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Margaret bade him good morning, and then asked concerning the health of the "folks." He sat down and twisted his hat round and round. "The folks air jest tolerable, ma'm. How's all with you?" "Tolerable," Margaret answered. "Yo' brother Bill a gittin' better?" Jasper inquired. Round and round Laz twisted his hat. "Pearter than he war yistidy, but not as peart as he war the day befo'."

I means dem what lived to git back to dey folks was more'n glad to wuk! Dey done had a sad lesson. Some of 'em was worse'n slaves after de War. "Dem Ku Kluxes was de debbil. De Niggers sho' was scared of 'em, but dey was more after dem carpet-baggers dan de Niggers. I lived right in 'mongst 'em, but I wouldn' tell. No Ma'm! I knowed 'em, but I dasn' talk.

"It is about time for the preacher to come and we don't want to keep him waiting. Ma'm, I " "Are you calling me ma'm, again?" "It was to remind myself of a time when I wasn't so happy and to make myself doubly happy now by the reminder."

Hit sure looked like a heap of money ter be a-trustin' them there ornery post-office fellers with, even if hit was funny, new-fangled money like that there was. Why, ma'm, you take old Tod Stimson, down at the Ferry, now, an' that old devil'd steal anythin' what warn't too much trouble for him ter lift." "Argentine notes the money was, Judy.

"It's a mighty fine dribe roun' by de big road, Mis' Annie," observed Julius, "en it doan take much longer to git dere." "No," said my wife, "I think we will go by the short road. There is a bay-tree in blossom near the mineral spring, and I wish to get some of the flowers." "I 'spec's you 'd fin' some bay-trees 'long de big road, ma'm," suggested Julius.

And that ain't all, no MA'M. Last three nights I slep' in this place, after the electrics went out I had a token. My oil lamp was full of oil, but it kep' goin' out, do what I would. Minute I shet my eyes, out that lamp'd go. There ain't no surer token of death. The Bible sez, LET YER LIGHT SHINE! When a hand you can't see puts yer light out, it means death, sure."

Gorham, with difficulty suppressing a laugh. "He may have, ma'm, but I'm not sure," Riley replied, honestly. "Me an' th' ol' woman allus thried ter bring Jimmie up wid a knowledge iv th' Scripters, an' I'm hopin' he did know; but I ain't shure, ma'm." As Riley disappeared into the house Eleanor rose and, drawing Alice's arm through her own, the two resumed their leisurely stroll about the garden.

"I don't see how that could be, Mr. Reverend. Such gentleness " "Don't be fooled in us, ma'm. We ain't been always blameless. Through our house old Satan has walked, leaving his tracks." "Satan tempted the Son of Man, Mr. Reverend." "Yes, ma'm; but didn't walk through His house, leaving of his tracks."

Huh, I'se er dreadin' eber step o' de way ober dar." "Here's a quarter," said Mrs. Mayfield, handing him a piece of silver. "Thankee, ma'm. Oh, you's whut da calls er missiunary, an' I gwine he'p ole black mammy pray fur you." "Oh, how beautiful nature sleeps and dreams of paradise," mused the romantic woman and the preacher clasped his hands. "Down off there is where the foxes live," said Lou.

Jimmy, here, is about as able to take over a homestead as they are. Do you reckon that boy Ambrosch has any real push in him? 'He's a worker, all right, ma'm, and he's got some ketch-on about him; but he's a mean one. Folks can be mean enough to get on in this world; and then, ag'in, they can be too mean. That night, while grandmother was getting supper, we opened the package Mrs.