steamah'll

Updated: July 17, 2025

Edward asked, waked by Ben's loud rap on the state-room door. "Miss Louise she hasn't come yet, Marse Ed'ard," he said, "and de steamah'll be startin' fo' long. I don' know whar to go to look her up, so please excuse me for rousin' ye, sah." "Hasn't come yet, do you say, Ben? and the vessel about to sail?" exclaimed Edward in dismay, springing from his berth to open the door.

Martha Finley - Grandmother Elsie