The Wrong Man — page 39: what you’re looking at

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as a” ee a i a a Pom. - 5 ss ee CATO IN TROUBLE. 41 - Its bushy head out of the water, ready for the next buat that ight come along.” - “ Were you the only one on the boat ?” : “No; there was two besides myself—Ed Drake and Tom _ Maggod; but they were used to such things, and, being on deck when the boat struck, they got ashore afore I did. But it trikes me, Square, that darkey is a good while saddling your horse” ’ . “ What the deuce is up ?” interrupted the horseman. e The voice of Cato was heard at this moment inside of the $ - “Whoa, now, Roan; what ye ’bout dar? [ll teach you how a to’sultagemman! Take dat, you nigger!’ Then followed the sound of blows, and kicks, and squeals. “It’s Mr. Cato dat has ~ you in hand; dat’s what I’m tryin’ to press pon your under- + standin’. Whoa, now, I tell ye. Whoa!” * He is in a quarrel with your horse,” said Hugh Overton, _. “]T suppose so,” replied Sedley, impatiently; and he was on the point of hurrying off to the barn to quell the tumult, when al the horse leaped into sight, with the grinning, bare-headed negro __- upon his back. a “What have you been doing ?” demanded Sedley, as the boy -_~ circled the animal around in true horsemanlike style, before bringing him to a halt. ___ * Been teaching ob dis brute manners to his s’periors.” __. “ What has he been doing ?” _ “Chawed my hat up, dod blast him! He ain’t no better nor AF r the old man nor Overton could restrain a smile at the anger of the negro. “ How came he to do it, Cato ?” asked the horseman. _ “J was flourishing around ob him, when I s’pose | happened a ax me too close, when he grabs my hat and goes to win’ ea t up. “You ought to have snatched it out of his mouth.” “Did try to, but de nigger tried to chaw my hand up.” + He didn’t swallow your hat did he?” asked Mr. Sedley. _ _“Reckon he did, but dis nigger calc’lates he didn’t hold him _ down long. No, sah! yah! yah! yah! twan’t long afore the hat come up ag’in !” _ “ Why haven’t you it on ?” asked the horseman, who seemed _ disposed to keep up the conversation while Mr. Sedley was se- x “ Just what I was thinking. I say—” barn, yelling at the top of his voice: . ng the saddle-girths, and assuring himself that the head- gear was all right. pe hag Fea in de sun to git dry while I wallops de ole brute. D@hat will be as good as ebber bimeby. Reckon Gat for further delay, I believe,” said Mr —