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Updated: June 3, 2025
"I lub fishing," he said one day to Nigel when in a confidential mood; "I can't tell you how much I lub it. Seems to me dat der's nuffin' like it for proggin' a man!" When Nigel demanded an explanation of what proggin' meant, Moses said he wasn't quite sure. He could "understand t'ings easy enough though he couldn't allers 'splain 'em."
The strength seemed to flow suddenly from his body; his legs and arms felt flabby and useless. "Whew!" he exclaimed. "I'll have to do better than this. Weak as a baby!" Bracing himself on one arm, he flexed the other slowly. The negroes watched him. "Oh, Lor'!" wailed the older negro again. "Shut up!" said Tom. "O Lor' der's horses on de road! Now der a-coming!"
The curtain was down and the girl was excitedly declaring, I was dead! while Dave assured her over and over again, "No, honey, she carn't be dead yit, 'cause, don' yer see, der's anudder act, an' she just nacherly's got ter be in it." When, however, the last act was on, it was Dave himself who did the business.
This yer an't no way to help Mas'r." "I shall take the straight road to the river," said Haley, decidedly, after they had come to the boundaries of the estate. "I know the way of all of 'em, they makes tracks for the underground." "Sartin," said Sam, "dat's de idee. Mas'r Haley hits de thing right in de middle. Now, der's two roads to de river, de dirt road and der pike, which Mas'r mean to take?"
Such a straightforward question was rather a puzzler to Clorinda, so she answered with a stately air: "Der's questions I couldn't answer eben ter my most intemancies don't press it, Victy."
"Three years back, sah, frum Habana to der African coast; Ah didn't want no more dat sorter sailorin'." "But what could have happened? The boats are all in place, but no crew, I never saw anything like it at sea." Schmitt's hand fell heavily on my sleeve and I glanced aside into his stolid face. "Der's a feller on ther gratin' amidships, Captain," he said pointing aft.
I said, for Margaret kept silent. "And de oberseer, he say leastways he swore, he did dat his will should be done on dis plantation, and he wouldn't have no such work. He say, der's nobody to come togedder after it be dark, if it's two or t'ree, 'cept dey gets his leave, Mass' Ed'ards, he say; and dey won't get it." "But what did he do to Darry?"
"Will I? No. I will not. Der's too many saloons, and one less will be bully." "In that case," said Peter quietly, "I suppose you won't mind my closing yours up?" "Wot der yer mean?" angrily inquired the man. "If it comes to closing saloons, two can play at that game." "Who is yer, anyway?" The man came out from behind the bar, squaring his shoulders in an ugly manner. "My name's Stirling.
Still Jeems Henry made no answer and old Uncle Billy saw fit to make a disclosure. "He's gwine up to Chickahominy." Then to Jeems Henry he added something in low tones which made the young negro's eyes roll wildly with fear. "Dey tells me dat der's hants and ghoses over dar. I hopes dey'll git you." "Stop that!" commanded Mrs. Cary.
"Jus' what me say," replied the steward, with a look of calm resignation. "I's bin b'low, an' seed de rocks stickin' troo de bottom. Der's one de size ob a jolly-boat's bow comed right troo my pantry, an' knock all de crockery to smash, an' de best teapot, he's so flat he wouldn't know hisself in a lookin'-glass." It turned out to be as Butterface said.
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