Geo'ge

"Why, sho'ly, Mars Geo'ge, you could take keer er her better 'n I could -- better' n anybody could -- co'se you could!"

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"Yas, Mars Geo'ge," replied Plato, fixing his eyes respectfully on the government's promise to pay.

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Mars Geo'ge was white and rich, and could do anything.

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"All right, Mars Geo'ge, I ain't gwine ter say no mo 'd'n ef de cat had my tongue."

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He could not conceive of any one so powerful as Mars Geo'ge, unless it might be God, of whom Plato had heard more or less, and even here the comparison might not be quite fair to Mars Geo'ge, for Mars Geo'ge was the younger of the two.

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"Can't I go ter town fer you atter I've seed her home, Mars Geo'ge?"

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Mars Geo'ge had never been known to go with a black woman before, and the teacher would doubtless thank Plato for arranging that so great an honor should fall upon her.

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It would undoubtedly be a great honor for the teacher to be escorted home by Mars Geo'ge.

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"I's gwine ter see her home ter-morrer, Mars Geo'ge."

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She alluz makes some er de child'en go home wid er f'm school, "said Plato, proud to find in Mars Geo'ge an appreciative listener, --" sometimes one an 'sometimes anudder.

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