hear-yondeh

Updated: May 6, 2025

Dey ain' shot 'im hear-yondeh dey drugged 'im, but dis whuh he lie." He bent over again, then knelt, groaningly, and placed his hand on the stain, one would have said, as a man might place his hand over a heart to see if it still beat. He was motionless, with the air of hearkening. "Marse, honey, is you gone?" He raised his voice as if calling, "Is you gone, suh? Marse?"

Booth Tarkington - The Gentleman from Indiana