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Updated: October 8, 2025
"Thank God!" cried the doctor. "I thought it was Nelson." Sandy passed through the dining-room and was starting up the steps when he heard his name spoken. "Mist' Sandy! 'Fore de Lawd, where you been at? Oh, we been habin' de terriblest times! My pore old mas'r done been shot down wifout bein' notified or nuthin'. Pray de Lawd he won't die! I knowed somepin' was gwine happen.
An' so, says I, 'Cato, your buttons mus' wait' An' Cato, he sees de 'priety ob it, 'cause, dough he can't make cake like me, he's a 'mazin' good judge on't, an' is dre'ful tickled when I slips out a little loaf for his supper." "How is Mrs. Marvyn?" said Mrs. Scudder. "Kinder thin and shimmery; but she's about, habin' her eyes eberywar, 'n' lookin' into eberyting.
"I hyearn 'em say dat dey had de fuss' Defemation uv Ondepen'ence on de Fourf uv July, an' eber sence den de folks ben er habin' holerday an' barbecues on dat day." "What's er Defemation, Uncle Bob?" asked Dumps, who possessed an inquiring mind.
"Wall, I jest come ter tell you dat ef you does need any mo' I knows er man dat'll git it fur you. Me. An' w'en er man fetches er lady de sort o' wood I'd fetch you, w'y she kin tell right dar whut he think o' her. Does you hyarken ter me?" Mammy, slowly moving her iron, looked at him. "Whut de matter wid you, man? Ain't habin' spells, is you?" "I's in lub, lady, dat's whut de matter wid me."
He saw that something out of the ordinary was going on, and breaking into a run he called out: "Am anything de mattah, Massa Bert? Am yo' habin' trouble wif anybody?" "Well, I guess it's all over now," said Bert, as he saw Danny turn and walk toward the gate.
Ef you is a good gal, I'll treat you right, en ef you doan behabe yo'se'f, w'y, w'at e'se happens'll be yo' own fault. "Co'se Sis' Becky cried en went on 'bout her pickaninny, but co'se it did n' do no good, en bimeby dey got down ter dis yer man's place, en he put Sis' Becky ter wuk, en fergot all 'bout her habin' a pickaninny.
Here we thick-headed dunces hez been up dar to-day a-takin' de oath an' makin' bleve we's full grown men, an' here's you, dat knows more nor a ten-acre lot full on us, a lyin' here an' habin' no chance at all." "But you want to get de barn full, and can't afford to spend any more time," protested 'Liab. "Nebber you min' 'bout de barn. Dat's Nimbus' business, an" he'll take keer on't.
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