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When we got dar he gabe me a quarter an' tole me to loaf roun' until de races was called. Dis war jus' what I wanted, fur I knowed dat de Skylarks who used to own Vina libbed at Platte City, an' I t'ought likely some ob dem mought be at de races.
"Of course they were. What was it about, Becky?" "May-day, flowers and queens and baskets." "Oh, my! Well, tell us how they said it, Becky." "I tole yer they warn't funny; they warn't o' that kind that peeks through them long stick glasses and puckers up their lips. They talked straight 'long, and said very int'restin' things," said Becky. "Well, tell us; tell us what 'twas," exclaimed Lizzie.
I was over to Lem Hudlow's to ask if he had any hogs stole last night Lem lives nigh the poorhouse, you know. He said he hadn't missed any an' ast me if any hogs had been found. I tole him no, not that I knowed of, but I jest thought I'd ask; I thought mebby he'd had some stole. You never c'n tell, you know, an' it pays to be attendin' to business all the time.
The parson in his drawing-room did not make a more imposing appearance than did his servant on this occasion. "I jis bin had my fortune tole last Sunday night," said Sam, while helping one of the girls. "Indeed!" cried half a dozen voices. "Yes," continued he; "Aunt Winny tole me I's to hab de prettiest yallah gal in de town, and dat I's to be free!"
That in the middle was the engine house, with the sawmill on the left and the flour mill on the right. Ambrose and Tole made for the engine which was housed in a little structure of corrugated iron. The door faced the sawmill. It was an iron sliding door, fastened with hasp and padlock.
If Annie had remembered that the boy Plez, in a clean jacket and long white apron, officiated as waiter, she would not have said this, but then she would have lost some information. "Ole miss not gone to stay," he said, with the license of an untrained retainer. "She gone to Howlettses, an' she done tole Aun' Letty she'll be back agin dis ebenin'."
He tole me I'd got to ride libelier dan dat ef I meant to git to de Leavenworth ferry 'fo' de boat made its last trip for de day; and I knowed dat as well as he did. "I foun' little John Brown waitin' fur me jus' whar I tole her to hide: she was too skeered to go home, fur she knowed dey would gib her a lickin' fur runnin' away.
Sure an' I tole ye they'd kill ye!" "But they didn't," muttered FitzPatrick with a gleam of humour. "Sure 'twas not their fault nor yer own!" Hours later, as it seemed, they moved slowly in the direction of camp. The cold had stiffened FitzPatrick's cuts and bruises. Every step shot a red wave of torture through his arteries to his brain. They came in sight of camp. It was silent.
Scipio tole us he'd trust his bery life wid you. 'Well, perhaps he might; it's true I would not injure you. Saying that, I turned away, though my curiosity was greatly excited to hear more. I wandered farther into the woods, and a half-hour found me near one of the turpentine distilleries.
"What's plasterin'?" "I dono. Hit's what he calls it. 'Ole Mam Higgins, she tole me. She say she wasn't gwyne to hang out in no sich a dern hole like a hog. Says it's mud, or some sich kind o' nastiness that sticks on n' covers up everything. Plarsterin', Si calls it." This marvel was discussed at considerable length; and almost with animation.
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