"I understand, just a little caution, so to speak!"
"Yassah—dat's hit! Des tucken drawed out, whar I'd have elbow room in de mergency——"
"In other words," the boy interrupted, "just used a little indiscretion!"
Andy chuckled:
"Yassah! Dat's hit! Well, sah, he pat dat pistol kinder familious like an' say: 'Ef dey's any er you lowlife po' white scoundrels here ter-day that don't want ter hear my speech—git! But ef yer stay an' yer don't feel comfortable, I got six little lead pills here in a box dat'll ease yer pain. Walk right up to de prescription counter!'"
"And they walked right up?"
"Well, sah, dey didn't crowd up!—nasah!" Andy paused and laughed immoderately. "An' wid dat he des folded his arms an' look at dat crowd er minute an' his eyes began to spit fire. When I see dat, I feels my very shoes commin' ontied. I sez ter myself, now folks he's gwine ter magnify——"
Tom laughed:
"Magnified, did he?"
The negro's eyes rolled and he lifted his hands in a gesture of supreme admiration: