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Each end of the barge was covered by a deck about eight feet long, and this was where the crew stood when they were handling the lines. This movement on the part of the negroes alarmed Tony, who dropped the leg of the chicken he held in his hand, and sprang to his feet. Some- thing told him that it would never do to allow those men to come too close to him. " Say, you Mose and Sambo, " he shouted, "what are you coming here for ? Go back where you belong. " " Want to ax you something, sah, " rep...lied one of the negroes the one at whom the boy had looked when he called out the name of " Sambo. " He hadn't got either one of the names right, but still the ones he had given them will do to distin- guish them by. " Stop, right where you are, " commanded Tony, who, frightened as he was, managed to speak in a very firm and determined tone of voice. " I can hear what you have to say. " "We's comin' right dar whar you is, " said the one who had been called Mose. As he spoke, he drew a long knife from his 200 GEORGE AT THE WHEEL ; OR, pocket, and with a quick movement, threw open the blade, which caught with a spring.
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