" "Yas, suh," replied Julius, with a deep sigh and a long shake of the head, "I knows he ain' much account, en dey ain' much 'pen'ence ter be put on 'i

I ain' runned erway; I ain' be'n nowhar.'

He stahted fer de woods fer ter see who it wuz callin' 'im, but befo' he got dere Ben stepped out an' retched fer im. "'Come heah, honey, an' see yo' daddy, who ain' seenyer fer so long.'

"No, suh, I ain' no fool, Mars' George.

But it ain' no good to stop dere now, no, suh.

"It ain' fittin' fer grapes, fer noo groun' nebber is.

I ain kissin nobody's feetswouldn't kiss my own mammy's.

"Porter," he demanded of the colored train attaché who passed through the car a moment later, "is this a smoking car for white men?" "No, suh," replied the porter, "but they comes in here sometimes, when they ain' no cullud ladies on the kyar.

I be'n takin' my own time 'bout killin' 'im; I ain' be'n crowdin' de man, but I'll be ready after a w'ile, an' den he kin look out!"

But I ain' no w'ite folks' nigger, I ain'.

"We didn' 'spect Marse Wes to bring home a wife whenas he lef', but that ain' no sign that it ain' a mighty fine thing.