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Under the sapodilla-trees on the lawn two aged, white-clad negro servants were gathering fruit forbidden them; and at sight of him two wrinkled black hands furtively wiped two furrowed faces free from incriminating evidence; two solemn pairs of eyes rolled piously in his direction. "Mohnin', suh, Mistuh Hamil." "Good morning, Jonas; good morning, Archimedes. Mr.
"But I sure have seen some hard times. I have washed and cooked and done 'bout everything. Sometimes I have something to eat and sometimes I don't." Mrs. Carol Graham Mrs. Mildred Thompson El Dorado District Fannie Sims. Customs. "How ole is ah? Ise about 78. Yes'm ah wuz live durin de wah. Mah ole moster wuz Mistuh Jake Dumas we lived near de Ouachita rivuh bout five miles fum El Dorado landin.
He soon returned with a time-stained leather pocket-book and a coarse-knit cotton sock, from which two receptacles he painfully extracted a number of bills and coins. "You count dat, Mistuh Tom, so I'll know how much I'm lettin' you have." "This isn't worth anything," said Tom, pushing aside one roll of bills. "It's Confederate money." "So it is, suh.
Eidstein, he felt sure, must be an interesting character. Reaching Furmville early Sunday morning, Bristow went straight to his bungalow, where Mattie had breakfast waiting for him. "You is sholy some big man now, Mistuh Bristow!" she informed him. "Sence you been gawn, folks done made it a habit to drive by hyuh jes' foh de chanct uv seem' you."
Mistuh Shannon’s in bed at th’ doctuh’s; he’s gonna be all right soon’s he gets ovah a mighty big headache." He had actually forgotten Shannon! Hastily Drew expressed his satisfaction at the news and added: "This is my cousin from Texas, Hamilcar. He hit town ridin’ light. I’m goin’ over to pick him up a new outfit at Stein’s. You give him all the rest, will you?" "Yes, suh."
And when Mistuh Phil and his folks started off to visit their married daughter, up in Richmond, he says to me, 'Uncle Noah, I expect you to look after Robin while I'm gone, and see that he don't git into no trouble. Them was his very words, Suh." "And Robin's kept you busy, eh?" says I. "Well, he's a good boy, Robin is," insists Uncle Noah.
Regan, becoming impatient, had already begun to interrupt with an account of Regan's recent hoisting on the wings of a premature petard, when the dark servant reappeared. "Mistuh Keen will receive you, suh," he whispered, leading the way into a large room where dozens of attractive young girls sat very busily engaged at typewriting machines.
"Mistuh Val," she announced from the doorway as the sound of the car pulling out of the drive signaled the departure of the city-bound party, "dem lights is out agin." "Another fuse gone? That's the second this week. Who's been playing games?" he asked. "Dis heah no-'count!"
Bob and Molly sat down on opposite sides of the fireplace, Bob triumphant at last, and Molly watching him furtively. "I believe you has somethin' to say to me, Miss Johnson," said Bob, loftily. "Well, I sut'nly is glad to welcome you home ag'in, Mistuh Crittenden," said Molly. "Is you?" Bob was quite independent now, and Molly began to weaken slightly. "An' is dat all you got to say?"
"Mistuh Keen will see you, suh," came a persuasive voice at his elbow; and he rose and followed the softly moving colored servant out of the room, through a labyrinth of demure young women at their typewriters, then sharply to the right and into a big, handsomely furnished office, where a sleepy-looking elderly gentleman rose from an armchair and bowed.
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