The allusion to Richard in this connection having been almost more than he could endure with equanimity.

When he was able to put his thoughts into words, he said: "I shore am distressed fo' you.

I tried to leave you back yonder where I found you, but no one knowed you and you looked so near dead folks wouldn't have it.

What parts do you come from ?" "No'th Carolina.

Me and my nevvy was a-goin' into west Tennessee to a place called Belle Plain, somewhere near Memphis.