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Show 1:! 1 .... \\rhy it\; fronl ~t . Pri erRbnrg -it':-; f ro1n Ris. ,. [ allowed <n1ot ltC'r walk \ronl<l do nlP good; but I couldn't • t I· 1". I~tlf h fore she could break it op<'n, :h <lropp<'<l it and run - for sit<' sPe H>Inct hing. A nrl. s did I . It was Torn ~aw\<' 1" 011 a nwttrr.-. ~ a1Hl that old doctor; and Ji1n, in he;· enlico ~tn':--:4, with hi hcnl(ls tietl bcl1iu<l hi1n; and a ]oL of ]><'oph'. I It ill t lt<' lett r bt·l1ind i he Jir:4i 1 hi11g thai COllH' handy, and rn~lH'tl. SlH' flun<r ll<'r '('lf at 'l\>1n, crying, aud says: '" Olt, he\; (kacl, hl;:4 dead, l know h '. <lrad! '' .And Tmn he t nrnt'd hi~ head a little, an<l nntU (•red sol)wthinrr or other \\hich show<'<l he warn't in his rigid Jllincl; h ' then sll<' flung np lt('l' hcmd:-: aiHl says: "" }[p\ n1iY<', th:111k God! Aud that".· enough!" and she :--natehPd a kis of him, and flew for t hP hou. e to gl'i 11H· bPd rl'ady, and scat t eriug orc1<•r. rigl d and left at the nigg·<'r~ nnd everybody <·lse, a:-- fa~t Hs b<•r io11gn<' COLlld go, vPry jump of thP \\(ly. I foltow<'Ll tll(' 1nen to 't' \rhnt i"h<>y was going to <1o wit It .li1n ~ and t h<\ old doctor and nuc](' f-'ilas follow 'd aft (' l' Tom into 1 hP hon:t•. Tltt' llH'll was V<·ry huffy and I 'OHH' of i IH'ln \\;,ndPcl to hang .li1n, fol' au exmnple· to all thr otlH'r 11igg<'l'.' arotnicl tht·rc, ~·o tlH'Y wouldn't br trying to run a\ray, likP Jin1 don<', and 1naki1lg such a raft of t ron1Jlc, and k< cping a whole fmnily ~ ·carPd Jno~t to d<•nth for days and nighi:4. But tl1e othL'l't) ~aid, don't do it, it \Youlch1·t ans\V<'r at all, h<' aill'i our nigg<.'r, and his ownPr would 1 urn up a11cl1nake us pay for him, sun . Bo that cool<'d t h •u1 denvn a lit. tl(', b cau 'P i hP peopl<' that·~ always the n1o~i anxious for i o hang a nigg \r thai haiH't dm1o jn~t right, is always ill<' very onPs that ain't tire mo~i m1xiou~ to pay for l1in1 wh<'ll i lwy 'vc' got their satisfaction out of hin1. TIH·y ('tlSS<'<l ,J in1 em1siderbh', though, a11d give hi1H a cuff or two, :--id<· t.lH' heac1 onrt in a \Yhih·, bnt Jin1 ll<'VCr .·aid Till~' 1JOOTOR'8 STORr. nothing, and he lH'\.<'1" ld on io know lll<', an<l ilH·y to k hin1 to i hP I run cabin, and put hi ovn1 clothes on h i1n, an(l clJaiiu·d hi1n again, and not to 110 b<'<l-1 g thil-i tinu', but to a l1ig l-itapl<· drove into the' botioiJl log a1Hl chained his ha11d:-:, ioo, and both lt'gs, and said hr wan1~t to have' 11othing lHd L>n·ad cllld watpr to ai, after i11i:-:, till his OWlll'l' eonl<' or hP \V<l. ' l-iold nl auction, becan C' ll<' didn't come i11 a C'<'rlain lt'llo·tll of tirn<' h ' ·and fill eel np ur hol<>, and said a onpk of f~tnlH'l's with gt111s mu:-;t stancl \Vatch <ll'Olllltl aboni the cabin ('\·e·1·'v 11icrld mula ,...., , bull-don· ti<'d i o ill<' door in i he' day-time; and ahont t hi · t i1ne• they was ihrono·l1 with tht' job and Wal-i taperi11g off with a kin< I of generJ rroocl-by<· cn:-:~iurr, <nHl ilH'll the' olcl doctor '<>lll<'~ mHl takes a look, and :--ay:-: : "Don't bC' no roncrher on hi1n tha11 you're ohl<'<'o·l'tl to b ' because he ain't a had nigg('r. \V1H'l1 I got to wher , I found 1 he boy, I '<' I eonld11'L cut i hC' hnll t out \Vit hont , ontP hPlp, and hP warn't in no condition for JnP tl> leavt', to bcro and crct '- b h<'lp; and he· got a lit tlP wm·l-i<' and a lit ilP worse, anti aft<·r a long tinH' h<' w 1li out f l1 is h ad, ancl \Votd du't 1 t J1H' cmn<' anigh hi1n, any nlOl'(', and .aid jf I chalkl·cl his raft he\l kill me·, and no end of \vil<l fooli hness like that, and I s('e I couldn't. do nnyt hing at all wi 1 h hi1n ; so I says, I goi l o ha \'(' h P[p, I omchow; and th<' Jninut<\ I says it, ont cra\vll-i 1 his niger 'r front . ·omPwhcn'. ·, an(l say:-: h 'Jl he' lp, and he don ' it, i oo, a11< l donP it very well. Of cour.'<' I J·n<l<rcd he mu~ t b<' a rn11away uicro'<'r, • ~ bb and there I 1ua .' and th<'n' I had to .·tick, rio·ht straight alo11g all the r Ht of tl1P day, and all11ight. T t was a fix, I t 11 you! I had a couple of patient.· with t lH' chill:, and of course I'd of liked to run up to t wn and s<'e them, bnt I dasn 'i, b<'cause the· nigger ntight get away, aud t hrn l \l b<~ to bla1ne; and yet nev r a :kiff comP elo '(1 nongh for InC' to hail. So tl1 er ~ I hacl to tick, phunh till daylight thi: 1norning ; and I lH'V( r spp a nigger that \va: a bPtt er nu~ , or fait hfull r, an (l yei It~ wa · |