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You ought seen some vem ole times me an Mist' Richard use to have 'ith Mist' Will " "Joe!" "Yessuh." "I want three more juleps and I want them right away." The troubled expression upon the coloured man's face deepened. "Mist' Richard say jes' one, suh," he said reluctantly. "I'm afraid " "Joe." "Yessuh."
"May I spend the night here, my man?" asked the stranger. "Yessuh yessuh!" answered Uncle Jake, quickly, and opening the gate he stepped out and caught the bridle near the bit, as the horseman swung out of the creaking saddle to the ground.
As he was about to slip his reins over the back of an iron chair on the lawn, a shriek in a high pitched negro voice pierced his ears from a half shuttered dormer-window in the east wing. "Fo' de Lawd, hit's de ha'nt er ole marster! Yessuh Yessuh, I'se a-comin' I'se a-comin'."
Maids and scrubwomen were at work under the patently nominal direction of another Pullman porter, who was profoundly enjoying his own affectation of being harassed with care. "Ev'ything got look spick an' span fo' the big doin's to-night," Bibbs's guide explained, chuckling. "Yessuh, we got big doin's to-night! Big doin's!"
His brow wrinkled, as though he were trying to express a thought for which he had no words. "Yo' notice dat, too, suh?" he asked. "Why, yessuh, Cunnel; Ah don' know 'zackly how t' say hit, but dey is som'n, at dat. Hit seems like ... like a kinda ... a kinda blessedness." He chuckled. "Dat's hit, Cunnel; dey's a blessedness. Wondeh iffen Ah's gittin' r'ligion, now?"
"Seem like I rickalect SOMEBODY got name good deal like what I say, 'cause some mighty blue-vein names at 'at dinnuh-potty, yessuh! But I on'y git to be 'nouncer one time, 'cause Fanny tellin' me nex' fam'ly have dinnuh-potty make heap o' fun.
Sheridan waited until he heard the sound of the outer door closing; then he rose and pushed a tiny disk set in the wall. Jackson appeared. "Has Bibbs got home from work?" "Mist' Bibbs? No, suh." "Tell him I want to see him, soon as he comes." "Yessuh." Sheridan returned to his chair and fixed his attention fiercely upon the newspaper.
"Take this to Miss Margaret, Snowball, and bring me an answer here as soon as you can." "Yessuh." The black boy was not gone long. Chad saw him go up the steps, and in a few moments he reappeared and galloped back. "Ole Mistis say dey ain't no answer." "Thank you, Snowball."
When he reached the camp of the cavalry at the foot of the hill again, a soldier called his name as he passed a grimy soldier and Grafton stopped in his tracks. "Well, by God!" It was Crittenden, who smiled when he saw Grafton's bewildered face. Then the Kentuckian, too, stared in utter amazement at a black face grinning over Grafton's shoulder. "Bob!" he said, sharply. "Yessuh," said Bob humbly.
"Honey, my Law!" he exclaimed, "But yo' pa de 'ceivin'dest man! He mighty proud er you!" "Proud of me!" She turned to him in astonishment. Nelson's laughter increased. "Hain't be jass de 'ceivin'dest man! Yessuh, he de sot-uppest man in dis town 'count what you done last night. What he say dis mawn', dat jass his way!" "Ah, no!" said Miss Betty, sadly. "Yes'm!
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