'Junius, then, is a friend of the Overseer.'
'No, sar; he hain't no friends, 'cep de debil; but June am a good nigga, and he said 'twarn't right to kill ole Moye so sudden, for den dar'd be no chance for de Lord forgibin' him.'
'Then Sam got away again?'
'O yas; nary one but darkies war round, and dey wouldn't hole him. Ef dey'd cotched him den, dey'd hung him, shore.'
'Why hung him?'
''Cause he'd struck a wite man; it 'm shore death to do dat.'
'Do you think Scip will bring him back?'
'Yas; 'cause he 'm gwine to tell massa de hull story. De Cunnel will b'lieve Scipio ef he am brack. Sam'll know dat, and he'll come back. De Cunnel'll make de State too hot to hole ole Moye, when he fine him out.'
'Does Sam's wife "smile" on the Overseer now?'
'No; she see de trubble she bring on Sam, and she bery sorry. She won't look at a wite man now.'