The mother sobbed without comfort, and finally added: "Sh-she in a delicate fix now, an' 'at jail goin' to be a gloomy place fuh Cissie.

" "It's fuh a Christmas present," explained the Persimmon, carelessly, "fuh th' woman I'm libin' wid now.

When we honors you, we honors them all, de libin' an' de daid, de white an' de black, who fought togedder fuh one country, fuh one flag.

Hit would keep 'mos' anybody's weddin' ve'y quiet onless he wuz lookin' fuh a short cut to heab'n.

somethin fuh demselves, an been tryin tuh help dey selfs evah since.

"I'll git you fuh dis," he wheezed, spitting dust "You did n' fight fair, you" The black chorus rolled their heads and pounded one another in a gale of merriment.

somethin fuh demselves, an been tryin tuh help dey selfs evah since.

When we honors you, we honors them all, de libin' an' de daid, de white an' de black, who fought togedder fuh one country, fuh one flag.

We had a lop cabin fuh a church house.

You an' Miss Cissie acts too much lak white folks fuh a nigger lak me to jine you, Mr. Peter.

Green "Yes, I went aftuh Doctuh fuh her 'tuther night" Bro.

"Look heah, nigger," said Tump, in a different tone, "I faded dad deed fuh ten iron men, an' I reckon I got a once-over comin' fuh my money.

Mah pa sed he went tuh de wah tuh cook fuh his ole moster, Green Traylor.

Tears came to her eyes; she panted for a moment, then added: "Yeah, he done marked his mammy down fuh a nigger, Mars' Milt.

So now ah aint no good fuh nothin.

" "It's fuh a Christmas present," explained the Persimmon, carelessly, "fuh th' woman I'm libin' wid now.

De nex year de white fokes let us make a crop wid den fuh somethin tuh eat an clo'es an de women could work fuh a few clo'es

Hit is jes good fuh young baby's stomach.

We went back an grandma's mistress's son took us home wid him fuh stretches and stretches.

Mr. Throgmartin bails him out, so now Tump's gone to pick cotton fuh Mr. Throgmartin to pay off'n his fine.

" "It's fuh a Christmas present," explained the Persimmon, carelessly, "fuh th' woman I'm libin' wid now.

"Look heah, nigger," said Tump, in a different tone, "I faded dad deed fuh ten iron men, an' I reckon I got a once-over comin' fuh my money.

dat you mought make some 'lowance fuh a' ign'ant young nigger, suh, en gib 'im one mo' chance.