So th' Cunnel lay raght down on th' thu'faih an' Ah set mahse'f down beside him twell he wake up in th' mawnin', not knowin' what hahm maght come to him.

He told me he seen Mars' Pendleton comin' outen dish here house one mawnin'.

"She was h'yar dis mawnin'.

He went dis mawnin'.

I's gwine to chu'ch ter-morrer mawnin'.

But ef I was strong 'nuf to go to de pos' offis,an' I did dat, Miss Annie, an' not long ago nuther,I reckon I's strong 'nuf to go to chu'ch, an' Uncle Isham is a comin' wid de oxcart to take me ter-morrer mawnin'.

" "Yas, suh, I got de money Mars John give me ter git dem things ter take out ter Belleview in de mawnin.

"An' I s'pose ef he hadn' gone fishin' so soon dis mawnin', he'd 'a' be'n lookin' after me, suh.

fo' dollars fer three years ago; an' w'en I looked in my closet dis mawnin', suh, befo' I got ready ter sta't fer Belleview, dere wuz my clo's layin' on de flo', all muddy an' crumple' up, des lack somebody had wo' 'em in a fight!

"Mawnin' Missy.

ve'y mawnin' I banked nigh on to a thousan' dollehs fu' de young boss.

De nex' mawnin dese white fokes sent word

Evah Sunda mawnin Marster Louis would have all us slaves tuh de house while he would sing an pray an read de Bible tuh us all.

Dat mawnin soon when he come tuh let em out she cracked him in de haid wid de poker an made little Joe help put his haid in de fiuh place.

"When I'd wake up in the mawnin' my mother would be gone to the field.

"I'se gwine to git you a little something warm to drink and something to eat right soon, and den I'se gwine put you-all to bed nice and clean, and in de mawnin' you'll feel like you was anotheh lady, you suttinly will, Ma'am.

You gwine be fine, by mawnin'.

Ma'am, you suttinly is lookin' fine dis mawnin'.

"De nex' mawnin' Mars Jeems tol' de oberseah he wuz gwine

Every morning he goes to see Mrs. Douthat; and he seldom varies the greeting: "How is you dis mawnin', Miss Mary?

Las' night, close on t' mawnin'?

You-all go on an' Ah'll git me some res' yere till mawnin'.

"Mawnin', suh," he said, sweetly.

"'Fore Miss Dorry git up outen de baid, suh, I done tote de bre'kfus in de mawnin'.

'E is in bed; but 'e say to tell you in dat lill troubl' of dis mawnin' it is himseff w'at is inti'lie wrong, an' 'e hass you poddon.