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De rest iss coffin' an' sneezin' to plow dere peaks off, an' all de utter caitches iss kitchen him." Now, I was no specialist in the peculiar diseases of parrots, but something had to be done, and, with a boldness born of long practice, I drew my bow at a venture and let fly this suggestion:
"What did they say?" asked Robert, who was always on the lookout for news from the battle-field. "One ob dem said, dem Yankees war talkin' of puttin' guns in our han's and settin' us all free. An' de oder said, 'Oh, sho! ef dey puts guns in dere hands dey'll soon be in our'n; and ef dey sets em free dey wouldn't know how to take keer ob demselves."
There will be plenty of time. Even if the water should go on rising, which I hope it won't, my house can't float for many hours. Meanwhile, if you'll fetch round the boat, and place some of the heavy goods in it, you'll be doing me a good turn." "Vell, vell," muttered the German, as he looked after his friend with a quiet smile and a shake of the head, "dere is no madness like lof!
George was sorry, too, but at the last minute he leaned from the wagon and whispered to me, "Anyway, I done proved dat dere old fire engine wuz too slow." After George went away, it seemed very quiet on the towpath.
Uncle Wellington slept later than usual the next morning, and the sunlight was pouring in at the open window of the bedroom, when his dreams were interrupted by the voice of his wife, in tones meant to be harsh, but which no ordinary degree of passion could rob of their native unctuousness. "Git up f'm dere, you lazy, good-fuh-nuffin' nigger!
Oh, Marse Ishmael, chile, don't go for to 'ny your old Aunt Katie, as nussed you good when you lay out dere for dead at Tanglewood! don't!" said the poor creature, clinging to his coat. "Katie!" reiterated Ishmael, unable to utter another word. "Laws a massy upon top of me, yes!
"But we get lost; we no find our way back," he answered. "But I thought you were accustomed to your native forests, and that you could easily find your way," I observed. "Dis forest not like my forest," he answered. "I dere know de signs. Here bery different. I live here one year, two year, and den I find my way about."
This brought no comfort to Larry, however, whose previous virtues would only render this lapse the more conspicuous. A suggestion of Joe's turned the scale. "Dat woodchuck," he said, "he's got one hole on de hill by dere. He's big feller. We dron heem out." "Come on, let's," cried Mop. "It will be awful fun to drown the beggar out."
In the outer room the corpulent dwarf still sat. "Dere was dot morhgige " he stammered. "Accepted," Maule shouted, and turned to the clerk. "Look over the papers, will you? If they are right, get a check ready. As for you, my slim friend," he said to the German, "remember that business men have business hours."
When they arrived at the station they saw Dick Ford and John Walker on the store-porch. Harry soon discovered that no wood had been cut for several days, because the creek was up. "What had that to do with it?" asked Harry. "Why, you see, Mah'sr Harry," said John Walker, "de creek was mighty high, and dere was no knowin' how things ud turn out. So we thought we'd jist wait and see."
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