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And them men—them can't be niggers—they dew beat all. Kinder like Injuns, I guess, even ef they be in Afriky. AN THEM MEN THEM CAN'T BE NIGGERS THEY DO BEAT ALL KIND O LOOK LIKE INJUNS I GUESS EVEN IF THEY BE IN AFRIKI
nd turned the pages lovingly. “Ebenezer cud read a leetle o’ this—’tis Latin—but I can’t. I hed two er three schoolmasters read me a bit, and Passon Clark, him they say got draownded in the pond—kin yew make anything outen it?” I told him that I could, and translated for his benefit a paragraph near the beginning. If I erred, he was not scholar enough to correct me; for he seemed childishly pleased at my English version. His proximity was becoming rather obnoxious, yet I saw no way to escape without offending him. I was amused at the childish fondness of this ignorant old man for the pictures in a book he could not read, and wondered how much better he could read the few books in English which adorned the room. This revelation of simplicity removed much of the ill-defined apprehension I had felt, and I smiled as my host rambled on: “Queer haow picters kin set a body thinkin’. Take this un here near the front. Hev yew ever seed trees like thet, with big leaves a-floppin’ over an’ daown? CHED FOR THE VOLUME ON THE TABLE AND TURNED THE PAGES LOVINGLY EBENEZER COULD READ A LITTLE OF THIS TIS LATIN BUT I CAN I HAD TWO OR THREE SCHOOLMASTERS READ ME A BIT AND PASSING CLARK HIM THEY SAY GOT DROWNED IN THE POND CAN YOU MAKE ANYTHING OUT IN IT I TOLD HIM THAT I COULD AND TRANSLATED FOR HIS BENEFIT A PARAGRAPH NEAR THE BEGINNING IF I ERRED HE WAS NOTCHOLAR ENOUGH TO CORRECT ME FOR HE SEEMED CHILDISHLY PLEASED AT MY ENGLISH VERSION HIS PROXIMITY WAS BECOMING RATHER OBNOXIOUS YET I SAW NO WAY TO ESCAPE WITHOUT OFFENDING HIM I WAS AMUSED AT THE CHILDISH FONDNESS OF THIS IGNORANT OLD MAN FOR THE PICTURES IN A BOOK HE COULD NOT READ AND WONDERED HOW MUCH BETTER HE COULD READ THE FEW BOOKS IN ENGLISH WHICH ADORNED ROOM THIS REVELATION OF SIMPLICITY REMOVED MUCH OF THE ILL DEFINED APPREHENSION I HAD FELT AND I SMILED AS MY HOST RAMBLED ON QUEER HOW PICTURES CAN SET A BODY THINKIN TAKE THIS'N HERE NEAR THE FRONT HAVE YOU EVER SEEN TREES LIKE THAT WITH BIG LEAVES A FLOPPIN OVER AN DOWN
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