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He was a miserable Yankee runt, an' I did n't hurt the cuss none to speak of. What yer askin' all this fer enyhow," he questioned anxiously, "an' a drawin' that gun on me?" "It seemed to be the only available method for extracting information. Pardon my insistence, Coombs, but was n't that dead man up there the fellow Neale sent?"
"Whut's yer name?" "Steven Knox; I am a soldier. Rene must have told you about me." "No, sah; she never done tol' me nuthin'. Ah didn't much mor'n see her enyhow, fur as thet goes." "Not see her! Then she is not confined there with you?" "Wiv me? Dar ain't nobody confined yer wiv me. Ah just ain't set eyes on nobody since Ah done got on board, 'cept de cook.
I reckon he tol' him part o' the story, an' the rest he picked up in Saint Louee. Enyhow it looked like a damn good thing ter Kirby, who ain't passin' up many bets. Ol' Beaucaire wus rich, an' considerable ov a sport; people who hed seed the gurls sed they wus both ov 'em beauties an' Eloise the white one hed an independent fortune left her through her mother.
"Wal, stranger, I sorter reckon as how 'bout four bits 'ill squar' things dorgs is mighty durn cheap hereabout enyhow." "'But Lufra, whom from Douglas' side nor bribe nor threat could e'er divide," he protested. "Not that its name was Lufra, but he was a blame fine dorg." The woman turned on him like a flash, and he crept subdued back into his corner.
Thar sure must be somethin' fer us ter eat in the place, an' the Lord kno's we can't go on as we are. Them gurls be mighty nigh ready ter drop, an' two o' the hosses has plum giv' out. I'm fer liftin' this body out'r yere, an' settlin' down fer a few hours enyhow say till it gits middling dark." Undoubtedly this was the sensible view.
"What are ye swingin' the yards fer, enyhow?" asked the sailor insolently. "Just fer exercise?" The other, who already had started to turn away, stopped, and took a step backward toward his questioner. "Because I am a sailor, Haines," he replied angrily. "Anyhow it is none of your business; I was left in command here. Those clouds don't look good to me; there is going to be a blow before morning."
"But if their purpose is to take us by surprise," I said, "they'd be more cautious about it." "Maybe they didn't know how near they was. 'Tain't likely they kin see us much better 'n we kin see them. The sea's got an ugly swell to it, an' the feller likely cussed afore he thought. Enyhow it wa' n't my place ter hail 'em." "All right; where are they?" "Straight off the starboard quarter, sir."
He's a close-mouthed cuss, an' didn't say much, but puttin' it with what yer just told me, I reckon I kin sorter figger it out. Carver is som' sorter partner with Kirby a capper I reckon an' enyhow he had a hand in that kayrd game. 'Tain't the niggers thet are makin' the trouble leastways not the black 'uns. Nobody's likely ter row over them.
I ain't never set eyes on her, but Carver he says she's damn good lookin'. Enyhow the Jedge he brought her up like his own daughter, sent her ter school in Saint Louee, an' nobody 'round yere even suspected she wus a nigger. I reckon she didn't know it herself." "The hell you say." "Yes, but that ain't all o' it.
'cept maybe a slice o' coin. Still there's reason fer us both ter jump when Bill Lacy whistles. Enyhow thar ain't no use a talkin' 'bout it, fer we've got ter do what we're told. So let's shut up." "You say you do not know what this all means?" "No, an' what's more, we don't give a damn." "But if I told you it was robbery and murder -that you were aiding in the commission of crime!"
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