Todge

The rafts were ready, and the people, scared and anxious, had left their houses, and now only wailed for old Todge, who, with mulish persistence, refused to be moved.

Plantation Sketches Margaret Devereux

It had been lifted clear off the piles, and when it should settle down poor Todge would be caught like a rat in a hole.

Plantation Sketches Margaret Devereux

Luckily, the point of the chimney was not quite submerged, and Todge was rescued in the course of the following day.

Plantation Sketches Margaret Devereux

Todge, however, was not imaginative, and when night fell, he lay down upon his bed and slept without fear; that is, he slept until his bed began to float, then he awoke and groped his way neck deep in water until he found his ladder and managed by it to climb up into his loft, where he sat shivering, till suddenly he felt the cabin give a lurch, and the water rushed in.

Plantation Sketches Margaret Devereux

Todge, I was not claiming special genius because I know Benny Morris personally.

open Democracy News Analysis - Comments 2009