436  LTFB  AT  THE  BOUTH;   OB

"  Mr.  Easy  is  not  sharp ;  I  tell  you,  he  is  here !  yow
very  master!    You  have  not  a  minnte  to  spare!    I

have  seen  that ^"    Kelly  here  hesitated,  and  knit

her  brow,  as  if  she  had  something  to  say,  but  either
could  not,  or  was  unwilling  to  utter  it.
Tom  stared.    Nelly  looked  downcast.
"  Well,  proceed  — spoke  um,"  said  he,  in  a  gentle
tone.
Kelly  seemed  to  be  in  thought ;  Tom  began  to  grow
uneasy.
"  You  aint  takin'  sick,  or  noffin  ? "  he  remarked.
Kelly  sat  down  in  the  rocking  chair,  and  took  off
her  bonnet.
"Why,  Kelly,  why!  Don't  fool  dis  nigger  so!
You  war  'bout  to  say  something — out  wid  um  ;  you
seed  me  patient,"  said  Tom.
"Tom,  I  think  I  will  accompany  you ;  I  likes  to  go
to  Saint  Davids,"  she  said.
"  Kot  wid  dis  nigger,  eeny  how !  Ko,  no ;  gib  me
de  States.     Here  am  de  only  place  to  live  like  freeman."

"  I  agree  to  that ;  but  such  color'd  gemmen  as  your-
self arc  denied  the  privilege,"  replied  Kelly.
"I  am  not  guine  dar.  I  tell  you,  Mr.  Easy  jist
said  that  massa  war  out  o'  town."

"  It  is  not  so ;  I  have  seen  with  my  own   eyes
that "

"  Who — ^wlio  ?  why  do  n't  you  spoke  um  ? "  inquired
Tom,  in  a  louder  tone  of  voice.
"  Why,  if  you  must  know,"  replied  Kelly,  with  a
sneer  upon  her  countenance,  "  I  have  seen  that  wench
Dinah!"


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UNCLE  TOM'8  cabin  AB  IT  19.  .427

"Dinah!  my  own  lubly  Dinah?"  exclaimed  the
fugitive,  and  buried  his  face  in  his  hands.
