Beadle's Dime Novels No. 33: Maum Guinea and Her Plantation Children — page 59: what you’re looking at

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ILL-LUCK’S CLIMAX. 53 anda daytimes she was allers gibbing me ’tickler ’couragement, out de winder and in de back porch. 7 One night, de moon was like 's silber dollef,and eberyt’ing was lubly as a rose, and I took my banjo and got ober de fence "tween de two gardens, and begun to play berry sweet under her winder, and I heerd her raising it, and jest as I turn my face up to kiss my hand to her, she empty a pitcher of water slap in my face. Den I heerd her giggle; den I heerd somebody outside de fence giggle too, and I looked and seen dat imperdent darkey peeking tru’ and larfing at me. Gorry! I couldn’ stand dat, no how! I flings my banjo at his head, and den I jes’ gib one jump ober de fence, and I chase him, and cotch him, and I gib him such a pounding as he nebber got before; but de wust of it was, de watch come along and put us in de watch-house, and massa _ had to pay to get us out. He ask me how I came to be dar, and I up and tol’ him de hull story, and he larfed at me, an didn’ seold—jes’ sid. I ‘musn’ place my.’fections on de fair sect—dey was like eggs in July—berry onsartin. Yah! yah! _“ Woll, I found de fair seet berry onsartin, indeed—least- wise, Miss Dinah. She. nebber speak, to me. arter dat, ‘cause I pounded her fine beau half to deff; an’ mebbe it’s best she didn’, for massa died of yaller fever dat berry summer, and I was sold wid pan hist tie ba dlnetndiinib Ed bade _ vcd ea dee a SG Py vie te eae ot ® « duck’s back. If I haven’t got a wife, I've got a banjo, and dat never scratches nor bites, and is allers agreeable.” — comichooks;com