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Yes" Rouletta nodded happily "take him with you, 'Poleon out where things are clean and healthy and where he can get a new start. Oh, you make me very happy!" The woodsman laid a big hand gently over hers. In a low voice he murmured: "Dat's all I want, ma soeur to mak' you happy. If dat claim is wort' million dollar' it ain't too much to pay, but I'm scare' she's 'noder bum."
"But where is there another canoe?" I asked, not seeing one near. "Never mind, Massa Walter," he answered; "shove off shove off, I say;" and running the canoe down to the water, he forced us both into it, putting a paddle into the hand of each. "Dere, dere, you go off; I come off in 'noder canoe! Go, go! I say, go!"
It took over two hours to cover it, but late that day they reached the Schroon. Here the Dutchman said "Good-bye: Coom again some noder time." Skookum saluted the farmer with a final growl, then Rolf and Quonab were left alone in the wilderness. It was after sundown, so they set about camping for the night. A wise camper always prepares bed and shelter in daylight, if possible.
I throw him in, and den I throw plenty large pieces rock on him till I no see him any more; den I take de two mules and get on mine wid de dollars, and lead the other three four mile, till I come to a large wood take off him saddle and bridle, turn him adrift. Den I tear up all clothes all in lilly bits, hide one piece here, noder piece dere, and de saddle and bridle in de bush.
"You black rascal, you know well enough I was not there that I was not within five miles of the spot, either to-day, yesterday, or for ten days back!" "Berry true, maussa; if you no dere, you no dere. Hob nebber say one ting when maussa say 'noder."
Noder tam he get mad on one voyageur, but he don' keel heem queek; he bring heem here, mak' heem stay in dose warm room, feed heem dose plaintee grub. Purty soon dose voyageur is get fat, is go sof'; he no good for dose trail. Ole man he mak' heem go ver' far off, mos' to Whale Reever. Eet is plaintee cole. Dat voyageur, he freeze to hees inside. Dey tell me he feex heem like dat."
The negroes gathered from other points to examine the canoe, and, hearing that I was from the north, one grizzly old darky begged me to "carry" his complaints to Washington. "De goberment," he said, "has been berry good to wees black folks. It gib us our freedom, all berry well; but dar is an noder ting wees wants; dat is, wees wants General Grant to make tings stashionary.
Never I quite get not'in'; always I'm close by when 'noder feller mak' strike." Pierce still managed to control himself enough to explain: "They were shooting dead timber down into the gulch and they wore the snow off where the rim cropped out. It happened to be staked ground right there." Pierce's excitement, the odd light in his dancing eyes, bore to 'Poleon a significance.
I stan' an' yell lak one beeg fool me. Up come beeg feller on buckboard on noder side. Beeg blam-fool jus' lak boss. Not 'fraid noting. Hees trow rope cross saddle. De ole boss hees win' heem roun' de horn. Poof! das upset dat pony once more. Hees trow hees feet up on water, catch ole boss on head an' arm, knock heem right off to blazes.
"Bress my soul, if I cook noder one," he growled, angrily, turning round to depart. "Come back here, cook; here, hand me those tongs; now take that bit of steak there, and tell me if you think that steak cooked as it should be? Take it, I say" holding the tongs towards him "take it, and taste it."
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