Watch and Wait; or, The Young Fugitives

an, as soon as the sails of the Isabel had been furled,

off the hatch of the stow-hold.

ow how to

't know nossin a

and at the business first. We can make some coffee, boil

kin

vide the work between us. You shall be cook one week, and I will th

n a short time the fires were blazing in the two furnaces, the coffee and the potatoes were boiling upon one, and the other

various operations performed, that he was competent to do it himself, after acquiring a little expe

an was cooking the bacon, Cyd prepared it for the morning meal. They had every thing which could be found in any well-ordered

to set down to dat table. You'se a free nigger, now, Cyd, and jes as good as de best ob dem. Dar's de bread, dar's de pickles, dar's de butt

ky-light, as he proceeded to pass down

know what to do wid dese yere ting

placed upon the table, the effect called forth another rhapsody from Cyd. W

said he; "brea

exclaimed Cyd, suddenly looking as sober

t, C

be

do we want

to be sure," replied Cyd, diste

ut a bell," replied Dan, laughi

rdly have believed, from their appearance, that they were fugitives from slavery. All the talk about the chilly damps of the swamp, the perils and the hardships

Dan ventured to suggest to him that, as he was now seated at a gentleman's table, he should behave in a gentlemanly manner, and not eat bacon from his fingers, when a knife and f

as not strange, inasmuch as none of the chemical conditions, upon which good coffee is produced, had been compli

ed Lily, with a smile, which fu

hen the water," replied the

wat

, c

ve him a receipt for making good coffee, which

locker, and I couldn't think

pronounced satisfactory, especially by Cyd, whose plantation rations had not included

can go away and do what

table and wash the dis

going to

, Li

oat, but I think I can cook, and take care of the cabin, s

said Dan. "You have been a lady's-maid

ould not feel right to live like a lady here. I mean

and I wil

all dat, and a

ing, or I should

and while you are clearing off the table

at?" as

shall have a room

wning which was used to spread over the forward deck, he unrolled it, and proceeded to make his

awning to the size required, and then nailed it up as a partition between the forward and the after cabin. The space thus enclosed formed a state room, six feet long and three f

t namesake, when its mission on earth is nearly finished. The fugitives had come to the knowledge that they had slept none during the preceding night, and as the voyage was to be con

of us must turn

we bof

sleeps. We have been getting along so finely, th

. "Wha-wha-what you wa

come upon us while we

we're awake: what den? Who's a gw

shall not be taken

ee de nigger hunter, wid tree, four dozen bl

!" replied Dan, with energy, as he grasped on

g his eyes with astonishment. "Gwin

ill shoot man or dog tha

id when excited; but the idea was too big fo

oint, and you must

Massa Kun'l, if he come for

ong to myself now, and I will fig

sed Cyd. "Hossifus! Shoot Ma

to sleep. You may ha

s soon snoring in one of the forward bunks, while Dan took his place upon deck to guard