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Updated: June 27, 2025
"Keep silent," put in Euonymus, "an' see de counsel o' de Lawd ovehcome." Luke went. I pencilled another note. It requested my landlady to give Euonymus a hat, boots, and suit from my armoire and speed him back all she could. Rebecca gazed anxiously after this second messenger. Robelia, near by, munched blackberries.
"If you hurt that dog," he yelled, "I'll shoot you dead!" Up-stream the other two runaways were out on the gravel-bar, Euonymus behind Robelia and Robelia splashing ludicrously across the shoal, tearing off and kicking off in preparation for deep water sunbonnet, skirt, waist, petticoat, and howling in the self-concern of abject cowardice.
They said no more except to warn Luke of a bad piece of road about two miles on. Sure enough, in its very middle crack! we broke down. "De kingbolt done gone clean in two!" said Luke, and Robelia repeated the news explosively. "We'll leave the coach," I announced. "Fold the lap-robes on the backs of the two horses, for Rebecca and me. You-all can walk beside us."
"Oh, yes," I said, remembering Onesimus. With my parasol I indicated the other figure, sunbonneted, motionless, gazing on us through the brush. "Has she a Bible name too?" "Yass'm; Robelia." Robelia brought chin and shoulder together and sniggered. "Euonymus," I asked, "have you seen two young gentlemen, fishing, anywhere near here?"
Robelia waited on tiptoe. "Go fetch him," murmured Euonymus, "an' make has'e." "Wait! You're a good boy, Euonymus, ain't you?" "I cayn't say dat, mi'ss; but I'm glad ef you thinks so." "Y' is good!" said Robelia. "You knows you is!" "Never mind," I said; "do you belong to Zion?" The dark face grew radiant. "Yass'm, I does!" "Euonymus, how many more of you-all are there besides daddy and mammy?"
I thought he was going to claim every dud for Robelia. Not so. "We all thanks you mighty much, madam, but in fac', ef de trufe got to be tol' " "It hasn't got to be told me, Luke, if I " "Oh, no, madam, o' co'se. I 'uz on'y gwine say a-concernin' Euonymus "
I's qualified my soul to' dat, suh; yass'm." "Dogs?" "Yass'm, dawgs. Notinstandin' de dawgs come pass me roun' about, in de name o' de Lawd will I lif up my han' an' will perwail." "Have you only your hands?" "Da's all David had, ag'in lion an' bah." "True. Euonymus, I need a man's clothes." "Yass'm, on a pinch dey mowt come handy." Here Robelia came again, conducting "Luke" and "Rebecca."
Both messengers were on the box. Euonymus passed me my bundle of stuff. The coach turned round. Bidding Euonymus stay on the box I had Rebecca and Robelia take the front seat inside. Following in I remarked: "Good boy, that of yours, Luke." Luke bowed so reverently that I saw Euonymus's belief in me was not his alone.
But when I looked again at the absurd Robelia I saw I must help both alike. "Euonymus, did you ever drive a lady's coach?" "Me? No'm, I never drove no lady's coach." "Well, boy, I'm travelling in my own outfit." "Yass'm." "But I hire a new driver and span at each town and send the others back." "Yass'm," said Euonymus. Robelia came nearer.
"You knows you kin." "No, mi'ss, takin' all roads as dey come I ain't no ways fitt'n'; no'm." "Well, daddy's fitt'n'!" said the sun-bonnet. Euonymus flinched, yet smilingly said: "Yass, da's so, but I ain't daddy, no mo'n you is." "Well, us kin go fetch him in th'ee shakes." Euonymus flinched again, yet showed generalship. "Yass'm, us kin go ax daddy." I smiled. "Let Robelia go and you stay here."
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