"Snowball," said I, addressin' a dark skinned individual with a white apern, while I was seated at the dinner table, "what in the deuce makes all your dishes so small?" "Dem is for one pusson, sah," said he.

childern's dretful disappointin' ter a pusson.

"Good Lawd!" cried the spiked one in disgust, "ever', time a white pusson gits somp'n misplaced" She moved to one side to allow the girl to enter, and continued staring up the street, with the whites of her eyes accented against her dark face, after the way of angry negroes.

"Ever' time a white pusson fail to lay dey han' on somp'n, dey comes an' turns over ever'thing in my house.

She'd b'lieve you; an' she couldn't rar an' charge inter a ole pusson like you, nohow.

"Not a pusson," was Isham's decided answer.

"'Tain't right," she said to Uncle Isham when he arrived, "fur a pow'ful ole pusson like me to set out on a jarney ob dis kin' 'thout 'ligious sarvices.

" The road was not again visible for some distance, but when the buggy reappeared Peggy gave a start, and exclaimed: "Dar's on'y one pusson in it now, Miss Rob." "Which is it?" exclaimed her mistress quickly, shading her eyes, and endeavoring to see for herself.

"When ole miss don' like a pusson, dat pusson had better look out.

"When ole miss don' like a pusson, dat pusson had better look out.

Dat ain't pious, an' 'taint suitable fur a ole pusson like you, Aun' Patsy, wot's jus' settin' on de poach steps ob heaben, a waitin' till somebody finds out you's dar, an' let's you in.

I tell yer dere ain' nothin' like propputy ter make a pusson feel like a man.

Is it the gilt-edged butter you give him for his ash-cakes?" "A pusson that's pious," said Phoebe, "don't want to get rich onter a minister of the gospel" "Which would be wearin' on their hopes if they did," interrupted Molly.

Yessum, they sure did tell us that, but I never knowed any pusson which got it.

" Needle"One pusson kin th'ead a needle better than two.

"From what I can learn, I should judge you talked ruther too loud about your money; for there was a pusson heerd you in the ferry-boat, and took pains to go in the same car afterwards, and pick your pocket.

wuz one pusson did n' b'lieve dem tales 'bout 'im. "Hit wa'n't long atter dat befo' Mars Archie McIntyre, ober on de Wimbleton road, 'mence' ter complain 'bout somebody stealin' chickens fum his hen-'ouse.

" "Sho is bad luck ter meet a cross-eyed pusson er blue gummed niggers is pizen cause if one bites you youse will sho ter die.

"Remove this Pusson," said Mr. Winfield, pointing at the Colonel.

"Valentine, I was sayin' to you dad diz pusson is a cowa'd and a sneak; I repead thad!

Mighty hard on a pusson old as me not to git no rations an not have no reglar job.

Mighty hard on a pusson ol' az me not t' git no rashuns an' not have no reg'lar job.

It warn't ebery white pusson he could hab trusted wid it.

Miss Catline, when I does a pusson a good turn, seems like I wants to keep on doin' 'em good turns.

"Shore dere wasplenty of 'em," the other hastened to assure his minister "What was dey a-doin'?" "Ebery one of 'em," was the answer, "was a-holdin' a cullud pusson between him an' de fire!