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Show 18 . : nO E B t'~" G l{ · "you haYe your eye on an other woman at Squire Anderson's." . spoke to his Jinny, "I.Jord, l\Iast~r, I have never but once." n you are tired of one "I understand you, Be · . arrieJ to Nancy, wife and ·want anot her. You are m t stay ,vith her. 1 'ld. You n1us and have two c u 1 en. t uarrel ,vith her. You make religion an excused ~ qband ouo-ht, and You lnust treat her as a goo 1U ll·.r e o If vou lf a O'OO<. 'v 1~ . J she shall behave hers~ as tl . b overseer to switch sw1' tc 1'·1 her aoo -ain I'll direcBt len c ,, . you. Go to y~ur 'vorlc eg~for~ the Colonel the Another pollee case canle b . a .. the sub-same <~ny, that may be ~vo~·th 1I~epor~:.~~~ve~ On this . 'll . n,a J.ln In t us nal ]. ect of 1t " '1 appem ' L< o . · e to inter- ,o ccasion he cmne rnnnl· nno- up frotn aI Ira v1n s a tall fel-cept hi.' lnaster as l le ro uc alodn Oo'b ll te- hweaad . On hi& low ·w·ith a powerful franle an ~ u ~ f.· o- of rav· head he \VOre noth I. ng b u t a c1rc. ula1 f nn nhoaet Even h. h h l been the run o ~.4- • elled stra\V 'v 10 ac · 1 astcr. this he doffed as he approached Ius n "vVhat's the matter, J uba ~" "I's J"is gwine to find you, l\1 a stcr." "Where do you con1e f rom no\v '.2 " , " Front d e b U ·h l\Iaster clat's de truth. 5 ' ' h CZ'' " Liovv lon 0' have you been in the bus . r o d , "J\1i.o-hty nio-h on to three ays. 0 0 J b '2" '' Why did you run away, . u a . . me,, "'Case de overseer 'vas g\~In~ t~ ~~~hlp . "Di<.ln't you deserve a "\Vhipplnb . ' l'k to bo " I reckon I did, Master, but I don t 1 e f a 'vhipped by dat overseer no 1l ~'v. lie's cdo hmee d0o n't nlighty mean family ~f poo~, wlnte folks an know how to treat n1ggers. fl 0 ED U C IC. 19 "Yon arc in1pndent, Jnba. Don't you think you ought to be 'vhipped no,v '?" "S:utin I ono·ht.. Bat no1v, l\I:1stcr, 'vonld yon jis please to switch 111e yonr. c'f-ji ' di" once, 1\Iastcr." "No, J uba; go, ask the over ·ecr to con1e here." lie obeyed nn<l soon returned \ViLh the .overseer, a nw.n not so tall as J uba, but of stout, athletic frntnc. "1\lr. IIigg. ," said the colonel, "Jnba confes es that he de. erves to be puni. ·heel and I 'vi h hhn to know that you have my special authority and request to pnni h l1i1n no,v. J:>lea ... e attend to his case ·when vou have tin1c." 01 "N o,v, l\Ia:tcr, please ·whip me yourse'f, do; I'll fetch de switches." J uba ran away toward a wood an •I the colonel supposed he \vas taking to the bush again. But he was soon seen returning ·with an honest bundle of switches in his hand. vVhile he "\Vas absent, the overseer said: "Colonel Fairf..<tx, it sce1ns useless to ·whip J uba. lie is a strange fello,v. I have had a great deal of trouble 1\•.i.th hin1, nnd have tried every 'vay I could think of to nutnage him. lie is a c:tpital hand to work \Vhcn he is in the humor, but he pays no respect to 111 y authority. lie is very prou<l of his strengtl1, and S'Ometin1es looks at me as if he was thinking that he is a better man than I am. Ono more plan to bring hin1 to subjection has occurred to 1ne, and, if you have no objection, I 'viii try it ou hin1." " vVhat is it 7" • "For me to fight him on equal terms and whip him. That will take the conceit out of him and make him respect mo." |
