"Yo' don't mean ter say he wur ther 'riginater uv ther Dagoes?" said Jordan.
"Well," said Sedgwick, with a laugh, "you know at that time there were wild tribes in Italy. Then there came in Greek colonies, and all races fused and assimilated, even as did the Romans and Sabines when the former captured a company of the women of the latter and made them their wives. Out of it all arose the mighty Roman nation."
"They inbred with mustangs, so ter speak," said Jordan, "and these common Dagoes is whar they has bred back showin' bad stock in ther dam."
"May-be," said Sedgwick.
"Half-breeds is no good, as a rule, but that Nais war a good one."
"A good one, I guess," said Sedgwick.
"He's ther feller that Queen—what's her name?—O, yes, Queen Dido got soft on?" queried Jordan.
"Yes, Queen Dido," was the response.
"And she got looney-like when he cum away, and uv nights would go down on ther shore and watch for him to cum back?" said Jordan.
"So the legend has come down, and by the way," added Sedgwick, "her country was on this sea also, farther east and south, off to the right. It was called Carthage."