"I'se willin' ter do my
shar," he said musingly, "de Lawd knows I be. Ef I cud die lak po'
Marse Yarry en de oders fer freedom I'se willin' ter die."
"Now, Uncle Lusthah, your strong feeling and not your good sense
speaks," said Miss Lou, who had been thinking earnestly, meanwhile
recalling Scoville's prediction that the negroes might come to her
for help and counsel. "Aun' Jinkey is certainly right in this case,
and you must tell all our people from me that their only safe course
now is to obey all orders and bide their time. Perkins' authority
would be sustained by all the soldiers on the place and anything
like disobedience would be punished severely. If what Lieutenant
Scoville and the Northern general said is true you will soon be free
without useless risks on your part. If that time comes I want you
and mammy to stay with me. You shall be as free as I am and I'll
give you wages."
"Dar now, young mistis, ef I know I free I bress de Lawd fer de
charnce ter gib my wuk ter you. Dere's a po'ful dif'unce 'twix'
bein' took en kep en des gibin' yosef out ob yo' own heart.
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