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"Well, if dat don't beat de lan'! Dey was two ba'els one had dat wild turkey an' de pair o' geese you see hangin' on de fence dar, an' de udder ba'el I jest ca'aed down de cellar full er oishters. De tar'pins was in dis box seben ob 'em. Spec' dat rapscallion crawled ober de fence?"
George had been looking forward eagerly to the night, and when the shadows began to fall in his now almost bare bedroom, he sent for Todd to help him dress. "Have you got a shirt for me, Todd?" "Got seben oh 'em. Dey wants a li'l' trimmin' roun' de aidges, but I reckon we kin make 'em do Aunt Jemima sont 'em home dis mawnin'. She's been a-workin' on 'em, she says.
Some of de boys wuz wanderin roun tryin to git out and couldn' so ah said: "Dar de seben star yo all jes wait and let me fine de way out and dey say all right," "We gwina trus yo to fine out a way out." When ah wuz a boy ah use to drink a little whiskey. Finally ah said that would be mah ruin. Aftah ah got oldah ah jess decided ah'd quit. Ah nevah did do no hahm tho.
Now I axes ebery one ob you all wot know de Scripters ef he don' 'member how de Bible tells how our Lor' when he was on dis yearth cas' seben debbils out o' Mary Magdalum?" A murmur of assent came from the congregation. Most of them remembered that. "But did enny ob you ebber read, or hab read to you, dat he ebber cas' 'em out o'enny udder woman?"
Returning in less than a minute, he put his head into the doorway and addressed the astonished woman who had turned around to look after him. "Look h'yar, you Letty, I don' want to hear no sech fool talk 'bout ole miss. You dunno ole miss, nohow. You only come h'yar seben year ago when dat Plez was trottin' roun' wid nuffin but a little meal bag for clothes.
The figure stopped, straightened up, held a lantern high over its head, and peered into the darkness. There was no mistaking that face. "Oh, that's you, Chad, is it? What the devil are you doing?" "Lookin' for one ob dese yer tar'pins Miss Nancy sent de colonel. Dey was seben ob 'em in dis box, an' now dey ain't but six. Hole dis light, Major, an' lemme fumble round dis rain-spout."
I hope de ever-lastin' fire will be seben times hot when it gits dem skunks dat stirred up ructions 'ginst good King George, I sa'tinly do." A slight noise startled her, and turning her head, she smiled as she saw a girl standing near her side. "Land sakes! Missie Jean, how yo' did scare me!" she exclaimed.
De sarpint he done fotch mudder Ebe seben apples, an' ebery one she take a bite out of gib her a debbil." As might have been expected, this sermon produced a great sensation, and made a deep impression on the congregation.
By this time the whites of Gordon Lee's eyes were largely in evidence, and he raised himself fearfully on his elbow. "Aunt Kizzy," he whispered hoarsely, "how am I gwine to fin' out who 't is done conjured me?" "By de sign ob seben," she answered mysteriously. "I's gwine home an' work hit out, den I come back an' tell yer.
Den he say, "Go up an' th'ow her down again," an' dey th'ew her down again; an' he say, "Take her back up an th'ow her down seben times," an' dey th'owed her down seben times, an' ast if dat ain't enough. But Ahab done got his dander up, an' say, "No! Dat ain't enough. Th'ow her down sebenty times seben." And afterwards dey done pick up twelve baskets ob de fragments dereob.
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