1 I wuz de on'y one dat had much.
2 Well," says he, "dat's all right, den.
3 I doan mine one er two kings, but dat's enough.
4 Well, dey's some use in a sign like dat, 'kase it's so fur ahead.'
5 En I reck'n de wives quarrels considable; en dat 'crease de racket.'
6 I reck'n I knows sense when I sees it; en dey ain no sense in sich doin's as dat.
7 But you take a man dat's got bout five million chillen runnin roun de house, en it's diffunt.
8 You'd a ben down dah in de woods widout any dinner, en gittn mos' drownded, too; dat you would, honey.
9 I hain't hearn 'bout none un um, skasely, but ole King Sollermun, onless you counts dem kings dat's in a pack er k'yards.'
10 You see, ef I kep on tryin to git away afoot, de dogs ud track me; ef I stole a skift to cross over, dey'd miss dat skift, you see, en dey'd know bout whah I'd lan on de yuther side, en whah to pick up my track.