yard, the biggest of the darkeys, scraping his best
bow, said, 'We jes' come, Mars' Cap'n, 'bout a little complexity 'long
o' dat ar dog and dem two shoats.'

"'No 'plexity it all, cap'n,' said the other.--'Jes' you keep to
facks, you Hannibal.--You see, Mars' Cap'n, dat ar nigga he had de
dog: jes' a good-for-nuffin' mongrel, _he_ is, fo' sure now.'

"'Rale likely dog, Mars' Cap'n,' broke in the other. 'Dat ar dog'll
twist a pig off'n his legs onto his back quicker'n winkin'--'deed will
he.'

"I had been long enough in G---- to appreciate this speech, having
seen droves of pigs in gardens or vegetable-patches routed by dogs.
A monstrous pig would roll over perfectly helpless after a dexterous
twist of a small dog holding the hind leg of the heavy animal between
his teeth. I do not know how they are trained, but it is far more
mirth-provoking than any circus to see two or three little yelping
dogs rout some fifty great pigs in this way.

'"Ain't wuff two shoats,' growled the other darkey.

"'Wuff twenty-'leven racks o' bones like dem ar.'

"'Stop!' I said.--'You speak, Hannibal, and you wait till your turn,'
I added to the other man.

"'You see, Mars' Cap'n,' said Hannibal, 'Bill he wanted dat ar dog o'
mine powerful bad--'deed you did, you nigga!--an' he done swopped off
two missable weak ole shoats on me for dat dog. Well, Mars' Cap'n, I
done fed up dem shoats fo' free or fou' months; an', now dey's likely
pigs an' a-makin' bacon, Bill he wants to swop back, he does.'

"'You see, Mars' Cap'n,' broke in the other, 'dat ar dog was to be
a huntin'-dog, he was. Wish ter gracious you'd jes' see him _hunt_!
Stan' an' bark an' yelp till dar ain't a quail in ten miles, he will,
an' splash inter de ribber till he'll scare ebery duck fo' seven
miles.'

"And then they went at it, abusing and defending the dog, till we
heard a great scuffling, and saw the pigs had broken loose and were
tearing down the street, followed by the dog, every nigger in sight,
and, bringing up the rear, Hannibal and Bill, who never returned. How
they settled their dispute I never heard."

"One! two!" chimed the mantel-clock, and we parted for the night,
while I lay awake a long time musing upon the "Sambo" of my
imagination and the "Sambo" of the experiences of Captain S----.

S. A. SHEILDS.

THE EMPRESS EUGENIE.

When the bloody business of the _coup d'etat_ was definitely finished,
the murder-stains washed from the streets, t