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[Jan. 29th, 2010|07:25 am] |
?You can ask any of these men here, that can read writingHere!? he said, to a man that was passing by, ?jist read this yer, won?t you! This yer gal won?t believe me, when I tell her what ?t is
?Why, it?s a bill of sale, signed by John Fosdick,? said the man, ?making over to you the girl Lucy and her childIt?s all straight enough, for aught I see
The woman?s passionate exclamations collected a crowd around her, and the trader briefly explained to them the cause of the agitation
?He told me that I was going down to Louisville, to hire out as cook to the same tavern where my husband works,?that?s what Mas?r told me, his own self |
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