I thought
you'd like to go on this trip."
Washington laid down the hammer he had come in to borrow to fix
the chicken coop. He looked around on the circle of smiling
faces.
"I--I 'spects I'd bettah be lookin' fo' annudder place,
perfesser," he said quietly.
"Why, you aren't afraid to go to Mars, when you went with us in
the Flying Mermaid down into the earth, are you?" asked Jack.
"'Scuse me, Massa Jack," said the colored man solemnly, "dis trip
am wuss dan any ob de udders. It suah am. Good land a' massy!
T' t'ink ob being projected transmigatorially in de obverse
tangent ob de parallelism circumdelegated on de inverse side ob a
duodecimo. It's too altogether imparipinated fo' dis chile!
I'se afraid dat's what I is! I'se too much afraid t' go," and
Washington started to run from the shop, as if he feared that the
big projectile would take after him.
CHAPTER XI
A STRANGE EXPLOSION
"Here, come back, Washington," called Mr. Henderson.
"No, sah! I ain't gwine t' entrust mahself 'n any sech t'ing as
dat!" cried Washington. "I ain't gwine t' be shot up froo de sky.
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