Er be yew afeard of ketchin' it, tew?" For a moment longer Samuel continued to stare, then of a sudden he roared, "Git up!"

"I ain't afeard av them niggers a bit.

I'm afeard for the gal, ma!" "Sam, you're an old fool!" He followed her reluctantly from the room.

"Den I guess I ain't afeard ob him.

"I a'n't afeard on it," says she; "don't you be skeert.

V. Like a bird of evil presage, To the lonely house on the shore Came the wind with a tale of shipwreck, And shrieked at the bolted door, And flapped its wings in the gables, And shouted the well-known names, And buffeted the windows Afeard in their shuddering frames.