A feller kotched me when Ah runned, an' held mah mouf shut so Ah couldn't holler.

Den he-all fotched me heah.

Den he gib me er kick an' says, 'Gwine on, yuh lazy niggah, but look out fer de guns.

Dem folks kin shoot.' Dat's why Ah hollered when Ah kim inter de camp," finished Washington.
"Did you recognize any of the men who took you away from here ?" questioned Miss Briggs.
Washington shook his curly head.
"Did you know the man who brought you back ?" asked Grace.
"Ah did not.

Who yuh reckons he was ?" "That is what we are trying to find out," Hippy informed him.