fom'ly

Updated: May 9, 2025

"You collect his rents, don't you?" said Paul, quietly. "Yes, sah." "Much?" "Well, no, sah; not so much as fom'ly, sah! Yo' see, de Kernel's prop'ty lies in de ole parts ob de town, where de po' white folks lib, and dey ain't reg'lar.

Bret Harte - A Ward of the Golden Gate