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Bobby had a bewitching smile, and twinkles of humour all over his face when he was giving free play to his imagination. He continued with a slow shake of his head as he looked down upon Nobbles meditatively. 'I tells him he mustn't be so fond of cutting off people's heads. You see he loves fighting. He's been a soger over the sea. He went into battle and cut off twenty fousand en'mies one day!
"Why, what's the matter?" he asked, looking up in the terror-stricken countenance of the negro. "Hebens, golly! dey've come!" "Who has come? what are you talking about?" "De Injines. Dar's forty fousand of 'em out dar in de clearing!"
"Had you no warning of their approach?" "Nothing; didn't know dey war about till dey war among us." "What was the first thing you heard, Cato? Give me the particulars so far as you can remember." "Hebens, golly! I'll neber forgit dat night if I lib a fousand years. Wal, you see I and Big Mose had just gwane to bed and blowed de candle out " "Had Miss Mary retired?"
"No; I didn't hear him nor did you either; dat warn't de voice ob Avon." "How can you know that?" asked Mrs. Shirril, beginning to feel anew hope within her. "Lor' o' massy! habent I heerd de voice ob dat younker offen 'nough to know it 'mong ten fousand?
"Come here my pussonal self walked and runn'd most ob de way." "But, we sent you to the settlement. Why did you not go?" "Bress your soul, Massa Canfield, I'll bet dar's ten fousand million Injines in de wood, atween us and de settlement. I tried to butt my way trough dem, but dar was a few too many, and I had to gub it up." "How came you to wander so far out of your way as to get here?"
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