. The Southern States. Dats a fac, Marse Porte. Dems mysentiments. Before quoting any further from PorteCrayon, I desire to confess to misquotinghis way of spelling the negros abbre-viation of master. It seems that he (orperhaps the editor of Harper s) hadfallen into the Northern mans wayof writing it massa. Now, I beg toprotest, and will leave it to the entirepress of the South to decide if I am notright—that no genuine old-fashionednegro ever used this word massa. Theyall said Marse Tom, Marse Dick, MarseHarry, and not Massa Tom, Dick or Har-ry. Porte CraycMi being himself a Vir-ginian ought
. The Southern States. Dats a fac, Marse Porte. Dems mysentiments. Before quoting any further from PorteCrayon, I desire to confess to misquotinghis way of spelling the negros abbre-viation of master. It seems that he (orperhaps the editor of Harper s) hadfallen into the Northern mans wayof writing it massa. Now, I beg toprotest, and will leave it to the entirepress of the South to decide if I am notright—that no genuine old-fashionednegro ever used this word massa. Theyall said Marse Tom, Marse Dick, MarseHarry, and not Massa Tom, Dick or Har-ry. Porte CraycMi being himself a Vir-ginian ought to have avoided this error. Who of us with a large early acquain-tance has failed in later years to have anexperience something like this : As they put up one evening at avillage tavern, a red-nosed, unshavenfellow approached Crayon and givinghim a familiar poke in the ribs ad-dressed him by name. I say, old hoss, how goes it? Dontremember me I reckon. Old school-mate ; look again. Crayon shaded his eyes. The face,. said he, I dont recognize, but the voicereminds me of one Bill same, old fellow, the Montague had commencedlife some twenty years before with asmall patrimony and a tolerable educa- PICTURESO UE VIR GIN/A. 237
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