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She loved her twins very much. "Well, I'se glad mah honey lamb am safe!" murmured Dinah, as she cuddled Freddie up in her big arms. "Oh oh, Dinah!" cried the little fellow with a laugh. "You squeeze me like an elephant's trunk!" "Dat's 'cause I lubs yo', honey lamb!" went on the dear old colored woman. Back to Meadow Brook in the cool of the evening came the Bobbseys and their friends.
Her mother would press the water from her dripping locks, and turn the soft, glossy hair in short, smooth curls over her fingers, put on the new frock, and then set her out before her admiring eyes, and exclaim in her fond motherly pride, "You's a purty cretur, honey. You dun know noffin how yer mudder lubs ye."
I lubs de bery name of freedom. I'se been praying and hoping for it dese many years. An' ef I warn't boun', I would go wid you ter-morrer. I won't put a straw in your way. You boys go, and my prayers will go wid you. I can't go, it's no use. I'se gwine to stay on de ole place till Marse Robert comes back, or is brought back."
He's one ob dem young wite sort wat lubs de card-table, an' don't scriminate atween ole an' young folks. You see, he's my masta's nevy for de ole folks had no chillun but Miss May Jane, an' she's bin dead dis fifteen yeer, and bofe her chilluns dun follered her to de grabe, so dere is only Miss Polly Ann lef, and "
And a wail of woe came from every dusky figure. "Dar now!" "Hear dat, folks ?" "I been a tellin' ye chillun " "I lubs my spellin' book but, oh, dat hickory switch!" "Oh, Lordy " "Gib us anudder chance, Marse Rooney!" "Not another chance," was the stern answer. "Lay off your coats." They began to peel their coats.
Oh, I can see his proud, fond smile as he said it, and almost feel the touch of his lips; for he bent down and kissed me so tenderly." "Miss Elsie, I jes b'lieves he's a lookin' at you now dis bressed minute, and ef de res' of dose dat lubs you is far away he'll be sho to stan' close side o' you when de ministah's a saying de words dat'll make you Massa Leland's wife."
He lubs de wicked ones de best, 'ca'se dey need his lub de most. Yas, my brudders, eben de wickedest, ef dey's only sorry, and turn roun' and leab off dar bad ways, he lub de bery best ob all, 'ca'se he'm all lub and pity.
"Das true, Massa Nadgel," observed Moses, who entertained profound admiration for anything that sounded like proverbial philosophy. "De purfesser am an affectionit creeter. 'Pears to me dat he lubs de whole creation. He kills an' tenderly stuffs 'most eberyt'ing he kin lay hands on.
"There now, Toney, you have said enough about me to make the gentleman think I am a very silly little girl." "God bress my young missus!" he said as he tenderly patted her head. "I wouldn't hurt your feelins for noffin. You is too good, Miss Alice. Toney lubed your mamma Toney lubs you, and de day you is married and goes away, I want to go away too.
"Dey do say dat de fadder is at work on de for'fications on de sout' side ob de Kasba." "Well, you are a greater fool than I took you for," said Osman, in whom contempt was quickly taking the place of anger. "I s'pose I is, massa. An' I s'pose it am part ob my foolishness to be lookin' arter dis yar gal but den, you see, I lubs Ben-Ahmed, so " "Well, well, Peter, I believe you mean well "
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