I am Wampus, an' not 'fraid of a hundred coward like these.

Then gendarme take hol' Pepe, and she tell right out she 'fraid for her husban', an' when babee born she go in night an' dig hole an' plant her babee under rosebush.

I guess I wuzn't 'fraid ob her leavin' after dat.

Don't see why folks need be so 'fraid on 't!

They are 'fraid as sin of the overseers, but you notice they shut up all the negroes in their own quarters at night, don't you?

" "I ain't 'fraid to ast 'er.