Says he-
? ? ? ? "I got hurt a little, en couldn't swim fas', so I wuz a considable ways behine you, towards de las'; when you landed I reckoned I could ketch up wid you on de lan' 'dout havin' to shout at you, but when I see dat house I begin to go slow. I off too fur to hear what dey say to you- I wuz 'fraid o' de dogs- but when it 'uz all quiet agin, I knowed you's in de house, so I struck out for de woods to wait for day. Early in de mawnin' some er de niggers come along, gwyne to de fields, en dey tuck me en showed me dis place, whah de dogs can't track me on accounts o' de water, en dey brings me truck to eat every night, en tells me how you's a gitt'n along."
? ? ? ? "Why didn't you tell my Jack to fetch me here sooner, Jim?"
? ? ? ? "Well,'twarn't no use to 'sturb you, Huck, tell we could do sumfn- but we's all right, now. I ben a-buyin' pots en pans en vittles, as I get a chanst, en a patchin' up de raf', nights, when-"
? ? ? ? "What raft, Jim?"
? ? ? ? "Our ole raf'."
? ? ? ? "You mean to say our old raft warn't smashed all to flinders?"
? ? ? ? "No, she warn't.
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