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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