? ? ? ? In the morning we was up at break of day, and down to the nigger cabins to pet the dogs and make friends with the nigger that fed Jim- if it was Jim that was being fed. The niggers was just getting through breakfast and starting for the fields; and Jim's nigger was piling up a tin pan with bread and meat and things; and whilst the others was leaving, the key come from the house.
? ? ? ? This nigger had a good-natured, chuckle-headed face, and his wool was all tied up in little bunches with thread. That was to keep witches off. He said the witches was pestering him awful, these nights, and making him see all kinds of strange things, and hear all kinds of strange words and noises, and he didn't believe he was ever witched so long, before, in his life. He got so worked up, and got to running on so about his troubles, he forgot all about what he'd been going to do. So Tom says:
? ? ? ? "What's the vittles for? Going to feed the dogs?"
? ? ? ? The nigger kind of smiled around graduly over his face, like when you heave a brickbat in a mud puddle, and he says:
? ? ? ? "Yes, Mars Sid, a dog.
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