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"Don't tell nobody 'boutn my bein' hyear, honey." "No, I won't," said Dumps, "only Diddie; she's good, an' she won't tell nobody; an' she can read an' write, an' she'll know what to do better'n me, because I'm all the time such a little goose. But I'll bring yer sump'n t' eat; you jes wait er little minute; an' don't yer starve ter def till I come back."
There was another outburst, and the poor gentleman gesticulated, if possible, more vehemently than before. "I am not the def " "Nobody would have supposed you were, sir, if you had not taken so much trouble to deny it. The jury, however, will now judge of it." "I am a married man, sir." "So much the worse," said I. Although the House of Commons dislikes lawyers, constituencies love them.
"'Don't make a noise, Plutarch, said she, 'I can't stand it. I isn't a goin' to put you to def. You shall lib. I will gib you a wife. "'Oh, tankee, Missus, said he, 'oh, I will pray for you night and day, when I ain't at work or asleep, for eber and eber. Amen. "'You shall ab Cloe for a wife. "Cloe, Massa, was seventy-five, if she was one blessed second old.
An' don' yo' know all 'bout a boat? Course yo' does. Now yo' can sail us right off home. An' when yo' pa comes home 'mos' skeered to def, 'cos he cyan't fin' yo', thar' yo'll be," and Estralla chuckled happily as if all their troubles were over. But Sylvia was not so sure.
"Well, dis time Kunnel Pen'leton wuz mad th'oo en th'oo, en all de way 'roun', en he cusst dat hoss trader up en down, fum A ter Izzard. He cusst so ha'd dat de stable boy got mos' skeered ter def, en went off en hid hisse'f in de hay.
"Well, sah, I was scared to def, but I tuk dat goose an' laid him wid de cut side down on de bottom of de pan 'fo' de cook got back, put some dressin' an' stuffin' ober him, an' shet de stove do'. Den I tuk de sweet potatoes an' de hominy an' put 'em on de table, an' den I went back in de kitchen to git de baked ham. I put on de ham an' some mo' dishes, an' marsa says, lookin' up:
They put him in hospital and treated him kindly; but once better they threw him into a Turkish gaol. He described how the prison was dark as night, because the poorer prisoners blocked up the windows, stretching their arms through for doles from the passers-by. "We was all eaten wi' lice," he went on, "an' if de folks 'adn't sent me money an' food I'd a starved to def, sure.
He 'pears ter be mos' starved ter def." She washed his wound more carefully, made some lint, the art was well known in the sixties, and dressed his wound with a fair degree of skill. "Somebody must 'a' be'n tryin' ter put yo' light out, chile," she muttered to herself as she adjusted the bandage around his head. "A little higher er a little lower, an' you would n' 'a' be'n yere ter tell de tale.
Andy ran across the room, but as he went out of the door he struck his toe against the sill, making a great clatter. Aunt Esmerelda awoke with a start. "Lan's sakes, wha's dat?" she exclaimed. "May I have some cookies, Aunt Esmerelda?" Hortense asked. Aunt Esmerelda's eyes were rolling. "I 'clare I seed somefin' goin' out dat a doh. Dis yere house 'll be de def of me. Cookies?
Oh, hol' me, honey, hol' me, er I'll laf myse'f ter def. I ain' nebber laf' so much sence I be'n bawn. "'W'at you laffin' at, Hot-Foot? "'Yah, yah, yah! W'at I laffin' at? W'y, I's laffin' at myse'f, tooby sho', laffin' ter think w'at a fine 'oman I made. "Chloe tu'nt pale, en her hea't come up in her mouf.
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