don't-ee

Updated: July 11, 2026

Thus groaning and halting, Aunt Alvirah came to Ruth's door and pushed it open. "Oh, deary, deary, me!" she whispered, limping into the room. "Don't-ee cry no more, poor lamb. Old Aunt Alviry knows jest how it hurts she wishes she could bear it for ye! Now, now, my pretty creetur don't-ee take on so. Things will turn out all right yet. Don't lose hope."

Alice B. Emerson - Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill : Or, Jasper Parloe's Secret