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Show TilE ADrENTURES OF IIUCI\.LEBERRl:r 1·1.Y~Y. han' it over to d right one, all safe en sonn', de way dat anyb ly dat had any gu1nption would? No-I take en wlw ·k de bill in t1.uo, en give half un it to you, en de yuth r half to <k yuth r woman. Dat' d way Soll ~ rrnnn was gwyn to do witl d c bile. Now I want to a. t you : \ ·\1 hat' de use er dat half :t hill ?-can ~t buy noth'n \vid it. En what n e is a half a ~hi l e? l wonld'n gi \·e a dern for a million un nrn ."' " But hang it, .1 itn, you ~v e clean 1nissed the point -blauw it, you\·e 1ni . d it a thou and Inile." "'\"ho? l\Ie? Go ~long. ])oan' talk to 'rne ·bout yo· pint.-. I reck~n I kno\Y::; . ensc when I . e . it; en dey ain~ no s n e in sich doin~s as dat. D ~spnte warn·t 'bout a half n <·hilc, de ·spnte was 'bout a whole chil ; en de man dat think h kin settle a ~.-put e 'bont a whole chile wid a half a chile doan know enough to corne in out'n de rain. Doan ~ talk to 111 ~bout Sollcnnun, Huck, I knows hin1 by de back."' "But I t ll you you don't get the point." "Bhnne d pint! I reck~n I know·::; what I ln!ow:-:;. Eu 1nine you, de ?~eal pint i down furder-it'::-; down deeper. It lay in de way Soll rmun was rai d. ) '"' ou take a 1nnn <lnt's got on'y one r two chillen; i, dat man gwyne to be ,,·ascfnl o' (·hill en ? No, he· ain't ; he can't 'ford it. He know how i o Ya1ne 'Cln. But you take a 1nan dat's got 'bout five 1nillion chill~n runnin roun' de hou · , en it'· diffunt. lie as soon chop a chil' in two a a cat. I>ey' plenty mo'. A chil er two, 1no' er 1 , warn't no consek ns to Sollermun, dad feteh hi1n ! " I never s e ·uch a nigger. If he got a notion in hi h ead once, there warn't no getting it out again. lie \Yas the most down on Solomon of any nigger I ever s e. So I went to talking about other king , and let Solomon slide. I told about Loui Sixteenth that got hi head cut off in :France long ti1ne ago ; and about his little boy the dolphin, that would a been a king, but they took and ~h nt hinl up in jail, and '0111 • ay h' died t.her . " ]>o' little chap.'' "But orne ·ays he got out an<l got away, and cornc to A1nerica.'' ' Dat's good ! Hut he'll b ' pooty loncsorn -dPy ain' 110 king" h re, is dey, l[uck?" " No.'' " J)en he cain't git no ·ituation . 'Yhn.t h gwyne to do:., "Well, I don't know. Soul' f thcn1 get · on the pol tee, and so1n of thern learn peopl how to talk French." "''Thy, Ifuck, doan' d French peopl' talk d au1e way we docs?" "}to, Jirn; you couldn t undcr~tnnd a word. th ·y aid-nul a sin ale \Vorcl." 0 l ',) ~ , " W )11, now, I be cling-bust 'd! 1 [o,\· clo < at c~1n: . " I don t know ; but it's o. 1 got sorn of th u· Jabber out of a book. S'po e a man wa t com' to yon and ay l)oll!)-'t}UV- 1 . I ? ., f1'Cl1Jzy- what would you t 1111 ~. " I woulcln' think nuff'n; 1 '<1 tak en bn t him OY r d< head. J)a.cl is, if he warn t white. l w uldn't l w no nigg r to call 1ne dat." "Hhnck , it ain·t calling you a.nyLhing. l L's nly t;aying do you know how to talk Fr nch." '''Yell, d n, why couldn~t h ay it?., "'Vhy, he is a-saying it.. That's a Fr nelnnan' way f t;ay.i ng . t ,, 1 • " Well, it's a blame' ridicklous way, en I <.loan' want to hear no mo' 'bout it. Dey ain' no ·en... in it." '' J.Jooky here, Jim; doe a cat talk lik we do?" "No, a cat don't." "Well, does a cow?'' " No, a. cow don·t, nutb r. |
