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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 448

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ed, an laws, honey! dat sweetlittle angel lub her ole mammy Prissy mos bettern de mistis ! an dis time her pa an ma, dey wuz how she look dat night;—settin up dah, anlaughin, en shakin dat little yaller head t me.Many s de time, sence den, Ise dreamt I seen datyaller head go down — down — an de… … DAT S RIGHT, HONEY, DRAW UP YO* CHAIR, EF YO *S BOUN* TO HELP, WEDDER ER NO — AN IT S A SHO NUFF FACBOUT PEAS: TWO KIN SHELL QUICKER n ONE. offtrablin roun, an so, en cose, Looseel an me niggahs screechin an groanin an beseechin de wuz togedder cohnstant. Gwine on sebn year ole good Lord ter sabe…

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