WHY HE WOULDN'T GO.
«» Uncle Abe, ain't yer gwine ter de foneral ?" asked a colored woman of an old man who stood on the street as the procession passed, j■" No. cbile, I ain't got time. Yer nee I owed de gen'leman seberal dollars, en* ifl was ter go out dar, when da open t de coffin st de grave —an* dats what da's gwinter ter do iorgit myse'f an' say : ' Pay yer dat money in a day or two, sah.'" —Arkansas Traveller.
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Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 64, 1 November 1883, Page 3
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83WHY HE WOULDN'T GO. Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 64, 1 November 1883, Page 3
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