hones'-to-goodness

Updated: May 3, 2025

"Dat is, it's the name I goes by, for my hones'-to-goodness name is right silly. But I had an Uncle Sam, and I considers I has got a right to be named after him. So I is." "Does your Uncle Sam wear a tall hat and red-and-white striped pants with straps under the bootsoles and stars on his vest?" asked Laddie, with great interest and eagerness. "I dunno, little fellow," said Sam.

Laura Lee Hope - Six Little Bunkers at Mammy June's