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In the darkness Chunk found an opportunity to summon Jute aside and say, "Free er fo' ob you offer ter stay wid ole Perkins. Thet he'p me out." Perkins accepted the offer gladly, and they agreed to watch at his door and in the little hallway. "You mus' des tie up dat ar dawg ob yourn," first stipulated Jute. "Why, whar in is the dog? Hain't yeared a sound from 'im sence the 'sturbance begun."
Why I might have bin burnt up in my own bed! Dere's de lamp broke carpet burnt pots and skillets hauled out of the closet ebery ting turned upside down; why dere's bin a reg'lar 'sturbance down here," she continued, as she surveyed the apartment.
His teeth began to chatter like castanets, and snatching his jug of corn whiskey he swallowed great draughts. "We des tink you orter know 'bout dis," said Jute. "Cert'ny," cried Perkins in his sudden flame of false courage. "I'll light a lantern and take twenty o' you hands round that place. Ef thar's a cuss yonder makin' this 'sturbance we'll roast 'im alive."
But even while she is hoping it, the large blue policeman is saying something about "'Sturbance of the peace" to the desk-sergeant, and Oliver is going down on the blotter as Donald Richardson. "You simply must not worry yourself about it so, Nancy, my darling," says Mrs. Ellicott brightly.
Brer Fox, he so smart, he holler out, he did, en say he lay Brer Rabbit got de groun'-eatch, but Brer Rabbit, he sorter shet one eye, he did, en say, sezee: "'I bin so useter ridin' hoss-back, ez deze ladies knows, dat I'm gittin' sorter tender-footed; en dey don't hear much mo' fum Brer Fox dat day, kaze he 'member how Brer Rabbit done bin en rid him; en hit 'uz des 'bout much ez Miss Meadows en de gals could do fer ter keep der snickers fum gittin' up a 'sturbance 'mong de congregashun.
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