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He scratched the back of his head thoughtfully, and answered with careful deliberation. "Durn it, I didn't jine ye till after ye'd started, an' I reckon as how it took me all o' tew mile ter git this yere blame muel up ter whar I cud talk. Thar's quite a smart bunch, but they hed some pickets out, an' I cudn't git close 'nough ter tell zackly.
By a supreme effort of will, which God has made sovereign over the emotions, she calmed her beating heart and considered what was best to be done. "Mose, you are quite sure you have told me all you heard?" "Yes, Miss Viola, I is, kase de wo'ds made such a 'pression on mah mind dat I 'members dem zackly." "You are certain they selected Tuesday night for their wicked acts?"
I don' know why zackly 'cep' maybe it warnt so healthy for 'em 'roun' Livingston. Dey didn' go to de War or nothin'. I 'spec' nice white folks talked 'bout 'em an' wouldn' have nothin' to do wid 'em. So dey took an' went to Texas an' took my pappy wid 'em. But after de War he come back to us, walked mos' all de way frum Texas. He rented some lan' frum Mr. Ragsdale.
"Well, master," he said, "if you gen'lemen as never gets yourselves wet can bear 'em, I should think I can. Let me go, sir, please." Sir Godfrey hesitated. "Well, my lad," he said, "I must warn you of the risks of what you ask. We both go with our lives and liberties in our hands." "All right, sir; and I'll take my life and liberty in my hand, though I don't zackly know what you mean."
"I can't skacely call to mine 'zackly w'at dey did do, but dey spoke speeches, en hollered, en cusst, en flung der langwidge 'roun' des like w'en yo' daddy wuz gwineter run fer de legislater en got lef'. Howsomever, dey 'ranged der 'fairs, en splained der bizness. Bimeby, w'ile dey wuz 'sputin' 'longer one er nudder, de Elephant trompled on one er de Crawfishes.
"But dere's a chorus," said Moses, looking round doubtfully. "What o' that? We'll do our best with it if it ain't too difficult." "Oh, it's not diffikilt, but if de lazy fellers among you sings de chorus dey'll be singin' lies, an' I don't 'zackly like to help men to tell lies. Howseber, here goes. It begins wid de chorus so's you may know it afore you has to sing it."
Wright?" asked Willis in a voice that betrayed his excitement. Willis had been thinking very rapidly as Dad told his story. What was there in this strange tale that so fascinated him, and made him want to cry aloud? He had never felt so strange before. "Why, I don't 'zackly recollect," replied Dad. "It was Kankakee or Kangaroo, er some sech name.
"Wal, I 'clar, now, jes de quarest ting ob 'bout all dis matter o' freedom is de way dat it sloshes roun' de names 'mong us cullud folks. H'yer I lib ober on de Hyco twenty year er mo' nobody but ole Marse Potem an' de Lor', an' p'raps de Debble beside, know 'zackly how long it mout hev been an' didn't hev but one name in all dat yer time.
"I'm on a raft of my own. Have you one, Snowball?" "Ya, massa Ben, ya! I make um out o' de wreck an de water-cask." "Are ye all alone?" "Not 'zackly dat. The pickaninny be long wi' me, de cabing gal. You know de lilly Lalee?" "Oh! she it be!" muttered Ben, now remembering the little cabin passenger of the Pandora. "You bean't movin', be you?"
"Sho nuff, Brer Fox look over de bank, he did, en dar wuz n'er Fox lookin' at 'im outer de water. Den he retch out fer ter shake han's, en in he went, heels over head, en Brer Tarrypin bubble out: "'I-doom-er-ker-kum-mer-ker!" "Was the Fox drowned, Uncle Remus?" asked the little boy. "He weren't zackly drowndid, honey," replied the old man, With an air of cautious reserve.
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