| Den he drap right ter de yerth, en I des stop long enough ter put a tin bucket on my haid 'fo' I began ter crawl atter Marse Dan. |
| I know it perfectly well, Marse Tom, and I ain't saying it by guess. |
| Of course her room is Ranger headquarters now, Marse Tom, while she's sick. |
| Ole Missus and Marse learn't me to never tell a lie, and she teached me dat's de way to git along well. |
| My white folks was Ad White what owned me. Called him Marse Ad. Don't call folks marse much now-days. |
| You's young Marse Tom fum dis out, en I got to practice and git used to 'memberin' to call you dat, honey, or I's gwine to make a mistake sometime en git us bofe into trouble. |
