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Updated: June 14, 2025
"Now he jes done dat out'n pyo' sass'ness, caze he knowed de Peafowl felt hisse'f 'bove cookin'; an' wen de Peafowl hyeard dat, he 'gun ter git mad; an' he 'lowed dat ef'n de Owl said dat ter him ergin dey'd be er fuss on his han's. Well, de nex' day de Owl seed him comin, an' he 'gun fer ter scrape out'n his pots an' skillets, an' ez he scrape 'em he holler'd out, "'Whoo cooks fur you-oo-a?
Nigger lawyers, Nigger doctors, Nigger storekeepers, Nigger teachers, Nigger preachers, Niggers in fine houses why, gentermen, jedgmint hain't fur off. Who was in ther Cote House thet day when thet Nigger White tole Colonel Buck he did'n no law? I wus thar, an' never wanter see sich ergin. Evrybody jis' opened his mouth an' stared fus at ther Nigger an' then at Colonel Buck.
"Could ye " he halted and spoke in a tense undernote of hope that hardly dared voice itself "could ye bend down ter me an' kiss me ... ergin?" She could and did. Then with her young arms under his head and her own head bowed until her lips pressed his, the dry-eyed, heart-cramping suspense of these anxious days broke in a freshet of unrestrained tears.
"I traded a Waterbury watch fer it, an' ther feller what made ther trade throwed in a pack o' cigareets." "Oh!" "Anything else ye'd like ter know?" "Well, seein' ez yer so communicative, I'd like ter hev yer tell me how fur it's ter Yeller Fork." "Betwixt grub." "Come ergin." "Ez fur ez yer kin ride betwixt 'arly breakfast an' dinner." "Well, I'm obleegin' ter yer. I reckon we'll be hikin'."
"I reasoned with John an' he blackguarded me, too, an' ferbid me ter darken his door.... Deespite thet command I feared fer her life an' I fared over thar ... I went in at ther door an' he war a-maltreatin' her an' chokin' her. I railed out ... an' he hurt her wusser ... hit war his life or her'n. Ef hit war all ter do over ergin I wouldn't act no different."
"I didn't go fer ter spy on ye, Smiles," he protested, "I seen ye by chance. But, whether yo' love him er not, yo' might jest as well fergit him. He keered fer ye jest because yo' air er purty mountain flower, an' he haint never ercomin' back hyar ergin." "He air, too," contradicted the girl rebelliously. "He air ercomin' back an' he's promised ter help me git edercation." Judd laughed shortly.
She paused and brushed her free arm across her lips in shuddering remembrance of his kiss, then she continued with the tone of finality: "Now I've told ye what I wanted ter tell ye ... ef need arises ergin, I'm goin' ter kill ye ... this matter lays betwixt me an' you ... an' nobody else hain't agoin' ter be brung inter hit.... Does ye onderstand thet full clear?"
"I'd love ter see men enabled ter confidence ther co'te ergin," said Parish Thornton, answering his old guest after a long and meditative silence. "Hit would ease a heap of torment. Up ter now they've hed ter trust tha'r rifle-guns." As he spoke his eyes went to the wall by the door where during these weeks of disuse his own rifle had stood leaning, and his wife smiled as her glance followed his.
"I dunno, honey," answered Mammy; "I hyear 'em say hit wuz 'long o' some fightin' or nuther wat de white folks fit one time; but whedder dat wuz de time wat Brer David fit Goliar or not, I dunno; I ain't hyeard 'em say 'bout dat: it mout er ben dat time, an' den ergin it mout er ben de time wat Brer Samson kilt up de folks wid de jawbone.
"He needs killin', God knows," she declared, "but he mustn't die on yore branches, old Roof Tree hit was love thet planted ye an' love thet planted ye back ergin when hate hed tore ye up by ther roots I kain't suffer ye ter be defiled!"
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