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in his library overlooking some papers, when some one knocked at the doo

said the old man, scraping h

ncle Bob?" resp

slaves to the query "How are you?" No matter if they were fat as seals, and had never ha

sked Major Waldron. "The little negr

y fool long o' me; but den dat ain't wat I come fur dis time. I come f

re to have a talk;" and Major Waldron lit his cigar, and leane

'll yer take fur dat little boy

him because his mother was dying of exposure and fatigue, and I wanted to relieve her

pays me lib'ul; an', let erlone dat, I'm done mighty well wid my taters an' goobers, er sellin' uv 'em ter de steamboat han's, wat takes 'em ter de town, an' 'sposes uv 'em. So I'm got er right smart chance uv money laid u

you are crazy," said

okin' too much, mo'n de 'lenity uv de cazhun

n's story to his master,

; an', let erlone dat, I can't stay hyear fureber, er countin' an' er jinglin' dat money, caze wen de angel soun' dat horn, de ole nigger he's got ter go; he's boun' fur ter be dar! de money can't hol' 'im! De Lord, he ain't gwine ter say, 'Scuze dat nigger, caze he got money piled up; lef 'im erlone, fur ter count dat gol' an' silver.' No, sar! But, marster, maybe in de jedgemun' day, wen Ole Bob is er stan'in' fo' de Lord wid his knees er trim'lin', an' de angel fotches out dat book er hisn, an' de Lord tell 'im fur ter read wa

r de full stent uv his 'greshuns; an' den, ergin, maybe he'll let him off light; but da

too. I will give Ann her freedom and her baby, and the same amount of money that you give her; that will

s money, and the bag was found t

same amount, and sent him into the la

d gratitude, and, throwing her arms around Un

site papers drawn up for her freedom, and accompanied her on board of a vessel bound for New York; and then, paying her