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He went briefly to the hotel, but there had been no calls for him. So he took a ground-cab to the cafe, which turned out to be a pretentious, garish one. Inside he made his way to that part of the long, busy bar presided over by a slim, blond man. Hanlon climbed onto a stool. "Gimme a good old Kentucky mint-julep, suh," he demanded, "an' be doggoned suah it's made right."
It's down by the lake. If you look out of your window you can see it." Dinah hurried across to her window, and evidently saw the reflection of the blaze, for she exclaimed: "Thank goodness it ain't yeah! Mah goodness, but I suah was skarit fo' a minute!" By this time Mr. Bobbsey had dressed, and had started downstairs. Bert came out of his room, also ready for the street.
Ah dunno fo' suah." Repeated efforts failing to extract more enlightenment from this source, Lanyard again shut himself in with the puzzle. Somebody had set a messenger boy to dog him and find out his name and address.
"But he suah does want to go wif yo' all pow'ful bad!" "I wish we could take Snap and Snoop!" said Bert. "Oh, dear boy, we couldn't think of it!" exclaimed his mother. "We have a long way to travel to get to the West, and we couldn't look after a cat and a dog. They'll be much better off here at home." "Snoop maybe will," argued Bert, "'cause he doesn't like to have rough fun the way Snap does.
His words were so imperative that we both left him, and I went back toward where the fighting was going on, with Han following me like a great black shadow, till, all at once, he touched me on the arm. "Yes," I said. "Mass' George won't go 'way an' leave his fader?" "No," I replied, fiercely. "We must get him away too, Han, and Pomp." "Suah, suah," said the great fellow, quietly.
Keep ask say `Are you suah? `Are you suah? Pomp going run away and lib in de tree. Nobody b'leeve Pomp." "Yes, some one does," I said, as I sat down beside him in the darkness; and for the first time I noticed that we were close to the tarpaulin and canvas spread over the powder-kegs. "No. Nobody b'leeve Pomp. Um wish Injum come and kill um."
That will make them think that I am still on board; while if there is no one on the deck aft they will soon guess that we have landed. "You understand all that we have been saying, Dominique?" "Me understand, sar, and tink him bery good plan. Me suah to find out which way dat rascal hab gone. Plenty of black fellows glad to earn two dollar to guide us. Dey no money here.
The 'coon was silent, but doubtless his eyes glowed maliciously as he squatted on a limb or in'a fork and surveyed the yelping crew below. "I sees 'im!" exclaimed one of the negroes, pointing upward, 'right on dat 'ere limb nigh whar it fo'ks, sah. Dat Mistah Coon, foh suah, 'deed it am!" exclaimed the discoverer.
"Come, auntie," he said impatiently at last, "you know I don't believe in this tom-foolery." She turned to him vehemently. "Don't go whar yo' thinkin' ob gwine, honey," she implored. "Yo'll nebber come back, foh suah foh suah! I see yo' lyin' dar, honey, in de dark valley whar de mists am risin' and I hears a bugle soundin' and de tramp of horses.
Why, sah, dey is twice as scornful ob a black man as de gentlemen in de Souf. I list in de army, sah, because dey say dey go to Richmond, and den I find Dinah and de boy." "Well, Tony, I little thought when I did you a service that it would be the means of you being able to save my life some day." "Not much in dat, sah. You sabe my life, because dey would, for suah, hab caught me and killed me.
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