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Fullalove referred her with humour-twinkling eye to Vespasian. "I have a friend here who says he can tell you something about him." "Can you, my good man?" inquired the lady, turning haughtily towards the negro. "Iss, Missy," said Vespasian, showing his white teeth in a broad grin, "dis child knows where to find dat ar niggar, widout him been and absquatulated since."
One of these women, a Diana by name, went down on her knees and uttered in a loud voice a sort of extemporaneous prayer of thanksgiving at our advent, in which the sacred and the profane were most ludicrously mingled; her 'tanks to de good Lord God Almighty that missus had come, what give de poor niggar sugar and flannel, and dat 'massa , him hab brought de missis and de two little misses down among de people, were really too grotesque; and yet certainly more sincere acts of thanksgiving are not often uttered among the solemn and decorous ones that are offered up to heaven for 'benefits received.
Screened by the library door, Hannibal commenced in a deprecating way: "I told Mr. Fox you'se engaged, but he say I must give you dis card. He kinder acted as if he own dis niggar and de whole establishment." A sudden heavy frown drew Edith's dark eyebrows together and she said loud enough for Mr.
Missus, says I; 'Oh Lord; Missus, you ain't a goin' to die, is you? and I fell down on my knees, and kissed her hand, and said, 'Oh, Missus; don't die, please Missus. What will become oh dis niggar if you do? If de Lord in his goodness take you away, let me go wid you, Missus; and I was so sorry I boohooed right out, and groaned and wipy eye like courtin' amost.
"What you say, you boys?" he exclaimed; "dis niggar show you how to chop de trees," and, raising his axe, he began to strike away with a vigour which quickly cut through half a stout trunk. "Dare, dat de way dey chop in Kentucky!" he again exclaimed, as the tree came down with a crash. Tree after tree quickly fell beneath his axe.
For an instant he stopped and gazed in my father's face, then darting forward, he seized his hand and pressed it to his lips, exclaiming "Oh, massa! dis niggar Dio know you; nebber forget you, massa; you remember de poor slave niggar who pulled de little boy out of de water?" "Remember you, my good fellow!" exclaimed my father, wringing his hand.
Again I shouted, "Dio, Dio, answer us, pray do, if you are here." "Listen! I hear a voice; it's very faint, but not far off," said Dan. I stopped shouting, and distinctly heard the words "Here, massa, here, all in de dark; dis niggar bery sick." On this I struck a match, and by its faint light I saw a figure lying on the ground in a recess of the cave.
"Fine place dat, Caesar, for niggar to hide away if de white massa not know it," observed Peter to his companion. "Berry good for hide 'way, but bad for de food; nothing but rats and crickets to eat dare." Uncle Denis, jumping up on the box, shouted "Erin-go-bragh," and away we dashed as fast as we had come. It was dark long before we reached the farm; my mother appeared pretty well tired out.
Such was the account which Uncle Denis gave us as we sat round our camp-fire that evening. Dio had listened attentively; he merely observed "Dis niggar know all 'bout it." The next morning he invited us to accompany him to the beaver pond, saying, "You shall see what you shall see." Uncle Denis's curiosity had been excited by Dio's mysterious remark, and he accompanied us.
"Dis poor niggar break him heart leave Missy Kathleen, him no more learn read!" he exclaimed, bursting into tears. So powerful was the effect produced that he was taken seriously ill, and the next morning was utterly unable to proceed. I am sure he was not shamming, for he tried to get up and prepare for his journey.
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