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Updated: May 19, 2025

De ole mule was a pow'ful triflin' critter an' he got lazier an' lazier, an' 'fore long he got so dreffle slow dat it tuk him more'n one day ter go from de Coht House ter de crossroads, an' he allus come in de day ahfter mail-day, when de people was done gone home. So de cullud man, Harris, he says: "'You is too ole fur ter carry de mail, you triflin' mule, an' I hain't got no udder use fur you.

Frank Richard Stockton - Amos Kilbright; His Adscititious Experiences

"Dar was an ole mule an' he b'longed to a cullud man named Harris who used to carry de mail from de Coht House ter Cary's Cross-roads.

Frank Richard Stockton - Amos Kilbright; His Adscititious Experiences

She cunjer him coz he rode de gray colt to de Coht House when she done tole him to let dat gray colt alone, coz 'twarnt hisen but hern, an' he go shoot hese'f dead by de gate pos'. You's got to go fru by dat pos' when you go inter de gate." "Dat same pos'!" cried Peggy. "Yaas," said Aunt Judy, "dat same one.

Frank Richard Stockton - The Late Mrs. Null

An' dey tells me dat on third Chewsdays, which is Coht day, de same as when he took de gray colt, as soon as it git dark he ghos' climb up to de top ob dat pos', an' set dar all night."

Frank Richard Stockton - The Late Mrs. Null