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"Yo' all didn't hab nuffin' t' do heah!" "Huh! I didn't, eh?" cried Sam. "Nuffin t' do! Why, I cut de grass, an' fed de chickens, an' watered de lawn, an' an' " "Go 'long wif yo'," ordered his wife with a laugh. "Bring in some mo' wood for de fire!" "And get a screw-driver so I can let Snoop out," begged Flossie. "He's tired of being shut up in the crate!" "Right away, Missie!
"De white men f'om de Norf wus ter ride intoe de towns den an' rob all de banks an' divide de money wid we-all, an' dey wus to open de sto's and give ebery nigger all de goods he want wifout paying nuthin' fer 'em; and den nigger ain't gwine to wu'k no mo'.
It wuz so fur down ter Robeson dat he did n' hab no chance er comin' back ter see her tel de time wuz up; he would n' 'a' mine comin' ten er fifteen mile at night ter see Tenie, but Mars Marrabo's uncle's plantation wuz mo' d'n forty mile off. Sandy wuz mighty sad en cas' down atter w'at Mars Marrabo tol' 'im, en he says ter Tenie, sezee:
"Dave use' ter b'long ter my ole marster," said Julius; "he wuz raise' on dis yer plantation, en I kin 'member all erbout 'im, fer I wuz ole 'nuff ter chop cotton w'en it all happen'. Dave wuz a tall man, en monst'us strong: he could do mo' wuk in a day dan any yuther two niggers on de plantation.
I haven't the heart I haven't the heart to do it." "Poor old M'riar poor old M'riar!" The old prizefighter's voice was tender with its sorrow for his old comrade, who shrank from the task that faced them, one or both; even sorrow though less oppressive for the loss of the old lady who had become the children's idol. "No, Mo, I haven't the heart.
Our entire operational plan was similar to a Model A Ford I had while I was in high school just about the time you would get one part working, another part would break down. When a report came through our screening process and still had the "Unknown" tag on it, it went to the MO file, where we checked its characteristics against other reports.
"Las' he year Brer B'ar comm' sho nuff, but 'twuz de same ole chune 'One 'simmon mo' en den I'll go' en des 'bout dat time Brer B'ar busted inter de patch, en gin de tree a shake, en Brer Possum, he drapt out longer de yuther ripe 'simmons, but time he totch de groun' he got his foots tergedder, en he lit out fer de fence same ez a race-hoss, en 'cross dat patch him en Brer B'ar had it, en Brer B'ar gain' eve'y jump, twel time Brer Possum make de fence Brer B'ar grab 'im by de tail, en Brer Possum, he went out 'tween de rails en gin a powerful juk en pull his tail out 'twix Brer B'ar tushes; en, lo en behol's, Brer B'ar hol' so tight en Brer Possum pull so hard dat all de ha'r come off in Brer B'ar's mouf, w'ich, ef Brer Rabbit hadn't er happen up wid a go'd er water, Brer B'ar 'der got strankle.
I've heard my grandfather tell how he'd heard folks say his father was always hintin' in his licker that he was a heap better than he seemed, and if people only knowed the truth about him they'd respect him mo', and mebby treat him better. Well, sir, he married and riz a family; there was my grandfather and a passel of girls and that crop of children was the only decent crop he ever riz.
I felt not only a desire to be made willing to be sent, but also a desire to be prepared. A few days after noting this impression he thus communes with himself on this topic, which now began to absorb the greater portion of his thoughts. 12 mo. 3, First-day.
But, reverend sir, you claim the gift of prophecy, and it has brought you in good pay golden ingots on one occasion? why not seize this opportunity of exhibiting your art? You might tell us which of the disputants will win; a prophet knows the future, of course. Apol. I have no tripod or incense here; no substitute for the divining-well of Castaly. Mo.
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