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"De Niggers today is de same as dey always was, 'ceptin' dey's gittin' more money to spen'. Dey aint got nobody to make' em' 'have deyse'ves an' keep 'em out o' trouble, now. "I lives here in Port Gibson an' does mos' ever' kin' o' work. I tries to live right by ever'body, but I 'spect I won't be here much longer. "I'se been married three times. "When de time comes to go I hopes to be ready.
I doan' member whut kind of bed I had, but reckin' it was good. I et in de kitchen. Dey fed fine. I et whut de white folks lef', an' sometimes dey had 'possum an' taters. Dey was good. "Marse Cassedy was a big Judge. He went to all de cou'ts, an' rode in a fine carri'ge with two big horses hitched ter it, an' a driver. He wore fine clo'es an' ever'body said he was a mighty big man.
Don't fear that I've not thought it all out. 'Do unto others, you know. For each day its duty, its battle with self, and, please God, its victory." "He's a saint, ever'body knows; and there's somethin' behind all this I don't understand!" she had muttered, but had also done his bidding, still complaining. Commonly, meals were leisurely affairs in that forest home, but on this morning Mr.
"The harder I try to be good the meaner I get. Ever'body blames me, and ever'body makes fun of me. Ugly old face, and ugly old hands, and straight old rat-tail hair! It ain't no wonder that nobody loves me. I just wisht I was dead!"
Then you stay here and watch 'em while I go see what Wyckoff wants to do with 'em." "Yaas, sir, Boss!" replied the negro. "Mah name's Doright 'case Ah always does de rightest Ah knows how. I sure does, Boss. Ever'body what knows me says dat! Ah'm a Doright nigger!" "Shut up," snapped Lopez. "And stay shut, too.
All of Sky Island except the Fog Bank is now my kingdom, so I welcome my faithful Pinkies to my Blue City, where you are to be royally entertained and have a good time. The war is over an' ever'body must be sociable an' happy or I'll know the reason why!"
His weight appears to be about 140 pounds, height 6 feet 1 inch high. "When I gits to thinkin' back on them slavery days I feels like risin' out o' this here bed an' tellin' ever'body 'bout the harsh treatment us colored folks was given when we was owned by poor quality folks. "My marster was mean an' cruel. I hates him, hates him! The God Almighty has condemned him to eternal fiah.
"Why didn't you done ask somebody?" "Warn't nobody ter ask but de man what wuz hurryin' ever'body to get out of de tent. I done ast him, but he say as 'didn't I git ma money's worth? an' den ebberbody laugh, an' he shove me 'long wid de rest of de folks, an' here I is." "She's sick, dat's what I says," Mandy declared, excitedly; "an' somebody's got to do somethin'!"
I've seed this place spotted with tepees hull valley full o' Company men an' free trappers an' pack-train people time o' Ashley an' Sublette an' my Uncle Jackson an' all them traders. That was right here on the Green. Ever'body drunk an' happy, like I ain't now.
"Such a funny name." The boy scowled a little. "Just like your own nickname happened," he answered gloomily. "My father once said I was bright as a button, an' it made ever'body laugh. So they always call me Button-Bright." "What's your real name?" she inquired. "Saladin Paracelsus de Lambertine Evagne von Smith." "Guess I'll call you Button-Bright," said Trot, sighing.
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