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AS A MURDERER. 241brekf us, an' put on some clean cloze, an' 'liver myse'fup ter wunner deze yer jestesses er de peace, an' git afa'r trial.""Why, have you killed anybody ? "" Dat's w'at's I'm a 'quirin' inter now, but I wouldn'tbe sustonished ef I ain't laid a nigger out some'rs on desubbubs. Hit's done got so it's agin de law fer ter bus'loose an' kill a nigger, ain't it, boss "?" Well, I should say so. You don't mean to tell methat you have killed a colored man, do you "?" I speck I is, boss. I speck I done gone an' doneit dis time, sho'. Hit's bin sorter growin' on me, an' itcome ter a head dis mawnin', less my name ain't Kemus,an' dat's w'at dey bin er callin' me sence I wuzole er 'nuff fer ter scratch myse'f wid my lef han'."" Well, if you've killed a man, you'll have some fun,sure enough. How was it ? "" Hit wuz dis way, boss : I wuz layin' in my beddis mawnin' sorter ruminatin' 'roun', when de fus newsI know'd I year a fus 'mong de chickens, an' den mybrissels riz. I done had lots er trubble wid demchickens, an' w'en I years wun un um squall my ve'yshoes comes ontied. So I des sorter riz up an' retchfer my ole muskit, and den I crope out er de back do',an' w'atter "you reckin I seed ?" I couldn't say."" I seed de biggest, blackest nigger dat you everlaid eyes on.34He shined like de paint on 'im was fresh.