pu'su'in

Updated: May 17, 2025

Marston to the back veranda where he was sitting when Uncle Simon again approached and greeted him. "Well, Uncle Simon, I hear that you're back in your pulpit again?" "Yes, suh, I's done 'sumed my labohs in de Mastah's vineya'd." "Have you had a good rest of it?" "Well, I ain' ezzackly been restin'," said the aged man, scratching his head. "I's been pu'su'in' othah 'ployments."

Paul Laurence Dunbar - The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories