"Jake
no like Abe, cause Abe like me too. Jake he ask me if I like Abe any
more after he git whip on back by constable man. I say no. Indian gal,
no like marry man what been whip. Jake laugh and say I no marry Abe
sure nuff, cause Abe git whip to-morrow. He no tell me what he mean
till I say I give him kiss. Man all like kiss. Jake he says yes, an I
give him kiss. Ugh! Arter that he say Squire an Deacon Edwards, and
Deacon Nash, an Cap'n Stoddard an heap more, an Jake he go too, gonter
git up arly, at tree o'clock to-morrer, with guns; make no noise go
roun creepy, creepy, creepy." Here she expressed by pantomime the way
a cat stealthily approaches its prey, culminating by a sudden clutch
on Perez' arm that startled him, as she added explosively, "Catch you
so, all abed, an Abe an Abner an heap more! Then when mornin come they
whip all on yer to the whippin-post. When Jake go home I wait till
mammy go sleep, slip out winder an go tell Abe so he no git whip. Then
I tink come here tell Prudence, for I tink she no like you git whip."
Perez had listened with an intense interest that lost not a syllable.
As the girl described the disgrace which his enemies had planned to
inflict on him, if their plan succeeded, his cheek paled and his lips
drew tense across his set teeth.
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