A FAMILY FEUD
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as’ Jamieson ma’ied too, an’ after so manyyears dey was bofe wid’ers, but dey ain’t fu’giveone another yit. When Mas’ Tho’nton was bigenough to run erroun’, ole Mas’ used to tryto ’press on him dat a Venable mus’ n’ neverput his foot on de Jamieson lan’; an’ manya tongue-lashin’ an’ sometimes wuss de han’s onour place got fu’ mixin’ wif de Jamieson ser-vants. But, la! young Mas’ Tho’nton waswuss ’n de niggers. Evah time he got a chancehe was out an’ gone, over lots an’ fiel’s an’into de Jamieson ya’d a-playin’ wif little MissNellie, whut was Mas’ Tom’s little gal. Inever did see two chillun so ’tached to oneanother. Dey used to wander erroun’, han’ inhan’, lak brother an’ sister, an’ dey ’d cry lakdey little hea’ts ’u’d brek ef either one of deypappys seed ’em an’ pa’ted ’em. “«T ’member once when de young Mastah waserbout eight year ole, he was a-settin’ at detable one mo’nin’ eatin’ wif his pappy, when allof er sudden he pause an’ say, jes’ ez solerm-lak,‘When I gits big, I gwine to ma’y Nellie.’His pappy jump lak he was shot, an’ tu’n rightpale, den he say kin’ o’ slow an’ gaspy-lak,‘Don’t evah let me hyeah you say sich a thing 139
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