hen-roos

Updated: June 20, 2025

Old Balla held his torch inside the house, amid a confused cackle and flutter of fowls. "Well, ef 'tain' a white man, and a soldier at dat!" he exclaimed. "What you doin' heah, robbin' white folks' hen-roos'?" he called, roughly. "Git up off dat groun'; you ain' sick."

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