"ScufiLTHE Wbitin'."—"M^ssa," said a black steward to Li 3 captain,-as they fell in with a homeward-bound vessel, "I wish you'd write a few lines for me to send to the old woman, 'cause I can't write." " Certainly," assented the good-natured skipper, taking his writing materials. "What shall I say?" Pompey told the story that he wished his.; wife to know, - w-6ich hi 3 ' amanuensis faithfully recorded^ <fls that all, Pomp-P* asked the captain, preparing to; peal the letter, " yes, massa," replied he, showing his " ivories," " tank you; but Tore you close him, jist say, ' Please 'scuse bad spelling and writing, will ye P"
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2643, 28 June 1877, Page 2
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103Untitled Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2643, 28 June 1877, Page 2
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