Mr. Pepys, however, was alarmed by 'our young gib-cat,' which he mistook for a 'spright.'

"Neber gib itif don't want it.

"I's lookin' at dis h'yar," said Aunt Patsy, turning over the well-worn body of a black woollen dress which lay in her lap, instead of the crazy quilt on which she was usually occupied, "to see if it's done gib way in any ob de seams, or de elbers.