Beadle's Dime Novels No. 33: Maum Guinea and Her Plantation Children — page 66: what you’re looking at

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© 60 MAUM GUINEA. holds my note for five thousand dollars, due a month ago, and I haven’t a thousand dollars ready money. My crop fell short of my expectations.” “Of course he will wait. You are good for the amount, and it wouldn’t be kind of him to press you for it. He can afford to take the interest and wait for the principal.” «Well, I thought he would do so, end I didn’t give myself much trouble about it. But he’s rather close in business matters, after all.” | _ “Tf that’s the cage, you'll have to sell some of your negroes.” “To tell you the truth, Colonel, that’s just what he wants me to do. He wants to buy from me.” “Then where's the difficulty? You can spare two or three or four of your field-hands, as well as not, I should think. Bn cpey nS Spano way of paying the note that bothers you so.” “T expect I shall haye to do that—sell some of my negroes —but Till have to find other buyers, and that will give me some trouble, Mr. Talfierro has no plantation, and does not want working negroes. The truth is, Colonel, he’s taken a fancy to Rose, and he wants jer.” “Sho!” ejaculated his friend. Neither of them noticed the convulsive start, the sickly pallor of the mulatto-boy, trudging ‘along within ear-shot of their conversation. | “ Ffe’s bound to have her.” “What does he offer” “Oh, the most extravagant price—twice as much as the gir?’s worth. If he wasn’t rich and unincumbered, he wouldn’t think of being so foolish. He'll give me four ee mpl Re Bes Ba An Sena leg balance of the note.” “Four thousand! a fancy price. She'll never bring you connicloooks.comnn)