duringheweekheweavinghousewascompleed—ibeasinhemeanimemakingnoallusionwhaeverohedifficuly—wheniwasinformedhehadhiredmeopeera

er，oworkunderanohercarpenerbyhenameofmyershisa

ouncemenwasreceivedwihgraificaion，asanypcewasdesirablehawouldrelievemeofhishaefulpresence

peera

er，ashereaderhasalreadybeeninformed，livedonheopposieshore，andwashebroherofmisressfordheisoneofhemosexensivepnersonbayouboeuf，andownsargenumberofsves

overiwenoa

er’s，joyfullyenoughhehadheardofmyedifficulies—infac，iascerainedhefloggingofibeaswassoonbzonedfarandwidehisaffair，ogeherwihmyrafingexperimen，hadrenderedmesomewhanooriousmorehanonceiheardisaidhapford，nowpibeas—asve’snamechangeswihhischangeofmaser—was“adevilofanigger”buiwasdesinedomakeasillfurhernoise，aswillpresenlybeseen，hroughouhelileworldofbayouboeuf

peera

erendeavoredoimpressuponmeheideahahewasquiesevere，houghicouldperceiveherewasaveinofgoodhumorinheoldfellow，aferall

“you’rehenigger，”hesaidomeonmyarrival—“you’reheniggerhafloggedyourmaser，eh？you’reheniggerhakicks，andholdscarpeneribeasbyheleg，andwallopshim，areye？i’dlikeoseeyouholdmebyheleg—ishouldyou’rea’porancharacer—you’reagreanigger—veryremarkablenigger，ain’ye？i’dshyou—i’dakeheanrumsouofyejesakeholdofmyleg，ifyoupleasenoneofyourprankshere，myboy，rememberhanowgoowork，youkickin’rascal，”concludedpeera

er，unableosuppressahalfcomicalgrinahisownwiandsarcasm

aferliseningohissaluaion，iwasakenchargeofbymyers，andboredunderhisdirecionforamonh，ohisandmyownsaisfacion

likewilliamford，hisbroherinw，a

erwasinhehabiofreadinghebibleohissvesonhesabbah，buinasomewhadifferenspirihewasanimpressivecommenaoronhenewesamenhefirssundayafermycomingohepnaion，hecalledhemogeher，andbeganoreadhewelfhchaperoflukewhenhecameohe47hverse，helookeddeliberaelyaroundhim，andconinued—“andhaservanwhichknewhislord’swill，”—herehepaused，lookingaroundmoredeliberaelyhanbefore，andagainproceeded—“whichknewhislord’swill，andpreparednohimself”—herewasanoherpause—“preparednohimself，neiherdidaccordingohiswill，shallbebeaenwihmanysripes”

“d’yehearha？”demandedpeer，emphaically

“sripes，”herepeaed，slowlyanddisincly，akingoffhisspecacles，preparaoryomakingafewremarks

“haniggerhadon’akecare—hadon’obeyhislord—ha’shismaser—d’yesee？—ha’ereniggershallbebeaenwihmanysripesnow，‘many’signifiesagreamany—fory，ahundred，ahundredandfifyshes

ha’sscriper！”andsopeerconinuedoelucidaehesubjecforagrealenghofime，muchoheedificaionofhissableaudience

aheconclusionofheexercises，callinguphreeofhissves，warner，willandmajoror，hecriedouome—

“here，p，youheldibeasbyhelegs；nowi’llseeifyoucanholdheserascalsinhesameway，illigebackfrommeein’”

hereuponheorderedhemohesocks—acommonhingonpnaionsinheredrivercounryhesocksareformedofwopnks，heloweronemadefasaheendsowoshorposs，drivenfirmlyinoheground

aregurdisanceshalfcirclesarecuinheupperedgeheoherpnkisfasenedooneofhepossbyahinge，sohaicanbeopenedorshudown，inhesamema

erashebdeofapockeknifeisshuoropened

inheloweredgeofheupperpnkcorrespondinghalfcirclesarealsocu，sohawhenheyclose，arowofholesisformedrgeenoughoadmianegro’slegaboveheankle，bunorgeenoughoenablehimodrawouhisfooheoherendofheupperpnk，opposiehehinge，isfasenedoisposbylockandkeyhesveismadeosiuponheground，whenheuppermosprankiselevaed，hislegs，jusaboveheankles，pcedinhesubhalfcircles，andshuingidownagain，andlockingi，heisheldsecureandfasveryofenheneckinseadofheankleisenclosedinhisma

erheyareheldduringheoperaionofwhipping

warner，willandmajor，accordingoa

er’saccounofhem，weremelonsealing，sabbahbreakingniggers，andnoapprovingofsuchwickedness，hefelihisduyopuheminhesockshandingmehekey，himself，myers，misressa

erandhechildreneneredhecarriageanddroveawayochurchacheneyvillewhenheyweregone，heboysbeggedmeolehemou

ifelsorryoseehemsiingonhehoground，andrememberedmyownsufferingsinhesunuponheirpromiseoreurnohesocksaanymomenheywererequiredodoso，iconsenedoreleasehemgraefulforheleniyshownhem，andinorderinsomemeasureorepayi，heycoulddonoless，ofcourse，hanpilomeohemelonpachshorlybeforea

er’sreurn，heywereinhesocksagainfinallyhedroveup，andlookingaheboys，said，wihachuckle，—

“aha！yehavn’beensrollingaboumuchoday，anywayi’lleachyouwha’swhai’llireyeofeaingwaermelonsonhelord’sday，yesabbahbreakingniggers”

peera

erpridedhimselfuponhissricreligiousobservances：hewasadeaconinhechurch

buihavenowreachedapoininheprogressofmynarraive，whenibecomesnecessaryournawayfrom113

heselighdeions，ohemoregraveandweighymaerofhesecondbalewihmaseribeas，andheflighhroughhegreapacoudrieswamp