De times were slack, and my massa hire me out to be waiter in a saloon.

Dat place dey hab dinners, and after dinner dey gamble.

Dat war a bad place, mos' ebery night quarrels, and sometimes de pistols drawn, and de bullets flying about.

Sam 'top dar six months; de place near de riber, and de captains ob de ships often come to dine.
"One young fellow come bery often, and one day Sam saw tree or four men he knew to be Texas horse dealers talking wid him.

Now dis young captain had been bery friendly wid Sam; always speak cibil and gib him quarter for himself, and Sam sorry to see dose chaps get hold ob him.