The Gilded Age


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Does I reckon? Don't I know it! Whah was yo' eyes? Warn't de Lord  
jes' a cumin' chow! chow! CHOW! an' a goin' on turrible--an' do de  
Lord carry on dat way 'dout dey's sumfin don't suit him? An' warn't he a  
lookin' right at dis gang heah, an' warn't he jes' a reachin' for 'em?  
An' d'you spec' he gwyne to let 'em off 'dout somebody ast him to do it?  
No indeedy!"  
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Do you reckon he saw, us, Uncle Dan'l?  
De law sakes, Chile, didn't I see him a lookin' at us?".  
Did you feel scared, Uncle Dan'l?"  
No sah! When a man is 'gaged in prah, he ain't fraid o' nuffin--dey  
can't nuffin tetch him."  
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Well what did you run for?"  
Well, I--I--mars Clay, when a man is under de influence ob de sperit,  
he do-no, what he's 'bout--no sah; dat man do-no what he's 'bout. You  
mout take an' tah de head off'n dat man an' he wouldn't scasely fine it  
out. Date's de Hebrew chil'en dat went frough de fiah; dey was burnt  
considable--ob coase dey was; but dey didn't know nuffin 'bout it--heal  
right up agin; if dey'd ben gals dey'd missed dey long haah, (hair,)  
maybe, but dey wouldn't felt de burn."  
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