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Where? When?" Laurie had not expected this. He realized now that he should have done so. His failure to take in the possibility of her going was part of his infernal optimism, of his inability even now to take her situation at its face-value. Sam was answering his questions: "'Bout eight, jes' after Henry went and I come on. An aut'mobile stop in front de do', an' dat man wid de eyes he come in.
He could not believe Helen dead, but knelt by her side and coaxed her to wake, rubbing her fair, slender hands between his leathery palms and calling her by every pet name of her childhood. "It's on'y your ol' Dad, Sis," he crooned. "Jes' come to fetch ye t' yer Ma; that's all. I know yer tired plum tired out; but Ma 'n' me'll take care on ye." It was pitiful to hear him.
The hunter on the plain knows the value of that, an' that he can freeze an' make a deer walk right up to him, to find out what he is. Why, a rabbit will do it, if you jump him quick, an' he gets confused an' don't know jes' what's up; an' so Jud come as I thort he'd do. He couldn't stan' it no longer, an' he wanted to rub it in. He brought his crowd to enjoy the fun. "'Oh, Mr.
"Oh, never mind the ticket; if so be you's Miss Fairfield, jes' come right in, come right in." The door was flung open wide and Patty entered a dark, old-fashioned hall. From that she was led into a parlour, so dark that she could scarcely see the outline of a lady on the sofa. "How do you do, Miss Daggett?" she said, guessing that it was probably her hostess who seemed to be sitting there.
"Well, now, I don't think it's right healthy," complained Miss Hazy, who was sitting at the machine, with her feet on a soap-box; "so much water sloppin' round is mighty apt to give a person a cold. But Lovey Mary says she can't stand it no other way. She's mighty set, Mis' Wiggs." "Yes, an' that's jes what you need, Miss Hazy. You never was set 'bout nothin' in yer life.
"Yes," said Noll, feeling at that moment as if there wore never truer words spoken. "An' you's come down to lib wid yer Uncle Dick?" "Yes." "Well, bress de Lord fur dat!" said Hagar, joyfully; "couldn't a better ting happened to dat yer man, nohow. Jes' what he wants, a boy like yerself, wid yer own father's face. An' did Mas'r Dick know ye's comin'?"
"But what of the Indian?" asked the captain, who was now at the scuttle with his hand on the door. "He am all right; and if you don't t'ink so, jes' come down and see for you'self." Dinah stepped out of the way, and her master lost no time in descending through the opening into the dark room below. "Fasten the door, for there may be more of them trying to enter."
Miss May dat's yer all's Gramma whar died las' year she use to come out to de back steps an' watch dem two babies nussen', Grief an' Mas' Charley bof at de same time in my lap; an' Mas' Will an' Jerry dat's my little boy what war jes' 'bout his age a-playing in de back-yard, an' sometime she laugh an' cry all at de same time an' she say: 'We is all one fam'ly, Delphy! she say.
Dey wuz a- talkin' 'bout it all de time, an' purty soon Cun'l Chahmb'lin he went about ev'ywhar speakin' an' noratin' 'bout Firginia ought to secede; an' Marse Chan he wuz picked up to talk agin' 'im. Dat wuz de way dey come to fight de duil. I sut'n'y wuz skeered fur Marse Chan dat mawnin', an' he was jes' ez cool!
Well, sah, if you'll b'lieve me, he jes' shuck his head, dat painter did, en went on a-dobbin'. Bless you, Mars Tom, DEY don't know nothin'." Tom lost his temper. I notice a person 'most always does that's got laid out in an argument. He told us to shut up, and maybe we'd feel better.
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