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The black woman turned and looked behind her to make sure that no one should overhear. Then, lowering her voice, she whispered: "Her grave 'ain't nuver settled yit, mistus. She been buried ever sence befo' Christmus, an' hit ain't evened down yit. An' dat's a shore sign of a onrestless sperit yas, 'm." Her face had grown suddenly anxious as she spoke.
Immediately Maum Winnie would appear, the very picture of dignified astonishment, "Now, Miss Nelly, ain't you 'shame'? Yer pore mar she bin had a mity onrestless night, an' jes' as she 'bout to ketch a nap o' sleep, yere you bin start all dis 'fusion. Now, her eye dun pop wide open, an' she gwine straight to studyin' agin."
Elsie flung her arms around her nurse's neck, and laid her head upon her bosom, saying, "Yes, my dear old mammy, I know you love me, and I love you, too. But put me in bed now, or papa will be displeased." "What makes you so onrestless, darlin'?" asked Chloe, half an hour afterward; "can't you go to sleep no how?" "O mammy! if I could only see papa just for one moment to tell him something.
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