The Captains Romance Or Tales of the Backwoods Miss Madam
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" " I know caze he tole me so. De night 'fo' he wuz hung de naixt day, I went inter de jail ter see him, an' when he dun put his arms 'round me I say, ' Sweet chile, ef I ax you one thing you'll tell me de truf, won't you? ' ' Mammy, ' says he, 'did you eber 106 AH OLD WOMAN'S DREAM. know me ter tell you er lie ? ' ' No, sweet chile, 1 neber did, so now tell yo' po' ole mammy ef you did kill dat man. ' He tuck his arms frum 'roun' my naik an' put his han's on my shoulders an' look me in de eyes... jes' like he useter look at me when he AVUZ er little chile an' says, ' Mammy I didn* kill him. ' ' I b'leves you, ' says I, ' de Lawd in heaben knows I does, but de law an' de jedge an' all de white folks dun say you killed him, an' how is one po' chile like you gwine hoi' out ergiu all de whole 'munity ? ' 'I kain't hoi' out ergin 'em, mammy, ' says he, 'an' it ain't no use ter try, for all I kin do is ter ax de Lawd fur His heabenly mussy an' den let de law take its cou'se. ' De law did take its cou'se an' my chile died, da tells me, like er man.
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