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Sho', I've seen mighty little of the world about as far as a dog can trot it a couple of hours!" "Just think what it will mean to Hannibal if you become involved further with Mr. Bladen." Betty spoke earnestly, bending toward him, and Yancy understood the meaning that lay back of her words. "I've thought of that, too," the Scratch Hiller answered seriously. Betty glanced toward the squire and Mr.
Bangs, "so that 'll be the end of the old Whittaker place, hey? Sho! things change in a feller's lifetime, don't they? You and me can remember, Ase, when Cap'n Cy Whittaker was one of the biggest men we had in this town. So was his dad afore him, the Cap'n Cy that built the house. I wonder the looks of things here now don't bring them two up out of their graves.
"Sho!" exclaimed Connor under his breath; "she do beat 'em all!" Twice, having no light but the foggy stars, they missed the stakes and her horse had to swim, but they managed to flounder safely back to the ford each time; and after a little while her mount rose, straining through the red mud of the shore, struggled, scrambled madly, and drew out, dripping.
I tell you to go and I mean it. I'll send you to the orphan asylum, if you don't, and I wonder how you will like that; no more cakes, no more chicken and corn-bread for you, Miss Bubbles. Mush and milk, miss." This dreadful threat had its desired effect, and Bubbles' bare black legs went scudding through the grass, and were back in a twinkling. "Hyah it is," she said. "I was skeered, sho' 'nough."
He wouldn't say nothin' fur a month he is quiet as a lam' an' works steady as a clock then all to once the fool spell 'ud hit him an' then some crockery 'ud have to be wasted. "They ain't no reason for it, Mister Kingsley Bud cyant sho' the rappin' of yo' finger fur havin' sech spells along towards the full of the moon.
Ah sho was thankful when dat grease an flannel got to wukin on me! "You try it sometime when you gets one o' dem col' miseries in de winter time. But go 'long! Folks is too sma't nowadays to use dem good ol' medicines. Dey jes' calls de Doctor an he come an cut 'em wide open fo de 'pendycitus he sho do! Yas'em ah has de doctor, ef ah needs him.
His wife ran into the house, and laughingly said: "'Well, I guess Tom has been trying his compliments on some one else. Has he not, aunty? addressing Aunt Martha. "'God lub you' sole, chile, dese men, you can't tell nuffin 'bout dem, sho'; but Massa Tom be all rite, I 'spect; I knows him; no fear 'bout him; de good Laud spar' him for good work, sho'.
A death-like hush held the occupants of the car. "De hangin' bridge is sho' gone," repeated the panting porter, "an' de engine, wi' McNally in de cab's crouchin' on de bank, like a black cat on a well-cu'b. De watah's roahin' in de deep gorge, and if she drap she gwine drag " The doctor clapped his hand over the frightened darky's mouth, and the detective butted him out to the smoking-room.
Dar war a sign on dis stake dat said "Look out Nigger You are next". Us chilluns would not go far way from dat cabin. I'se tells you dat is so. I jes knowed dat dis Ku Klux would do dat to us sho if weuns had been catched. "I remember wen Hopkinsville had jest a few stores en ole jew by name of Shyer bought bones an iron en rags.
In a little while, however, she grew serious again, and although she still seemed to have trouble with her shoulders, that insisted upon expressing merriment, she said: "I 'clare, I talks like a plumb hycoprite, missy I sho' does. But I ain't. No, 'm, I ain't. Of co'se I grieves for Sis' Sophy-Sophia.
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