Beadle's Dime Novels No. 126: Old Jupe — page 24: what you’re looking at

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26 OLD JUPE, work—sure ‘nough, so! I don’t tink Jupe’s so dreffle smart. I’m willin’ to take my asservation dat if he hadn’t foun’ dat quarter dollar in de woods, he never would a knowed noffin’ bout dose rascals. Anybody could a found dem, arter pickin’ up dat quarter dollar.” “7 don't think so, auntie; I think Jupe acted with both courage and discretion. He deserves the three hundred dollars reward, and it’s going to be given to him, to-day, with a vote of thanks from the citizens,” said Luke, “Law me! how you does fluttera body! Jupeallers was a right smart nigger, else I nebber would a-had him. But he’s made me a sight o’ trouble, learnin’ him ‘to fotch an’ carry as he oughter. He's full of tricks. Law me! a vote o’ tanks! He'll be so sot up, arter that, I can’t manage him. I s’pose he’ll want to curl up in a corner an’ nebber do no more, w’en he gets dat pile o' money. But, Pll chase him out wid de broomstick. He’s got to work till we’s got our free papers Law, Miss Mary, you needn’t send fer no doctor fer dat hurt Dll steep some bark, and do it up in less’n no time, so massa will fall right to sleep an’ forgit all bout it.” She-was as good as her word. She managed the wound so that, in a few days, it was quite well, for Luke had young and healthy blood It was shortly after these events, which had so startled them in the midst of their quiet bliss, that an offer was made to Luke Bryant. 3 Spring was now about to open, and he must either return to his old calling or choose another. The loss of the principal part of his capital had disappointed him in his first project of opening a warehouse in New Bristol. It was a favorable time for proposing a project to him which promised as well as the One now spoken of, | A merchant in St. Louis, who knew him well, and had con- fidence in his business’ talents, was quite an extensive shipper of grain. He wrote to Luke that if he would go down to New Orleans and attend, for a few weeks, to the shipment of cargoes from there to Liverpool, and then go over in one of the vessels to look after matters in the latter city, he might have half the profits of the voyage of the vessel in which he should sail. He would assure him five thousand dollars clear _