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Well, sir, all de poor creturs dat de Abolitionists got off is cotched they're gwine to be sold, and thar's one young man thar, that had a good home and a good mistis, and him they 'suaded off, and now he's gwine to be sold South, whar he'll toil and sweat in de hot sun. Now, Mr.
I belave I could hang to the tracks of them three horsemen till I cotched up to 'em, and nothing could throw me off; but it was n't long before I begun to get things mixed. The trail bothered me, and at last I was stunned altogether.
Massa said you'd burn me alibe if you eber cotched me, but you won't, will you?" "We ain't goin' to hurt you," said Shorty. "Sit down there by the fire and git the goose-flesh offen you." Then turning to the boys he remarked sarcastically: "Fine lot o' marksmen you are, for a fact.
Weums sho did leave dar an de next morning my boss axed me if we cotched enthing en we told him wot we saw en he said he knowed weums would be run erway foh he war run erway hisself. "Course dar is hainted houses dese haints in dese places jes wont leave you erlone.
"Faix, ye've cotched a live Yankee!" exclaimed a voice there was no mistaking, as the owner slapped Bill on the shoulder. "He'll make yer fortin', av ye only stick by him. He's just cut out for the diggin's, av his mother wos here to take care of him."
Dat Gen'l, he not ride slow, I tell you; he go fas'. And, afore de Laud, I 'spected you ebery one killed or cotched by dem Sesh; den whar's de use ob me stayin' any mo' at dat place, Marsa Gen'l? "'Well, Ham, did you ever study law? "'No, sir; I 'spect not; I dunno what it am. "'I think you would have made a good lawyer, Ham. "'Well, Marsa Gen'l, de truf is, ole Ham no good for nuffin'. I cannot stand dis fitin'; dat am de truf, Marsa Gen'l.
"'Chad, whar is de udder leg ob dat goose? "'It didn't hab none, says I. "'You mean ter say, Chad, dat de gooses on my plantation on'y got one leg? "'Some ob 'em has an' some ob 'em ain't. You see, marsa, we got two kinds in de pond, an' we was a little boddered today, so Mammy Jane cooked dis one 'cause I cotched it fust.
Croft leisurely stretched his limbs, and then gathered himself slowly into a sitting posture, while the others arose with various degrees of reluctance. "Bin long in?" inquired Croft. "No, jist cotched," answered the Mexican, who sat down, lit his pipe, and smoked violently, to relieve his impatient feelings. "Big 'un?" inquired Croft, again.
Evidently the worst had happened. "Did you?" said I, blankly. "An' was you was you cotched?" "Is you thinkin' o' she, Davy?" he answered. "Well," in a melancholy drawl, smoothing his stubble of grey beard, his forehead deeply furrowed, "I'm not admittin' I is. But, Davy," he added, "she cast a hook, an' well, I I nibbled. Yes, I did, lad! I went an' nibbled!" One of the twins started up in alarm.
As my horse was straying toward the west side of the clearing I went to fetch him back and spancel him near the fort. I had secured him and was about to ride him back when a rifle cracked close at hand in the woods, and I heard a voice passionately jeering: "I 'low that cotched ye where ye lived, didn't it?" I drove my horse through the bushes and came upon a sickening scene.
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