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"Then it's this long bundle," said Marjorie, and she unwrapped a beautiful little parasol of embroidered white linen. "Oh, Rosy Posyeums!" she cried. "This is too booful! I never saw such a pretty one!" "Me buyed it! Me and Muvver! Oh, it's too booful!" and the baby kicked her fat, bare legs in glee at her own gift.
Well, one day I run 'way from plantashun and hunted 'til I filled a bucket full turtl' eggs den I takes dem ovah on river what I hears der's sum Yankee soljers and de soljers buyed my eggs and hepped me on board de boat. Den Marse Ben, he wuz Yankee ofser, tol 'em he take cair me and he did.
My fader was use for scoop dere, an' my gran'fader the Laroques scoop dere all de time since ever dere was some Rapid Rataplan. Den Old Man Savarin he's buyed the land up dere from Felix Ladoucier, an' he's told my fader, 'You can't scoop no more wisout you pay me rent. "'Rent! my fader say. 'Saprie! Dat's my fader's platform for scoop fish! You ask anybody.
Well, I says to Lindy, I dun know nuthin' 'bout buyin' lan', an' I'se 'fraid arter I'se done buyed it an' put all de marrer ob dese bones in it, dat somebody's far-off cousin will come an' say de title ain't good, an' I'll lose it all." "You're right thar, John," said Uncle Daniel. "White man's so unsartain, black man's nebber safe."
She peeked into that Sherwood gal's room and seed her playin' doll; then she had ter have it for herself 'cause it was so pretty and had a smooth face, not like the kids' dolls that Aunt Matildy buyed." Poor little Margaret was greatly chagrined at the discovery of her secret. She ran away into the woods whenever she saw Nan coming, for a long time thereafter.
"I gave my fourpenny-bit and two halfpennies, but Audrey gived me one halfpenny back. Uncle Geoff buyed the things, but Audrey and Tom gaved him lotses of money," said Racey. "Hush, Racey, it's very rude to tell people what things cost like that," I said reprovingly.
"I should think your mother might buy you respectable dolls, and not let you appear in public with these loathsome rags." "We don't like buyed dollies," said Budge. "These dollies is lovely. Mine's got blue eyes and Toddie's has got brown eyes." "I want to shee your watch," remarked Toddie, snatching the chain and rolling into my lap. "Oh-oo-ee!
"Nope, I told him ye had to be buyed off, afore I could say nothin'. But I thought ye liked money, Lem." "So I do; but I like Flea better. I helped ye get 'em when they were babies, Lon, and ye said " Cronk flung out his arms. "I said as how ye wasn't to mention aloud, even to me, that the kids wasn't mine. Ye has Flea, if ye say so, and I'll tell the lawyer "
Robinson he told us 'bout, don't yer know? an' 'caus yer has allers treated me so white 'n' 'n' I didn't hev nuthin', 'n so I axed Him, ye know, what yer telled us 'bout in Sunday school Jesus; who died on the cross, and who's allers willin' to help a poor feller an' I axed Him to help me get suthin' real nice 'n' white fer uer birthday; 'n I kep' me eyes peeled all day 'xpectin' it, 'n just now a reel swell feller buyed a paper of me, 'n then he guv he this here bunch uv white sweet smellin' posies, 'thout my sayin' a word.
"My mamma buyed 'em for me. Her buys me everything." Catherine smiled, but shook her head a little. Mrs. Swinburne was a source of grief to all her neighbors, because of her persistent refusal to allow Algernon the chance at college that he desired, and even more because of her unwise indulgence of her younger son's lightest wishes.
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