TRIAL SERMONS ON. BULL-SKIN
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eighbours, with generous offerings of “a tasteo’ my ketchup” or “a sample o’ my jelly.”She did not stop with rewarding her own allies,but went farther, gift-bearing, even into thecamp of the enemy himself. It was on Friday morning that she called onSister Sneedon. She found the door ajar andpushed it open, saying, “ You see, Sis’ Sneedon,I’s jes’ walkin’ right in.” “Oh, it’s you, Sis’ Williams; dat’s right,come in. I was jes’ settin’ hyeah sawtin’ mycyahpet rags, de mof do seem to pestah ’em so.Tek dis cheer’? — industriously dusting onewith her apron. ‘How you be’n sence I seenyou las’?” “ Oh, jes’ sawt 0” so.” “ How ’s Do’ an’ Ca’line?” “Oh, Ca’line’s peart enough, but Do’sfeelin’ kind o’ peekid.” “ Don’t you reckon she grow too fas “Spec”? dat ’s about hit; dat gal do sutnyseem to run up lak a weed.” “Tt don’t nevah do ’em no good to growso fas’, hit seem to tek away all deir strengf.” “Yes, ’m, it sholy do; gals ain’t whut deyused to be in yo’ an’ my day, nohow.” 87 > 999
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