He go ter work, clared up de groun' an' plowed, an' planted, an' riz a crap, an' den wen it war all done, he hadn't a dollar to buy his ole woman a gown; an' he jis' took a bag ob wheat.'" "What did Mr.Parker say ?" asked Sybil.
"I don't know, though I reckon he didn't think it was a bad steal after all, but I don't suppose he told Jack so.

When he came to the next point, about Jack's lying, I suppose he thought he had a clear case; but Jack was equal to the occasion." "How did he clear up that charge ?" interrogated Captain Sybil.
"Finely.

I think if he had been educated he would have made a first-rate lawyer.

He said, 'Marse Parker, dere's old Joe.

His wife don't lib on dis plantation.