29/206 Ali maght as well wrahte a book. You know we Southerners have all had to go to woak. I tell papa I shouldn't ca' fo' the disgrace of bein' poo' if it wasn't fo' the inconvenience." "Yes, it's inconvenient," said Alma; "but you forget it when you're at work, don't you think ?" "Mah, yes! Perhaps that's one reason why poo' people have to woak so hawd-to keep their wands off their poverty." The girls both tittered, and turned from talking in a low tone with their backs toward their elders, and faced them. |