We tumbled in ober each oder, and fastened dat door in a hurry you'd better beliebe." "Wal, we went to our room, and blowed out de candle and said our prayers and went to bed.

We hadn't been laying dar long, when Big Mose turned ober toward me, and whispers, 'I tell you, Cato, dar am Inj'ines about de house.

'Cause why I see'd one, and I had a dream last night dat a whole lot ob dem comes here in de night and killed all of us niggers and burnt Missis Mary!' Hebens, golly! Massa Canfield, I begun to turn white about de gills when I heerd him say _dat_.

I'd been shibering and shaking, and now I shook like de ager.

I told Big Mose to be still and go to sleep, 'cause it seemed to me if I went to sleep when t'ings looked bad, dey would be all right agin in de mornin'.
But, he wouldn't be still and says, 'I tell you, Cato, dar _am_ Injines crawlin' around ob dis house dis very minute, 'cause I can hear dar knees and hands on de ground.' I couldn't make Big Mose keep quiet.
Bimeby, he says, 'Cato, let's git up and be ready for 'em, for dey're comin'.