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"Folks up yit?" asked Judkins. "Dressing, seh." "Goin' ter feed 'em in there?" "Not dis mohnin'. Dey'll breakfas' at de hotel. Carriage here yit?" "Not yit. I s'pose ol' Hucks'll drive over for 'em," said the agent. "Dey's 'spectin' some one, seh. As fer me, I gotta live heah all day, an' it makes me sick teh think of it." "Heh!" retorted the agent, scornfully; "you won't git sick.
"When the slaves got freed, they wasn't expecting to get nothing that I knows of 'cept what they worked for. They weren't spectin' no forty acres and a mule. Who was goin' to give it to 'em? The Rebs? They didn't give 'em nothin' but what they could put on their backs I mean lashes. "Blount had stocks that he used to put them in. The stocks had hinges on one side and latches on the other.
Lemme see," the twinkle deepening, "didn't the gals say yew was a 'spectin' somebody ter-day? Law, I ain't saw Cap'n Sam'l fer ten year or more. I guess on these here poppin' trips o' his'n he hain't wastin' time on no men-folks. But, Blossy, yew better give me a chance ter talk to him this arternoon, an' mebbe I'll speak a good word fer yer."
"Certainly, Rad." "An' is yo' 'scuse me but is yo' expectin' me fo' t' follow yo'?" "Certainly, Rad." "Den, all I's got t' say is dat yo' is 'spectin' too much. I ain't gwine t' bury mahse'f alive not yit." "But, Rad, this is where the gold images are. If you don't come down with us you won't get any gold." "Am dat so? No gold?" The colored man scratched his head.
I was 'spectin' the gov'ment boat 'long most every day, and so couldn't cum any sooner." Albert read the letter and gave a low whistle. "Frye must have been either very hard up when he wrote," he said, "or else the other parties are crowding him and this is his last effort to fleece you. I have heard that he has been speculating in wheat lately, and it may be he has got caught.
I made two dollars an' five an' threppence out'n the Scott party last week; an' I hear tell uv some new folks on Franklin Street gwine give a big party, an' I'm spectin' somethin' out uv dat. Lawdy, Lawdy, Mahs William," she added, after a pause given to reflection, "hit certainly does 'muse me to see how some 'r dese people done come up. But they kain' fool me.
"This is yer Aunt Debby Brill," said Fortner, dryly, "who ye came so fur ter see, an' who's bin 'spectin' ye quite anxiously." "Ye're very welcome, my dear," said Aunt Debby, after a moment's inspection which seemed to be entirely satisfactory. "Jest lay off yer things thar on the bed, an' come out ter supper. I know ye're sharp-set.
"I had some very important business to transact," Patricia answered loftily, the mantle of her aunt's manner still enveloping her. "I guess I'll go put my apron on now." Sarah sniffed indignantly, "You needn't tell me dere ain't some foolishness afoot," she declared. "What time was you-un 'spectin' the comin' cer'mony to commence?" she asked, when Patricia came in to her solitary dinner.
But somebody better pen dis yer nigger boy up w'en I'm on de town I kin tell you dat." "DEY tells me you done jine de chu'ch," said Uncle Remus to Pegleg Charley. "Yes, sir," responded Charley, gravely, "dat's so." "Well, I'm mighty glad er dat," remarked Uncle Remus, with unction. "It's 'bout time dat I wuz spectin' fer ter hear un you in de chain-gang, an', stidder dat, hit's de chu'ch.
"Well, when we discharge pigwidgeon, your friend with the bell shape Jack Sheep yer all you got to do, Levin, is to send the hard cole to your mother by him, sayin', 'Bless you, marm; my wages will excoos my face!" "Oh, yes, that will do. Mother will know by the money that I have got a long job, and not be a 'spectin' of me. When do we sail, cap'n?" "How fur is it to Prencess Anne?
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