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As the woman departed, the black boy, looking around him, muttered: "Whar is dat loft? I've hearn about it." Some movements overhead in the low dwelling directed his attention to a small trap-door, and, standing on a stool, he unbolted it and pushed it upwards, whispering, "Any passengers for Philadelfy? De gangplank's bein' pulled in!"
You see, Miss' Sloman had jined a party that was goin' to Minnesota while she was in Philadelfy, that was and Miss Stewart she wasn't goin'. She reckoned she'd spend the winter here in the house. Miss' Sloman's maid that's Mary was goin' with her to the West, and I was to hire my sister-in-law to take charge of things here, so that Miss Bessie could have her mind free-like to come and go.
The cussed little black things was all alike, and they bothered me. 'Telegraph, suggested the switchman. 'Never you mind, replied the baggageman. 'They was all going to Philadelfy. They'll find it out when they get there. They did. The scene shifts to the Continental Hotel, Philadelphia. Front parlor, up stairs.
'Say! be you agoin' to give me a check for that 'are, or not? growled the proprietor of bag No. 3, a short, pockmarked fellow, in a shabby overcoat. 'All right, gen'l'men. Here you are, says the functionary, rapidly distributing the three checks. 'Philadelfy, this? Yes, sir, 1092 1740.11 1020. All right. 'All aboard! shouted the conductor.
I was a stage-driber." What do you say to dat? Don't it make yer eyes open? Who carried de mail, do you say? And haben't you eber heard? De stage. In 1775 de mail went from Philadelfy to New England ebery fortnight in winter, but dey improbed and went once a week, and letter-writers could get an answer in free weeks, when before it took six weeks. What progress! De worl' goes on, and so do I."
B'longs to Miss Jean her that run off with the Eye-talyin. She kinder wants to sell it, and kinder not ye see " "Yes," interrupted Carmichael, "but about that big machine when did you say it was here?" "P'raps four or five days ago; I think it was a We'nsday. Two fellers from Philadelfy said they wanted to look at the house, tho't of buyin' it.
You see, Miss' Sloman had jined a party that was goin' to Minnesota while she was in Philadelfy, that was and Miss Stewart she wasn't goin'. She reckoned she'd spend the winter here in the house. Miss' Sloman's maid that's Mary was goin' with her to the West, and I was to hire my sister-in-law to take charge of things here, so that Miss Bessie could have her mind free-like to come and go.
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