it ain't calling you anything. It's only saying, do you know how to talk French?" "Well, den, why couldn't he SAY it?"
I got some of their jabber out of a book. S'pose a man was to come to you and say Polly-voo-franzy what would you think?" "I wouldn' think nuff'n; I'd take en bust him over de head dat is, if he warn't white. I wouldn't 'low no nigger to call me dat." "Shucks, it ain't calling you anything. It's only saying, do you know how to talk French?" "Well, den, why couldn't he SAY it?"
The old shirt itself was stained with black blotches that had once been red the blood that had oozed out during the infliction! The sight sickened me, and called forth the involuntary utterance "Poor fellow!" This expression of sympathy evidently touched the rude heart of the Bambarra. "Ah, mass'!" he continued, "you flog me with hoss-whip dat nuff'n! Gabr'l bress you for dat.
"I don't care," said the boy, "I just love him." The negro shuffled out across the moonlit veranda, peered around through the fragrant gloom, wrinkled hands linked behind his back. Then he descended the steps stiffly, and teetered about through the shrubbery with the instinct of a watchdog worn out in service. "Nuff'n to scare nobody, scusin' de hoot owls," he muttered.
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