callahs

Updated: May 16, 2025

"You have never really worked in your life anyhow, enough to support a family of sparrows, and now when you are in a more prosperous condition than ever before, you come around talking like an old fool." The negro began to scratch his head. "Yeh see, jedge," he said at last, "my ol' 'ooman she cain't 'ceive no lady callahs, nohow." "Hang lady callers'" said the judge, irascibly.

Stephen Crane - The Monster and Other Stories