"They think it's haunted; leastways the niggers do." "Have niggers been in the habit of going in much ?" "Oh, more or less," the sheriff returned, "when they want to make themselves inconspicuous for any reason.

I had a horse thief hide in there for two weeks last year while we were scouring the country for him.

There are so many little holes; it's almost impossible to find a man.

Tramps occasionally spend the night there in cold weather." "Do you have many tramps around here ?" "Not a great many.

Once in a while a nigger comes along and asks for something to eat." "More often he takes it without asking," one of the men broke in.