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Willy stepped back abashed. His heart accused him and told him the charge was true. Still he ventured one more question: "Hadn't you better take the hens out?" "Nor; 'tain' no use to teck nuttin' out dyah. Ef he comes to, he know we got 'im, an' he dyahson' trouble nuttin'." And the old man pushed to the door and fastened the iron hasp over the strong staple.
"Do you think it will do, Balla?" their mother asked. "Oh, yes, madam; it's far enough, an' they got mighty comical ways to get dyah, wadin' in ditch an' things it will do. I ain' sho' I kin fin' it ag'in myself." He was not particularly enthusiastic. Now, however, he shouldered the box, with a grunt at its weight, and the party went slowly out through the back door into the dark.
'Twuz always ridin' or fishin' down dyah, in de river; or sometimes he' go over dyah, an' 'im an' she'd go out an' set in de yard onder de trees; she settin' up mekin' out she wuz knittin' some sort o' bright-cullored some'n', wid de grarss growin' all up 'g'inst her, an' her hat th'owed back on her neck, an' he readin' to her out books; an' sometimes dey'd bofe read out de same book, fust one an' den todder.
Peter and Cole found out about the pen, and then the servants learned of it, and the boys were joked and laughed at unmercifully. "I believe them boys is distracted," said old Balla, in the kitchen; "settin' a pen in them woods for to ketch hogs, with the gap open! Think hogs goin' stay in pen with gap open ef any wuz dyah to went in!"
It was only toward the baby at the breast that she exhibited any endearments. Her nearest approach to it with the others was when she told them, as she portioned out the ash-cake, "Mammy ain't got nuttin else; but ntiver min', she gwine have plenty o' good meat next year, when deddy done pay for he land." "Hi! who dat out dyah?" she said, suddenly.
Lady Cicely shook her head. "Clevaa people don't talk so much nonsense before strangaas." "Oh, dear!" said Rosa. "I was in hopes you would like her." "Do YOU like her?" "Indeed I do; but I shall not, if she drives an older friend away." "My dyah, I'm not easily dwiven from those I esteem.
"Den ole marster lost he eyes. D' yo' ever hyah 'bout dat? Heish! Didn' yo'? Well, one night de big barn cotch fire. De stables, yo' know, wuz under de big barn, an' all de hosses wuz in dyah.
An' dat evenin' I'se tellin' yo' 'bout, he wuz talkin', an' he mention' Miss Anne's name. I see Marse Chan tu'n he eye 'roun' on 'im an' keep it on he face, and pres'n'y Mr. Ronny said he wuz gwine hev some fun dyah yit.
"I boun' I'll see what's the matter with him, the roscol! Stan' right dyah, y' all, an' if he try to run shoot him, but mine you don' hit me," and the old man walked up to the door, and standing on one side flung it open. "What you doin' in dyah after dese chillern's chickens?" he called fiercely. "Hello, old man, 's 'at you? I's mighty sick," muttered the person within.
She jes' wrap' her cloak 'roun' her shoulders, an' wen' 'long back by herse'f, widout doin' more'n jes' look up once at Marse Chan leanin' dyah 'g'inst de gate-pos' in he sodger clo'es, wid he eyes on de groun'. She said 'Good-by' sort o' sorf, an' Marse Chan, widout lookin' up, shake han's wid her, an' she wuz done gone down de road.
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