[Iola Leroy by Frances E.W. Harper]@TWC D-Link book
Iola Leroy

CHAPTER XV
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And, since I come to think of it, we colored folks used to get mightily mixed up about our religion.

Mr.Gundover had on his plantation a real smart man.

He was religious, but he would steal." "Oh, Robert," queried Sybil, "how could he be religious and steal ?" "He didn't think," retorted Robert, "it was any harm to steal from his master.

I guess he thought it was right to get from his master all he could.

He would have thought it wrong to steal from his fellow-servants.
He thought that downright mean, but I wouldn't have insured the lives of Gundover's pigs and chickens, if Uncle Jack got them in a tight place.
One day there was a minister stopping with Mr.Gundover.As a matter of course, in speaking of his servants, he gave Jack's sins an airing.


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