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Thar's a good six hunnard of 'em, black an' yaller an' it's God A'mighty or Marse Christopher to 'em every one." "What is it now?" asked Christopher a little wearily, taking off his hat and running his hand through his thick, fair hair. "If anybody's been stealing chickens they've got to take the consequences." "Oh, it's not chicken stealin' this time; it's a blamed sight worse.
I go on, save up; bimeby I enlarsh." "But somebody else, with plenty of money, might go into the business and fill the market; then it would be no use to enlarge." "Sorry, but can't help it. No monish, no enlarsh." "I've got five hundred dollars." The phlegmatic Dutchman brightened up. "Fife hunnard dollar?" "Yes." "Much monish. Do great business on fife hunnard dollar." "That you could."
The Dutchman meant all fair; he had no thought of taking any advantage: but he had suspicion enough of Jonathan to put him on his guard, and look to see that no high-handed game was played off upon him. "You put in fife hunnard dollar?" he said, when the Yankee appeared. "Yes." "Hard cash?" "Yes, in gold." "Gold!" "All in half-eagles like these."
And the Dutchman raised his chin and dropped his eyes, and stood for some minutes in a deep study. "Fife hunnard," he repeated several times. "Come to-morrow," he at length said. "Den I tell you." "Very well. I'll drop in to-morrow," replied the Yankee. "I'm not very anxious about it, you see; but, as the thing occurred to me, I thought I would mention it.
And he drew a handful of gold coins from his pocket. "Very well; I dake you. You put in fife hunnard dollar, I put in all I got here; den we joint owner." "Equal partners?" "Yes." "That is, I own half and you half." "Yes." "And we divide, equally, the profits?" "Yes." "Very well; that'll do, I guess. We'll have writings drawn to this effect articles of co-partnership, you know." "Oh, yes."
Now, it has struck me, that, perhaps, it might be better, all round, for me to put my five hundred dollars into your business as a partner, and push the whole thing with might and main. How does it strike you?" "Vell, I can't say shust now; I'll dink of him. You put in fife hunnard dollar, you say?" "Yes; five hundred down, in hard cash every dollar in gold." "Fife hunnard. Let us see."
The chance effect of light and shadow on a grey rock was hardly less human or more primitive. "I'se gittin' moughty well along, Marster," she said; "I reckon I'se gittin' on toward a hunnard." "Nonsense, Mandy, you ain't a day over thirty-five. There's a plenty of life left in you yet." "Go way f'om yer, Marster; you knows I'se a heap older 'n dat.
He had thought the matter all over, and was prepared to invest his five hundred dollars in the Dutchman's business, provided the latter had no objections. "It's a pity to creep along in the way you are going," he said, "when so much money might be made in your business by the investment of more capital. Can't you borrow a few hundred dollars?" "Me borrow? Oh, no; nobody lend me few hunnard dollar.
Lord save my soul! three hunnard as likely niggers as you ever clap sight on, an' that not countin' a good fifty that was too far gone to work." "All scattered now, I suppose?" "See them little cabins over yonder?" With a dirty forefinger he pointed to the tiny trails of smoke hanging low above the distant tree-tops.
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