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"You's de cap'n, and weder we 'gree to it or not, you mus hab your own way," continued Cyd. "Not at all. We'll have no captain here. We are not at sea, and we will all be equal. What we do will be for our own safety. I intend to keep my watch, and do my share of the work; so you needn't grumble, Cyd." "Possifus! Cyd neber grubble in his life."
"We can beat them off, as we did those last night." "Gossifus! Some ob us git killed for shore, if dey keep shooten wid de guns." "Better die than be taken, Cyd. We must believe this before we can be sure of success." "Dat's what I's gwine to do," added Quin. "Dis chile will fight till dey ain't notin lef ob him ye kin be shore ob dat." "Possifus!
"Colonel Raybone is not a bad man, after all," said Dan, as the Isabel filled away. "He wouldn't be, if he wasn't a slaveholder," replied Lily. "Possifus! I feel 'tickler sorry for ole massa, when he lay dar and couldn't help hisself," added Cyd. "If he could have helped himself, he wouldn't have lain there. I never saw such a change come over a man.
"Possifus!" exclaimed Cyd, when the table was ready, as he sat down upon the berth to observe the effect. "Dat's bery fine! Cyd, you'se gwine to set down to dat table. You'se a free nigger, now, Cyd, and jes as good as de best ob dem. Dar's de bread, dar's de pickles, dar's de butter, dar's de sugar, dar's de milk, dar's de salt, dar's de castor. Gossifus!
"Cyd!" exclaimed he, seizing the faithless sentinel by the collar. "Is this the way you keep watch?" "Possifus!" ejaculated Cyd, as he sprang to his feet. "I done been asleep." "Been asleep! I should think you had! Have you been snoring there all the afternoon?" "No, sar! Dis chile hain't been asleep more'n two minutes no, sar, nor more'n a minute and a half."
"He lives down this way somewhere I don't exactly know where. The Isabel, I think, came down here one year; if so, I am afraid they will know the boat." "Possifus!" exclaimed Cyd, who had been silently listening to this conversation. "Dey'll ketch us, for shore." "I'm not afraid of being caught; but Colonel Raybone almost always visits Mr. Lascelles in the month of May.
What do you suppose I got the guns for?" "Possifus! What you gwine to shoot?" "The dogs, of course. Luff a little luff! You are letting her fall off." "Luff 'em 'tis. See here, Dan. You be mighty keerful you don't hit de nigger." "Silence, now, and mind your helm! You are steering wild."
"If you can't hold your tongue, I'll throw you overboard!" "Possifus! Ugh! Wha wha wha " "Come, Cyd," interposed Quin, in a low tone, "don't make a noise. If you do, we shall all be lost." "Dis chile's awful skeered. I done wish I hadn't come," replied Cyd, in a gentler tone; but the words trembled on his lips. "Quin," said Dan.
"Hossifus!" exclaimed Cyd, aghast at the thought. "Wha wha wha " "Take the helm!" repeated the resolute skipper, with a decision which left no alternative for the boy. "Possifus! Dis chile don't want to set dar, and be shooted." "There is no more danger there than there is any where else. Take your place, and don't be a coward. If you want to be free, you must fight for it now." "Golly!
By this time Cyd returned with the bird which the sportsman had killed, and Dan announced the appalling fact that Colonel Raybone was on board of the steamer, and had recognized him and the boat. "Possifus!" exclaimed Cyd, leaping upon the deck of the Isabel. "Wha wha what we gwine to do?" "Take this gun, and do as I do," replied Dan, as he went into the cabin after the rifle.
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