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negro with a sigh of content, as Jerry gave him the last bit of

waffle. “01e hun‘ Jincy allers wuz er good cook, en her ma be— f0t ‘er. Cquldn‘t nobody beat Aun‘~. Lucy cookin‘ in dem days.

Cdn~er cakes? She made de $‘es‘ ginger cakesl Miss Sally, you ‘~~ernber dat time 01e Marster give me an i~ars ‚ Wat er whole silver dollar en we walked two miles to Mars‘ Water‘s sto‘ en spent
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ev‘ry bit er it fer ginger cakes? Er whole dollar‘s wuth er ginger cakes, an‘ Aunt Lucy rat dar at home er cookin‘ de bes‘ one$ is de countrys Mars‘ Wat sho wuz er sightt“ and Mose lay looking with dim eyes into a happy, long~‘vanished past.
	ttNOW tell me about when you chose your master,“ said Caroline,

drawing a chair closer to the bed.
	Ito, dat time; I ‘members dat mornin‘ jess lak it wuz yistiddy. hit wuz in the spring-~time lak dis ‚ en oie I~1ose wuz er lii‘ black rascal lak Jerry dar. I wuz playin‘ rotin‘ de cabin dot enh‘yer corne Jim de ke‘ge driver, en say oie Marster wanted me rat erway. I sho wuz skeeredil But I couldn‘t think o‘ no meanness I had Gone so I jess helt up mah haid en marched up de road ter de Big Houses En dar I foun‘ 01e Marster standin‘ on de steps, en in er row on de po‘ch wuz Mars‘ Eddard, en Mars‘ Ted, en Mars. Wat, en I.ars. Tom. ‘Come h‘yer M~se, ‘say 01e Marster in dat big way er h~~s‘n. ‘Come htye.r en choose yer marster. I‘m gwine to give yer ter de one you picks out • ‚ I ‚ gan at Mars‘ Eddard . He wuz older ‘en 111e an~ sorter se‘rus lak so I passed him by. I looked at £~ars‘ Ted er long time sorter hes‘tatin‘, but den I jess chanced t~r look at Mars‘ Wat, en dem blue eyes er his‘n wuz fa‘rly dancin‘ ~~)id surnp‘n sorter lak oie Nick en I say ter inahself‘ dats de