"
"But, dear Jakey, how long did they keep your father locked up there
with the chains on him?"
"Oh! big long time; and von time my granfader come dare, and my moder
bees sick in ze bed; ce not get vell vare my fader have strike her; and
my granfader tell her dot ze man vot sit vay high in ze seat have said
_ze vord_, dot my fader go vay off, and be lock up mit ze dark and mit
ze chains on him, vile he live and vile he die. Zen my moder say ce vill
go vare he be. My granfader lif her, and ce get up, and I come mit zem.
And ven my moder come dare, ce go to ze man vot have said _ze vord_, and
ce tell him dot he vill let my fader go, he vill, _he vill_! And ce say
dot ce vill die, if he not let my fader go, and ce cry; and ce tell ze
man vot sit vay high in ze chair, dot he vill let him go? but ze man say
No, he have said _ze vord_. Zen my moder go down vare my fader be mit ze
chains on him, and ven ce come dare, ce scream, and ce fall on ze ground,
like ce be dead. Zen my granfader say dot I go tell ze man dot he vill
let my fader go, and ven my granfader bring me, and I come dare, I tink
I say dot; but I tell him dot he vill not kill my moder, and I cry, _too
loud_ I cry. Zen ze man go _vay high_ on hees feets mil his hand on my
head, and he say some vords to ze men vot bees dare, and he say some
vords to my granfader.
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