Getting Down a Ladder — 276
“Mass Tom! Oh, Mass Tom! howse I goin ter get down dis ladder?” “Come down the same way you went up, you blockhead!” replied the master, running out to see what was the matter. “De same way as I come up, Mass Tom?” “Yes, confound you, and don’t bother me any more!” “Well, if I must, I must!”—and down came the little darkey head foremost.