chil-lern

Updated: May 18, 2025

"Now, let a ole hyah git up," he said, with a shake of his head. "She got man ready for her, she ain't got you chil-lern." The words were scarcely spoken when a little darkey called out, "Dyah she come!" and sure enough she came, "lipping" down a furrow straight toward us.

Thomas Nelson Page - The Long Hillside: A Christmas Hare-Hunt In Old Virginia: 1908