"Are they boys like yourself?"
"Yes, sir."
"Are you three all that are on board—I mean all that man the boat?"
"Yes, massa."
"Where are you bound?"
"To St. Louis."
"Do you think they would take me as passenger?"
Clip shook his head.
"They won't take no passengers," he answered. "An ol' woman wanted to go as passenger, and another man" (Clip was unconscious of the bull), "but Massa Bob he said no."
"Suppose I make a bargain with you," said the man, insinuatingly.