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You'll find 'em at the big city houses, the first of the winter, and then they go down to Floridy or Georgy for February and March; and they get up to Fortress Monroe in April, and work along north about the middle of May to them family hotels in the suburbs around Boston; and they stay there till it's time to go to the shore.
His wife was thinking of the gruel too when she encouraged delay by remarking that he would better rest up a bit before eating. "And I reckon you better soak yo' hands good. Take a pinch o' that bran out o' the safe to 'em," she added, "and ef that don't do, the Floridy water is in on my bureau."
"Who?" said Dimple, with her scissors ready to cut into the pink. "Floridy Alabamy," said Bubbles, gravely. "What a name!" shrieked Dimple, throwing back her head in a fit of laughter. "Florence, did you hear? Floridy Alabamy." And the girls laughed till the tears ran down their cheeks. "Bubbles, you are too ridiculous," said Dimple, while Bubbles pinned her bit of scarlet on her doll.
"And dats why your mamma's named Julia stead of Mary Jane or Hannah or somethin' else She cost me $950.00 and den my own freedom. But she was worth it every bit of it!" "After that I put off my trip back home and made her home my home for three years. Den with our two young children we left Floridy and went to the West Indies to live. We traveled bout a bit gettin as far as England.
You sticks to de road a spell, till you comes to a grave what used to be but it's done sunk in now till nuffin's thar but de stun an' some blackb'ry bushes clamberin' over it. Then you turns inter de wust piece of road in Floridy, and turns agin whar some yaller jasmine is growin', an fore long you're dar."
But he didn't have no money to carry out his inventions and as I had a pocketful I couldn't exactly figure how to use, I agreed to back him in his wireless dirigible. We tried her out several times ashore and then shipped her to Floridy, meaning to try to fly to Cuba.
Yes maam, I wus suah bahn in de slavery times, an I bahn right neah de Little Rock in Arkansas, an dere I stay twell I comed right from dere to heah in Floridy bout foah yeah gone. "Yes maam, my people de liv on a big plantation neah de Little Rock an we all hoe cotton. My Ma? Lawzy me, chile, she name Zola Young an my pappy he name Nelson Young.
It's cruelty to animals. She'll be frost-bit. What are you in such a fever about anyway? Has that Monte Cristo strike proved up?" "I don't know, Shorty. But I want you to do me a favor." "Sure," Shorty said gallantly, immediately appeased and acquiescent. "What is it? Let her rip. Me for you." "I want you to buy eggs for me " "Sure, an' Floridy water an' talcum powder, if you say the word.
"Floridy might do us a sight of good, and I always did hanker after palm trees. But how could we get there?" "They send you down in a truck," said Daddy. "Charge you so much a head and feed and lodge you into the bargain. I figure we've got just about enough to make it." South into summer! "That really would be a peekaneeka!" crowed Rose-Ellen.
I hardly thought there were two towns of the same name in one State, and I'd inquire if Col. Crompton lived there. His face brightened at once, and when I left him, he grasped my hand and said, 'Bress de Lawd for de grain of comfort you done give me. If she is thar I'd walk all de road from Floridy to see her, if I couldn't git thar no other way. Thankee, Mas'r Mason, for comin' to see me.
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