"Nebber know what he dohow me know?" "Thin what does ye mane by talking in that shtyle?

I approached the spot, in tending to question the former on the subject of the weather during his watch; but, just as about to hail him, I heard the young lady say, in a more animated tone than was discreet for the character of the conversation "No, nebber, sahnebber, widout de apperbation of my modder and de whole famerly.

" "I nebber told you dat, ChloeI said on an island.

" "Dat nebber saterfy my conscience, Neb.

"Nebber talk to me of mattermony, Neb," Chloe continued, almost sobbing as she spoke, "while Miss Grace be in dis berry bad way!

She concluded the conversation by saying "No, no, Nebdon't talk to me of mattermony while Miss Grace so ill; and if any t'ing should happen, you need nebber talk to me of it, at all.

I could nebber t'ink of any uner (union) should anyt'ing happen to Miss Grace.

No, nowe can nebber spare Miss Grace, sah; even I should miss her in 'e field!"

and I nebber hab see salt water.

Masser Mile, you and I see many dreadful t'ing togeder, but we nebber see any t'ing like dis!" Neb's dark cheek was glistening with tears as he spoke, and I spurred my horse, lest my own manhood might give way, there in the road, and in the presence of those who were fast approaching.

At that instant I had a bitter remembrance of Neb's words of "I sometime wish, Masser Mile, you and I nebber had see salt water."

One said, shrewdly, "Eh! nebber minddey come to by'm bybelly 'blige 'em to work.

When we asked them how they liked freedom, and whether it was better than slavery, they answered with a significant umph and a shrug of the shoulders, as though they would say, "Why you ask dat question, massa?" They said, "all the people went to chapel on the first of August, to tank God for make such poor undeserving sinners as we free; we no nebber expect to hab it.

One of the gentlemen observed that it was a very common saying with them"Me nebber leave my bornin' ground,"i.e., birth-place.

One said, shrewdly, "Eh! nebber minddey come to by'm bybelly 'blige 'em to work.

When we asked them how they liked freedom, and whether it was better than slavery, they answered with a significant umph and a shrug of the shoulders, as though they would say, "Why you ask dat question, massa?" They said, "all the people went to chapel on the first of August, to tank God for make such poor undeserving sinners as we free; we no nebber expect to hab it.

He wuz one er dese yer solemn kine er men, en nebber run on wid much foolishness, like de yuther darkies.

I lacks ham, but I nebber kin eat mo' d'n two er th'ee poun's befo' I gits ter studyin' 'bout Dave, en den I has ter stop en leab de res' fer ernudder time.

But his wife say no, it 'ud nebber do ter be lett'n' de sarvants hab dey own way, er dey soon wouldn' be no doin' nuthin' wid 'em.

she 'mence' ter git kinder skeered she wuz'n nebber gwine ter see her mammy ner Skundus

"'I didn' mean no harm by sleep'n in de barn las' night, Marse Dugal',' sez 'e, 'en' ef yer'll let me off dis time, I won' nebber do so no mo'.'

yeah Ben 'nied hisse'f an' nebber teched a drap er nuffin'.

I never seed yer befo' in my life, an' nebber wants ter see yer ag'in.

But he had knowed rale dark folks ter hab janders befo', and it hadn't nebber 'fected 'em dat-a-way.

nebber lak ter see no black folks eat'n it.