An' Oleander
Magnolia Althea is the nex'," he continued, enumerating Peruny
Pearline's offspring on his thin, well molded fingers, "she got
the seven year itch; an' Gettysburg, an' Biddle-&-Brothers-Mercantile-Co.;
he name fer the sto' where ole Aunt Blue-Gum Tempy's Peruny Pearline
gits credit so she can pay when she fetches in her cotton in the
fall; an' Wilkes Booth Lincoln, him an' me's twins, we was borned
the same day only I's borned to my mama an' he's borned to his 'n
an' Doctor Jenkins fetched me an' Doctor Shacklefoot fetched him.
An' Decimus Ultimus,"--the little boy triumphantly put his right
forefinger on his left little one, thus making the tenth, "she's
the baby an' she's got the colic an' cries loud 'nough to wake
up Israel; Wilkes Booth Lincoln say he wish the little devil
would die. Peruny Pearline firs' name her `Doctor Shacklefoot'
'cause he fetches all her chillens, but the doctor he say that
ain't no name fer a girl, so he name her Decimus Ultimus.
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