"They's a camp right near here."
"I promised."
"The of'cers wants body-servants, Gidjon—"
"Go, Martha, if you want to, but I stay."
She went away from him, but she or some one else got word to young Captain Jack Griswold of the near camp that there was an excellent servant on the plantation who only needed a little persuading, and he came up to see him.
"Look here," he said, "I want a body-servant. I'll give you ten dollars a month."
"I've got to stay here."
"But, you fool, what have you to gain by staying here?"
"I'm goin' to stay."
"Why, you'll be free in a little while, anyway."