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"Well, bymeby my ole mistis say she's broke, an' she got to sell all de niggers on de place. An' when I heah dat dey gwyne to sell us all off at oction in Richmon', oh, de good gracious! I know what dat mean!" Aunt Rachel had gradually risen, while she warmed to her subject, and now she towered above us, black against the stars.
An' bymeby, when de waw come he ups an' he says: 'I's done barberin', he says, 'I's gwyne to fine my ole mammy, less'n she's dead. So he sole out an' went to whar dey was recruitin', an' hired hisse'f out to de colonel for his servant; an' den he went all froo de battles everywhah, huntin' for his ole mammy; yes, indeedy, he'd hire to fust one officer an' den another, tell he'd ransacked de whole Souf; but you see I didn't know NUFFIN 'bout dis.
"I thought I'd just run in a minute to see you as I was goin' by." "Sit down, Squire Green. Take the rocking-chair." "Thank you, neighbor. How's the cow a-doin'?" "Middling well. She don't give as much milk as the one I lost." "She'll do better bymeby. She's a good bargain to you, neighbor." "I don't know," said Hiram Walton, dubiously. "She ought to be a good cow for the price you asked."
Eagle-eye shrugged his shoulders, at the same time giving a negative twist to his body. "Eagle-eye not go down there," he grunted. "Why not?" asked Ned. "Bad spirits live in waters. Bymeby come out and get Eagle-eye." "Oh, shucks!" jeered Ned. "My opinion is that they wouldn't bother to get you, even if there were any such things down there."
He'd said it every spring fer a number er years, and I didn't mind it no more'n the breakin' up er the river; not so much jest then; fer the gret spring drive was comin' on, and my hands was tew full to quit work all tew oncet. I sent word I'd be 'long fore a gret while, and bymeby I went.
So I says, a raff is what I's arter; it doan' MAKE no track. "I see a light a-comin' roun' de p'int bymeby, so I wade' in en shove' a log ahead o' me en swum more'n half way acrost de river, en got in 'mongst de drift-wood, en kep' my head down low, en kinder swum agin de current tell de raff come along. Den I swum to de stern uv it en tuck a-holt.
We asked him how, but he winked a mighty cunning wink and said that he knew all about us. Then he asked us to listen. He said: "There was an old feller down the Murrumbidgee named Kelly. He was a bit gone here. One day Kelly was out lookin' for some sheep, when he got lost. It was gettin' dark. Bymeby there came an old crow in a tree overhead. "'Kel-ley, you're lo-o-st!
Allie flushed rosy red at the unexpected compliment, but before she had time to enjoy it, or to reply, there came a sudden knock at the dining-room door, and Janey's black face peered in at the crack. "Miss Allie, honey," she said in a wheedling tone, as she rolled up her great eyes at her little mistress, "cyarn you get time to write a letter for me, bymeby?" "I'll come out as soon as Mr.
Yes, sir, it was jest like havin' every old whiskey bum in town soakin' you with snow-balls and all the kids thrown in. "My horse he began to puff and blow and the snow began to bank up higher and higher in front of us and on top of us until, bymeby, he couldn't stand no more, and he jest laid down and died.
"We'll stop there overnight I want to help git that wagon across the river when Rafael comes in bymeby, and we'll go up by trail in the mornin'." Once more he fell into his brooding silence, looking up at the naked hills from habit, for there were no cattle there.
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