You hear me talkin' to you, Red? Fish!

"'No, Polly,' says he, gittin' bolder ez she got madder, 'dere ain' no use talkin'.

I heered 'em talkin', I know that much.

"So dat wuz whut you two niggers wuz a-talkin' 'bout over at yo' house.

We got talkin' to the people around usthey are there from all over the country, with all kinds of diseases, poor people.

Drew begins talkin' again.

" "You wait before you start talkin' about beauty or hair either!" said Albert.

He added, "Aw, quit talkin' about it, can't you!

"W'en de ham had be'n tuk off'n Dave, folks kinder stopped talkin' 'bout 'im so much.

You got to be eatin' an' appearin' to enjoy talkin' to me.

Ez soon ez Dan 'mence' talkin'

Peeked through, 'n' see a lot o' lights 'n' folks, 'n' hearn 'em talkin'.

"I heeard da ole folks talkin' in our house da other night 'Bout Adam in da scripchuh long ago.

I heerd Marse Tom talkin' 'bout her las' night to his brudder; tellin' him she war mighty airish, but he meant to break her in.

nigger traders was jest a talkin', when down that long lane came Massa Sid, and I'm tellin' you, it was the Dear Lawd that sent him.

D'ye ken what the state is these new fangled folk are aye talkin' of?

You don't ketch me a-talkin' to New York at a dollar a throw, Nib, do ye?"

an' I know what I 'm talkin' about.

" "Troth, it'll be no time at all before you're back, Pat, an' ye had a right to lave talkin' that way about the poorhouse, ma'am.

an' I didn't like that feller talkin' Spanish."

and he sez, "I'll bet I can find him for you; I remember his talkin' last night about a certain place.

But, say, am I still good enough?" Sittin' on the Porch Sittin' on the porch at night when all the tasks are done, Just restin' there an' talkin', with my easy slippers on, An' my shirt band thrown wide open an' my feet upon the rail, Oh, it's then I'm at my richest, with a wealth that cannot fail; For the scent of early roses seems to flood the evening air, An' a throne of downright gladness is my wicker rocking chair.

"One day not long ago I run across him hobnobbin' with the strange man I'd seen talkin' with him on the Bend trip.

You see, this evening, when Dan was out, I was sitting talkin' with Mr. Gabriel, and he was wondering how I came to be dropped down here, so I told him all about it.

" "When I tell you 'e got me in as well as outBut, good sake, I musn' stand 'ere talkin'!