It had had a chancet to get a railroad once, years before that.

But it had said then it didn't want no railroad.

So until lately every branch built through that part of the country grinned very sarcastic and give it the go-by.
They was considerable woods standing along the crick, and around a turn in the road we come onto Sam, all of a sudden, talking with another nigger.

Sam was jest a-laying it off to that nigger, but he kind of hushed as we come nearer.

Down the road quite a little piece was a good-sized wooden building that never had been painted and looked like it was a big barn.