298 SHARP EYES 



Dr. McCook of a darky laborer's refusal to burn a lot 

 of the cocoons, with which his master's trees had been 

 infested: "I can't do it, sah! I done got conscience agin 

 it. Dem's what we call ' firewood billies,' an' dey is nuf- 

 fin mo' nur less dan human critters what's a-bin pun- 

 ished fer stealin' wood wen dey wuz alive an' in de 

 body." 



