Unaccustomed to such a soft and pleasant seat, the servant would very soon become sleepy and begin to nod.

Sometimes she would go fast asleep, which annoyed the mistress exceedingly.

But Mrs.Miller had nimble fingers, and on them sharp nails, and, with an energetic pinch upon the bare arms of the poor girl, she would arouse the daughter of Africa from her pleasant dreams.

But there was no one of Mrs.Miller's servants who received as much punishment as old Uncle Tony.
Fond of her greenhouse, and often in the garden, she was ever at the gardener's heels.

Uncle Tony was very religious, and, whenever his mistress flogged him, he invariably gave her a religious exhortation.
Although unable to read, he, nevertheless, had on his tongue's end portions of Scripture which he could use at any moment.