human
Well, boys, I've got just the biggest thing out. Ef I hadn't seed it myself, I wouldn't hev believed it!
gpt
It ain't thet ghost ag'in? growled Robinson, from the depths of his arm-chair;
human
Wot ghost?
gpt
Why, ole Mammy's ghost, that every feller about yer sees when he's half full and out late o' nights.
human
Where?
gpt
Where? Why, where should a ghost be? Meanderin' round her grave on the hill, yander, in course.
human
It's suthin bigger nor thet, pard, said Dick confidently;
gpt
Well, go on!
human
Well, he said, with affected deliberation,
gpt
Love-makin'!
human
You've hit it, pard,--you've rung the bell every time! But she says, 'wants thet money down, or I'll--' and here I couldn't get to hear the rest. And then he kinder coaxes, and she says, sorter sassy, but listenin' all the time,--woman like, ye know, Eve and the sarpint!--and she says, 'I'll see to-morrow.' And he says, 'You won't blow on me?' and I gets excited and peeps in, and may I be teetotally durned ef I didn't see--
gpt
What?
human
Why, DADDY ON HIS KNEES TO THAT THERE FANCY DANCER, Grace Somerset! Now, if Mammy's ghost is meanderin' round, why, et's about time she left the cemetery and put in an appearance in Jackson's Hall. Thet's all!
gpt
Look yar, boys, said Robinson, rising,
human
I don't know ez it's the square thing to spile Daddy's fun. I don't object to it, provided she ain't takin' in the old man, and givin' him dead away. But ez we're his guardeens, I propose that we go down thar and see the lady, and find out ef her intentions is honorable. If she means marry, and the old man persists, why, I reckon we kin give the young couple a send-off thet won't disgrace this yer camp! Hey, boys?