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"Do I undehstand, Maguffin, that you ordehed these wohthy people to go
back, dispehse, and suhhendah without any wahhant?"
"And presinted his pistil, too," continued the tall man, who had already
spoken, and who was the coloured man's guard.
"Have you no answah, Maguffin?"
"I fought, Cunnell, I was ter patterole this heah road and repawt all
the folkses I see on or off'n it."
"Yes, repoht to me, as youh officeh, suh."
"Oh, I fought yoh meant to repawt em wif a revolvah, sah."
"I suppose, gentlemen, you will let my sehvant go, when I say I deplohe
his foolish mistake, and apologize foh his insolence?
"To be shure, sir," replied the guard; "give the man his horse,
Annerew."
Maguffin remounted, and, receiving more minute instructions from his
master, returned to his patrol duty.
"We're just coming in to help the Squire, and me to look after my
childer, Tryphena and Tryphosa and Baby Rufus. When the Baby didn't come
back this mornin', I said to his mother, 'Persis' says I, 'I must go and
see the boy.' So here I am. My name is Hill, sir, Henry Cooke Hill, and
this is my neighbour, and some day, perhaps, Rufus's father-in law,
Annerew Hislop"--then in an undertone--"a very dacent man, sir, though a
Sesayder.
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