En w'en dey could n' fin' Dan nowhar, dey 'lowed he'd quo'lled wid Mahaly en killt her, en run erway; en dey did n' know w'at ter make er dat, fer Dan en Mahaly wuz de mos' lovin' couple on de plantation.

Hannibal said, but she had heared 'nuff to l'arn dat dis nigger had fooled her en Jeff, en dat po' Jeff had n' done nuffin, en dat fer lovin' her too much en goin' ter meet her she had cause' 'im ter be sol' erway whar

young Mis' Ma'g'ret's fer ter gib her a change; but she runned erway de fus' night, en w'en dey looked fer 'er nex' mawnin', dey foun' her co'pse layin' in de branch yander,

En Mars Dugal' had be'n ter de oction, en w'en he seed dis gal a-cryin' en gwine on 'bout bein' sol' erway fum her ole mammy, Aun' Mahaly, Mars Dugal' bid 'em bofe in, en fotch 'em ober ter our plantation.

He didn' eben hab his Bible fer ter comfort hisse'f wid, fer Mars Walker had tuk it erway

"So dey fixed it dat erway, en' Cindy went off wid 'em, she 'spectin' ter be back in a week

Dey look' fer 'im 'roun' de plantation, but dey couldn' fin' 'im, en' befo' de day wuz gone, ev'ybody wuz sho' dat Skundus had runned erway.

"'Whar yer be'n run erway ter, yer good-fer-nuthin', lazy, black nigger?'

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

Yer b'en run erway en' hid in de swamp somewhar ernudder.'

So Ben 'cided ter run erway.

"W'en Sad'day come an' Ben didn' 'pear, an' nobody didn' know nuffin' 'bout 'im, Mars Marrabo 'lowed of co'se dat Ben had runned erway.

Whose nigger is you, anyhow?' "I's yo' nigger, Mars Marrabo; doan yer know Ben, w'at runned erway?' "'Yas, I knows my Ben w'at runned erway.

Whose nigger is you, anyhow?' "I's yo' nigger, Mars Marrabo; doan yer know Ben, w'at runned erway?' "'Yas, I knows my Ben w'at runned erway.

"Mars Marrabo drove erway an' lef' po' Ben mo' dead 'n alive.

im but ter 'buse 'im an' drive 'im erway.

He had hearn 'bout folks turnin' ter clay w'en dey wuz dead, an' he 'lowed maybe he wuz dead an' didn' knowed it, an' dat wuz de reason w'y eve'body run erway f'm 'im an' wouldn' hab nuffin' ter do wid 'im. An' ennyhow, he 'lowed ef he wa'n't dead, he mought's well be.

Sometimes dese niggers if dey got a new Massa dat war mean would run erway en come back tar dar ole Massas.

My man he jes wen erway en I haint neber seed him ergin en I'se had five chilluns en de white folks hev heped me all dese years.

He said 'don you go ter dat pond ternight Easter foh if you does something will run you erway.'

we told him wot we saw en he said he knowed weums would be run erway

foh he war run erway hisself.

Uncle Liga en me moved erway next day en other people moved in dis cabin en dey saw de same thing en nobody would stay dar.

my child was sick dat lived erway from home en wanted my son ter take me ter see her.

Cose, we all undahstan' Each piece he'ps maik de ban', But dey all mus' be led, Sum one mus' be de head: No doubt, de centipede Has all de laigs he need, But take erway de head, Po' centipede am dead; So am de ban'.