I looked around, and seeing no other house I stepped out and said, "Good evening."
"Hello!" said Jake; "who is you?"
"It don't make any difference who I am," said I; "but, Aunty, can I get anything to eat?"
"Why, ob course you can, if dat blamed niggah ebber gets dat wood chopped."
"Is there any white people around here, Aunty?"
"No, honey; dere is no white folks within four miles of us. What's the matter, honey? Is you afraid of the white people?"
"You bet I am. I've just got out of prison."
"You has? Oh, good Lord! Is you a Yank?"
"You bet I am."