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tch him?' asked the Colonel of Jim, as, followed by every darky on the plantation, we took our way to the old building. 'In de swamp, massa. We got Sandy and de dogs arter him--dey treed him, but he fit like de debil.' 'Any one hurt?' 'Yas, Cunnel; he knifed Yaller Jake, and ef I hadn't a gibin him a wiper, you'd a had anudder nigger short dis mornin'--shore.' 'How was it? tell me,' said his master, while we paused, and the darkies gathered around. 'Wal, yer see, massa, we got de ole debil's hat dat he drapped wen you had him down; den we went to Sandy's fur de dogs--dey scented him to onst, and off dey put for de swamp. 'Bout twenty on us follored 'em. He'd a right smart start on us, and run like a deer, but de hounds kotched up wid him 'bout whar he shot pore Sam. He fit 'em and cut up de Lady awful, but ole Caesar got a hole ob him, and sliced a breakfuss out ob his legs. Somehow, dough, he got away from de ole dog, and clum a tree. 'T was more'n an hour afore we kotched up; but dar he war, and de houns baying 'way as ef dey know'd wat an ole debil he am. I'd tuk one ob de guns--you warn't in de hous, massa, so I cudn't ax you.' 'Never mind that; go on,' said the Colonel. 'Wal, I up wid de gun, and tole him ef he didn't cum down I'd gib him suffin' dat 'ud sot hard on de stummuk. It tuk him a long w'ile, but--he _cum down_.' Here the darky showed a row of ivory that would have been a fair capital for a metropolitan dentist. 'Wen he war down,' he resumed, 'Jake war gwine to tie him, but de ole 'gator, quicker dan a flash, put a knife enter him.' 'Is Jake much hurt?' interrupted the Colonel. 'Not bad, massa; de knife went fru his arm, and enter his ribs, but de ma'am hab fix him up, and she say he'll be 'round bery sudden.' 'Well, what then?' inquired the Colonel. 'Wen de ole debil seed he hadn't finished Jake, he war gwine to gib him anoder dig, but jus den I drap de gun on his cocoa-nut, and he neber trubble us no more. 'Twar mons'rous hard work to git him out ob de swamp, 'cause he war jes like a dead man, and we had to tote him de hull way; but he'm dar now, massa (pointing to the old cabin), and de bracelets am on him.' 'Where is Jake?' asked the Colonel. 'Dunno, massa, but reckon he'm to hum.' 'One of you boys go and bring him to the cabin,' said the Colonel. A negro-man went off on the errand, while we and the darkies resumed our way to the Overseer's quarters. Arrived there, I
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