🌲 Negro myths from the Georgia coast, told in the vernacular, Opening, part 13, sentence 12

Nothing daunted, however, and muttering imprecations upon his unfortunate victim, he slowly backed across the yard, drawing John after him,--who meanwhile was giving utterance to the most miserable and unearthly sounds from his bloody jaws, and attempting, with uplifted hands, to arrest the traction of the resolute old man, who refused for an instant to relax his hold,--until he reached a flight of steps which led up to the main room of the smoke-house.

Who acts: John, resolute old man, steps · What happens: daunt, mutter, back, draw, give, attempt · To what, where: Nothing, imprecations, John, utterance, miserable sounds, traction

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