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Den I gin 'm ten cents apiece, en dey 'uz mighty well satisfied, en wisht some mo' raf's 'ud come along en make 'm rich agin. Dey's mighty good to me, dese niggers is, en whatever I wants 'm to do fur me I doan' have to ast 'm twice, honey. Dat Jack's a good nigger, en pooty smart." "Yes, he is. He ain't ever told me you was here; told me to come, and he'd show me a lot of water-moccasins.
The last direction was needless, for the slave, in some way informed of the arrival, had Janice in her arms ere the landlord well completed his speech, and was carrying more than leading her into the hotel and up the stairs to the room reserved for people of quality only, where she lifted her on to the bed and with her arms still clasped about the girl wept over her, half in misery, and half in an almost savage joy, while repeating again and again, "Oh, my missy, my Missy Janice, my young missy, my pooty young missy, come back to ole Sukey."
"You ain't never done much blank work, you ain't. Your dukes is same as silk. Bin a tailor?" "No, I have other work to do." "All square, mate; 'tain't no business o' mine. Things is bad 'ere. The blank, blank swine of a blank landlord, he takes pooty well 'alf of every tanner I can make, and d d if he'll do anything to the place." "Smells are queer down here." "Smell!
The fact is, it is one of Jim's notions not to keep a horse, but to depend on Hodge for his communications with the outside world; and another never to see the railroad when he can help it. "Well, old man," I said as the effete steed began laboriously to get in motion, "how is your valuable health?" "Pooty tollable. How's them gells o' yourn as wanted to foller ye up here las' time?"
De pizen vine hit don't b'ar peaches, an' nightshade berries dey ain't hulsome, eben ef dey're pooty." "Neb, stop that!" Layson commanded sharply. The old negro half slipped from the chair in which he had been sitting wearily. Once he had started on the speech which he had made his mind up, months ago, that, some day, he would screw his courage up to, he would not be stopped.
Don't raise no sech our way." Captain Glover was not fully aware that he himself had the fame of possessing an imagination which was almost too much for the facts of this world. "S'pose it's in the breed," he continued. "Or likely the climate has suthin' to do with it: kinder thaws out the words 'n' sets the idees a-bilin'. Niggers is pooty much the same.
Tidy was pooty as a flower; and dat's just what your fadder, Massa Carroll, sold her for. My poor mudder how she cried and took on! but then she grew more settled like. She said she'd gi'n her up for de good Lord to take care on.
Why, it's clear enough here." "So it is; but this place and the Bay of Fundy are two different things." "A regular sou-wester out there," said another man. "An a pooty heavy sea by this time," said another. And in this way they all contributed to increase the anxiety of the two boys, until at last scarce a ray of hope was left. "You'd better prepare yourselves for the worst," said one of the men.
"We can do that," said Mr. Silas Peckham. "But I don't propose mater'lly alterin' Miss Darley's dooties. I don't think she works to hurt herself. Some of the Trustees have proposed interdoosin' new branches of study, and I expect you will be pooty much occoopied with the dooties that belong to your place.
Five eighths of a yard, if you please, Mr. Hopkins. How's your folks?" Then, in a lower tone, "Those last verses of yours in the Bannernoracle were sweet pooty." Gifted Hopkins meted out the five eighths of blue ribbon by the aid of certain brass nails on the counter.
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