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  • In dyar we laid de coffin on two o 'de cheers, an' ole missis nuver said a wud; she jes 'looked so ole an' white.

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  • I heahd 'em say, Miss Anne she tuk de coffin in her arms an 'kissed it, an' kissed Marse Chan, an 'call' im by his name, an 'her darlin', an 'ole missis lef' her cryin 'in dyar tell some on

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  • He stop 'dyar a little while an' picked up two or three little rocks an 'frowed 'em in, an' pres'n'y he got up an 'we come on home.

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  • We reached dyar de nex 'evein', arfter travellin 'all dat night an' all nex 'day.

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  • He stayed dyar 'bout two hours, an 'when he come out Mr. Barbour come out to de gate wid' im an 'shake han's arfter he got up in de saddle.

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  • So we all went to Mr. Hall, whar kep 'de school-house beyant de creek, an' dyar we went ev'y day, 'cep Sat'd'ys of co'se, an' sich days ez

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  • Jim an 'de six steers got washed away at de upper ford right down dyar blow de quarters ez he wuz a-bringin' de Chris'mas things home; an 'Marse Chan, he warn' born tell mos 'to de harves' arfter my sister Nancy married Cun'l Chahmb'lin's Torm, 'bout eight years arfterwoods.

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  • Dyar wuz always some one or nurr dyar co'ting her.

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  • When he got up to come out to de office in de yard, whar he slept, he stooped down an 'kissed' im jes 'like he wuz a baby layin' dyar in de bed, an 'he'd hardly let ole missis go at all.

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  • I wuz hol'in 'de hosses out dyar in de road by dee een' o 'de poach, an' I see Marse Chan talkin 'an' talkin 'to Mr. Gordon an' anudder gent'man, and den he come out an 'got on de sorrel an' galloped off.

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