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"Yais, sah, dat's jest who I done mean. An' dere's anodder gen'man wif him." "Mr. Parker, I expect," spoke Tom. "Well, tell them to come in here, Rad." "Yais, sah. Dey's comin' up de path now, so dey is." The next moment Tom and the others heard a voice saying: "Why, bless my necktie! The RED CLOUD is gone!" Mr.
"I don't like the idea of a mysterious stranger questioning Eradicate!" Ned Newton looked at Tom questioningly. Then he glanced at the unsuspicious colored man, who was industriously polishing the half-dollar the mysterious stranger had given him. "Rad, just exactly what sort of a man was this one you speak of?" asked Tom. "Why, he were a gen'man " "Yes, I know that much. You've said it before.
"You mean Mr. Damon?" "Dat's de one. De gen'man what's allers a-blessin' ob hisself or his shoelaces, or suffin laik dat. Shall I sing out ef I sees him?" "Well, no; not exactly, Rad. Just show Mr. Damon up to the house. I'd be glad to see him again, though I don't fancy he'll call. He's off on a little trip, and won't be back for a week. But watch out, Rad."
As for that elderly man of all work, after many trials, all unsuccessful, he remarked: "Massa Tom, I reckon I knows what's wrong." "Yes, Rad? Well, what is it?" "Mah face am too black dat's de trouble. You done want a white-complected gen'man to stand in dat booth an' look at dat lookin' glass plate. I'se too black! I suah is!" "No, that isn't it, Rad," laughed Tom, hopelessly.
"And now, Shag, that we're left to ourselves " said Colonel Ashley, when Viola and Miss Carwell had departed the day following the funeral, "now that we are by ourselves " "I reckon as how you'll fix up as to who it were whut done killed de gen'man, an' hab him 'rested, won't yo', Colonel, sah?" asked Shag, with the kindly concern and freedom of an old and loved servant.
Deftly extracting this from its place she smote her inoffensive parent on the only visible portion of him. He turned sharply, exhibiting a red, bearded face. "Pa, this gen'man wants to be took aboard the boat at quarantine. He'll give you fifty berries." The wrath died out of the skipper's face like the slow turning down of a lamp.
"It will be a risky trip, perhaps, but I've taken risks before. When Mr. Jenks comes to-night I'll tell him I'll help him to get his rights, and discover the secret of the diamond makers." As Tom was wheeling the Butterfly into the shed, Eradicate came out to help him. "Dere's a gen'man here to see yo', Massa Tom," said the colored man. "Who is it?" "I dunno.
"I'll go with you," offered Sam. "You chilluns stay heah till I come back," he went on. "Don't move away. I got to he'p dis gen'man find his baggage." "It will be a great help to me," said the man. "I might get dizzy again and fall. It's rather steep going down that hill. Will the children be all right if you leave them?" "Yes, we'll stay right here," promised Nan.
"I dunno, sah; but yo' father knows him, an' he said fo' me to come out heah, ahead ob de gen'man, an' tell yo' he were comin'. He'll be right heah." "Oh, well, if dad knows him, it's all right. Let him come, Rad." "Yes, sah. Heah he comes." And the colored man pointed to a figure advancing down the gravel path. Tom watched the stranger curiously.
"I lay I bus' yo' haid open ef yer don't quit yo' stan'in' wi' yer mouf gapin' at the trouble yer done made." Aunt M'randa was sparring for time. "Don' yer worry 'bout dat, honey" this to Emily Louise "hit's jes' one dese here mistakes in jogaphy, seem like, same es yer tell erbout gettin' kep' in foh. Huccome a gen'man like yo' paw, got bawn y'other side de Ohier River, 'ceptin' was an acci-dent?
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