loud-prayers

Updated: May 17, 2025

I know half a dozen loud-prayers, now, dat 'd be on'y too glad to 'tract attention away f'om dey own misdoin's by rakin' out scandalizemint on a dead 'oman. Dey'd 'spute de legalness of dat marriage in a minute, jes to keep folks f'om lookin' up dey own weddin' papers yas, 'm.

Ruth McEnery Stuart - Moriah's Mourning and Other Half-Hour Sketches