“I seen yer buy de apple, Susy Roach, an’ if yer don’t gimme half I’ll rub aginst yer, an’ yer’ll catch der measles.”
A BONANZA.
“Mattie, come quick, an’ bring everythink yer can with yer! There’s bin a New Year’s party, an’ they’re a-givin’ away all the pidgins, toast, an’ wegetables what’s bin left over!”
A GOOD TIME.
“Bill, you wuzzent in it when you didn’t go to de picnic; dat’s right! Dere wuz pie—an’ cake—an’ limonade—an’ red an’ yaller ice-cream, an’ I eat so much dat when I got t’rough I felt as dough dere wuz a duzzent angels a-sittin’ on me ribs a-fannin’ me stummick to sleep.”
A MOMENT OF ANXIETY.