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Show U.E'r·; AMOXG THE LOWLY. 175 ''Dey need n1t ca11 me worn out yet/ ' said she, lifting her shaking hands. " I can cook yet, and scrub, and scour,-I 'm wuth a. buying, if I do come cheap;- tell em dat ar,- you tell em," she added, camcstly. Haley here forced his way into the group, walked up to the old man, pulled his mouth open and looked in, felt of his teeth, made him stand and straighten himself, bend hjs back, and perform various evolutions to show his muscles i and then passed on to the next, and put him through the same trial. Walking up lnst to the boy, he fel t of his arms, straightened his hands, and looked at his fingers, and made him jump, to show his agility. " lie an 't gwine to he sold widout mo ! " said the old woman, with passionate eagerness i "he and I goes in n. lot together ; f 's rail strong yet, l\fas'r, and can do heaps o' work, - I !Caps on it, 1\fas'r." '· Ou plantation? " said Ila1cy, with a contemptuous glance. " J .. ikcly story!" and, as if satisfied with his cxamjnation; he walked out and looked , and stood with his hands in his })QCl{ct, l1is cigar in his mouth, and hjs hat cocked on one side, ready for action. "·w·hat think of 1om?" saiU a. man who had been following Haley's examination, as if to mako up his own mind from it. " ' Val," said Haley, spitting, " I shall put in, I think, for the youngerly ones and the boy.'' "'l'hcy want to sell tho boy and the old wom:m together," sa.id the m::tn. '' F jnd lt a. tight pull; -why, she's an old ruck o' bones,not worth her sa.lt." nYou would n't, then?" said tho mnn. |
