Den I begin to feel right sheepish, an' he axed me ef my marster war at home, an' ef he war a Reb.

I tole him he hadn't gone to de war, but he war Secesh all froo, inside and outside.

He war too ole to go to de war, but dat he war all de time gruntin' an' groanin', an' I 'spected he'd grunt hisself to death." "What did he say ?" "He said he specs he'll grunt worser dan dat fore dey get froo wid him.
Den he axed me ef I would hab some breakfas,' an' I said, 'No, t'ank you, sir.' 'An' I war jis' as hungry as a dorg, but I war 'feared to eat.

I war 'feared he war gwine to pizen me." "Poison you! don't you know the Yankees are our best friends ?" "Well, ef dat's so, I'se mighty glad, cause de woods is full ob dem." "Now, Tom, I thought you had cut your eye-teeth long enough not to let them Anderson boys fool you.

Tom, you must not think because a white man says a thing, it must be so, and that a colored man's word is no account 'longside of his.