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I 'd rather handle straight niggers my own self . '' `` Well , '' said Dunwody , `` now that you mention it , I do n't know but they would be easier to handle . This prisoner is about as tall as that girl yonder , and she 's a whole lot lighter , do you understand ? Of a dark night -- say about the time we 'd get down to Cairo , midnight -- well wrapped up , and the face of neither showing , it might be hard to tell one of them from the other . '' `` How 'll you trade ? '' grinned Wilson . `` Anybody kin git a mighty good trade for this yaller lady of ours here .