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useter own. When ole massa hear dat all, he mek fer 

 dat a bud wiv a stick, an' when he ketch um, sah, he 

 a'mos' brek he bones, an' twis' he neck, an' trow nm 

 out en de bushes like he was dead, sah. 



" Ef de debil wan' in dat a bud, sah, he never re- 

 cober no mo' ; but de nex' mawnin' he jes' come 

 a-hoppin' inter de house, sah, an' he puch on de back 

 ob de char lek he useter always, an' he pop he head 

 on de one side an' he put um beak on de bald spot on 

 ole massa's head an' he say, ober an' ober ag'in, dat 

 same 'spression, an' yo' couldn' mek him stop ef yo' 

 was to kill um fer it, sah. 



" Ole massa he was a-eatin' he brekfas', but he 

 didn' had no appertite, an' he was a-tryin' ter look 

 solum an' onhappy, fer de missus had libed wiv him 

 more' n f awty yeah, sah ; an' when he hear da bud 

 he jes a choke an' jump up an' run inter de smoke- 

 house, an' gib way ter um feelings ; an' to dis a day, 

 sah, um tinks ole massa was a-laffin more'n he was 

 a-cryin' ! 



" He try to mek up to Jimcrack, but it wan' no 

 use ; de bud, sah, didn' 'pear to hab no hard feelin' 

 'ginst him, sah, but he treat him in distant, hotty 

 way ; but um see 'spression in um eye dat neber dar 

 befo', sah ; an' when my ole massa die, befo' de end ob 

 de month, sah, de brack folks tink an' say dat Jimcrack 

 hab done put jumbie spell on him. Yissir, an' when 

 dey done lay ole massa in de groun', wha' yo' 

 tink him do ? Dat same bud come an' puch on de 

 grabe an' he hoi' he head down to de groun' an' re- 

 peat, sah, dem same wuds what mek old massa so 



