I didn't know whar any ob yo' all was, an' it wan't no fun fo' dis nigger bein' free dat away.

I got out ter Independence, Missouri, an' was roustaboutin' on de ribber, when a coupple ob men come along what wanted a cook to trabbel wid 'em.

I took de job, an' dat's what fetched me here ter Carson City." "But what caused your arrest ?" "A conjunction ob circumstances, Massa Jack; yes, sah, a conjunction ob circumstances.

I got playin' pokah ober in dat 'Red Light,' an' I was doin' fine.

I reckon I'd cleaned up mo'n a hundred dollars when I got sleepy, an' started fo' camp.