You must know why they were there; no doubt you overhead them talk coming up ?" "Yas, sah; Massa Donaldson he was goin' up fer ter serve sum papers fer Massa Kirby, so he cud run off de Beaucaire niggers.

But dis yere gal, she ain't no nigger--she's just a white pusson." "She is a slave under the law," I said, gravely, as she made no effort to move, "and the man, Kirby, claims her." I could see his mouth fly open, but the surprise of this statement halted his efforts at speech.
"That explains the whole situation," I went on.

"Now will you answer me ?" "'Bout dis yere Massa Shrunk ?" "Yes--you have heard of him before ?" "Ah reckon as how maybe Ah has, sah.

Mos' all de niggers down dis way has bin tol' 'bout him--som'how dey has, sah." "So I thought.

Well, do you know where he can be found ?" "Not perzackly, sah.