. The Sweet Briar Magazine. more, Marse Jack? But LiPMiss riz her haid up an says twixt laffin an cryin,Don yuh think hits done ernuff fer ter-night, Mammy? I went on off ter bed becuz thar warnt no skyrocketsez fer ez I could see an evrything wuz peaceable ez couldbe. I looked back an thar they wuz standin jes lak Ilef em, an I seed LiP Miss raise ther gloriest sort uvface ter Marse Jack an hearn him say, De—ah, sort uvslow an wushupful lak. 46 THE SWEET BRIAR MAGAZINE Wal, heah I hev talked yuh deaf, blin an dumb, MissPeggy, honey. Ther babys er-stirrin an ther lunch gongser-soundin, but cum


. The Sweet Briar Magazine. more, Marse Jack? But LiPMiss riz her haid up an says twixt laffin an cryin,Don yuh think hits done ernuff fer ter-night, Mammy? I went on off ter bed becuz thar warnt no skyrocketsez fer ez I could see an evrything wuz peaceable ez couldbe. I looked back an thar they wuz standin jes lak Ilef em, an I seed LiP Miss raise ther gloriest sort uvface ter Marse Jack an hearn him say, De—ah, sort uvslow an wushupful lak. 46 THE SWEET BRIAR MAGAZINE Wal, heah I hev talked yuh deaf, blin an dumb, MissPeggy, honey. Ther babys er-stirrin an ther lunch gongser-soundin, but cum out heah ergain soon an set wif mean ther baby; we sho is proud ter hev yuh. I thanked Mammy, with a preoccupied air Im afraid,and went up to my room for an afternoon of quiet result was a few words written on a slip of paper, sentpost haste to the telegraph office, which read like this: To Mr. Phillip Manning, Belmont Hotel, New York City,New We cant wait for a comet. Yours, THE SWEET BRIAR MAGAZINE 47


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