The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1867-06-18
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"Fun."
"Now you ies' look heah, Sam; you
s'pose you fool wild dis chile, e,elr If you
do it's oil right. But specs you'll git
hurt and den you'll git mad, ell 2"
This was spoken with the most imper.
turbable gravity, and the negro slowly
rose while he spoke, looking as demuse as
child.
"Who'll get hurt p asked Sam, with
a flourish.
81 specs you"
"llow p
"Fopin' wild me-"
"Now you jest set right down on them
com'in's agin," uttered sam, at the same
time laying both his hands on Catos
shoulders.
1hc ncgro's brown eyes sparkIed, and
broad grin broke over his face as he
felt Sans hands upon him; but without
speaking he placed one Of his huge black
paws upon the ioker's Jacket color, and
with the other he seized him by the seat
Of the trousers. One deep breath came
up from Cato's throat like the puff OF a
lOcomotive-then the great cords of his
neck and arms started out like hawsers,
and when he lifted himself up, the giant
form of Sam Rannot was swayed aluft
above his woolly head a moment he
looked about him, and he saw tie long
boat behind him, nearly half full of rain
water.
ga yah--yal, mas'r Sam. Cool 'um
Off" And as he spoke he dumped the
astonished giant over into the long boat,
and AS he let 90 lis hold, the massive
body splashed in the deep dirty water.
Ali the night before 1t had rained hard.
and as the large boat had not been cover
ed, and the plug being in, she was of
course well filled. AT any rate, there
was enough water to submcrqc the vic
tim. In an instant all hands gathered
about the boat, myself among the rest.
First we heard terrible sputtering AMI
putting and blowing, like hippopotamus
just'comc to land, anl in a moment more
Sans sandy head, all dipping and soak
ed, appeared above the rail. lie saw US
all standing there with convul ions of
restrained mirth upon our faces, and for
some seconds they moved not hair
Never before did see such utter misery,
such unmii9ated woe as dwclt upon that
face. Edwin Forests
Farewell o hellos occupations gone .''
is nothing to it. Most truly had Sam lost
all his "pride, pomp and circumstances.
aspects diJn't'hu you much, he p
uttered Cato, with becoming gravity.
Bat it WAS too much for us. Poor
Sans look at the black conqncror upset
tie cup and we burst. With deep groan
the vauquishcd man crawled over on the
other size OF the boat and got cut, and
then made In, way below. Half AN hour
afterwards he came on deck with dry
clothes on, and having hung lis wet ones
in the rigging to dry, he turned TO where
Cato stood. lie Surveyed the negro from
head 10 foot several times, and finally he
placed his hand upon the arms that had
lifted him - easily. lie felt of their
cab!c.l Ike surface moment. and then he
said, in Il sad tone, while he shook his
bead obviously;
ITS no rsc! loq're a greet muJsr "
And that was the last Of sam Rannoi's
mis- hicf. His Irile of physical strength
was broken, for he had found his superior,
and he settled down into quiet. orderly
seaman. feared at fist that he might
scek some revenge On Cato, but he was
too noble for that. lie knew that he had
invited the attack, and us ,oon as the first
smart Of pain was gone, lie and his con-
queror were fast and firm friends.