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"Shuah, deh expected de 40 acres of lan' an mules, but deh had to work foh dem." "Shuah, deh got paht of de lan but de shuah had to work foh it. "After de war deh had no place to stay an den deh went to so many diffrunt places. Some of dem today don't have settled places to live.
Together, you would stand some chance against those men; separately they could eat you up, Cato." "I wouldn't trust too much to some of dem niggers standing together, sah," said Gate darkly. "Dey'd run before de old masters if they didn't run to 'em. Shuah!" A fear of this kind had crossed Courtland's mind before, but he made no present comment.
She got quality blood in her vein, shuah, but habn't got neah 'nuff. Heah's de 'terial wat gibs hope sometimes better'n preachin," and she whipped out the steak and prepared it for the broiler. Then she clapped some potatoes into the oven, threw together the constituents of light biscuit, and put the coffee over the fire.
I 'clare Miss Elsie, an' Miss Lucy, dose dirty niggahs make sich a muss in yere, dere aint a char fit for you to set down in," she continued, hastily cleaning two, and wiping them with her apron. "I'se glad to see you, ladies, but ef I'd knowed you was a-comin' dis kitchen shu'd had a cleanin' up fo' shuah."
Yo' try to stop all our pleasures ebenings, an' dar's gwine be a strike -shuah!" "You may strike right now, if you wish to," Tom retorted, facing the last speaker. "Mr. Renshaw will be prepared to pay you off within hour. Any other man in this camp who isn't content to get along without liquor and gambling may as well strike at the same time. Mr. Renshaw, it's half-past eight.
By de way, whar is dis ship bound?" he went on. "To Africa." "Africa! Shuah yo' is foolin', Massah Dick?" "No, I am not. We and our uncle are bound for the Congo River." "De Congo! Dat's whar my great gran' fadder dun come from so I heard my mammy tell, years ago. I don't want to go dar, not me!" "I don't see how you are going to help yourself, Aleck.
Q. A. Johnson lives?" "To be shuah, ma'am," said the Negro lad to whom Tiara had spoken. "Ef you'll git right in heah, you'll be dah befoh yer know it, ma'am," said he giving a Chesterfieldian bow. As Tiara took the back seat of the double seated buggy, a young Negro man clambered upon the front seat by the side of the driver whom Tiara had accosted.
At last he broke out: "Now look heah, Aun' Sheba, you'se got suffin on you' min' 'bout dem white folks " "Dem white folks! Who you talkin' 'bout?" "Well, dey ain't none o' our flesh an' blood, and de Bible say shuah dat dey dat don' pervide fer dere own flesh an' blood am wuss dan a inferdel." "Den I reckon you'se an inferdel, Mister Buggone," retorted Aun' Sheba, severely.
"Come now, Flossie and Freddie, you are wet, so you might as well get undressed and go to bed. It is nearly time, anyhow, and you have had quite a day of it. Off to bed!" Off to bed the twins went. Dinah wiped up the kitchen, and, as she did so, she murmured over and over again: "It shuah did go off suddint laik! It shuah did!"
De angels is all ready to tote me to Heben. I kin jes' heah dere wings rustlin' roun' me. I was jes' waitin' an' hol'n back ter see you onst mo'. Good-by, moder granny." Then she feebly wound her little arms about Kern's neck and whispered, "Good-by, daddy, fer jes' a lil while. I'se wait neah de gate fer you shuah."
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