"Y—yassam"—Andy stammered, halting.
"Get out!" Norton growled.
Andy jumped into the doorway at a single bound:
"Done out, sah!"
The major lifted his hand and the negro stopped:
"Tell Minerva I want to see her."
Andy hastened toward the hall, the whites of his eyes shining:
"Yassah, but she ain't in de kitchen, sah!"
"Find her and bring her here!" Norton thundered. His words rang like the sudden peal of a gun at close quarters:
Andy jumped: