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I went up w'at ez called de nine mile cut neah Tullahoma, en axed a 'oman ef she would let us hab sum bre'd. She gib me sum meat en bre'd, en tole me ter kum back. I went back home en we et sump'in, en I went back ter de 'oman's house, she gib me a sack ob flour en a big piece ob midlin' meat. We wuz skeered, bein' dere 'lone so I would set up wile mah br'ers slep', den I'd sleep in de daytime.
But it wuz all past now; under the shade of this noble old tree Mary sot down, happiness in her tired eyes, ontold relief in the weary heart on which the Child leaned. I believe they laid down there under the starry heavens and went to sleep; mebby the Star shone down on 'em as they slep', seein' they wuz safe now and Herod couldn't touch 'em even if he wuz clost to 'em.
I forget who sent it to us p'raps it was the Pasha of Egypt; anyhow we weren't sorry when the order was given to put the tiger ashore. "Well, the same day that we got rid o' the tiger we was sent aboard a Malay ship to flog one o' the men. "That night the whole ship's company slep' on deck as usual officers as well all but the cap'n, who had gone ashore.
An' a guy I talked to under the bridge where I slep' last night said a guy'd tole him they were goin' to clean the A. W. O. L.'s out o' Paris if they had to search through every house in the place." "If they come here they'll git somethin' they ain't lookin' for," muttered Chrisfield. "I'm goin' down to Nice; getting too hot around here," said Slippery. "I've got travel orders in my pocket now."
An' he's slep' an' waked up an' yawned an' snez an' wunk an' sniffed 'thout me sayin' a word. Opened an' shet his little fist, once-t, like ez ef he craved to shake hands, howdy! He cert'n'y does perform 'is functions wonderful. Yas, doctor; I'm a-comin', right now. Go to sleep now, honey, you an' him, an' I'll be right on the spot when needed. Lemme whisper to her thess a minute, doctor?
We was put under dem beds 'bout eight o'clock, an' we'd jes better not say nothin' er make no noise afte' den. All de cullud folks slep' on croker sacks full of hay er straw. "Did I ever see any niggers punished? Yessum, I sho' has. Whupped an' chained too. Day was whupped 'til de blood come, 'til dey back split all to pieces.
All the schooling Betty had had was at Mrs. Bute Crawley's Sunday school, and she could no more read writing than Hebrew. "La, Miss Briggs," the girl exclaimed, "O, Miss, something must have happened there's nobody in Miss Sharp's room; the bed ain't been slep in, and she've run away, and left this letter for you, Miss."
'E's always orl roight when 'e's slep' 'it orf." "He's hurt his legs," explained William. "He hurt his legs at the Blue Cow. He's jus' restin'!" Mrs. Brown swallowed and counted twenty to herself. It was a practice she had acquired in her youth for use in times when words crowded upon her too thick and fast for utterance. At last she spoke with unusual bitterness.
And then my letter sent off I begun to pack my hair trunk anew. Well, the day dawned gloriously. I spoze I must have slep' some, for when I opened my eyes I felt refreshed.
Boy tramps, looking tired already "Wish ye luck, gentlemen"; fat sailors and mutilated colliers playing organs 'Twas in Trafalgar Bay, and Come Whoam to thee Childer and Me; tatterdemalions selling the C'rect Card-"on'y fourpence, and I've slep' out on the Downs last night, s'elp me" and all the ragged army of the maimed and the miserable who hang on the edge of a carnival.
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