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Calhoun, Frances Boyd, 1867-1909

"Miss Minerva and William Green Hill"

Can't no woman at
all 'cepting my mama and Miss Cecilia kiss me. But Leon is 'bout
the kissingest kid they is; why, he'd just as soon's not let
Frances and Lina kiss him; he ain't got no better sense. 'Course
I gotta let Miss Cecilia kiss me 'cause she's 'bout the plumpest
Sunday-School teacher they is and the Bible say `If your
Sunday-School teacher kiss you on one cheek turn the other cheek
and let her kiss you on that, too,' and I all time bound to do
what the Bible say. You 'd better call him back, Frances, and
kiss him, you and Lina 're so stuck on him."
"I wouldn't kiss him to save his life," declared Frances;
"he's got the spindliest legs I ever saw."


CHAPTER XX
RISING IN THE WORLD

The painter had just finished putting a bright green coat of
paint upon the low, flat roof of Miss Minerva's long back-porch.
And he left his ladder leaning against the house while he went
inside to confer with her in regard to some other work.


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