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I never shall furgit how them men all looked a-viewin' the traveler's body what I fund dead in the road; they looked like jes' so many solemn, peekin', heejus black buzzards crowdin' aroun' the corpse; then a-noddin' an' a-whisperin' tergether, an' a-findin' of a verdic' ez they called it. They fund nuthin' at all. 'T war me ez done the findin'. I fund the man dead in the road.
"How the trees blow!" exclaimed the child, looking up at the green arch overhead. "See! They's all a-noddin' to each othah." "We'll have to get my shoes an' 'tockin's," she said, presently, when they were nearly home. "They're in that fence cawnah behin' a log." The Colonel obediently got down and handed them to her. As he mounted again he saw a carriage coming toward them.
It 'uz pow'ful hot, deckhan's en roustabouts 'uz sprawled aroun' asleep on de fo'cas'l', de second mate, Jim Bangs, he sot dah on de bitts wid his head down, asleep 'ca'se dat's de way de second mate stan' de cap'n's watch! en de ole watchman, Billy Hatch, he 'uz a-noddin' on de companionway; en I knowed 'em all; en, lan', but dey did look good!
The fish will sometimes swaller the one, without thinkin', but they get frightened at t'other, turn tail and off like a shot. "Now, to change the tune, I'll give the Bluenoses a new phrase. They'll have an election most likely next year, and then 'the dancin' master will be abroad. A candidate is a most particular polite man, a-noddin' here, and a-bowin' there, and a-shakin' hands all round.
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