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Gib a nigger fair play! cried the black, who continued resolutely to maintain his post, and making that appeal to the justice of his auditors which the degraded condition of his caste so naturally suggested. Eberybody know dat snap as good as fire. Leab it to Massa Jone leab it to lady. Sartain, said the wood-chopper; its the law of the game in this part of the country, Leather-Stocking.
Madison what the trouble is and tell him that I sent you, and that I am here. Do you understand?" "Yas'um, mum," said Sam impressively. "Just you done leab all that to me, missy." Across the track on the siding, the private car was dimly lighted, the window curtains down. Helena crossed the track and mounted the steps.
"We would have to carry food for them, and our space is very limited at best. I'm afraid you'll have to get rid of your chickens." "Couldn't I take mah Shanghai rooster?" begged the colored man. "He's a fine bird, an' maybe dem folks on Mars nebber seed a real rooster. I suah does hate to leab him behind." "Oh, I guess you could take him," agreed Mr. Roumann.
Ah done foun’ dat was de name ob a gemmun in yo’ pahty dat wasn’t wid yo’. Truax do as well as any odder name—yah! Now, Ah’s gwine leab yo’ heah t’ git a sleep. Ah’ll toss down some blankets. ’Pose yo’se’f and gwine ter sleep, honey. Don’t try to clim’ up outer dat, or dem dawgs’ll sho’ly jump down at yo’. Keep quiet, an’ go ter sleep, an’ de dawgs done lay heah an’ jest watch.
"No, but I have a friend," I answered; and told them how Macco had escaped from the pirates. Begging them to wait, I ran back to where I had left him at work. "Well den," he said, "we leab de boat for some oder person to build. I bery glad to see Potto Jumbo and my old friends." I ran back to the boat, Macco following me. We were soon on board, and pulling to the cutter.
He wuz sorry ter leab 'em, an' he didn' tell 'em nuffin' 'bout it fer fear dey'd make a fuss. But on Friday night Ben tuk all de bread an' meat dey wuz in de cabin an' made fer de woods. "W'en Sad'day come an' Ben didn' 'pear, an' nobody didn' know nuffin' 'bout 'im, Mars Marrabo 'lowed of co'se dat Ben had runned erway.
It was my duty when I found dat a case was ob de proper description to arrange for de flight, de man or de woman would come to my hut, and I would guide dem through de swamps, twenty-five mile away, to de house ob a clergyman, which was de next station. I would jus' knock in a 'ticular way at de door, and when dis was open leab de party dere and go straight away back to de swamp.
I can't eben keep a wife: my yuther ole 'oman wuz sol' away widout my gittin' a chance fer ter tell her good-by; en now I got ter go off en leab you, Tenie, en I dunno whe'r I'm eber gwine ter see you ag'in er no. I wisht I wuz a tree, er a stump, er a rock, er sump'n w'at could stay on de plantation fer a w'ile.
"Gone away! and whither?" "Don't know, mass'r. B'lieve she gone to de city. She leab last night in de night-time." "And " I hesitated a moment till my heart should still its heavy throbbings. "Aurore?" I interrogated with an effort. "'Rore gone too, mass'r; she gone long wi' Missa 'Genie." "Aurore gone!" "Yes, mass'r, she gone; daat's de troof."
"Sam Johnson, you jest turn dat hoss around quick," and she jerked at the reins herself. "You heah, Sam? Quick, I tells you. Get back to dat house. I'se forgot to bring to bring my lunch basket!" "Oh, never mind, Dinah," Mrs. Bobbsey interrupted. "We will have lunch on the train." "But I couldn't leab dat nice lunch I got ready fo' de chillen in between, missus," the colored woman urged.
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