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Very soon, about a dozen young imps were roosting, like so many crows, on the verandah railings, each one determined to be the first one to apprize the strange Mas'r of his ill luck. "He'll be rael mad, I'll be bound," said Andy. "Won't he swar!" said little black Jake. "Yes, for he does swar," said woolly-headed Mandy. "I hearn him yesterday, at dinner.
I'm goin' to ast you to turn that bussock-headed mule you're drivin' right around, and hit back for the Creek. You do this, Zip, an' I'll tell you what I'm goin' to do. I ain't no sentimental slob. I ain't got the makin's in me of even a store-mussed angel. See? But if you do this I swar to you right here I'm goin' to see your Jessie right.
Captain Bodine has lost his crutches, and his daughter is in a swoon. If you help us I will testify that you did the best you could under the circumstances." "All right, missus. I kin swar dat it ud been death to hab dun any oder ting." The carriage was brought, and men lifted into it the unconscious girl and the almost equally helpless veteran.
Den dey swar dat I a liar; dat dey know'd Massa Daniel; dat he fetched no niggas hyar from 'Hio. Den when dey say "'Hio," golly, I be glad; kase I could't smell out de name afore; forgot him clar, sho'. Den I say I comed from 'Hio awhile ago, an' stay wid you, kase I know'd you back dar in 'Hio. Den dey ax me w'at town I comed from. Den dey get me. I skea'd den.
An' I allus regarded them buffalo as Injun property. If it wasn't thet I seen this railroad means the end of the buffalo, an' the Indians, too, I'd never hev done it. Thet I'll swar." It was night when they reached their destination. How quiet and dark after Benton! Neale was glad to get there. He wondered if he could conquer his unrest. Would he go on wandering again?
It's a pity ye don't mean to stick to it for good, for I can swar that you would make one of the best hands on the Mississippi, in time." The journey down the river was continued next morning.
Den he out wid de paper an' read it ober ter me, an' shure 'nough, dar 'tis, dough I'll swar I nebber heerd nothin' on't afo'. Nebber hed no sech ting in de papers when de Bureau man drawed 'em up, dat's shuah." "How de debble yer come ter sign sech a paper, Berry?" said Nimbus. "Dod burned ef I know, Cousin Nimbus. Jes kase I don' know no better, I s'pose.
Mr. Middleton stopped smoking and said, "If you please, Bill, I’d rather say nothin’ about that now. I make it a rule never to swar Sundays, and if I got to goin’ it about Tempest and the way she used poor Dick, I should have to swar and no mistake. Mebby you think I’d better not swar any time." "Yes," answered William; "I should be glad if you would not.
"I was willin' enough to risk Injuns, but I was afear'd you'n Mas' Tom 'ud think Joe was a runaway nigger if I never comed back, an' dat troubled me. I fixed dat at las' by makin' Mas' Tom mos' swar he'd stick to it dat I wasn't no runaway nigger, an' den I sot out. I crossed de river in de little canoe an' hid her in de bushes.
Ye've time enuf yet to save yerself. Git out o' the clarin', an' thur'll be no harm done ye!" "I shall not go out of the clearing, until you've acknowledged my claim." "Then you'll niver go out o' it alive I swar by God! niver!" "You are determined, then, to be my murderer?" I again pronounced the word in the most emphatic tone.
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