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Colonel Marchbanks, Manuela, and the fair Mariquita followed. Antonio, Spotted Tiger, the sportsman and his friend came next, and Lawrence with Quashy and Sooz'n brought up the rear. In this order they set off at full gallop over the roadless plains, diverging a little here and there as the nature of the ground required, but otherwise steering a straight line in the direction of the rising sun.
Descriptions, however graphic or faithful, are for the most part misleading and ineffective. Who ever went to a town or a region, and found it to resemble the picture of it which had been previously painted on his imagination by description? For an account of Buenos Ayres we refer the inquiring reader to other books. Our business at present is with Quashy and "Sooz'n."
"I knows dat, Sooz'n, not even a nigger." "Ob course not," continued Susan; "so what does massa do, but goes off straight to Kurnel Muchbunks, an' he says, says he, `Kurnel, you's a beggar." "No, Sooz'n, he di'n't say dat. Dough you says it wid your own sweet lips, I don' beliebe it." "Right, Quashy. You's allers right," returned the bride, with a beaming smile. "I made a 'stake das all.
I says, if it's poss'ble for me to be found in dis worl', Quashy's de man to found me." "'Zactly so!" said the gratified negro. "Now, Sooz'n, tell me. Is you free to go 'way wid me?" "Yes. I's kite free.
"But come, Sooz'n, da'ling," said Quashy, starting as if he had just recollected something, "you said you was gwine to tell me suffin as would make my hair stan' on end. It'll be awrful strong if it doos dat, for my wool am stiff, an' de curls pritty tight." "Yes, I comed here wid you a-purpose to tell you," replied the bride, "an' to ax your 'pinion. But let's go ober to dat seat in de sun.
"But what happen arter dat, Sooz'n?" "Nuffin happen. Only poor massa he look bery sad, an' says, says he, `Kurnel, I's come to say farewell. It's time enough to speak ob dat when you comes back. It's bery kind ob you to sabe my darter's life, but an' den he says a heap more, but I cou'n't make it rightly out, I was so mad."
"No, but of nobility of mind and heart," replied the youth, with much enthusiasm. In which feeling he was earnestly backed up by Quashy, who, with eyes that absolutely glowed, said "You's right, massa sure an' sartin! Modesty am de grandest t'ing I knows. Once I knowed a young nigger gal what libbed near your fadder's mill Sooz'n dey calls 'er an' she's so modest, so oh!
I should hab said dat massa he said, says he, `Kurnel Muchbunks, says he, `I's a beggar." "Dat was a lie, Sooz'n," said Quashy, in some surprise. "I's afeard it was," assented Susan, gravely. "Well, an' what says de kurnel to dat?" asked the saddened negro, with a sigh.
"Ha! wantin' to keep up a leetle innercence?" "Jest so, Sooz'n, but I couldn't help hearin' a good deal somet'ing like dis: "Says Massa Lawrence, says he, `Arternoon, Miss Muchbunks. `Ditto to you, sir, says Manuela " "No, she didn't say dat," interrupted Susan, with decision.
"Sooz'n," he said, "de white folk is past my compre'nshin altogidder, an' I ha'n't got words to tell you how t'ankful I am dat you an' me was born black." "Das true, Quash. We's got reasin to rejoice. But what went wrong?" "What went wrong? why, my lub, eberyt'ing went wrong. Look here, dis was de way ob it.
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