" When questioned concerning her life on this plantation, she continues: "Now honey, its been so long ago, I don' 'member ev'ything, but I will tell you whut I kin as near right as possible; I kin 'member five uf Marse Carr's chillun; Florida, Susan, 'Lijah, Willie and Tom; cose Carr never 'lowed us to have a piece uf paper in our hands.

If I kin co-operate in yer important work, why, count me in.

" "I reckon he kin; so kin his daughter.

"Do you mean to tell me that you were paid to waylay me and break my arm?" "I didn't mean ter tell yer anyt'ing, but a feller wot kin fight like you kin an' den stay ter see if a chap wot tried ter do him was hurtdat kind of a feller oughter be told.

so we kin dril and get a bigger flo and tanks and bilers and sech.

like cats',they kin see ez well in the dark, ez we kin in the daytime.

Tell me how I kin git rid er dis yer ole witch w'at 's be'n ridin' me so ha'd.' "'In de fus' place,' sez de cunjuh man, 'dis ole witch nebber comes in her own shape, but eve'y night, at ten o'clock, she tu'ns herse'f inter a black cat, en runs down ter yo' cabin en bridles you, en mounts you, en dribes you out th'oo de chimbly, en rides you ober de roughes' places she kin fin'.

"Well, chillen, what do you mean to do?" "Go, jis' as soon as we kin git to de army," said Tom Anderson.

we kin giv' 'em the same dose a third time.

I kin jaw back splendid of you gin me time.

You kin jes' bury me in de clothes I got on, 'cep'n de pararsol, ob course, which is Liza's.

Take her and rare her, so we kin all jine on the other shore,' sez she.

"I kin keer for the Injuns," he volunteered when the question came up of burying the dead.

"I kin mague you de troub' to kib dad will fo' me Miché Vignevielle?" "Yez.

She asked a second time, with like result, lingered timidly, and as he turned to give his attention to a third visitor, reiterated: "Miché Vignevielle, I wizh you pliz led" "Madame Carraze," he said, turning so suddenly as to make the frightened little woman start, but extending his palm with a show of frankness, and assuming a look of benignant patience, "'ow I kin fine doze note now, mongs' all de rez?

An' ef he can't get a libin' one way, he kin de oder.

But ef you en young miss dere doan' min' lis'nin' ter a ole nigger run on a minute er two w'ile you er restin', I kin 'splain to you how it all happen'.

"And Casey Ryan ain't spreadin' no rich gold vein wide open for every prowlin' desert rat to pack off all he kin stagger under.

"I kin mague you de troub' to kib dad will fo' me Miché Vignevielle?" "Yez.

I kin trust ye with my secret, an' I'm goin'