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"The Mistress had an old parrot and one day I wuz in the kitchen making cookies, and I decided I wanted some of them so I tooks me out some and put them on a chair and when I did this the mistress entered the door, I picks up a cushion and throws over the pile of cookies on the chair and mistress cane near the chair and the old parrot cries out, Mistress burn, Mistress burn, then the mistress looks under the cushion and she had me whupped but the next day I killed the parrot, and she often wondered who or what killed the bird.
De only s'picious man I see was mab own cousin sneakin' around mah chicken coop de odder night. I tooks mah ole shot gun, an' sa'ntered out dat way. Den in a little while dere wasn't no s'picious man any mo'." "You didn't shoot him; did you, Rad?" cried Tom, quickly. "No, Massa Tom dat is, I didn't shoot on puppose laik.
"Where's your papa?" "He's dorn away too. He's sick. He's been dorn" she hesitated "two, free, days." "Who takes care of you, child?" said Mrs. Tretherick, eying her curiously. "John, the Chinaman. I tresses myselth. John tooks and makes the beds." "Well, now, run away and behave yourself, and don't bother me any more," said Mrs. Tretherick, remembering the object of her visit.
"Where's your papa?" "He's dorn away too. He's sick. He's been dorn" she hesitated "two, free, days." "Who takes care of you, child?" said Mrs. Tretherick, eying her curiously. "John, the Chinaman. I tresses myselth. John tooks and makes the beds." "Well, now, run away and behave yourself, and don't bother me any more," said Mrs. Tretherick, remembering the object of her visit.
"Jonahn Selleck Commissioner." "To add one thing more to my relation as is within of what I saw & herd, is that som persons atempted to cutt of a lock of the sd Kates hayer, when shee was in her fitts but could not doe it, for allthough she knew not what was sayd & dune by them, & let them come neuer soe priuately behynd her to doe it yeat shee would at once turne about and preuent it; At last Dauid Waterbery tooks her in his armes to hould her by force; that a lock of hayer might be cutt; but though at other times a weake & light gail yeat shee was then soe stronge & soe extreame heauy that he could not deale with her, not her hayer could not be cutt; & Kate cryeing out biterly, as if shee had bin beaten all ye time.
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