. "The fambly album"; another "fotygraft album," shown to the new preacher by Rebecca Sparks Peters, aged eleven; the "bigger album from upstairs". Thats John Knox ^^ hittleberry, that ust tpreach here—that is, he said that was his says he bets he was a feller knowed t thpolice by sevral differnt names. Anyhow, hewas a disgrace t th preachin business and hadt skip out after a few months, count uh peoplelearnin his habits wasnt good. See! hesa-holdin one of them cigaroots in his hand inth pitchure, and pa says anybody thatll smokethem thingsll suck aigs. But ma, she likedhis sermons and
. "The fambly album"; another "fotygraft album," shown to the new preacher by Rebecca Sparks Peters, aged eleven; the "bigger album from upstairs". Thats John Knox ^^ hittleberry, that ust tpreach here—that is, he said that was his says he bets he was a feller knowed t thpolice by sevral differnt names. Anyhow, hewas a disgrace t th preachin business and hadt skip out after a few months, count uh peoplelearnin his habits wasnt good. See! hesa-holdin one of them cigaroots in his hand inth pitchure, and pa says anybody thatll smokethem thingsll suck aigs. But ma, she likedhis sermons and says she pities th poor, mis-guided wretch, so she keeps his pitchure here,as a warnin t other young men, she , he makes a snorin noise when she says that. One time pa went into a hotel in Peory andketched Whittlcberry takin a drink uh liquor,and he says t him, real solemn, Oh! Revrunt\Vhittleberr\, what a shock this is t me! Why,1 couldnt aben more supprisedcf Id ketchedth Angel Gabriel chawin tobacker, he Thats me. It was took moren a year ago,on Decoration Day. I remember that becauseit was th day I got off a good one on pascousin, Charley Freemantle—a soldier, ef everthere was one, pa says, meanin he dont likework, yuh know. Charley, he was settin inth parlor, a-blowin about th great things hewas a-goin t do, and I ups and says, Huh!I says, goin to and done its two differntmatters, I says. Well, sir, youd jist ort tove heard mlaugh—all but Charley. Ma, she led me outuh there by th ear, but when we got t thkitchen she kissed me and gimme a nickel. I dont like this pitchureone bit. Did yuhever see a niggerer one in all yer born days? Turn over.
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