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He had stopped working his camera, and was urging the two men from the steamer, who were rowing his boat, to make better progress. "Deed an' dere am 'gators in dish yeah ribber!" declared one of the colored men. "Don't let the girls hear you say that!" cautioned Russ.
Aunt Mary wisht me tow say that she is rejicing that her Molly Baby done catch sech a fine man as her teacher pears tow be and she is praying that she will be spared tow greet them both on this side of the ribber. We have done cleaned up Chatswuth tel you kin see yore face in mos any place you is enclined tow look. Lewis has white washed evything tel it minds me of icecreamcandyandpopcorn.
She were a powerful good cook, mammy were an she were sol' fo to pay dat debt." "She tuk us four chillen 'long wid her, an pappy an th' others staid back in Louieville. Dey tuk us all on a boat de Big Ribber evah heah ob de big ribber? Mississippi its name but we calls it de big ribber." "Natchez on de hill dats whaah de tuk us to. Nactchez-on-de-hill dis side of N' Or'leans.
Sam worked in de fiel', an' I wuz de cook. One day Ma'y Ann, ole miss's maid, come rushin' out ter de kitchen, an' says she, ''Liza Jane, ole marse gwine sell yo' Sam down de ribber. "'Go way f'm yere, says I; 'my husban's free! "'Don' make no diff'ence.
"'If he is going to kill all of us, you don't want to go to our camp and get killed, do you? "'No, sah; I doesn't spec' to git killed; I 'bout 'cluded dat I wait till de shootin' git goin' pretty libely, den I jes' skip de ribber and neber stop 'til I be done gone whar dey done got no wa'. "'How many soldiers have they in Gen. Jackson's army?
What's the matter?" I said, as the dull roaring seemed to be coming back. "Ribber run all ober; water take away de boat, and all gone." "River running over? What do you mean a flood?" "Yes, dat's flood. Come, get up a tree." "Oh, nonsense! Come and see." "No, no, Mass' George, mustn't go," cried Pomp, seizing my arm, and I was making for the path leading to the stream. "Hark! Hear dat?"
But I git loose byme bye an' crawl inter dat patch er trees doun dar by de ribber " "We found him there," Green nodded. "Yassah, I mak' up my min' dat dey's have ter burn de woods an' sif de ashes for' dey ebber see me ergin." Stuart's boyish laughter rang without restraint. "All right, uncle," Lee responded cordially. "You can leave that pike with me." "Yassah, you kin sho have it.
Peter related the story of an old colored man, I presume something after the style of old Ham, meeting him while he was making a reconnaissance with his regiment. The old darkey was tall and very black, and was walking in great haste when Peter called to him: "'Uncle, where are you going? "'Ise gwine to de ribber, sah.
"White man find Seff dead by ribber. White man act funny, much 'fraid. Bimeby find babby gone. White man much mad." He paused, picked up his musket which he had laid aside, and examined the priming. "Did you see them?" Jean asked. "A-ha-ha. Sam see'm. White man no see Sam." "Are they coming this way?" "A-ha-ha." "Will you shoot them?" "Sam shoot bimeby, mebbe. White man no ketch babby."
Of course this made his face very plain to the audience, as Tom turned the crank of the reproducing machine. "Why, it's a colored man!" cried Ned in surprise. "Yes, I guess it's only an ordinary chicken thief, after all," remarked Tom. There was a gasp from Eradicate. "Fo' de land sakes!" he cried. "De raskil! Ef dat ain't mah own second cousin, what libs down by de ribber!
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