. The century illustrated monthly magazine . WONT dat Phil go stracted when he gitsa pike on de een o dis feller ! The speaker was standing in the dogwoodbushes just below me, for I was on the em-bankment where the little foot-path throughthe straggling pines and underbrush ranover it. He was holding in his hand anewly peeled cedar fishing-pole, while anumber more lay in the path at the foot ofthe old redoubt. I watched for a moment in silence, and thensaid: Hello ! Uncle, what are you doing ? Gittin fishin-poles for de boys, suh, he an-swered promptly and definitely. Wes spectinem soon. Then
. The century illustrated monthly magazine . WONT dat Phil go stracted when he gitsa pike on de een o dis feller ! The speaker was standing in the dogwoodbushes just below me, for I was on the em-bankment where the little foot-path throughthe straggling pines and underbrush ranover it. He was holding in his hand anewly peeled cedar fishing-pole, while anumber more lay in the path at the foot ofthe old redoubt. I watched for a moment in silence, and thensaid: Hello ! Uncle, what are you doing ? Gittin fishin-poles for de boys, suh, he an-swered promptly and definitely. Wes spectinem soon. Then he added confidentially :. Dee won have none from nc-whar else, suh; dee done heah dee matell how Marse Phil used to git poles rightheah on dis ridge an dee oon fling a linewid nay urr sort o poles at all. Dat Phil hemo like Marse Phil n he like he pa; some-times I think he Marse Phil done come back:—hes he vey spit an image. Who are the boys ? I asked, taking a sealon the moss-covered breastwork. Hi! we alls boys—Meh Ladys. De fishrunnin good now, andeell be heah up in New York now,but me an Hannah got aletter from em cyarn keep em dyahlong after de fish gins torun; nor suh, dat you cyarn. Dat Phil, I boun studyin bout his pole right now. And a short laugh of delight fol-lowed the reflection. * Note. — The dialect of the negroes of Eastern Vir-ginia differs totally from that of the Southern negroes,and in some material points from that of those locatedfarther west. The elision is so constant that it is impossible toproduce the exact sound, and in some cases it has beenfound neces
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