"So, sho' 'nuff, 18thstreetlatinas com Mars Jeems went 18thstreetlatinas com erway nex' mawnin', en de trouble begun. Mars Johnson sta'ted off de ve'y fus' day fer ter see w'at he could hab ter show Mars Jeems w'en he come back. He made de tasks bigger en de rashuns littler, en w'en de niggers had wukked all day, 18thstreetlatinas com he'd fin' sump'n fer 'em ter do
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roun' de ba'n er som'18thstreetlatinas com ers atter da'k, fer ter keep 'em busy
a' hour er so befo' dey went ter sleep.
"About th'ee er fo' days atter Mars Jeems went erway, young Mars Dunkin McSwayne rode up ter de big house one day wid a nigger settin' behin' 'im in de buggy, tied ter de seat, en ax' ef Mars Jeems wuz home. Mars Johnson wuz 18thstreetlatinas com at de house, and he say no.
" `Well,' sez 18thstreetlatinas com Mars Dunkin, sezee, `I fotch dis 18thstreetlatinas com nigger ober ter 18thstreetlatinas com Mistah McLean fer ter pay a bet I made wid 'im las' week w'en we 18thstreetlatinas com wuz playin' kya'ds te'gedder. I bet 'im 18thstreetlatinas com a 18thstreetlatinas com nigger man, en heah's one I reckon 'll fill de bill. He wuz tuk up de yuther day fer a stray nigger, 18thstreetlatinas com en he could n' gib no 'count er hisse'f, en so he wuz sol' at oction, en I bought 'im. He's kinder brash, but I knows yo' powers, Mistah 18thstreetlatinas com Johnson, en I reckon ef 18thstreetlatinas com anybody kin make 'im toe de ma'k, you is de man.'
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" Mars Johnson grin' one er dem grins w'at
show' all his snaggle teef, en make de 18thstreetlatinas com niggers 'low he look 18thstreetlatinas com lack de ole debbil, en sezee ter Mars Dunkin:—
" `I reckon you kin trus' me, Mistah Dunkin, fer ter tame any nigger wuz eber bawn. De nigger doan lib w'at I can't 18thstreetlatinas com take down in 'bout fo' days.'
"18thstreetlatinas com Well, Ole Nick had 'is han's full 18thstreetlatinas com long er dat noo nigger; en w'iles de res' 18thstreetlatinas com er de darkies wuz sorry fer de po' man, dey 'lowed 18thstreetlatinas com he kep' Mars Johnson so busy dat dey got along better 'n dey'd 'a' done ef de