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"Must I look so when I die? Boo-oo!" "I'll cross my heart, Lil Missus, 'twuz dem drefful men dat sed 'Boo-oo!'"

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"THAT OLD-TIME CHILD, ROBERTA"

HER HOME-LIFE ON THE FARM

BY SOPHIE FOX SEA