Excursnick I calls it. But de sandwiches I done jest
made am gone. I s'pects Massa Bert or his cousin done take 'em fo'
fun."
"Oh, no, Dinah. Bert nor Harry wouldn't do that. Are you sure you made
the sandwiches?"
"I'se jest as shuah, Missie Nan, as I am dat I'se standin' heah. I'se
jest as shuah as I is dat time when I made de corn cakes, an' somebody
tuck dem! Dat's how shuah I is! Dem sandwiches what was fo' de
excursnick am done gone completely."
"But have you looked everywhere, Dinah?" asked Nan.
"Eberywhere! Under de table an' on top ob de table. I had dem
sandwiches all made an' on a plate. I left dem in de dinin' room to go
git a basket, an' when I come back, dey was gone entirely. I want t'
see yo' ma, Missie Nan. I ain't gwing t' stay on dish yeah boat no mo,
dat's what I ain't!"
"But why not, Dinah?" asked Nan, in some alarm.
"Because dey's ghostests on dish yeah boat; dat's what dey is! An' I
ain't gwine stay on no ha'nted boat. Fust it were de corn cakes, an'
now it's de sandwiches. I'se gwine away--I ain't gwine stay heah no
mo'!"
CHAPTER XVII
IN THE STORM
Dinah was certainly very much frightened, but Nan was not. She knew
better than to believe in such things as "ghosts," and, though the
sandwiches might have disappeared, the little girl felt sure there
must be some reasonable explanation about the mystery.
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