Then I got on their track, and fearing the result, they've landed me also.

Now they 'll get rid of us both as best they can.

These fellows won't want any trial--that would be liable to give the whole trick away--but they have got to put us where we won't talk.

There is an easy way to do this, and that is by a lynching bee.

Do you get my drift, Neb ?" The whites of the negro's eyes were very much in evidence, his hands gripping at the bench on which he sat.
"Fo' de Lawd, yes, Massa Jack, I sho' does.