"He's de bes' feller you ebber seen," added Dick Lee.

Takes him ebber

I'll ebber git back from de 'Cad'my, an' ketch fish in dis yer bay.

But w'en anoder feller's lyin', he kin make believe he don't know it bes' of any feller I ebber seen.

I'll ebber git used to dis yer.

" That was all "according to contract;" but Dick did not come in for his dinner until the rest had eaten theirs; and then he barely had time to say to Dab Kinzer, "Did you ebber shell corn?" "Course I have.

Why?" "'Cause dar's a bigger heap ob corn out in de barn dan you ebber see.

And then he keeps a syphon all de time" "Keeps a what, Jupiter?" "Keeps a syphon wid de figgurs on de slatede queerest figgurs I ebber did see.

When he had completed his scrutiny, he merely said: "Yes, massa, Jup climb any tree he ebber see in he life.

"Ebber so fur," replied the negro; "can see de sky fru de top ob de tree.

" "Jupiter," cried he, without heeding me in the least, "do you hear me?" "Yes, Massa Will, hear you ebber so plain.

ebber I knowed yer.

Returning to the inland, we may spend a few minutes 'Way down 'pon de Suwanee Ribber, Far, far away Dare's wha' my heart is turnin' ebber Dare's wha' de ole folks stay.

None ob de fam'ly been nigh de house for ebber so long; an' den, 'long comes Mahs' Junius hisse'f, an' Miss Annie dat's been away sence she was a chile, an' ole Mr Brandon, wot Uncle Isham say ain't been h'yar fur years and years, an' now Miss Annie's husband comes kitin' up!

An' dar's ole Aun' Patsy wot says dat if dat gemman ebber come h'yar she want to know it fus' thing.

Dis make two time Dido got married; and both time good, lawful ceremunny, as ebber was.

But, sah, dey say now Neb has save 'e young masser's life, young masser must gib him free-paper; and no gal of mine shall ebber be free nigger's wife.

" "Won'erful particular, sah, and ebber hab been, and ebber will be.

" "Won'erful particular, sah, and ebber hab been, and ebber will be.

You been much too busy, ebber to be edercated; and, if I do marry you, remember I now tell you, I shall not enter into mattermony wid you on account of any edercation you hab.

" "All Clawbonny say dat we can make as good a couple, Chloe, as ebber stood up togedder.

We be nigger dat true; but no Clawbonny master ebber tell a Clawbonny slabe to get marry, or not to get marry, as he choose.

when we ebber get 'noder like she!"

"I think it alway better to travel on 'e land, when a gentle'um own so much as Masser Oloff Der war' 'e time a ferry-boat go down, wid crowd of people; and nobody ebber come up again to say how he feel.

" "He lose he stomach quite, and I t'ink it great time 'fore it ebber come back.