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Show TilE AJJT7~.i.VTURR. .. .,' OF JICCICLERJ~'RRr FL.Y.Y. _ you 0111 \' ha YC to pn1l n bnc h~ k i 11 lat 'h-stri ng, t hc~,v <1 ()1) ·1 fi1 :ten the . <loor~--hut that \Y<l rn't rotna ut ira 1 en on rrlt for Tmn :--;a,Yyer: 110 way woul<l clo hin1 hnL ht Jnu:-,t clitnb up :lH' light- 111n<~-ro<1. But ;lft<'r hr got up half-way a1 nt thr ~' tnlH's, :lllll 111j~~ ~d fire and fell 'Y<.'r.r tiJne, an<l thr ln. t titne 1no~t hustt'd 11i::-; hrain out h ~ thongl)t l1 '<1 got to gi'T it up; but aftt'r ll(• wa res led, h all O\Yl'< l he won lcl gi ,.e h r one Jnon in ru for ltwk, :nHl this t itn be 1nacle thl' trip. In t11c morning w) wa'"' up pj break of <lay, an<l down to iltt' 11 jcrrrcr eabin. top t thCl clog mHlinake friends \Yith tlH' nig·ger thhabt f cl .Jin1- if iL 1l'(ts .lin1 that wa. h 1. ng f ec1. '1"1 1c n1.g ·ger~ \,-q · J.ll t crt'Uinrr tltrongh breakf<L t and :tarting for the fiel<ls; <l h n ancl Ji111's nig·ger \Yas pilino· up a tin pan with broad an<lin<'<d :nHl 1 hings · and wh i l~t tl1 c ot hC'r~ wa. ] ea \'ing, the key emn frmn i he h on~<'. Thi · nigcrer had a goocl-naLured chnekle-hcadetl fac e, <nHl hi .· \vool wa: all ti d up in little bnnche with threcul. Thnt wa~ to keep witl' he off. lie sai<l the witche~ \Yas pe.·t <'ring h i1n awfnl, t h "'e night.·, an<l 1naking hiu1 . e all kiH<l ~ of ~t range things, and h ar all kinds of .'trang word ancl noi e. ;nHl hE didn '1., believe h WH.S ever witch (} , 0 ]ong, before, jn his life. I r got 0 \YOrkecl np, ancl got to running on so a bon( hi · tr )uble:, he fnro·ot all about what h e'd been agoing to <lo. ~o T01n , ays : ' '\'"hat· · lhe vittle: for ? U oing to f )eel the dog.·? ·· Th nigger kind of ·tnilecl around graduly over his face, like \\'hen you heave a brickbat in a 1n1ul pnddle, and he sayi:': "Yes, :\Iar · Sicl, a. dog. Cur'us dog, too. })oes you \Yant to go n look at 'itn? ., "Ye::' I hnnchecl Tmn, and whi ·per·: "Yon going, right here in the clay-break? That warn't the plan:' CLI.JJIJI.LVG J'IIE LIGIIT.YI~YO-ROD. "No, it \rarn't- but if · the plan no1.u:' Bn, drat hi1n, \\. went along, but I di<ln 'L likP it 1nuch. v\rh )n \H.' got in, we couldn't hardly see auythincr it was ·o dark; but Jin1 wa..· th 're, ure nough, and con1<l ~ee u.· ; an<l he . ·ings out : "\Yhy IIt~cl; ! En good lan'! ain· dat ~'fisto Tmn?" I j n t kno\vecl ho\v it would be; I just exp('Cted iL J didn't know noU ting i o do ; and if I had, I conldn •t a done it . becan~e that nigger bu:tecl in and . ay , : ' ,. vfhy, de graciou "'ak ! do he know yon gellhnen? ., 'Ye could see pr tty ·w ll, no\\-. Ton1 he looked at tht~ nigger, steady and kind of \Yondering, an<l says: '' J)o s 1ult o kno\v u ? ~, "V\Thy, di ·h-y r runa;wa.y nigcrel' ... "I clon ~t reckon he do<\ ; but ·what pHt that into your head?., "\Vhat ]Jut it dar? Didn' h jis' eli::; Jninnt (' . ing out like he know d you ? ' '1,o m . ny.· , 1.1 1 a. puzz1 d -up kind of \ray : ' \\r ell, that's n1igbty curiou. . TVho u11g uL? lVhen dicl he sing out? TVlu~l ditl he .:ing ont? ., And turns to 1n , l >erfectly cnhn, and sn.yR, "J)icl you hear nnybocly , ing out?" Of cour there \\·arn ,t nothing to b aid but the one thing; so I . nys : '• Xo; I ain't heard nobody ny nothino-:' 'l'hcn he turn;' to Jim, and looks hitn o\·c r like l1e uever ·ee him before ; and say : "DlC'l yon s1· ng out .? ., ' ~ o, . a1t, ' says Ji1n ; " I hain ,t saicl n othing, sah.'' "Not a worcl?' "No, .-ah, I hain't saicl a ·word .. , " ])id you eYer , ee us bcfor ? ., " No, ah ; not as I know·s on:' .. \A |
