"Yassah!" Andy cried. "Hit's shet an' I'se up!"
He scrambled to his feet and watched his master.
"You and Minerva go down that back stairway into the basement, fasten the windows and lock the doors."
Andy's eyes were two white moons in the shadows as he cried through chattering teeth:
"G—g—odder mighty—what—what's de matter, major?"
"Do as I tell you, quick!"
Andy dodged and leaped toward the door:
"R—right away, sah!"
"Pay no attention to anything Mr. Tom may say to you——"
"Nasah," Andy gasped. "I pay no 'tension ter nobody, sah!"