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She said, "Dis yere humpety road'll take yo' to Misto Gilcriseses' plantation, an' den yo' turn to de right ober de trabblin' road twel yo' come to Brer Steve's farm, an' thar yo' be." "Father, what is the difference between a plantation and a farm?" asked Mark, as they journeyed along over the "humpety" road. "As near as I can find out," said Mr.
When she was asked how she liked them, she replied, "I do not like it all; it goes humpety, lumpety, dumpety, bump;" and immediately changed the subject of conversation. On another occasion she took up a volume of poetry which had been printed for private circulation, and said, "There are two really fine poems in this, which is more than can be usually said of such collections."
We ain't had the best uh luck, seems t' me, but we always git along somehow, an' we ain't had no sickness except when " A confused uproar arose in the room above them, followed, immediately by a humpety bump and a crash as a small, pink object burst open a door and rolled precipitately into their midst. It proved to be one of the little Densons, who kicked feebly with both feet and then lay still.
Edna has been taken on several picnics to Wakulla Spring, over the "humpety road," and "de trabblin' road," past "Brer Steve's" down to the light-house, and to other places of interest. The contrast between what is, and what the people of Wakulla hope will be when they get the great ship-canal across Florida built, and other schemes carried out, amuses her greatly.
"'You'd humpety lump in the treble at top, Then same hand would return to the bass. But now I can see they have taught you to keep Each hand in its own proper place! "It's a really true story!" persisted Edith, as the girls giggled. "It happened to my sister.
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