Sentence:  "Good-night, Uncle Nat," he called. Uncle Nat walked on in grim silence, never turning his head, for quite half a dozen paces. Then he came back to the gate to which Adam had also returned. "Tak' no <WSD>gaum</WSD> o' my gruntlin', Addy," asked Uncle. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Heed; attention.