YOURS WITH ALL MY HEART 



against each other, we felt so important in 

 the case. 



Becky left off hulling the big red straw- 

 berries she was fixing for tea, and with her 

 plump black arms akimbo, her dusky face 

 wearing a wise, mysterious look beneath her 

 red turban, yet with calm, unflinching eyes 

 on his blue-gray ones, awaited the onset. 



' Rebecca, have you been in the house 

 from the time your mistress left in her car- 

 riage to the time of her return ? ' 



Yes, sah, ebry minute, sah; I nebber 

 leebed mer pose. I war jes' done inein' 

 der baby's dresses, sah.' 



' Now, Rebecca, you think sharp. Didn't 

 you step out into the back yard, possibly to 

 the clothes-line or somewhere, just long 

 enough for some sneak-thief to slip in and 

 enter the madam's room?' 



'No, sah! Dis chile knows de 'portance 

 ob der 'zact troof, in troubl'us times like dis 

 yar. I knows, too, dat der poo' young mis- 

 sus' jules was stole wite under dis yar ole 

 black nose ob mine, sah, an' it looks 

 mighty 'spicious, but, sah, dat black 

 mistry am gwine ter be clared up whiter 

 dan der snow!' 

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