"It's easy enough for you fellows to come down here and make up a story about a lot of people you've never seen, but I'll tell you one thing, and that is that you're not so likely to hit the truth as the men who've been brought up in the country.

In the first place it comes natural to niggers to be whipped and they don't mind it.

In the second place if your tramp _did_ want to take it out on the Colonel why should he be scared by Mose, who was a little bit of a sawed-off cuss that I could lick with one hand tied behind me?
You may be able to impress a New York jury with a ham bone and a cheese rind, Mr.Patten, but I can tell you, sir, that a Virginia jury wants witnesses." "We shall do our best to provide some," said Terry, coolly.
"And perhaps you can tell," added Mattison with the triumphant air of clinching the matter, "what has become of the five thousand dollars in bonds?
You can never make me believe that any nigger--" "Oh, they're back in the safe at Four-Pools.

I found 'em this morning in the spring-hole where the man had thrown them away .-- Now, gentlemen," he added with a touch of impatience, "I want to try a little experiment before we leave the cave.

Will you all please put out your lights?
I want to see how dark it really is in here." We blew out our candles and stood a moment in silence.