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Updated: June 14, 2025
She's 'witched him; she's gin him love-potions, I make no doubt; and I 'spec's" here she lowered her voice to a whisper "I 'spec's she's sold herself to de debil to make him help her. Nuthin' else could ever 'duced Massa Duncan to marry such a such a crocodile. He'll never be sorry but onc't, and 'dats all his life."
"Yes, an be right smart about it, dis chile most froze." A young fellow near the door sprang to open it, and thrusting his head out, said: "Come in, there's no dogs around." "Dats all right, honey, we ain't got no fear of de hounds, me an' the Doctor ain't." "Keep quiet, you black imp," said the voice which had first been heard, "Hobble the nags and bring in my saddle, boys."
He goes out into the cotton-field and finds Jacob. "Jacob," he says, "I am a great sinner. Jacob, I feel that I am sinking into hell. Jacob, pray for me. I mean to turn about, if I live." "Dats jest what I've sought de Lord for, massa, dis six months coming New Year. Let's go up into de loft; it's whar I've wrastled for you in prayer." He leads the way.
Den I said dis is no place for dis darkey, and I gits; dats what I does, and I corned along pretty fas' and I got wid de wagons, and pretty soon de hossmen ob de Sesh I b'leves dey calls 'em cabalry dey come on de run and burned up de wagons and slashed 'bout and cussed about de Yanks and swared about de niggers and skeered me out ob my breff.
"Dats neider here nor dar, Miss Mirim, so dat McDermot bleves you, dat's enough; wat dis chile bleves am her own business. Dem Irish am mighty stupid kine ob creeturs; dey swallows down mos' any thing you chooses to tell 'em." A voice without, uplifted at this juncture, as if it had long been expending itself in ineffectual appeals, now summoned Dinah, harshly and emphatically.
"But you certain it am my mistis?" said Elsy. "I ain't quite sure ob dat," she answered, "for de name sound different to de one I heard, and dats de reason I don't want you to say noting 'bout it till de Doctor enquire into de matter and find out. I must go now, gal," she added, "don't forget to tell de Doctor all 'bout it when he come home." "I won't," replied Elsy.
"Shiss," replied Hycy, mimicking him, "her does." "But you must have de still-house nowhere but in Ahadarra for alls dat." "For alls dats" replied the other. "Dat will do den," said Phats, composedly. "Enough of this," said Hycy. "Now, Phats, have you examined and pitched upon the place?"
"I ain't lef' him more'n a minit. He sent me down hisself. One o' his cunnin' ways to get rid o' me when he's at de wust. Opium 'n whiskey, dats what gets him dis way. Bof togedder a-gwine ter kill him some dese days, 'n de opium am de wustest. For de Lord's sake some o' you gen'men cum 'n hep me till I git him quieted down."
"No danger, Aunty, I guess! There are no policemen now-a-days only Provost-Marshal Kennedy's spies, looking for traitors. But what do you mean? that I should get a doctor to to put him out of the way?" "Dats jes it, honey!" said the old woman, again rubbing her hands. "He is in de way put him out and have de ole man's money."
One day when she was arranging a vase of flowers at a table on the back porch, Aunt Belindy, who was scouring knives at the same table, had followed Grégoire with her glance, when he walked away after exchanging a few words with Melicent. “God! but dats a diffunt man sence you come heah.” “Different?” questioned the girl eagerly, and casting a quick sideward look at Aunt Belindy.
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