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Updated: June 9, 2025
"Boys!" exclaimed Josh, "men! fer nobody but men would do w'at you have done, the day has gone 'g'inst us. We kin see ou' finish; but fer my part, I ain' gwine ter leave dis worl' widout takin' a w'ite man 'long wid me, an' I sees my man right out yonder waitin', I be'n waitin' fer him twenty years, but he won' have ter wait fer me mo' 'n 'bout twenty seconds. Eve'y one er you pick yo' man!
"Is dat you, Doctuh Miller?" "Yes. Who are you, and what's the trouble?" "What's de trouble, suh? Why, all hell's broke loose in town yonduh. De w'ite folks is riz 'gins' de niggers, an' say dey're gwine ter kill eve'y nigger dey kin lay han's on." Miller's heart leaped to his throat, as he thought of his wife and child.
"Dave en Dilsey made up dere min's fer ter git married long 'bout Christmas time, w'en dey'd hab mo' time fer a weddin'. But 'long 'bout two weeks befo' dat time ole mars 'mence' ter lose a heap er bacon. Eve'y night er so somebody 'ud steal a side er bacon, er a ham, er a shoulder, er sump'n, fum one er de smoke-'ouses.
"I'm a-dustin' of 'em, Mistuh Tom, dat's w'at I'm a-doin'. Dere's somethin' wrong 'bout dese clo's er mine I don' never seem ter be able ter keep 'em clean no mo'. Ef I b'lieved in dem ole-timey sayin's, I'd 'low dere wuz a witch come here eve'y night an' tuk 'em out an' wo' 'em, er tuk me out an' rid me in 'em.
She will think we are all crazy down here," protested Peggy. "Well, if she think FIVE thoroughbreds tu'ned out fer ter welcome her stan fer crazy folks she gwine start out wid a mistake. Dem hawses gwine mind yo' an' mak' a showin' she ain' gwine see eve'y day of her life lemme tell yo'."
"Yeh; fortune-tayer. Vay low common in China. Go roun' wif ole kine bad peoples. "Magistrate look jussa somma poh fortune-taye. Nen go on load an' trivvle trivvle vay far. Eve'y tem shee a man look lika somma bad man, try mek frien's wif him. But no can fine who mudder. Long tem trivvle 'way intehuh China; but no can fine anyone knows about dissa case.
Bison, you muzn't think anything about that, my not bawing that five dollars fum you, Mr. Bison, because that don't make a bit o' dif'ence; an' thass one thing I like about you, Mr. Bison, you don't baw yo' money to eve'y Dick, Tom, an' Hawwy, do you?" "No, I dtoandt. Ovver, you yoost vait"
I hab a 'oman kum eve'y Monday en wash fer us." "De ole songs I member ez: "Harp fum de Tomb dis Mournful Sound." "Am I a soldier ob de Cross." "Ole signs ez: Dream ob snakes, sign ob de'th. Ef a hen crows a sign ob de'th. Sneeze wid food in mouth means de'th. Ef a black cat crosses de road, walk backwards 'til you git pas' whar hit crossed.
"Mistoo Itchlin," said Narcisse, with sudden, quavering fervor, "you kin len' me two dollahs! I gi'e you my honah the moze sacwed of a gen'leman, Mistoo Itchlin, I nevvah hass you ag'in so long I live!" He extended a pacifying hand. "One moment, Mistoo Itchlin, one moment, I implo' you, seh! I assu' you, Mistoo Itchlin, I pay you eve'y cent in the worl' on the laz of that month?
"'How you speck Brer Rabbit gittin' on, Brer Buzzard? sez Brer Fox, sezee. "'Oh, he in dar, sez Brer Buzzard, sezee. 'He mighty still, dough. I speck he takin' a nap, sezee. "'Den I'm des in time fer ter wake im up, sez Brer Fox, sezee. En wid dat he fling off his coat, en spit in his han's, en grab de axe. Den he draw back en come down on de tree pow! En eve'y time he come down wid de axe pow!
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