At dat de woman streaked right into de house, an' got me some bread an' meat, an' tole me to eat it up an' not talk about payin,'-- 'we don't charge good, faithful niggers nothin',' she said,--so I thanked her an' eat it all up, an' den, when de man had tole me how to go, I went right long till I got out ob sight ob de little house, an' den I got into de woods, an' turned right round de oder way an' made tracks fast as I could in dat direcshun." "Ho! ho! you're about what I call a 'cute nigger," laughed Jim.

"Come, go on,--this gets interesting." "Well, directly I yearde de dogs.

Dere was a pond little way off; so I tuck to it, an' waded out till I could just touch my toes an' keep my nose above water so's to breathe.

Presently dey all cum down, an' I yearde Mass' George say, 'I'll hunt dat nigger till I find him if takes a month.

I'se goin' to make a zample of him,'-- so I shook some at dat, for I know'd what Mass' George's zamples was.