Solomon Ruggles fingered the bills nervously.
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You know when a boy’s sick dey ain’t no-bidy kin nuss lak his own mothah kin, fu’ shenussed him when he was a baby; he’s pa’t 0’huh, an’ she knows his natur’, Yo’ mothahlivin’, Mistah Ruggles? ” 164 AUNT MANDY’S INVESTMENT “Yes, way down South — she’s ve’y ol’.” “JT reckon some o’ us ol’ folks does live toolong past dey times.” “ No, you don’t; you couldn’t. I wish toGod the world was full of jest sich ol’ people asyou an’ my mothah is.” ‘“¢ Bless you, honey, I laks to hyeah you talkdat way *bout yo mammy. [I ain’ ’fred to trus’my money wif no man dat knows how to ’specthis mothah.” The old woman rose to go.Ruggles followed her to the door. He wastrembling with some emotion. He shook theinvestor warmly by the hand as he bade hergood-bye. ‘I shall do the ve’y bes’ I kin fu’you,” he said. “ How soon kin I hyeah ’bout it ?” “T’ve took yo’ address, an’ you kin expectto hyeah from me in a week’s time — that’ssooner than we do anything fu’ most of ouahcustomers.” “Thanky, sir, fu’ the favour; thanky, an’good-bye, Mistah Ruggles.”
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