Stories by American Authors, Volume 9
Stories by American Authors, Volume 9
Marse Chan by Thomas Nelson PageMr. Bixby's Christmas Visitor by Charles S. GageEli by C. H. WhiteYoung Strong Of "The Clarion" by Milicent Washburn ShinnHow Old Wiggins Wore Ship by Captain Roland T. Coffin"----Mas Has Come" by Leonard Kip
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ver 'im. No, dat he wouldn'! So dey wuz agwine down to co't about dat, fur I don' know how long, till ole marster beat 'im.
"All dis time, yo' know, Marse Chan wuz a-goin' back'ads an' for'ads to college, an' wuz growed up a ve'y fine young man. He wuz a ve'y likely gent'man! Miss Anne she hed done mos' growed up, too--wuz puttin' her hyar up like ole missis use' to put hers up, an' 'twuz jes' ez bright ez de sorrel's mane when de sun cotch on it, an' her eyes wuz gre't big dark eyes, like her pa's, on'y bigger an' not so fierce, an' 'twarn' none o' de young ladies ez purty ez she wuz. She an' Marse Chan still set a heap o' sto' by one 'nudder, but I don' t'ink dey wuz easy wid each udder ez when he used to tote her home from school on his back. Marse Chan he use' to love de ve'y groun' she walked on, dough, in my 'pinion. Heh! His face 'twould light up whenever she come into chu'ch, or anywhere, jes' like de sun hed come th'oo a chink on it suddenly.
"Den ole marster lost he eyes. D' yo' ever h
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