Cases of this sort, however, were rare. Here was a more common one:
“Missah —— doesn’t you pay me fifteen dollah a monf?”
“Yes.”
“But you aint done gib me a bit o’ money.”
“No; but how much did you get out of the store, Ben?”
“He didn’t git nuffin in de wo’ld ’cept stuff fo’ one shirt an’ a pair o’ boots,” interposed his old mother.
“No, auntie, you’re mistaken; he got several things for you. Don’t you remember having a box of sardines for dinner, a week or two ago?”
The old woman ’peared like she did ’member dat.
“And haven’t you had cheese, three or four times?”
Nebber in de wo’ld but onct, she was shore, or most-ways, more ’n twict.