. "The fambly album"; another "fotygraft album," shown to the new preacher by Rebecca Sparks Peters, aged eleven; the "bigger album from upstairs". Aunt Jen Peters, pas sister, when she was agirl. She aint s good lookin as what AuntMin is (her pitchures in our other album) butpa says shes got ten times more brains. Shecertnly is most awful smart—talented, ma callsit. Maybe sometime youll hear her sing andrecite. Her best speakin piece, / think, is oneshe got out uh one uh them books called, OneHundred Choice Selections. Its called, ThYoung Grayhead, and its jist awful sad. Herbest singin piece
. "The fambly album"; another "fotygraft album," shown to the new preacher by Rebecca Sparks Peters, aged eleven; the "bigger album from upstairs". Aunt Jen Peters, pas sister, when she was agirl. She aint s good lookin as what AuntMin is (her pitchures in our other album) butpa says shes got ten times more brains. Shecertnly is most awful smart—talented, ma callsit. Maybe sometime youll hear her sing andrecite. Her best speakin piece, / think, is oneshe got out uh one uh them books called, OneHundred Choice Selections. Its called, ThYoung Grayhead, and its jist awful sad. Herbest singin piece, most people thinks, goes likethis; Are we almost there, are we almost there?Said th dyin girl as she drew near home;Are those our popular trees that rairTheir forms so high ginst th heavensblue dome?Turn JThis heres mas cousin, Seth Sparks. Heshandsome, / think. Some folks says he lookskind o namby-pamby, but them folks had jistort t try t run over him onct! One time, Cousin Seth, he bet on MizHogue fer a footrace, and somehow he heardMiz was a-goin t throw th race t th otherfeller and beat himoutnhis money; so, jist asthey got lined up ready t start, Seth, he stepsout by th finish line weth a big pistol andhollers, Oh, Miz! Miz, he looks up, and Sethyells: Come in first or yuh dont come in a-tall!he says. Well, say! Miz, he didnt beat that otherfeller moren a rod or two.
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