But he wouldn't gratify her with the acknowledgment of her triumph, and he stalked along with the basket over his head, as he had often seen the darkeys in the sun.

" One of the women, however, Darkey by name, shortly became a pestilent source of trouble.

We will show the darkeys of Groveland how to entertain a Congressman.

Every darkey on the place fled in terror, and those rascally Indians simply scooped up everything in sight and locked grandma and mother in the room!" "Couldn't any one stop them?" demanded Betty eagerly.

It was one of the old plantation darkeys without a doubt; but they had been widely scattered, and he could not recall the voice or face.