"It ain't mah way to be too persistency wid de w'ite quality gemmen.

But Ah done thought maybe yo' know somethin' dat yo's burnin' to tell." "Who are you, and what are you doing around here ?" asked Tom.

"I'm certain you don't belong to my force of workmen---unless you just joined yesterday.

Are you working on the breakwater job ?" "Yessah," promptly answered Sambo with momentary gravity.

Then his mood changed to a chuckle.
"Dat am all right, Massa Reade," he allowed.