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Updated: June 28, 2025
He wuz so sho' he wuz gwine ter git 'er in de spring, dat he didn' 'pear ter 'low he had ter do any co'tin', en w'en he'd run 'cross Chloe 'bout de house, he'd swell roun' 'er in a biggity way en say: "'Come heah en kiss me, honey. You gwine ter be mine in de spring. You doan 'pear ter be ez fon' er me ez you oughter be.
He wuz so sho' he wuz gwine ter git 'er in de spring, dat he did n' 'pear ter 'low he had ter do any co'tin', en w'en he 'd run 'cross Chloe 'bout de house, he 'd swell roun' 'er in a biggity way en say: "'Come heah en kiss me, honey. You gwine ter be mine in de spring. You doan 'pear ter be ez fon' er me ez you oughter be.
"I've done warned young men off from co'tin' ye on pain of harm an' death an' when I'm dead they'll come in lavish numbers seekin' ter make up fer lost time." "I reckon I kin warn 'em off too," she protested, "an' by ther same means." Once more a smile flickered in the wearied eyes that looked up from the pillow.
"W'iles Mars Jeems wuz co'tin' Miss Libbie, two er de han's on de plantation had got ter settin' a heap er sto' by one ernudder. One un 'em wuz name' Solomon, en de yuther wuz a 'oman w'at wukked in de fiel' 'long er 'im I fe'git dat 'oman's name, but it doan 'mount ter much in de tale nohow.
Both women were now angry with him; between all that sea and sky Captain Pharo appeared not to have a friend save his pipe and me. Miss Pray indignantly picked the rest of her steps alone. "Ye'll have to do the rest o' yer co'tin' in yer own way," murmured the captain to me, darkly and vaguely, as he stepped into the boat: "but my 'dvice to ye is, drop it! drop it right whar 'tis!"
"I'd ort ter know," said Captain Pharo, alone with me in the lane, assuming a gay and confident air, "f'r I've been engaged in co'tin' three times, an' ain't had nary false nibble, but landed my fish every time." "I know you have."
Her dreams dropped suddenly, with broken wings, in their flight, for her stepmother, a small sickly woman, with a twisted smile, looked out through the dining-room window, and remarked facetiously: "You all don't look much like a co'tin couple to my eyes." "I've been admiring her butter," replied Abel, who was always unduly regardful of his English in the presence of Mrs. Hatch.
"Who'd 'a' thought you'd come into my kitchen to do yo' secon' co'tin', Pete?"
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