And then, ashamed of himself, he halted in the deep darkness and shouted, (but rather feebly:) "Heah I is, Lord, heah I is!" There was a moment of throbbing suspense, and then, to the surprise and the comfort of the party, it was plain that the august presence had gone by, for its dreadful noises were receding.

Uncle Dan'l headed a cautious reconnaissance in the direction of the log.

Sure enough "the Lord" was just turning a point a short distance up the river, and while they looked the lights winked out and the coughing diminished by degrees and presently ceased altogether.
"H'wsh! Well now dey's some folks says dey ain't no 'ficiency in prah.
Dis Chile would like to know whah we'd a ben now if it warn't fo' dat prah?
Dat's it.

Dat's it!" "Uncle Dan'l, do you reckon it was the prayer that saved us ?" said Clay.
"Does I reckon?
Don't I know it! Whah was yo' eyes?
Warn't de Lord jes' a cumin' chow! chow! CHOW! an' a goin' on turrible--an' do de Lord carry on dat way 'dout dey's sumfin don't suit him?
An' warn't he a lookin' right at dis gang heah, an' warn't he jes' a reachin' for 'em?
An' d'you spec' he gwyne to let 'em off 'dout somebody ast him to do it?
No indeedy!" "Do you reckon he saw, us, Uncle Dan'l?
"De law sakes, Chile, didn't I see him a lookin' at us ?".
"Did you feel scared, Uncle Dan'l ?" "No sah! When a man is 'gaged in prah, he ain't fraid o' nuffin--dey can't nuffin tetch him." "Well what did you run for ?" "Well, I--I--mars Clay, when a man is under de influence ob de sperit, he do-no, what he's 'bout--no sah; dat man do-no what he's 'bout.

You mout take an' tah de head off'n dat man an' he wouldn't scasely fine it out.