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"Ha!" cried Uncle Billy, with a chuckle. "He mo'n tried, seh. He done it!" The General nodded, his lips tight shut. "So I understand. But what did he do or say?" At this question Uncle Billy suddenly developed dramatic abilities that his master had never dreamed of. "He say " and Uncle Billy's arm shot out as he pointed something deadly at an invisible foe "he say, 'Halt! Dudley! Halt! Bang!"
Leggett swo' it shouldn't even so much as go to the gove'neh to sign aw to veto till that fund seh? annual, yes, seh was divided at least evm, betwix Rosemont an' the Suez high school." "Hear, hear!"
The figure chuckled again. "No, 'deed! No, seh! Alek Williams don' know a hoss! 'Deed he don't. He don' know a hoss from a pig." The laugh that followed was like the rattle of pebbles. Trescott turned and looked sternly and coldly at the dim form in the gloom from the buggy-top. "Henry," he said, "I didn't say anything about horses. I was saying " "Hoss?
I confess I had not been sanguine as to the result, although I knew a handsome portrait was confidently expected by the sitter. One morning he deposited the photograph before me. "Hello!" I cried, taking it in my hand; "here you are, hit off to the life." "Do' say that, Mist' Dunkin, do' say hit, seh," he replied, in a tone of deep mortification.
I ben tryin' to lead a godly an' Chris'chun life, ez Scripcheh sez, fu' fawty yeahs, now, an' I hope I'd a foun' dyin' grace at de las'. You see, seh, thing hoped me mos' was de thoughts of a tex' Bro' Moss preached on las' Sund'y; 'peached like hit hep' on jinglin' in my hade all time dey was jawin' an' fightin' with me." "What text was it?" I asked.
Her shy, untamed beauty would not itself have attracted him; but in combination with her fierce courage it made to him an appeal which he conceded grudgingly. "What in Heaven's name brought you back after you had once got away?" Weaver asked. The girl looked at Keller without answering. "I reckon I can tell you that, seh," explained that young man.
An' Cun'l Chahmb'lin he got on his horse an' rode away wid de udder gent'mens, lookin' like he did de day befo' when all de people laughed at 'im. "I b'lieve ole Cun'l Chahmb'lin wan' to shoot Marse Chan, anyway! "We come on home to breakfast, I totin' de box wid de pistils befo' me on the roan. Would you b'lieve me, seh, Marse Chan he nuvver said a wud 'bout it to ole marster or nobody.
But Uncle Billy knew the fortunes of the Cary family far too well to mourn over the probable toughness of his booty, and as he rose up from the seat and meandered toward the kitchen, his old, wrinkled face broke into a broad smile of satisfaction over the surprise he had in store. "Well after I done parbile you, I reckon Miss Hallie be mighty glad to see you. Yas, seh!"
It was of this new home that he chiefly talked to me, of the persistence required to have it newly painted by the inheriting Prouse, and repairs made to doors, windows, and the blinds that hung awry from them. "An' Ah been cleanin' yes, seh, Mahstah Majah fum celleh to gahet. Them floahs do shine an' them windows is jes' so clean they look lahk they ain't theah at all.
We cannot see ourselves as other see us, or I should know what appearance I cut at hearing this from the tall man. I said nothing, feeling uncertain. "I reckon I am looking for you, seh," he repeated politely. "I am looking for Judge Henry," I now replied. He walked toward me, and I saw that in inches he was not a giant. He was not more than six feet.
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