Book Excerpt: ...came back with the negro."Gorra mighty!" said the latter, in a hurried, husky whisper, "where am de cussed niggers? Heigh, Miss Rosa?""Keep quiet," she replied, "or you will be heard.""Dat's just what I wants to be, and I calkilates I'll be felt too, if dar are any of 'em 'bout.""Stay here a moment," said George, "while I look out. Rosalind, what did you see?""A body approaching the house from the woods. Be careful and do not expose yourself, George."He made no answer and entered her room, followed by herself and the negro, who remained at a safe distance, while he cautiously approached the window. He had no more than reached it, when Zeb asked:"See noffin'?"This question was repeated perhaps a dozen times without an answer, when the patience of Zeb becoming exhausted, he shuffled to the window and pressed his head forward, exclaiming:"Gorra mighty, whar am dey?""Hist! there is one now--yes, two of them!""Whar--w...
Book year: 2021
Book pages: 102
ISBN: 8691502958
Book language: en
File size: 529.16 KB
File type: pdf
Published: 05 November 2021 - 17:00