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Said one woman, "I tried hard to serve God forty years ago, but mighty idle; Massa's lash so sharp, 'peared like we poor creturs never rest till we drop in our graves." We visited Ex-Governor Henry A. Wise's plantation of five hundred acres, with fifty cabins in the negro quarters. This was confiscated.
And so I stood aside by the tree, an' I laughed to look on the ugsome creturs as they swept close by me, tramp, tramp! and they never heeded me a jot; but some on 'em looked aslant at me with their glittering eyes, and showed their white teeth, as if they grinned, and were saying to me, 'Ha, ha! Goody Darkmans, the house that we leave is a falling house, for the devil will have his own."
Dey's de dadblamedest creturs to 'sturb a body, en rustle roun' over 'im, en bite his feet, when he's tryin' to sleep, I ever see. No, sah, gimme g'yarter-snakes, 'f I's got to have 'm, but doan' gimme no rats; I hain' got no use f'r um, skasely." "But, Jim, you GOT to have 'em they all do. So don't make no more fuss about it. Prisoners ain't ever without rats. There ain't no instance of it.
I could not help laughing at the strange manoeuvres of the creature, familiar as I was with them. "It is only one of our Texan bugs, Jackson," said I; "it is harmless enough." "It's got a pesky look, though, Doctor! I thought I'd seen enough curus creturs in the Marquesas, but that beats all!"
Jonas Elmore's without farther delay; and behold, therefore, our worthy Corporal and his master again mounted, and commencing a new journey. The Corporal, always fond of adventure, was in high spirits. "See, Sir," said he to his master, patting with great affection the neck of his steed, "See, Sir, how brisk the creturs are; what a deal of good their long rest at York city's done'em.
"'Course, your honour; he talks to the world 'bout honour an' glory, and love of his Country, and sich like augh! that's proper cheating!" "You're a bitter fellow, Mr. Bunting: and pray, what do you think of the Ladies 'are they as bad as the men?" "Ladies augh! when they're married yes! but of all them ere creturs, I respects the kept Ladies, the most on the faith of a man, I do!
"Well, in de second place, birds is creturs dat goes a long ways, but a flea don't." "He don't, don't he? Come, now, what IS a long distance, if you know?" "Why, it's miles, and lots of 'em anybody knows dat." "Can't a man walk miles?" "Yassir, he kin." "As many as a railroad?" "Yassir, if you give him time." "Can't a flea?" "Well I s'pose so ef you gives him heaps of time."
I told her I could not, as I must return the next day with my two daughters. "Is dey heah?" "They were sitting by my side," said I; "those two girls dressed in white are my daughters." "Sweet creturs! de little angels; I mus' go see 'em. I's got two gals here, too, an' I'll bring 'em to see you."
It's a great thing fur a man to hev a comfortable home, 'n a good woman in it!" Stokes burst out vehemently at that: "This is worse than a dog's life! We you 'n me are no more to them selfish creturs in there" nodding backwards at the passenger cars "then the ingine that draws 'em. I'm sick o' freezin' an' slavin' an' bein' despised by men no better 'n I be!
Said one woman, "Oh Lord, do please hitch up your cheer a little nearer your winder draw aside your curtain, an' look down 'pon us poor creturs, an' gib your table-cloth a good shake, dat we may pick up a few crumbs." There were many of these much more intelligent than I supposed I should find them, and used as good language as the white people.
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