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prettysoona
spideryshoulder,andiflippeditoffanditlitin
thecandle;andbeforeiuldbudgeit
needanybodytotellthatthatch
sobadlue
igotupandtuedaroundintraybreast
everyti;andthenitiedupalittleloyhairhathreadto
keepchesaihadntnonfidenceyoudothatwhenyouve
lostahorseshoethatyouvefound,insteadofnailingitupoverthe
door,butihadnteverheardanybodysayitokeepoffbad
luckwhenyoudkilledaspider
isetdoypipeforaske;
forthehouseillasdeathnohe
knoeiheardtheclockahetowngo
booooooillagainstillerthanever
prettysooniheardatongstthetrees
sothingirringisetstillandlisteneddirectlyiuld
justbarelyheara”yoeyoherethatwasgoodsaysi,
”yoeyoasiuld,andtheniputoutthelightand
scraledoutoftheotheshedthenislippeddoothe
groundandcraongthetrees,and,sureenough,there
sae
chapterii
thetreesbacktoheendof
theoopingdohebranchesscrapeour
headswhenadea
noisesonsbignigger,
nadjipretty
clear,becausetherehegotupandstretchedhis
neinute,listeningthenhesays:
”whodah”
helistenedsore;thenheetiptoeingdooodright
bet,nearlyinutes
andnutesthatthereasound,andheresoclose
togetherthereyanklethatgottoitching,buti
dasntsyback,right
betyshouldersseedlikeiddieifiuldntscratchwell,
ivenoticedthatthingplentytissinceifyouarehthequality,
oratafuneral,ortryingtogotosleepsleepyifyou
areanydoforyoutoscratch,chall
overinupsays:
”say,ycatsefididnhearsun
doen
tellihearsitagin”
sohesetdoeandtoheleanedhisbackup
againstatree,andstretsttouched
oneofnenosebeguntoitchititchedtillthetearseinto
eyesbutidasntscratchthenitbeguntoitchontheinside
nextigottoitchingundeeathididntknooset
stillthisserablenessuinutes;butit
seedasightlongerthanthatichinginelevendifferent
plainutelonger,buti
setteethhardandgotreadytotryjustthenjieguntobreathe
heavy;nexthebeguntosnoreandthenifortable
again
toedeasigntokindofalittlenoiseouthandwe
e,andtothetreeforfunbutisaid
no;heghtakeadisturbance,andthentheydfindouti
saidhehadntgotcandlesenough,andhewouldslip
inthekitoreididnttotryisaidjibr >
ghtebuttodtoreskit;sohere
andgotthreecandles,andtoaidfivecentsonthetableforpay
thenout,anditogetanothingwoulddo
touthestcrawas,onhishandsandknees,andplay
sothingonhiiedagoodhingwas
sostillandloneso
assoonastolongthepath,aroundthegardenfence,
andbyandbyfetcheduponthesteeptopofthehilltheothersideof
thehousetoaidheslippedjihatoffofhisheadandhungiton
alirightoverhiandjitirredalittle,buthedidntwake
aftersaidtheandputhinatrance,
androdehilloverthestate,andthensethinderthetreesagain,
andhunghishatonalitoshoejiold
ithesaidtheyrodehioe
hetoldithespreaditreandre,tillbyandbyhesaidtheyrode
hilloverthesttodeath,andhisbackwasall
oversaddleboilsjinstrousproudaboutit,andhegotsohe
elesto
hearjiellaboutit,andheorelookeduptothananyniggerin
thatuntrystrangeniggersouthsopenand
lookhillover,saasifhealking
aboutchesinthedarkbythekitchenfire;butwheneveronewas
talkingandlettingontoknowouldhappenin
andsay,”houknoches”andthatniggerorked
upandhadtotakeabackseatjilthatfivecenterpiece
roundhisneckthedevilgiveto
hieuldcureanybodyhitand
fetchethingtoit;but
henevertoldefroll
aroundthereandgivejinythingtheyhad,justforasightofthat
fivecenterpiece;buttheytouchit,becausethedevilhadhad
hishandsonitjistruinedforaservant,becausehegotstuck
uponacuntofhavingseenthedevilandbeenrodebyches
egottotheedgeofthehilltopn
intothevillageanduldseethreeorfourlightstwinkling,where
thereaybe;andthestarsoveruswassparklingeverso
fine;anddoilebroad,and
aillandgrandwedohehillandfoundjoharperandben
rogers,andtoreoftheboys,hidintheoldtanyardsowe
unhitchedaskiffandpulleddoileandahalf,tothe
bigscaronthehillside,andashore
deever
... </P></TD>
prettysoona
spideryshoulder,andiflippeditoffanditlitin
thecandle;andbeforeiuldbudgeit
needanybodytotellthatthatch
sobadlue
igotupandtuedaroundintraybreast
everyti;andthenitiedupalittleloyhairhathreadto
keepchesaihadntnonfidenceyoudothatwhenyouve
lostahorseshoethatyouvefound,insteadofnailingitupoverthe
door,butihadnteverheardanybodysayitokeepoffbad
luckwhenyoudkilledaspider
isetdoypipeforaske;
forthehouseillasdeathnohe
knoeiheardtheclockahetowngo
booooooillagainstillerthanever
prettysooniheardatongstthetrees
sothingirringisetstillandlisteneddirectlyiuld
justbarelyheara”yoeyoherethatwasgoodsaysi,
”yoeyoasiuld,andtheniputoutthelightand
scraledoutoftheotheshedthenislippeddoothe
groundandcraongthetrees,and,sureenough,there
sae
chapterii
thetreesbacktoheendof
theoopingdohebranchesscrapeour
headswhenadea
noisesonsbignigger,
nadjipretty
clear,becausetherehegotupandstretchedhis
neinute,listeningthenhesays:
”whodah”
helistenedsore;thenheetiptoeingdooodright
bet,nearlyinutes
andnutesthatthereasound,andheresoclose
togetherthereyanklethatgottoitching,buti
dasntsyback,right
betyshouldersseedlikeiddieifiuldntscratchwell,
ivenoticedthatthingplentytissinceifyouarehthequality,
oratafuneral,ortryingtogotosleepsleepyifyou
areanydoforyoutoscratch,chall
overinupsays:
”say,ycatsefididnhearsun
doen
tellihearsitagin”
sohesetdoeandtoheleanedhisbackup
againstatree,andstretsttouched
oneofnenosebeguntoitchititchedtillthetearseinto
eyesbutidasntscratchthenitbeguntoitchontheinside
nextigottoitchingundeeathididntknooset
stillthisserablenessuinutes;butit
seedasightlongerthanthatichinginelevendifferent
plainutelonger,buti
setteethhardandgotreadytotryjustthenjieguntobreathe
heavy;nexthebeguntosnoreandthenifortable
again
toedeasigntokindofalittlenoiseouthandwe
e,andtothetreeforfunbutisaid
no;heghtakeadisturbance,andthentheydfindouti
saidhehadntgotcandlesenough,andhewouldslip
inthekitoreididnttotryisaidjibr >
ghtebuttodtoreskit;sohere
andgotthreecandles,andtoaidfivecentsonthetableforpay
thenout,anditogetanothingwoulddo
touthestcrawas,onhishandsandknees,andplay
sothingonhiiedagoodhingwas
sostillandloneso
assoonastolongthepath,aroundthegardenfence,
andbyandbyfetcheduponthesteeptopofthehilltheothersideof
thehousetoaidheslippedjihatoffofhisheadandhungiton
alirightoverhiandjitirredalittle,buthedidntwake
aftersaidtheandputhinatrance,
androdehilloverthestate,andthensethinderthetreesagain,
andhunghishatonalitoshoejiold
ithesaidtheyrodehioe
hetoldithespreaditreandre,tillbyandbyhesaidtheyrode
hilloverthesttodeath,andhisbackwasall
oversaddleboilsjinstrousproudaboutit,andhegotsohe
elesto
hearjiellaboutit,andheorelookeduptothananyniggerin
thatuntrystrangeniggersouthsopenand
lookhillover,saasifhealking
aboutchesinthedarkbythekitchenfire;butwheneveronewas
talkingandlettingontoknowouldhappenin
andsay,”houknoches”andthatniggerorked
upandhadtotakeabackseatjilthatfivecenterpiece
roundhisneckthedevilgiveto
hieuldcureanybodyhitand
fetchethingtoit;but
henevertoldefroll
aroundthereandgivejinythingtheyhad,justforasightofthat
fivecenterpiece;buttheytouchit,becausethedevilhadhad
hishandsonitjistruinedforaservant,becausehegotstuck
uponacuntofhavingseenthedevilandbeenrodebyches
egottotheedgeofthehilltopn
intothevillageanduldseethreeorfourlightstwinkling,where
thereaybe;andthestarsoveruswassparklingeverso
fine;anddoilebroad,and
aillandgrandwedohehillandfoundjoharperandben
rogers,andtoreoftheboys,hidintheoldtanyardsowe
unhitchedaskiffandpulleddoileandahalf,tothe
bigscaronthehillside,andashore
deever
... </P></TD>