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Chapter 6

           Andtoseethecoolwayofthatniggerwhy,hewouldn’tagivemetheroadifIhadn’tshovedhimouto’theway.Isaystothepeople,whyain’tthisniggerputupatauctionandsold?that’swhatIwanttoknow.Andwhatdoyoureckontheysaid?Why,theysaidhecouldn’tbesoldtillhe’dbeenintheStatesixmonths,andhehadn’tbeentherethatlongyet.There,nowthat’saspecimen.Theycallthatagovmentthatcan’tsellafreeniggertillhe’sbeenintheStatesixmonths.Here’sagovmentthatcallsitselfagovment,andletsontobeagovment,andthinksitisagovment,andyet’sgottosetstock-stillforsixwholemonthsbeforeitcantakeaholdofaprowling,thieving,infernal,white-shirtedfreenigger,and"

           Papwasagoingonsohenevernoticedwherehisoldlimberlegswastakinghimto,sohewentheadoverheelsoverthetubofsaltporkandbarkedbothshins,andtherestofhisspeechwasallthehottestkindoflanguagemostlyhoveattheniggerandthegovment,thoughhegivethetubsome,too,allalong,hereandthere.Hehoppedaroundthecabinconsiderable,firstononelegandthenontheother,holdingfirstoneshinandthentheotherone,andatlastheletoutwithhisleftfootallofasuddenandfetchedthetubarattlingkick.Butitwarn’tgoodjudgment,becausethatwasthebootthathadacoupleofhistoesleakingoutofthefrontendofit;sonowheraisedahowlthatfairlymadeabody’shairraise,anddownhewentinthedirt,androlledthere,andheldhistoes;andthecussinghedonethenlaidoveranythinghehadeverdoneprevious.Hesaidsohisownselfafterwards.HehadheardoldSowberryHaganinhisbestdays,andhesaiditlaidoverhim,too;butIreckonthatwassortofpilingiton,maybe.

           Aftersupperpaptookthejug,andsaidhehadenoughwhiskytherefortwodrunksandonedeliriumtremens.Thatwasalwayshisword.Ijudgedhewouldbeblinddrunkinaboutanhour,andthenIwouldstealthekey,orsawmyselfout,oneort’other.

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