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This belief was further strengthened by a glimpse which he caught of a heavy branch upon the ground. "Hebens, golly! dat you, ole swill-barrel?" greeted his ears; and he picked his hat and himself up at the same time, to see the negro, Cato, lying on the ground, with his heels high up in the air. "Dunder and blixen! who are you?" inquired Hans, more astonished than ever.
"Did I growl at you?" "Yes: made as much noise as a grizzly bear could have done." "Done it jist for fun, Massa. Hebens, golly! wanted to see if you was afeard, too." "But," said the soldier, assuming a more serious air, "let the jesting cease. When did you put those logs together, Cato?" "Dis morning, arter dey went away," he replied, with a shudder, casting a look of terror around him.
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