"Me want to die free, massagood ting to die free, and me want to see children free too.

"No, missey," was his answer, "but de people (the slaves) very kind to me, dey often steal time to run and see me and fetch me some ting to eat; if dey did not, I might starve."

"No reason why Doctors shouldn't hab good tings as well as sinners, is dere?"and she shook in great billows, and showed her white teeth in the abandon of her laugh.

So we "hoped" our Massy hide the tings.

Dis; me ha run up and downe mane Countrie and learne many fine ting and mush knavery; now more and all dis me know you ha jumbla de fine vench and fill her belly wid a Garsoone: her name is le Madame King.

By garr, me suspect a ting.

My darter Amy was a mighty nice chile, and Massa could truss her wid any ting.

You undairstand tese tings.

" "Yous young, and don't understand dem tings like us better eddycated gem'man.

At last I asks a poor, broken-down ting, dat hab all her young uns sold away from her only a day or two afore, if she know anyting 'bout my young un, and she tells me dar hab been a sale ob a dozen young uns, on de plantation, and she sees massa, long afore day-broke, pack dem into a wagon, and dey carried off.

"She cum'd to see if I wanted any ting, and I tell'd her I would like to hab a little flannel, 'cause I had the rheumatiz so bad, and she said I should hab it.

No, by garr, Marshan: you bring de fine tings from de strange land vere de Sunne do rise, de Jewell, de fine stuffe vor de brave gowne: me no point.