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My remembrance of pie was almost as intangible as a pleasant dream might be some two days later. With care to escape observation, I made my way to the galley and knocked cautiously. "Who's dah?" asked softly the old cook, who had barricaded himself for the night according to his custom, and was smoking a villainously rank pipe. "It's Ben Lathrop," I whispered.
It was in the summer of 1840 that a traveler drove into the grove in front of the house at Knapp-of-Reeds, in the middle of a June afternoon, and uttered the usual halloo. He was answered after a moment's delay by a colored woman, who came out from the kitchen and exclaimed, "Who's dah?" It was evident at once that visitors were not frequent at Knapp-of-Reeds. "Where's Mr.
"I can run no farther, Jack," gasped Mr. Haydon, and pulled up. Jack whirled round, dah in hand, and stood at bay, his blood on fire to have a stroke at those who hunted them. The riders were now not more than a score of yards away, and coming on at the same furious speed. Scarce had Jack turned, when the leading horseman was upon him.
"How far?" I whispered. Joeboy shook his head, and seemed to feel puzzled how to answer the question. At last he raised his face and whispered, as he pointed forward: "Far as two sojers over dah," he said, "and far again." "Twice as far as the advance-guard," I interpreted his words to mean. At that moment the Colonel rode up, and Denham repeated the black's words.
Then six more rose and went slowly out of sight among the trees, and I felt that these must be going to form outposts to guard the little camp from attack. "Now, Mass' George," whispered Pomp "ah, look dah." I was already looking, and saw that about a dozen more left the fireside to go out in different directions, their tall dark figures passing out of sight among the trees.
I cried, as excited now as he, "this is a find." "See juss lit' bit ob um back up dah, Mass' George," he said. "Come try and get um down." I beat and pressed down the bushes as much as I could, and together we reached the stern of the boat; but as I touched it a fresh thought arose to damp my spirits. There was the boat, but in what condition was it?
"Jim, this is nice," I says. "I wouldn't want to be nowhere else but here. Pass me along another hunk of fish and some hot corn-bread." "Well, you wouldn't a ben here 'f it hadn't a ben for Jim. You'd a ben down dah in de woods widout any dinner, en gittn' mos' drownded, too; dat you would, honey. Chickens knows when it's gwyne to rain, en so do de birds, chile."
"Dah! you take doze straight along fo'ward." Then, dropping his voice to a whisper, he said, "Gimme yo' note." Knowing now that the cook approached every important matter by an extraordinarily indirect route, I had expected some such conclusion, and I held the note ready. "Go long," he said, when I had slipped it into his huge black hand. "Ah'll do it right."
Jack had half cut through the swordman's right arm, and the latter could no longer wield the heavy dah. "Come back a few steps, Jack!" cried his father. "They are meeting us on the flat, and that is to their advantage." Father and son darted up half a dozen steps from the landing, gained the sharp turn above, then faced about again. But no Kachin was following them.
But nemmine, I's gwine to happen aroun' dah one o' dese days en let on dat I reckon he wants to print a chillen's fingers ag'in; en if HE don't notice dey's changed, I bound dey ain't nobody gwine to notice it, en den I's safe, sho'. But I reckon I'll tote along a hoss-shoe to keep off de witch work." The new Negros gave Roxy no trouble, of course.
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