YOURS WITH ALL MY HEART 



"Who was in the madam's room then, 

 Rebecca ? ' 



' Der baby was, fo' sure, sah, 'cause I 

 lieered 'is leetle voice, like as tho' he's greebed 

 an' skeert. I no dars ter go ter 'im, 'cause 

 Miss Inez, like's not, tole me ter mine mer 

 nigger bizniss.' 



'Did the dogs stay in madam's room 

 after the maid went out with the baby ? ' 



"No, sah dey mimed out and jes' 

 screamed at der missus, and den, soon as 

 eber she dribed away, dey jes tackled dis 

 chile an put der teefh clar froo mer noo 

 caliker. Oh, if I'd only had der brains o' 

 Balaam's ass, in dis yar ole woolly head, I 

 might 'a' cotched der right thebe, for 'pears, 

 sah, dey war gittin' in 'fore Miss Inez an' 

 der baby got out - - an' dem leetle foh- 

 footed critturs war bustin' der gizzards ter 

 tell us, an' our ears war full ob wool.' 



How relieved and proud we felt to hear 

 Becky say this, but we grew awful scared 

 when the sharp-eyed man said: 



'Becky, do you suppose these little dogs 

 really did put their teeth through your 

 dress ? ' 



"Wall, sah, dey yanked and hanged on 

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