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But it sho' am a-comin', honey, an' h'it gwine come pow'ful sudden, an' h'it gwine mek yo' pow'ful sick." "Am I to win her?" "No, honey." "Is there no hope, Aunt Tulip?"
So of all ole Zion Church up at the hill, sah, they've jes' jined an' jined around, fust one church an' then another, till of all the ole Zion Church that me an' you loved so much, they ain't none lef' but Parson Shadrack, the preacher, sister Tilly, an' me We wus Zion." "Pow'ful bad, pow'ful bad," said the Bishop "and you three made Zion."
An' jes' as you was comin' up I was gwine ter tell him a par'ble 'bout sticken ter truf. An' if you's got time, Mahs'r Morris, I'd be pow'ful glad ter tell you de par'ble, an' let you 'cide 'tween us." "Very well," said Mr. Morris, "go on with your parable." "Dis yere par'ble," said Grandison, "has got a justifyin' meanin' in it, an' it's 'bout a bar an' a' possum.
He looked down on her calmly and smiled simply, happily. She threw her arms around his waist and sank on her knees at his feet sobbing. "Ben, Ben! My Ben! I nevah even thought of it. Hit seemed so far away, but now we're goin' to be free free, free!" He lifted her up gently. "It's gwine to tek a pow'ful long time," he said. "I don' keer," she cried gaily. "We know it's comin' an' we kin wait."
"Look yer," he said, suddenly turning to them both. "I reckon as how you two wanter talk over old times, and I'll just meander over to the claim, and do a spell o' work. Don't mind ME. And if HE" indicating Madison with his finger "gets on ter religion, don't you mind him. It won't hurt you, Safie, no more nor my revolver, but it's pow'ful persuadin', and you understand me? You follow me?
'Boss, he used to say to the foreman, shivering over the fire, 'ah's got to go home. Ah's subjec' to de rheumatics. Mah fambly's a-gwine to be pow'ful uneasy 'bout me. Dis-a-yere country am no place fo' a po' ol' niggah." Two teams were employed in freighting in the corn, four round trips being required, Joel and Manly assuming the work.
"Not yit, but I's gwine to ez soon ez evah I gets de chanst now." "Uh, huh," said the preacher, and he began to hasten his steps homeward. "Seems lak you in a pow'ful hu'y to-night," said his companion, with some difficulty accommodating his own step to the preacher's masterly strides. He was a short man and his pastor was tall and gaunt.
I'm of an inquirin' turn of mind, an' whenever I see a man or boy floatin' along in the river I always fish him out, just to see who an' what he is. My curiosity is pow'ful strong, colonel, an' it leads me to do a lot o' things that I wouldn't do if it wasn't fur it. Set an' take a bite with us. This air is nippin' an' it makes my teeth tremenjous sharp."
"Girty must be here, too, urging them on, although he's not likely to expose his own body much." "But he's a real gen'ral an' a pow'ful help to the Injuns," said Tom Ross. Clark's summons came again.
"He's older than you. What has he written to you?" Leonidas put his letter in her hand for reply. "I wish I could see him, you know," he said shyly. "That letter's bully it's just rats! I like him pow'ful." Mrs. Burroughs had skimmed through the letter, but not interestedly.
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