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Cleve went outside ~ tBout &n ti~±!e a scritch owl come an‘ set on de roar ant scritched. Lissa run out to siceer ft away, but Cleve cau~,Lt i~er &fl:. Hesay, ‚ Dontt do dat, Lissa, leave him alone. Datts de death bird, he biows ~hat he‘s‘ dolat. So Lissa didn‘ do • notIi~i‘ ‚ sb~: let de bird keep on scritchin‘.

	•/TilCfl ~ t‘~»uz good an‘ dark Cleve tooi. a lon;2, rope an‘ went out, teilin ‚ Lissa to keep de water boum ~ . Then he corne back he had Mars~e irew ail tied up wid de rope an gagged so he couldn‘ holler; he IU;‘,CL hLï~ th‘owed over his shoulder like a sack of meal. He brung him in de cabin an ‚ . laid hirn on de floor ~ den he tole him if he wou1d~n‘ sell Lissa dat he wouldn‘ hurt him. Bat Marse Drew shook his head an‘ cussed in, his th‘oat.. Den Cleve took offde gag~hut :

befo‘ de white ~Ln could holler out, Cleve stuffed de spout o‘f a funnel in his big mouf way dowü his th‘oat% boldin‘ do~m his tongue. He ax him one more time to save Lissa from de block, but Mane Drew look at him wid hate in his eyes shook his head again. Cieve didn‘ ~ say nothin‘ elseto him; he call Lissa ar~ tale her tobrin~ hi* a.
pitcher of boumt water.... . . . :.	~.	 ~ . .

: By den I~issa. seed:what ~.j4\r~ Was gwine 4o. She. didn‘ tell, ‚~ ~fleve not to do it noi~«~etMnf; she jus‘ t~l1eØ. 4epitcher wid hat water, den. she:werrL..ovez‘. an~.,set down on ~e floor .~nY hoI‘ Mane
»rew 1~ hn4 sq.. be ‚ eotil8irt~ mfla.4 ? ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ : ~ ~‚ .	 ~ ;í ~ ~ ‚ ~ : ~

~ i~ : Thea~Ole~ ~a~se ~ lee&. wbat . dey was tifl~!k~o Ac. to Mm, his eyes

~	“bout busted out of his. head, hut when dey ax him again tbO~t ~ ~*Sa he wouldn‘ promise nothint ~ so Cleve set on hirn to ho1~ Int~