It's nuff to make a horse larff." "Why, Aunt Linda, you never saw a circus ?" "No, but I'se hearn tell ob dem, and I thinks dey mus' be mighty funny.
An' I know it's orful funny to see how straight Jinny's face looks wen she's almos' ready to bust, while ole Miss is frettin' and fumin' 'bout dem Yankees an' de war.

But, somehow, Robby, I ralely b'lieves dat we cullud folks is mixed up in dis fight.

I seed it all in a vision.

An' soon as dey fired on dat fort, Uncle Dan'el says to me: 'Linda, we's gwine to git our freedom.' An' I says: 'Wat makes you think so ?" An' he says: 'Dey've fired on Fort Sumter, an' de Norf is boun' to whip.'" "I hope so," said Robert.

"I think that we have a heap of friends up there." "Well, I'm jis' gwine to keep on prayin' an' b'lievin'." Just then the bell rang, and Robert, answering, found Mrs.Johnson suffering from a severe headache, which he thought was occasioned by her worrying over the late defeat of the Confederates.