I'se so happy I'se a singin' all de time over my work, an' in de street; it don't matter where I be.

"De w'ite folks don' want too good an opinion er de niggers,ef dey had a good opinion of 'em, dey wouldn' have no excuse f er 'busin' an' hangin' an' burnin' 'em.

The men learned something of their future enemy, Virginia mud, as they climbed the red gorge and debouched on Meridian Hill, where, presently, an aide-de-camp marked the ground assigned the regiment, and the real life of the soldier began.

" "Wot's de matter wid ole miss?" asked Isham, in a quick tone.

I done see de sign!

" "Wot's de reason fur dat?" inquired Isham.

Combin' it did n' do no good; he wuk at it ha'f de night wid er Jim Crow, en think he git it straighten' out, but in de mawnin' de grapes 'ud be dere des de same.

Mr. Rumbin's de rooster.

" "Eat de shells?

At the issue de table wafers or some other light pastry were introduced, which were eaten with the hypocras wine.

Ole Aun' Nancy, de plantation nuss down at de qua'ters, useter take keer er little Mose in de daytime, en atter de niggers come in fum de cotton-fiel'

M. A. Vernet (E); 1Aug61; R279554. CHAMSON, ANDRE. L'annee des vaincus.

"What pleasure should she be able to sook out o' his keeping ding-ding-danging on about that woman?" retorted Gavinia.

"]"Ah pour ca oui," (returned the other,) "mais j'crois que nous n'aurons ni l'une l'autre, voila ste maudite nation qui s'empare de tout."

de people call him Purser, sir, because him knowing chap; him cabbage all de grub, slush, and stuff in him own corner, and give only de small bit, and de bad piece, to de oder pig; so, captain"Splinter saw the poor fellow was like to get into a scrape.

no mo' in dis worl', en I wants ter ondo some er de harm I done.

I nevare joke; je n'entends pas la raillerie, Sare, voulez-vous have de kindness to give me back de money vot I pay!"

After the first winter, the mangeur-de-lard rises from his freshman class, and takes his place where he can in turn lord it over all new-comers.

Why de Mahster would habe to round up de livestock each afternoon, put dem in pens, and den put out guards all night to keep de wolves and bears frum gettin' em.

The door was opened by a pleasant-faced young woman of about thirty, who greeted Cockerelltartan is always popular with French ladieswith a beaming smile, but shook her head regretfully upon seeing the billet de logement in his hand.

Dey danced reels an' lak in de moonlight: [HW: Songs] 'Mamma's got de whoopin' cough, Daddy's got de measles, Dat's whar de money goes, Pop goes de weasel.'

I'm gwine ter lose 'im.' "Dey smoked on awhile, en bimeby ole mars say, 'Well, a bahgin 's a bahgin, but you en me is good fren's, en I doan wan' ter see you lose all de money you paid fer dat nigger; en ef w'at you say is so, en I ain't 'sputin' it, he ain't wuf much now.

Ma'y Ann Jinkinsa promnunt membeh of ouh class (that is, Asba'y class, meets on Gay Street), Sistah Ma'y Ann Jinkins, she ups an' sez, befo' de whole class, dat she'd puppose de motion, dat Bro' Thomas Wheatley wuz 'p'inted fus' speakah in de nex' 'Jug-breakin' an' Jaymiah's Hamma,' by de i-nanemous vote of de class.

You better take me in de notion, old man, I tell you,yes!" Charlie never winced; but how his answer delighted the Colonel!

On taking leave of Mr. de T[reytorre]ns' family I walked to the banks of the lake Neufchâtel, having a stout fellow with me to carry my sac-de nuit.