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I tole him dat dey let 'em sell whisky an' terbacker an' calico and sto' clo'es an' ebbery t'ing dat a nigger hed ter buy, jest all times o' day an' night; an' I jest bleeved dat de whole t'ing war jest a white man's trick ter git niggas in de chain-gang.
What good it do a nigger to captivate an Injin, if he let him go ag'in, and don't lick him little? Only little, Masser Corny. Ebbery t'ing so handy too, sah rope all ready, back bare, and feelin' up, like, after such a time in takin' 'e varmint, sah!" "Well, Jaap, what is done, is done, and there is no use in regretting it, in words.
"'Wall, ef I does, I leaves 'em ter home fer fear ob wearin' 'em out, don't I?" said Berry, glancing at his dilapidated costume. "Dat's what's de matter. I'se bad 'nough off, but yer jest orter see dem chillen! Dey war's brak ebbery day jes' like a minister, yer knows not sto' clo'es dough, oh, no! home-made all de time! Mostly bar'-skins, yer know! Yah, yah!"
"I'll get him this time!" and without waiting to go through the storeroom, Bert raised the window and bolted out on the roof. "What's de matter down dere?" called Dinah from the window above. "'Pears like as if you boys had de nightmare. Can't you let nobody get a wink ob sleep? Ebbery time I puts my head down, bang! comes a noise and up pops my head.
"Here, niggers," she cried, "why you don't jump about like Paus dance? Ebbery t'ing want a hand, and some want a foot. Plate to wash, crockery to open, water to b'ile, dem knife to clean, and not'ing missed. Lord, here's a madam, and 'e whole kitchen in a diffusion."
Lor! dat enough to break all 'e dish in 'e house, and in 'e mill, too! I do wish ebbery plate we got was an Injin den you see fun! Can nebber like Injin; 'em so red, and so sabbage!" "Nebber talk of Injin, now," answered the indignant mother "better talk of plate. Dis make forty t'ousand dish you break, Mari', sin' you war' a young woman.
To buy de land for 'Marster, An' now yer orter pay de tax So't he kin hold it faster. He wuks one acre 'n ebbery ten, De odders idle stan'; So pay de tax upon yo're poll An' take it off his lan'. "Den jes fork up de little tax, etc. "Oh! dat's de song dat some folks sing!
Once talk long talk wit' missionary tell all about Christian what Christian do what Christian say how he eat, how he sleep, HOW he drink! all good wish Pigeonwing Christian den 'member so'ger at garrison no eat, no sleep, no drink Christian fashion do ebbery t'ing so'ger fashion swear, fight, cheat, get drunk wuss dan Injin dat Christian, eh?"
Uncle Nimbus," said Berry, very thoughtfully, "dat dis yer ting freedom waz a durn curus affair fer we cullud people, ennyhow?" "Did it ever? Wal, now, I should tink it hed, an' hit 'ccurs ter me now dat it's growin' quarer an' quarer ebbery day. Though I'se had less on't ter bear an' puzzle over than a-most enny on ye, dat I hez, I don't know whar it'll wuk out.
"I wish you great joy and ebbery sort of happiness, Masser Mile," said old Venus, kissing my hand, though I insisted it should be my face, as had often been her practice twenty years before. "Ah! dis was a blessed day to old masser and missus, could dey saw it, but. And I won't speak of anoder blessed saint dat be in heaven.
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