[Iola Leroy by Frances E.W. Harper]@TWC D-Link bookIola Leroy CHAPTER II 16/21
She hed allers bin mighty good to me.
An' I beliebs in praisin' de bridge dat carries me ober.
She said, 'Uncle Dan'el, I wish you war free.
Ef I had my way you shouldn't serve any one when I'm gone; but Mr.Thurston had eberything in his power when he made his will.
I war tied hand and foot, and I couldn't help it.' In a little while she war gone--jis' faded away like a flower. I belieb ef dere's a saint in glory, Miss Anna's dere." "Oh, I don't take much stock in white folks' religion," said Robert, laughing carelessly. "The way," said Tom Anderson, "dat some of dese folks cut their cards yere, I think dey'll be as sceece in hebben as hen's teeth.
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