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? ? ? ? "I know; but you don't want it but fifteen minutes, to carry the nonnamous letter and shove it under the front door."

? ? ? ? "All right, then, I'll do it; but I could carry it just as handy in my own togs."

? ? ? ? "You wouldn't look like a servant-girl then, would you?"

? ? ? ? "No, but there won't be nobody to see what I look like, anyway."

? ? ? ? "That ain't got nothing to do with it. The thing for us to do, is just to do our duty, and not worry about whether anybody sees us do it or not. Hain't you got no principle at all?"

? ? ? ? "All right, I ain't saying nothing; I'm the servant-girl.

? ? ? ? Who's Jim's mother?"

? ? ? ? "I'm his mother. I'll hook a gown from Aunt Sally."

? ? ? ? "Well, then, you'll have to stay in the cabin when me and Jim leaves."

? ? ? ? "Not much. I'll stuff Jim's clothes full of straw and lay it on his bed to represent his mother in disguise, and Jim'll take Aunt Sally's gown off of me and wear it, and we'll all evade together.


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