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"Surely I am the afflictedest 'oman on G'liath Mounting! An' ter-morrer Brother Pete's wife an' his gals air a-comin', and I hed laid off ter hev raised bread." For "raised bread" is a great rarity and luxury in these parts, the nimble "dodgers" being the staff of life. "I never went ter do it," muttered Nick.
"When?" asked Angy faintly, feeling Abe's brow, but to her surprise finding it cool and healthy. "Ter-morrer!" proclaimed Samuel; whereupon Abe looked a little dubious and lifted up his two feet, wrapped as they were in the blanket, to determine the present strength of his legs. "Don't yer think yer'd better make it day after ter-morrer?" he ventured. "Or 'long erbout May er June?"
"But are you sure, my boy, that you ought to talk just like this, about your aunt?" Benny's eyes widened. "Why, that's all right, Mr. Smith. Ev'rybody in town knows Aunt Jane. Why, Ma says folks say she'd save ter-day for ter-morrer, if she could. But she couldn't do that, could she? So that's just silly talk. But you wait till you see Aunt Jane." "All right. I'll wait, Benny."
Jeff Wobbles, 't ain' no kin' ob 'liance till I see dat gole an' hab some ob it too!" Jeff had to succumb like many a higher-born suitor before him, with the added chagrin of remembering that he had first suggested the purely businesslike aspect of his motive. "Berry well; meet me here ter-morrer night when I whistle like a whip-o'-will. But yer ain' so smart as yer tink yer are, Suky.
"Aun' Peggy heared his tale, en den sez she: "'Dat cunjuh man is mo' d'n twice't ez ole ez I is, en he kin make monst'us powe'ful goopher. W'at you needs is a life-cha'm, en I'll make you one ter-morrer; it's de on'y thing w'at'll do you any good. You leabe me a couple er ha'rs fum yo' head, en fetch me a pig ter-morrer night fer ter roas', en w'en you come I'll hab de cha'm all ready fer you.
"A what?" demanded the old man, straightening his bent back with difficulty. "A little girl to live with Miss Polly." "Go on with yer jokin'," scoffed unbelieving Tom. "Why don't ye tell me the sun is a-goin' ter set in the east ter-morrer?" "But it's true. She told me so herself," maintained Nancy. "It's her niece; and she's eleven years old." The man's jaw fell. "Sho!
They's some things I must say, but I'll rest ter-night, an' tell ye ter-morrer." Nancy looked the fear that she felt, and Mrs. Ferris hastened to reassure her. "Ye're safe here, Nancy," she said. "There ain't nobody here ter harm ye. Like 'nough Sue remembered ter tell ye 'bout yer Uncle Steve." Nancy nodded, and was about to speak when Mrs.
He had strained every nerve, yet here he was behind the children-pickers, behind the gray old women stiff with rheumatism and broken with childbearing and with doing men's work. "Sixty-three pounds!" the overseer said with a threatening tone. "Min' yer git a heap higher'n that ter-morrer, yer yaller raskel!
"'Ole Nick done sont 'im back ter Mars Dunkin, who had fotch 'im heah fer ter pay a gamblin' debt ter Mars Jeems, sez Solomon, 'en I heahs Mars Dunkin has sol' 'im ter a nigger-trader up in Patesville, w'at 's gwine ter ship 'im off wid a gang ter-morrer. "Ole Aun' Peggy 'peared ter git rale stirred up w'en Solomon tol' 'er dat, en sez she, shakin' her stick at 'im:
"You Zekle White!" she cried out, snatching herself from his arm and bestowing a rousing slap on his face. "I knowed ye wouldn't give me one, so I tuck it jest so. Good-night tell ter-morrer, Mandy Calline; I'm goin' home 'n' dream erbout ye." The next morning dawned bright and soft. A perfect September morning. Father Tyler and the boys were at the lot feeding and milking.
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