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w'at ole Aun' Peggy had said. En Chloe showed 'in how ter git unner de ouse, en w'en he had put de cunjah doll on de sill, he went 'long back ter de qua'ters- en des waited. 

"Nex' day, sho' 'nuff, de goopher 'mence' ter wuk. Hannibal sta'ted in de house soon in de mawnin' wid a armful er wood ter make a fire, en he had n' mo'd'n got 'cross de do'-sill befo' his feet begun ter bu'n so dat he drap'de armful er wood on de flo' en wpoke ole mis' up a' hour sooner 'n yushal, en co'se ole mis' did n' lack dat, en spoke sha'p erbout it. 

"W'en dinner-time come, en Hannibal wuz help'n' de cook kyar de dinner f'm de kitchen inter de big house, en wuz gittin' close ter de do' whar he had ter go in, his feet sta'ted ter bu'n en his head begun ter swim, en he let de big dish er chicken en dumplin's fall right down in de dirt, in de middle er de ya'd, en de w'it efolks had ter make dey din-