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She was more astonished still when, next minute, Rosa, who was one of the housemaids, came in with a basket of clean clothes, wearing her coral ear-rings as usual. I'm sure I don't know what to do with such a child, she said, in despair. 'What in the world made you tell me you took those things, Topsy? 'Why, missis said I must 'fess.
And one day I was standing booted and spurred in the stables, Harvey putting the bridle upon Firefly, when my boy Hugo comes running in. "Marse Dick!" he cries, "Marse Satan he come in the pinnace, and young Marse Satan and Missis Satan, and Marse Satan's pastor!" "What the devil do you mean, Hugo?" "Young ebony's right, sir," chuckled Harvey; "'tis the devil and his following." "Do you mean Mr.
He lifted his hand in a gesture of reverence and silence, as he glanced toward the library door. "Jes' a minute la-dees, an' gem-mens," he softly drawled. "Marse Robert E. Lee and Missis will lead dis set!" The Colonel briskly entered from the library with his wife on his arm. A ripple of applause swept the room as they took their places with the gay youngsters.
Shelby smiled as she saw a prostrate lot of chickens and ducks, over which Chloe stood, with a very grave face of consideration. "I'm a thinkin whether Missis would be a havin a chicken pie o' dese yer." "Really, Aunt Chloe, I don't much care; serve them any way you like." Chloe stood handling them over abstractedly; it was quite evident that the chickens were not what she was thinking of.
'Me and Miss Skinner was married an hour ago. We're leaving for Texas in the morning. "'Great! says I. 'Consider yourself covered with rice and Congress gaiters. But don't let's tie so many satin bows on our business relations that we lose sight of 'em. How about my honorarium? "'Missis Mills, says he, 'has taken possession of my money and papers except six bits.
But she must have been a long time "fixing" the mustard; whatever that might mean. His spirits dropped again, and he grew rather exasperated. "Go up and ask your missis how long I be to wait?" he growled. "I was told to come here at seven for supper, and now it's a'most eight." The girl, possibly feeling a little curiosity herself, came up with her candle.
And he remembered that although the pump was only a hundred and fifty yards off, Jim never got back with a bucket of water under an hour and even then somebody generally had to go after him. Tom said: "Say, Jim, I'll fetch the water if you'll whitewash some." Jim shook his head and said: "Can't, Mars Tom. Ole missis, she tole me I got to go an' git dis water an' not stop foolin' roun' wid anybody.
"I've seed my young missis whip my mother. "My papa belonged to the Agees. After I got up good sized, they told me 'bout my papa. He went with his white folks to Texas and we never did see him after we got up good size. So mama took a drove of us and went to work for some more white folks. "I was good and grown when I married and I been workin' hard ever since.
I was almost there when Katie came flying back, almost into my arms. "Oh, Missis Graham," she moaned. "You kind lady. I pay it all back. I always have it with me. Don't let him put me in prison. I work, work my fingers to the bone for you. If you only not let him put me in prison." Dicky came up behind us.
Missis Rucker is a most admirable character; but I'm sooperstitious about crowdin' her too clost. Like Boggs says about opals, thar's plenty of bad luck lurkin' about Missis Rucker's environs if you only goes about its deevelopment the right way. "'The sityooation is too many for me, says Boggs, goin' up to the bar for a drink, 'I gives it up.
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